When link_functions.cpp adds a new function to the final linked program, it needs to add it after any global variable declarations that the function refers to, otherwise the IR will be invalid (because variable declarations must occur before variable accesses). The easiest way to do that is to have the linker emit functions to the tail of the final linked program.
The linker used to emit functions to the head of the final linked program, in an effort to keep callees sorted before their callers. However, this was not reliable: it didn't work for functions declared or defined in the same compilation unit as main, for diamond-shaped patterns in the call graph, or for some obscure cases involving overloaded functions. And no code currently relies on this sort order. No Piglit regressions with i965 Ironlake. --- src/glsl/link_functions.cpp | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/glsl/link_functions.cpp b/src/glsl/link_functions.cpp index 7ba760d..c0eb342 100644 --- a/src/glsl/link_functions.cpp +++ b/src/glsl/link_functions.cpp @@ -104,10 +104,12 @@ public: if (f == NULL) { f = new(linked) ir_function(name); - /* Add the new function to the linked IR. + /* Add the new function to the linked IR. Put it at the end + * so that it comes after any global variable declarations + * that it refers to. */ linked->symbols->add_function(f); - linked->ir->push_head(f); + linked->ir->push_tail(f); } ir_function_signature *linked_sig = -- 1.7.6 _______________________________________________ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev