Re: [MiNT] Stack restore done by OS

[Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>]

Miro Kropacek <miro.kropacek@gmail.com> writes:

>>
>> I guess because the OS does not know how many params you actually have
>> pushed.
>>
> Well, function / service you call certainly does.

But not the trap handler, which is the only one that could pop them.
Even then it'd have to cope with exception frames, stack switching,
etc., making system calls even more expensive.

Andreas.

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