Frees up LR on arm for use by the register allocator.

runtime/vm/assembler_arm.cc

Index: runtime/vm/assembler_arm.cc
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--- runtime/vm/assembler_arm.cc	(revision 40650)
+++ runtime/vm/assembler_arm.cc	(working copy)
@@ -2376,8 +2376,8 @@
 
 
 void Assembler::BranchLink(const ExternalLabel* label) {
-  LoadImmediate(IP, label->address());  // Target address is never patched.
-  blx(IP);  // Use blx instruction so that the return branch prediction works.
+  LoadImmediate(LR, label->address());  // Target address is never patched.
+  blx(LR);  // Use blx instruction so that the return branch prediction works.
 }
 
 
@@ -2949,7 +2949,7 @@
 
 void Assembler::EnterCallRuntimeFrame(intptr_t frame_space) {
   // Preserve volatile CPU registers.
-  EnterFrame(kDartVolatileCpuRegs | (1 << FP) | (1 << LR), 0);
+  EnterFrame(kDartVolatileCpuRegs | (1 << FP), 0);
 
   // Preserve all volatile FPU registers.
   if (TargetCPUFeatures::vfp_supported()) {
@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@
   }
 
   // Restore volatile CPU registers.
-  LeaveFrame(kDartVolatileCpuRegs | (1 << FP) | (1 << LR));
+  LeaveFrame(kDartVolatileCpuRegs | (1 << FP));
 }