[llvm-dev] AArch64 always omit leaf frame pointer

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On Fri, Dec 6, 2019 at 10:16 AM kamlesh kumar via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Devs,
>
> By default AArch64 omit the frame pointer for leaf function.
> But surprisingly, even after passing option -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer behavior remain same.
>
> it is handled at
> https://github.com/llvm-mirror/llvm/blob/master/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64FrameLowering.cpp#L242
>
> Here is a testcase
> https://godbolt.org/z/653p3q
>
> Before going for fix,
> Like to know community thought on this wether this is a bug or not?

X86 and Mips respect -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer. gcc aarch64
defaults to -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer. So it seems we should
probably fix AArch64. PowerPC has a similar problem.

We need a clang driver patch to make AArch64 similar to PS4, which
defaults to -mno-omit-leaf-frame-pointer:
https://reviews.llvm.org/D71167



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