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    cmd/gc: turn Go prototypes into ptr liveness maps for assembly functions · 99f7df05
    Russ Cox authored
    The goal here is to allow assembly functions to appear in the middle
    of a Go stack (having called other code) and still record enough information
    about their pointers so that stack copying and garbage collection can handle
    them precisely. Today, these frames are handled only conservatively.
    
    If you write
    
            func myfunc(x *float64) (y *int)
    
    (with no body, an 'extern' declaration), then the Go compiler now emits
    a liveness bitmap for use from the assembly definition of myfunc.
    The bitmap symbol is myfunc.args_stackmap and it contains two bitmaps.
    The first bitmap, in effect at function entry, marks all inputs as live.
    The second bitmap, not in effect at function entry, marks the outputs
    live as well.
    
    In funcdata.h, define new assembly macros:
    
    GO_ARGS opts in to using the Go compiler-generated liveness bitmap
    for the current function.
    
    GO_RESULTS_INITIALIZED indicates that the results have been initialized
    and need to be kept live for the remainder of the function; it causes a
    switch to the second generated bitmap for the assembly code that follows.
    
    NO_LOCAL_POINTERS indicates that there are no pointers in the
    local variables being stored in the function's stack frame.
    
    LGTM=khr
    R=khr
    CC=golang-codereviews
    https://golang.org/cl/137520043
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