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Re: gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs

From "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs
Date 2015-06-30 23:50 +0200
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On 06/30/2015 02:37 PM, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> I'd say the most natural API for this would be to allow
> f{fixed,call-{used,saved}}-REG in target attribute.

Either that or

	__attribute__((fixed(rbp,rcx),used(rax,rbx),saved(r11)))

... just to be shorter.  Either way, I would consider this to be
desirable -- I have myself used this to good effect in a past life
(*cough* Transmeta *cough*) -- but not a high priority feature.

	-hpa


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gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2015-06-30 23:30 +0200
  Re: gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com> - 2015-06-30 23:40 +0200
    Re: gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-06-30 23:50 +0200
      Re: gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-06-30 23:50 +0200
        Re: gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-07-01 00:00 +0200
          Re: gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-07-01 00:00 +0200
            Re: gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-07-01 00:10 +0200
  Re: gcc feature request / RFC: extra clobbered regs "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-06-30 23:40 +0200

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