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authorTorok Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com>2008-10-24 19:20:05 +0000
committerTorok Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com>2008-10-24 19:20:05 +0000
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add note about va_arg code on x86 and x86-64
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@58103 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/lib/Target/README.txt b/lib/Target/README.txt
index 9ff4b5b337..b3018b21dd 100644
--- a/lib/Target/README.txt
+++ b/lib/Target/README.txt
@@ -985,3 +985,97 @@ define i1 @test(i8 %x) {
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+This code:
+
+int foo(const char *str,...)
+{
+ __builtin_va_list a; int x;
+ __builtin_va_start(a,str); x = __builtin_va_arg(a,int); __builtin_va_end(a);
+ return x;
+}
+
+gets compiled into this on x86-64:
+ subq $200, %rsp
+ movaps %xmm7, 160(%rsp)
+ movaps %xmm6, 144(%rsp)
+ movaps %xmm5, 128(%rsp)
+ movaps %xmm4, 112(%rsp)
+ movaps %xmm3, 96(%rsp)
+ movaps %xmm2, 80(%rsp)
+ movaps %xmm1, 64(%rsp)
+ movaps %xmm0, 48(%rsp)
+ movq %r9, 40(%rsp)
+ movq %r8, 32(%rsp)
+ movq %rcx, 24(%rsp)
+ movq %rdx, 16(%rsp)
+ movq %rsi, 8(%rsp)
+ leaq (%rsp), %rax
+ movq %rax, 192(%rsp)
+ leaq 208(%rsp), %rax
+ movq %rax, 184(%rsp)
+ movl $48, 180(%rsp)
+ movl $8, 176(%rsp)
+ movl 176(%rsp), %eax
+ cmpl $47, %eax
+ jbe .LBB1_3 # bb
+.LBB1_1: # bb3
+ movq 184(%rsp), %rcx
+ leaq 8(%rcx), %rax
+ movq %rax, 184(%rsp)
+.LBB1_2: # bb4
+ movl (%rcx), %eax
+ addq $200, %rsp
+ ret
+.LBB1_3: # bb
+ movl %eax, %ecx
+ addl $8, %eax
+ addq 192(%rsp), %rcx
+ movl %eax, 176(%rsp)
+ jmp .LBB1_2 # bb4
+
+gcc 4.3 generates:
+ subq $96, %rsp
+.LCFI0:
+ leaq 104(%rsp), %rax
+ movq %rsi, -80(%rsp)
+ movl $8, -120(%rsp)
+ movq %rax, -112(%rsp)
+ leaq -88(%rsp), %rax
+ movq %rax, -104(%rsp)
+ movl $8, %eax
+ cmpl $48, %eax
+ jb .L6
+ movq -112(%rsp), %rdx
+ movl (%rdx), %eax
+ addq $96, %rsp
+ ret
+ .p2align 4,,10
+ .p2align 3
+.L6:
+ mov %eax, %edx
+ addq -104(%rsp), %rdx
+ addl $8, %eax
+ movl %eax, -120(%rsp)
+ movl (%rdx), %eax
+ addq $96, %rsp
+ ret
+
+and it gets compiled into this on x86:
+ pushl %ebp
+ movl %esp, %ebp
+ subl $4, %esp
+ leal 12(%ebp), %eax
+ movl %eax, -4(%ebp)
+ leal 16(%ebp), %eax
+ movl %eax, -4(%ebp)
+ movl 12(%ebp), %eax
+ addl $4, %esp
+ popl %ebp
+ ret
+
+gcc 4.3 generates:
+ pushl %ebp
+ movl %esp, %ebp
+ movl 12(%ebp), %eax
+ popl %ebp
+ ret