doc/asm: add BP is callee-save paragraph Change-Id: Id38e639c66a42acf0b1c4488cdfd0b7b6cf71c78 Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/250397 Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
diff --git a/doc/asm.html b/doc/asm.html index dbbe8f2..cc8598a 100644 --- a/doc/asm.html +++ b/doc/asm.html
@@ -687,6 +687,13 @@ MOVQ g_m(AX), BX // Move g.m into BX. </pre> +<p> +Register <code>BP</code> is callee-save. +The assembler automatically inserts <code>BP</code> save/restore when frame size is larger than zero. +Using <code>BP</code> as a general purpose register is allowed, +however it can interfere with sampling-based profiling. +</p> + <h3 id="arm">ARM</h3> <p>