alpha haifa regression
Joern Rennecke
amylaar@cygnus.co.uk
Tue Oct 7 23:14:00 GMT 1997
> > But for ports where the arguments are set up with __builtin_saveregs -
> > expanded from va_start - this would require two blockage insns - one
> > in front and one at the end - which could end up in an advanced position
> > in the function too.
> No. You only need once since the prologue itself won't load/store in
> the same area as the varargs flushback. And if there is some el-bizzaro
> target that does, then emit two blockages. No big deal.
For __builtin_saveregs, we are talking about a stack slot, not a
designated varargs flushback area.
And in front of va_start, any C code might be placed. Hence, we may not
make any assumptions that only the prologue is in front.
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