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.ENTRY and .EXIT Directives

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.ENTRY and .EXIT are compiler generated directives that mark the entry point and return point of the current procedure.

Syntax

.ENTRY

Lines of Code

.EXIT

Discussion

The .ENTRY directive signifies that the next instruction is the beginning of an entry point for the current procedure. The .EXIT directive signifies that the next instruction initiates a return from the current procedure. These directives must be used when .ENTER and .LEAVE are not present. .ENTRY and .EXIT are optional if the unwind region does not have a corresponding entry or exit. See the documents under the topic PA-RISC Architecture at URL: http://www.software.hp.com/STK/.

Example

This example shows a sequence of compiler-generated assembly code.

 .PROC
.CALLINFO CALLER
.ENTRY ; proc entry code follows
STW %r2,-20(%sp) ; stack the return pointer
LDO 48(%sp),%sp ; set up user stack pointer
ADDIL L'$THISMODULE$-$global$,%r27 ; point to printf data
.CALL ; set up for printf call
BL printf,2 ; call printf thru RP
LDO R'$THISMODULE$-$global$(%r1),%r26 ; insert argument to
printf L$exit1 ; hide from linker
LDW -68(%sp),%r2 ; get callee RP
BV 0(%r2) ; exit thru RP
.EXIT ; end of exit sequence
LDO -48(%sp),%sp ; delete stack frame
.PROCEND
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