On 08/07/15 22:15, Jeff Law wrote:
> On 07/08/2015 02:51 PM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 11:22:34AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 05:36:31AM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 11:23:09AM +0200, Martin Jambor wrote:
>>>>>> For other archs, e.g. x86-64, you can do
>>>>>>
>>>>>> register void *sp asm("%sp");
>>>>>> asm volatile("call func" : "+r"(sp));
>>
>> I've found that putting "sp" in the clobber list also seems to work:
>>
>> asm volatile("call func" : : : "sp");
>>
>> This syntax is nicer because it doesn't need a local variable associated
>> with the register. Do you see any issues with this approach?
> Given that SP isn't subject to register allocation, I'd expect it's
> fine. Note that some folks have (loudly) requested that GCC issue an
> error if an asm tries to clobber sp.
>
> The call doesn't actually clobber the stack pointer does it? ISTM that
> a use of sp makes more sense and is better "future proof'd" than
> clobbering sp.
>
> Jeff
>
This isn't going to reliably work for ARM or AArch64. If the only call
within a leaf function is via the ASM the compiler doesn't guarantee to
ensure the stack is aligned to the ABI requirements.
R.
