Re: [9fans] OS X threads + dynamic linking

["\"Nils O. Selåsdal\"" <noselasd@asgaard.homelinux.org>]

David Leimbach wrote:
> Actually, this code violates the ABI.  The stack needs to be aligned
> on a 16byte address.
>
> http://developer.apple.com/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/LowLevelABI/index.html
>
> So the assembly block should be:
>
>        asm(
>                "pushal\n"
>                "movl 8(%ebp), %ebx\n"
>                "movl 12(%ebp), %eax\n"
>                "xchgl %esp, %eax\n"
> 	        "subl $0xc, %esp\n"  //need to align the stack... can't just pushl
>                "pushl %eax\n"
>                "call *%ebx\n"
>                "popl %esp\n"
>                "popal\n"
>        );
>
> Just don't compile with -Os because gcc freaking inlines runonstack.
*shrug*
> Whom to throttle for that one?
I guess you could tack on a __attribute__ ((noinline))
to the prototype.
(as always, gcc is beeing "nice" enough to provide hacks
that gets you out of the trouble it created for you in the first
place)