VM_DynamicLinkerHelper.java

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package org.jikesrvm.cellspu;

import org.jikesrvm.runtime.VM_Magic;
import org.vmmagic.pragma.NoInline;
import org.vmmagic.pragma.Uninterruptible;
import org.vmmagic.unboxed.LocalAddress;

/**
 * Machine specific helper functions for dynamic linking.
 */
@Uninterruptible
public abstract class VM_DynamicLinkerHelper implements VM_RegisterConstants {

  /**
   * Reach up two stack frames into a frame that is compiled
   * with the DynamicBridge register protocol and grap
   * the receiver object of the invoke (ie the first param).
   * NOTE: assumes that caller has disabled GC.
   */
  @NoInline
  public
  static Object getReceiverObject() {
    // reach into register save area and fetch "this" parameter
    LocalAddress callingFrame = VM_Magic.getCallerFramePointer(VM_Magic.getFramePointer());
    callingFrame = VM_Magic.getCallerFramePointer(callingFrame);
    callingFrame = VM_Magic.getCallerFramePointer(callingFrame);
    LocalAddress location =
        callingFrame.minus((LAST_NONVOLATILE_GPR - FIRST_VOLATILE_GPR + 1) * BYTES_IN_ADDRESS);

    return VM_Magic.addressAsObject(location.loadAddress());
  }
}