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* [Bug target/48974] New: VIS intrinsics improvement opportunities
@ 2011-05-12  5:35 hp at gcc dot gnu.org
  2011-05-12  5:35 ` [Bug target/48974] " hp at gcc dot gnu.org
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From: hp at gcc dot gnu.org @ 2011-05-12  5:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48974

           Summary: VIS intrinsics improvement opportunities
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.7.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: missed-optimization
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P3
         Component: target
        AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org
        ReportedBy: hp@gcc.gnu.org
            Target: sparc64-*-*


While writing a VIS backend for RAPP,
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/rapp/ using gcc54 at the compilefarm I
noticed a few omissions and opportunities for improvements.  I just thought
adding some notes here would be better than nothing, before I forget.

1. The insns fone / fones are unused (in contrast to fzero / fzeros).

2. The implicit dependency on the GSR control register from the fpack* and
faligndata insns aren't expressed in the intrinsics. There's also no way to set
GSR other than through an asm (or by __builtin_vis_alignaddr, for the
side-effect of setting the GSR.alignaddr_offset field).  This makes those
intrinsics next to useless compared to naked asms.  An intuitive way to set GSR
for those intrinsics would be as a parameter to the fpack* and faligndata
intrinsics (or rather, new variants), and generating a CSE:able setting of GSR
when expanding the intrinsic (and changing the __builtin_vis_alignaddr to be a
parallel, setting the same pseudo or just clobbering it).  See the
initial-value machinery and its use in various ports for managing a suitable
pseudo for a hard-register; get_hard_reg_initial_val and friends.


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