Blackfin processors support a ONES instruction that implements a 32-bit popcount returning a 16-bit result. This instruction was previously described by GCC's bfin backed using a UNSPEC, but with this patch uses a POPCOUNT:SI rtx to capture the semantics, allowing it to evaluated at compile-time. I've decided to keep the instruction name the same (avoiding any changes to the __builtin_bfin_ones machinery), but have provided popcountsi2 and popcounthi2 expanders so that the middle-end can use this instruction to implement __builtin_popcount (and __builtin_parity). The new testcase ones.c short foo () { int t = 5; short r = __builtin_bfin_ones(t); return r; } previously generated: _foo: nop; nop; R0 = 5 (X); R0.L = ONES R0; rts; with this patch, now generates: _foo: nop; nop; nop; R0 = 2 (X); rts; The new testcase popcount.c int foo(int x) { return __builtin_popcount(x); } previously generated: _foo: [--SP] = RETS; SP += -12; call ___popcountsi2; SP += 12; RETS = [SP++]; rts; now generates: _foo: nop; nop; R0.L = ONES R0; R0 = R0.L (Z); rts; And the new testcase parity.c int foo(int x) { return __builtin_parity(x); } previously generated: _foo: [--SP] = RETS; SP += -12; call ___paritysi2; SP += 12; RETS = [SP++]; rts; now generates: _foo: nop; R1 = 1 (X); R0.L = ONES R0; R0 = R1 & R0; rts; This patch has been tested on a cross-compiler to bfin-elf hosted on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, but without a toolchain, and shows no regressions in the compile-only parts of the testsuite. Ok for mainline? 2021-10-17 Roger Sayle gcc/ChangeLog * config/bfin/bfin.md (define_constants): Remove UNSPEC_ONES. (define_insn "ones"): Replace UNSPEC_ONES with a truncate of a popcount, allowing compile-time evaluation/simplification. (popcountsi2, popcounthi2): New expanders using a "ones" insn. gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog * gcc.target/bfin/ones.c: New test case. * gcc.target/bfin/parity.c: New test case. * gcc.target/bfin/ones.c: New test case. Thanks in advance, Roger --