"H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes: > Thq question is if we should reserve $23 outside of glibc. $23 is > a saved register in the MIPS ABI. It doesn't change across function > calls. If applications outside of glibc don't need to access the > thread register directly, that means $23 can be used as a saved > register. It depends on the final decisions os the thrad ABI but it is best to assume that compiler-generated code will access the register. -- ---------------. ,-. 1325 Chesapeake Terrace Ulrich Drepper \ ,-------------------' \ Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA Red Hat `--' drepper at redhat.com `------------------------
