* configure.ac (DEBUGDIR_RELOCATABLE): Define for debugdir inside

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / i386-tdep.c

diff --git a/gdb/i386-tdep.c b/gdb/i386-tdep.c
index cd52bf6d0783df52672f10b9f873fbecdcbca5a8..d4c2cc3506f44162f09e7877afa89bf7675dad0a 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/i386-tdep.c
+++ b/gdb/i386-tdep.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* Intel 386 target-dependent stuff.
 
-   Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
-   1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
+   Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
+   1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of GDB.
@@ -497,6 +497,10 @@ static CORE_ADDR
 i386_analyze_stack_align (CORE_ADDR pc, CORE_ADDR current_pc,
                          struct i386_frame_cache *cache)
 {
+  /* The register used by the compiler to perform the stack re-alignment 
+     is, in order of preference, either %ecx, %edx, or %eax.  GCC should
+     never use %ebx as it always treats it as callee-saved, whereas
+     the compiler can only use caller-saved registers.  */
   static const gdb_byte insns_ecx[10] = { 
     0x8d, 0x4c, 0x24, 0x04,    /* leal  4(%esp), %ecx */
     0x83, 0xe4, 0xf0,          /* andl  $-16, %esp */