tree e602b512db511e6c593c598cc5bfd0ccbd94ef67
parent 0a27a458960ffb0adff2f9491eca68c72b79967c
author qmuntal <quimmuntal@gmail.com> 1674141476 +0100
committer Quim Muntal <quimmuntal@gmail.com> 1675151726 +0000

cmd/internal/obj/x86: use push/pop instead of mov to store/load FP

This CL changes how the x86 compiler stores and loads the frame pointer
on each function prologue and epilogue, with the goal to reduce the
final binary size without affecting performance.

The compiler is currently using MOV instructions to load and store BP,
which can take from 5 to 8 bytes each.

This CL changes this approach so it emits PUSH/POP instructions instead,
which always take only 1 byte each (when operating with BP). It can also
avoid using the SUBQ/ADDQ to grow the stack for functions that have
frame pointer but does not have local variables.

On Windows, this CL reduces the go toolchain size from 15,697,920 bytes
to 15,584,768 bytes, a reduction of 0.7%.

Example of epilog and prologue for a function with 0x10 bytes of
local variables:

Before

===
 SUBQ    $0x18, SP
 MOVQ    BP, 0x10(SP)
 LEAQ    0x10(SP), BP

 ... function body ...

 MOVQ    0x10(SP), BP
 ADDQ    $0x18, SP
 RET
===

After

===
  PUSHQ   BP
  LEAQ    0(SP), BP
  SUBQ    $0x10, SP

  ... function body ...

  MOVQ    ADDQ $0x10, SP
  POPQ    BP
  RET
===

Updates #6853

Change-Id: Ice9e14bbf8dff083c5f69feb97e9a764c3ca7785
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/462300
Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
TryBot-Result: Gopher Robot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
Run-TryBot: Quim Muntal <quimmuntal@gmail.com>