>> Couldn't this be compiled to as the following, with using r12 'ip':
>>
>> 00000000 <test>:
>> 0: xxxxxxxx push {r4, lr}
>> 4: xxxxxxxx mov r4, r0
>> 8: xxxxxxxx ldr ip, [r0]
>> c: xxxxxxxx bl 0 <func>
>> 10: xxxxxxxx str ip, [r4]
>> 14: xxxxxxxx pop {r4, pc}
>>
>
>No. IP cna be clobbered either by func itself or any
>inter-procedural
>veneer that might be generated by the linker. You'd need to prove
>that
>neither could happen before IP could be used to hold a value over a
>function call.
>
>R.
Ah, yes of course you are right, my mistake.
Meaning also that r1-r3 which be used as unsused arguments/scratch in this case
cannot be used either,
since inner function calls are not obliged to restore them according to AAPCS.
I think I got confused by the dummy register pushes added to keep stack
alignment.
Thanks!
BR Fredrik
