Commit 5376a30c by Ken Raeburn

Add stack alignment descriptions to comments describing stack layouts.

Also describe which layouts are used for EABI.

From-SVN: r22431
parent cc5c4e2f
...@@ -3261,6 +3261,10 @@ rs6000_makes_calls () ...@@ -3261,6 +3261,10 @@ rs6000_makes_calls ()
old SP->| back chain to caller's caller | old SP->| back chain to caller's caller |
+---------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------+
The required alignment for AIX configurations is two words (i.e., 8
or 16 bytes).
V.4 stack frames look like: V.4 stack frames look like:
SP----> +---------------------------------------+ SP----> +---------------------------------------+
...@@ -3287,6 +3291,13 @@ rs6000_makes_calls () ...@@ -3287,6 +3291,13 @@ rs6000_makes_calls ()
old SP->| back chain to caller's caller | old SP->| back chain to caller's caller |
+---------------------------------------+ +---------------------------------------+
The required alignment for V.4 is 16 bytes, or 8 bytes if -meabi is
given. (But note below and in sysv4.h that we require only 8 and
may round up the size of our stack frame anyways. The historical
reason is early versions of powerpc-linux which didn't properly
align the stack at program startup. A happy side-effect is that
-mno-eabi libraries can be used with -meabi programs.)
A PowerPC Windows/NT frame looks like: A PowerPC Windows/NT frame looks like:
...@@ -3330,7 +3341,17 @@ rs6000_makes_calls () ...@@ -3330,7 +3341,17 @@ rs6000_makes_calls ()
order to support __builtin_return_address, the save area for the order to support __builtin_return_address, the save area for the
link register needs to be in a known place, so we use -4 off of the link register needs to be in a known place, so we use -4 off of the
old SP. To support calls through pointers, we also allocate a old SP. To support calls through pointers, we also allocate a
fixed slot to store the TOC, -8 off the old SP. */ fixed slot to store the TOC, -8 off the old SP.
The required alignment for NT is 16 bytes.
The EABI configuration defaults to the V.4 layout, unless
-mcall-aix is used, in which case the AIX layout is used. However,
the stack alignment requirements may differ. If -mno-eabi is not
given, the required stack alignment is 8 bytes; if -mno-eabi is
given, the required alignment is 16 bytes. (But see V.4 comment
above.) */
#ifndef ABI_STACK_BOUNDARY #ifndef ABI_STACK_BOUNDARY
#define ABI_STACK_BOUNDARY STACK_BOUNDARY #define ABI_STACK_BOUNDARY STACK_BOUNDARY
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