Re: [PATCH 1/2] extend.texi: update Global Register Variables section

2018-05-21 Thread Alexander Monakov
On Mon, 21 May 2018, Jeff Law wrote: > Whether or not a global register is saved in the prologue and restored > in the epilogue is actually a function of the target's prologue/epilogue > implementation. > > So ISTM this paragraph needs to be refined a bit. Essentially it may or > may not change t

Re: [PATCH 1/2] extend.texi: update Global Register Variables section

2018-05-21 Thread Jeff Law
On 05/10/2018 03:47 AM, Alexander Monakov wrote: > > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2018, Alexander Monakov wrote: > >> This rewrites global register vars doc to reflect that the register is no >> longer >> reserved exclusively, but in fact is available for general allocation, and >> also >> adds the requir

Re: [PATCH 1/2] extend.texi: update Global Register Variables section

2018-05-10 Thread Alexander Monakov
On Mon, 23 Apr 2018, Alexander Monakov wrote: > This rewrites global register vars doc to reflect that the register is no > longer > reserved exclusively, but in fact is available for general allocation, and > also > adds the requirement to properly inform the compiler where inline asms are >

[PATCH 1/2] extend.texi: update Global Register Variables section

2018-04-23 Thread Alexander Monakov
This rewrites global register vars doc to reflect that the register is no longer reserved exclusively, but in fact is available for general allocation, and also adds the requirement to properly inform the compiler where inline asms are accessing the variable. This: -@item The register is not saved