[llvm-dev] variadic functions on X86_64 should (conditionally) save XMM regs even if -no-implicit-float

[Nasser, Salim via llvm-dev]

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 4:00 AM Anton Korobeynikov via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org<mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
> The problem is that now, when optimization is disabled, the compiler will *unconditionally* access XMM registers in the prolog of varargs functions. This is *not* the usual code to spill floating point varargs arguments (which is correctly guarded by testing %al). Instead the compiler:
I believe this is a bug that needs to be handled separately..

On 6/5/19 4:29 PM, Reid Kleckner wrote:
I think your reasoning makes sense, and we should make the XMM saving in llvm.va_start conditional.


Thanks both of you for the feedback. I've filed bug 42219 ("[X86_64] Variadic functions unconditionally spill %XMM registers").

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