+2009-01-03 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/sysdep.h: Describe 6th argument
+ handling.
+
2009-01-02 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/kernel-features.h
arg 3 %edx call-clobbered
arg 4 %esi call-saved
arg 5 %edi call-saved
+ arg 6 %ebp call-saved
The stack layout upon entering the function is:
+ 24(%esp) Arg# 6
20(%esp) Arg# 5
16(%esp) Arg# 4
12(%esp) Arg# 3
(%esp) Return address
(Of course a function with say 3 arguments does not have entries for
- arguments 4 and 5.)
+ arguments 4, 5, and 6.)
The following code tries hard to be optimal. A general assumption
(which is true according to the data books I have) is that