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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
The codegen crate contains the code to convert from MIR into LLVM IR,
and then from LLVM IR into machine code. In general it contains code
that runs towards the end of the compilation process.
For more information about how codegen works, see the rustc dev guide.