Re: [PATCH] [testsuite] [ppc] expect vectorization in gen-vect-11c.c

["Kewen.Lin" <linkw@linux.ibm.com>]

Hi Alexandre,

on 2023/4/7 12:37, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Apr  6, 2023, "Kewen.Lin" <linkw@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
>> on 2023/4/6 13:20, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>>> I confirm I observe the problem with gcc-12 targeting ppc64-vx7r2,
>>> containing the backported patch, and that the loop is vectorized,
>>> failing the test.
> 
> I take that back.  My notes indicate I looked into this failure on March
> 15th.  The patch you referenced was dated Feb 10, so I assumed it was
> already in when I looked into it: my confirmation amounted to checking
> what I had observed according to my notes, and when.
> 
> But now that you asked me to investigate it again, I used a far more
> recent tree, and I failed to duplicate it.  Digging further, I found out
> the patch, despite its commit date, was only merged into gcc-12 on March
> 16th.  What I was missing to get the intended effects of the fix was
> just a fresher tree athat actually contained the fix.

aha, good to know it's not due to some differences between our ENVs or
some other mysteries. :) Thanks for checking.

> 
> I suppose this means we don't need the testsuite tweak, after all.

Yeah. :)

BR,
Kewen

> Patch withdrawn.
>