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-rw-r--r--lib/Target/X86/X86RegisterInfo.cpp8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/X86RegisterInfo.cpp b/lib/Target/X86/X86RegisterInfo.cpp
index fbe6331e84..3b9144dc0b 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/X86RegisterInfo.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/X86RegisterInfo.cpp
@@ -389,8 +389,12 @@ bool X86RegisterInfo::hasBasePointer(const MachineFunction &MF) const {
return false;
// When we need stack realignment and there are dynamic allocas, we can't
- // reference off of the stack pointer, so we reserve a base pointer. This
- // is also true if the function contain MS-style inline assembly.
+ // reference off of the stack pointer, so we reserve a base pointer.
+ //
+ // This is also true if the function contain MS-style inline assembly. We
+ // do this because if any stack changes occur in the inline assembly, e.g.,
+ // "pusha", then any C local variable or C argument references in the
+ // inline assembly will be wrong because the SP is not properly tracked.
if ((needsStackRealignment(MF) && MFI->hasVarSizedObjects()) ||
MF.hasMSInlineAsm())
return true;