[PATCH] D36272: [CodeGen][x86_64] Enable 'force_align_arg_pointer' attribute at x86_64

[Aaron Ballman via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

aaron.ballman added a comment.

In https://reviews.llvm.org/D36272#856722, @erichkeane wrote:

> In https://reviews.llvm.org/D36272#856040, @anatol.pomozov wrote:
>
> > Hi Eric, thank you for your reply. Both these triples are currently broken, with my change and without.
> >
> > The attribute functionality in WinX86_64TargetCodeGenInfo mirrors one in X86_64TargetCodeGenInfo and it should work the same way. It is done intentionally as both these systems have the stack alignment restrictions.
> >
> > In addition to option you proposed there are other ways to make the forward progress:
> >
> > - fix function-attributes.c for win32 systems (both 32 and 64bit). Having working tests is important not only for force_align_arg_pointer functionality but for any other win32 change. It needs attention from Clang developers who is familiar with this area.
> > - bypass the broken win32 test as it is done up until now.
>
>
> As I said, as long as BOTH windows versions have the same issue, I think _I_ am OK with it.  Since x86-windows already didn't work, you've simply added x64-windows support, which seems like a win to me.  I think I'm ok with this for now, so I'll approve.
>  Hope that is OK Aaron :)


Yes, I'm okay with that.  I'd also be more okay if we corrected the attribute spelling to be GCC instead of GNU and added some documentation to the attribute, since we're updating it.


https://reviews.llvm.org/D36272