From 9cb3331f6086df6edcaafb0f27292b4dfea8f04c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: janis <janis@nirgendwo.xyz>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 18:24:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] method for pushing/poping registers before calling functions

---
 lang/src/codegen.asm | 89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 89 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lang/src/codegen.asm b/lang/src/codegen.asm
index 0f507d0..58c40fb 100644
--- a/lang/src/codegen.asm
+++ b/lang/src/codegen.asm
@@ -820,6 +820,95 @@ codegen_push_pop_dirtied_registers:
     pop rbp
     ret
     
+;; rdi: *text
+;; rsi: &function_ctx
+;; rdx: pop: bool
+;; Returns the number of registers pushed/popped in rax
+;; define-fn: fn codegen_push_pop_used_registers(text: *mut Vec<u8>, function_ctx: &FunctionCtx, pop: bool) -> u8
+codegen_push_pop_used_registers:
+    push rbp
+    mov rbp, rsp
+    push rbx
+    push r15
+    push r14
+    push r13
+
+    sub rsp, 32
+    mov [rsp], rdi
+    mov [rsp + 8], rsi
+
+    mov byte [rsp + 29 + 3], 10 ; newline
+    mov qword [rsp + 16], -1
+    mov rax, 'push '
+    mov qword [rsp + 24], rax
+    test rdx, rdx
+    jz .skip_setup_pop
+    mov rax, 'pop  '
+    mov qword [rsp + 24], rax
+
+    mov rdi, [rsp]              ; text
+    mov rax, [rdi + 8]          ; text.len()
+    mov [rsp + 16], rax
+.skip_setup_pop:
+
+    ; volatile registers:
+    ; abcdsdpp_89abcdef
+    ; 00111100_11110000b0
+    ; additionally, rax is never preserved by this compiler
+    mov bx, word [rsi + 48 + 4]    ; dirtied_register_bitset
+    mov ax, 0b00001111_00111100
+    and bx, ax
+    test bx, bx
+    jz .done
+
+    mov r15, 16
+    xor r14, r14
+    xor r13, r13                ; num_regs pushed/popped
+.reg_loop:
+    cmp r14, r15
+    jge .done
+    bt bx, r14w
+    jnc .next_reg
+
+    inc r13                     ; num_regs += 1
+
+    mov rdi, r14
+    mov rsi, 8
+    lea rdx, [rsp + 29]
+    call get_register_name
+
+    mov rax, -1
+    cmp [rsp + 16], rax
+    jne .reg_pop
+
+    mov rdi, [rsp]              ; text
+    lea rsi, [rsp + 24]
+    mov rdx, 9
+    call vec_extend
+    jmp .next_reg
+.reg_pop:
+
+    mov rdi, [rsp]              ; text
+    mov rsi, [rsp + 16]         ; text.len()
+    lea rdx, [rsp + 24]
+    mov rcx, 9
+    call vec_insert_many
+    nop
+
+.next_reg:
+    inc r14
+    jmp .reg_loop
+
+.done:
+    add rsp, 32
+    mov rax, r13
+    pop r13
+    pop r14
+    pop r15
+    pop rbx
+    pop rbp
+    ret
+    
 
 ;; rdi: ctx
 ;; rsi: &function_ctx