This patch addresses an ABI compatibility issue with empty aggregate
parameters. Examples of these are: struct { } a; union { } b[256]; int a[0]; An empty aggregate has an address, although dereferencing that address is pointless. When passed as a parameter, an empty aggregate does not consume a protocol register, nor does it consume a doubleword in the parameter save area. Passing an empty aggregate by reference passes an address just as for any other aggregate. Returning an empty aggregate uses GPR3 as a hidden address of the return value location, just as for any other aggregate. The patch modifies PPCTargetLowering::LowerFormalArguments_64SVR4 and PPCTargetLowering::LowerCall_64SVR4 to properly skip empty aggregate parameters passed by value. The handling of return values and by-reference parameters was already correct. Built on powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu and tested with no new regressions. A test case is included to test proper handling of empty aggregate parameters on both sides of the function call protocol. llvm-svn: 167090
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