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Re: thread-ready ABIs
"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> Thq question is if we should reserve $23 outside of glibc. $23 is
> a saved register in the MIPS ABI. It doesn't change across function
> calls. If applications outside of glibc don't need to access the
> thread register directly, that means $23 can be used as a saved
> register.
It depends on the final decisions os the thrad ABI but it is best to
assume that compiler-generated code will access the register.
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