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Re: [RFA] PPC ABI compliance fix
Andrew Cagney writes:
> > Index: ppc-linux-tdep.c
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/uberbaum/gdb/ppc-linux-tdep.c,v
> > retrieving revision 1.13
> > diff -u -r1.13 ppc-linux-tdep.c
> > --- ppc-linux-tdep.c 2002/02/24 22:31:19 1.13
> > +++ ppc-linux-tdep.c 2002/03/22 18:48:39
> > @@ -414,6 +414,14 @@
> > it may be used generically by ports which use either the SysV ABI or
> > the EABI */
> >
> > +/* Structures 8 bytes or less long are returned in the r3 & r4
> > + registers, according to the SYSV ABI. */
> > +int
> > +ppc_sysv_abi_use_struct_convention (int gcc_p, struct type *value_type)
> > +{
> > + return (TYPE_LENGTH (value_type) > 8);
> > +}
> > +
> > /* round2 rounds x up to the nearest multiple of s assuming that s is a
> > power of 2 */
>
> Should this live in rs6000-tdep.c?
Yes, There is a FIXME about that in the file. I am not sure why
sysv_push_arguments is in that file as well. I didn't want to change
it in case there was some real technical problem.
Maybe Kevin knows why?
Elena
>
> enjoy,
> Andrew
>
>