Fix x64 compilation error due to some dead code, by deleting the dead code.

BUG=1286
TEST=compile V8 with gcc-4.4.x.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6771007

git-svn-id: http://v8.googlecode.com/svn/branches/bleeding_edge@7407 ce2b1a6d-e550-0410-aec6-3dcde31c8c00

diff --git a/src/x64/codegen-x64.cc b/src/x64/codegen-x64.cc
index 6f34cf7..8c338fe 100644 (file)
--- a/src/x64/codegen-x64.cc
+++ b/src/x64/codegen-x64.cc
@@ -8207,17 +8207,9 @@ Result CodeGenerator::EmitNamedLoad(Handle<String> name, bool is_contextual) {
     result = allocator()->Allocate();
     ASSERT(result.is_valid());
 
-    // Cannot use r12 for receiver, because that changes
-    // the distance between a call and a fixup location,
-    // due to a special encoding of r12 as r/m in a ModR/M byte.
-    if (receiver.reg().is(r12)) {
-      frame()->Spill(receiver.reg());  // It will be overwritten with result.
-      // Swap receiver and value.
-      __ movq(result.reg(), receiver.reg());
-      Result temp = receiver;
-      receiver = result;
-      result = temp;
-    }
+    // r12 is now a reserved register, so it cannot be the receiver.
+    // If it was, the distance to the fixup location would not be constant.
+    ASSERT(!receiver.reg().is(r12));
 
     DeferredReferenceGetNamedValue* deferred =
         new DeferredReferenceGetNamedValue(result.reg(), receiver.reg(), name);