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author | Dan Gohman <gohman@apple.com> | 2010-01-04 20:55:05 +0000 |
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committer | Dan Gohman <gohman@apple.com> | 2010-01-04 20:55:05 +0000 |
commit | 3c02c22ef9b0dce7d73eac229138cf8b469dc0f6 (patch) | |
tree | 03e45c2fd3d1b87db5f6a7b2989f9eac575f3501 /lib/Target | |
parent | 44c92e582658b073aac38dc8ee61f679e9cb5232 (diff) | |
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Remove some README.txt entries which are now implemented.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@92511 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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-rw-r--r-- | lib/Target/X86/README.txt | 83 |
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diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/README.txt b/lib/Target/X86/README.txt index afd9f53..aa7bb3d 100644 --- a/lib/Target/X86/README.txt +++ b/lib/Target/X86/README.txt @@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ We should inline lrintf and probably other libc functions. //===---------------------------------------------------------------------===// -Start using the flags more. For example, compile: +Use the FLAGS values from arithmetic instructions more. For example, compile: int add_zf(int *x, int y, int a, int b) { if ((*x += y) == 0) @@ -554,31 +554,8 @@ _add_zf: movl %ecx, %eax ret -and: - -int add_zf(int *x, int y, int a, int b) { - if ((*x + y) < 0) - return a; - else - return b; -} - -to: - -add_zf: - addl (%rdi), %esi - movl %edx, %eax - cmovns %ecx, %eax - ret - -instead of: - -_add_zf: - addl (%rdi), %esi - testl %esi, %esi - cmovs %edx, %ecx - movl %ecx, %eax - ret +As another example, compile function f2 in test/CodeGen/X86/cmp-test.ll +without a test instruction. //===---------------------------------------------------------------------===// @@ -685,55 +662,6 @@ Though this probably isn't worth it. //===---------------------------------------------------------------------===// -We need to teach the codegen to convert two-address INC instructions to LEA -when the flags are dead (likewise dec). For example, on X86-64, compile: - -int foo(int A, int B) { - return A+1; -} - -to: - -_foo: - leal 1(%edi), %eax - ret - -instead of: - -_foo: - incl %edi - movl %edi, %eax - ret - -Another example is: - -;; X's live range extends beyond the shift, so the register allocator -;; cannot coalesce it with Y. Because of this, a copy needs to be -;; emitted before the shift to save the register value before it is -;; clobbered. However, this copy is not needed if the register -;; allocator turns the shift into an LEA. This also occurs for ADD. - -; Check that the shift gets turned into an LEA. -; RUN: llvm-as < %s | llc -march=x86 -x86-asm-syntax=intel | \ -; RUN: not grep {mov E.X, E.X} - -@G = external global i32 ; <i32*> [#uses=3] - -define i32 @test1(i32 %X, i32 %Y) { - %Z = add i32 %X, %Y ; <i32> [#uses=1] - volatile store i32 %Y, i32* @G - volatile store i32 %Z, i32* @G - ret i32 %X -} - -define i32 @test2(i32 %X) { - %Z = add i32 %X, 1 ; <i32> [#uses=1] - volatile store i32 %Z, i32* @G - ret i32 %X -} - -//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===// - Sometimes it is better to codegen subtractions from a constant (e.g. 7-x) with a neg instead of a sub instruction. Consider: @@ -854,11 +782,6 @@ __Z11no_overflowjj: //===---------------------------------------------------------------------===// -Re-materialize MOV32r0 etc. with xor instead of changing them to moves if the -condition register is dead. xor reg reg is shorter than mov reg, #0. - -//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===// - The following code: bb114.preheader: ; preds = %cond_next94 |