cygwin.asm   [plain text]


/* stuff needed for libgcc on win32.
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 *   Written By Steve Chamberlain
 * 
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 * Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
 * later version.
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 * 
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 * 
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 */

#ifdef L_chkstk

/* Function prologue calls _alloca to probe the stack when allocating more
   than CHECK_STACK_LIMIT bytes in one go.  Touching the stack at 4K
   increments is necessary to ensure that the guard pages used
   by the OS virtual memory manger are allocated in correct sequence.  */

	.global ___chkstk
	.global	__alloca
___chkstk:
__alloca:
	pushl  %ecx		/* save temp */
	movl   %esp,%ecx	/* get sp */
	addl   $0x8,%ecx	/* and point to return addr */

probe: 	cmpl   $0x1000,%eax	/* > 4k ?*/
	jb    done		

	subl   $0x1000,%ecx  		/* yes, move pointer down 4k*/
	orl    $0x0,(%ecx)   		/* probe there */
	subl   $0x1000,%eax  	 	/* decrement count */
	jmp    probe           	 	/* and do it again */

done: 	subl   %eax,%ecx	   
	orl    $0x0,(%ecx)	/* less that 4k, just peek here */

	movl   %esp,%eax
	movl   %ecx,%esp	/* decrement stack */

	movl   (%eax),%ecx	/* recover saved temp */
	movl   4(%eax),%eax	/* get return address */
	jmp    *%eax	
#endif