fpc/compiler/ncgutil.pas

{
    Copyright (c) 1998-2002 by Florian Klaempfl

    Helper routines for all code generators

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

 ****************************************************************************
}
unit ncgutil;

{$i fpcdefs.inc}

interface

    uses
      node,cpuinfo,
      globtype,
      cpubase,cgbase,parabase,cgutils,
      aasmbase,aasmtai,aasmdata,aasmcpu,
      symconst,symbase,symdef,symsym,symtype,symtable
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
      ,cg64f32
{$endif cpu64bit}
      ;

    type
      tloadregvars = (lr_dont_load_regvars, lr_load_regvars);

      pusedregvars = ^tusedregvars;
      tusedregvars = record
        intregvars, fpuregvars, mmregvars: Tsuperregisterworklist;
      end;

{
      Not used currently, implemented because I thought we had to
      synchronise around if/then/else as well, but not needed. May
      still be useful for SSA once we get around to implementing
      that (JM)

      pusedregvarscommon = ^tusedregvarscommon;
      tusedregvarscommon = record
        allregvars, commonregvars, myregvars: tusedregvars;
      end;
}

    procedure firstcomplex(p : tbinarynode);
    procedure maketojumpbool(list:TAsmList; p : tnode; loadregvars: tloadregvars);
//    procedure remove_non_regvars_from_loc(const t: tlocation; var regs:Tsuperregisterset);

    procedure location_force_reg(list:TAsmList;var l:tlocation;dst_size:TCGSize;maybeconst:boolean);
    procedure location_force_fpureg(list:TAsmList;var l: tlocation;maybeconst:boolean);
    procedure location_force_mem(list:TAsmList;var l:tlocation);
    procedure location_force_mmregscalar(list:TAsmList;var l: tlocation;maybeconst:boolean);
    procedure location_force_mmreg(list:TAsmList;var l: tlocation;maybeconst:boolean);
    procedure register_maybe_adjust_setbase(list: TAsmList; var l: tlocation; setbase: aint);

    { Retrieve the location of the data pointed to in location l, when the location is
      a register it is expected to contain the address of the data }
    procedure location_get_data_ref(list:TAsmList;const l:tlocation;var ref:treference;loadref:boolean);

    function  maybe_pushfpu(list:TAsmList;needed : byte;var l:tlocation) : boolean;

    function  has_alias_name(pd:tprocdef;const s:string):boolean;
    procedure alloc_proc_symbol(pd: tprocdef);
    procedure gen_proc_symbol(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_proc_symbol_end(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_proc_entry_code(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_proc_exit_code(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_stack_check_size_para(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_stack_check_call(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_save_used_regs(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_restore_used_regs(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_initialize_code(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_finalize_code(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_entry_code(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_exit_code(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_load_para_value(list:TAsmList);
    procedure gen_load_return_value(list:TAsmList);

    procedure gen_external_stub(list:TAsmList;pd:tprocdef;const externalname:string);
    procedure gen_intf_wrappers(list:TAsmList;st:TSymtable);
    procedure gen_load_vmt_register(list:TAsmList;objdef:tobjectdef;selfloc:tlocation;var vmtreg:tregister);

    procedure get_used_regvars(n: tnode; var rv: tusedregvars);
    { adds the regvars used in n and its children to rv.allregvars,
      those which were already in rv.allregvars to rv.commonregvars and
      uses rv.myregvars as scratch (so that two uses of the same regvar
      in a single tree to make it appear in commonregvars). Useful to
      find out which regvars are used in two different node trees
      (e.g. in the "else" and "then" path, or in various case blocks }
//    procedure get_used_regvars_common(n: tnode; var rv: tusedregvarscommon);
    procedure gen_sync_regvars(list:TAsmList; var rv: tusedregvars);

    { if the result of n is a LOC_C(..)REGISTER, try to find the corresponding }
    { loadn and change its location to a new register (= SSA). In case reload  }
    { is true, transfer the old to the new register                            }
    procedure maybechangeloadnodereg(list: TAsmList; var n: tnode; reload: boolean);

   {#
      Allocate the buffers for exception management and setjmp environment.
      Return a pointer to these buffers, send them to the utility routine
      so they are registered, and then call setjmp.

      Then compare the result of setjmp with 0, and if not equal
      to zero, then jump to exceptlabel.

      Also store the result of setjmp to a temporary space by calling g_save_exception_reason

      It is to note that this routine may be called *after* the stackframe of a
      routine has been called, therefore on machines where the stack cannot
      be modified, all temps should be allocated on the heap instead of the
      stack.
    }

    const

      EXCEPT_BUF_SIZE = 3*sizeof(aint);
    type
      texceptiontemps=record
        jmpbuf,
        envbuf,
        reasonbuf  : treference;
      end;

    procedure get_exception_temps(list:TAsmList;var t:texceptiontemps);
    procedure unget_exception_temps(list:TAsmList;const t:texceptiontemps);
    procedure new_exception(list:TAsmList;const t:texceptiontemps;exceptlabel:tasmlabel);
    procedure free_exception(list:TAsmList;const t:texceptiontemps;a:aint;endexceptlabel:tasmlabel;onlyfree:boolean);

    procedure insertbssdata(sym : tstaticvarsym);

    procedure gen_alloc_symtable(list:TAsmList;st:TSymtable);
    procedure gen_free_symtable(list:TAsmList;st:TSymtable);

    procedure location_free(list: TAsmList; const location : TLocation);

    function getprocalign : shortint;

    procedure gen_pic_helpers(list : TAsmList);

implementation

  uses
    version,
    cutils,cclasses,
    globals,systems,verbose,export,
    ppu,defutil,
    procinfo,paramgr,fmodule,
    regvars,dbgbase,
    pass_1,pass_2,
    nbas,ncon,nld,nmem,nutils,
    tgobj,cgobj
{$ifdef powerpc}
    , cpupi
{$endif}
{$ifdef powerpc64}
    , cpupi
{$endif}
{$ifdef SUPPORT_MMX}
    , cgx86
{$endif SUPPORT_MMX}
;


{*****************************************************************************
                                  Misc Helpers
*****************************************************************************}

    procedure location_free(list: TAsmList; const location : TLocation);
      begin
        case location.loc of
          LOC_VOID:
            ;
          LOC_REGISTER,
          LOC_CREGISTER:
            begin
              if getsupreg(location.register)<first_int_imreg then
                cg.ungetcpuregister(list,location.register);
            end;
          LOC_FPUREGISTER,
          LOC_CFPUREGISTER:
            begin
              if getsupreg(location.register)<first_fpu_imreg then
                cg.ungetcpuregister(list,location.register);
            end;
          LOC_MMREGISTER,
          LOC_CMMREGISTER :
            begin
              if getsupreg(location.register)<first_mm_imreg then
                cg.ungetcpuregister(list,location.register);
            end;
          LOC_REFERENCE,
          LOC_CREFERENCE :
            begin
              if use_fixed_stack then
                location_freetemp(list,location);
            end;
          else
            internalerror(2004110211);
        end;
      end;



   { DO NOT RELY on the fact that the tnode is not yet swaped
     because of inlining code PM }
    procedure firstcomplex(p : tbinarynode);
      var
         hp : tnode;
      begin
         { always calculate boolean AND and OR from left to right }
         if (p.nodetype in [orn,andn]) and
            is_boolean(p.left.resultdef) then
           begin
             if nf_swapped in p.flags then
               internalerror(234234);
           end
         else
           if (
               (p.expectloc=LOC_FPUREGISTER) and
               (p.right.registersfpu > p.left.registersfpu)
              ) or
              (
               (
                (
                 ((p.left.registersfpu = 0) and (p.right.registersfpu = 0)) or
                 (p.expectloc<>LOC_FPUREGISTER)
                ) and
                (p.left.registersint<p.right.registersint)
               )
              ) then
            begin
              hp:=p.left;
              p.left:=p.right;
              p.right:=hp;
              if nf_swapped in p.flags then
                exclude(p.flags,nf_swapped)
              else
                include(p.flags,nf_swapped);
            end;
      end;


    procedure maketojumpbool(list:TAsmList; p : tnode; loadregvars: tloadregvars);
    {
      produces jumps to true respectively false labels using boolean expressions

      depending on whether the loading of regvars is currently being
      synchronized manually (such as in an if-node) or automatically (most of
      the other cases where this procedure is called), loadregvars can be
      "lr_load_regvars" or "lr_dont_load_regvars"
    }
      var
        opsize : tcgsize;
        storepos : tfileposinfo;
        tmpreg : tregister;
      begin
         if nf_error in p.flags then
           exit;
         storepos:=current_filepos;
         current_filepos:=p.fileinfo;
         if is_boolean(p.resultdef) then
           begin
{$ifdef OLDREGVARS}
              if loadregvars = lr_load_regvars then
                load_all_regvars(list);
{$endif OLDREGVARS}
              if is_constboolnode(p) then
                begin
                   if tordconstnode(p).value<>0 then
                     cg.a_jmp_always(list,current_procinfo.CurrTrueLabel)
                   else
                     cg.a_jmp_always(list,current_procinfo.CurrFalseLabel)
                end
              else
                begin
                   opsize:=def_cgsize(p.resultdef);
                   case p.location.loc of
                     LOC_SUBSETREG,LOC_CSUBSETREG,
                     LOC_SUBSETREF,LOC_CSUBSETREF:
                       begin
                         tmpreg := cg.getintregister(list,OS_INT);
                         cg.a_load_loc_reg(list,OS_INT,p.location,tmpreg);
                         cg.a_cmp_const_reg_label(list,OS_INT,OC_NE,0,tmpreg,current_procinfo.CurrTrueLabel);
                         cg.a_jmp_always(list,current_procinfo.CurrFalseLabel);
                       end;
                     LOC_CREGISTER,LOC_REGISTER,LOC_CREFERENCE,LOC_REFERENCE :
                       begin
                         cg.a_cmp_const_loc_label(list,opsize,OC_NE,0,p.location,current_procinfo.CurrTrueLabel);
                         cg.a_jmp_always(list,current_procinfo.CurrFalseLabel);
                       end;
                     LOC_JUMP:
                       ;
{$ifdef cpuflags}
                     LOC_FLAGS :
                       begin
                         cg.a_jmp_flags(list,p.location.resflags,current_procinfo.CurrTrueLabel);
                         cg.a_jmp_always(list,current_procinfo.CurrFalseLabel);
                       end;
{$endif cpuflags}
                     else
                       begin
                         printnode(output,p);
                         internalerror(200308241);
                       end;
                   end;
                end;
           end
         else
           internalerror(200112305);
         current_filepos:=storepos;
      end;


        (*
        This code needs fixing. It is not safe to use rgint; on the m68000 it
        would be rgaddr.

    procedure remove_non_regvars_from_loc(const t: tlocation; var regs:Tsuperregisterset);
      begin
        case t.loc of
          LOC_REGISTER:
            begin
              { can't be a regvar, since it would be LOC_CREGISTER then }
              exclude(regs,getsupreg(t.register));
              if t.register64.reghi<>NR_NO then
                exclude(regs,getsupreg(t.register64.reghi));
            end;
          LOC_CREFERENCE,LOC_REFERENCE:
            begin
              if not(cs_opt_regvar in current_settings.optimizerswitches) or
                 (getsupreg(t.reference.base) in cg.rgint.usableregs) then
                exclude(regs,getsupreg(t.reference.base));
              if not(cs_opt_regvar in current_settings.optimizerswitches) or
                 (getsupreg(t.reference.index) in cg.rgint.usableregs) then
                exclude(regs,getsupreg(t.reference.index));
            end;
        end;
      end;
        *)


{*****************************************************************************
                            EXCEPTION MANAGEMENT
*****************************************************************************}

    procedure get_exception_temps(list:TAsmList;var t:texceptiontemps);
      var
        srsym : ttypesym;
      begin
        if jmp_buf_size=-1 then
          begin
            srsym:=search_system_type('JMP_BUF');
            jmp_buf_size:=srsym.typedef.size;
          end;
        tg.GetTemp(list,EXCEPT_BUF_SIZE,tt_persistent,t.envbuf);
        tg.GetTemp(list,jmp_buf_size,tt_persistent,t.jmpbuf);
        tg.GetTemp(list,sizeof(aint),tt_persistent,t.reasonbuf);
      end;


    procedure unget_exception_temps(list:TAsmList;const t:texceptiontemps);
      begin
        tg.Ungettemp(list,t.jmpbuf);
        tg.ungettemp(list,t.envbuf);
        tg.ungettemp(list,t.reasonbuf);
      end;


    procedure new_exception(list:TAsmList;const t:texceptiontemps;exceptlabel:tasmlabel);
      var
        paraloc1,paraloc2,paraloc3 : tcgpara;
      begin
        paraloc1.init;
        paraloc2.init;
        paraloc3.init;
        paramanager.getintparaloc(pocall_default,1,paraloc1);
        paramanager.getintparaloc(pocall_default,2,paraloc2);
        paramanager.getintparaloc(pocall_default,3,paraloc3);
        paramanager.allocparaloc(list,paraloc3);
        cg.a_paramaddr_ref(list,t.envbuf,paraloc3);
        paramanager.allocparaloc(list,paraloc2);
        cg.a_paramaddr_ref(list,t.jmpbuf,paraloc2);
        { push type of exceptionframe }
        paramanager.allocparaloc(list,paraloc1);
        cg.a_param_const(list,OS_S32,1,paraloc1);
        paramanager.freeparaloc(list,paraloc3);
        paramanager.freeparaloc(list,paraloc2);
        paramanager.freeparaloc(list,paraloc1);
        cg.allocallcpuregisters(list);
        cg.a_call_name(list,'FPC_PUSHEXCEPTADDR');
        cg.deallocallcpuregisters(list);

        paramanager.getintparaloc(pocall_default,1,paraloc1);
        paramanager.allocparaloc(list,paraloc1);
        cg.a_param_reg(list,OS_ADDR,NR_FUNCTION_RESULT_REG,paraloc1);
        paramanager.freeparaloc(list,paraloc1);
        cg.allocallcpuregisters(list);
        cg.a_call_name(list,'FPC_SETJMP');
        cg.deallocallcpuregisters(list);
        cg.alloccpuregisters(list,R_INTREGISTER,[RS_FUNCTION_RESULT_REG]);

        cg.g_exception_reason_save(list, t.reasonbuf);
        cg.a_cmp_const_reg_label(list,OS_S32,OC_NE,0,cg.makeregsize(list,NR_FUNCTION_RESULT_REG,OS_S32),exceptlabel);
        cg.dealloccpuregisters(list,R_INTREGISTER,[RS_FUNCTION_RESULT_REG]);
        paraloc1.done;
        paraloc2.done;
        paraloc3.done;
     end;


    procedure free_exception(list:TAsmList;const t:texceptiontemps;a:aint;endexceptlabel:tasmlabel;onlyfree:boolean);
     begin
         cg.allocallcpuregisters(list);
         cg.a_call_name(list,'FPC_POPADDRSTACK');
         cg.deallocallcpuregisters(list);

         if not onlyfree then
          begin
            cg.alloccpuregisters(list,R_INTREGISTER,[RS_FUNCTION_RESULT_REG]);
            cg.g_exception_reason_load(list, t.reasonbuf);
            cg.a_cmp_const_reg_label(list,OS_INT,OC_EQ,a,NR_FUNCTION_RESULT_REG,endexceptlabel);
            cg.dealloccpuregisters(list,R_INTREGISTER,[RS_FUNCTION_RESULT_REG]);
          end;
     end;


{*****************************************************************************
                                     TLocation
*****************************************************************************}

{$ifndef cpu64bit}
    { 32-bit version }
    procedure location_force_reg(list:TAsmList;var l:tlocation;dst_size:TCGSize;maybeconst:boolean);
      var
        hregister,
        hregisterhi : tregister;
        hreg64 : tregister64;
        hl : tasmlabel;
        oldloc : tlocation;
        const_location: boolean;
     begin
        oldloc:=l;
        if dst_size=OS_NO then
          internalerror(200309144);
        { handle transformations to 64bit separate }
        if dst_size in [OS_64,OS_S64] then
         begin
           if not (l.size in [OS_64,OS_S64]) then
            begin
              { load a smaller size to OS_64 }
              if l.loc=LOC_REGISTER then
               begin
                 hregister:=cg.makeregsize(list,l.register64.reglo,OS_32);
                 cg.a_load_reg_reg(list,l.size,OS_32,l.register64.reglo,hregister);
               end
              else
               hregister:=cg.getintregister(list,OS_INT);
              { load value in low register }
              case l.loc of
                LOC_FLAGS :
                  cg.g_flags2reg(list,OS_INT,l.resflags,hregister);
                LOC_JUMP :
                  begin
                    cg.a_label(list,current_procinfo.CurrTrueLabel);
                    cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_INT,1,hregister);
                    current_asmdata.getjumplabel(hl);
                    cg.a_jmp_always(list,hl);
                    cg.a_label(list,current_procinfo.CurrFalseLabel);
                    cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_INT,0,hregister);
                    cg.a_label(list,hl);
                  end;
                else
                  cg.a_load_loc_reg(list,OS_INT,l,hregister);
              end;
              { reset hi part, take care of the signed bit of the current value }
              hregisterhi:=cg.getintregister(list,OS_INT);
              if (l.size in [OS_S8,OS_S16,OS_S32]) then
               begin
                 if l.loc=LOC_CONSTANT then
                  begin
                    if (longint(l.value)<0) then
                     cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_32,aint($ffffffff),hregisterhi)
                    else
                     cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_32,0,hregisterhi);
                  end
                 else
                  begin
                    cg.a_op_const_reg_reg(list,OP_SAR,OS_32,31,hregister,
                      hregisterhi);
                  end;
               end
              else
               cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_32,0,hregisterhi);
              location_reset(l,LOC_REGISTER,dst_size);
              l.register64.reglo:=hregister;
              l.register64.reghi:=hregisterhi;
            end
           else
            begin
              { 64bit to 64bit }
              if ((l.loc=LOC_CREGISTER) and maybeconst) then
               begin
                 hregister:=l.register64.reglo;
                 hregisterhi:=l.register64.reghi;
                 const_location := true;
               end
              else
               begin
                 hregister:=cg.getintregister(list,OS_INT);
                 hregisterhi:=cg.getintregister(list,OS_INT);
                 const_location := false;
               end;
              hreg64.reglo:=hregister;
              hreg64.reghi:=hregisterhi;
              { load value in new register }
              cg64.a_load64_loc_reg(list,l,hreg64);
              if not const_location then
                location_reset(l,LOC_REGISTER,dst_size)
              else
                location_reset(l,LOC_CREGISTER,dst_size);
              l.register64.reglo:=hregister;
              l.register64.reghi:=hregisterhi;
            end;
         end
        else
         begin
           {Do not bother to recycle the existing register. The register
            allocator eliminates unnecessary moves, so it's not needed
            and trying to recycle registers can cause problems because
            the registers changes size and may need aditional constraints.

            Not if it's about LOC_CREGISTER's (JM)
            }
           const_location :=
              (maybeconst) and
              (l.loc = LOC_CREGISTER) and
              (TCGSize2Size[l.size] = TCGSize2Size[dst_size]) and
              ((l.size = dst_size) or
               (TCGSize2Size[l.size] = TCGSize2Size[OS_INT]));
           if not const_location then
             hregister:=cg.getintregister(list,dst_size)
           else
             hregister := l.register;
           { load value in new register }
           case l.loc of
             LOC_FLAGS :
               cg.g_flags2reg(list,dst_size,l.resflags,hregister);
             LOC_JUMP :
               begin
                 cg.a_label(list,current_procinfo.CurrTrueLabel);
                 cg.a_load_const_reg(list,dst_size,1,hregister);
                 current_asmdata.getjumplabel(hl);
                 cg.a_jmp_always(list,hl);
                 cg.a_label(list,current_procinfo.CurrFalseLabel);
                 cg.a_load_const_reg(list,dst_size,0,hregister);
                 cg.a_label(list,hl);
               end;
             else
               begin
                 { load_loc_reg can only handle size >= l.size, when the
                   new size is smaller then we need to adjust the size
                   of the orignal and maybe recalculate l.register for i386 }
                 if (TCGSize2Size[dst_size]<TCGSize2Size[l.size]) then
                  begin
                    if (l.loc in [LOC_REGISTER,LOC_CREGISTER]) then
                      l.register:=cg.makeregsize(list,l.register,dst_size);
                    { for big endian systems, the reference's offset must }
                    { be increased in this case, since they have the      }
                    { MSB first in memory and e.g. byte(word_var) should  }
                    { return  the second byte in this case (JM)           }
                    if (target_info.endian = ENDIAN_BIG) and
                       (l.loc in [LOC_REFERENCE,LOC_CREFERENCE,LOC_SUBSETREF,LOC_CSUBSETREF]) then
                      inc(l.reference.offset,TCGSize2Size[l.size]-TCGSize2Size[dst_size]);
{$ifdef x86}
                  if not (l.loc in [LOC_SUBSETREG,LOC_CSUBSETREG]) then
                     l.size:=dst_size;
{$endif x86}
                  end;
                 cg.a_load_loc_reg(list,dst_size,l,hregister);
                 if (TCGSize2Size[dst_size]<TCGSize2Size[l.size])
{$ifdef x86}
                    and (l.loc in [LOC_SUBSETREG,LOC_CSUBSETREG])
{$endif x86}
                   then
                     l.size:=dst_size;
               end;
           end;
           if not const_location then
             location_reset(l,LOC_REGISTER,dst_size)
           else
             location_reset(l,LOC_CREGISTER,dst_size);
           l.register:=hregister;
         end;
       { Release temp when it was a reference }
       if oldloc.loc=LOC_REFERENCE then
         location_freetemp(list,oldloc);
     end;

{$else cpu64bit}

    { 64-bit version }
    procedure location_force_reg(list:TAsmList;var l:tlocation;dst_size:TCGSize;maybeconst:boolean);
      var
        hregister : tregister;
        hl : tasmlabel;
        oldloc : tlocation;
      begin
        oldloc:=l;
        hregister:=cg.getintregister(list,dst_size);
        { load value in new register }
        case l.loc of
          LOC_FLAGS :
            cg.g_flags2reg(list,dst_size,l.resflags,hregister);
          LOC_JUMP :
            begin
              cg.a_label(list,current_procinfo.CurrTrueLabel);
              cg.a_load_const_reg(list,dst_size,1,hregister);
              current_asmdata.getjumplabel(hl);
              cg.a_jmp_always(list,hl);
              cg.a_label(list,current_procinfo.CurrFalseLabel);
              cg.a_load_const_reg(list,dst_size,0,hregister);
              cg.a_label(list,hl);
            end;
          else
            begin
              { load_loc_reg can only handle size >= l.size, when the
                new size is smaller then we need to adjust the size
                of the orignal and maybe recalculate l.register for i386 }
              if (TCGSize2Size[dst_size]<TCGSize2Size[l.size]) then
               begin
                 if (l.loc in [LOC_REGISTER,LOC_CREGISTER]) then
                   l.register:=cg.makeregsize(list,l.register,dst_size);
                 { for big endian systems, the reference's offset must }
                 { be increased in this case, since they have the      }
                 { MSB first in memory and e.g. byte(word_var) should  }
                 { return  the second byte in this case (JM)           }
                 if (target_info.endian = ENDIAN_BIG) and
                    (l.loc in [LOC_REFERENCE,LOC_CREFERENCE]) then
                   inc(l.reference.offset,TCGSize2Size[l.size]-TCGSize2Size[dst_size]);
{$ifdef x86}
                l.size:=dst_size;
{$endif x86}
               end;
              cg.a_load_loc_reg(list,dst_size,l,hregister);
{$ifndef x86}
              if (TCGSize2Size[dst_size]<TCGSize2Size[l.size]) then
                l.size:=dst_size;
{$endif not x86}
            end;
        end;
        if (l.loc <> LOC_CREGISTER) or
           not maybeconst then
          location_reset(l,LOC_REGISTER,dst_size)
        else
          location_reset(l,LOC_CREGISTER,dst_size);
        l.register:=hregister;
        { Release temp when it was a reference }
        if oldloc.loc=LOC_REFERENCE then
          location_freetemp(list,oldloc);
      end;
{$endif cpu64bit}


    procedure location_force_fpureg(list:TAsmList;var l: tlocation;maybeconst:boolean);
      var
        reg : tregister;
        href : treference;
      begin
        if (l.loc<>LOC_FPUREGISTER)  and
           ((l.loc<>LOC_CFPUREGISTER) or (not maybeconst)) then
          begin
            { if it's in an mm register, store to memory first }
            if (l.loc in [LOC_MMREGISTER,LOC_CMMREGISTER]) then
              begin
                tg.GetTemp(list,tcgsize2size[l.size],tt_normal,href);
                cg.a_loadmm_reg_ref(list,l.size,l.size,l.register,href,mms_movescalar);
                location_reset(l,LOC_REFERENCE,l.size);
                l.reference:=href;
              end;
            reg:=cg.getfpuregister(list,l.size);
            cg.a_loadfpu_loc_reg(list,l.size,l,reg);
            location_freetemp(list,l);
            location_reset(l,LOC_FPUREGISTER,l.size);
            l.register:=reg;
          end;
      end;


    procedure location_force_mmregscalar(list:TAsmList;var l: tlocation;maybeconst:boolean);
      var
        reg : tregister;
        href : treference;
      begin
        if (l.loc<>LOC_MMREGISTER)  and
           ((l.loc<>LOC_CMMREGISTER) or (not maybeconst)) then
          begin
            { if it's in an fpu register, store to memory first }
            if (l.loc in [LOC_FPUREGISTER,LOC_CFPUREGISTER]) then
              begin
                tg.GetTemp(list,tcgsize2size[l.size],tt_normal,href);
                cg.a_loadfpu_reg_ref(list,l.size,l.size,l.register,href);
                location_reset(l,LOC_REFERENCE,l.size);
                l.reference:=href;
              end;
            reg:=cg.getmmregister(list,l.size);
            cg.a_loadmm_loc_reg(list,l.size,l,reg,mms_movescalar);
            location_freetemp(list,l);
            location_reset(l,LOC_MMREGISTER,l.size);
            l.register:=reg;
          end;
      end;


    procedure register_maybe_adjust_setbase(list: TAsmList; var l: tlocation; setbase: aint);
      var
        tmpreg: tregister;
      begin
        if (setbase<>0) then
          begin
            if not(l.loc in [LOC_REGISTER,LOC_CREGISTER]) then
              internalerror(2007091502);
            { subtract the setbase }
            case l.loc of
              LOC_CREGISTER:
                begin
                  tmpreg := cg.getintregister(list,l.size);
                  cg.a_op_const_reg_reg(list,OP_SUB,l.size,setbase,l.register,tmpreg);
                  l.loc:=LOC_REGISTER;
                  l.register:=tmpreg;
                end;
              LOC_REGISTER:
                begin
                  cg.a_op_const_reg(list,OP_SUB,l.size,setbase,l.register);
                end;
            end;
          end;
      end;


    procedure location_force_mmreg(list:TAsmList;var l: tlocation;maybeconst:boolean);
      var
        reg : tregister;
      begin
        if (l.loc<>LOC_MMREGISTER)  and
           ((l.loc<>LOC_CMMREGISTER) or (not maybeconst)) then
          begin
            reg:=cg.getmmregister(list,OS_VECTOR);
            cg.a_loadmm_loc_reg(list,OS_VECTOR,l,reg,nil);
            location_freetemp(list,l);
            location_reset(l,LOC_MMREGISTER,OS_VECTOR);
            l.register:=reg;
          end;
      end;


    procedure location_force_mem(list:TAsmList;var l:tlocation);
      var
        r : treference;
      begin
        case l.loc of
          LOC_FPUREGISTER,
          LOC_CFPUREGISTER :
            begin
              tg.GetTemp(list,TCGSize2Size[l.size],tt_normal,r);
              cg.a_loadfpu_reg_ref(list,l.size,l.size,l.register,r);
              location_reset(l,LOC_REFERENCE,l.size);
              l.reference:=r;
            end;
          LOC_MMREGISTER,
          LOC_CMMREGISTER:
            begin
              tg.GetTemp(list,TCGSize2Size[l.size],tt_normal,r);
              cg.a_loadmm_reg_ref(list,l.size,l.size,l.register,r,mms_movescalar);
              location_reset(l,LOC_REFERENCE,l.size);
              l.reference:=r;
            end;
          LOC_CONSTANT,
          LOC_REGISTER,
          LOC_CREGISTER :
            begin
              tg.GetTemp(list,TCGSize2Size[l.size],tt_normal,r);
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
              if l.size in [OS_64,OS_S64] then
                cg64.a_load64_loc_ref(list,l,r)
              else
{$endif cpu64bit}
                cg.a_load_loc_ref(list,l.size,l,r);
              location_reset(l,LOC_REFERENCE,l.size);
              l.reference:=r;
            end;
          LOC_SUBSETREG,
          LOC_CSUBSETREG,
          LOC_SUBSETREF,
          LOC_CSUBSETREF:
            begin
              tg.GetTemp(list,TCGSize2Size[l.size],tt_normal,r);
              cg.a_load_loc_ref(list,l.size,l,r);
              location_reset(l,LOC_REFERENCE,l.size);
              l.reference:=r;
            end;
          LOC_CREFERENCE,
          LOC_REFERENCE : ;
          else
            internalerror(200203219);
        end;
      end;


    procedure location_get_data_ref(list:TAsmList;const l:tlocation;var ref:treference;loadref:boolean);
      begin
        case l.loc of
          LOC_REGISTER,
          LOC_CREGISTER :
            begin
              if not loadref then
                internalerror(200410231);
              reference_reset_base(ref,l.register,0);
            end;
          LOC_REFERENCE,
          LOC_CREFERENCE :
            begin
              if loadref then
                begin
                  reference_reset_base(ref,cg.getaddressregister(list),0);
                  cg.a_load_ref_reg(list,OS_ADDR,OS_ADDR,l.reference,ref.base);
                end
              else
                ref:=l.reference;
            end;
          else
            internalerror(200309181);
        end;
      end;


{*****************************************************************************
                                  Maybe_Save
*****************************************************************************}

    function maybe_pushfpu(list:TAsmList;needed : byte;var l:tlocation) : boolean;
      begin
{$ifdef i386}
        if (needed>=maxfpuregs) and
           (l.loc = LOC_FPUREGISTER) then
          begin
            location_force_mem(list,l);
            maybe_pushfpu:=true;
          end
        else
          maybe_pushfpu:=false;
{$else i386}
        maybe_pushfpu:=false;
{$endif i386}
      end;


{****************************************************************************
                            Init/Finalize Code
****************************************************************************}

    procedure copyvalueparas(p:TObject;arg:pointer);
      var
        href : treference;
        hreg : tregister;
        list : TAsmList;
        hsym : tparavarsym;
        l    : longint;
        localcopyloc : tlocation;
      begin
        list:=TAsmList(arg);
        if (tsym(p).typ=paravarsym) and
           (tparavarsym(p).varspez=vs_value) and
           (paramanager.push_addr_param(tparavarsym(p).varspez,tparavarsym(p).vardef,current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption)) then
         begin
           location_get_data_ref(list,tparavarsym(p).initialloc,href,true);
           if is_open_array(tparavarsym(p).vardef) or
              is_array_of_const(tparavarsym(p).vardef) then
            begin
              { cdecl functions don't have a high pointer so it is not possible to generate
                a local copy }
              if not(current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption in [pocall_cdecl,pocall_cppdecl]) then
                begin
                  hsym:=tparavarsym(tsym(p).owner.Find('high'+tsym(p).name));
                  if not assigned(hsym) then
                    internalerror(200306061);
                  hreg:=cg.getaddressregister(list);
                  if not is_packed_array(tparavarsym(p).vardef) then
                    cg.g_copyvaluepara_openarray(list,href,hsym.initialloc,tarraydef(tparavarsym(p).vardef).elesize,hreg)
                  else
                    internalerror(2006080401);
//                    cg.g_copyvaluepara_packedopenarray(list,href,hsym.intialloc,tarraydef(tparavarsym(p).vardef).elepackedbitsize,hreg);
                  cg.a_load_reg_loc(list,OS_ADDR,hreg,tparavarsym(p).initialloc);
                end;
            end
           else
            begin
              { Allocate space for the local copy }
              l:=tparavarsym(p).getsize;
              localcopyloc.loc:=LOC_REFERENCE;
              localcopyloc.size:=int_cgsize(l);
              tg.GetLocal(list,l,tparavarsym(p).vardef,localcopyloc.reference);
              { Copy data }
              if is_shortstring(tparavarsym(p).vardef) then
                begin
                  { this code is only executed before the code for the body and the entry/exit code is generated
                    so we're allowed to include pi_do_call here; after pass1 is run, this isn't allowed anymore
                  }
                  include(current_procinfo.flags,pi_do_call);
                  cg.g_copyshortstring(list,href,localcopyloc.reference,tstringdef(tparavarsym(p).vardef).len)
                end
              else if tparavarsym(p).vardef.typ = variantdef then
                begin
                  { this code is only executed before the code for the body and the entry/exit code is generated
                    so we're allowed to include pi_do_call here; after pass1 is run, this isn't allowed anymore
                  }
                  include(current_procinfo.flags,pi_do_call);
                  cg.g_copyvariant(list,href,localcopyloc.reference)
                end
              else
                begin
                  { pass proper alignment info }
                  localcopyloc.reference.alignment:=tparavarsym(p).vardef.alignment;
                  cg.g_concatcopy(list,href,localcopyloc.reference,tparavarsym(p).vardef.size);
                end;
              { update localloc of varsym }
              tg.Ungetlocal(list,tparavarsym(p).localloc.reference);
              tparavarsym(p).localloc:=localcopyloc;
              tparavarsym(p).initialloc:=localcopyloc;
            end;
         end;
      end;


    const
{$ifdef cpu64bit}
      trashintvalues: array[0..nroftrashvalues-1] of aint = ($5555555555555555,aint($AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA),aint($EFEFEFEFEFEFEFEF),0);
{$else cpu64bit}
      trashintvalues: array[0..nroftrashvalues-1] of aint = ($55555555,aint($AAAAAAAA),aint($EFEFEFEF),0);
{$endif cpu64bit}

    procedure trash_reference(list: TAsmList; const ref: treference; size: aint);
      var
        countreg, valuereg: tregister;
        hl: tasmlabel;
        trashintval: aint;
        tmpref: treference;
      begin
        trashintval := trashintvalues[localvartrashing];
        case size of
          0: ; { empty record }
          1: cg.a_load_const_ref(list,OS_8,byte(trashintval),ref);
          2: cg.a_load_const_ref(list,OS_16,word(trashintval),ref);
          4: cg.a_load_const_ref(list,OS_32,longint(trashintval),ref);
          {$ifdef cpu64bit}
          8: cg.a_load_const_ref(list,OS_64,int64(trashintval),ref);
          {$endif cpu64bit}
          else
            begin
              countreg := cg.getintregister(list,OS_ADDR);
              valuereg := cg.getintregister(list,OS_8);
              cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_INT,size,countreg);
              cg.a_load_const_reg(list,OS_8,byte(trashintval),valuereg);
              current_asmdata.getjumplabel(hl);
              tmpref := ref;
              if (tmpref.index <> NR_NO) then
                internalerror(200607201);
              tmpref.index := countreg;
              dec(tmpref.offset);
              cg.a_label(list,hl);
              cg.a_load_reg_ref(list,OS_8,OS_8,valuereg,tmpref);
              cg.a_op_const_reg(list,OP_SUB,OS_INT,1,countreg);
              cg.a_cmp_const_reg_label(list,OS_INT,OC_NE,0,countreg,hl);
              cg.a_reg_sync(list,tmpref.base);
              cg.a_reg_sync(list,valuereg);
            end;
        end;
      end;


    { trash contents of local variables or parameters (function result) }
    procedure trash_variable(p:TObject;arg:pointer);
      var
        trashintval: aint;
        list: TAsmList absolute arg;
      begin
        if ((tsym(p).typ=localvarsym) or
            ((tsym(p).typ=paravarsym) and
             (vo_is_funcret in tparavarsym(p).varoptions))) and
           not(tabstractnormalvarsym(p).vardef.needs_inittable) and
           not(assigned(tabstractnormalvarsym(p).defaultconstsym)) then
         begin
           trashintval := trashintvalues[localvartrashing];
           case tabstractnormalvarsym(p).initialloc.loc of
             LOC_CREGISTER :
{$ifopt q+}
{$define overflowon}
{$q-}
{$endif}
               cg.a_load_const_reg(list,reg_cgsize(tabstractnormalvarsym(p).initialloc.register),
                 trashintval and (aword(1) shl (tcgsize2size[reg_cgsize(tabstractnormalvarsym(p).initialloc.register)] * 8) - 1),
                   tabstractnormalvarsym(p).initialloc.register);
{$ifdef overflowon}
{$undef overflowon}
{$q+}
{$endif}
             LOC_REFERENCE :
               begin
                   if ((tsym(p).typ=localvarsym) and
                       not(vo_is_funcret in tabstractvarsym(p).varoptions)) or
                      not is_shortstring(tabstractnormalvarsym(p).vardef) then
                     trash_reference(list,tabstractnormalvarsym(p).initialloc.reference,
                       tlocalvarsym(p).getsize)
                   else
                     { may be an open string, even if is_open_string() returns }
                     { false for some helpers in the system unit               }
                     { an open string has at least size 2                      }
                     trash_reference(list,tabstractnormalvarsym(p).initialloc.reference,
                       2);
               end;
             LOC_CMMREGISTER :
               ;
             LOC_CFPUREGISTER :
               ;
             else
               internalerror(200410124);
           end;
         end;
      end;


    { initializes the regvars from staticsymtable with 0 }
    procedure initialize_regvars(p:TObject;arg:pointer);
      var
        href : treference;
      begin
        if (tsym(p).typ=staticvarsym) then
         begin
           { Static variables can have the initialloc only set to LOC_CxREGISTER
             or LOC_INVALID, for explaination see gen_alloc_symtable (PFV) }
           case tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.loc of
             LOC_CREGISTER :
               begin
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
                 if (tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.size in [OS_64,OS_S64]) then
                   cg64.a_load64_const_reg(TAsmList(arg),0,tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.register64)
                 else
{$endif not cpu64bit}
                   cg.a_load_const_reg(TAsmList(arg),reg_cgsize(tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.register),0,
                       tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.register);
               end;
             LOC_CMMREGISTER :
               { clear the whole register }
               cg.a_opmm_reg_reg(TAsmList(arg),OP_XOR,reg_cgsize(tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.register),
                 tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.register,
                 tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.register,
                 nil);
             LOC_CFPUREGISTER :
               begin
                 { initialize fpu regvar by loading from memory }
                 reference_reset_symbol(href,
                   current_asmdata.RefAsmSymbol(tstaticvarsym(p).mangledname), 0);
                 cg.a_loadfpu_ref_reg(TAsmList(arg), tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.size,
                   tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.size, href, tstaticvarsym(p).initialloc.register);
               end;
             LOC_INVALID :
               ;
             else
               internalerror(200410124);
           end;
         end;
      end;


    { generates the code for initialisation of local data }
    procedure initialize_data(p:TObject;arg:pointer);
      var
        OldAsmList : TAsmList;
        hp : tnode;
      begin
        if (tsym(p).typ in [staticvarsym,localvarsym]) and
           ((tabstractvarsym(p).refs>0) or
            { managed return symbols must be inited }
            ((tsym(p).typ=localvarsym) and (vo_is_funcret in tlocalvarsym(p).varoptions))
           ) and
           not(vo_is_typed_const in tabstractvarsym(p).varoptions) and
           not(vo_is_external in tabstractvarsym(p).varoptions) and
           not(is_class(tabstractvarsym(p).vardef)) and
           tabstractvarsym(p).vardef.needs_inittable then
         begin
           OldAsmList:=current_asmdata.CurrAsmList;
           current_asmdata.CurrAsmList:=TAsmList(arg);
           hp:=initialize_data_node(cloadnode.create(tsym(p),tsym(p).owner));
           firstpass(hp);
           secondpass(hp);
           hp.free;
           current_asmdata.CurrAsmList:=OldAsmList;
         end;
      end;


    procedure finalize_sym(asmlist:TAsmList;sym:tsym);
      var
        hp : tnode;
        OldAsmList : TAsmList;
      begin
        include(current_procinfo.flags,pi_needs_implicit_finally);
        OldAsmList:=current_asmdata.CurrAsmList;
        current_asmdata.CurrAsmList:=asmlist;
        hp:=finalize_data_node(cloadnode.create(sym,sym.owner));
        firstpass(hp);
        secondpass(hp);
        hp.free;
        current_asmdata.CurrAsmList:=OldAsmList;
      end;


    { generates the code for finalisation of local variables }
    procedure finalize_local_vars(p:TObject;arg:pointer);
      begin
        if (tsym(p).typ=localvarsym) and
           (tlocalvarsym(p).refs>0) and
           not(vo_is_external in tlocalvarsym(p).varoptions) and
           not(vo_is_funcret in tlocalvarsym(p).varoptions) and
           not(is_class(tlocalvarsym(p).vardef)) and
           tlocalvarsym(p).vardef.needs_inittable then
          finalize_sym(TAsmList(arg),tsym(p));
      end;


    { generates the code for finalization of static symtable and
      all local (static) typed consts }
    procedure finalize_static_data(p:TObject;arg:pointer);
      var
        i : longint;
        pd : tprocdef;
      begin
        case tsym(p).typ of
          staticvarsym :
            begin
              if (tstaticvarsym(p).refs>0) and
                 (tstaticvarsym(p).varspez<>vs_const) and
                 not(vo_is_funcret in tstaticvarsym(p).varoptions) and
                 not(vo_is_external in tstaticvarsym(p).varoptions) and
                 not(is_class(tstaticvarsym(p).vardef)) and
                 tstaticvarsym(p).vardef.needs_inittable then
                finalize_sym(TAsmList(arg),tsym(p));
            end;
          procsym :
            begin
              for i:=0 to tprocsym(p).ProcdefList.Count-1 do
                begin
                  pd:=tprocdef(tprocsym(p).ProcdefList[i]);
                  if assigned(pd.localst) and
                     (pd.procsym=tprocsym(p)) and
                     (pd.localst.symtabletype<>staticsymtable) then
                    pd.localst.SymList.ForEachCall(@finalize_static_data,arg);
                end;
            end;
        end;
      end;


    { generates the code for incrementing the reference count of parameters and
      initialize out parameters }
    procedure init_paras(p:TObject;arg:pointer);
      var
        href : treference;
        tmpreg : tregister;
        list : TAsmList;
        needs_inittable,
        do_trashing       : boolean;
      begin
        list:=TAsmList(arg);
        if (tsym(p).typ=paravarsym) then
         begin
           needs_inittable :=
             not is_class(tparavarsym(p).vardef) and
             tparavarsym(p).vardef.needs_inittable;
           do_trashing :=
             (localvartrashing <> -1) and
             (not assigned(tparavarsym(p).defaultconstsym)) and
             not needs_inittable;
           case tparavarsym(p).varspez of
             vs_value :
               if needs_inittable then
                 begin
                   { variants are already handled by the call to fpc_variant_copy_overwrite }
                   if tparavarsym(p).vardef.typ <> variantdef then begin
                     location_get_data_ref(list,tparavarsym(p).initialloc,href,is_open_array(tparavarsym(p).vardef));
                     cg.g_incrrefcount(list,tparavarsym(p).vardef,href);
                   end;
                 end;
             vs_out :
               begin
                 if needs_inittable or
                    do_trashing then
                   begin
                     tmpreg:=cg.getaddressregister(list);
                     cg.a_load_loc_reg(list,OS_ADDR,tparavarsym(p).initialloc,tmpreg);
                     reference_reset_base(href,tmpreg,0);
                     if do_trashing and
                        { needs separate implementation to trash open arrays }
                        { since their size is only known at run time         }
                        not is_special_array(tparavarsym(p).vardef) then
                       trash_reference(list,href,tparavarsym(p).vardef.size);
                     if needs_inittable then
                       cg.g_initialize(list,tparavarsym(p).vardef,href);
                   end;
               end;
             else if do_trashing and
                     ([vo_is_funcret,vo_is_hidden_para] * tparavarsym(p).varoptions = [vo_is_funcret,vo_is_hidden_para]) then
                   begin
                     tmpreg:=cg.getaddressregister(list);
                     cg.a_load_loc_reg(list,OS_ADDR,tparavarsym(p).initialloc,tmpreg);
                     reference_reset_base(href,tmpreg,0);
                     { may be an open string, even if is_open_string() returns }
                     { false for some helpers in the system unit               }
                     if not is_shortstring(tparavarsym(p).vardef) then
                       trash_reference(list,href,tparavarsym(p).vardef.size)
                     else
                       { an open string has at least size 2 }
                       trash_reference(list,href,2);
                   end
           end;
         end;
      end;


    { generates the code for decrementing the reference count of parameters }
    procedure final_paras(p:TObject;arg:pointer);
      var
        list : TAsmList;
        href : treference;
      begin
        if not(tsym(p).typ=paravarsym) then
          exit;
        list:=TAsmList(arg);
        if not is_class(tparavarsym(p).vardef) and
           tparavarsym(p).vardef.needs_inittable then
         begin
           if (tparavarsym(p).varspez=vs_value) then
            begin
              include(current_procinfo.flags,pi_needs_implicit_finally);
              location_get_data_ref(list,tparavarsym(p).localloc,href,is_open_array(tparavarsym(p).vardef));
              cg.g_decrrefcount(list,tparavarsym(p).vardef,href);
            end;
         end;
        { open arrays can contain elements requiring init/final code, so the else has been removed here }
        if (tparavarsym(p).varspez=vs_value) and
           (is_open_array(tparavarsym(p).vardef) or
            is_array_of_const(tparavarsym(p).vardef)) then
          begin
            { cdecl functions don't have a high pointer so it is not possible to generate
              a local copy }
            if not(current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption in [pocall_cdecl,pocall_cppdecl]) then
              cg.g_releasevaluepara_openarray(list,tparavarsym(p).localloc);
          end;
      end;


    { Initialize temp ansi/widestrings,interfaces }
    procedure inittempvariables(list:TAsmList);
      var
        hp : ptemprecord;
        href : treference;
      begin
        hp:=tg.templist;
        while assigned(hp) do
         begin
           if assigned(hp^.def) and
              hp^.def.needs_inittable then
            begin
              reference_reset_base(href,current_procinfo.framepointer,hp^.pos);
              cg.g_initialize(list,hp^.def,href);
            end;
           hp:=hp^.next;
         end;
      end;


    procedure finalizetempvariables(list:TAsmList);
      var
        hp : ptemprecord;
        href : treference;
      begin
        hp:=tg.templist;
        while assigned(hp) do
         begin
           if assigned(hp^.def) and
              hp^.def.needs_inittable then
            begin
              include(current_procinfo.flags,pi_needs_implicit_finally);
              reference_reset_base(href,current_procinfo.framepointer,hp^.pos);
              cg.g_finalize(list,hp^.def,href);
            end;
           hp:=hp^.next;
         end;
      end;


    procedure gen_load_return_value(list:TAsmList);
      var
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
        href   : treference;
{$endif cpu64bit}
        ressym : tabstractnormalvarsym;
        resloc,
        restmploc : tlocation;
        hreg   : tregister;
        funcretloc : tlocation;
      begin
        { Is the loading needed? }
        if (current_procinfo.procdef.funcretloc[calleeside].loc=LOC_VOID) or
           (
            (po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) and
            (not(assigned(current_procinfo.procdef.funcretsym)) or
             (tabstractvarsym(current_procinfo.procdef.funcretsym).refs=0))
           ) then
           exit;

        funcretloc:=current_procinfo.procdef.funcretloc[calleeside];

        { constructors return self }
        if (current_procinfo.procdef.proctypeoption=potype_constructor) then
          ressym:=tabstractnormalvarsym(current_procinfo.procdef.parast.Find('self'))
        else
          ressym:=tabstractnormalvarsym(current_procinfo.procdef.funcretsym);
        if (ressym.refs>0) or (ressym.vardef.needs_inittable) then
          begin
{$ifdef OLDREGVARS}
            case ressym.localloc.loc of
              LOC_CFPUREGISTER,
              LOC_FPUREGISTER:
                begin
                  location_reset(restmploc,LOC_CFPUREGISTER,funcretloc^.size);
                  restmploc.register:=ressym.localloc.register;
                end;

              LOC_CREGISTER,
              LOC_REGISTER:
                begin
                  location_reset(restmploc,LOC_CREGISTER,funcretloc^.size);
                  restmploc.register:=ressym.localloc.register;
                end;

              LOC_MMREGISTER:
                begin
                  location_reset(restmploc,LOC_CMMREGISTER,funcretloc^.size);
                  restmploc.register:=ressym.localloc.register;
                end;

              LOC_REFERENCE:
                begin
                  location_reset(restmploc,LOC_REFERENCE,funcretloc^.size);
                  restmploc.reference:=ressym.localloc.reference;
                end;
              else
                internalerror(200309184);
            end;
{$else}
            restmploc:=ressym.localloc;
{$endif}

            { Here, we return the function result. In most architectures, the value is
              passed into the FUNCTION_RETURN_REG, but in a windowed architecure like sparc a
              function returns in a register and the caller receives it in an other one }
            case funcretloc.loc of
              LOC_REGISTER:
                begin
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
                  if current_procinfo.procdef.funcretloc[calleeside].size in [OS_64,OS_S64] then
                    begin
                      resloc:=current_procinfo.procdef.funcretloc[calleeside];
                      if resloc.loc<>LOC_REGISTER then
                        internalerror(200409141);
                      { Load low and high register separate to generate better register
                        allocation info }
                      if getsupreg(resloc.register64.reglo)<first_int_imreg then
                        begin
                          cg.getcpuregister(list,resloc.register64.reglo);
                        end;
                      case restmploc.loc of
                        LOC_REFERENCE :
                          begin
                            href:=restmploc.reference;
                            if target_info.endian=ENDIAN_BIG then
                              inc(href.offset,4);
                            cg.a_load_ref_reg(list,OS_32,OS_32,href,resloc.register64.reglo);
                          end;
                        LOC_CREGISTER :
                          cg.a_load_reg_reg(list,OS_32,OS_32,restmploc.register64.reglo,resloc.register64.reglo);
                        else
                          internalerror(200409203);
                      end;
                      if getsupreg(resloc.register64.reghi)<first_int_imreg then
                        begin
                          cg.getcpuregister(list,resloc.register64.reghi);
                        end;
                      case restmploc.loc of
                        LOC_REFERENCE :
                          begin
                            href:=restmploc.reference;
                            if target_info.endian=ENDIAN_LITTLE then
                              inc(href.offset,4);
                            cg.a_load_ref_reg(list,OS_32,OS_32,href,resloc.register64.reghi);
                          end;
                        LOC_CREGISTER :
                          cg.a_load_reg_reg(list,OS_32,OS_32,restmploc.register64.reghi,resloc.register64.reghi);
                        else
                          internalerror(200409204);
                      end;
                    end
                  else
{$endif cpu64bit}
                    begin
                      hreg:=cg.makeregsize(list,funcretloc.register,funcretloc.size);
                      if getsupreg(funcretloc.register)<first_int_imreg then
                        begin
                          cg.getcpuregister(list,funcretloc.register);
                        end;
                      { it could be that a structure is passed in memory but the function is expected to
                        return a pointer to this memory }
                      if paramanager.ret_in_param(current_procinfo.procdef.returndef,current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption) then
                        cg.a_load_loc_reg(list,OS_ADDR,restmploc,hreg)
                      else
                        cg.a_load_loc_reg(list,restmploc.size,restmploc,hreg);
                    end;
                end;
              LOC_FPUREGISTER:
                begin
                  if getsupreg(funcretloc.register)<first_fpu_imreg then
                    begin
                      cg.getcpuregister(list,funcretloc.register);
                    end;
                  { we can't do direct moves between fpu and mm registers }
                  if restmploc.loc in [LOC_MMREGISTER,LOC_CMMREGISTER] then
                    location_force_fpureg(list,restmploc,false);
                  cg.a_loadfpu_loc_reg(list,funcretloc.size,restmploc,funcretloc.register);
                end;
              LOC_MMREGISTER:
                begin
                  if getsupreg(funcretloc.register)<first_mm_imreg then
                    begin
                      cg.getcpuregister(list,funcretloc.register);
                    end;
                  cg.a_loadmm_loc_reg(list,restmploc.size,restmploc,funcretloc.register,mms_movescalar);
                end;
              LOC_INVALID,
              LOC_REFERENCE:
                ;
              else
                internalerror(200405025);
            end;
          end
{$ifdef x86}
         else
          begin
            { the caller will pop a value off the cpu stack }
            if (funcretloc.loc = LOC_FPUREGISTER) then
              list.concat(taicpu.op_none(A_FLDZ));
          end;
{$endif x86}
      end;


    procedure gen_alloc_regvar(list:TAsmList;sym: tabstractnormalvarsym);
      begin
        case sym.initialloc.loc of
          LOC_CREGISTER:
            begin
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
              if sym.initialloc.size in [OS_64,OS_S64] then
                begin
                  sym.initialloc.register64.reglo:=cg.getintregister(list,OS_32);
                  sym.initialloc.register64.reghi:=cg.getintregister(list,OS_32);
                end
              else
{$endif cpu64bit}
                sym.initialloc.register:=cg.getintregister(list,sym.initialloc.size);
            end;
          LOC_CFPUREGISTER:
            begin
              sym.initialloc.register:=cg.getfpuregister(list,sym.initialloc.size);
            end;
          LOC_CMMREGISTER:
            begin
             sym.initialloc.register:=cg.getmmregister(list,sym.initialloc.size);
            end;
        end;

        if (pi_has_goto in current_procinfo.flags) then
          begin
            { Allocate register already, to prevent first allocation to be
              inside a loop }
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
            if sym.initialloc.size in [OS_64,OS_S64] then
              begin
                cg.a_reg_sync(list,sym.initialloc.register64.reglo);
                cg.a_reg_sync(list,sym.initialloc.register64.reghi);
              end
            else
{$endif cpu64bit}
             cg.a_reg_sync(list,sym.initialloc.register);
          end;
        sym.localloc:=sym.initialloc;
      end;


    procedure gen_load_para_value(list:TAsmList);

       procedure get_para(const paraloc:TCGParaLocation);
         begin
            case paraloc.loc of
              LOC_REGISTER :
                begin
                  if getsupreg(paraloc.register)<first_int_imreg then
                    cg.getcpuregister(list,paraloc.register);
                end;
              LOC_MMREGISTER :
                begin
                  if getsupreg(paraloc.register)<first_mm_imreg then
                    cg.getcpuregister(list,paraloc.register);
                end;
              LOC_FPUREGISTER :
                begin
                  if getsupreg(paraloc.register)<first_fpu_imreg then
                    cg.getcpuregister(list,paraloc.register);
                end;
            end;
         end;


       procedure unget_para(const paraloc:TCGParaLocation);
         begin
            case paraloc.loc of
              LOC_REGISTER :
                begin
                  if getsupreg(paraloc.register)<first_int_imreg then
                    cg.ungetcpuregister(list,paraloc.register);
                end;
              LOC_MMREGISTER :
                begin
                  if getsupreg(paraloc.register)<first_mm_imreg then
                    cg.ungetcpuregister(list,paraloc.register);
                end;
              LOC_FPUREGISTER :
                begin
                  if getsupreg(paraloc.register)<first_fpu_imreg then
                    cg.ungetcpuregister(list,paraloc.register);
                end;
            end;
         end;


       procedure gen_load_ref(const paraloc:TCGParaLocation;const ref:treference;sizeleft:aint);
         var
           href : treference;
         begin
            case paraloc.loc of
              LOC_REGISTER :
                begin
                  {$IFDEF POWERPC64}
                  if (paraloc.shiftval <> 0) then
                    cg.a_op_const_reg_reg(list, OP_SHL, OS_INT, paraloc.shiftval, paraloc.register, paraloc.register);
                  {$ENDIF POWERPC64}
                  cg.a_load_reg_ref(list,paraloc.size,paraloc.size,paraloc.register,ref);
                end;
              LOC_MMREGISTER :
                cg.a_loadmm_reg_ref(list,paraloc.size,paraloc.size,paraloc.register,ref,mms_movescalar);
              LOC_FPUREGISTER :
                cg.a_loadfpu_reg_ref(list,paraloc.size,paraloc.size,paraloc.register,ref);
              LOC_REFERENCE :
                begin
                  reference_reset_base(href,paraloc.reference.index,paraloc.reference.offset);
                  { use concatcopy, because it can also be a float which fails when
                    load_ref_ref is used. Don't copy data when the references are equal }
                  if not((href.base=ref.base) and (href.offset=ref.offset)) then
                    cg.g_concatcopy(list,href,ref,sizeleft);
                end;
              else
                internalerror(2002081302);
            end;
         end;


       procedure gen_load_reg(const paraloc:TCGParaLocation;reg:tregister);
         var
           href : treference;
         begin
            case paraloc.loc of
              LOC_REGISTER :
                cg.a_load_reg_reg(list,paraloc.size,paraloc.size,paraloc.register,reg);
              LOC_MMREGISTER :
                cg.a_loadmm_reg_reg(list,paraloc.size,paraloc.size,paraloc.register,reg,mms_movescalar);
              LOC_FPUREGISTER :
                cg.a_loadfpu_reg_reg(list,paraloc.size,paraloc.size,paraloc.register,reg);
              LOC_REFERENCE :
                begin
                  reference_reset_base(href,paraloc.reference.index,paraloc.reference.offset);
                  case getregtype(reg) of
                    R_INTREGISTER :
                      cg.a_load_ref_reg(list,paraloc.size,paraloc.size,href,reg);
                    R_FPUREGISTER :
                      cg.a_loadfpu_ref_reg(list,paraloc.size,paraloc.size,href,reg);
                    R_MMREGISTER :
                      cg.a_loadmm_ref_reg(list,paraloc.size,paraloc.size,href,reg,mms_movescalar);
                    else
                      internalerror(2004101012);
                  end;
                end;
              else
                internalerror(2002081302);
            end;
         end;

      var
        i : longint;
        currpara : tparavarsym;
        paraloc  : pcgparalocation;
        href     : treference;
        sizeleft : aint;
{$if defined(sparc) or defined(arm)}
        tempref  : treference;
{$endif sparc}
      begin
        if (po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) then
          exit;

        { Allocate registers used by parameters }
        for i:=0 to current_procinfo.procdef.paras.count-1 do
          begin
            currpara:=tparavarsym(current_procinfo.procdef.paras[i]);
            paraloc:=currpara.paraloc[calleeside].location;
            while assigned(paraloc) do
              begin
                if paraloc^.loc in [LOC_REGISTER,LOC_FPUREGISTER,LOC_MMREGISTER] then
                  get_para(paraloc^);
                paraloc:=paraloc^.next;
              end;
          end;

        { Copy parameters to local references/registers }
        for i:=0 to current_procinfo.procdef.paras.count-1 do
          begin
            currpara:=tparavarsym(current_procinfo.procdef.paras[i]);
            paraloc:=currpara.paraloc[calleeside].location;
            { skip e.g. empty records }
            if not assigned(paraloc) then
              internalerror(200408203);
            if (paraloc^.loc = LOC_VOID) then
              continue;
            case currpara.initialloc.loc of
              LOC_REFERENCE :
                begin
                  { If the parameter location is reused we don't need to copy
                    anything }
                  if not paramanager.param_use_paraloc(currpara.paraloc[calleeside]) then
                    begin
                      href:=currpara.initialloc.reference;
                      sizeleft:=currpara.paraloc[calleeside].intsize;
                      while assigned(paraloc) do
                        begin
                          if (paraloc^.size=OS_NO) then
                            begin
                              { Can only be a reference that contains the rest
                                of the parameter }
                              if (paraloc^.loc<>LOC_REFERENCE) or
                                 assigned(paraloc^.next) then
                                internalerror(2005013010);
                              gen_load_ref(paraloc^,href,sizeleft);
                              inc(href.offset,sizeleft);
                              sizeleft:=0;
                            end
                          else
                            begin
                              gen_load_ref(paraloc^,href,tcgsize2size[paraloc^.size]);
                              inc(href.offset,TCGSize2Size[paraloc^.size]);
                              dec(sizeleft,TCGSize2Size[paraloc^.size]);
                            end;
                          unget_para(paraloc^);
                          paraloc:=paraloc^.next;
                        end;
                    end;
                end;
              LOC_CREGISTER :
                begin
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
                  if (currpara.paraloc[calleeside].size in [OS_64,OS_S64]) and
                     is_64bit(currpara.vardef) then
                    begin
                      case paraloc^.loc of
                        LOC_REGISTER:
                          begin
                            if not assigned(paraloc^.next) then
                              internalerror(200410104);
                            if (target_info.endian=ENDIAN_BIG) then
                              begin
                                { paraloc^ -> high
                                  paraloc^.next -> low }
                                unget_para(paraloc^);
                                gen_alloc_regvar(list,currpara);
                                gen_load_reg(paraloc^,currpara.initialloc.register64.reghi);
                                unget_para(paraloc^.next^);
                                gen_load_reg(paraloc^.next^,currpara.initialloc.register64.reglo);
                              end
                            else
                              begin
                                { paraloc^ -> low
                                  paraloc^.next -> high }
                                unget_para(paraloc^);
                                gen_alloc_regvar(list,currpara);
                                gen_load_reg(paraloc^,currpara.initialloc.register64.reglo);
                                unget_para(paraloc^.next^);
                                gen_load_reg(paraloc^.next^,currpara.initialloc.register64.reghi);
                              end;
                          end;
                        LOC_REFERENCE:
                          begin
                            gen_alloc_regvar(list,currpara);
                            reference_reset_base(href,paraloc^.reference.index,paraloc^.reference.offset);
                            cg64.a_load64_ref_reg(list,href,currpara.initialloc.register64);
                            unget_para(paraloc^);
                          end;
                        else
                          internalerror(2005101501);
                      end
                    end
                  else
{$endif cpu64bit}
                    begin
                      if assigned(paraloc^.next) then
                        internalerror(200410105);
                      unget_para(paraloc^);
                      gen_alloc_regvar(list,currpara);
                      gen_load_reg(paraloc^,currpara.initialloc.register);
                    end;
                end;
              LOC_CFPUREGISTER :
                begin
{$if defined(sparc) or defined(arm)}
                  { Arm and Sparc passes floats in int registers, when loading to fpu register
                    we need a temp }
                  sizeleft := TCGSize2Size[currpara.initialloc.size];
                  tg.GetTemp(list,sizeleft,tt_normal,tempref);
                  href:=tempref;
                  while assigned(paraloc) do
                    begin
                      unget_para(paraloc^);
                      gen_load_ref(paraloc^,href,sizeleft);
                      inc(href.offset,TCGSize2Size[paraloc^.size]);
                      dec(sizeleft,TCGSize2Size[paraloc^.size]);
                      paraloc:=paraloc^.next;
                    end;
                  gen_alloc_regvar(list,currpara);
                  cg.a_loadfpu_ref_reg(list,currpara.initialloc.size,currpara.initialloc.size,tempref,currpara.initialloc.register);
                  tg.UnGetTemp(list,tempref);
{$else sparc}
                  unget_para(paraloc^);
                  gen_alloc_regvar(list,currpara);
                  gen_load_reg(paraloc^,currpara.initialloc.register);
                  if assigned(paraloc^.next) then
                    internalerror(200410109);
{$endif sparc}
                end;
              LOC_CMMREGISTER :
                begin
                  unget_para(paraloc^);
                  gen_alloc_regvar(list,currpara);
                  gen_load_reg(paraloc^,currpara.initialloc.register);
                  { data could come in two memory locations, for now
                    we simply ignore the sanity check (FK)
                  if assigned(paraloc^.next) then
                    internalerror(200410108);
                  }
                end;
            end;
          end;

        { generate copies of call by value parameters, must be done before
          the initialization and body is parsed because the refcounts are
          incremented using the local copies }
        current_procinfo.procdef.parast.SymList.ForEachCall(@copyvalueparas,list);
{$ifdef powerpc}
        { unget the register that contains the stack pointer before the procedure entry, }
        { which is used to access the parameters in their original callee-side location  }
        if (tppcprocinfo(current_procinfo).needs_frame_pointer) then
          cg.a_reg_dealloc(list,NR_R12);
{$endif powerpc}
{$ifdef powerpc64}
        { unget the register that contains the stack pointer before the procedure entry, }
        { which is used to access the parameters in their original callee-side location  }
        if (tppcprocinfo(current_procinfo).needs_frame_pointer) then
          cg.a_reg_dealloc(list, NR_OLD_STACK_POINTER_REG);
{$endif powerpc64}
      end;


    procedure gen_initialize_code(list:TAsmList);
      begin
        { initialize local data like ansistrings }
        case current_procinfo.procdef.proctypeoption of
           potype_unitinit:
             begin
                { this is also used for initialization of variables in a
                  program which does not have a globalsymtable }
                if assigned(current_module.globalsymtable) then
                  TSymtable(current_module.globalsymtable).SymList.ForEachCall(@initialize_data,list);
                TSymtable(current_module.localsymtable).SymList.ForEachCall(@initialize_data,list);
                TSymtable(current_module.localsymtable).SymList.ForEachCall(@initialize_regvars,list);
             end;
           { units have seperate code for initilization and finalization }
           potype_unitfinalize: ;
           { program init/final is generated in separate procedure }
           potype_proginit:
             begin
               TSymtable(current_module.localsymtable).SymList.ForEachCall(@initialize_regvars,list);
             end;
           else
             begin
               if (localvartrashing <> -1) and
                  not(po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) then
                 current_procinfo.procdef.localst.SymList.ForEachCall(@trash_variable,list);
               current_procinfo.procdef.localst.SymList.ForEachCall(@initialize_data,list);
             end;
        end;

        { initialisizes temp. ansi/wide string data }
        inittempvariables(list);

        { initialize ansi/widesstring para's }
        if not(po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) then
          current_procinfo.procdef.parast.SymList.ForEachCall(@init_paras,list);

{$ifdef OLDREGVARS}
        load_regvars(list,nil);
{$endif OLDREGVARS}
      end;


    procedure gen_finalize_code(list:TAsmList);
      begin
{$ifdef OLDREGVARS}
        cleanup_regvars(list);
{$endif OLDREGVARS}

        { finalize temporary data }
        finalizetempvariables(list);

        { finalize local data like ansistrings}
        case current_procinfo.procdef.proctypeoption of
           potype_unitfinalize:
             begin
                { this is also used for initialization of variables in a
                  program which does not have a globalsymtable }
                if assigned(current_module.globalsymtable) then
                  TSymtable(current_module.globalsymtable).SymList.ForEachCall(@finalize_static_data,list);
                TSymtable(current_module.localsymtable).SymList.ForEachCall(@finalize_static_data,list);
             end;
           { units/progs have separate code for initialization and finalization }
           potype_unitinit: ;
           { program init/final is generated in separate procedure }
           potype_proginit: ;
           else
             current_procinfo.procdef.localst.SymList.ForEachCall(@finalize_local_vars,list);
        end;

        { finalize paras data }
        if assigned(current_procinfo.procdef.parast) and
           not(po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) then
          current_procinfo.procdef.parast.SymList.ForEachCall(@final_paras,list);
      end;


    procedure gen_entry_code(list:TAsmList);
      var
        paraloc1,
        paraloc2 : tcgpara;
      begin
        paraloc1.init;
        paraloc2.init;

        { the actual profile code can clobber some registers,
          therefore if the context must be saved, do it before
          the actual call to the profile code
        }
        if (cs_profile in current_settings.moduleswitches) and
           not(po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) then
          begin
            { non-win32 can call mcout even in main }
            if not (target_info.system in [system_i386_win32,system_i386_wdosx]) or
               not (current_procinfo.procdef.proctypeoption=potype_proginit) then
              begin
                cg.g_profilecode(list);
              end;
          end;

        { call startup helpers from main program }
        if (current_procinfo.procdef.proctypeoption=potype_proginit) then
         begin
           { initialize units }
           cg.allocallcpuregisters(list);
           cg.a_call_name(list,'FPC_INITIALIZEUNITS');
           cg.deallocallcpuregisters(list);
         end;

        list.concat(Tai_force_line.Create);

{$ifdef OLDREGVARS}
        load_regvars(list,nil);
{$endif OLDREGVARS}

        paraloc1.done;
        paraloc2.done;
      end;


    procedure gen_exit_code(list:TAsmList);
      begin
        { call __EXIT for main program }
        if (not DLLsource) and
           (current_procinfo.procdef.proctypeoption=potype_proginit) then
          cg.a_call_name(list,'FPC_DO_EXIT');
      end;


{****************************************************************************
                                Entry/Exit
****************************************************************************}

    function has_alias_name(pd:tprocdef;const s:string):boolean;
      var
        item : TCmdStrListItem;
      begin
        result:=true;
        if pd.mangledname=s then
          exit;
        item := TCmdStrListItem(pd.aliasnames.first);
        while assigned(item) do
          begin
            if item.str=s then
              exit;
            item := TCmdStrListItem(item.next);
          end;
        result:=false;
      end;


    procedure alloc_proc_symbol(pd: tprocdef);
      var
        item : TCmdStrListItem;
      begin
        item := TCmdStrListItem(pd.aliasnames.first);
        while assigned(item) do
          begin
            current_asmdata.DefineAsmSymbol(item.str,AB_GLOBAL,AT_FUNCTION);
            item := TCmdStrListItem(item.next);
          end;
       end;


    procedure gen_proc_symbol(list:TAsmList);
      var
        item,
        previtem : TCmdStrListItem;
      begin
        previtem:=nil;
        item := TCmdStrListItem(current_procinfo.procdef.aliasnames.first);
        while assigned(item) do
          begin
            { "double link" all procedure entry symbols via .reference }
            { directives on darwin, because otherwise the linker       }
            { sometimes strips the procedure if only on of the symbols }
            { is referenced                                            }
            if assigned(previtem) and
               (target_info.system in systems_darwin) then
              list.concat(tai_directive.create(asd_reference,item.str));
            if (cs_profile in current_settings.moduleswitches) or
              (po_global in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) then
              list.concat(Tai_symbol.createname_global(item.str,AT_FUNCTION,0))
            else
              list.concat(Tai_symbol.createname(item.str,AT_FUNCTION,0));
            if assigned(previtem) and
               (target_info.system in systems_darwin) then
              list.concat(tai_directive.create(asd_reference,previtem.str));
            if tf_use_function_relative_addresses in target_info.flags then
              list.concat(Tai_function_name.create(item.str));
            previtem:=item;
            item := TCmdStrListItem(item.next);
          end;

        current_procinfo.procdef.procstarttai:=tai(list.last);
      end;



    procedure gen_proc_symbol_end(list:TAsmList);
      begin
        list.concat(Tai_symbol_end.Createname(current_procinfo.procdef.mangledname));

        current_procinfo.procdef.procendtai:=tai(list.last);

        if (current_module.islibrary) then
          if (current_procinfo.procdef.proctypeoption = potype_proginit) then
            exportlib.setinitname(list,current_procinfo.procdef.mangledname);

        if (current_procinfo.procdef.proctypeoption=potype_proginit) then
          begin
           if (target_info.system in (systems_darwin+[system_powerpc_macos])) and
              not(current_module.islibrary) then
             begin
              list.concat(tai_section.create(sec_code,'',4));
              list.concat(tai_symbol.createname_global(
                target_info.cprefix+mainaliasname,AT_FUNCTION,0));
              { keep argc, argv and envp properly on the stack }
              cg.a_jmp_name(list,target_info.cprefix+'FPC_SYSTEMMAIN');
             end;
          end;
      end;


    procedure gen_proc_entry_code(list:TAsmList);
      var
        hitemp,
        lotemp : longint;
      begin
        { generate call frame marker for dwarf call frame info }
        current_asmdata.asmcfi.start_frame(list);

        { All temps are know, write offsets used for information }
        if (cs_asm_source in current_settings.globalswitches) then
          begin
            if tg.direction>0 then
              begin
                lotemp:=current_procinfo.tempstart;
                hitemp:=tg.lasttemp;
              end
            else
              begin
                lotemp:=tg.lasttemp;
                hitemp:=current_procinfo.tempstart;
              end;
            list.concat(Tai_comment.Create(strpnew('Temps allocated between '+std_regname(current_procinfo.framepointer)+
              tostr_with_plus(lotemp)+' and '+std_regname(current_procinfo.framepointer)+tostr_with_plus(hitemp))));
          end;

         { generate target specific proc entry code }
         cg.g_proc_entry(list,current_procinfo.calc_stackframe_size,(po_nostackframe in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions));
      end;


    procedure gen_proc_exit_code(list:TAsmList);
      var
        parasize : longint;
      begin
        { c style clearstack does not need to remove parameters from the stack, only the
          return value when it was pushed by arguments }
        if current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption in clearstack_pocalls then
          begin
            parasize:=0;
            if paramanager.ret_in_param(current_procinfo.procdef.returndef,current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption) then
              inc(parasize,sizeof(aint));
          end
        else
          parasize:=current_procinfo.para_stack_size;

        { generate target specific proc exit code }
        cg.g_proc_exit(list,parasize,(po_nostackframe in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions));

        { release return registers, needed for optimizer }
        if not is_void(current_procinfo.procdef.returndef) then
          location_free(list,current_procinfo.procdef.funcretloc[calleeside]);

        { end of frame marker for call frame info }
        current_asmdata.asmcfi.end_frame(list);
      end;


    procedure gen_stack_check_size_para(list:TAsmList);
      var
        paraloc1   : tcgpara;
      begin
        paraloc1.init;
        paramanager.getintparaloc(pocall_default,1,paraloc1);
        paramanager.allocparaloc(list,paraloc1);
        cg.a_param_const(list,OS_INT,current_procinfo.calc_stackframe_size,paraloc1);
        paramanager.freeparaloc(list,paraloc1);
        paraloc1.done;
      end;


    procedure gen_stack_check_call(list:TAsmList);
      var
        paraloc1   : tcgpara;
      begin
        paraloc1.init;
        { Also alloc the register needed for the parameter }
        paramanager.getintparaloc(pocall_default,1,paraloc1);
        paramanager.allocparaloc(list,paraloc1);
        paramanager.freeparaloc(list,paraloc1);
        { Call the helper }
        cg.allocallcpuregisters(list);
        cg.a_call_name(list,'FPC_STACKCHECK');
        cg.deallocallcpuregisters(list);
        paraloc1.done;
      end;


    procedure gen_save_used_regs(list:TAsmList);
      begin
        { Pure assembler routines need to save the registers themselves }
        if (po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) then
          exit;

        { oldfpccall expects all registers to be destroyed }
        if current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption<>pocall_oldfpccall then
            cg.g_save_registers(list);
      end;


    procedure gen_restore_used_regs(list:TAsmList);
      begin
        { Pure assembler routines need to save the registers themselves }
        if (po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) then
          exit;

        { oldfpccall expects all registers to be destroyed }
        if current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption<>pocall_oldfpccall then
          cg.g_restore_registers(list);
      end;


{****************************************************************************
                           External handling
****************************************************************************}

    procedure gen_external_stub(list:TAsmList;pd:tprocdef;const externalname:string);
      begin
        { add the procedure to the al_procedures }
        maybe_new_object_file(list);
        new_section(list,sec_code,lower(pd.mangledname),current_settings.alignment.procalign);
        list.concat(Tai_align.create(current_settings.alignment.procalign));
        if (po_global in pd.procoptions) then
          list.concat(Tai_symbol.createname_global(pd.mangledname,AT_FUNCTION,0))
        else
          list.concat(Tai_symbol.createname(pd.mangledname,AT_FUNCTION,0));

        cg.g_external_wrapper(list,pd,externalname);
      end;

{****************************************************************************
                               Const Data
****************************************************************************}

    procedure insertbssdata(sym : tstaticvarsym);
      var
        l : aint;
        varalign : shortint;
        storefilepos : tfileposinfo;
        list : TAsmList;
        sectype : TAsmSectiontype;
      begin
        storefilepos:=current_filepos;
        current_filepos:=sym.fileinfo;
        l:=sym.getsize;
        if tf_section_threadvars in target_info.flags then
          begin
            if (vo_is_thread_var in sym.varoptions) then
              begin
                list:=current_asmdata.asmlists[al_threadvars];
                sectype:=sec_threadvar;
              end
            else
              begin
                list:=current_asmdata.asmlists[al_globals];
                sectype:=sec_bss;
              end;
          end
        else
          begin
            if (vo_is_thread_var in sym.varoptions) then
              inc(l,sizeof(aint));
            list:=current_asmdata.asmlists[al_globals];
            sectype:=sec_bss;
          end;
        varalign:=var_align(size_2_align(l));
        maybe_new_object_file(list);
        new_section(list,sectype,lower(sym.mangledname),varalign);
        if (sym.owner.symtabletype=globalsymtable) or
           create_smartlink or
           DLLSource or
           (assigned(current_procinfo) and
            (po_inline in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions)) or
           (vo_is_public in sym.varoptions) then
          list.concat(Tai_datablock.create_global(sym.mangledname,l))
        else
          list.concat(Tai_datablock.create(sym.mangledname,l));
        current_filepos:=storefilepos;
      end;


    procedure gen_alloc_symtable(list:TAsmList;st:TSymtable);

        procedure setlocalloc(vs:tabstractnormalvarsym);
        begin
          if cs_asm_source in current_settings.globalswitches then
            begin
              case vs.initialloc.loc of
                LOC_REFERENCE :
                  begin
                    if not assigned(vs.initialloc.reference.symbol) then
                      list.concat(Tai_comment.Create(strpnew('Var '+vs.realname+' located at '+
                         std_regname(vs.initialloc.reference.base)+tostr_with_plus(vs.initialloc.reference.offset))));
                  end;
              end;
            end;
          vs.localloc:=vs.initialloc;
        end;

      var
        i       : longint;
        sym     : tsym;
        vs      : tabstractnormalvarsym;
        isaddr  : boolean;
      begin
        for i:=0 to st.SymList.Count-1 do
          begin
            sym:=tsym(st.SymList[i]);
            case sym.typ of
              staticvarsym :
                begin
                  vs:=tabstractnormalvarsym(sym);
                  { The code in laodnode.pass_generatecode will create the
                    LOC_REFERENCE instead for all none register variables. This is
                    required because we can't store an asmsymbol in the localloc because
                    the asmsymbol is invalid after an unit is compiled. This gives
                    problems when this procedure is inlined in an other unit (PFV) }
                  if vs.is_regvar(false) then
                    begin
                      vs.initialloc.loc:=tvarregable2tcgloc[vs.varregable];
                      vs.initialloc.size:=def_cgsize(vs.vardef);
                      gen_alloc_regvar(list,vs);
                      setlocalloc(vs);
                    end;
                end;
              paravarsym :
                begin
                  vs:=tabstractnormalvarsym(sym);
                  { Parameters passed to assembler procedures need to be kept
                    in the original location }
                  if (po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) then
                    tparavarsym(vs).paraloc[calleeside].get_location(vs.initialloc)
                  else
                    begin
                      isaddr:=paramanager.push_addr_param(vs.varspez,vs.vardef,current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption);
                      if isaddr then
                        vs.initialloc.size:=OS_ADDR
                      else
                        vs.initialloc.size:=def_cgsize(vs.vardef);

                      if vs.is_regvar(isaddr) then
                        vs.initialloc.loc:=tvarregable2tcgloc[vs.varregable]
                      else
                        begin
                          vs.initialloc.loc:=LOC_REFERENCE;
                          { Reuse the parameter location for values to are at a single location on the stack }
                          if paramanager.param_use_paraloc(tparavarsym(sym).paraloc[calleeside]) then
                            begin
                              reference_reset_base(vs.initialloc.reference,tparavarsym(sym).paraloc[calleeside].location^.reference.index,
                                  tparavarsym(sym).paraloc[calleeside].location^.reference.offset);
                            end
                          else
                            begin
                              if isaddr then
                                tg.GetLocal(list,sizeof(aint),voidpointertype,vs.initialloc.reference)
                              else
                                tg.GetLocal(list,vs.getsize,tparavarsym(sym).paraloc[calleeside].alignment,vs.vardef,vs.initialloc.reference);
                            end;
                        end;
                    end;
                  setlocalloc(vs);
                end;
              localvarsym :
                begin
                  vs:=tabstractnormalvarsym(sym);
                  vs.initialloc.size:=def_cgsize(vs.vardef);
                  if (m_delphi in current_settings.modeswitches) and
                     (po_assembler in current_procinfo.procdef.procoptions) and
                     (vo_is_funcret in vs.varoptions) and
                     (vs.refs=0) then
                    begin
                      { not referenced, so don't allocate. Use dummy to }
                      { avoid ie's later on because of LOC_INVALID      }
                      vs.initialloc.loc:=LOC_REGISTER;
                      vs.initialloc.size:=OS_INT;
                      vs.initialloc.register:=NR_FUNCTION_RESULT_REG;
                    end
                  else if vs.is_regvar(false) then
                    begin
                      vs.initialloc.loc:=tvarregable2tcgloc[vs.varregable];
                      gen_alloc_regvar(list,vs);
                    end
                  else
                    begin
                      vs.initialloc.loc:=LOC_REFERENCE;
                      tg.GetLocal(list,vs.getsize,vs.vardef,vs.initialloc.reference);
                    end;
                  setlocalloc(vs);
                end;
            end;
          end;
      end;


    procedure add_regvars(var rv: tusedregvars; const location: tlocation);
      begin
        case location.loc of
          LOC_CREGISTER:
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
            if location.size in [OS_64,OS_S64] then
              begin
                rv.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(location.register64.reglo));
                rv.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(location.register64.reghi));
              end
            else
{$endif cpu64bit}
              rv.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(location.register));
          LOC_CFPUREGISTER:
            rv.fpuregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(location.register));
          LOC_CMMREGISTER:
            rv.mmregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(location.register));
        end;
      end;


    function do_get_used_regvars(var n: tnode; arg: pointer): foreachnoderesult;
      var
        rv: pusedregvars absolute arg;
      begin
        case (n.nodetype) of
          temprefn:
            { We only have to synchronise a tempnode before a loop if it is }
            { not created inside the loop, and only synchronise after the   }
            { loop if it's not destroyed inside the loop. If it's created   }
            { before the loop and not yet destroyed, then before the loop   }
            { is secondpassed tempinfo^.valid will be true, and we get the  }
            { correct registers. If it's not destroyed inside the loop,     }
            { then after the loop has been secondpassed tempinfo^.valid     }
            { be true and we also get the right registers. In other cases,  }
            { tempinfo^.valid will be false and so we do not add            }
            { unnecessary registers. This way, we don't have to look at     }
            { tempcreate and tempdestroy nodes to get this info (JM)        }
            if (ti_valid in ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.flags) then
              add_regvars(rv^,ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.location);
          loadn:
            if (tloadnode(n).symtableentry.typ in [staticvarsym,localvarsym,paravarsym]) then
              add_regvars(rv^,tabstractnormalvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).localloc);
          vecn:
            { range checks sometimes need the high parameter }
            if (cs_check_range in current_settings.localswitches) and
               (is_open_array(tvecnode(n).left.resultdef) or
                is_array_of_const(tvecnode(n).left.resultdef)) and
               not(current_procinfo.procdef.proccalloption in [pocall_cdecl,pocall_cppdecl]) then
              add_regvars(rv^,tabstractnormalvarsym(get_high_value_sym(tparavarsym(tloadnode(tvecnode(n).left).symtableentry))).localloc)

        end;
        result := fen_true;
      end;


    procedure get_used_regvars(n: tnode; var rv: tusedregvars);
      begin
        foreachnodestatic(n,@do_get_used_regvars,@rv);
      end;

(*
    See comments at declaration of pusedregvarscommon

    function do_get_used_regvars_common(var n: tnode; arg: pointer): foreachnoderesult;
      var
        rv: pusedregvarscommon absolute arg;
      begin
        if (n.nodetype = loadn) and
           (tloadnode(n).symtableentry.typ in [staticvarsym,localvarsym,paravarsym]) then
          with tabstractnormalvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).localloc do
            case loc of
              LOC_CREGISTER:
                  { if not yet encountered in this node tree }
                if (rv^.myregvars.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(register))) and
                  { but nevertheless already encountered somewhere }
                   not(rv^.allregvars.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(register))) then
                  { then it's a regvar used in two or more node trees }
                  rv^.commonregvars.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(register));
              LOC_CFPUREGISTER:
                if (rv^.myregvars.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(register))) and
                   not(rv^.allregvars.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(register))) then
                  rv^.commonregvars.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(register));
              LOC_CMMREGISTER:
                if (rv^.myregvars.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(register))) and
                   not(rv^.allregvars.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(register))) then
                  rv^.commonregvars.intregvars.addnodup(getsupreg(register));
            end;
        result := fen_true;
      end;


    procedure get_used_regvars_common(n: tnode; var rv: tusedregvarscommon);
      begin
        rv.myregvars.intregvars.clear;
        rv.myregvars.fpuregvars.clear;
        rv.myregvars.mmregvars.clear;
        foreachnodestatic(n,@do_get_used_regvars_common,@rv);
      end;
*)

    procedure gen_sync_regvars(list:TAsmList; var rv: tusedregvars);
      var
        count: longint;
      begin
        for count := 1 to rv.intregvars.length do
          cg.a_reg_sync(list,newreg(R_INTREGISTER,rv.intregvars.readidx(count-1),R_SUBWHOLE));
        for count := 1 to rv.fpuregvars.length do
          cg.a_reg_sync(list,newreg(R_FPUREGISTER,rv.fpuregvars.readidx(count-1),R_SUBWHOLE));
        for count := 1 to rv.mmregvars.length do
          cg.a_reg_sync(list,newreg(R_MMREGISTER,rv.mmregvars.readidx(count-1),R_SUBWHOLE));
      end;


{*****************************************************************************
                              SSA support
*****************************************************************************}

    type
      preplaceregrec = ^treplaceregrec;
      treplaceregrec = record
        old, new: tregister;
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
        oldhi, newhi: tregister;
{$endif cpu64bit}
        ressym: tsym;
      end;


    function doreplace(var n: tnode; para: pointer): foreachnoderesult;
      var
        rr: preplaceregrec absolute para;
      begin
        result := fen_false;
        case n.nodetype of
          loadn:
            begin
              if (tabstractvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).varoptions * [vo_is_dll_var, vo_is_thread_var] = []) and
                 not assigned(tloadnode(n).left) and
                 (((tloadnode(n).symtableentry <> rr^.ressym) and
                   not(vo_is_funcret in tabstractvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).varoptions)) or
                  not(fc_exit in flowcontrol)) and
                 (tabstractnormalvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).localloc.loc in [LOC_CREGISTER,LOC_CFPUREGISTER,LOC_CMMXREGISTER,LOC_CMMREGISTER]) and
                 (tabstractnormalvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).localloc.register = rr^.old) then
                begin
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
                  { it's possible a 64 bit location was shifted and/xor typecasted }
                  { in a 32 bit value, so only 1 register was left in the location }
                  if (tabstractnormalvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).localloc.size in [OS_64,OS_S64]) then
                    if (tabstractnormalvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).localloc.register64.reghi = rr^.oldhi) then
                      tabstractnormalvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).localloc.register64.reghi := rr^.newhi
                    else
                      exit;
{$endif cpu64bit}
                  tabstractnormalvarsym(tloadnode(n).symtableentry).localloc.register := rr^.new;
                  result := fen_norecurse_true;
                end;
            end;
          temprefn:
            begin
              if (ti_valid in ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.flags) and
                 (ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.location.loc in [LOC_CREGISTER,LOC_CFPUREGISTER,LOC_CMMXREGISTER,LOC_CMMREGISTER]) and
                 (ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.location.register = rr^.old) and
                 (not(ti_is_inlined_result in ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.flags) or
                  not(fc_exit in flowcontrol)) then
                begin
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
                  { it's possible a 64 bit location was shifted and/xor typecasted }
                  { in a 32 bit value, so only 1 register was left in the location }
                  if (ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.location.size in [OS_64,OS_S64]) then
                    if (ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.location.register64.reghi = rr^.oldhi) then
                      ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.location.register64.reghi := rr^.newhi
                    else
                      exit;
{$endif cpu64bit}
                  ttemprefnode(n).tempinfo^.location.register := rr^.new;
                  result := fen_norecurse_true;
                end;
            end;
          { optimize the searching a bit }
          derefn,addrn,
          calln,inlinen,casen,
          addn,subn,muln,
          andn,orn,xorn,
          ltn,lten,gtn,gten,equaln,unequaln,
          slashn,divn,shrn,shln,notn,
          inn,
          asn,isn:
            result := fen_norecurse_false;
        end;
      end;


    procedure maybechangeloadnodereg(list: TAsmList; var n: tnode; reload: boolean);
      var
        rr: treplaceregrec;
      begin
        if not (n.location.loc in [LOC_CREGISTER,LOC_CFPUREGISTER,LOC_CMMXREGISTER,LOC_CMMREGISTER]) or
          ([fc_inflowcontrol,fc_gotolabel,fc_lefthandled] * flowcontrol <> []) then
          exit;
        rr.old := n.location.register;
        rr.ressym := nil;
      {$ifndef cpu64bit}
        rr.oldhi := NR_NO;
      {$endif cpu64bit}
        case n.location.loc of
          LOC_CREGISTER:
            begin
      {$ifndef cpu64bit}
              if (n.location.size in [OS_64,OS_S64]) then
                begin
                  rr.oldhi := n.location.register64.reghi;
                  rr.new := cg.getintregister(current_asmdata.CurrAsmList,OS_INT);
                  rr.newhi := cg.getintregister(current_asmdata.CurrAsmList,OS_INT);
                end
              else
      {$endif cpu64bit}
                rr.new := cg.getintregister(current_asmdata.CurrAsmList,n.location.size);
            end;
          LOC_CFPUREGISTER:
            rr.new := cg.getfpuregister(current_asmdata.CurrAsmList,n.location.size);
      {$ifdef SUPPORT_MMX}
          LOC_CMMXREGISTER:
            rr.new := tcgx86(cg).getmmxregister(current_asmdata.CurrAsmList);
      {$endif SUPPORT_MMX}
          LOC_CMMREGISTER:
            rr.new := cg.getmmregister(current_asmdata.CurrAsmList,n.location.size);
          else
            exit;
        end;

        if (current_procinfo.procdef.funcretloc[calleeside].loc<>LOC_VOID) and
           assigned(current_procinfo.procdef.funcretsym) and
           (tabstractvarsym(current_procinfo.procdef.funcretsym).refs <> 0) then
          if (current_procinfo.procdef.proctypeoption=potype_constructor) then
            rr.ressym:=tsym(current_procinfo.procdef.parast.Find('self'))
         else
            rr.ressym:=current_procinfo.procdef.funcretsym;

        if not foreachnodestatic(n,@doreplace,@rr) then
          exit;

        if reload then
          case n.location.loc of
            LOC_CREGISTER:
              begin
      {$ifndef cpu64bit}
                if (n.location.size in [OS_64,OS_S64]) then
                  cg64.a_load64_reg_reg(list,n.location.register64,joinreg64(rr.new,rr.newhi))
                else
      {$endif cpu64bit}
                  cg.a_load_reg_reg(list,n.location.size,n.location.size,n.location.register,rr.new);
              end;
            LOC_CFPUREGISTER:
              cg.a_loadfpu_reg_reg(list,n.location.size,n.location.size,n.location.register,rr.new);
      {$ifdef SUPPORT_MMX}
            LOC_CMMXREGISTER:
              cg.a_loadmm_reg_reg(list,OS_M64,OS_M64,n.location.register,rr.new,nil);
      {$endif SUPPORT_MMX}
            LOC_CMMREGISTER:
              cg.a_loadmm_reg_reg(list,n.location.size,n.location.size,n.location.register,rr.new,nil);
            else
              internalerror(2006090920);
          end;

        { now that we've change the loadn/temp, also change the node result location }
      {$ifndef cpu64bit}
        if (n.location.size in [OS_64,OS_S64]) then
          begin
            n.location.register64.reglo := rr.new;
            n.location.register64.reghi := rr.newhi;
          end
        else
      {$endif cpu64bit}
          n.location.register := rr.new;
      end;


    procedure gen_free_symtable(list:TAsmList;st:TSymtable);
      var
        i   : longint;
        sym : tsym;
      begin
        for i:=0 to st.SymList.Count-1 do
          begin
            sym:=tsym(st.SymList[i]);
            if (sym.typ in [staticvarsym,localvarsym,paravarsym]) then
              begin
                with tabstractnormalvarsym(sym) do
                  begin
                    { Note: We need to keep the data available in memory
                      for the sub procedures that can access local data
                      in the parent procedures }
                    case localloc.loc of
                      LOC_CREGISTER :
                        if (pi_has_goto in current_procinfo.flags) then
{$ifndef cpu64bit}
                          if def_cgsize(vardef) in [OS_64,OS_S64] then
                            begin
                              cg.a_reg_sync(list,localloc.register64.reglo);
                              cg.a_reg_sync(list,localloc.register64.reghi);
                            end
                          else
{$endif cpu64bit}
                            cg.a_reg_sync(list,localloc.register);
                      LOC_CFPUREGISTER,
                      LOC_CMMREGISTER:
                        if (pi_has_goto in current_procinfo.flags) then
                          cg.a_reg_sync(list,localloc.register);
                      LOC_REFERENCE :
                        begin
                          if typ in [localvarsym,paravarsym] then
                            tg.Ungetlocal(list,localloc.reference);
                        end;
                    end;
                  end;
              end;
          end;
      end;


    procedure gen_intf_wrapper(list:TAsmList;_class:tobjectdef);
      var
        i,j  : longint;
        tmps : string;
        pd   : TProcdef;
        ImplIntf : TImplementedInterface;
      begin
        for i:=0 to _class.ImplementedInterfaces.count-1 do
          begin
            ImplIntf:=TImplementedInterface(_class.ImplementedInterfaces[i]);
            if (ImplIntf=ImplIntf.VtblImplIntf) and
               assigned(ImplIntf.ProcDefs) then
              begin
                maybe_new_object_file(list);
                for j:=0 to ImplIntf.ProcDefs.Count-1 do
                  begin
                    pd:=TProcdef(ImplIntf.ProcDefs[j]);
                    tmps:=make_mangledname('WRPR',_class.owner,_class.objname^+'_$_'+
                      ImplIntf.IntfDef.objname^+'_$_'+tostr(j)+'_$_'+pd.mangledname);
                    { create wrapper code }
                    new_section(list,sec_code,tmps,0);
                    cg.init_register_allocators;
                    cg.g_intf_wrapper(list,pd,tmps,ImplIntf.ioffset);
                    cg.done_register_allocators;
                  end;
              end;
          end;
      end;


    procedure gen_intf_wrappers(list:TAsmList;st:TSymtable);
      var
        i   : longint;
        def : tdef;
      begin
        for i:=0 to st.DefList.Count-1 do
          begin
            def:=tdef(st.DefList[i]);
            if is_class(def) then
              gen_intf_wrapper(list,tobjectdef(def));
          end;
      end;


    procedure gen_load_vmt_register(list:TAsmList;objdef:tobjectdef;selfloc:tlocation;var vmtreg:tregister);
      var
        href : treference;
      begin
        if is_object(objdef) then
          begin
            case selfloc.loc of
              LOC_CREFERENCE,
              LOC_REFERENCE:
                begin
                  reference_reset_base(href,cg.getaddressregister(list),objdef.vmt_offset);
                  cg.a_loadaddr_ref_reg(list,selfloc.reference,href.base);
                end;
              else
                internalerror(200305056);
            end;
          end
        else
          begin
            case selfloc.loc of
              LOC_REGISTER:
                begin
{$ifdef cpu_uses_separate_address_registers}
                  if getregtype(left.location.register)<>R_ADDRESSREGISTER then
                    begin
                      reference_reset_base(href,cg.getaddressregister(list),objdef.vmt_offset);
                      cg.a_load_reg_reg(list,OS_ADDR,OS_ADDR,selfloc.register,href.base);
                    end
                  else
{$endif cpu_uses_separate_address_registers}
                    reference_reset_base(href,selfloc.register,objdef.vmt_offset);
                end;
              LOC_CREGISTER,
              LOC_CREFERENCE,
              LOC_REFERENCE:
                begin
                  reference_reset_base(href,cg.getaddressregister(list),objdef.vmt_offset);
                  cg.a_load_loc_reg(list,OS_ADDR,selfloc,href.base);
                end;
              else
                internalerror(200305057);
            end;
          end;
        vmtreg:=cg.getaddressregister(list);
        cg.g_maybe_testself(list,href.base);
        cg.a_load_ref_reg(list,OS_ADDR,OS_ADDR,href,vmtreg);

        { test validity of VMT }
        if not(is_interface(objdef)) and
           not(is_cppclass(objdef)) then
           cg.g_maybe_testvmt(list,vmtreg,objdef);
      end;


    function getprocalign : shortint;
      begin
        { gprof uses 16 byte granularity }
        if (cs_profile in current_settings.moduleswitches) then
          result:=16
        else
         result:=current_settings.alignment.procalign;
      end;


    procedure gen_pic_helpers(list : TAsmList);
{$ifdef i386}
      var
        href : treference;
{$endif i386}
      begin
        { if other cpus require such helpers as well, it can be solved more cleanly }
{$ifdef i386}
        if current_module.requires_ebx_pic_helper then
          begin
            new_section(list,sec_code,'fpc_geteipasebx',0);
            list.concat(tai_symbol.Createname('fpc_geteipasebx',AT_FUNCTION,getprocalign));
            reference_reset(href);
            href.base:=NR_ESP;
            list.concat(taicpu.op_ref_reg(A_MOV,S_L,href,NR_EBX));
            list.concat(taicpu.op_none(A_RET,S_NO));
          end;
        if current_module.requires_ecx_pic_helper then
          begin
            new_section(list,sec_code,'fpc_geteipasecx',0);
            list.concat(tai_symbol.Createname('fpc_geteipasecx',AT_FUNCTION,getprocalign));
            reference_reset(href);
            href.base:=NR_ESP;
            list.concat(taicpu.op_ref_reg(A_MOV,S_L,href,NR_ECX));
            list.concat(taicpu.op_none(A_RET,S_NO));
          end;
{$endif i386}
      end;

end.