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023package com.oracle.graal.hotspot.meta;
024
025import jdk.internal.jvmci.code.*;
026
027/**
028 * Special registers reserved by HotSpot for frequently used values.
029 */
030public interface HotSpotRegistersProvider {
031
032    /**
033     * Gets the register holding the current thread.
034     */
035    Register getThreadRegister();
036
037    /**
038     * Gets the register holding the heap base address for compressed pointers.
039     */
040    Register getHeapBaseRegister();
041
042    /**
043     * Gets the stack pointer register.
044     */
045    Register getStackPointerRegister();
046}