MS inline asm: Allow __asm blocks to set a return value
If control falls off the end of a function after an __asm block, MSVC assumes that the inline assembly filled the EAX and possibly EDX registers with an appropriate return value. This functionality is used in inline functions returning 64-bit integers in system headers, so we need some amount of compatibility. This is implemented in Clang by adding extra output constraints to every inline asm block, and storing the resulting output registers into the return value slot. If we see an asm block somewhere in the function body, we emit a normal epilogue instead of marking the end of the function with a return type unreachable. Normal returns in functions not using this functionality will overwrite the return value slot, and in most cases LLVM should be able to eliminate the dead stores. Fixes PR17201. Reviewed By: majnemer Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D5177 llvm-svn: 217187
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