[LLVMdev] Stack layout in the x86 back-end

[Chris Lattner]

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Sarah Thompson wrote:
> ideally, I'd like a block that encompasses everything from the  function
> parameters up to the current top-of-stack including spilled registers.
> Is this feasible?

Hi Sarah,

I'm not sure how much of this is possible.  You're guaranteed that each 
function stack frame is itself contiguous (including spilled regs), but 
there isn't really a notion of "top of stack" in the compiler.  To get 
this information, you'll need information from the runtime or OS.

-Chris

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