[TESTCASE] Minimized testcase for AltiVec segfault

[Alex Rosenberg]

on 2/27/02 10:07 PM, Aldy Hernandez at aldyh@redhat.com wrote:

>>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Rosenberg <alexr@spies.com> writes:
> 
>> void entrypoint(...)
>> {
>> #pragma altivec_vrsave allon
>> do_work();
>> }
>> ..
> 
> Well if you're going to do that, why not wrap the entire
> program in:
> 
> main()
> {
> asm("set all vrsave bits to on");
> do stuff
> asm("set all vrsave bits to off");
> }

If the inline assembly feature in GCC were even remotely that easy to use,
I'd agree with you.

If you're volunteering to add statement-level inline assembly support with
full scheduling and whatnot a la Metrowerks CodeWarrior, then I'm sure many
many many folks would appreciate it.

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