RFR: 8286058: AArch64: clarify uses of MacroAssembler::trampoline_call [v2]

Andrew Haley aph-open at littlepinkcloud.com
Fri May 6 12:51:28 UTC 2022


On 5/6/22 11:09, Evgeny Astigeevich wrote:
> On Fri, 6 May 2022 08:08:48 GMT, Andrew Haley <aph at openjdk.org> wrote:
> 
>> Can you please explain what aspects of trampolines you're trying to clarify? Let's have a conversation about how to document this.
> 
> I am trying to clarify why we have two ways for long calls, pros/cons, which of two can be optimized. This mechanism of long call is very important part but it is not documented.

OK. Please see my other response, which explains the details of how and why
the three types of calls are used. If there's anything missing from there
please ask, and I'll explain more.


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