On Monday 03 September 2007, Katana Steel wrote: > > I had to see gdb disassembled output to figure out how > gcc passes parameter to functions calls. > > it seems it passes them in register instead of using the > stack as its 32-bit counter part does. > > now I wonder is there documentation that defines how > this is done? > > is there a threshold of how many parameter it can pass > this way before using the stack or some other means? > > best regards > Katana Steel > -- as life grows older, I gain experience. http://www.x86-64.org/documentation/abi-0.98.pdf -- Mihai DONȚU Linux Software Developer BitDefender ------------------------------ e-mail: mdontu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone : +40 21 233 0780 / 121 ------------------------------ www.bitdefender.com
