Early versions of the ARMv7 reference manuals considered the sp register
as a deprecated register for ldm/stm familiy of instructions. However,
later versions such as ARM DDI 0406C.d added a note to the Appendix:
D9.3 Use of the SP as a general-purpose register
Most ARM instructions, unlike Thumb instructions, provide exactly the
same access to the SP as to R0-R12. This means that it is possible to
use the SP as a general-purpose register. Earlier issues of this manual
deprecated the use of SP in an ARM instruction, in any way that is
deprecated, not permitted, or not possible in the corresponding
Thumb instruction. However, user feedback indicates a number of cases
where these instructions are useful. Therefore, ARM no longer deprecates
these instruction uses.
Also Armv8 manuals no longer consider SP as deprecated register for ldm/
stm A32 instructions.
Furthermore, GNU as also does not print a deprecated warning when using
SP with those instructions.
Drop deprecation warning for pop/ldm/push/stm instructions.
Patch by: Stefan Agner.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D82692
The ARM ARM states:
LDM/LDMIA/LDMFD:
The SP can be in the list. However, ARM deprecates using these instructions
with SP in the list.
ARM deprecates using these instructions with both the LR and the PC in the
list.
LDMDA/LDMFA/LDMDB/LDMEA/LDMIB/LDMED:
The SP can be in the list. However, instructions that include the SP in the
list are deprecated.
Instructions that include both the LR and the PC in the list are deprecated.
POP:
The SP can only be in the list before ARMv7. ARM deprecates any use of ARM
instructions that include the SP, and the value of the SP after such an
instruction is UNKNOWN.
ARM deprecates the use of this instruction with both the LR and the PC in
the list.
Attempt to diagnose use of deprecated forms of these instructions. This mirrors
the previous changes to diagnose use of the deprecated forms of STM in ARM mode.
llvm-svn: 224682
Sjoerd Meijer