Currently `avo` uses `BP` as a standard general-purpose register. However, `BP` is used for the frame pointer and should be callee-save. Under some circumstances, the Go assembler will do this automatically, but not always. At the moment `avo` can produce code that clobbers the `BP` register. Since Go 1.16 this code will also fail a new `go vet` check.
This PR provides a (currently sub-optimal) fix for the issue. It introduces an `EnsureBasePointerCalleeSaved` pass which will check if the base pointer is written to by a function, and if so will artificially ensure that the function has a non-zero frame size. This will trigger the Go assembler to automatically save and restore the BP register.
In addition, we update the `asmdecl` tool to `asmvet`, which includes the `framepointer` vet check.
Updates #156
Adds a regression test based on klauspost/compress#186. This necessitated some related changes:
* Mark "RET" as a terminal instruction
* printer refactor to maintain compatibility with asmfmt
* Tweaks to other regression tests to ensure they are run correctly in CI
Updates #100#65#8
Adds support for a `CancellingInputs` instruction flag, to indicate cases like `XORQ R10, R10` where the instruction actually does not depend on the value of `R10` at all.
Closes#89
Provides a method on `gotypes.Component` to allow pointer dereference. This will enable `gotypes` helpers to be used with struct pointer arguments, for example.
Updates #53Fixes#54
By using Implement you can provide a definition of a function, taking the signature from a stub in the package. One major benefit of this approach is it makes it easy to handle external types in the function signature.
Updates #55
The Context.Label method and LABEL global function did not agree. Also
breaks the convention I'd like to set that capitalized functions must
agree with existing Go assembly syntax.
To help avoid a conflict with `avo.Label`, attributes were moved to
their own package.
Fixes#35
Previously GLOBL/DATA attributes are set to RODATA. This diff removes
that default and allows them to be set through the DataAttributes
context method.
Updates #2
