diff --git a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt index 8f265cfc488..e49bda0fcd1 100644 --- a/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt +++ b/lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt @@ -895,3 +895,20 @@ define double @test_FNEG_sel(double %A, double %B, double %C) { ret double %E } +//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// +The save/restore sequence for CR in prolog/epilog is terrible: +- Each CR subreg is saved individually, rather than doing one save as a unit. +- On Darwin, the save is done after the decrement of SP, which means the offset +from SP of the save slot can be too big for a store instruction, which means we +need an additional register (currently hacked in 96015+96020; the solution there +is correct, but poor). +- On SVR4 the same thing can happen, and I don't think saving before the SP +decrement is safe on that target, as there is no red zone. This is currently +broken AFAIK, although it's not a target I can exercise. +The following demonstrates the problem: +extern void bar(char *p); +void foo() { + char x[100000]; + bar(x); + __asm__("" ::: "cr2"); +}