From 500e7efee91cc66f91f993f53039983f131f7075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Jones Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 12:07:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the documentation for the ms_abi fucntion attribute gcc/ * doc/extend.texi: Clarify the documentation for the ms_abi function attribute. --- gcc/doc/extend.texi | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi index af25f66c8b4..c084dd15367 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi @@ -6161,9 +6161,10 @@ and for static member methods. On 32-bit and 64-bit x86 targets, you can use an ABI attribute to indicate which calling convention should be used for a function. The @code{ms_abi} attribute tells the compiler to use the Microsoft ABI, -while the @code{sysv_abi} attribute tells the compiler to use the ABI -used on GNU/Linux and other systems. The default is to use the Microsoft ABI -when targeting Windows. On all other systems, the default is the x86/AMD ABI. +while the @code{sysv_abi} attribute tells the compiler to use the System V +ELF ABI, which is used on GNU/Linux and other systems. The default is to use +the Microsoft ABI when targeting Windows. On all other systems, the default +is the System V ELF ABI. Note, the @code{ms_abi} attribute for Microsoft Windows 64-bit targets currently requires the @option{-maccumulate-outgoing-args} option.