--- gcc/gcc.info-18 2018/04/24 18:12:06 1.1.1.4 +++ gcc/gcc.info-18 2018/04/24 18:18:54 1.1.1.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This is Info file gcc.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.54 from the input +This is Info file gcc.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.55 from the input file gcc.texi. This file documents the use and the internals of the GNU compiler. @@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ file gcc.texi. Published by the Free Software Foundation 675 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 USA - Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, +Inc. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are @@ -14,1013 +15,1223 @@ preserved on all copies. 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They exist because they used -to be required to generate correct code for the 80387 coprocessor of the -80386. They are no longer used by that machine description and may be -removed in a later version of the compiler. Don't use them! - -`OVERLAPPING_REGNO_P (REGNO)' - If defined, this is a C expression whose value is nonzero if hard - register number REGNO is an overlapping register. This means a - hard register which overlaps a hard register with a different - number. (Such overlap is undesirable, but occasionally it allows - a machine to be supported which otherwise could not be.) This - macro must return nonzero for *all* the registers which overlap - each other. GNU CC can use an overlapping register only in - certain limited ways. It can be used for allocation within a - basic block, and may be spilled for reloading; that is all. - - If this macro is not defined, it means that none of the hard - registers overlap each other. This is the usual situation. - -`INSN_CLOBBERS_REGNO_P (INSN, REGNO)' - If defined, this is a C expression whose value should be nonzero if - the insn INSN has the effect of mysteriously clobbering the - contents of hard register number REGNO. By "mysterious" we mean - that the insn's RTL expression doesn't describe such an effect. - - If this macro is not defined, it means that no insn clobbers - registers mysteriously. This is the usual situation; all else - being equal, it is best for the RTL expression to show all the - activity. - -`PRESERVE_DEATH_INFO_REGNO_P (REGNO)' - If defined, this is a C expression whose value is nonzero if - accurate `REG_DEAD' notes are needed for hard register number REGNO - at the time of outputting the assembler code. When this is so, a - few optimizations that take place after register allocation and - could invalidate the death notes are not done when this register is - involved. - - You would arrange to preserve death info for a register when some - of the code in the machine description which is executed to write - the assembler code looks at the death notes. This is necessary - only when the actual hardware feature which GNU CC thinks of as a - register is not actually a register of the usual sort. (It might, - for example, be a hardware stack.) + You can control the compilation driver. - If this macro is not defined, it means that no death notes need to - be preserved. This is the usual situation. +`SWITCH_TAKES_ARG (CHAR)' + A C expression which determines whether the option `-CHAR' takes + arguments. The value should be the number of arguments that + option takes-zero, for many options. + + By default, this macro is defined to handle the standard options + properly. You need not define it unless you wish to add additional + options which take arguments. + +`WORD_SWITCH_TAKES_ARG (NAME)' + A C expression which determines whether the option `-NAME' takes + arguments. The value should be the number of arguments that + option takes-zero, for many options. This macro rather than + `SWITCH_TAKES_ARG' is used for multi-character option names. + + By default, this macro is defined as + `DEFAULT_WORD_SWITCH_TAKES_ARG', which handles the standard options + properly. You need not define `WORD_SWITCH_TAKES_ARG' unless you + wish to add additional options which take arguments. Any + redefinition should call `DEFAULT_WORD_SWITCH_TAKES_ARG' and then + check for additional options. + +`SWITCHES_NEED_SPACES' + A string-valued C expression which is nonempty if the linker needs + a space between the `-L' or `-o' option and its argument. + + If this macro is not defined, the default value is 0. + +`CPP_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to CPP. It can also specify how to translate options you + give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the CPP. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`NO_BUILTIN_SIZE_TYPE' + If this macro is defined, the preprocessor will not define the + builtin macro `__SIZE_TYPE__'. The macro `__SIZE_TYPE__' must + then be defined by `CPP_SPEC' instead. + + This should be defined if `SIZE_TYPE' depends on target dependent + flags which are not accessible to the preprocessor. Otherwise, it + should not be defined. + +`NO_BUILTIN_PTRDIFF_TYPE' + If this macro is defined, the preprocessor will not define the + builtin macro `__PTRDIFF_TYPE__'. The macro `__PTRDIFF_TYPE__' + must then be defined by `CPP_SPEC' instead. + + This should be defined if `PTRDIFF_TYPE' depends on target + dependent flags which are not accessible to the preprocessor. + Otherwise, it should not be defined. + +`SIGNED_CHAR_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to CPP. By default, this macro is defined to pass the option + `-D__CHAR_UNSIGNED__' to CPP if `char' will be treated as + `unsigned char' by `cc1'. + + Do not define this macro unless you need to override the default + definition. + +`CC1_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to `cc1'. It can also specify how to translate options you + give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the `cc1'. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`CC1PLUS_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to `cc1plus'. It can also specify how to translate options + you give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the + `cc1plus'. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`ASM_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to the assembler. It can also specify how to translate + options you give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the + assembler. See the file `sun3.h' for an example of this. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`ASM_FINAL_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program how to + run any programs which cleanup after the normal assembler. + Normally, this is not needed. See the file `mips.h' for an + example of this. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`LINK_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to the linker. It can also specify how to translate options + you give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the linker. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`LIB_SPEC' + Another C string constant used much like `LINK_SPEC'. The + difference between the two is that `LIB_SPEC' is used at the end + of the command given to the linker. + + If this macro is not defined, a default is provided that loads the + standard C library from the usual place. See `gcc.c'. + +`STARTFILE_SPEC' + Another C string constant used much like `LINK_SPEC'. The + difference between the two is that `STARTFILE_SPEC' is used at the + very beginning of the command given to the linker. + + If this macro is not defined, a default is provided that loads the + standard C startup file from the usual place. See `gcc.c'. + +`ENDFILE_SPEC' + Another C string constant used much like `LINK_SPEC'. The + difference between the two is that `ENDFILE_SPEC' is used at the + very end of the command given to the linker. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`LINK_LIBGCC_SPECIAL' + Define this macro meaning that `gcc' should find the library + `libgcc.a' by hand, rather than passing the argument `-lgcc' to + tell the linker to do the search; also, `gcc' should not generate + `-L' options to pass to the linker (as it normally does). + +`LINK_LIBGCC_SPECIAL_1' + Define this macro meaning that `gcc' should find the library + `libgcc.a' by hand, rather than passing the argument `-lgcc' to + tell the linker to do the search. + +`RELATIVE_PREFIX_NOT_LINKDIR' + Define this macro to tell `gcc' that it should only translate a + `-B' prefix into a `-L' linker option if the prefix indicates an + absolute file name. + +`STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override + the standard choice of `/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/' as the default + prefix to try when searching for the executable files of the + compiler. + +`MD_EXEC_PREFIX' + If defined, this macro is an additional prefix to try after + `STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX'. `MD_EXEC_PREFIX' is not searched when the + `-b' option is used, or the compiler is built as a cross compiler. + +`STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override + the standard choice of `/usr/local/lib/' as the default prefix to + try when searching for startup files such as `crt0.o'. + +`MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX' + If defined, this macro supplies an additional prefix to try after + the standard prefixes. `MD_EXEC_PREFIX' is not searched when the + `-b' option is used, or when the compiler is built as a cross + compiler. + +`MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1' + If defined, this macro supplies yet another prefix to try after the + standard prefixes. It is not searched when the `-b' option is + used, or when the compiler is built as a cross compiler. + +`LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override + the standard choice of `/usr/local/include' as the default prefix + to try when searching for local header files. `LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR' + comes before `SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR' in the search order. + + Cross compilers do not use this macro and do not search either + `/usr/local/include' or its replacement. + +`SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to specify a + system-specific directory to search for header files before the + standard directory. `SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR' comes before + `STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIR' in the search order. + + Cross compilers do not use this macro and do not search the + directory specified. + +`STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIR' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override + the standard choice of `/usr/include' as the default prefix to try + when searching for header files. + + Cross compilers do not use this macro and do not search either + `/usr/include' or its replacement. + +`INCLUDE_DEFAULTS' + Define this macro if you wish to override the entire default + search path for include files. The default search path includes + `GCC_INCLUDE_DIR', `LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR', `SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR', + `GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR', and `STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIR'. In addition, + `GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR' and `GCC_INCLUDE_DIR' are defined + automatically by `Makefile', and specify private search areas for + GCC. The directory `GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR' is used only for C++ + programs. + + The definition should be an initializer for an array of structures. + Each array element should have two elements: the directory name (a + string constant) and a flag for C++-only directories. Mark the + end of the array with a null element. For example, here is the + definition used for VMS: + + #define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS \ + { \ + { "GNU_GXX_INCLUDE:", 1}, \ + { "GNU_CC_INCLUDE:", 0}, \ + { "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSLIB.]", 0}, \ + { ".", 0}, \ + { 0, 0} \ + } + + Here is the order of prefixes tried for exec files: + + 1. Any prefixes specified by the user with `-B'. + + 2. The environment variable `GCC_EXEC_PREFIX', if any. + + 3. The directories specified by the environment variable + `COMPILER_PATH'. + + 4. The macro `STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX'. + + 5. `/usr/lib/gcc/'. + + 6. The macro `MD_EXEC_PREFIX', if any. + + Here is the order of prefixes tried for startfiles: + + 1. Any prefixes specified by the user with `-B'. + + 2. The environment variable `GCC_EXEC_PREFIX', if any. + + 3. The directories specified by the environment variable + `LIBRARY_PATH'. + + 4. The macro `STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX'. + + 5. `/usr/lib/gcc/'. + + 6. The macro `MD_EXEC_PREFIX', if any. + + 7. The macro `MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX', if any. + + 8. The macro `STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX'. + + 9. `/lib/'. + + 10. `/usr/lib/'. + + +File: gcc.info, Node: Run-time Target, Next: Storage Layout, Prev: Driver, Up: Target Macros + +Run-time Target Specification +============================= + + Here are run-time target specifications. + +`CPP_PREDEFINES' + Define this to be a string constant containing `-D' options to + define the predefined macros that identify this machine and system. + These macros will be predefined unless the `-ansi' option is + specified. + + In addition, a parallel set of macros are predefined, whose names + are made by appending `__' at the beginning and at the end. These + `__' macros are permitted by the ANSI standard, so they are + predefined regardless of whether `-ansi' is specified. + + For example, on the Sun, one can use the following value: + + "-Dmc68000 -Dsun -Dunix" + + The result is to define the macros `__mc68000__', `__sun__' and + `__unix__' unconditionally, and the macros `mc68000', `sun' and + `unix' provided `-ansi' is not specified. + +`STDC_VALUE' + Define the value to be assigned to the built-in macro `__STDC__'. + The default is the value `1'. + +`extern int target_flags;' + This declaration should be present. + +`TARGET_...' + This series of macros is to allow compiler command arguments to + enable or disable the use of optional features of the target + machine. For example, one machine description serves both the + 68000 and the 68020; a command argument tells the compiler whether + it should use 68020-only instructions or not. This command + argument works by means of a macro `TARGET_68020' that tests a bit + in `target_flags'. + + Define a macro `TARGET_FEATURENAME' for each such option. Its + definition should test a bit in `target_flags'; for example: + + #define TARGET_68020 (target_flags & 1) + + One place where these macros are used is in the + condition-expressions of instruction patterns. Note how + `TARGET_68020' appears frequently in the 68000 machine description + file, `m68k.md'. Another place they are used is in the + definitions of the other macros in the `MACHINE.h' file. + +`TARGET_SWITCHES' + This macro defines names of command options to set and clear bits + in `target_flags'. Its definition is an initializer with a + subgrouping for each command option. + + Each subgrouping contains a string constant, that defines the + option name, and a number, which contains the bits to set in + `target_flags'. A negative number says to clear bits instead; the + negative of the number is which bits to clear. The actual option + name is made by appending `-m' to the specified name. + + One of the subgroupings should have a null string. The number in + this grouping is the default value for `target_flags'. Any target + options act starting with that value. + + Here is an example which defines `-m68000' and `-m68020' with + opposite meanings, and picks the latter as the default: + + #define TARGET_SWITCHES \ + { { "68020", 1}, \ + { "68000", -1}, \ + { "", 1}} + +`TARGET_OPTIONS' + This macro is similar to `TARGET_SWITCHES' but defines names of + command options that have values. Its definition is an + initializer with a subgrouping for each command option. + + Each subgrouping contains a string constant, that defines the + fixed part of the option name, and the address of a variable. The + variable, type `char *', is set to the variable part of the given + option if the fixed part matches. The actual option name is made + by appending `-m' to the specified name. + + Here is an example which defines `-mshort-data-NUMBER'. If the + given option is `-mshort-data-512', the variable `m88k_short_data' + will be set to the string `"512"'. + + extern char *m88k_short_data; + #define TARGET_OPTIONS \ + { { "short-data-", &m88k_short_data } } + +`TARGET_VERSION' + This macro is a C statement to print on `stderr' a string + describing the particular machine description choice. Every + machine description should define `TARGET_VERSION'. For example: + + #ifdef MOTOROLA + #define TARGET_VERSION \ + fprintf (stderr, " (68k, Motorola syntax)"); + #else + #define TARGET_VERSION \ + fprintf (stderr, " (68k, MIT syntax)"); + #endif + +`OVERRIDE_OPTIONS' + Sometimes certain combinations of command options do not make + sense on a particular target machine. You can define a macro + `OVERRIDE_OPTIONS' to take account of this. This macro, if + defined, is executed once just after all the command options have + been parsed. + + Don't use this macro to turn on various extra optimizations for + `-O'. That is what `OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS' is for. + +`OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS (LEVEL)' + Some machines may desire to change what optimizations are + performed for various optimization levels. This macro, if + defined, is executed once just after the optimization level is + determined and before the remainder of the command options have + been parsed. Values set in this macro are used as the default + values for the other command line options. + + LEVEL is the optimization level specified; 2 if `-O2' is + specified, 1 if `-O' is specified, and 0 if neither is specified. + + You should not use this macro to change options that are not + machine-specific. These should uniformly selected by the same + optimization level on all supported machines. Use this macro to + enable machbine-specific optimizations. + + *Do not examine `write_symbols' in this macro!* The debugging + options are not supposed to alter the generated code. + +`CAN_DEBUG_WITHOUT_FP' + Define this macro if debugging can be performed even without a + frame pointer. If this macro is defined, GNU CC will turn on the + `-fomit-frame-pointer' option whenever `-O' is specified.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Register Classes, Next: Stack and Calling, Prev: Registers, Up: Target Macros +File: gcc.info, Node: Storage Layout, Next: Type Layout, Prev: Run-time Target, Up: Target Macros -Register Classes -================ +Storage Layout +============== - On many machines, the numbered registers are not all equivalent. -For example, certain registers may not be allowed for indexed -addressing; certain registers may not be allowed in some instructions. -These machine restrictions are described to the compiler using -"register classes". - - You define a number of register classes, giving each one a name and -saying which of the registers belong to it. Then you can specify -register classes that are allowed as operands to particular instruction -patterns. - - In general, each register will belong to several classes. In fact, -one class must be named `ALL_REGS' and contain all the registers. -Another class must be named `NO_REGS' and contain no registers. Often -the union of two classes will be another class; however, this is not -required. - - One of the classes must be named `GENERAL_REGS'. There is nothing -terribly special about the name, but the operand constraint letters `r' -and `g' specify this class. If `GENERAL_REGS' is the same as -`ALL_REGS', just define it as a macro which expands to `ALL_REGS'. - - Order the classes so that if class X is contained in class Y then X -has a lower class number than Y. - - The way classes other than `GENERAL_REGS' are specified in operand -constraints is through machine-dependent operand constraint letters. -You can define such letters to correspond to various classes, then use -them in operand constraints. - - You should define a class for the union of two classes whenever some -instruction allows both classes. For example, if an instruction allows -either a floating point (coprocessor) register or a general register -for a certain operand, you should define a class `FLOAT_OR_GENERAL_REGS' -which includes both of them. Otherwise you will get suboptimal code. - - You must also specify certain redundant information about the -register classes: for each class, which classes contain it and which -ones are contained in it; for each pair of classes, the largest class -contained in their union. - - When a value occupying several consecutive registers is expected in a -certain class, all the registers used must belong to that class. -Therefore, register classes cannot be used to enforce a requirement for -a register pair to start with an even-numbered register. The way to -specify this requirement is with `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK'. - - Register classes used for input-operands of bitwise-and or shift -instructions have a special requirement: each such class must have, for -each fixed-point machine mode, a subclass whose registers can transfer -that mode to or from memory. For example, on some machines, the -operations for single-byte values (`QImode') are limited to certain -registers. When this is so, each register class that is used in a -bitwise-and or shift instruction must have a subclass consisting of -registers from which single-byte values can be loaded or stored. This -is so that `PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS' can always have a possible value to -return. - -`enum reg_class' - An enumeral type that must be defined with all the register class - names as enumeral values. `NO_REGS' must be first. `ALL_REGS' - must be the last register class, followed by one more enumeral - value, `LIM_REG_CLASSES', which is not a register class but rather - tells how many classes there are. - - Each register class has a number, which is the value of casting - the class name to type `int'. The number serves as an index in - many of the tables described below. - -`N_REG_CLASSES' - The number of distinct register classes, defined as follows: - - #define N_REG_CLASSES (int) LIM_REG_CLASSES - -`REG_CLASS_NAMES' - An initializer containing the names of the register classes as C - string constants. These names are used in writing some of the - debugging dumps. - -`REG_CLASS_CONTENTS' - An initializer containing the contents of the register classes, as - integers which are bit masks. The Nth integer specifies the - contents of class N. The way the integer MASK is interpreted is - that register R is in the class if `MASK & (1 << R)' is 1. - - When the machine has more than 32 registers, an integer does not - suffice. Then the integers are replaced by sub-initializers, - braced groupings containing several integers. Each - sub-initializer must be suitable as an initializer for the type - `HARD_REG_SET' which is defined in `hard-reg-set.h'. - -`REGNO_REG_CLASS (REGNO)' - A C expression whose value is a register class containing hard - register REGNO. In general there is more than one such class; - choose a class which is "minimal", meaning that no smaller class - also contains the register. - -`BASE_REG_CLASS' - A macro whose definition is the name of the class to which a valid - base register must belong. A base register is one used in an - address which is the register value plus a displacement. - -`INDEX_REG_CLASS' - A macro whose definition is the name of the class to which a valid - index register must belong. An index register is one used in an - address where its value is either multiplied by a scale factor or - added to another register (as well as added to a displacement). - -`REG_CLASS_FROM_LETTER (CHAR)' - A C expression which defines the machine-dependent operand - constraint letters for register classes. If CHAR is such a - letter, the value should be the register class corresponding to - it. Otherwise, the value should be `NO_REGS'. The register - letter `r', corresponding to class `GENERAL_REGS', will not be - passed to this macro; you do not need to handle it. - -`REGNO_OK_FOR_BASE_P (NUM)' - A C expression which is nonzero if register number NUM is suitable - for use as a base register in operand addresses. It may be either - a suitable hard register or a pseudo register that has been - allocated such a hard register. - -`REGNO_OK_FOR_INDEX_P (NUM)' - A C expression which is nonzero if register number NUM is suitable - for use as an index register in operand addresses. It may be - either a suitable hard register or a pseudo register that has been - allocated such a hard register. - - The difference between an index register and a base register is - that the index register may be scaled. If an address involves the - sum of two registers, neither one of them scaled, then either one - may be labeled the "base" and the other the "index"; but whichever - labeling is used must fit the machine's constraints of which - registers may serve in each capacity. The compiler will try both - labelings, looking for one that is valid, and will reload one or - both registers only if neither labeling works. - -`PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS (X, CLASS)' - A C expression that places additional restrictions on the register - class to use when it is necessary to copy value X into a register - in class CLASS. The value is a register class; perhaps CLASS, or - perhaps another, smaller class. On many machines, the following - definition is safe: - - #define PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS(X,CLASS) CLASS - - Sometimes returning a more restrictive class makes better code. - For example, on the 68000, when X is an integer constant that is - in range for a `moveq' instruction, the value of this macro is - always `DATA_REGS' as long as CLASS includes the data registers. - Requiring a data register guarantees that a `moveq' will be used. - - If X is a `const_double', by returning `NO_REGS' you can force X - into a memory constant. This is useful on certain machines where - immediate floating values cannot be loaded into certain kinds of - registers. - -`PREFERRED_OUTPUT_RELOAD_CLASS (X, CLASS)' - Like `PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS', but for output reloads instead of - input reloads. If you don't define this macro, the default is to - use CLASS, unchanged. - -`LIMIT_RELOAD_CLASS (MODE, CLASS)' - A C expression that places additional restrictions on the register - class to use when it is necessary to be able to hold a value of - mode MODE in a reload register for which class CLASS would - ordinarily be used. - - Unlike `PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS', this macro should be used when - there are certain modes that simply can't go in certain reload - classes. - - The value is a register class; perhaps CLASS, or perhaps another, - smaller class. - - Don't define this macro unless the target machine has limitations - which require the macro to do something nontrivial. - -`SECONDARY_RELOAD_CLASS (CLASS, MODE, X)' -`SECONDARY_INPUT_RELOAD_CLASS (CLASS, MODE, X)' -`SECONDARY_OUTPUT_RELOAD_CLASS (CLASS, MODE, X)' - Many machines have some registers that cannot be copied directly - to or from memory or even from other types of registers. An - example is the `MQ' register, which on most machines, can only be - copied to or from general registers, but not memory. Some - machines allow copying all registers to and from memory, but - require a scratch register for stores to some memory locations - (e.g., those with symbolic address on the RT, and those with - certain symbolic address on the Sparc when compiling PIC). In - some cases, both an intermediate and a scratch register are - required. - - You should define these macros to indicate to the reload phase - that it may need to allocate at least one register for a reload in - addition to the register to contain the data. Specifically, if - copying X to a register CLASS in MODE requires an intermediate - register, you should define `SECONDARY_INPUT_RELOAD_CLASS' to - return the largest register class all of whose registers can be - used as intermediate registers or scratch registers. - - If copying a register CLASS in MODE to X requires an intermediate - or scratch register, `SECONDARY_OUTPUT_RELOAD_CLASS' should be - defined to return the largest register class required. If the - requirements for input and output reloads are the same, the macro - `SECONDARY_RELOAD_CLASS' should be used instead of defining both - macros identically. - - The values returned by these macros are often `GENERAL_REGS'. - Return `NO_REGS' if no spare register is needed; i.e., if X can be - directly copied to or from a register of CLASS in MODE without - requiring a scratch register. Do not define this macro if it - would always return `NO_REGS'. - - If a scratch register is required (either with or without an - intermediate register), you should define patterns for - `reload_inM' or `reload_outM', as required (*note Standard - Names::.. These patterns, which will normally be implemented with - a `define_expand', should be similar to the `movM' patterns, - except that operand 2 is the scratch register. - - Define constraints for the reload register and scratch register - that contain a single register class. If the original reload - register (whose class is CLASS) can meet the constraint given in - the pattern, the value returned by these macros is used for the - class of the scratch register. Otherwise, two additional reload - registers are required. Their classes are obtained from the - constraints in the insn pattern. - - X might be a pseudo-register or a `subreg' of a pseudo-register, - which could either be in a hard register or in memory. Use - `true_regnum' to find out; it will return -1 if the pseudo is in - memory and the hard register number if it is in a register. - - These macros should not be used in the case where a particular - class of registers can only be copied to memory and not to another - class of registers. In that case, secondary reload registers are - not needed and would not be helpful. Instead, a stack location - must be used to perform the copy and the `movM' pattern should use - memory as a intermediate storage. This case often occurs between - floating-point and general registers. - -`SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED (CLASS1, CLASS2, M)' - Certain machines have the property that some registers cannot be - copied to some other registers without using memory. Define this - macro on those machines to be a C expression that is non-zero if - objects of mode M in registers of CLASS1 can only be copied to - registers of class CLASS2 by storing a register of CLASS1 into - memory and loading that memory location into a register of CLASS2. - - Do not define this macro if its value would always be zero. - -`SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED_RTX (MODE)' - Normally, when `SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED' is defined, the compiler - will allocate a stack slot when a memory location for a register - copy is needed. If this macro is defined, the compiler instead - uses the memory location defined by this macro. - -`SMALL_REGISTER_CLASSES' - Normally the compiler will avoid choosing spill registers from - registers that have been explicitly mentioned in the rtl (these - registers are normally those used to pass parameters and return - values). However, some machines have so few registers of certain - classes that there would not be enough registers to use as spill - registers if this were done. - - You should define `SMALL_REGISTER_CLASSES' on those machines. When - it is defined, the compiler allows registers explicitly used in - the rtl to be used as spill registers but prevents the compiler - from extending the lifetime of these registers. - - Defining this macro is always safe, but unnecessarily defining - this macro will reduce the amount of optimizations that can be - performed in some cases. If this macro is not defined but needs - to be, the compiler will run out of reload registers and print a - fatal error message. - - For most machines, this macro should not be defined. - -`CLASS_LIKELY_SPILLED_P (CLASS)' - A C expression whose value is nonzero if pseudos that have been - assigned to registers of class CLASS would likely be spilled - because registers of CLASS are needed for spill registers. - - The default value of this macro returns 1 if CLASS has exactly one - register and zero otherwise. On most machines, this default - should be used. Only define this macro to some other expression - if pseudo allocated by `local-alloc.c' end up in memory because - their hard registers were needed for spill regisers. If this - macro returns nonzero for those classes, those pseudos will only - be allocated by `global.c', which knows how to reallocate the - pseudo to another register. If there would not be another - register available for reallocation, you should not change the - definition of this macro since the only effect of such a - definition would be to slow down register allocation. - -`CLASS_MAX_NREGS (CLASS, MODE)' - A C expression for the maximum number of consecutive registers of - class CLASS needed to hold a value of mode MODE. - - This is closely related to the macro `HARD_REGNO_NREGS'. In fact, - the value of the macro `CLASS_MAX_NREGS (CLASS, MODE)' should be - the maximum value of `HARD_REGNO_NREGS (REGNO, MODE)' for all - REGNO values in the class CLASS. - - This macro helps control the handling of multiple-word values in - the reload pass. - - Three other special macros describe which operands fit which -constraint letters. - -`CONST_OK_FOR_LETTER_P (VALUE, C)' - A C expression that defines the machine-dependent operand - constraint letters that specify particular ranges of integer - values. If C is one of those letters, the expression should check - that VALUE, an integer, is in the appropriate range and return 1 - if so, 0 otherwise. If C is not one of those letters, the value - should be 0 regardless of VALUE. - -`CONST_DOUBLE_OK_FOR_LETTER_P (VALUE, C)' - A C expression that defines the machine-dependent operand - constraint letters that specify particular ranges of - `const_double' values. - - If C is one of those letters, the expression should check that - VALUE, an RTX of code `const_double', is in the appropriate range - and return 1 if so, 0 otherwise. If C is not one of those - letters, the value should be 0 regardless of VALUE. - - `const_double' is used for all floating-point constants and for - `DImode' fixed-point constants. A given letter can accept either - or both kinds of values. It can use `GET_MODE' to distinguish - between these kinds. - -`EXTRA_CONSTRAINT (VALUE, C)' - A C expression that defines the optional machine-dependent - constraint letters that can be used to segregate specific types of - operands, usually memory references, for the target machine. - Normally this macro will not be defined. If it is required for a - particular target machine, it should return 1 if VALUE corresponds - to the operand type represented by the constraint letter C. If C - is not defined as an extra constraint, the value returned should - be 0 regardless of VALUE. - - For example, on the ROMP, load instructions cannot have their - output in r0 if the memory reference contains a symbolic address. - Constraint letter `Q' is defined as representing a memory address - that does *not* contain a symbolic address. An alternative is - specified with a `Q' constraint on the input and `r' on the - output. The next alternative specifies `m' on the input and a - register class that does not include r0 on the output. + Note that the definitions of the macros in this table which are +sizes or alignments measured in bits do not need to be constant. They +can be C expressions that refer to static variables, such as the +`target_flags'. *Note Run-time Target::. + +`BITS_BIG_ENDIAN' + Define this macro to be the value 1 if the most significant bit in + a byte has the lowest number; otherwise define it to be the value + zero. This means that bit-field instructions count from the most + significant bit. If the machine has no bit-field instructions, + then this must still be defined, but it doesn't matter which value + it is defined to. + + This macro does not affect the way structure fields are packed into + bytes or words; that is controlled by `BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN'. + +`BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN' + Define this macro to be 1 if the most significant byte in a word + has the lowest number. + +`WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN' + Define this macro to be 1 if, in a multiword object, the most + significant word has the lowest number. This applies to both + memory locations and registers; GNU CC fundamentally assumes that + the order of words in memory is the same as the order in registers. + +`FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN' + Define this macro to be 1 if `DFmode', `XFmode' or `TFmode' + floating point numbers are stored in memory with the word + containing the sign bit at the lowest address; otherwise define it + to be 0. + + You need not define this macro if the ordering is the same as for + multi-word integers. + +`BITS_PER_UNIT' + Define this macro to be the number of bits in an addressable + storage unit (byte); normally 8. + +`BITS_PER_WORD' + Number of bits in a word; normally 32. + +`MAX_BITS_PER_WORD' + Maximum number of bits in a word. If this is undefined, the + default is `BITS_PER_WORD'. Otherwise, it is the constant value + that is the largest value that `BITS_PER_WORD' can have at + run-time. + +`UNITS_PER_WORD' + Number of storage units in a word; normally 4. + +`MAX_UNITS_PER_WORD' + Maximum number of units in a word. If this is undefined, the + default is `UNITS_PER_WORD'. Otherwise, it is the constant value + that is the largest value that `UNITS_PER_WORD' can have at + run-time. + +`POINTER_SIZE' + Width of a pointer, in bits. + +`PROMOTE_MODE (M, UNSIGNEDP, TYPE)' + A macro to update M and UNSIGNEDP when an object whose type is + TYPE and which has the specified mode and signedness is to be + stored in a register. This macro is only called when TYPE is a + scalar type. + + On most RISC machines, which only have operations that operate on + a full register, define this macro to set M to `word_mode' if M is + an integer mode narrower than `BITS_PER_WORD'. In most cases, + only integer modes should be widened because wider-precision + floating-point operations are usually more expensive than their + narrower counterparts. + + For most machines, the macro definition does not change UNSIGNEDP. + However, some machines, have instructions that preferentially + handle either signed or unsigned quantities of certain modes. For + example, on the DEC Alpha, 32-bit loads from memory and 32-bit add + instructions sign-extend the result to 64 bits. On such machines, + set UNSIGNEDP according to which kind of extension is more + efficient. + + Do not define this macro if it would never modify M. + +`PROMOTE_FUNCTION_ARGS' + Define this macro if the promotion described by `PROMOTE_MODE' + should also be done for outgoing function arguments. + +`PROMOTE_FUNCTION_RETURN' + Define this macro if the promotion described by `PROMOTE_MODE' + should also be done for the return value of functions. + + If this macro is defined, `FUNCTION_VALUE' must perform the same + promotions done by `PROMOTE_MODE'. + +`PROMOTE_FOR_CALL_ONLY' + Define this macro if the promotion described by `PROMOTE_MODE' + should *only* be performed for outgoing function arguments or + function return values, as specified by `PROMOTE_FUNCTION_ARGS' + and `PROMOTE_FUNCTION_RETURN', respectively. + +`PARM_BOUNDARY' + Normal alignment required for function parameters on the stack, in + bits. All stack parameters receive at least this much alignment + regardless of data type. On most machines, this is the same as the + size of an integer. + +`STACK_BOUNDARY' + Define this macro if you wish to preserve a certain alignment for + the stack pointer. The definition is a C expression for the + desired alignment (measured in bits). + + If `PUSH_ROUNDING' is not defined, the stack will always be aligned + to the specified boundary. If `PUSH_ROUNDING' is defined and + specifies a less strict alignment than `STACK_BOUNDARY', the stack + may be momentarily unaligned while pushing arguments. + +`FUNCTION_BOUNDARY' + Alignment required for a function entry point, in bits. + +`BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT' + Biggest alignment that any data type can require on this machine, + in bits. + +`BIGGEST_FIELD_ALIGNMENT' + Biggest alignment that any structure field can require on this + machine, in bits. If defined, this overrides `BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT' + for structure fields only. + +`MAX_OFILE_ALIGNMENT' + Biggest alignment supported by the object file format of this + machine. Use this macro to limit the alignment which can be + specified using the `__attribute__ ((aligned (N)))' construct. If + not defined, the default value is `BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT'. + +`DATA_ALIGNMENT (TYPE, BASIC-ALIGN)' + If defined, a C expression to compute the alignment for a static + variable. TYPE is the data type, and BASIC-ALIGN is the alignment + that the object would ordinarily have. The value of this macro is + used instead of that alignment to align the object. + + If this macro is not defined, then BASIC-ALIGN is used. + + One use of this macro is to increase alignment of medium-size data + to make it all fit in fewer cache lines. Another is to cause + character arrays to be word-aligned so that `strcpy' calls that + copy constants to character arrays can be done inline. + +`CONSTANT_ALIGNMENT (CONSTANT, BASIC-ALIGN)' + If defined, a C expression to compute the alignment given to a + constant that is being placed in memory. CONSTANT is the constant + and BASIC-ALIGN is the alignment that the object would ordinarily + have. The value of this macro is used instead of that alignment to + align the object. + + If this macro is not defined, then BASIC-ALIGN is used. + + The typical use of this macro is to increase alignment for string + constants to be word aligned so that `strcpy' calls that copy + constants can be done inline. + +`EMPTY_FIELD_BOUNDARY' + Alignment in bits to be given to a structure bit field that + follows an empty field such as `int : 0;'. + + Note that `PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS' also affects the alignment + that results from an empty field. + +`STRUCTURE_SIZE_BOUNDARY' + Number of bits which any structure or union's size must be a + multiple of. Each structure or union's size is rounded up to a + multiple of this. + + If you do not define this macro, the default is the same as + `BITS_PER_UNIT'. + +`STRICT_ALIGNMENT' + Define this macro to be the value 1 if instructions will fail to + work if given data not on the nominal alignment. If instructions + will merely go slower in that case, define this macro as 0. + +`PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS' + Define this if you wish to imitate the way many other C compilers + handle alignment of bitfields and the structures that contain them. + + The behavior is that the type written for a bitfield (`int', + `short', or other integer type) imposes an alignment for the + entire structure, as if the structure really did contain an + ordinary field of that type. In addition, the bitfield is placed + within the structure so that it would fit within such a field, not + crossing a boundary for it. + + Thus, on most machines, a bitfield whose type is written as `int' + would not cross a four-byte boundary, and would force four-byte + alignment for the whole structure. (The alignment used may not be + four bytes; it is controlled by the other alignment parameters.) + + If the macro is defined, its definition should be a C expression; + a nonzero value for the expression enables this behavior. + + Note that if this macro is not defined, or its value is zero, some + bitfields may cross more than one alignment boundary. The + compiler can support such references if there are `insv', `extv', + and `extzv' insns that can directly reference memory. + + The other known way of making bitfields work is to define + `STRUCTURE_SIZE_BOUNDARY' as large as `BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT'. Then + every structure can be accessed with fullwords. + + Unless the machine has bitfield instructions or you define + `STRUCTURE_SIZE_BOUNDARY' that way, you must define + `PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS' to have a nonzero value. + + If your aim is to make GNU CC use the same conventions for laying + out bitfields as are used by another compiler, here is how to + investigate what the other compiler does. Compile and run this + program: + + struct foo1 + { + char x; + char :0; + char y; + }; + + struct foo2 + { + char x; + int :0; + char y; + }; + + main () + { + printf ("Size of foo1 is %d\n", + sizeof (struct foo1)); + printf ("Size of foo2 is %d\n", + sizeof (struct foo2)); + exit (0); + } + + If this prints 2 and 5, then the compiler's behavior is what you + would get from `PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS'. + +`BITFIELD_NBYTES_LIMITED' + Like PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS except that its effect is limited to + aligning a bitfield within the structure. + +`ROUND_TYPE_SIZE (STRUCT, SIZE, ALIGN)' + Define this macro as an expression for the overall size of a + structure (given by STRUCT as a tree node) when the size computed + from the fields is SIZE and the alignment is ALIGN. + + The default is to round SIZE up to a multiple of ALIGN. + +`ROUND_TYPE_ALIGN (STRUCT, COMPUTED, SPECIFIED)' + Define this macro as an expression for the alignment of a structure + (given by STRUCT as a tree node) if the alignment computed in the + usual way is COMPUTED and the alignment explicitly specified was + SPECIFIED. + + The default is to use SPECIFIED if it is larger; otherwise, use + the smaller of COMPUTED and `BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT' + +`MAX_FIXED_MODE_SIZE' + An integer expression for the size in bits of the largest integer + machine mode that should actually be used. All integer machine + modes of this size or smaller can be used for structures and + unions with the appropriate sizes. If this macro is undefined, + `GET_MODE_BITSIZE (DImode)' is assumed. + +`CHECK_FLOAT_VALUE (MODE, VALUE, OVERFLOW)' + A C statement to validate the value VALUE (of type `double') for + mode MODE. This means that you check whether VALUE fits within + the possible range of values for mode MODE on this target machine. + The mode MODE is always a mode of class `MODE_FLOAT'. OVERFLOW + is nonzero if the value is already known to be out of range. + + If VALUE is not valid or if OVERFLOW is nonzero, you should set + OVERFLOW to 1 and then assign some valid value to VALUE. Allowing + an invalid value to go through the compiler can produce incorrect + assembler code which may even cause Unix assemblers to crash. + + This macro need not be defined if there is no work for it to do. + +`TARGET_FLOAT_FORMAT' + A code distinguishing the floating point format of the target + machine. There are three defined values: + + `IEEE_FLOAT_FORMAT' + This code indicates IEEE floating point. It is the default; + there is no need to define this macro when the format is IEEE. + + `VAX_FLOAT_FORMAT' + This code indicates the peculiar format used on the Vax. + + `UNKNOWN_FLOAT_FORMAT' + This code indicates any other format. + + The value of this macro is compared with `HOST_FLOAT_FORMAT' + (*note Config::.) to determine whether the target machine has the + same format as the host machine. If any other formats are + actually in use on supported machines, new codes should be defined + for them. + + The ordering of the component words of floating point values + stored in memory is controlled by `FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN' for the + target machine and `HOST_FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN' for the host.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Stack and Calling, Next: Varargs, Prev: Register Classes, Up: Target Macros +File: gcc.info, Node: Type Layout, Next: Registers, Prev: Storage Layout, Up: Target Macros -Stack Layout and Calling Conventions +Layout of Source Language Data Types ==================================== -* Menu: + These macros define the sizes and other characteristics of the +standard basic data types used in programs being compiled. Unlike the +macros in the previous section, these apply to specific features of C +and related languages, rather than to fundamental aspects of storage +layout. + +`INT_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `int' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one word. + +`MAX_INT_TYPE_SIZE' + Maximum number for the size in bits of the type `int' on the target + machine. If this is undefined, the default is `INT_TYPE_SIZE'. + Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the largest value that + `INT_TYPE_SIZE' can have at run-time. This is used in `cpp'. + +`SHORT_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `short' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is half a + word. (If this would be less than one storage unit, it is rounded + up to one unit.) + +`LONG_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `long' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one word. + +`MAX_LONG_TYPE_SIZE' + Maximum number for the size in bits of the type `long' on the + target machine. If this is undefined, the default is + `LONG_TYPE_SIZE'. Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the + largest value that `LONG_TYPE_SIZE' can have at run-time. This is + used in `cpp'. + +`LONG_LONG_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `long long' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is two + words. + +`CHAR_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `char' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one + quarter of a word. (If this would be less than one storage unit, + it is rounded up to one unit.) + +`MAX_CHAR_TYPE_SIZE' + Maximum number for the size in bits of the type `char' on the + target machine. If this is undefined, the default is + `CHAR_TYPE_SIZE'. Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the + largest value that `CHAR_TYPE_SIZE' can have at run-time. This is + used in `cpp'. + +`FLOAT_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `float' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one word. + +`DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `double' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is two + words. + +`LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `long double' on + the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is two + words. + +`DEFAULT_SIGNED_CHAR' + An expression whose value is 1 or 0, according to whether the type + `char' should be signed or unsigned by default. The user can + always override this default with the options `-fsigned-char' and + `-funsigned-char'. + +`DEFAULT_SHORT_ENUMS' + A C expression to determine whether to give an `enum' type only as + many bytes as it takes to represent the range of possible values + of that type. A nonzero value means to do that; a zero value + means all `enum' types should be allocated like `int'. + + If you don't define the macro, the default is 0. + +`SIZE_TYPE' + A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type + to use for size values. The typedef name `size_t' is defined + using the contents of the string. + + The string can contain more than one keyword. If so, separate + them with spaces, and write first any length keyword, then + `unsigned' if appropriate, and finally `int'. The string must + exactly match one of the data type names defined in the function + `init_decl_processing' in the file `c-decl.c'. You may not omit + `int' or change the order--that would cause the compiler to crash + on startup. + + If you don't define this macro, the default is `"long unsigned + int"'. + +`PTRDIFF_TYPE' + A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type + to use for the result of subtracting two pointers. The typedef + name `ptrdiff_t' is defined using the contents of the string. See + `SIZE_TYPE' above for more information. + + If you don't define this macro, the default is `"long int"'. + +`WCHAR_TYPE' + A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type + to use for wide characters. The typedef name `wchar_t' is defined + using the contents of the string. See `SIZE_TYPE' above for more + information. + + If you don't define this macro, the default is `"int"'. -* Frame Layout:: -* Frame Registers:: -* Elimination:: -* Stack Arguments:: -* Register Arguments:: -* Scalar Return:: -* Aggregate Return:: -* Caller Saves:: -* Function Entry:: -* Profiling:: +`WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the data type for wide + characters. This is used in `cpp', which cannot make use of + `WCHAR_TYPE'. + +`MAX_WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE' + Maximum number for the size in bits of the data type for wide + characters. If this is undefined, the default is + `WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE'. Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the + largest value that `WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE' can have at run-time. This is + used in `cpp'. + +`OBJC_INT_SELECTORS' + Define this macro if the type of Objective C selectors should be + `int'. + + If this macro is not defined, then selectors should have the type + `struct objc_selector *'. + +`OBJC_SELECTORS_WITHOUT_LABELS' + Define this macro if the compiler can group all the selectors + together into a vector and use just one label at the beginning of + the vector. Otherwise, the compiler must give each selector its + own assembler label. + + On certain machines, it is important to have a separate label for + each selector because this enables the linker to eliminate + duplicate selectors. + +`TARGET_BELL' + A C constant expression for the integer value for escape sequence + `\a'. + +`TARGET_BS' +`TARGET_TAB' +`TARGET_NEWLINE' + C constant expressions for the integer values for escape sequences + `\b', `\t' and `\n'. + +`TARGET_VT' +`TARGET_FF' +`TARGET_CR' + C constant expressions for the integer values for escape sequences + `\v', `\f' and `\r'.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Frame Layout, Next: Frame Registers, Up: Stack and Calling +File: gcc.info, Node: Registers, Next: Register Classes, Prev: Type Layout, Up: Target Macros -Basic Stack Layout ------------------- +Register Usage +============== -`STACK_GROWS_DOWNWARD' - Define this macro if pushing a word onto the stack moves the stack - pointer to a smaller address. - - When we say, "define this macro if ...," it means that the - compiler checks this macro only with `#ifdef' so the precise - definition used does not matter. - -`FRAME_GROWS_DOWNWARD' - Define this macro if the addresses of local variable slots are at - negative offsets from the frame pointer. - -`ARGS_GROW_DOWNWARD' - Define this macro if successive arguments to a function occupy - decreasing addresses on the stack. - -`STARTING_FRAME_OFFSET' - Offset from the frame pointer to the first local variable slot to - be allocated. - - If `FRAME_GROWS_DOWNWARD', find the next slot's offset by - subtracting the first slot's length from `STARTING_FRAME_OFFSET'. - Otherwise, it is found by adding the length of the first slot to - the value `STARTING_FRAME_OFFSET'. - -`STACK_POINTER_OFFSET' - Offset from the stack pointer register to the first location at - which outgoing arguments are placed. If not specified, the - default value of zero is used. This is the proper value for most - machines. - - If `ARGS_GROW_DOWNWARD', this is the offset to the location above - the first location at which outgoing arguments are placed. - -`FIRST_PARM_OFFSET (FUNDECL)' - Offset from the argument pointer register to the first argument's - address. On some machines it may depend on the data type of the - function. + This section explains how to describe what registers the target +machine has, and how (in general) they can be used. - If `ARGS_GROW_DOWNWARD', this is the offset to the location above - the first argument's address. + The description of which registers a specific instruction can use is +done with register classes; see *Note Register Classes::. For +information on using registers to access a stack frame, see *Note Frame +Registers::. For passing values in registers, see *Note Register +Arguments::. For returning values in registers, see *Note Scalar +Return::. -`STACK_DYNAMIC_OFFSET (FUNDECL)' - Offset from the stack pointer register to an item dynamically - allocated on the stack, e.g., by `alloca'. - - The default value for this macro is `STACK_POINTER_OFFSET' plus the - length of the outgoing arguments. The default is correct for most - machines. See `function.c' for details. - -`DYNAMIC_CHAIN_ADDRESS (FRAMEADDR)' - A C expression whose value is RTL representing the address in a - stack frame where the pointer to the caller's frame is stored. - Assume that FRAMEADDR is an RTL expression for the address of the - stack frame itself. - - If you don't define this macro, the default is to return the value - of FRAMEADDR--that is, the stack frame address is also the address - of the stack word that points to the previous frame. - -`SERTUP_FRAME_ADDRESSES ()' - If defined, a C expression that produces the machine-specific code - to setup the stack so that arbitrary frames can be accessed. For - example, on the Sparc, we must flush all of the register windows - to the stack before we can access arbitrary stack frames. This - macro will seldom need to be defined. - -`RETURN_ADDR_RTX (COUNT, FRAMEADDR)' - A C expression whose value is RTL representing the value of the - return address for the frame COUNT steps up from the current frame. - fRAMEADDR is the frame pointer of the COUNT frame, or the frame - pointer of the COUNT - 1 frame if `RETURN_ADDR_IN_PREVIOUS_FRAME' - is defined. - -`RETURN_ADDR_IN_PREVIOUS_FRAME' - Define this if the return address of a particular stack frame is - accessed from the frame pointer of the previous stack frame. +* Menu: + +* Register Basics:: Number and kinds of registers. +* Allocation Order:: Order in which registers are allocated. +* Values in Registers:: What kinds of values each reg can hold. +* Leaf Functions:: Renumbering registers for leaf functions. +* Stack Registers:: Handling a register stack such as 80387. +* Obsolete Register Macros:: Macros formerly used for the 80387.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Frame Registers, Next: Elimination, Prev: Frame Layout, Up: Stack and Calling +File: gcc.info, Node: Register Basics, Next: Allocation Order, Up: Registers -Registers That Address the Stack Frame --------------------------------------- +Basic Characteristics of Registers +---------------------------------- -`STACK_POINTER_REGNUM' - The register number of the stack pointer register, which must also - be a fixed register according to `FIXED_REGISTERS'. On most - machines, the hardware determines which register this is. - -`FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM' - The register number of the frame pointer register, which is used to - access automatic variables in the stack frame. On some machines, - the hardware determines which register this is. On other - machines, you can choose any register you wish for this purpose. - -`HARD_FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM' - On some machines the offset between the frame pointer and starting - offset of the automatic variables is not known until after register - allocation has been done (for example, because the saved registers - are between these two locations). On those machines, - `FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM' as a special, fixed register to be used - internally until the offset is known, and define - `HARD_FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM' to be the hard register used for the - frame pointer. - - You should define this macro only in the very rare circumstances - when it is not possible to calculate the offset between the frame - pointer and the automatic variables until after register - allocation has been completed. When this macro is defined, you - must also indicate in your definition of `ELIMINABLE_REGS' how to - eliminate `FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM' into either - `HARD_FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM' or `STACK_POINTER_REGNUM'. - - Do not define this macro if it would be the same as - `FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM'. - -`ARG_POINTER_REGNUM' - The register number of the arg pointer register, which is used to - access the function's argument list. On some machines, this is - the same as the frame pointer register. On some machines, the - hardware determines which register this is. On other machines, - you can choose any register you wish for this purpose. If this is - not the same register as the frame pointer register, then you must - mark it as a fixed register according to `FIXED_REGISTERS', or - arrange to be able to eliminate it (*note Elimination::.). - -`STATIC_CHAIN_REGNUM' -`STATIC_CHAIN_INCOMING_REGNUM' - Register numbers used for passing a function's static chain - pointer. If register windows are used, the register number as - seen by the called function is `STATIC_CHAIN_INCOMING_REGNUM', - while the register number as seen by the calling function is - `STATIC_CHAIN_REGNUM'. If these registers are the same, - `STATIC_CHAIN_INCOMING_REGNUM' need not be defined. - - The static chain register need not be a fixed register. - - If the static chain is passed in memory, these macros should not be - defined; instead, the next two macros should be defined. - -`STATIC_CHAIN' -`STATIC_CHAIN_INCOMING' - If the static chain is passed in memory, these macros provide rtx - giving `mem' expressions that denote where they are stored. - `STATIC_CHAIN' and `STATIC_CHAIN_INCOMING' give the locations as - seen by the calling and called functions, respectively. Often the - former will be at an offset from the stack pointer and the latter - at an offset from the frame pointer. - - The variables `stack_pointer_rtx', `frame_pointer_rtx', and - `arg_pointer_rtx' will have been initialized prior to the use of - these macros and should be used to refer to those items. + Registers have various characteristics. - If the static chain is passed in a register, the two previous - macros should be defined instead. +`FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER' + Number of hardware registers known to the compiler. They receive + numbers 0 through `FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER-1'; thus, the first + pseudo register's number really is assigned the number + `FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER'. + +`FIXED_REGISTERS' + An initializer that says which registers are used for fixed + purposes all throughout the compiled code and are therefore not + available for general allocation. These would include the stack + pointer, the frame pointer (except on machines where that can be + used as a general register when no frame pointer is needed), the + program counter on machines where that is considered one of the + addressable registers, and any other numbered register with a + standard use. + + This information is expressed as a sequence of numbers, separated + by commas and surrounded by braces. The Nth number is 1 if + register N is fixed, 0 otherwise. + + The table initialized from this macro, and the table initialized by + the following one, may be overridden at run time either + automatically, by the actions of the macro + `CONDITIONAL_REGISTER_USAGE', or by the user with the command + options `-ffixed-REG', `-fcall-used-REG' and `-fcall-saved-REG'. + +`CALL_USED_REGISTERS' + Like `FIXED_REGISTERS' but has 1 for each register that is + clobbered (in general) by function calls as well as for fixed + registers. This macro therefore identifies the registers that are + not available for general allocation of values that must live + across function calls. + + If a register has 0 in `CALL_USED_REGISTERS', the compiler + automatically saves it on function entry and restores it on + function exit, if the register is used within the function. + +`CONDITIONAL_REGISTER_USAGE' + Zero or more C statements that may conditionally modify two + variables `fixed_regs' and `call_used_regs' (both of type `char + []') after they have been initialized from the two preceding + macros. + + This is necessary in case the fixed or call-clobbered registers + depend on target flags. + + You need not define this macro if it has no work to do. + + If the usage of an entire class of registers depends on the target + flags, you may indicate this to GCC by using this macro to modify + `fixed_regs' and `call_used_regs' to 1 for each of the registers + in the classes which should not be used by GCC. Also define the + macro `REG_CLASS_FROM_LETTER' to return `NO_REGS' if it is called + with a letter for a class that shouldn't be used. + + (However, if this class is not included in `GENERAL_REGS' and all + of the insn patterns whose constraints permit this class are + controlled by target switches, then GCC will automatically avoid + using these registers when the target switches are opposed to + them.) + +`NON_SAVING_SETJMP' + If this macro is defined and has a nonzero value, it means that + `setjmp' and related functions fail to save the registers, or that + `longjmp' fails to restore them. To compensate, the compiler + avoids putting variables in registers in functions that use + `setjmp'. + +`INCOMING_REGNO (OUT)' + Define this macro if the target machine has register windows. + This C expression returns the register number as seen by the + called function corresponding to the register number OUT as seen + by the calling function. Return OUT if register number OUT is not + an outbound register. + +`OUTGOING_REGNO (IN)' + Define this macro if the target machine has register windows. + This C expression returns the register number as seen by the + calling function corresponding to the register number IN as seen + by the called function. Return IN if register number IN is not an + inbound register.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Elimination, Next: Stack Arguments, Prev: Frame Registers, Up: Stack and Calling +File: gcc.info, Node: Allocation Order, Next: Values in Registers, Prev: Register Basics, Up: Registers -Eliminating Frame Pointer and Arg Pointer ------------------------------------------ +Order of Allocation of Registers +-------------------------------- -`FRAME_POINTER_REQUIRED' - A C expression which is nonzero if a function must have and use a - frame pointer. This expression is evaluated in the reload pass. - If its value is nonzero the function will have a frame pointer. - - The expression can in principle examine the current function and - decide according to the facts, but on most machines the constant 0 - or the constant 1 suffices. Use 0 when the machine allows code to - be generated with no frame pointer, and doing so saves some time - or space. Use 1 when there is no possible advantage to avoiding a - frame pointer. - - In certain cases, the compiler does not know how to produce valid - code without a frame pointer. The compiler recognizes those cases - and automatically gives the function a frame pointer regardless of - what `FRAME_POINTER_REQUIRED' says. You don't need to worry about - them. - - In a function that does not require a frame pointer, the frame - pointer register can be allocated for ordinary usage, unless you - mark it as a fixed register. See `FIXED_REGISTERS' for more - information. + Registers are allocated in order. + +`REG_ALLOC_ORDER' + If defined, an initializer for a vector of integers, containing the + numbers of hard registers in the order in which GNU CC should + prefer to use them (from most preferred to least). + + If this macro is not defined, registers are used lowest numbered + first (all else being equal). - This macro is ignored and you do not need to define it if the - function `ELIMINABLE_REGS' is defined. + One use of this macro is on machines where the highest numbered + registers must always be saved and the save-multiple-registers + instruction supports only sequences of consecutive registers. On + such machines, define `REG_ALLOC_ORDER' to be an initializer that + lists the highest numbered allocatable register first. -`INITIAL_FRAME_POINTER_OFFSET (DEPTH-VAR)' - A C statement to store in the variable DEPTH-VAR the difference - between the frame pointer and the stack pointer values immediately - after the function prologue. The value would be computed from - information such as the result of `get_frame_size ()' and the - tables of registers `regs_ever_live' and `call_used_regs'. - - If `ELIMINABLE_REGS' is defined, this macro will be not be used and - need not be defined. Otherwise, it must be defined even if - `FRAME_POINTER_REQUIRED' is defined to always be true; in that - case, you may set DEPTH-VAR to anything. - -`ELIMINABLE_REGS' - If defined, this macro specifies a table of register pairs used to - eliminate unneeded registers that point into the stack frame. If - it is not defined, the only elimination attempted by the compiler - is to replace references to the frame pointer with references to - the stack pointer. - - The definition of this macro is a list of structure - initializations, each of which specifies an original and - replacement register. - - On some machines, the position of the argument pointer is not - known until the compilation is completed. In such a case, a - separate hard register must be used for the argument pointer. - This register can be eliminated by replacing it with either the - frame pointer or the argument pointer, depending on whether or not - the frame pointer has been eliminated. - - In this case, you might specify: - #define ELIMINABLE_REGS \ - {{ARG_POINTER_REGNUM, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM}, \ - {ARG_POINTER_REGNUM, FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM}, \ - {FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM}} - - Note that the elimination of the argument pointer with the stack - pointer is specified first since that is the preferred elimination. - -`CAN_ELIMINATE (FROM-REG, TO-REG)' - A C expression that returns non-zero if the compiler is allowed to - try to replace register number FROM-REG with register number - TO-REG. This macro need only be defined if `ELIMINABLE_REGS' is - defined, and will usually be the constant 1, since most of the - cases preventing register elimination are things that the compiler - already knows about. - -`INITIAL_ELIMINATION_OFFSET (FROM-REG, TO-REG, OFFSET-VAR)' - This macro is similar to `INITIAL_FRAME_POINTER_OFFSET'. It - specifies the initial difference between the specified pair of - registers. This macro must be defined if `ELIMINABLE_REGS' is - defined. - -`LONGJMP_RESTORE_FROM_STACK' - Define this macro if the `longjmp' function restores registers from - the stack frames, rather than from those saved specifically by - `setjmp'. Certain quantities must not be kept in registers across - a call to `setjmp' on such machines. +`ORDER_REGS_FOR_LOCAL_ALLOC' + A C statement (sans semicolon) to choose the order in which to + allocate hard registers for pseudo-registers local to a basic + block. + + Store the desired register order in the array `reg_alloc_order'. + Element 0 should be the register to allocate first; element 1, the + next register; and so on. + + The macro body should not assume anything about the contents of + `reg_alloc_order' before execution of the macro. + + On most machines, it is not necessary to define this macro.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Stack Arguments, Next: Register Arguments, Prev: Elimination, Up: Stack and Calling +File: gcc.info, Node: Values in Registers, Next: Leaf Functions, Prev: Allocation Order, Up: Registers -Passing Function Arguments on the Stack ---------------------------------------- +How Values Fit in Registers +--------------------------- + + This section discusses the macros that describe which kinds of values +(specifically, which machine modes) each register can hold, and how many +consecutive registers are needed for a given mode. + +`HARD_REGNO_NREGS (REGNO, MODE)' + A C expression for the number of consecutive hard registers, + starting at register number REGNO, required to hold a value of mode + MODE. + + On a machine where all registers are exactly one word, a suitable + definition of this macro is + + #define HARD_REGNO_NREGS(REGNO, MODE) \ + ((GET_MODE_SIZE (MODE) + UNITS_PER_WORD - 1) \ + / UNITS_PER_WORD)) + +`HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK (REGNO, MODE)' + A C expression that is nonzero if it is permissible to store a + value of mode MODE in hard register number REGNO (or in several + registers starting with that one). For a machine where all + registers are equivalent, a suitable definition is + + #define HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK(REGNO, MODE) 1 + + It is not necessary for this macro to check for the numbers of + fixed registers, because the allocation mechanism considers them + to be always occupied. + + On some machines, double-precision values must be kept in even/odd + register pairs. The way to implement that is to define this macro + to reject odd register numbers for such modes. + + The minimum requirement for a mode to be OK in a register is that + the `movMODE' instruction pattern support moves between the + register and any other hard register for which the mode is OK; and + that moving a value into the register and back out not alter it. + + Since the same instruction used to move `SImode' will work for all + narrower integer modes, it is not necessary on any machine for + `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK' to distinguish between these modes, provided + you define patterns `movhi', etc., to take advantage of this. This + is useful because of the interaction between `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK' + and `MODES_TIEABLE_P'; it is very desirable for all integer modes + to be tieable. + + Many machines have special registers for floating point arithmetic. + Often people assume that floating point machine modes are allowed + only in floating point registers. This is not true. Any + registers that can hold integers can safely *hold* a floating + point machine mode, whether or not floating arithmetic can be done + on it in those registers. Integer move instructions can be used + to move the values. + + On some machines, though, the converse is true: fixed-point machine + modes may not go in floating registers. This is true if the + floating registers normalize any value stored in them, because + storing a non-floating value there would garble it. In this case, + `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK' should reject fixed-point machine modes in + floating registers. But if the floating registers do not + automatically normalize, if you can store any bit pattern in one + and retrieve it unchanged without a trap, then any machine mode + may go in a floating register, so you can define this macro to say + so. + + The primary significance of special floating registers is rather + that they are the registers acceptable in floating point arithmetic + instructions. However, this is of no concern to + `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK'. You handle it by writing the proper + constraints for those instructions. + + On some machines, the floating registers are especially slow to + access, so that it is better to store a value in a stack frame + than in such a register if floating point arithmetic is not being + done. As long as the floating registers are not in class + `GENERAL_REGS', they will not be used unless some pattern's + constraint asks for one. + +`MODES_TIEABLE_P (MODE1, MODE2)' + A C expression that is nonzero if it is desirable to choose + register allocation so as to avoid move instructions between a + value of mode MODE1 and a value of mode MODE2. + + If `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK (R, MODE1)' and `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK (R, + MODE2)' are ever different for any R, then `MODES_TIEABLE_P (MODE1, + MODE2)' must be zero. + + +File: gcc.info, Node: Leaf Functions, Next: Stack Registers, Prev: Values in Registers, Up: Registers - The macros in this section control how arguments are passed on the -stack. See the following section for other macros that control passing -certain arguments in registers. - -`PROMOTE_PROTOTYPES' - Define this macro if an argument declared in a prototype as an - integral type smaller than `int' should actually be passed as an - `int'. In addition to avoiding errors in certain cases of - mismatch, it also makes for better code on certain machines. - -`PUSH_ROUNDING (NPUSHED)' - A C expression that is the number of bytes actually pushed onto the - stack when an instruction attempts to push NPUSHED bytes. - - If the target machine does not have a push instruction, do not - define this macro. That directs GNU CC to use an alternate - strategy: to allocate the entire argument block and then store the - arguments into it. - - On some machines, the definition - - #define PUSH_ROUNDING(BYTES) (BYTES) - - will suffice. But on other machines, instructions that appear to - push one byte actually push two bytes in an attempt to maintain - alignment. Then the definition should be - - #define PUSH_ROUNDING(BYTES) (((BYTES) + 1) & ~1) - -`ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS' - If defined, the maximum amount of space required for outgoing - arguments will be computed and placed into the variable - `current_function_outgoing_args_size'. No space will be pushed - onto the stack for each call; instead, the function prologue should - increase the stack frame size by this amount. - - Defining both `PUSH_ROUNDING' and `ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS' is - not proper. - -`REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE (FNDECL)' - Define this macro if functions should assume that stack space has - been allocated for arguments even when their values are passed in - registers. - - The value of this macro is the size, in bytes, of the area - reserved for arguments passed in registers for the function - represented by FNDECL. - - This space can be allocated by the caller, or be a part of the - machine-dependent stack frame: `OUTGOING_REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE' says - which. - -`MAYBE_REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE' -`FINAL_REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE (CONST_SIZE, VAR_SIZE)' - Define these macros in addition to the one above if functions might - allocate stack space for arguments even when their values are - passed in registers. These should be used when the stack space - allocated for arguments in registers is not a simple constant - independent of the function declaration. - - The value of the first macro is the size, in bytes, of the area - that we should initially assume would be reserved for arguments - passed in registers. - - The value of the second macro is the actual size, in bytes, of the - area that will be reserved for arguments passed in registers. - This takes two arguments: an integer representing the number of - bytes of fixed sized arguments on the stack, and a tree - representing the number of bytes of variable sized arguments on - the stack. - - When these macros are defined, `REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE' will only be - called for libcall functions, the current function, or for a - function being called when it is known that such stack space must - be allocated. In each case this value can be easily computed. - - When deciding whether a called function needs such stack space, - and how much space to reserve, GNU CC uses these two macros - instead of `REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE'. - -`OUTGOING_REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE' - Define this if it is the responsibility of the caller to allocate - the area reserved for arguments passed in registers. - - If `ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS' is defined, this macro controls - whether the space for these arguments counts in the value of - `current_function_outgoing_args_size'. - -`STACK_PARMS_IN_REG_PARM_AREA' - Define this macro if `REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE' is defined, but the - stack parameters don't skip the area specified by it. - - Normally, when a parameter is not passed in registers, it is - placed on the stack beyond the `REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE' area. - Defining this macro suppresses this behavior and causes the - parameter to be passed on the stack in its natural location. - -`RETURN_POPS_ARGS (FUNTYPE, STACK-SIZE)' - A C expression that should indicate the number of bytes of its own - arguments that a function pops on returning, or 0 if the function - pops no arguments and the caller must therefore pop them all after - the function returns. - - FUNTYPE is a C variable whose value is a tree node that describes - the function in question. Normally it is a node of type - `FUNCTION_TYPE' that describes the data type of the function. - From this it is possible to obtain the data types of the value and - arguments (if known). - - When a call to a library function is being considered, FUNTYPE - will contain an identifier node for the library function. Thus, if - you need to distinguish among various library functions, you can - do so by their names. Note that "library function" in this - context means a function used to perform arithmetic, whose name is - known specially in the compiler and was not mentioned in the C - code being compiled. - - STACK-SIZE is the number of bytes of arguments passed on the - stack. If a variable number of bytes is passed, it is zero, and - argument popping will always be the responsibility of the calling +Handling Leaf Functions +----------------------- + + On some machines, a leaf function (i.e., one which makes no calls) +can run more efficiently if it does not make its own register window. +Often this means it is required to receive its arguments in the +registers where they are passed by the caller, instead of the registers +where they would normally arrive. + + The special treatment for leaf functions generally applies only when +other conditions are met; for example, often they may use only those +registers for its own variables and temporaries. We use the term "leaf +function" to mean a function that is suitable for this special +handling, so that functions with no calls are not necessarily "leaf +functions". + + GNU CC assigns register numbers before it knows whether the function +is suitable for leaf function treatment. So it needs to renumber the +registers in order to output a leaf function. The following macros +accomplish this. + +`LEAF_REGISTERS' + A C initializer for a vector, indexed by hard register number, + which contains 1 for a register that is allowable in a candidate + for leaf function treatment. + + If leaf function treatment involves renumbering the registers, + then the registers marked here should be the ones before + renumbering--those that GNU CC would ordinarily allocate. The + registers which will actually be used in the assembler code, after + renumbering, should not be marked with 1 in this vector. + + Define this macro only if the target machine offers a way to + optimize the treatment of leaf functions. + +`LEAF_REG_REMAP (REGNO)' + A C expression whose value is the register number to which REGNO + should be renumbered, when a function is treated as a leaf function. - On the Vax, all functions always pop their arguments, so the - definition of this macro is STACK-SIZE. On the 68000, using the - standard calling convention, no functions pop their arguments, so - the value of the macro is always 0 in this case. But an - alternative calling convention is available in which functions - that take a fixed number of arguments pop them but other functions - (such as `printf') pop nothing (the caller pops all). When this - convention is in use, FUNTYPE is examined to determine whether a - function takes a fixed number of arguments. + If REGNO is a register number which should not appear in a leaf + function before renumbering, then the expression should yield -1, + which will cause the compiler to abort. + + Define this macro only if the target machine offers a way to + optimize the treatment of leaf functions, and registers need to be + renumbered to do this. + + Normally, `FUNCTION_PROLOGUE' and `FUNCTION_EPILOGUE' must treat +leaf functions specially. It can test the C variable `leaf_function' +which is nonzero for leaf functions. (The variable `leaf_function' is +defined only if `LEAF_REGISTERS' is defined.)  -File: gcc.info, Node: Register Arguments, Next: Scalar Return, Prev: Stack Arguments, Up: Stack and Calling +File: gcc.info, Node: Stack Registers, Next: Obsolete Register Macros, Prev: Leaf Functions, Up: Registers + +Registers That Form a Stack +--------------------------- + + There are special features to handle computers where some of the +"registers" form a stack, as in the 80387 coprocessor for the 80386. +Stack registers are normally written by pushing onto the stack, and are +numbered relative to the top of the stack. + + Currently, GNU CC can only handle one group of stack-like registers, +and they must be consecutively numbered. + +`STACK_REGS' + Define this if the machine has any stack-like registers. -Passing Arguments in Registers ------------------------------- +`FIRST_STACK_REG' + The number of the first stack-like register. This one is the top + of the stack. - This section describes the macros which let you control how various -types of arguments are passed in registers or how they are arranged in -the stack. - -`FUNCTION_ARG (CUM, MODE, TYPE, NAMED)' - A C expression that controls whether a function argument is passed - in a register, and which register. - - The arguments are CUM, which summarizes all the previous - arguments; MODE, the machine mode of the argument; TYPE, the data - type of the argument as a tree node or 0 if that is not known - (which happens for C support library functions); and NAMED, which - is 1 for an ordinary argument and 0 for nameless arguments that - correspond to `...' in the called function's prototype. - - The value of the expression should either be a `reg' RTX for the - hard register in which to pass the argument, or zero to pass the - argument on the stack. - - For machines like the Vax and 68000, where normally all arguments - are pushed, zero suffices as a definition. - - The usual way to make the ANSI library `stdarg.h' work on a machine - where some arguments are usually passed in registers, is to cause - nameless arguments to be passed on the stack instead. This is done - by making `FUNCTION_ARG' return 0 whenever NAMED is 0. - - You may use the macro `MUST_PASS_IN_STACK (MODE, TYPE)' in the - definition of this macro to determine if this argument is of a - type that must be passed in the stack. If `REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE' - is not defined and `FUNCTION_ARG' returns non-zero for such an - argument, the compiler will abort. If `REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE' is - defined, the argument will be computed in the stack and then - loaded into a register. - -`FUNCTION_INCOMING_ARG (CUM, MODE, TYPE, NAMED)' - Define this macro if the target machine has "register windows", so - that the register in which a function sees an arguments is not - necessarily the same as the one in which the caller passed the - argument. - - For such machines, `FUNCTION_ARG' computes the register in which - the caller passes the value, and `FUNCTION_INCOMING_ARG' should be - defined in a similar fashion to tell the function being called - where the arguments will arrive. - - If `FUNCTION_INCOMING_ARG' is not defined, `FUNCTION_ARG' serves - both purposes. - -`FUNCTION_ARG_PARTIAL_NREGS (CUM, MODE, TYPE, NAMED)' - A C expression for the number of words, at the beginning of an - argument, must be put in registers. The value must be zero for - arguments that are passed entirely in registers or that are - entirely pushed on the stack. - - On some machines, certain arguments must be passed partially in - registers and partially in memory. On these machines, typically - the first N words of arguments are passed in registers, and the - rest on the stack. If a multi-word argument (a `double' or a - structure) crosses that boundary, its first few words must be - passed in registers and the rest must be pushed. This macro tells - the compiler when this occurs, and how many of the words should go - in registers. - - `FUNCTION_ARG' for these arguments should return the first - register to be used by the caller for this argument; likewise - `FUNCTION_INCOMING_ARG', for the called function. - -`FUNCTION_ARG_PASS_BY_REFERENCE (CUM, MODE, TYPE, NAMED)' - A C expression that indicates when an argument must be passed by - reference. If nonzero for an argument, a copy of that argument is - made in memory and a pointer to the argument is passed instead of - the argument itself. The pointer is passed in whatever way is - appropriate for passing a pointer to that type. - - On machines where `REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE' is not defined, a suitable - definition of this macro might be - #define FUNCTION_ARG_PASS_BY_REFERENCE\ - (CUM, MODE, TYPE, NAMED) \ - MUST_PASS_IN_STACK (MODE, TYPE) - -`FUNCTION_ARG_CALLEE_COPIES (CUM, MODE, TYPE, NAMED)' - If defined, a C expression that indicates when it is the called - function's responsibility to make a copy of arguments passed by - invisible reference. Normally, the caller makes a copy and passes - the address of the copy to the routine being called. When - FUNCTION_ARG_CALLEE_COPIES is defined and is nonzero, the caller - does not make a copy. Instead, it passes a pointer to the "live" - value. The called function must not modify this value. If it can - be determined that the value won't be modified, it need not make a - copy; otherwise a copy must be made. - -`CUMULATIVE_ARGS' - A C type for declaring a variable that is used as the first - argument of `FUNCTION_ARG' and other related values. For some - target machines, the type `int' suffices and can hold the number - of bytes of argument so far. - - There is no need to record in `CUMULATIVE_ARGS' anything about the - arguments that have been passed on the stack. The compiler has - other variables to keep track of that. For target machines on - which all arguments are passed on the stack, there is no need to - store anything in `CUMULATIVE_ARGS'; however, the data structure - must exist and should not be empty, so use `int'. - -`INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS (CUM, FNTYPE, LIBNAME)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) for initializing the variable CUM - for the state at the beginning of the argument list. The variable - has type `CUMULATIVE_ARGS'. The value of FNTYPE is the tree node - for the data type of the function which will receive the args, or 0 - if the args are to a compiler support library function. - - When processing a call to a compiler support library function, - LIBNAME identifies which one. It is a `symbol_ref' rtx which - contains the name of the function, as a string. LIBNAME is 0 when - an ordinary C function call is being processed. Thus, each time - this macro is called, either LIBNAME or FNTYPE is nonzero, but - never both of them at once. - -`INIT_CUMULATIVE_INCOMING_ARGS (CUM, FNTYPE, LIBNAME)' - Like `INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS' but overrides it for the purposes of - finding the arguments for the function being compiled. If this - macro is undefined, `INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS' is used instead. - - The value passed for LIBNAME is always 0, since library routines - with special calling conventions are never compiled with GNU CC. - The argument LIBNAME exists for symmetry with - `INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS'. - -`FUNCTION_ARG_ADVANCE (CUM, MODE, TYPE, NAMED)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to update the summarizer variable - CUM to advance past an argument in the argument list. The values - MODE, TYPE and NAMED describe that argument. Once this is done, - the variable CUM is suitable for analyzing the *following* - argument with `FUNCTION_ARG', etc. - - This macro need not do anything if the argument in question was - passed on the stack. The compiler knows how to track the amount - of stack space used for arguments without any special help. - -`FUNCTION_ARG_PADDING (MODE, TYPE)' - If defined, a C expression which determines whether, and in which - direction, to pad out an argument with extra space. The value - should be of type `enum direction': either `upward' to pad above - the argument, `downward' to pad below, or `none' to inhibit - padding. - - The *amount* of padding is always just enough to reach the next - multiple of `FUNCTION_ARG_BOUNDARY'; this macro does not control - it. - - This macro has a default definition which is right for most - systems. For little-endian machines, the default is to pad - upward. For big-endian machines, the default is to pad downward - for an argument of constant size shorter than an `int', and upward - otherwise. - -`FUNCTION_ARG_BOUNDARY (MODE, TYPE)' - If defined, a C expression that gives the alignment boundary, in - bits, of an argument with the specified mode and type. If it is - not defined, `PARM_BOUNDARY' is used for all arguments. - -`FUNCTION_ARG_REGNO_P (REGNO)' - A C expression that is nonzero if REGNO is the number of a hard - register in which function arguments are sometimes passed. This - does *not* include implicit arguments such as the static chain and - the structure-value address. On many machines, no registers can be - used for this purpose since all function arguments are pushed on - the stack. +`LAST_STACK_REG' + The number of the last stack-like register. This one is the + bottom of the stack.