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Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 23:00:43 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: cygwin gcc bug: stack-arg-probe (alloca) logic clobbers regparm
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On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 07:39:52PM -0700, Fish wrote:
>Whenever I define a function with the regparm(n) attribute it appears
>gcc prologue code sometimes clobbers one of my parameter registers
>producing incorrect results.

Yep.  It's a known bug in gcc 2.95.3, I believe.

It may be fixed in gcc 3.1 (which should be released in a week or two)
but I don't know for sure.

cgf

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