[llvm-commits] [patch] add gcroot attribute, test

[Chris Lattner]

On Sep 21, 2007, at 1:49 AM, Eric Christopher wrote:

>>
>> GCC carefully packs these bitfields so that there are exactly 32  
>> of them.  With this addition, you'll push over and require an  
>> extra word for every tree.  Would it be possible to record the  
>> gcroot flag in the attributes list somehow?  This tradeoff seems  
>> worthwhile, because almost no structs will be marked as GCable.
>
> Sure. Here's the new patch. I removed any dependence on  
> RECORD_TYPE, but make sure we have a pointer at least to gcroot from.

Applied, thanks Eric!
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-Chris