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authorRichard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>2002-04-05 17:14:42 -0800
committerRichard Henderson <rth@gcc.gnu.org>2002-04-05 17:14:42 -0800
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* doc/rtl.texi (Regs and Memory): Document (mem:BLK (scratch)).
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@@ -1558,6 +1558,10 @@ a unit of memory is accessed. @var{alias} specifies an alias set for the
reference. In general two items are in different alias sets if they cannot
reference the same memory address.
+The construct @code{(mem:BLK (scratch))} is considered to alias all
+other memories. Thus it may be used as a memory barrier in epilogue
+stack deallocation patterns.
+
@findex addressof
@item (addressof:@var{m} @var{reg})
This RTX represents a request for the address of register @var{reg}. Its mode