Path: utzoo!telly!ddsw1!lll-winken!killer!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!UUNET.UU.NET!mcvax!moncam!paul From: mcvax!moncam!paul@UUNET.UU.NET (Paul Hudson) Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.bug Subject: profiling and register trashing on sun3 Message-ID: <8811291341.AA10285@marvin.moncam.uucp> Date: 29 Nov 88 13:41:38 GMT Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 12 gcc doesn't seem to allow for mcount trashing registers like any other function call. This only matters when profiling a function which returns a structure on the sun 3, since then a1 contains the address to return the struct to. I just made FUNCTION_PROFILER push a1, but there must be a neater way. Paul Hudson Snail mail: Monotype ADG Email: ...!ukc!acorn!moncam!paul Science Park, paul@moncam.co.uk Milton Road, "Sun Microsysytems: Cambridge, The Company is Arrogant (TM)" CB4 4FQ