2008/11/27 Ross Ridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Kai Tietz writes:
>>I am very interested to learn, which parts in calling convention aren't
>>implemented for w64?
>
> Well, maybe I'm missing something but I can't any see code in GCC for
> generating prologues, epilogues and unwind tables in the format required
> by the Windows x64 ABI.
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tawsa7cb.aspx
>
>>I am a bit curious, as I found that the unwind mechanism of Windows
>>itself working quite well on gcc compiled code, so I assumed, that the
>>most important parts of its calling convention are implemented.
>
> How exactly are you testing this? Without SEH support Windows wouldn't
> ordinarily ever need to unwind through GCC compiled code. I assumed
> that's why it was never implemented.
>
> Ross Ridge
>
>
Well, you mean the SEH tables on stack. Well, those aren't implemented
(as they aren't for 32-bit). But the the unwinding via RtlUnwind and
RtlUnwindEx do their job even for gcc compiled code quite well.
Cheers,
Kai
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