I learnt that in RiscV assembly we save function arguments in registers s0,...,s7 but what if I had more that 8 arguments?
Plus what about the case where I have more than 32 arguments (let's say 40) how this is managed?
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2\$\begingroup\$ Your other account is still in suspension. I don't appreciate you circumventing your suspension. \$\endgroup\$– Marcus MüllerJan 22, 2021 at 11:04
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\$\begingroup\$ That isn't my other account! \$\endgroup\$– albertJan 22, 2021 at 14:34
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The calling convention explains the behavoir.
The RISC-V calling convention passes arguments in registers when possible. Up to eight integer registers, a0–a7, and up to eight floating-point registers, fa0–fa7, are used for this purpose.
More will be passed by stack.
Though, 40 arguments to a function may also be a sign of bad code.
How about passing a struct or array pointer?
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\$\begingroup\$ "More will be passed by stack." can you show an example? how could the could function "understand" that its arguments are if memory this time instead of registers? \$\endgroup\$– albertJan 22, 2021 at 10:25
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2\$\begingroup\$ If the compiler generated the code, it knows where things are. If you wrote the code, then you know where things are. If the function expects 40 variables, the whoever wrote that function knows you can't pass 40 vars in registers. \$\endgroup\$– KartmanJan 22, 2021 at 10:37
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1\$\begingroup\$ @albert Calling and called functions understand each other by convention. It's like in real life. \$\endgroup\$ Jan 22, 2021 at 14:09