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  1. Jul 11, 1997
  2. Feb 22, 1997
    • dtc's avatar
      Use a separate stack for alien value allocation on the x86. It had · 1975d13a
      dtc authored
      been sharing the control stack with the compiler which could cause
      trouble (pushes and pops out of order, holes in arguments built up on
      the stack, exposed stack that can be written over on interrupt, etc)
      
      Assigned a static symbol, x86::*alien-stack*, and by default set it to
      the old C stack. A program many rebind this if it needs more room or
      wants the allocation elsewhere.
      
      The *alien-stack* is saved with the dynamic environment so is restored
      with a non-local exist. It's not save on function entry/exit so you
      need to take care to match an allocation with a deallocation.
      
      Makes use of new VOPs which are already in place.
      
      Backout an old alien stack deallocation hack.
      1975d13a
  3. Feb 13, 1997
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