Re: callee-saved registers

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Mathieu Lacage <mathieu.lacage@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> I wonder if it's possible to ask gcc to generate code for a function
> as if all registers were callee-saved. i.e., I would like to make sure
> that my function does not touch _any_ register from the perspective of
> the caller, independently from the abi calling convention. I could
> write my own prologue/epilogue to save/restore all registers by hand
> but it's not really a lot of fun...

This is available on some targets via a function attribute, but it is
not available on all targets.  E.g., for MIPS targets, see the
"interrupt" function attribute.

Ian

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