<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2008 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>3.14.2 Registers usage</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="3.14.2 Registers usage"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="sdccman"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2008"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="sdccman.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node88.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node86.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node85.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node88.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html1979" HREF="node88.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1973" HREF="node85.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1967" HREF="node86.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1975" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1977" HREF="node191.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1980" HREF="node88.html">3.14.3 Assembler Routine (non-reentrant)</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1974" HREF="node85.html">3.14 Interfacing with Assembler</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1968" HREF="node86.html">3.14.1 Global Registers used</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1976" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html1978" HREF="node191.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H2><A NAME="SECTION004142000000000000000"> 3.14.2 Registers usage</A> </H2> <P> Unless the called function is declared as <TT>_naked</TT><A NAME="2367"></A>, or the --callee-saves<A NAME="2368"></A>/--all-callee-saves command line option or the corresponding callee_saves pragma are used, the caller will save the registers (<I>R0-R7</I>) around the call, so the called function can destroy they content freely. <P> If the called function is not declared as <TT>_naked</TT>, the caller will swap register banks around the call, if caller and callee use different register banks (having them defined by the <TT>_using</TT> modifier). <P> The called function can also use <I>DPL</I>, <I>DPH</I>, <I>B</I> and <I>ACC</I> observing that they are used for parameter/return value passing. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> 2011-03-20 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>