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match clang's `va_arg` assembly on arm targets
tracking issue: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/44930
For this example
```rust
#![feature(c_variadic)]
#[unsafe(no_mangle)]
unsafe extern "C" fn variadic(a: f64, mut args: ...) -> f64 {
let b = args.arg::<f64>();
let c = args.arg::<f64>();
a + b + c
}
```
We currently generate (via llvm):
```asm
variadic:
sub sp, sp, #12
stmib sp, {r2, r3}
vmov d0, r0, r1
add r0, sp, #4
vldr d1, [sp, #4]
add r0, r0, #15
bic r0, r0, #7
vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1
add r1, r0, #8
str r1, [sp]
vldr d1, [r0]
vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1
vmov r0, r1, d0
add sp, sp, #12
bx lr
```
LLVM is not doing a good job. In fact, it's well-known that LLVM's implementation of `va_arg` is kind of bad, and we implement it ourselves (based on clang) for many targets already. For arm, our own `emit_ptr_va_arg` saves 3 instructions.
Next, it turns out it's important for LLVM to explicitly start and end the lifetime of the `va_list`. In https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/146059 I already end the lifetime, but when looking at this again, I noticed that it is important to also start it, see https://godbolt.org/z/EGqvKTTsK: failing to explicitly start the lifetime uses an extra register.
So, the combination of `emit_ptr_va_arg` with starting/ending the lifetime makes rustc emit exactly the instructions that clang generates::
```asm
variadic:
sub sp, sp, #12
stmib sp, {r2, r3}
vmov d16, r0, r1
vldr d17, [sp, #4]
vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17
vldr d17, [sp, #12]
vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17
vmov r0, r1, d16
add sp, sp, #12
bx lr
```
The arguments to `emit_ptr_va_arg` are based on [the clang implementation](03dc2a41f3/clang/lib/CodeGen/Targets/ARM.cpp (L798-L844)).
r? ``@workingjubilee`` (I can re-roll if your queue is too full, but you do seem like the right person here)
try-job: armhf-gnu