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Re: [rfa/6.0] fix aix inferior calls
- From: Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>
- To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at redhat dot com>, Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, peter dot schauer at regent dot e-technik dot tu-muenchen dot de
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:22:02 -0700
- Subject: Re: [rfa/6.0] fix aix inferior calls
- References: <3F789078.3000100@redhat.com>
On Sep 29, 4:05pm, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> The PowerOpen doco requires at least 220 bytes of space, beyond the end
> of stack, but forgets to mention that 220 isn't frame [16 byte] aligned.
> Consequently, an assert checking stack alignment fails and inferior
> calls on AIX doesn't work. That will learn me for not checking the math.
>
> Anyway, ok for "the late breaking 6.0 patch"?
I didn't see a patch attached, but if it allocates 220 bytes of space
and then allocates any extra space to get to a 16 byte alignment, it's
okay with me. (Anything which is roughly equivalent is fine too -
e.g, aligning first and then allocating 224 bytes is okay too.)
Kevin