Add the -ffixed-r9 flag for ARM.
This patch adds the -ffixed-r9 flag to clang to instruct llvm to
globally preserve the contents of r9. The flag is added to the newly
created ARM specific group.
While at it, also place marm / mno-thumb in that group.
Patch by Jeroen Hofstee.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/cfe/trunk@189174 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
diff --git a/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp b/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
index 25be6b4..71cbcb2 100644
--- a/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
+++ b/lib/Driver/Tools.cpp
@@ -795,6 +795,14 @@
options::OPT_mno_implicit_float,
true))
CmdArgs.push_back("-no-implicit-float");
+
+ // llvm does not support reserving registers in general. There is support
+ // for reserving r9 on ARM though (defined as a platform-specific register
+ // in ARM EABI).
+ if (Args.hasArg(options::OPT_ffixed_r9)) {
+ CmdArgs.push_back("-backend-option");
+ CmdArgs.push_back("-arm-reserve-r9");
+ }
}
// Translate MIPS CPU name alias option to CPU name.