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- <h3 class="section">17.11 Trampolines for Nested Functions</h3>
- <a name="index-trampolines-for-nested-functions"></a>
- <a name="index-nested-functions_002c-trampolines-for"></a>
- <p>A <em>trampoline</em> is a small piece of code that is created at run time
- when the address of a nested function is taken. It normally resides on
- the stack, in the stack frame of the containing function. These macros
- tell GCC how to generate code to allocate and initialize a
- trampoline.
- </p>
- <p>The instructions in the trampoline must do two things: load a constant
- address into the static chain register, and jump to the real address of
- the nested function. On CISC machines such as the m68k, this requires
- two instructions, a move immediate and a jump. Then the two addresses
- exist in the trampoline as word-long immediate operands. On RISC
- machines, it is often necessary to load each address into a register in
- two parts. Then pieces of each address form separate immediate
- operands.
- </p>
- <p>The code generated to initialize the trampoline must store the variable
- parts—the static chain value and the function address—into the
- immediate operands of the instructions. On a CISC machine, this is
- simply a matter of copying each address to a memory reference at the
- proper offset from the start of the trampoline. On a RISC machine, it
- may be necessary to take out pieces of the address and store them
- separately.
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- <dl>
- <dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fASM_005fTRAMPOLINE_005fTEMPLATE"></a>Target Hook: <em>void</em> <strong>TARGET_ASM_TRAMPOLINE_TEMPLATE</strong> <em>(FILE *<var>f</var>)</em></dt>
- <dd><p>This hook is called by <code>assemble_trampoline_template</code> to output,
- on the stream <var>f</var>, assembler code for a block of data that contains
- the constant parts of a trampoline. This code should not include a
- label—the label is taken care of automatically.
- </p>
- <p>If you do not define this hook, it means no template is needed
- for the target. Do not define this hook on systems where the block move
- code to copy the trampoline into place would be larger than the code
- to generate it on the spot.
- </p></dd></dl>
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="index-TRAMPOLINE_005fSECTION"></a>Macro: <strong>TRAMPOLINE_SECTION</strong></dt>
- <dd><p>Return the section into which the trampoline template is to be placed
- (see <a href="Sections.html#Sections">Sections</a>). The default value is <code>readonly_data_section</code>.
- </p></dd></dl>
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="index-TRAMPOLINE_005fSIZE"></a>Macro: <strong>TRAMPOLINE_SIZE</strong></dt>
- <dd><p>A C expression for the size in bytes of the trampoline, as an integer.
- </p></dd></dl>
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="index-TRAMPOLINE_005fALIGNMENT"></a>Macro: <strong>TRAMPOLINE_ALIGNMENT</strong></dt>
- <dd><p>Alignment required for trampolines, in bits.
- </p>
- <p>If you don’t define this macro, the value of <code>FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT</code>
- is used for aligning trampolines.
- </p></dd></dl>
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fTRAMPOLINE_005fINIT"></a>Target Hook: <em>void</em> <strong>TARGET_TRAMPOLINE_INIT</strong> <em>(rtx <var>m_tramp</var>, tree <var>fndecl</var>, rtx <var>static_chain</var>)</em></dt>
- <dd><p>This hook is called to initialize a trampoline.
- <var>m_tramp</var> is an RTX for the memory block for the trampoline; <var>fndecl</var>
- is the <code>FUNCTION_DECL</code> for the nested function; <var>static_chain</var> is an
- RTX for the static chain value that should be passed to the function
- when it is called.
- </p>
- <p>If the target defines <code>TARGET_ASM_TRAMPOLINE_TEMPLATE</code>, then the
- first thing this hook should do is emit a block move into <var>m_tramp</var>
- from the memory block returned by <code>assemble_trampoline_template</code>.
- Note that the block move need only cover the constant parts of the
- trampoline. If the target isolates the variable parts of the trampoline
- to the end, not all <code>TRAMPOLINE_SIZE</code> bytes need be copied.
- </p>
- <p>If the target requires any other actions, such as flushing caches or
- enabling stack execution, these actions should be performed after
- initializing the trampoline proper.
- </p></dd></dl>
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fTRAMPOLINE_005fADJUST_005fADDRESS"></a>Target Hook: <em>rtx</em> <strong>TARGET_TRAMPOLINE_ADJUST_ADDRESS</strong> <em>(rtx <var>addr</var>)</em></dt>
- <dd><p>This hook should perform any machine-specific adjustment in
- the address of the trampoline. Its argument contains the address of the
- memory block that was passed to <code>TARGET_TRAMPOLINE_INIT</code>. In case
- the address to be used for a function call should be different from the
- address at which the template was stored, the different address should
- be returned; otherwise <var>addr</var> should be returned unchanged.
- If this hook is not defined, <var>addr</var> will be used for function calls.
- </p></dd></dl>
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="index-TARGET_005fCUSTOM_005fFUNCTION_005fDESCRIPTORS"></a>Target Hook: <em>int</em> <strong>TARGET_CUSTOM_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS</strong></dt>
- <dd><p>This hook should be defined to a power of 2 if the target will benefit
- from the use of custom descriptors for nested functions instead of the
- standard trampolines. Such descriptors are created at run time on the
- stack and made up of data only, but they are non-standard so the generated
- code must be prepared to deal with them. This hook should be defined to 0
- if the target uses function descriptors for its standard calling sequence,
- like for example HP-PA or IA-64. Using descriptors for nested functions
- eliminates the need for trampolines that reside on the stack and require
- it to be made executable.
- </p>
- <p>The value of the macro is used to parameterize the run-time identification
- scheme implemented to distinguish descriptors from function addresses: it
- gives the number of bytes by which their address is misaligned compared
- with function addresses. The value of 1 will generally work, unless it is
- already reserved by the target for another purpose, like for example on ARM.
- </p></dd></dl>
- <p>Implementing trampolines is difficult on many machines because they have
- separate instruction and data caches. Writing into a stack location
- fails to clear the memory in the instruction cache, so when the program
- jumps to that location, it executes the old contents.
- </p>
- <p>Here are two possible solutions. One is to clear the relevant parts of
- the instruction cache whenever a trampoline is set up. The other is to
- make all trampolines identical, by having them jump to a standard
- subroutine. The former technique makes trampoline execution faster; the
- latter makes initialization faster.
- </p>
- <p>To clear the instruction cache when a trampoline is initialized, define
- the following macro.
- </p>
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="index-CLEAR_005fINSN_005fCACHE"></a>Macro: <strong>CLEAR_INSN_CACHE</strong> <em>(<var>beg</var>, <var>end</var>)</em></dt>
- <dd><p>If defined, expands to a C expression clearing the <em>instruction
- cache</em> in the specified interval. The definition of this macro would
- typically be a series of <code>asm</code> statements. Both <var>beg</var> and
- <var>end</var> are both pointer expressions.
- </p></dd></dl>
- <p>To use a standard subroutine, define the following macro. In addition,
- you must make sure that the instructions in a trampoline fill an entire
- cache line with identical instructions, or else ensure that the
- beginning of the trampoline code is always aligned at the same point in
- its cache line. Look in <samp>m68k.h</samp> as a guide.
- </p>
- <dl>
- <dt><a name="index-TRANSFER_005fFROM_005fTRAMPOLINE"></a>Macro: <strong>TRANSFER_FROM_TRAMPOLINE</strong></dt>
- <dd><p>Define this macro if trampolines need a special subroutine to do their
- work. The macro should expand to a series of <code>asm</code> statements
- which will be compiled with GCC. They go in a library function named
- <code>__transfer_from_trampoline</code>.
- </p>
- <p>If you need to avoid executing the ordinary prologue code of a compiled
- C function when you jump to the subroutine, you can do so by placing a
- special label of your own in the assembler code. Use one <code>asm</code>
- statement to generate an assembler label, and another to make the label
- global. Then trampolines can use that label to jump directly to your
- special assembler code.
- </p></dd></dl>
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