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| author | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2003-08-18 20:12:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> | 2003-08-18 20:12:32 +0000 |
| commit | 6af4feb875896198ea1141afc5607dc9218bb6ab (patch) | |
| tree | 57bf80b6f418b4748097e3494c895488a2cb0319 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | a8662651bd5d41ffd893999a850a7774cb301fd2 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-gdb-6af4feb875896198ea1141afc5607dc9218bb6ab.tar.gz | |
Index: ChangeLog
2003-08-18 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* gdbarch.sh (FRAME_RED_ZONE_SIZE): New architecture method.
* gdbarch.h, gdbarch.c: Re-generate.
* infcall.c (call_function_by_hand): Adjust the SP by
frame_red_zone_size before allocating any stack space.
* rs6000-tdep.c (rs6000_gdbarch_init): Set "frame_red_zone_size".
* x86-64-tdep.c (x86_64_frame_align): New function.
(x86_64_init_abi): Set "frame_red_zone_size" and "frame_align".
* x86-64-tdep.c (x86_64_push_arguments): Revert 2003-08-07 change.
Remove code adjusting SP so that it skips over the Red Zone.
Index: doc/ChangeLog
2003-08-18 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>
* gdbint.texinfo (Target Architecture Definition): Document
"frame_red_zone_size".
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index a9a17a0bb22..f7b6cf1b4e0 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2003-08-18 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> + + * gdbint.texinfo (Target Architecture Definition): Document + "frame_red_zone_size". + 2003-08-09 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Backtrace): Replace "set/show backtrace-below-main" diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo index f453327f322..100d39c6715 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo @@ -3229,6 +3229,24 @@ the direction of stack growth. By default, no frame based stack alignment is performed. +@item int frame_red_zone_size + +The number of bytes, beyond the innermost-stack-address, reserved by the +@sc{abi}. A function is permitted to use this scratch area (instead of +allocating extra stack space). + +When performing an inferior function call, to ensure that it does not +modify this area, @value{GDBN} adjusts the innermost-stack-address by +@var{frame_red_zone_size} bytes before pushing parameters onto the +stack. + +By default, zero bytes are allocated. The value must be aligned +(@pxref{frame_align}). + +The @sc{amd64} (nee x86-64) @sc{abi} documentation refers to the +@emph{red zone} when describing this scratch area. +@cindex red zone + @item DEPRECATED_FRAME_CHAIN(@var{frame}) @findex DEPRECATED_FRAME_CHAIN Given @var{frame}, return a pointer to the calling frame. |