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+/* s390 ABI-specified defaults for DWARF CFI.
+   Copyright (C) 2012, 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+   This file is part of elfutils.
+
+   This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of either
+
+     * the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or
+
+     * the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+       Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+       your option) any later version
+
+   or both in parallel, as here.
+
+   elfutils is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received copies of the GNU General Public License and
+   the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program.  If
+   not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <dwarf.h>
+
+#define BACKEND s390_
+#include "libebl_CPU.h"
+
+int
+s390_abi_cfi (Ebl *ebl, Dwarf_CIE *abi_info)
+{
+  static const uint8_t abi_cfi[] =
+    {
+      /* This instruction is provided in every CIE.  It is not repeated here:
+	 DW_CFA_def_cfa, ULEB128_7 (15), ULEB128_7 (96)  */
+      /* r14 is not callee-saved but it needs to be preserved as it is pre-set
+	 by the caller.  */
+      DW_CFA_same_value, ULEB128_7 (14), /* r14 */
+
+      /* Callee-saved regs.  */
+#define SV(n) DW_CFA_same_value, ULEB128_7 (n)
+      SV (6), SV (7), SV (8), SV (9), SV (10),		       /* r6-r13, r15 */
+      SV (11), SV (12), SV (13), SV (15),
+      SV (16 + 8), SV (16 + 9), SV (16 + 10), SV (16 + 11),    /* f8-f15 */
+      SV (16 + 12), SV (16 + 13), SV (16 + 14), SV (16 + 15)
+#undef SV
+    };
+
+  abi_info->initial_instructions = abi_cfi;
+  abi_info->initial_instructions_end = &abi_cfi[sizeof abi_cfi];
+  abi_info->data_alignment_factor = ebl->class == ELFCLASS64 ? 8 : 4;
+
+  abi_info->return_address_register = 14;
+
+  return 0;
+}