[LLVMdev] Handling SRet on Windows x86

[Anton Korobeynikov]

Hello Timur,

> I'd like to ask for advice:
> a) Is it OK to change the SRet/ThisCall behaviour on non-Windows platforms?
>     [I suppose no]
no

>
> b) Should I be altering CC_X86_32_ThisCall
>     OR should I introduce CC_X86_Win32_ThisCall instead?
>     [Answer not clear to me - is there any platform besides Windows
>     that uses thiscall?]
no

It seems for me that you're trying to solve the problem from the wrong
end. As far as I remember, there is a difference - "simple" (probable
POD-like stuff) are returned in the regs, while classes with
non-trivial ctors, etc. are passed / returned on stack. It's frontend
responsibility to emit proper IR in this case.

See http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=5064 and around. This seems
to be the correct description of what's going on.

-- 
With best regards, Anton Korobeynikov
Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics, Saint Petersburg State University