Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:37:36 -0400 | From | Chuck Ebbert <> | Subject | Re: [patch 06/10] Immediate Value - i386 Optimization |
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On 07/03/2007 04:18 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > One could, though, use an indirect jump to achieve, if not as good, at > least most of the effect: > > movl $<patchable>,<reg> > jmp *<reg> >
Yeah, but there's this GCC bug:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22448
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