From 5e3ab761da1f32e0b1ec303a431be7d1be8a0250 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:26:14 +0000 Subject: (profil_counter): Add hack to prevent the compiler from clobbering the signal context. --- sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/profil-counter.h | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64') diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/profil-counter.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/profil-counter.h index 41b99e0a88..0b244175a8 100644 --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/profil-counter.h +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/profil-counter.h @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* Low-level statistical profiling support function. Linux/x86-64 version. - Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or @@ -24,4 +24,9 @@ static void profil_counter (int signo, SIGCONTEXT scp) { profil_count ((void *) GET_PC (scp)); + + /* This is a hack to prevent the compiler from implementing the + above function call as a sibcall. The sibcall would overwrite + the signal context. */ + asm volatile (""); } -- cgit 1.4.1