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From: "ubizjak at gmail dot com" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org>
To: gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: [Bug inline-asm/52813] %rsp in clobber list is silently ignored
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2012 18:58:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bug-52813-4-blqoJna6Do@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bug-52813-4@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52813

--- Comment #3 from Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com> 2012-04-01 18:58:27 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> I don't expect the compiler to analyze the asm string.  I expect the compiler
> to respect my clobber list.
> 
> I told GCC that I would clobber %rsp.  Any other register that I put in the
> clobber list causes GCC to save that register to the stack or to another
> register before the asm and restore it from the stack/register after the asm. 
> For example:

%rsp is considered a "fixed" register, used for fixed purposes all throughout
the compiled code and are therefore not available for general allocation.

So, save %rsp at the beginning of your asm code and restore it at the end.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-04-01 18:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-31 22:53 [Bug inline-asm/52813] New: " jhaberman at gmail dot com
2012-04-01  9:21 ` [Bug inline-asm/52813] " ubizjak at gmail dot com
2012-04-01 15:54 ` jhaberman at gmail dot com
2012-04-01 18:58 ` ubizjak at gmail dot com [this message]
2012-04-01 19:23 ` jhaberman at gmail dot com
2012-05-28 23:10 ` ralph-gccbugzilla at inputplus dot co.uk

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