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Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 20:32:57 +0300 (MSK)
From: Alexander Monakov <amonakov@...ras.ru>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Minor style patch to exit.c



On Sun, 19 Jan 2020, Rich Felker wrote:

> > I would suggest
> > 
> >   void (**ptr)(void);
> > 
> >   __asm__ ("" : "=g"(ptr) : "0"(..._end), "X"(..._start));
> > 
> >   while (ptr != _start) (*--ptr)();
> 
> I think we could just put the assignment outside the asm and use "+g".
> Not clear why _start is needed as an input operand. It's external so
> asm must be assumed to be able to see it.

In the context of LTO asms really need to mention referenced symbols in
constraints. Plus, it's good to have "the pointer is related to _start"
spelled out in the code.

> BTW does the "X" constraint work all the way back to ancient gcc (and
> then presumably with pcc, clang)? The first time I ever saw it was in
> one of your other patches.

gcc documentation says 2.95 already had it.

Alexander

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