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@c Copyright (C) 1988,89,92,93,94,96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@c This is part of the GCC manual.
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@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
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@ifset INTERNALS
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@node Machine Desc
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@chapter Machine Descriptions
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@cindex machine descriptions
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A machine description has two parts: a file of instruction patterns
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(@file{.md} file) and a C header file of macro definitions.
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The @file{.md} file for a target machine contains a pattern for each
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instruction that the target machine supports (or at least each instruction
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that is worth telling the compiler about). It may also contain comments.
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A semicolon causes the rest of the line to be a comment, unless the semicolon
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is inside a quoted string.
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See the next chapter for information on the C header file.
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@menu
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* Patterns:: How to write instruction patterns.
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* Example:: An explained example of a @code{define_insn} pattern.
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* RTL Template:: The RTL template defines what insns match a pattern.
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* Output Template:: The output template says how to make assembler code
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from such an insn.
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* Output Statement:: For more generality, write C code to output
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the assembler code.
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* Constraints:: When not all operands are general operands.
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* Standard Names:: Names mark patterns to use for code generation.
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* Pattern Ordering:: When the order of patterns makes a difference.
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* Dependent Patterns:: Having one pattern may make you need another.
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* Jump Patterns:: Special considerations for patterns for jump insns.
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* Insn Canonicalizations::Canonicalization of Instructions
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* Peephole Definitions::Defining machine-specific peephole optimizations.
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* Expander Definitions::Generating a sequence of several RTL insns
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for a standard operation.
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* Insn Splitting:: Splitting Instructions into Multiple Instructions
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* Insn Attributes:: Specifying the value of attributes for generated insns.
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@end menu
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@node Patterns
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@section Everything about Instruction Patterns
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@cindex patterns
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@cindex instruction patterns
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@findex define_insn
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Each instruction pattern contains an incomplete RTL expression, with pieces
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to be filled in later, operand constraints that restrict how the pieces can
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be filled in, and an output pattern or C code to generate the assembler
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output, all wrapped up in a @code{define_insn} expression.
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A @code{define_insn} is an RTL expression containing four or five operands:
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@enumerate
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@item
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An optional name. The presence of a name indicate that this instruction
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pattern can perform a certain standard job for the RTL-generation
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pass of the compiler. This pass knows certain names and will use
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the instruction patterns with those names, if the names are defined
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in the machine description.
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The absence of a name is indicated by writing an empty string
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where the name should go. Nameless instruction patterns are never
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used for generating RTL code, but they may permit several simpler insns
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to be combined later on.
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Names that are not thus known and used in RTL-generation have no
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effect; they are equivalent to no name at all.
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@item
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The @dfn{RTL template} (@pxref{RTL Template}) is a vector of incomplete
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RTL expressions which show what the instruction should look like. It is
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incomplete because it may contain @code{match_operand},
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@code{match_operator}, and @code{match_dup} expressions that stand for
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operands of the instruction.
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If the vector has only one element, that element is the template for the
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instruction pattern. If the vector has multiple elements, then the
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instruction pattern is a @code{parallel} expression containing the
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elements described.
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@item
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@cindex pattern conditions
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@cindex conditions, in patterns
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A condition. This is a string which contains a C expression that is
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the final test to decide whether an insn body matches this pattern.
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@cindex named patterns and conditions
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For a named pattern, the condition (if present) may not depend on
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the data in the insn being matched, but only the target-machine-type
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flags. The compiler needs to test these conditions during
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initialization in order to learn exactly which named instructions are
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available in a particular run.
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@findex operands
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For nameless patterns, the condition is applied only when matching an
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individual insn, and only after the insn has matched the pattern's
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recognition template. The insn's operands may be found in the vector
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@code{operands}.
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@item
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The @dfn{output template}: a string that says how to output matching
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insns as assembler code. @samp{%} in this string specifies where
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to substitute the value of an operand. @xref{Output Template}.
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When simple substitution isn't general enough, you can specify a piece
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of C code to compute the output. @xref{Output Statement}.
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@item
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Optionally, a vector containing the values of attributes for insns matching
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this pattern. @xref{Insn Attributes}.
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@end enumerate
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@node Example
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@section Example of @code{define_insn}
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@cindex @code{define_insn} example
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Here is an actual example of an instruction pattern, for the 68000/68020.
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@example
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(define_insn "tstsi"
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[(set (cc0)
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(match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "rm"))]
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""
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"*
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@{ if (TARGET_68020 || ! ADDRESS_REG_P (operands[0]))
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return \"tstl %0\";
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return \"cmpl #0,%0\"; @}")
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@end example
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This is an instruction that sets the condition codes based on the value of
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a general operand. It has no condition, so any insn whose RTL description
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has the form shown may be handled according to this pattern. The name
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@samp{tstsi} means ``test a @code{SImode} value'' and tells the RTL generation
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pass that, when it is necessary to test such a value, an insn to do so
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can be constructed using this pattern.
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The output control string is a piece of C code which chooses which
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output template to return based on the kind of operand and the specific
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type of CPU for which code is being generated.
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@samp{"rm"} is an operand constraint. Its meaning is explained below.
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@node RTL Template
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@section RTL Template
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@cindex RTL insn template
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@cindex generating insns
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@cindex insns, generating
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@cindex recognizing insns
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@cindex insns, recognizing
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The RTL template is used to define which insns match the particular pattern
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and how to find their operands. For named patterns, the RTL template also
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says how to construct an insn from specified operands.
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Construction involves substituting specified operands into a copy of the
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template. Matching involves determining the values that serve as the
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operands in the insn being matched. Both of these activities are
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controlled by special expression types that direct matching and
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substitution of the operands.
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@table @code
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@findex match_operand
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@item (match_operand:@var{m} @var{n} @var{predicate} @var{constraint})
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This expression is a placeholder for operand number @var{n} of
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the insn. When constructing an insn, operand number @var{n}
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will be substituted at this point. When matching an insn, whatever
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appears at this position in the insn will be taken as operand
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number @var{n}; but it must satisfy @var{predicate} or this instruction
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pattern will not match at all.
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Operand numbers must be chosen consecutively counting from zero in
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each instruction pattern. There may be only one @code{match_operand}
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expression in the pattern for each operand number. Usually operands
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are numbered in the order of appearance in @code{match_operand}
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expressions.
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@var{predicate} is a string that is the name of a C function that accepts two
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arguments, an expression and a machine mode. During matching, the
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function will be called with the putative operand as the expression and
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@var{m} as the mode argument (if @var{m} is not specified,
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@code{VOIDmode} will be used, which normally causes @var{predicate} to accept
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any mode). If it returns zero, this instruction pattern fails to match.
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@var{predicate} may be an empty string; then it means no test is to be done
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on the operand, so anything which occurs in this position is valid.
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Most of the time, @var{predicate} will reject modes other than @var{m}---but
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not always. For example, the predicate @code{address_operand} uses
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@var{m} as the mode of memory ref that the address should be valid for.
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Many predicates accept @code{const_int} nodes even though their mode is
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@code{VOIDmode}.
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@var{constraint} controls reloading and the choice of the best register
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class to use for a value, as explained later (@pxref{Constraints}).
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People are often unclear on the difference between the constraint and the
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predicate. The predicate helps decide whether a given insn matches the
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pattern. The constraint plays no role in this decision; instead, it
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controls various decisions in the case of an insn which does match.
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@findex general_operand
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On CISC machines, the most common @var{predicate} is
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@code{"general_operand"}. This function checks that the putative
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operand is either a constant, a register or a memory reference, and that
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it is valid for mode @var{m}.
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@findex register_operand
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For an operand that must be a register, @var{predicate} should be
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@code{"register_operand"}. Using @code{"general_operand"} would be
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valid, since the reload pass would copy any non-register operands
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through registers, but this would make GNU CC do extra work, it would
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prevent invariant operands (such as constant) from being removed from
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loops, and it would prevent the register allocator from doing the best
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possible job. On RISC machines, it is usually most efficient to allow
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@var{predicate} to accept only objects that the constraints allow.
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@findex immediate_operand
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For an operand that must be a constant, you must be sure to either use
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@code{"immediate_operand"} for @var{predicate}, or make the instruction
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pattern's extra condition require a constant, or both. You cannot
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expect the constraints to do this work! If the constraints allow only
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constants, but the predicate allows something else, the compiler will
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crash when that case arises.
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@findex match_scratch
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@item (match_scratch:@var{m} @var{n} @var{constraint})
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This expression is also a placeholder for operand number @var{n}
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and indicates that operand must be a @code{scratch} or @code{reg}
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expression.
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When matching patterns, this is equivalent to
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@smallexample
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(match_operand:@var{m} @var{n} "scratch_operand" @var{pred})
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@end smallexample
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but, when generating RTL, it produces a (@code{scratch}:@var{m})
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expression.
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If the last few expressions in a @code{parallel} are @code{clobber}
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expressions whose operands are either a hard register or
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@code{match_scratch}, the combiner can add or delete them when
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necessary. @xref{Side Effects}.
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@findex match_dup
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@item (match_dup @var{n})
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This expression is also a placeholder for operand number @var{n}.
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It is used when the operand needs to appear more than once in the
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insn.
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In construction, @code{match_dup} acts just like @code{match_operand}:
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the operand is substituted into the insn being constructed. But in
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matching, @code{match_dup} behaves differently. It assumes that operand
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number @var{n} has already been determined by a @code{match_operand}
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appearing earlier in the recognition template, and it matches only an
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identical-looking expression.
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@findex match_operator
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@item (match_operator:@var{m} @var{n} @var{predicate} [@var{operands}@dots{}])
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This pattern is a kind of placeholder for a variable RTL expression
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code.
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When constructing an insn, it stands for an RTL expression whose
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expression code is taken from that of operand @var{n}, and whose
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operands are constructed from the patterns @var{operands}.
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When matching an expression, it matches an expression if the function
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@var{predicate} returns nonzero on that expression @emph{and} the
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patterns @var{operands} match the operands of the expression.
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Suppose that the function @code{commutative_operator} is defined as
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follows, to match any expression whose operator is one of the
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commutative arithmetic operators of RTL and whose mode is @var{mode}:
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@smallexample
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int
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commutative_operator (x, mode)
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rtx x;
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enum machine_mode mode;
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@{
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enum rtx_code code = GET_CODE (x);
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if (GET_MODE (x) != mode)
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return 0;
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return (GET_RTX_CLASS (code) == 'c'
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|| code == EQ || code == NE);
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@}
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@end smallexample
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Then the following pattern will match any RTL expression consisting
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of a commutative operator applied to two general operands:
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@smallexample
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(match_operator:SI 3 "commutative_operator"
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[(match_operand:SI 1 "general_operand" "g")
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(match_operand:SI 2 "general_operand" "g")])
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@end smallexample
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Here the vector @code{[@var{operands}@dots{}]} contains two patterns
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because the expressions to be matched all contain two operands.
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When this pattern does match, the two operands of the commutative
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operator are recorded as operands 1 and 2 of the insn. (This is done
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by the two instances of @code{match_operand}.) Operand 3 of the insn
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will be the entire commutative expression: use @code{GET_CODE
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(operands[3])} to see which commutative operator was used.
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The machine mode @var{m} of @code{match_operator} works like that of
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@code{match_operand}: it is passed as the second argument to the
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predicate function, and that function is solely responsible for
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deciding whether the expression to be matched ``has'' that mode.
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When constructing an insn, argument 3 of the gen-function will specify
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the operation (i.e. the expression code) for the expression to be
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made. It should be an RTL expression, whose expression code is copied
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into a new expression whose operands are arguments 1 and 2 of the
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gen-function. The subexpressions of argument 3 are not used;
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only its expression code matters.
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When @code{match_operator} is used in a pattern for matching an insn,
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it usually best if the operand number of the @code{match_operator}
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is higher than that of the actual operands of the insn. This improves
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register allocation because the register allocator often looks at
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operands 1 and 2 of insns to see if it can do register tying.
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There is no way to specify constraints in @code{match_operator}. The
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operand of the insn which corresponds to the @code{match_operator}
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never has any constraints because it is never reloaded as a whole.
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However, if parts of its @var{operands} are matched by
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@code{match_operand} patterns, those parts may have constraints of
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their own.
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@findex match_op_dup
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@item (match_op_dup:@var{m} @var{n}[@var{operands}@dots{}])
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Like @code{match_dup}, except that it applies to operators instead of
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operands. When constructing an insn, operand number @var{n} will be
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substituted at this point. But in matching, @code{match_op_dup} behaves
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differently. It assumes that operand number @var{n} has already been
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determined by a @code{match_operator} appearing earlier in the
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recognition template, and it matches only an identical-looking
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expression.
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@findex match_parallel
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@item (match_parallel @var{n} @var{predicate} [@var{subpat}@dots{}])
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This pattern is a placeholder for an insn that consists of a
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@code{parallel} expression with a variable number of elements. This
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expression should only appear at the top level of an insn pattern.
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When constructing an insn, operand number @var{n} will be substituted at
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this point. When matching an insn, it matches if the body of the insn
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is a @code{parallel} expression with at least as many elements as the
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vector of @var{subpat} expressions in the @code{match_parallel}, if each
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@var{subpat} matches the corresponding element of the @code{parallel},
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@emph{and} the function @var{predicate} returns nonzero on the
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@code{parallel} that is the body of the insn. It is the responsibility
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of the predicate to validate elements of the @code{parallel} beyond
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those listed in the @code{match_parallel}.@refill
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A typical use of @code{match_parallel} is to match load and store
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multiple expressions, which can contain a variable number of elements
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in a @code{parallel}. For example,
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@c the following is *still* going over. need to change the code.
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@c also need to work on grouping of this example. --mew 1feb93
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@smallexample
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(define_insn ""
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[(match_parallel 0 "load_multiple_operation"
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[(set (match_operand:SI 1 "gpc_reg_operand" "=r")
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(match_operand:SI 2 "memory_operand" "m"))
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(use (reg:SI 179))
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(clobber (reg:SI 179))])]
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""
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"loadm 0,0,%1,%2")
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@end smallexample
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This example comes from @file{a29k.md}. The function
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@code{load_multiple_operations} is defined in @file{a29k.c} and checks
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that subsequent elements in the @code{parallel} are the same as the
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@code{set} in the pattern, except that they are referencing subsequent
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registers and memory locations.
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An insn that matches this pattern might look like:
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@smallexample
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(parallel
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[(set (reg:SI 20) (mem:SI (reg:SI 100)))
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(use (reg:SI 179))
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(clobber (reg:SI 179))
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(set (reg:SI 21)
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(mem:SI (plus:SI (reg:SI 100)
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(const_int 4))))
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(set (reg:SI 22)
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(mem:SI (plus:SI (reg:SI 100)
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(const_int 8))))])
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@end smallexample
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@findex match_par_dup
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@item (match_par_dup @var{n} [@var{subpat}@dots{}])
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Like @code{match_op_dup}, but for @code{match_parallel} instead of
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@code{match_operator}.
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@findex address
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@item (address (match_operand:@var{m} @var{n} "address_operand" ""))
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This complex of expressions is a placeholder for an operand number
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@var{n} in a ``load address'' instruction: an operand which specifies
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a memory location in the usual way, but for which the actual operand
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value used is the address of the location, not the contents of the
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location.
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@code{address} expressions never appear in RTL code, only in machine
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descriptions. And they are used only in machine descriptions that do
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not use the operand constraint feature. When operand constraints are
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in use, the letter @samp{p} in the constraint serves this purpose.
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@var{m} is the machine mode of the @emph{memory location being
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addressed}, not the machine mode of the address itself. That mode is
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always the same on a given target machine (it is @code{Pmode}, which
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normally is @code{SImode}), so there is no point in mentioning it;
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thus, no machine mode is written in the @code{address} expression. If
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some day support is added for machines in which addresses of different
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kinds of objects appear differently or are used differently (such as
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the PDP-10), different formats would perhaps need different machine
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modes and these modes might be written in the @code{address}
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expression.
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@end table
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@node Output Template
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@section Output Templates and Operand Substitution
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@cindex output templates
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@cindex operand substitution
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@cindex @samp{%} in template
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@cindex percent sign
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The @dfn{output template} is a string which specifies how to output the
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assembler code for an instruction pattern. Most of the template is a
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fixed string which is output literally. The character @samp{%} is used
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to specify where to substitute an operand; it can also be used to
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identify places where different variants of the assembler require
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different syntax.
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In the simplest case, a @samp{%} followed by a digit @var{n} says to output
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operand @var{n} at that point in the string.
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@samp{%} followed by a letter and a digit says to output an operand in an
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alternate fashion. Four letters have standard, built-in meanings described
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below. The machine description macro @code{PRINT_OPERAND} can define
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additional letters with nonstandard meanings.
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@samp{%c@var{digit}} can be used to substitute an operand that is a
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constant value without the syntax that normally indicates an immediate
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operand.
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@samp{%n@var{digit}} is like @samp{%c@var{digit}} except that the value of
|
|
the constant is negated before printing.
|
|
|
|
@samp{%a@var{digit}} can be used to substitute an operand as if it were a
|
|
memory reference, with the actual operand treated as the address. This may
|
|
be useful when outputting a ``load address'' instruction, because often the
|
|
assembler syntax for such an instruction requires you to write the operand
|
|
as if it were a memory reference.
|
|
|
|
@samp{%l@var{digit}} is used to substitute a @code{label_ref} into a jump
|
|
instruction.
|
|
|
|
@samp{%=} outputs a number which is unique to each instruction in the
|
|
entire compilation. This is useful for making local labels to be
|
|
referred to more than once in a single template that generates multiple
|
|
assembler instructions.
|
|
|
|
@samp{%} followed by a punctuation character specifies a substitution that
|
|
does not use an operand. Only one case is standard: @samp{%%} outputs a
|
|
@samp{%} into the assembler code. Other nonstandard cases can be
|
|
defined in the @code{PRINT_OPERAND} macro. You must also define
|
|
which punctuation characters are valid with the
|
|
@code{PRINT_OPERAND_PUNCT_VALID_P} macro.
|
|
|
|
@cindex \
|
|
@cindex backslash
|
|
The template may generate multiple assembler instructions. Write the text
|
|
for the instructions, with @samp{\;} between them.
|
|
|
|
@cindex matching operands
|
|
When the RTL contains two operands which are required by constraint to match
|
|
each other, the output template must refer only to the lower-numbered operand.
|
|
Matching operands are not always identical, and the rest of the compiler
|
|
arranges to put the proper RTL expression for printing into the lower-numbered
|
|
operand.
|
|
|
|
One use of nonstandard letters or punctuation following @samp{%} is to
|
|
distinguish between different assembler languages for the same machine; for
|
|
example, Motorola syntax versus MIT syntax for the 68000. Motorola syntax
|
|
requires periods in most opcode names, while MIT syntax does not. For
|
|
example, the opcode @samp{movel} in MIT syntax is @samp{move.l} in Motorola
|
|
syntax. The same file of patterns is used for both kinds of output syntax,
|
|
but the character sequence @samp{%.} is used in each place where Motorola
|
|
syntax wants a period. The @code{PRINT_OPERAND} macro for Motorola syntax
|
|
defines the sequence to output a period; the macro for MIT syntax defines
|
|
it to do nothing.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{#} in template
|
|
As a special case, a template consisting of the single character @code{#}
|
|
instructs the compiler to first split the insn, and then output the
|
|
resulting instructions separately. This helps eliminate redundancy in the
|
|
output templates. If you have a @code{define_insn} that needs to emit
|
|
multiple assembler instructions, and there is an matching @code{define_split}
|
|
already defined, then you can simply use @code{#} as the output template
|
|
instead of writing an output template that emits the multiple assembler
|
|
instructions.
|
|
|
|
If the macro @code{ASSEMBLER_DIALECT} is defined, you can use construct
|
|
of the form @samp{@{option0|option1|option2@}} in the templates. These
|
|
describe multiple variants of assembler language syntax.
|
|
@xref{Instruction Output}.
|
|
|
|
@node Output Statement
|
|
@section C Statements for Assembler Output
|
|
@cindex output statements
|
|
@cindex C statements for assembler output
|
|
@cindex generating assembler output
|
|
|
|
Often a single fixed template string cannot produce correct and efficient
|
|
assembler code for all the cases that are recognized by a single
|
|
instruction pattern. For example, the opcodes may depend on the kinds of
|
|
operands; or some unfortunate combinations of operands may require extra
|
|
machine instructions.
|
|
|
|
If the output control string starts with a @samp{@@}, then it is actually
|
|
a series of templates, each on a separate line. (Blank lines and
|
|
leading spaces and tabs are ignored.) The templates correspond to the
|
|
pattern's constraint alternatives (@pxref{Multi-Alternative}). For example,
|
|
if a target machine has a two-address add instruction @samp{addr} to add
|
|
into a register and another @samp{addm} to add a register to memory, you
|
|
might write this pattern:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn "addsi3"
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=r,m")
|
|
(plus:SI (match_operand:SI 1 "general_operand" "0,0")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 2 "general_operand" "g,r")))]
|
|
""
|
|
"@@
|
|
addr %2,%0
|
|
addm %2,%0")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{*} in template
|
|
@cindex asterisk in template
|
|
If the output control string starts with a @samp{*}, then it is not an
|
|
output template but rather a piece of C program that should compute a
|
|
template. It should execute a @code{return} statement to return the
|
|
template-string you want. Most such templates use C string literals, which
|
|
require doublequote characters to delimit them. To include these
|
|
doublequote characters in the string, prefix each one with @samp{\}.
|
|
|
|
The operands may be found in the array @code{operands}, whose C data type
|
|
is @code{rtx []}.
|
|
|
|
It is very common to select different ways of generating assembler code
|
|
based on whether an immediate operand is within a certain range. Be
|
|
careful when doing this, because the result of @code{INTVAL} is an
|
|
integer on the host machine. If the host machine has more bits in an
|
|
@code{int} than the target machine has in the mode in which the constant
|
|
will be used, then some of the bits you get from @code{INTVAL} will be
|
|
superfluous. For proper results, you must carefully disregard the
|
|
values of those bits.
|
|
|
|
@findex output_asm_insn
|
|
It is possible to output an assembler instruction and then go on to output
|
|
or compute more of them, using the subroutine @code{output_asm_insn}. This
|
|
receives two arguments: a template-string and a vector of operands. The
|
|
vector may be @code{operands}, or it may be another array of @code{rtx}
|
|
that you declare locally and initialize yourself.
|
|
|
|
@findex which_alternative
|
|
When an insn pattern has multiple alternatives in its constraints, often
|
|
the appearance of the assembler code is determined mostly by which alternative
|
|
was matched. When this is so, the C code can test the variable
|
|
@code{which_alternative}, which is the ordinal number of the alternative
|
|
that was actually satisfied (0 for the first, 1 for the second alternative,
|
|
etc.).
|
|
|
|
For example, suppose there are two opcodes for storing zero, @samp{clrreg}
|
|
for registers and @samp{clrmem} for memory locations. Here is how
|
|
a pattern could use @code{which_alternative} to choose between them:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=r,m")
|
|
(const_int 0))]
|
|
""
|
|
"*
|
|
return (which_alternative == 0
|
|
? \"clrreg %0\" : \"clrmem %0\");
|
|
")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
The example above, where the assembler code to generate was
|
|
@emph{solely} determined by the alternative, could also have been specified
|
|
as follows, having the output control string start with a @samp{@@}:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@group
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=r,m")
|
|
(const_int 0))]
|
|
""
|
|
"@@
|
|
clrreg %0
|
|
clrmem %0")
|
|
@end group
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
|
|
@c Most of this node appears by itself (in a different place) even
|
|
@c when the INTERNALS flag is clear. Passages that require the full
|
|
@c manual's context are conditionalized to appear only in the full manual.
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
@node Constraints
|
|
@section Operand Constraints
|
|
@cindex operand constraints
|
|
@cindex constraints
|
|
|
|
Each @code{match_operand} in an instruction pattern can specify a
|
|
constraint for the type of operands allowed.
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
@ifclear INTERNALS
|
|
@node Constraints
|
|
@section Constraints for @code{asm} Operands
|
|
@cindex operand constraints, @code{asm}
|
|
@cindex constraints, @code{asm}
|
|
@cindex @code{asm} constraints
|
|
|
|
Here are specific details on what constraint letters you can use with
|
|
@code{asm} operands.
|
|
@end ifclear
|
|
Constraints can say whether
|
|
an operand may be in a register, and which kinds of register; whether the
|
|
operand can be a memory reference, and which kinds of address; whether the
|
|
operand may be an immediate constant, and which possible values it may
|
|
have. Constraints can also require two operands to match.
|
|
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Simple Constraints:: Basic use of constraints.
|
|
* Multi-Alternative:: When an insn has two alternative constraint-patterns.
|
|
* Class Preferences:: Constraints guide which hard register to put things in.
|
|
* Modifiers:: More precise control over effects of constraints.
|
|
* Machine Constraints:: Existing constraints for some particular machines.
|
|
* No Constraints:: Describing a clean machine without constraints.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
|
|
@ifclear INTERNALS
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Simple Constraints:: Basic use of constraints.
|
|
* Multi-Alternative:: When an insn has two alternative constraint-patterns.
|
|
* Modifiers:: More precise control over effects of constraints.
|
|
* Machine Constraints:: Special constraints for some particular machines.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
@end ifclear
|
|
|
|
@node Simple Constraints
|
|
@subsection Simple Constraints
|
|
@cindex simple constraints
|
|
|
|
The simplest kind of constraint is a string full of letters, each of
|
|
which describes one kind of operand that is permitted. Here are
|
|
the letters that are allowed:
|
|
|
|
@table @asis
|
|
@cindex @samp{m} in constraint
|
|
@cindex memory references in constraints
|
|
@item @samp{m}
|
|
A memory operand is allowed, with any kind of address that the machine
|
|
supports in general.
|
|
|
|
@cindex offsettable address
|
|
@cindex @samp{o} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{o}
|
|
A memory operand is allowed, but only if the address is
|
|
@dfn{offsettable}. This means that adding a small integer (actually,
|
|
the width in bytes of the operand, as determined by its machine mode)
|
|
may be added to the address and the result is also a valid memory
|
|
address.
|
|
|
|
@cindex autoincrement/decrement addressing
|
|
For example, an address which is constant is offsettable; so is an
|
|
address that is the sum of a register and a constant (as long as a
|
|
slightly larger constant is also within the range of address-offsets
|
|
supported by the machine); but an autoincrement or autodecrement
|
|
address is not offsettable. More complicated indirect/indexed
|
|
addresses may or may not be offsettable depending on the other
|
|
addressing modes that the machine supports.
|
|
|
|
Note that in an output operand which can be matched by another
|
|
operand, the constraint letter @samp{o} is valid only when accompanied
|
|
by both @samp{<} (if the target machine has predecrement addressing)
|
|
and @samp{>} (if the target machine has preincrement addressing).
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{V} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{V}
|
|
A memory operand that is not offsettable. In other words, anything that
|
|
would fit the @samp{m} constraint but not the @samp{o} constraint.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{<} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{<}
|
|
A memory operand with autodecrement addressing (either predecrement or
|
|
postdecrement) is allowed.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{>} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{>}
|
|
A memory operand with autoincrement addressing (either preincrement or
|
|
postincrement) is allowed.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{r} in constraint
|
|
@cindex registers in constraints
|
|
@item @samp{r}
|
|
A register operand is allowed provided that it is in a general
|
|
register.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{d} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{d}, @samp{a}, @samp{f}, @dots{}
|
|
Other letters can be defined in machine-dependent fashion to stand for
|
|
particular classes of registers. @samp{d}, @samp{a} and @samp{f} are
|
|
defined on the 68000/68020 to stand for data, address and floating
|
|
point registers.
|
|
|
|
@cindex constants in constraints
|
|
@cindex @samp{i} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{i}
|
|
An immediate integer operand (one with constant value) is allowed.
|
|
This includes symbolic constants whose values will be known only at
|
|
assembly time.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{n} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{n}
|
|
An immediate integer operand with a known numeric value is allowed.
|
|
Many systems cannot support assembly-time constants for operands less
|
|
than a word wide. Constraints for these operands should use @samp{n}
|
|
rather than @samp{i}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{I} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{I}, @samp{J}, @samp{K}, @dots{} @samp{P}
|
|
Other letters in the range @samp{I} through @samp{P} may be defined in
|
|
a machine-dependent fashion to permit immediate integer operands with
|
|
explicit integer values in specified ranges. For example, on the
|
|
68000, @samp{I} is defined to stand for the range of values 1 to 8.
|
|
This is the range permitted as a shift count in the shift
|
|
instructions.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{E} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{E}
|
|
An immediate floating operand (expression code @code{const_double}) is
|
|
allowed, but only if the target floating point format is the same as
|
|
that of the host machine (on which the compiler is running).
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{F} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{F}
|
|
An immediate floating operand (expression code @code{const_double}) is
|
|
allowed.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{G} in constraint
|
|
@cindex @samp{H} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{G}, @samp{H}
|
|
@samp{G} and @samp{H} may be defined in a machine-dependent fashion to
|
|
permit immediate floating operands in particular ranges of values.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{s} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{s}
|
|
An immediate integer operand whose value is not an explicit integer is
|
|
allowed.
|
|
|
|
This might appear strange; if an insn allows a constant operand with a
|
|
value not known at compile time, it certainly must allow any known
|
|
value. So why use @samp{s} instead of @samp{i}? Sometimes it allows
|
|
better code to be generated.
|
|
|
|
For example, on the 68000 in a fullword instruction it is possible to
|
|
use an immediate operand; but if the immediate value is between -128
|
|
and 127, better code results from loading the value into a register and
|
|
using the register. This is because the load into the register can be
|
|
done with a @samp{moveq} instruction. We arrange for this to happen
|
|
by defining the letter @samp{K} to mean ``any integer outside the
|
|
range -128 to 127'', and then specifying @samp{Ks} in the operand
|
|
constraints.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{g} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{g}
|
|
Any register, memory or immediate integer operand is allowed, except for
|
|
registers that are not general registers.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{X} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{X}
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
Any operand whatsoever is allowed, even if it does not satisfy
|
|
@code{general_operand}. This is normally used in the constraint of
|
|
a @code{match_scratch} when certain alternatives will not actually
|
|
require a scratch register.
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
@ifclear INTERNALS
|
|
Any operand whatsoever is allowed.
|
|
@end ifclear
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{0} in constraint
|
|
@cindex digits in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{0}, @samp{1}, @samp{2}, @dots{} @samp{9}
|
|
An operand that matches the specified operand number is allowed. If a
|
|
digit is used together with letters within the same alternative, the
|
|
digit should come last.
|
|
|
|
@cindex matching constraint
|
|
@cindex constraint, matching
|
|
This is called a @dfn{matching constraint} and what it really means is
|
|
that the assembler has only a single operand that fills two roles
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
considered separate in the RTL insn. For example, an add insn has two
|
|
input operands and one output operand in the RTL, but on most CISC
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
@ifclear INTERNALS
|
|
which @code{asm} distinguishes. For example, an add instruction uses
|
|
two input operands and an output operand, but on most CISC
|
|
@end ifclear
|
|
machines an add instruction really has only two operands, one of them an
|
|
input-output operand:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
addl #35,r12
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
Matching constraints are used in these circumstances.
|
|
More precisely, the two operands that match must include one input-only
|
|
operand and one output-only operand. Moreover, the digit must be a
|
|
smaller number than the number of the operand that uses it in the
|
|
constraint.
|
|
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
For operands to match in a particular case usually means that they
|
|
are identical-looking RTL expressions. But in a few special cases
|
|
specific kinds of dissimilarity are allowed. For example, @code{*x}
|
|
as an input operand will match @code{*x++} as an output operand.
|
|
For proper results in such cases, the output template should always
|
|
use the output-operand's number when printing the operand.
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
|
|
@cindex load address instruction
|
|
@cindex push address instruction
|
|
@cindex address constraints
|
|
@cindex @samp{p} in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{p}
|
|
An operand that is a valid memory address is allowed. This is
|
|
for ``load address'' and ``push address'' instructions.
|
|
|
|
@findex address_operand
|
|
@samp{p} in the constraint must be accompanied by @code{address_operand}
|
|
as the predicate in the @code{match_operand}. This predicate interprets
|
|
the mode specified in the @code{match_operand} as the mode of the memory
|
|
reference for which the address would be valid.
|
|
|
|
@cindex extensible constraints
|
|
@cindex @samp{Q}, in constraint
|
|
@item @samp{Q}, @samp{R}, @samp{S}, @dots{} @samp{U}
|
|
Letters in the range @samp{Q} through @samp{U} may be defined in a
|
|
machine-dependent fashion to stand for arbitrary operand types.
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
The machine description macro @code{EXTRA_CONSTRAINT} is passed the
|
|
operand as its first argument and the constraint letter as its
|
|
second operand.
|
|
|
|
A typical use for this would be to distinguish certain types of
|
|
memory references that affect other insn operands.
|
|
|
|
Do not define these constraint letters to accept register references
|
|
(@code{reg}); the reload pass does not expect this and would not handle
|
|
it properly.
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
In order to have valid assembler code, each operand must satisfy
|
|
its constraint. But a failure to do so does not prevent the pattern
|
|
from applying to an insn. Instead, it directs the compiler to modify
|
|
the code so that the constraint will be satisfied. Usually this is
|
|
done by copying an operand into a register.
|
|
|
|
Contrast, therefore, the two instruction patterns that follow:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=r")
|
|
(plus:SI (match_dup 0)
|
|
(match_operand:SI 1 "general_operand" "r")))]
|
|
""
|
|
"@dots{}")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
which has two operands, one of which must appear in two places, and
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=r")
|
|
(plus:SI (match_operand:SI 1 "general_operand" "0")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 2 "general_operand" "r")))]
|
|
""
|
|
"@dots{}")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
which has three operands, two of which are required by a constraint to be
|
|
identical. If we are considering an insn of the form
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(insn @var{n} @var{prev} @var{next}
|
|
(set (reg:SI 3)
|
|
(plus:SI (reg:SI 6) (reg:SI 109)))
|
|
@dots{})
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
the first pattern would not apply at all, because this insn does not
|
|
contain two identical subexpressions in the right place. The pattern would
|
|
say, ``That does not look like an add instruction; try other patterns.''
|
|
The second pattern would say, ``Yes, that's an add instruction, but there
|
|
is something wrong with it.'' It would direct the reload pass of the
|
|
compiler to generate additional insns to make the constraint true. The
|
|
results might look like this:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(insn @var{n2} @var{prev} @var{n}
|
|
(set (reg:SI 3) (reg:SI 6))
|
|
@dots{})
|
|
|
|
(insn @var{n} @var{n2} @var{next}
|
|
(set (reg:SI 3)
|
|
(plus:SI (reg:SI 3) (reg:SI 109)))
|
|
@dots{})
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
It is up to you to make sure that each operand, in each pattern, has
|
|
constraints that can handle any RTL expression that could be present for
|
|
that operand. (When multiple alternatives are in use, each pattern must,
|
|
for each possible combination of operand expressions, have at least one
|
|
alternative which can handle that combination of operands.) The
|
|
constraints don't need to @emph{allow} any possible operand---when this is
|
|
the case, they do not constrain---but they must at least point the way to
|
|
reloading any possible operand so that it will fit.
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
If the constraint accepts whatever operands the predicate permits,
|
|
there is no problem: reloading is never necessary for this operand.
|
|
|
|
For example, an operand whose constraints permit everything except
|
|
registers is safe provided its predicate rejects registers.
|
|
|
|
An operand whose predicate accepts only constant values is safe
|
|
provided its constraints include the letter @samp{i}. If any possible
|
|
constant value is accepted, then nothing less than @samp{i} will do;
|
|
if the predicate is more selective, then the constraints may also be
|
|
more selective.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
Any operand expression can be reloaded by copying it into a register.
|
|
So if an operand's constraints allow some kind of register, it is
|
|
certain to be safe. It need not permit all classes of registers; the
|
|
compiler knows how to copy a register into another register of the
|
|
proper class in order to make an instruction valid.
|
|
|
|
@cindex nonoffsettable memory reference
|
|
@cindex memory reference, nonoffsettable
|
|
@item
|
|
A nonoffsettable memory reference can be reloaded by copying the
|
|
address into a register. So if the constraint uses the letter
|
|
@samp{o}, all memory references are taken care of.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
A constant operand can be reloaded by allocating space in memory to
|
|
hold it as preinitialized data. Then the memory reference can be used
|
|
in place of the constant. So if the constraint uses the letters
|
|
@samp{o} or @samp{m}, constant operands are not a problem.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
If the constraint permits a constant and a pseudo register used in an insn
|
|
was not allocated to a hard register and is equivalent to a constant,
|
|
the register will be replaced with the constant. If the predicate does
|
|
not permit a constant and the insn is re-recognized for some reason, the
|
|
compiler will crash. Thus the predicate must always recognize any
|
|
objects allowed by the constraint.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
If the operand's predicate can recognize registers, but the constraint does
|
|
not permit them, it can make the compiler crash. When this operand happens
|
|
to be a register, the reload pass will be stymied, because it does not know
|
|
how to copy a register temporarily into memory.
|
|
|
|
If the predicate accepts a unary operator, the constraint applies to the
|
|
operand. For example, the MIPS processor at ISA level 3 supports an
|
|
instruction which adds two registers in @code{SImode} to produce a
|
|
@code{DImode} result, but only if the registers are correctly sign
|
|
extended. This predicate for the input operands accepts a
|
|
@code{sign_extend} of an @code{SImode} register. Write the constraint
|
|
to indicate the type of register that is required for the operand of the
|
|
@code{sign_extend}.
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
|
|
@node Multi-Alternative
|
|
@subsection Multiple Alternative Constraints
|
|
@cindex multiple alternative constraints
|
|
|
|
Sometimes a single instruction has multiple alternative sets of possible
|
|
operands. For example, on the 68000, a logical-or instruction can combine
|
|
register or an immediate value into memory, or it can combine any kind of
|
|
operand into a register; but it cannot combine one memory location into
|
|
another.
|
|
|
|
These constraints are represented as multiple alternatives. An alternative
|
|
can be described by a series of letters for each operand. The overall
|
|
constraint for an operand is made from the letters for this operand
|
|
from the first alternative, a comma, the letters for this operand from
|
|
the second alternative, a comma, and so on until the last alternative.
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
Here is how it is done for fullword logical-or on the 68000:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn "iorsi3"
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=m,d")
|
|
(ior:SI (match_operand:SI 1 "general_operand" "%0,0")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 2 "general_operand" "dKs,dmKs")))]
|
|
@dots{})
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
The first alternative has @samp{m} (memory) for operand 0, @samp{0} for
|
|
operand 1 (meaning it must match operand 0), and @samp{dKs} for operand
|
|
2. The second alternative has @samp{d} (data register) for operand 0,
|
|
@samp{0} for operand 1, and @samp{dmKs} for operand 2. The @samp{=} and
|
|
@samp{%} in the constraints apply to all the alternatives; their
|
|
meaning is explained in the next section (@pxref{Class Preferences}).
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
|
|
@c FIXME Is this ? and ! stuff of use in asm()? If not, hide unless INTERNAL
|
|
If all the operands fit any one alternative, the instruction is valid.
|
|
Otherwise, for each alternative, the compiler counts how many instructions
|
|
must be added to copy the operands so that that alternative applies.
|
|
The alternative requiring the least copying is chosen. If two alternatives
|
|
need the same amount of copying, the one that comes first is chosen.
|
|
These choices can be altered with the @samp{?} and @samp{!} characters:
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@cindex @samp{?} in constraint
|
|
@cindex question mark
|
|
@item ?
|
|
Disparage slightly the alternative that the @samp{?} appears in,
|
|
as a choice when no alternative applies exactly. The compiler regards
|
|
this alternative as one unit more costly for each @samp{?} that appears
|
|
in it.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{!} in constraint
|
|
@cindex exclamation point
|
|
@item !
|
|
Disparage severely the alternative that the @samp{!} appears in.
|
|
This alternative can still be used if it fits without reloading,
|
|
but if reloading is needed, some other alternative will be used.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
When an insn pattern has multiple alternatives in its constraints, often
|
|
the appearance of the assembler code is determined mostly by which
|
|
alternative was matched. When this is so, the C code for writing the
|
|
assembler code can use the variable @code{which_alternative}, which is
|
|
the ordinal number of the alternative that was actually satisfied (0 for
|
|
the first, 1 for the second alternative, etc.). @xref{Output Statement}.
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
@node Class Preferences
|
|
@subsection Register Class Preferences
|
|
@cindex class preference constraints
|
|
@cindex register class preference constraints
|
|
|
|
@cindex voting between constraint alternatives
|
|
The operand constraints have another function: they enable the compiler
|
|
to decide which kind of hardware register a pseudo register is best
|
|
allocated to. The compiler examines the constraints that apply to the
|
|
insns that use the pseudo register, looking for the machine-dependent
|
|
letters such as @samp{d} and @samp{a} that specify classes of registers.
|
|
The pseudo register is put in whichever class gets the most ``votes''.
|
|
The constraint letters @samp{g} and @samp{r} also vote: they vote in
|
|
favor of a general register. The machine description says which registers
|
|
are considered general.
|
|
|
|
Of course, on some machines all registers are equivalent, and no register
|
|
classes are defined. Then none of this complexity is relevant.
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
|
|
@node Modifiers
|
|
@subsection Constraint Modifier Characters
|
|
@cindex modifiers in constraints
|
|
@cindex constraint modifier characters
|
|
|
|
@c prevent bad page break with this line
|
|
Here are constraint modifier characters.
|
|
|
|
@table @samp
|
|
@cindex @samp{=} in constraint
|
|
@item =
|
|
Means that this operand is write-only for this instruction: the previous
|
|
value is discarded and replaced by output data.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{+} in constraint
|
|
@item +
|
|
Means that this operand is both read and written by the instruction.
|
|
|
|
When the compiler fixes up the operands to satisfy the constraints,
|
|
it needs to know which operands are inputs to the instruction and
|
|
which are outputs from it. @samp{=} identifies an output; @samp{+}
|
|
identifies an operand that is both input and output; all other operands
|
|
are assumed to be input only.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{&} in constraint
|
|
@cindex earlyclobber operand
|
|
@item &
|
|
Means (in a particular alternative) that this operand is an
|
|
@dfn{earlyclobber} operand, which is modified before the instruction is
|
|
finished using the input operands. Therefore, this operand may not lie
|
|
in a register that is used as an input operand or as part of any memory
|
|
address.
|
|
|
|
@samp{&} applies only to the alternative in which it is written. In
|
|
constraints with multiple alternatives, sometimes one alternative
|
|
requires @samp{&} while others do not. See, for example, the
|
|
@samp{movdf} insn of the 68000.
|
|
|
|
An input operand can be tied to an earlyclobber operand if its only
|
|
use as an input occurs before the early result is written. Adding
|
|
alternatives of this form often allows GCC to produce better code
|
|
when only some of the inputs can be affected by the earlyclobber.
|
|
See, for example, the @samp{mulsi3} insn of the ARM.
|
|
|
|
@samp{&} does not obviate the need to write @samp{=}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{%} in constraint
|
|
@item %
|
|
Declares the instruction to be commutative for this operand and the
|
|
following operand. This means that the compiler may interchange the
|
|
two operands if that is the cheapest way to make all operands fit the
|
|
constraints.
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
This is often used in patterns for addition instructions
|
|
that really have only two operands: the result must go in one of the
|
|
arguments. Here for example, is how the 68000 halfword-add
|
|
instruction is defined:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn "addhi3"
|
|
[(set (match_operand:HI 0 "general_operand" "=m,r")
|
|
(plus:HI (match_operand:HI 1 "general_operand" "%0,0")
|
|
(match_operand:HI 2 "general_operand" "di,g")))]
|
|
@dots{})
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{#} in constraint
|
|
@item #
|
|
Says that all following characters, up to the next comma, are to be
|
|
ignored as a constraint. They are significant only for choosing
|
|
register preferences.
|
|
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
@cindex @samp{*} in constraint
|
|
@item *
|
|
Says that the following character should be ignored when choosing
|
|
register preferences. @samp{*} has no effect on the meaning of the
|
|
constraint as a constraint, and no effect on reloading.
|
|
|
|
Here is an example: the 68000 has an instruction to sign-extend a
|
|
halfword in a data register, and can also sign-extend a value by
|
|
copying it into an address register. While either kind of register is
|
|
acceptable, the constraints on an address-register destination are
|
|
less strict, so it is best if register allocation makes an address
|
|
register its goal. Therefore, @samp{*} is used so that the @samp{d}
|
|
constraint letter (for data register) is ignored when computing
|
|
register preferences.
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn "extendhisi2"
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=*d,a")
|
|
(sign_extend:SI
|
|
(match_operand:HI 1 "general_operand" "0,g")))]
|
|
@dots{})
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Machine Constraints
|
|
@subsection Constraints for Particular Machines
|
|
@cindex machine specific constraints
|
|
@cindex constraints, machine specific
|
|
|
|
Whenever possible, you should use the general-purpose constraint letters
|
|
in @code{asm} arguments, since they will convey meaning more readily to
|
|
people reading your code. Failing that, use the constraint letters
|
|
that usually have very similar meanings across architectures. The most
|
|
commonly used constraints are @samp{m} and @samp{r} (for memory and
|
|
general-purpose registers respectively; @pxref{Simple Constraints}), and
|
|
@samp{I}, usually the letter indicating the most common
|
|
immediate-constant format.
|
|
|
|
For each machine architecture, the @file{config/@var{machine}.h} file
|
|
defines additional constraints. These constraints are used by the
|
|
compiler itself for instruction generation, as well as for @code{asm}
|
|
statements; therefore, some of the constraints are not particularly
|
|
interesting for @code{asm}. The constraints are defined through these
|
|
macros:
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item REG_CLASS_FROM_LETTER
|
|
Register class constraints (usually lower case).
|
|
|
|
@item CONST_OK_FOR_LETTER_P
|
|
Immediate constant constraints, for non-floating point constants of
|
|
word size or smaller precision (usually upper case).
|
|
|
|
@item CONST_DOUBLE_OK_FOR_LETTER_P
|
|
Immediate constant constraints, for all floating point constants and for
|
|
constants of greater than word size precision (usually upper case).
|
|
|
|
@item EXTRA_CONSTRAINT
|
|
Special cases of registers or memory. This macro is not required, and
|
|
is only defined for some machines.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
Inspecting these macro definitions in the compiler source for your
|
|
machine is the best way to be certain you have the right constraints.
|
|
However, here is a summary of the machine-dependent constraints
|
|
available on some particular machines.
|
|
|
|
@table @emph
|
|
@item ARM family---@file{arm.h}
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item f
|
|
Floating-point register
|
|
|
|
@item F
|
|
One of the floating-point constants 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
|
|
or 10.0
|
|
|
|
@item G
|
|
Floating-point constant that would satisfy the constraint @samp{F} if it
|
|
were negated
|
|
|
|
@item I
|
|
Integer that is valid as an immediate operand in a data processing
|
|
instruction. That is, an integer in the range 0 to 255 rotated by a
|
|
multiple of 2
|
|
|
|
@item J
|
|
Integer in the range -4095 to 4095
|
|
|
|
@item K
|
|
Integer that satisfies constraint @samp{I} when inverted (ones complement)
|
|
|
|
@item L
|
|
Integer that satisfies constraint @samp{I} when negated (twos complement)
|
|
|
|
@item M
|
|
Integer in the range 0 to 32
|
|
|
|
@item Q
|
|
A memory reference where the exact address is in a single register
|
|
(`@samp{m}' is preferable for @code{asm} statements)
|
|
|
|
@item R
|
|
An item in the constant pool
|
|
|
|
@item S
|
|
A symbol in the text segment of the current file
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@item AMD 29000 family---@file{a29k.h}
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item l
|
|
Local register 0
|
|
|
|
@item b
|
|
Byte Pointer (@samp{BP}) register
|
|
|
|
@item q
|
|
@samp{Q} register
|
|
|
|
@item h
|
|
Special purpose register
|
|
|
|
@item A
|
|
First accumulator register
|
|
|
|
@item a
|
|
Other accumulator register
|
|
|
|
@item f
|
|
Floating point register
|
|
|
|
@item I
|
|
Constant greater than 0, less than 0x100
|
|
|
|
@item J
|
|
Constant greater than 0, less than 0x10000
|
|
|
|
@item K
|
|
Constant whose high 24 bits are on (1)
|
|
|
|
@item L
|
|
16 bit constant whose high 8 bits are on (1)
|
|
|
|
@item M
|
|
32 bit constant whose high 16 bits are on (1)
|
|
|
|
@item N
|
|
32 bit negative constant that fits in 8 bits
|
|
|
|
@item O
|
|
The constant 0x80000000 or, on the 29050, any 32 bit constant
|
|
whose low 16 bits are 0.
|
|
|
|
@item P
|
|
16 bit negative constant that fits in 8 bits
|
|
|
|
@item G
|
|
@itemx H
|
|
A floating point constant (in @code{asm} statements, use the machine
|
|
independent @samp{E} or @samp{F} instead)
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@item IBM RS6000---@file{rs6000.h}
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item b
|
|
Address base register
|
|
|
|
@item f
|
|
Floating point register
|
|
|
|
@item h
|
|
@samp{MQ}, @samp{CTR}, or @samp{LINK} register
|
|
|
|
@item q
|
|
@samp{MQ} register
|
|
|
|
@item c
|
|
@samp{CTR} register
|
|
|
|
@item l
|
|
@samp{LINK} register
|
|
|
|
@item x
|
|
@samp{CR} register (condition register) number 0
|
|
|
|
@item y
|
|
@samp{CR} register (condition register)
|
|
|
|
@item I
|
|
Signed 16 bit constant
|
|
|
|
@item J
|
|
Constant whose low 16 bits are 0
|
|
|
|
@item K
|
|
Constant whose high 16 bits are 0
|
|
|
|
@item L
|
|
Constant suitable as a mask operand
|
|
|
|
@item M
|
|
Constant larger than 31
|
|
|
|
@item N
|
|
Exact power of 2
|
|
|
|
@item O
|
|
Zero
|
|
|
|
@item P
|
|
Constant whose negation is a signed 16 bit constant
|
|
|
|
@item G
|
|
Floating point constant that can be loaded into a register with one
|
|
instruction per word
|
|
|
|
@item Q
|
|
Memory operand that is an offset from a register (@samp{m} is preferable
|
|
for @code{asm} statements)
|
|
|
|
@item R
|
|
AIX TOC entry
|
|
|
|
@item S
|
|
Windows NT SYMBOL_REF
|
|
|
|
@item T
|
|
Windows NT LABEL_REF
|
|
|
|
@item U
|
|
System V Release 4 small data area reference
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@item Intel 386---@file{i386.h}
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item q
|
|
@samp{a}, @code{b}, @code{c}, or @code{d} register
|
|
|
|
@item A
|
|
@samp{a}, or @code{d} register (for 64-bit ints)
|
|
|
|
@item f
|
|
Floating point register
|
|
|
|
@item t
|
|
First (top of stack) floating point register
|
|
|
|
@item u
|
|
Second floating point register
|
|
|
|
@item a
|
|
@samp{a} register
|
|
|
|
@item b
|
|
@samp{b} register
|
|
|
|
@item c
|
|
@samp{c} register
|
|
|
|
@item d
|
|
@samp{d} register
|
|
|
|
@item D
|
|
@samp{di} register
|
|
|
|
@item S
|
|
@samp{si} register
|
|
|
|
@item I
|
|
Constant in range 0 to 31 (for 32 bit shifts)
|
|
|
|
@item J
|
|
Constant in range 0 to 63 (for 64 bit shifts)
|
|
|
|
@item K
|
|
@samp{0xff}
|
|
|
|
@item L
|
|
@samp{0xffff}
|
|
|
|
@item M
|
|
0, 1, 2, or 3 (shifts for @code{lea} instruction)
|
|
|
|
@item N
|
|
Constant in range 0 to 255 (for @code{out} instruction)
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@item G
|
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Standard 80387 floating point constant
|
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@end table
|
|
|
|
@item Intel 960---@file{i960.h}
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item f
|
|
Floating point register (@code{fp0} to @code{fp3})
|
|
|
|
@item l
|
|
Local register (@code{r0} to @code{r15})
|
|
|
|
@item b
|
|
Global register (@code{g0} to @code{g15})
|
|
|
|
@item d
|
|
Any local or global register
|
|
|
|
@item I
|
|
Integers from 0 to 31
|
|
|
|
@item J
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
@item K
|
|
Integers from -31 to 0
|
|
|
|
@item G
|
|
Floating point 0
|
|
|
|
@item H
|
|
Floating point 1
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@item MIPS---@file{mips.h}
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item d
|
|
General-purpose integer register
|
|
|
|
@item f
|
|
Floating-point register (if available)
|
|
|
|
@item h
|
|
@samp{Hi} register
|
|
|
|
@item l
|
|
@samp{Lo} register
|
|
|
|
@item x
|
|
@samp{Hi} or @samp{Lo} register
|
|
|
|
@item y
|
|
General-purpose integer register
|
|
|
|
@item z
|
|
Floating-point status register
|
|
|
|
@item I
|
|
Signed 16 bit constant (for arithmetic instructions)
|
|
|
|
@item J
|
|
Zero
|
|
|
|
@item K
|
|
Zero-extended 16-bit constant (for logic instructions)
|
|
|
|
@item L
|
|
Constant with low 16 bits zero (can be loaded with @code{lui})
|
|
|
|
@item M
|
|
32 bit constant which requires two instructions to load (a constant
|
|
which is not @samp{I}, @samp{K}, or @samp{L})
|
|
|
|
@item N
|
|
Negative 16 bit constant
|
|
|
|
@item O
|
|
Exact power of two
|
|
|
|
@item P
|
|
Positive 16 bit constant
|
|
|
|
@item G
|
|
Floating point zero
|
|
|
|
@item Q
|
|
Memory reference that can be loaded with more than one instruction
|
|
(@samp{m} is preferable for @code{asm} statements)
|
|
|
|
@item R
|
|
Memory reference that can be loaded with one instruction
|
|
(@samp{m} is preferable for @code{asm} statements)
|
|
|
|
@item S
|
|
Memory reference in external OSF/rose PIC format
|
|
(@samp{m} is preferable for @code{asm} statements)
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@item Motorola 680x0---@file{m68k.h}
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item a
|
|
Address register
|
|
|
|
@item d
|
|
Data register
|
|
|
|
@item f
|
|
68881 floating-point register, if available
|
|
|
|
@item x
|
|
Sun FPA (floating-point) register, if available
|
|
|
|
@item y
|
|
First 16 Sun FPA registers, if available
|
|
|
|
@item I
|
|
Integer in the range 1 to 8
|
|
|
|
@item J
|
|
16 bit signed number
|
|
|
|
@item K
|
|
Signed number whose magnitude is greater than 0x80
|
|
|
|
@item L
|
|
Integer in the range -8 to -1
|
|
|
|
@item M
|
|
Signed number whose magnitude is greater than 0x100
|
|
|
|
@item G
|
|
Floating point constant that is not a 68881 constant
|
|
|
|
@item H
|
|
Floating point constant that can be used by Sun FPA
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@need 1000
|
|
@item SPARC---@file{sparc.h}
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item f
|
|
Floating-point register that can hold 32 or 64 bit values.
|
|
|
|
@item e
|
|
Floating-point register that can hold 64 or 128 bit values.
|
|
|
|
@item I
|
|
Signed 13 bit constant
|
|
|
|
@item J
|
|
Zero
|
|
|
|
@item K
|
|
32 bit constant with the low 12 bits clear (a constant that can be
|
|
loaded with the @code{sethi} instruction)
|
|
|
|
@item G
|
|
Floating-point zero
|
|
|
|
@item H
|
|
Signed 13 bit constant, sign-extended to 32 or 64 bits
|
|
|
|
@item Q
|
|
Memory reference that can be loaded with one instruction (@samp{m} is
|
|
more appropriate for @code{asm} statements)
|
|
|
|
@item S
|
|
Constant, or memory address
|
|
|
|
@item T
|
|
Memory address aligned to an 8-byte boundary
|
|
|
|
@item U
|
|
Even register
|
|
@end table
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
@node No Constraints
|
|
@subsection Not Using Constraints
|
|
@cindex no constraints
|
|
@cindex not using constraints
|
|
|
|
Some machines are so clean that operand constraints are not required. For
|
|
example, on the Vax, an operand valid in one context is valid in any other
|
|
context. On such a machine, every operand constraint would be @samp{g},
|
|
excepting only operands of ``load address'' instructions which are
|
|
written as if they referred to a memory location's contents but actual
|
|
refer to its address. They would have constraint @samp{p}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex empty constraints
|
|
For such machines, instead of writing @samp{g} and @samp{p} for all
|
|
the constraints, you can choose to write a description with empty constraints.
|
|
Then you write @samp{""} for the constraint in every @code{match_operand}.
|
|
Address operands are identified by writing an @code{address} expression
|
|
around the @code{match_operand}, not by their constraints.
|
|
|
|
When the machine description has just empty constraints, certain parts
|
|
of compilation are skipped, making the compiler faster. However,
|
|
few machines actually do not need constraints; all machine descriptions
|
|
now in existence use constraints.
|
|
@end ifset
|
|
|
|
@ifset INTERNALS
|
|
@node Standard Names
|
|
@section Standard Pattern Names For Generation
|
|
@cindex standard pattern names
|
|
@cindex pattern names
|
|
@cindex names, pattern
|
|
|
|
Here is a table of the instruction names that are meaningful in the RTL
|
|
generation pass of the compiler. Giving one of these names to an
|
|
instruction pattern tells the RTL generation pass that it can use the
|
|
pattern in to accomplish a certain task.
|
|
|
|
@table @asis
|
|
@cindex @code{mov@var{m}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{mov@var{m}}
|
|
Here @var{m} stands for a two-letter machine mode name, in lower case.
|
|
This instruction pattern moves data with that machine mode from operand
|
|
1 to operand 0. For example, @samp{movsi} moves full-word data.
|
|
|
|
If operand 0 is a @code{subreg} with mode @var{m} of a register whose
|
|
own mode is wider than @var{m}, the effect of this instruction is
|
|
to store the specified value in the part of the register that corresponds
|
|
to mode @var{m}. The effect on the rest of the register is undefined.
|
|
|
|
This class of patterns is special in several ways. First of all, each
|
|
of these names @emph{must} be defined, because there is no other way
|
|
to copy a datum from one place to another.
|
|
|
|
Second, these patterns are not used solely in the RTL generation pass.
|
|
Even the reload pass can generate move insns to copy values from stack
|
|
slots into temporary registers. When it does so, one of the operands is
|
|
a hard register and the other is an operand that can need to be reloaded
|
|
into a register.
|
|
|
|
@findex force_reg
|
|
Therefore, when given such a pair of operands, the pattern must generate
|
|
RTL which needs no reloading and needs no temporary registers---no
|
|
registers other than the operands. For example, if you support the
|
|
pattern with a @code{define_expand}, then in such a case the
|
|
@code{define_expand} mustn't call @code{force_reg} or any other such
|
|
function which might generate new pseudo registers.
|
|
|
|
This requirement exists even for subword modes on a RISC machine where
|
|
fetching those modes from memory normally requires several insns and
|
|
some temporary registers. Look in @file{spur.md} to see how the
|
|
requirement can be satisfied.
|
|
|
|
@findex change_address
|
|
During reload a memory reference with an invalid address may be passed
|
|
as an operand. Such an address will be replaced with a valid address
|
|
later in the reload pass. In this case, nothing may be done with the
|
|
address except to use it as it stands. If it is copied, it will not be
|
|
replaced with a valid address. No attempt should be made to make such
|
|
an address into a valid address and no routine (such as
|
|
@code{change_address}) that will do so may be called. Note that
|
|
@code{general_operand} will fail when applied to such an address.
|
|
|
|
@findex reload_in_progress
|
|
The global variable @code{reload_in_progress} (which must be explicitly
|
|
declared if required) can be used to determine whether such special
|
|
handling is required.
|
|
|
|
The variety of operands that have reloads depends on the rest of the
|
|
machine description, but typically on a RISC machine these can only be
|
|
pseudo registers that did not get hard registers, while on other
|
|
machines explicit memory references will get optional reloads.
|
|
|
|
If a scratch register is required to move an object to or from memory,
|
|
it can be allocated using @code{gen_reg_rtx} prior to reload. But this
|
|
is impossible during and after reload. If there are cases needing
|
|
scratch registers after reload, you must define
|
|
@code{SECONDARY_INPUT_RELOAD_CLASS} and perhaps also
|
|
@code{SECONDARY_OUTPUT_RELOAD_CLASS} to detect them, and provide
|
|
patterns @samp{reload_in@var{m}} or @samp{reload_out@var{m}} to handle
|
|
them. @xref{Register Classes}.
|
|
|
|
The constraints on a @samp{move@var{m}} must permit moving any hard
|
|
register to any other hard register provided that
|
|
@code{HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK} permits mode @var{m} in both registers and
|
|
@code{REGISTER_MOVE_COST} applied to their classes returns a value of 2.
|
|
|
|
It is obligatory to support floating point @samp{move@var{m}}
|
|
instructions into and out of any registers that can hold fixed point
|
|
values, because unions and structures (which have modes @code{SImode} or
|
|
@code{DImode}) can be in those registers and they may have floating
|
|
point members.
|
|
|
|
There may also be a need to support fixed point @samp{move@var{m}}
|
|
instructions in and out of floating point registers. Unfortunately, I
|
|
have forgotten why this was so, and I don't know whether it is still
|
|
true. If @code{HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK} rejects fixed point values in
|
|
floating point registers, then the constraints of the fixed point
|
|
@samp{move@var{m}} instructions must be designed to avoid ever trying to
|
|
reload into a floating point register.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{reload_in} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{reload_out} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{reload_in@var{m}}
|
|
@itemx @samp{reload_out@var{m}}
|
|
Like @samp{mov@var{m}}, but used when a scratch register is required to
|
|
move between operand 0 and operand 1. Operand 2 describes the scratch
|
|
register. See the discussion of the @code{SECONDARY_RELOAD_CLASS}
|
|
macro in @pxref{Register Classes}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{movstrict@var{m}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{movstrict@var{m}}
|
|
Like @samp{mov@var{m}} except that if operand 0 is a @code{subreg}
|
|
with mode @var{m} of a register whose natural mode is wider,
|
|
the @samp{movstrict@var{m}} instruction is guaranteed not to alter
|
|
any of the register except the part which belongs to mode @var{m}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{load_multiple} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{load_multiple}
|
|
Load several consecutive memory locations into consecutive registers.
|
|
Operand 0 is the first of the consecutive registers, operand 1
|
|
is the first memory location, and operand 2 is a constant: the
|
|
number of consecutive registers.
|
|
|
|
Define this only if the target machine really has such an instruction;
|
|
do not define this if the most efficient way of loading consecutive
|
|
registers from memory is to do them one at a time.
|
|
|
|
On some machines, there are restrictions as to which consecutive
|
|
registers can be stored into memory, such as particular starting or
|
|
ending register numbers or only a range of valid counts. For those
|
|
machines, use a @code{define_expand} (@pxref{Expander Definitions})
|
|
and make the pattern fail if the restrictions are not met.
|
|
|
|
Write the generated insn as a @code{parallel} with elements being a
|
|
@code{set} of one register from the appropriate memory location (you may
|
|
also need @code{use} or @code{clobber} elements). Use a
|
|
@code{match_parallel} (@pxref{RTL Template}) to recognize the insn. See
|
|
@file{a29k.md} and @file{rs6000.md} for examples of the use of this insn
|
|
pattern.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @samp{store_multiple} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{store_multiple}
|
|
Similar to @samp{load_multiple}, but store several consecutive registers
|
|
into consecutive memory locations. Operand 0 is the first of the
|
|
consecutive memory locations, operand 1 is the first register, and
|
|
operand 2 is a constant: the number of consecutive registers.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{add@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{add@var{m}3}
|
|
Add operand 2 and operand 1, storing the result in operand 0. All operands
|
|
must have mode @var{m}. This can be used even on two-address machines, by
|
|
means of constraints requiring operands 1 and 0 to be the same location.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{sub@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{mul@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{div@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{udiv@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{mod@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{umod@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{smin@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{smax@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{umin@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{umax@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{and@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{ior@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{xor@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{sub@var{m}3}, @samp{mul@var{m}3}
|
|
@itemx @samp{div@var{m}3}, @samp{udiv@var{m}3}, @samp{mod@var{m}3}, @samp{umod@var{m}3}
|
|
@itemx @samp{smin@var{m}3}, @samp{smax@var{m}3}, @samp{umin@var{m}3}, @samp{umax@var{m}3}
|
|
@itemx @samp{and@var{m}3}, @samp{ior@var{m}3}, @samp{xor@var{m}3}
|
|
Similar, for other arithmetic operations.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{mulhisi3} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{mulhisi3}
|
|
Multiply operands 1 and 2, which have mode @code{HImode}, and store
|
|
a @code{SImode} product in operand 0.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{mulqihi3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{mulsidi3} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{mulqihi3}, @samp{mulsidi3}
|
|
Similar widening-multiplication instructions of other widths.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{umulqihi3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{umulhisi3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{umulsidi3} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{umulqihi3}, @samp{umulhisi3}, @samp{umulsidi3}
|
|
Similar widening-multiplication instructions that do unsigned
|
|
multiplication.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{smul@var{m}3_highpart} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{mul@var{m}3_highpart}
|
|
Perform a signed multiplication of operands 1 and 2, which have mode
|
|
@var{m}, and store the most significant half of the product in operand 0.
|
|
The least significant half of the product is discarded.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{umul@var{m}3_highpart} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{umul@var{m}3_highpart}
|
|
Similar, but the multiplication is unsigned.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{divmod@var{m}4} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{divmod@var{m}4}
|
|
Signed division that produces both a quotient and a remainder.
|
|
Operand 1 is divided by operand 2 to produce a quotient stored
|
|
in operand 0 and a remainder stored in operand 3.
|
|
|
|
For machines with an instruction that produces both a quotient and a
|
|
remainder, provide a pattern for @samp{divmod@var{m}4} but do not
|
|
provide patterns for @samp{div@var{m}3} and @samp{mod@var{m}3}. This
|
|
allows optimization in the relatively common case when both the quotient
|
|
and remainder are computed.
|
|
|
|
If an instruction that just produces a quotient or just a remainder
|
|
exists and is more efficient than the instruction that produces both,
|
|
write the output routine of @samp{divmod@var{m}4} to call
|
|
@code{find_reg_note} and look for a @code{REG_UNUSED} note on the
|
|
quotient or remainder and generate the appropriate instruction.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{udivmod@var{m}4} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{udivmod@var{m}4}
|
|
Similar, but does unsigned division.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{ashl@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{ashl@var{m}3}
|
|
Arithmetic-shift operand 1 left by a number of bits specified by operand
|
|
2, and store the result in operand 0. Here @var{m} is the mode of
|
|
operand 0 and operand 1; operand 2's mode is specified by the
|
|
instruction pattern, and the compiler will convert the operand to that
|
|
mode before generating the instruction.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{ashr@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{lshr@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{rotl@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{rotr@var{m}3} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{ashr@var{m}3}, @samp{lshr@var{m}3}, @samp{rotl@var{m}3}, @samp{rotr@var{m}3}
|
|
Other shift and rotate instructions, analogous to the
|
|
@code{ashl@var{m}3} instructions.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{neg@var{m}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{neg@var{m}2}
|
|
Negate operand 1 and store the result in operand 0.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{abs@var{m}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{abs@var{m}2}
|
|
Store the absolute value of operand 1 into operand 0.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{sqrt@var{m}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{sqrt@var{m}2}
|
|
Store the square root of operand 1 into operand 0.
|
|
|
|
The @code{sqrt} built-in function of C always uses the mode which
|
|
corresponds to the C data type @code{double}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{ffs@var{m}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{ffs@var{m}2}
|
|
Store into operand 0 one plus the index of the least significant 1-bit
|
|
of operand 1. If operand 1 is zero, store zero. @var{m} is the mode
|
|
of operand 0; operand 1's mode is specified by the instruction
|
|
pattern, and the compiler will convert the operand to that mode before
|
|
generating the instruction.
|
|
|
|
The @code{ffs} built-in function of C always uses the mode which
|
|
corresponds to the C data type @code{int}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{one_cmpl@var{m}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{one_cmpl@var{m}2}
|
|
Store the bitwise-complement of operand 1 into operand 0.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{cmp@var{m}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{cmp@var{m}}
|
|
Compare operand 0 and operand 1, and set the condition codes.
|
|
The RTL pattern should look like this:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(set (cc0) (compare (match_operand:@var{m} 0 @dots{})
|
|
(match_operand:@var{m} 1 @dots{})))
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{tst@var{m}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{tst@var{m}}
|
|
Compare operand 0 against zero, and set the condition codes.
|
|
The RTL pattern should look like this:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(set (cc0) (match_operand:@var{m} 0 @dots{}))
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@samp{tst@var{m}} patterns should not be defined for machines that do
|
|
not use @code{(cc0)}. Doing so would confuse the optimizer since it
|
|
would no longer be clear which @code{set} operations were comparisons.
|
|
The @samp{cmp@var{m}} patterns should be used instead.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{movstr@var{m}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{movstr@var{m}}
|
|
Block move instruction. The addresses of the destination and source
|
|
strings are the first two operands, and both are in mode @code{Pmode}.
|
|
The number of bytes to move is the third operand, in mode @var{m}.
|
|
|
|
The fourth operand is the known shared alignment of the source and
|
|
destination, in the form of a @code{const_int} rtx. Thus, if the
|
|
compiler knows that both source and destination are word-aligned,
|
|
it may provide the value 4 for this operand.
|
|
|
|
These patterns need not give special consideration to the possibility
|
|
that the source and destination strings might overlap.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{clrstr@var{m}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{clrstr@var{m}}
|
|
Block clear instruction. The addresses of the destination string is the
|
|
first operand, in mode @code{Pmode}. The number of bytes to clear is
|
|
the second operand, in mode @var{m}.
|
|
|
|
The third operand is the known alignment of the destination, in the form
|
|
of a @code{const_int} rtx. Thus, if the compiler knows that the
|
|
destination is word-aligned, it may provide the value 4 for this
|
|
operand.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{cmpstr@var{m}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{cmpstr@var{m}}
|
|
Block compare instruction, with five operands. Operand 0 is the output;
|
|
it has mode @var{m}. The remaining four operands are like the operands
|
|
of @samp{movstr@var{m}}. The two memory blocks specified are compared
|
|
byte by byte in lexicographic order. The effect of the instruction is
|
|
to store a value in operand 0 whose sign indicates the result of the
|
|
comparison.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{strlen@var{m}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{strlen@var{m}}
|
|
Compute the length of a string, with three operands.
|
|
Operand 0 is the result (of mode @var{m}), operand 1 is
|
|
a @code{mem} referring to the first character of the string,
|
|
operand 2 is the character to search for (normally zero),
|
|
and operand 3 is a constant describing the known alignment
|
|
of the beginning of the string.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{float@var{mn}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{float@var{m}@var{n}2}
|
|
Convert signed integer operand 1 (valid for fixed point mode @var{m}) to
|
|
floating point mode @var{n} and store in operand 0 (which has mode
|
|
@var{n}).
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{floatuns@var{mn}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{floatuns@var{m}@var{n}2}
|
|
Convert unsigned integer operand 1 (valid for fixed point mode @var{m})
|
|
to floating point mode @var{n} and store in operand 0 (which has mode
|
|
@var{n}).
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{fix@var{mn}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{fix@var{m}@var{n}2}
|
|
Convert operand 1 (valid for floating point mode @var{m}) to fixed
|
|
point mode @var{n} as a signed number and store in operand 0 (which
|
|
has mode @var{n}). This instruction's result is defined only when
|
|
the value of operand 1 is an integer.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{fixuns@var{mn}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{fixuns@var{m}@var{n}2}
|
|
Convert operand 1 (valid for floating point mode @var{m}) to fixed
|
|
point mode @var{n} as an unsigned number and store in operand 0 (which
|
|
has mode @var{n}). This instruction's result is defined only when the
|
|
value of operand 1 is an integer.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{ftrunc@var{m}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{ftrunc@var{m}2}
|
|
Convert operand 1 (valid for floating point mode @var{m}) to an
|
|
integer value, still represented in floating point mode @var{m}, and
|
|
store it in operand 0 (valid for floating point mode @var{m}).
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{fix_trunc@var{mn}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{fix_trunc@var{m}@var{n}2}
|
|
Like @samp{fix@var{m}@var{n}2} but works for any floating point value
|
|
of mode @var{m} by converting the value to an integer.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{fixuns_trunc@var{mn}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{fixuns_trunc@var{m}@var{n}2}
|
|
Like @samp{fixuns@var{m}@var{n}2} but works for any floating point
|
|
value of mode @var{m} by converting the value to an integer.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{trunc@var{mn}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{trunc@var{m}@var{n}2}
|
|
Truncate operand 1 (valid for mode @var{m}) to mode @var{n} and
|
|
store in operand 0 (which has mode @var{n}). Both modes must be fixed
|
|
point or both floating point.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{extend@var{mn}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{extend@var{m}@var{n}2}
|
|
Sign-extend operand 1 (valid for mode @var{m}) to mode @var{n} and
|
|
store in operand 0 (which has mode @var{n}). Both modes must be fixed
|
|
point or both floating point.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{zero_extend@var{mn}2} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{zero_extend@var{m}@var{n}2}
|
|
Zero-extend operand 1 (valid for mode @var{m}) to mode @var{n} and
|
|
store in operand 0 (which has mode @var{n}). Both modes must be fixed
|
|
point.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{extv} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{extv}
|
|
Extract a bit field from operand 1 (a register or memory operand), where
|
|
operand 2 specifies the width in bits and operand 3 the starting bit,
|
|
and store it in operand 0. Operand 0 must have mode @code{word_mode}.
|
|
Operand 1 may have mode @code{byte_mode} or @code{word_mode}; often
|
|
@code{word_mode} is allowed only for registers. Operands 2 and 3 must
|
|
be valid for @code{word_mode}.
|
|
|
|
The RTL generation pass generates this instruction only with constants
|
|
for operands 2 and 3.
|
|
|
|
The bit-field value is sign-extended to a full word integer
|
|
before it is stored in operand 0.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{extzv} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{extzv}
|
|
Like @samp{extv} except that the bit-field value is zero-extended.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{insv} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{insv}
|
|
Store operand 3 (which must be valid for @code{word_mode}) into a bit
|
|
field in operand 0, where operand 1 specifies the width in bits and
|
|
operand 2 the starting bit. Operand 0 may have mode @code{byte_mode} or
|
|
@code{word_mode}; often @code{word_mode} is allowed only for registers.
|
|
Operands 1 and 2 must be valid for @code{word_mode}.
|
|
|
|
The RTL generation pass generates this instruction only with constants
|
|
for operands 1 and 2.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{mov@var{mode}cc} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{mov@var{mode}cc}
|
|
Conditionally move operand 2 or operand 3 into operand 0 according to the
|
|
comparison in operand 1. If the comparison is true, operand 2 is moved
|
|
into operand 0, otherwise operand 3 is moved.
|
|
|
|
The mode of the operands being compared need not be the same as the operands
|
|
being moved. Some machines, sparc64 for example, have instructions that
|
|
conditionally move an integer value based on the floating point condition
|
|
codes and vice versa.
|
|
|
|
If the machine does not have conditional move instructions, do not
|
|
define these patterns.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{s@var{cond}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{s@var{cond}}
|
|
Store zero or nonzero in the operand according to the condition codes.
|
|
Value stored is nonzero iff the condition @var{cond} is true.
|
|
@var{cond} is the name of a comparison operation expression code, such
|
|
as @code{eq}, @code{lt} or @code{leu}.
|
|
|
|
You specify the mode that the operand must have when you write the
|
|
@code{match_operand} expression. The compiler automatically sees
|
|
which mode you have used and supplies an operand of that mode.
|
|
|
|
The value stored for a true condition must have 1 as its low bit, or
|
|
else must be negative. Otherwise the instruction is not suitable and
|
|
you should omit it from the machine description. You describe to the
|
|
compiler exactly which value is stored by defining the macro
|
|
@code{STORE_FLAG_VALUE} (@pxref{Misc}). If a description cannot be
|
|
found that can be used for all the @samp{s@var{cond}} patterns, you
|
|
should omit those operations from the machine description.
|
|
|
|
These operations may fail, but should do so only in relatively
|
|
uncommon cases; if they would fail for common cases involving
|
|
integer comparisons, it is best to omit these patterns.
|
|
|
|
If these operations are omitted, the compiler will usually generate code
|
|
that copies the constant one to the target and branches around an
|
|
assignment of zero to the target. If this code is more efficient than
|
|
the potential instructions used for the @samp{s@var{cond}} pattern
|
|
followed by those required to convert the result into a 1 or a zero in
|
|
@code{SImode}, you should omit the @samp{s@var{cond}} operations from
|
|
the machine description.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{b@var{cond}} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{b@var{cond}}
|
|
Conditional branch instruction. Operand 0 is a @code{label_ref} that
|
|
refers to the label to jump to. Jump if the condition codes meet
|
|
condition @var{cond}.
|
|
|
|
Some machines do not follow the model assumed here where a comparison
|
|
instruction is followed by a conditional branch instruction. In that
|
|
case, the @samp{cmp@var{m}} (and @samp{tst@var{m}}) patterns should
|
|
simply store the operands away and generate all the required insns in a
|
|
@code{define_expand} (@pxref{Expander Definitions}) for the conditional
|
|
branch operations. All calls to expand @samp{b@var{cond}} patterns are
|
|
immediately preceded by calls to expand either a @samp{cmp@var{m}}
|
|
pattern or a @samp{tst@var{m}} pattern.
|
|
|
|
Machines that use a pseudo register for the condition code value, or
|
|
where the mode used for the comparison depends on the condition being
|
|
tested, should also use the above mechanism. @xref{Jump Patterns}
|
|
|
|
The above discussion also applies to the @samp{mov@var{mode}cc} and
|
|
@samp{s@var{cond}} patterns.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{call} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{call}
|
|
Subroutine call instruction returning no value. Operand 0 is the
|
|
function to call; operand 1 is the number of bytes of arguments pushed
|
|
(in mode @code{SImode}, except it is normally a @code{const_int});
|
|
operand 2 is the number of registers used as operands.
|
|
|
|
On most machines, operand 2 is not actually stored into the RTL
|
|
pattern. It is supplied for the sake of some RISC machines which need
|
|
to put this information into the assembler code; they can put it in
|
|
the RTL instead of operand 1.
|
|
|
|
Operand 0 should be a @code{mem} RTX whose address is the address of the
|
|
function. Note, however, that this address can be a @code{symbol_ref}
|
|
expression even if it would not be a legitimate memory address on the
|
|
target machine. If it is also not a valid argument for a call
|
|
instruction, the pattern for this operation should be a
|
|
@code{define_expand} (@pxref{Expander Definitions}) that places the
|
|
address into a register and uses that register in the call instruction.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{call_value} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{call_value}
|
|
Subroutine call instruction returning a value. Operand 0 is the hard
|
|
register in which the value is returned. There are three more
|
|
operands, the same as the three operands of the @samp{call}
|
|
instruction (but with numbers increased by one).
|
|
|
|
Subroutines that return @code{BLKmode} objects use the @samp{call}
|
|
insn.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{call_pop} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{call_value_pop} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{call_pop}, @samp{call_value_pop}
|
|
Similar to @samp{call} and @samp{call_value}, except used if defined and
|
|
if @code{RETURN_POPS_ARGS} is non-zero. They should emit a @code{parallel}
|
|
that contains both the function call and a @code{set} to indicate the
|
|
adjustment made to the frame pointer.
|
|
|
|
For machines where @code{RETURN_POPS_ARGS} can be non-zero, the use of these
|
|
patterns increases the number of functions for which the frame pointer
|
|
can be eliminated, if desired.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{untyped_call} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{untyped_call}
|
|
Subroutine call instruction returning a value of any type. Operand 0 is
|
|
the function to call; operand 1 is a memory location where the result of
|
|
calling the function is to be stored; operand 2 is a @code{parallel}
|
|
expression where each element is a @code{set} expression that indicates
|
|
the saving of a function return value into the result block.
|
|
|
|
This instruction pattern should be defined to support
|
|
@code{__builtin_apply} on machines where special instructions are needed
|
|
to call a subroutine with arbitrary arguments or to save the value
|
|
returned. This instruction pattern is required on machines that have
|
|
multiple registers that can hold a return value (i.e.
|
|
@code{FUNCTION_VALUE_REGNO_P} is true for more than one register).
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{return} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{return}
|
|
Subroutine return instruction. This instruction pattern name should be
|
|
defined only if a single instruction can do all the work of returning
|
|
from a function.
|
|
|
|
Like the @samp{mov@var{m}} patterns, this pattern is also used after the
|
|
RTL generation phase. In this case it is to support machines where
|
|
multiple instructions are usually needed to return from a function, but
|
|
some class of functions only requires one instruction to implement a
|
|
return. Normally, the applicable functions are those which do not need
|
|
to save any registers or allocate stack space.
|
|
|
|
@findex reload_completed
|
|
@findex leaf_function_p
|
|
For such machines, the condition specified in this pattern should only
|
|
be true when @code{reload_completed} is non-zero and the function's
|
|
epilogue would only be a single instruction. For machines with register
|
|
windows, the routine @code{leaf_function_p} may be used to determine if
|
|
a register window push is required.
|
|
|
|
Machines that have conditional return instructions should define patterns
|
|
such as
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (pc)
|
|
(if_then_else (match_operator
|
|
0 "comparison_operator"
|
|
[(cc0) (const_int 0)])
|
|
(return)
|
|
(pc)))]
|
|
"@var{condition}"
|
|
"@dots{}")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
where @var{condition} would normally be the same condition specified on the
|
|
named @samp{return} pattern.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{untyped_return} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{untyped_return}
|
|
Untyped subroutine return instruction. This instruction pattern should
|
|
be defined to support @code{__builtin_return} on machines where special
|
|
instructions are needed to return a value of any type.
|
|
|
|
Operand 0 is a memory location where the result of calling a function
|
|
with @code{__builtin_apply} is stored; operand 1 is a @code{parallel}
|
|
expression where each element is a @code{set} expression that indicates
|
|
the restoring of a function return value from the result block.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{nop} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{nop}
|
|
No-op instruction. This instruction pattern name should always be defined
|
|
to output a no-op in assembler code. @code{(const_int 0)} will do as an
|
|
RTL pattern.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{indirect_jump} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{indirect_jump}
|
|
An instruction to jump to an address which is operand zero.
|
|
This pattern name is mandatory on all machines.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{casesi} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{casesi}
|
|
Instruction to jump through a dispatch table, including bounds checking.
|
|
This instruction takes five operands:
|
|
|
|
@enumerate
|
|
@item
|
|
The index to dispatch on, which has mode @code{SImode}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
The lower bound for indices in the table, an integer constant.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
The total range of indices in the table---the largest index
|
|
minus the smallest one (both inclusive).
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
A label that precedes the table itself.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
A label to jump to if the index has a value outside the bounds.
|
|
(If the machine-description macro @code{CASE_DROPS_THROUGH} is defined,
|
|
then an out-of-bounds index drops through to the code following
|
|
the jump table instead of jumping to this label. In that case,
|
|
this label is not actually used by the @samp{casesi} instruction,
|
|
but it is always provided as an operand.)
|
|
@end enumerate
|
|
|
|
The table is a @code{addr_vec} or @code{addr_diff_vec} inside of a
|
|
@code{jump_insn}. The number of elements in the table is one plus the
|
|
difference between the upper bound and the lower bound.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{tablejump} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{tablejump}
|
|
Instruction to jump to a variable address. This is a low-level
|
|
capability which can be used to implement a dispatch table when there
|
|
is no @samp{casesi} pattern.
|
|
|
|
This pattern requires two operands: the address or offset, and a label
|
|
which should immediately precede the jump table. If the macro
|
|
@code{CASE_VECTOR_PC_RELATIVE} is defined then the first operand is an
|
|
offset which counts from the address of the table; otherwise, it is an
|
|
absolute address to jump to. In either case, the first operand has
|
|
mode @code{Pmode}.
|
|
|
|
The @samp{tablejump} insn is always the last insn before the jump
|
|
table it uses. Its assembler code normally has no need to use the
|
|
second operand, but you should incorporate it in the RTL pattern so
|
|
that the jump optimizer will not delete the table as unreachable code.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{canonicalize_funcptr_for_compare} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{canonicalize_funcptr_for_compare}
|
|
Canonicalize the function pointer in operand 1 and store the result
|
|
into operand 0.
|
|
|
|
Operand 0 is always a @code{reg} and has mode @code{Pmode}; operand 1
|
|
may be a @code{reg}, @code{mem}, @code{symbol_ref}, @code{const_int}, etc
|
|
and also has mode @code{Pmode}.
|
|
|
|
Canonicalization of a function pointer usually involves computing
|
|
the address of the function which would be called if the function
|
|
pointer were used in an indirect call.
|
|
|
|
Only define this pattern if function pointers on the target machine
|
|
can have different values but still call the same function when
|
|
used in an indirect call.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{save_stack_block} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{save_stack_function} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{save_stack_nonlocal} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{restore_stack_block} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{restore_stack_function} instruction pattern
|
|
@cindex @code{restore_stack_nonlocal} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{save_stack_block}
|
|
@itemx @samp{save_stack_function}
|
|
@itemx @samp{save_stack_nonlocal}
|
|
@itemx @samp{restore_stack_block}
|
|
@itemx @samp{restore_stack_function}
|
|
@itemx @samp{restore_stack_nonlocal}
|
|
Most machines save and restore the stack pointer by copying it to or
|
|
from an object of mode @code{Pmode}. Do not define these patterns on
|
|
such machines.
|
|
|
|
Some machines require special handling for stack pointer saves and
|
|
restores. On those machines, define the patterns corresponding to the
|
|
non-standard cases by using a @code{define_expand} (@pxref{Expander
|
|
Definitions}) that produces the required insns. The three types of
|
|
saves and restores are:
|
|
|
|
@enumerate
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{save_stack_block} saves the stack pointer at the start of a block
|
|
that allocates a variable-sized object, and @samp{restore_stack_block}
|
|
restores the stack pointer when the block is exited.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{save_stack_function} and @samp{restore_stack_function} do a
|
|
similar job for the outermost block of a function and are used when the
|
|
function allocates variable-sized objects or calls @code{alloca}. Only
|
|
the epilogue uses the restored stack pointer, allowing a simpler save or
|
|
restore sequence on some machines.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@samp{save_stack_nonlocal} is used in functions that contain labels
|
|
branched to by nested functions. It saves the stack pointer in such a
|
|
way that the inner function can use @samp{restore_stack_nonlocal} to
|
|
restore the stack pointer. The compiler generates code to restore the
|
|
frame and argument pointer registers, but some machines require saving
|
|
and restoring additional data such as register window information or
|
|
stack backchains. Place insns in these patterns to save and restore any
|
|
such required data.
|
|
@end enumerate
|
|
|
|
When saving the stack pointer, operand 0 is the save area and operand 1
|
|
is the stack pointer. The mode used to allocate the save area is the
|
|
mode of operand 0. You must specify an integral mode, or
|
|
@code{VOIDmode} if no save area is needed for a particular type of save
|
|
(either because no save is needed or because a machine-specific save
|
|
area can be used). Operand 0 is the stack pointer and operand 1 is the
|
|
save area for restore operations. If @samp{save_stack_block} is
|
|
defined, operand 0 must not be @code{VOIDmode} since these saves can be
|
|
arbitrarily nested.
|
|
|
|
A save area is a @code{mem} that is at a constant offset from
|
|
@code{virtual_stack_vars_rtx} when the stack pointer is saved for use by
|
|
nonlocal gotos and a @code{reg} in the other two cases.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{allocate_stack} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{allocate_stack}
|
|
Subtract (or add if @code{STACK_GROWS_DOWNWARD} is undefined) operand 0 from
|
|
the stack pointer to create space for dynamically allocated data.
|
|
|
|
Do not define this pattern if all that must be done is the subtraction.
|
|
Some machines require other operations such as stack probes or
|
|
maintaining the back chain. Define this pattern to emit those
|
|
operations in addition to updating the stack pointer.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{probe} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{probe}
|
|
Some machines require instructions to be executed after space is
|
|
allocated from the stack, for example to generate a reference at
|
|
the bottom of the stack.
|
|
|
|
If you need to emit instructions before the stack has been adjusted,
|
|
put them into the @samp{allocate_stack} pattern. Otherwise, define
|
|
this pattern to emit the required instructions.
|
|
|
|
No operands are provided.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{check_stack} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{check_stack}
|
|
If stack checking cannot be done on your system by probing the stack with
|
|
a load or store instruction (@pxref{Stack Checking}), define this pattern
|
|
to perform the needed check and signaling an error if the stack
|
|
has overflowed. The single operand is the location in the stack furthest
|
|
from the current stack pointer that you need to validate. Normally,
|
|
on machines where this pattern is needed, you would obtain the stack
|
|
limit from a global or thread-specific variable or register.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{nonlocal_goto} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{nonlocal_goto}
|
|
Emit code to generate a non-local goto, e.g., a jump from one function
|
|
to a label in an outer function. This pattern has four arguments,
|
|
each representing a value to be used in the jump. The first
|
|
argument is to be loadedd into the frame pointer, the second is
|
|
the address to branch to (code to dispatch to the actual label),
|
|
the third is the address of a location where the stack is saved,
|
|
and the last is the address of the label, to be placed in the
|
|
location for the incoming static chain.
|
|
|
|
On most machines you need not define this pattern, since GNU CC will
|
|
already generate the correct code, which is to load the frame pointer
|
|
and static chain, restore the stack (using the
|
|
@samp{restore_stack_nonlocal} pattern, if defined), and jump indirectly
|
|
to the dispatcher. You need only define this pattern if this code will
|
|
not work on your machine.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{nonlocal_goto_receiver} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{nonlocal_goto_receiver}
|
|
This pattern, if defined, contains code needed at the target of a
|
|
nonlocal goto after the code already generated by GNU CC. You will not
|
|
normally need to define this pattern. A typical reason why you might
|
|
need this pattern is if some value, such as a pointer to a global table,
|
|
must be restored when the frame pointer is restored. There are no
|
|
arguments.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{exception_receiver} instruction pattern
|
|
@item @samp{exception_receiver}
|
|
This pattern, if defined, contains code needed at the site of an
|
|
exception handler that isn't needed at the site of a nonlocal goto. You
|
|
will not normally need to define this pattern. A typical reason why you
|
|
might need this pattern is if some value, such as a pointer to a global
|
|
table, must be restored after control flow is branched to the handler of
|
|
an exception. There are no arguments.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Pattern Ordering
|
|
@section When the Order of Patterns Matters
|
|
@cindex Pattern Ordering
|
|
@cindex Ordering of Patterns
|
|
|
|
Sometimes an insn can match more than one instruction pattern. Then the
|
|
pattern that appears first in the machine description is the one used.
|
|
Therefore, more specific patterns (patterns that will match fewer things)
|
|
and faster instructions (those that will produce better code when they
|
|
do match) should usually go first in the description.
|
|
|
|
In some cases the effect of ordering the patterns can be used to hide
|
|
a pattern when it is not valid. For example, the 68000 has an
|
|
instruction for converting a fullword to floating point and another
|
|
for converting a byte to floating point. An instruction converting
|
|
an integer to floating point could match either one. We put the
|
|
pattern to convert the fullword first to make sure that one will
|
|
be used rather than the other. (Otherwise a large integer might
|
|
be generated as a single-byte immediate quantity, which would not work.)
|
|
Instead of using this pattern ordering it would be possible to make the
|
|
pattern for convert-a-byte smart enough to deal properly with any
|
|
constant value.
|
|
|
|
@node Dependent Patterns
|
|
@section Interdependence of Patterns
|
|
@cindex Dependent Patterns
|
|
@cindex Interdependence of Patterns
|
|
|
|
Every machine description must have a named pattern for each of the
|
|
conditional branch names @samp{b@var{cond}}. The recognition template
|
|
must always have the form
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(set (pc)
|
|
(if_then_else (@var{cond} (cc0) (const_int 0))
|
|
(label_ref (match_operand 0 "" ""))
|
|
(pc)))
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
In addition, every machine description must have an anonymous pattern
|
|
for each of the possible reverse-conditional branches. Their templates
|
|
look like
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(set (pc)
|
|
(if_then_else (@var{cond} (cc0) (const_int 0))
|
|
(pc)
|
|
(label_ref (match_operand 0 "" ""))))
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
They are necessary because jump optimization can turn direct-conditional
|
|
branches into reverse-conditional branches.
|
|
|
|
It is often convenient to use the @code{match_operator} construct to
|
|
reduce the number of patterns that must be specified for branches. For
|
|
example,
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (pc)
|
|
(if_then_else (match_operator 0 "comparison_operator"
|
|
[(cc0) (const_int 0)])
|
|
(pc)
|
|
(label_ref (match_operand 1 "" ""))))]
|
|
"@var{condition}"
|
|
"@dots{}")
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
In some cases machines support instructions identical except for the
|
|
machine mode of one or more operands. For example, there may be
|
|
``sign-extend halfword'' and ``sign-extend byte'' instructions whose
|
|
patterns are
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(set (match_operand:SI 0 @dots{})
|
|
(extend:SI (match_operand:HI 1 @dots{})))
|
|
|
|
(set (match_operand:SI 0 @dots{})
|
|
(extend:SI (match_operand:QI 1 @dots{})))
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Constant integers do not specify a machine mode, so an instruction to
|
|
extend a constant value could match either pattern. The pattern it
|
|
actually will match is the one that appears first in the file. For correct
|
|
results, this must be the one for the widest possible mode (@code{HImode},
|
|
here). If the pattern matches the @code{QImode} instruction, the results
|
|
will be incorrect if the constant value does not actually fit that mode.
|
|
|
|
Such instructions to extend constants are rarely generated because they are
|
|
optimized away, but they do occasionally happen in nonoptimized
|
|
compilations.
|
|
|
|
If a constraint in a pattern allows a constant, the reload pass may
|
|
replace a register with a constant permitted by the constraint in some
|
|
cases. Similarly for memory references. Because of this substitution,
|
|
you should not provide separate patterns for increment and decrement
|
|
instructions. Instead, they should be generated from the same pattern
|
|
that supports register-register add insns by examining the operands and
|
|
generating the appropriate machine instruction.
|
|
|
|
@node Jump Patterns
|
|
@section Defining Jump Instruction Patterns
|
|
@cindex jump instruction patterns
|
|
@cindex defining jump instruction patterns
|
|
|
|
For most machines, GNU CC assumes that the machine has a condition code.
|
|
A comparison insn sets the condition code, recording the results of both
|
|
signed and unsigned comparison of the given operands. A separate branch
|
|
insn tests the condition code and branches or not according its value.
|
|
The branch insns come in distinct signed and unsigned flavors. Many
|
|
common machines, such as the Vax, the 68000 and the 32000, work this
|
|
way.
|
|
|
|
Some machines have distinct signed and unsigned compare instructions, and
|
|
only one set of conditional branch instructions. The easiest way to handle
|
|
these machines is to treat them just like the others until the final stage
|
|
where assembly code is written. At this time, when outputting code for the
|
|
compare instruction, peek ahead at the following branch using
|
|
@code{next_cc0_user (insn)}. (The variable @code{insn} refers to the insn
|
|
being output, in the output-writing code in an instruction pattern.) If
|
|
the RTL says that is an unsigned branch, output an unsigned compare;
|
|
otherwise output a signed compare. When the branch itself is output, you
|
|
can treat signed and unsigned branches identically.
|
|
|
|
The reason you can do this is that GNU CC always generates a pair of
|
|
consecutive RTL insns, possibly separated by @code{note} insns, one to
|
|
set the condition code and one to test it, and keeps the pair inviolate
|
|
until the end.
|
|
|
|
To go with this technique, you must define the machine-description macro
|
|
@code{NOTICE_UPDATE_CC} to do @code{CC_STATUS_INIT}; in other words, no
|
|
compare instruction is superfluous.
|
|
|
|
Some machines have compare-and-branch instructions and no condition code.
|
|
A similar technique works for them. When it is time to ``output'' a
|
|
compare instruction, record its operands in two static variables. When
|
|
outputting the branch-on-condition-code instruction that follows, actually
|
|
output a compare-and-branch instruction that uses the remembered operands.
|
|
|
|
It also works to define patterns for compare-and-branch instructions.
|
|
In optimizing compilation, the pair of compare and branch instructions
|
|
will be combined according to these patterns. But this does not happen
|
|
if optimization is not requested. So you must use one of the solutions
|
|
above in addition to any special patterns you define.
|
|
|
|
In many RISC machines, most instructions do not affect the condition
|
|
code and there may not even be a separate condition code register. On
|
|
these machines, the restriction that the definition and use of the
|
|
condition code be adjacent insns is not necessary and can prevent
|
|
important optimizations. For example, on the IBM RS/6000, there is a
|
|
delay for taken branches unless the condition code register is set three
|
|
instructions earlier than the conditional branch. The instruction
|
|
scheduler cannot perform this optimization if it is not permitted to
|
|
separate the definition and use of the condition code register.
|
|
|
|
On these machines, do not use @code{(cc0)}, but instead use a register
|
|
to represent the condition code. If there is a specific condition code
|
|
register in the machine, use a hard register. If the condition code or
|
|
comparison result can be placed in any general register, or if there are
|
|
multiple condition registers, use a pseudo register.
|
|
|
|
@findex prev_cc0_setter
|
|
@findex next_cc0_user
|
|
On some machines, the type of branch instruction generated may depend on
|
|
the way the condition code was produced; for example, on the 68k and
|
|
Sparc, setting the condition code directly from an add or subtract
|
|
instruction does not clear the overflow bit the way that a test
|
|
instruction does, so a different branch instruction must be used for
|
|
some conditional branches. For machines that use @code{(cc0)}, the set
|
|
and use of the condition code must be adjacent (separated only by
|
|
@code{note} insns) allowing flags in @code{cc_status} to be used.
|
|
(@xref{Condition Code}.) Also, the comparison and branch insns can be
|
|
located from each other by using the functions @code{prev_cc0_setter}
|
|
and @code{next_cc0_user}.
|
|
|
|
However, this is not true on machines that do not use @code{(cc0)}. On
|
|
those machines, no assumptions can be made about the adjacency of the
|
|
compare and branch insns and the above methods cannot be used. Instead,
|
|
we use the machine mode of the condition code register to record
|
|
different formats of the condition code register.
|
|
|
|
Registers used to store the condition code value should have a mode that
|
|
is in class @code{MODE_CC}. Normally, it will be @code{CCmode}. If
|
|
additional modes are required (as for the add example mentioned above in
|
|
the Sparc), define the macro @code{EXTRA_CC_MODES} to list the
|
|
additional modes required (@pxref{Condition Code}). Also define
|
|
@code{EXTRA_CC_NAMES} to list the names of those modes and
|
|
@code{SELECT_CC_MODE} to choose a mode given an operand of a compare.
|
|
|
|
If it is known during RTL generation that a different mode will be
|
|
required (for example, if the machine has separate compare instructions
|
|
for signed and unsigned quantities, like most IBM processors), they can
|
|
be specified at that time.
|
|
|
|
If the cases that require different modes would be made by instruction
|
|
combination, the macro @code{SELECT_CC_MODE} determines which machine
|
|
mode should be used for the comparison result. The patterns should be
|
|
written using that mode. To support the case of the add on the Sparc
|
|
discussed above, we have the pattern
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (reg:CC_NOOV 0)
|
|
(compare:CC_NOOV
|
|
(plus:SI (match_operand:SI 0 "register_operand" "%r")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 1 "arith_operand" "rI"))
|
|
(const_int 0)))]
|
|
""
|
|
"@dots{}")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
The @code{SELECT_CC_MODE} macro on the Sparc returns @code{CC_NOOVmode}
|
|
for comparisons whose argument is a @code{plus}.
|
|
|
|
@node Insn Canonicalizations
|
|
@section Canonicalization of Instructions
|
|
@cindex canonicalization of instructions
|
|
@cindex insn canonicalization
|
|
|
|
There are often cases where multiple RTL expressions could represent an
|
|
operation performed by a single machine instruction. This situation is
|
|
most commonly encountered with logical, branch, and multiply-accumulate
|
|
instructions. In such cases, the compiler attempts to convert these
|
|
multiple RTL expressions into a single canonical form to reduce the
|
|
number of insn patterns required.
|
|
|
|
In addition to algebraic simplifications, following canonicalizations
|
|
are performed:
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
For commutative and comparison operators, a constant is always made the
|
|
second operand. If a machine only supports a constant as the second
|
|
operand, only patterns that match a constant in the second operand need
|
|
be supplied.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{neg}, canonicalization of
|
|
@cindex @code{not}, canonicalization of
|
|
@cindex @code{mult}, canonicalization of
|
|
@cindex @code{plus}, canonicalization of
|
|
@cindex @code{minus}, canonicalization of
|
|
For these operators, if only one operand is a @code{neg}, @code{not},
|
|
@code{mult}, @code{plus}, or @code{minus} expression, it will be the
|
|
first operand.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{compare}, canonicalization of
|
|
@item
|
|
For the @code{compare} operator, a constant is always the second operand
|
|
on machines where @code{cc0} is used (@pxref{Jump Patterns}). On other
|
|
machines, there are rare cases where the compiler might want to construct
|
|
a @code{compare} with a constant as the first operand. However, these
|
|
cases are not common enough for it to be worthwhile to provide a pattern
|
|
matching a constant as the first operand unless the machine actually has
|
|
such an instruction.
|
|
|
|
An operand of @code{neg}, @code{not}, @code{mult}, @code{plus}, or
|
|
@code{minus} is made the first operand under the same conditions as
|
|
above.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
@code{(minus @var{x} (const_int @var{n}))} is converted to
|
|
@code{(plus @var{x} (const_int @var{-n}))}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
Within address computations (i.e., inside @code{mem}), a left shift is
|
|
converted into the appropriate multiplication by a power of two.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{ior}, canonicalization of
|
|
@cindex @code{and}, canonicalization of
|
|
@cindex De Morgan's law
|
|
@item
|
|
De`Morgan's Law is used to move bitwise negation inside a bitwise
|
|
logical-and or logical-or operation. If this results in only one
|
|
operand being a @code{not} expression, it will be the first one.
|
|
|
|
A machine that has an instruction that performs a bitwise logical-and of one
|
|
operand with the bitwise negation of the other should specify the pattern
|
|
for that instruction as
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (match_operand:@var{m} 0 @dots{})
|
|
(and:@var{m} (not:@var{m} (match_operand:@var{m} 1 @dots{}))
|
|
(match_operand:@var{m} 2 @dots{})))]
|
|
"@dots{}"
|
|
"@dots{}")
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Similarly, a pattern for a ``NAND'' instruction should be written
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (match_operand:@var{m} 0 @dots{})
|
|
(ior:@var{m} (not:@var{m} (match_operand:@var{m} 1 @dots{}))
|
|
(not:@var{m} (match_operand:@var{m} 2 @dots{}))))]
|
|
"@dots{}"
|
|
"@dots{}")
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
In both cases, it is not necessary to include patterns for the many
|
|
logically equivalent RTL expressions.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{xor}, canonicalization of
|
|
@item
|
|
The only possible RTL expressions involving both bitwise exclusive-or
|
|
and bitwise negation are @code{(xor:@var{m} @var{x} @var{y})}
|
|
and @code{(not:@var{m} (xor:@var{m} @var{x} @var{y}))}.@refill
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
The sum of three items, one of which is a constant, will only appear in
|
|
the form
|
|
|
|
@example
|
|
(plus:@var{m} (plus:@var{m} @var{x} @var{y}) @var{constant})
|
|
@end example
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
On machines that do not use @code{cc0},
|
|
@code{(compare @var{x} (const_int 0))} will be converted to
|
|
@var{x}.@refill
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{zero_extract}, canonicalization of
|
|
@cindex @code{sign_extract}, canonicalization of
|
|
@item
|
|
Equality comparisons of a group of bits (usually a single bit) with zero
|
|
will be written using @code{zero_extract} rather than the equivalent
|
|
@code{and} or @code{sign_extract} operations.
|
|
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
@node Peephole Definitions
|
|
@section Machine-Specific Peephole Optimizers
|
|
@cindex peephole optimizer definitions
|
|
@cindex defining peephole optimizers
|
|
|
|
In addition to instruction patterns the @file{md} file may contain
|
|
definitions of machine-specific peephole optimizations.
|
|
|
|
The combiner does not notice certain peephole optimizations when the data
|
|
flow in the program does not suggest that it should try them. For example,
|
|
sometimes two consecutive insns related in purpose can be combined even
|
|
though the second one does not appear to use a register computed in the
|
|
first one. A machine-specific peephole optimizer can detect such
|
|
opportunities.
|
|
|
|
@need 1000
|
|
A definition looks like this:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_peephole
|
|
[@var{insn-pattern-1}
|
|
@var{insn-pattern-2}
|
|
@dots{}]
|
|
"@var{condition}"
|
|
"@var{template}"
|
|
"@var{optional insn-attributes}")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
The last string operand may be omitted if you are not using any
|
|
machine-specific information in this machine description. If present,
|
|
it must obey the same rules as in a @code{define_insn}.
|
|
|
|
In this skeleton, @var{insn-pattern-1} and so on are patterns to match
|
|
consecutive insns. The optimization applies to a sequence of insns when
|
|
@var{insn-pattern-1} matches the first one, @var{insn-pattern-2} matches
|
|
the next, and so on.@refill
|
|
|
|
Each of the insns matched by a peephole must also match a
|
|
@code{define_insn}. Peepholes are checked only at the last stage just
|
|
before code generation, and only optionally. Therefore, any insn which
|
|
would match a peephole but no @code{define_insn} will cause a crash in code
|
|
generation in an unoptimized compilation, or at various optimization
|
|
stages.
|
|
|
|
The operands of the insns are matched with @code{match_operands},
|
|
@code{match_operator}, and @code{match_dup}, as usual. What is not
|
|
usual is that the operand numbers apply to all the insn patterns in the
|
|
definition. So, you can check for identical operands in two insns by
|
|
using @code{match_operand} in one insn and @code{match_dup} in the
|
|
other.
|
|
|
|
The operand constraints used in @code{match_operand} patterns do not have
|
|
any direct effect on the applicability of the peephole, but they will
|
|
be validated afterward, so make sure your constraints are general enough
|
|
to apply whenever the peephole matches. If the peephole matches
|
|
but the constraints are not satisfied, the compiler will crash.
|
|
|
|
It is safe to omit constraints in all the operands of the peephole; or
|
|
you can write constraints which serve as a double-check on the criteria
|
|
previously tested.
|
|
|
|
Once a sequence of insns matches the patterns, the @var{condition} is
|
|
checked. This is a C expression which makes the final decision whether to
|
|
perform the optimization (we do so if the expression is nonzero). If
|
|
@var{condition} is omitted (in other words, the string is empty) then the
|
|
optimization is applied to every sequence of insns that matches the
|
|
patterns.
|
|
|
|
The defined peephole optimizations are applied after register allocation
|
|
is complete. Therefore, the peephole definition can check which
|
|
operands have ended up in which kinds of registers, just by looking at
|
|
the operands.
|
|
|
|
@findex prev_active_insn
|
|
The way to refer to the operands in @var{condition} is to write
|
|
@code{operands[@var{i}]} for operand number @var{i} (as matched by
|
|
@code{(match_operand @var{i} @dots{})}). Use the variable @code{insn}
|
|
to refer to the last of the insns being matched; use
|
|
@code{prev_active_insn} to find the preceding insns.
|
|
|
|
@findex dead_or_set_p
|
|
When optimizing computations with intermediate results, you can use
|
|
@var{condition} to match only when the intermediate results are not used
|
|
elsewhere. Use the C expression @code{dead_or_set_p (@var{insn},
|
|
@var{op})}, where @var{insn} is the insn in which you expect the value
|
|
to be used for the last time (from the value of @code{insn}, together
|
|
with use of @code{prev_nonnote_insn}), and @var{op} is the intermediate
|
|
value (from @code{operands[@var{i}]}).@refill
|
|
|
|
Applying the optimization means replacing the sequence of insns with one
|
|
new insn. The @var{template} controls ultimate output of assembler code
|
|
for this combined insn. It works exactly like the template of a
|
|
@code{define_insn}. Operand numbers in this template are the same ones
|
|
used in matching the original sequence of insns.
|
|
|
|
The result of a defined peephole optimizer does not need to match any of
|
|
the insn patterns in the machine description; it does not even have an
|
|
opportunity to match them. The peephole optimizer definition itself serves
|
|
as the insn pattern to control how the insn is output.
|
|
|
|
Defined peephole optimizers are run as assembler code is being output,
|
|
so the insns they produce are never combined or rearranged in any way.
|
|
|
|
Here is an example, taken from the 68000 machine description:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_peephole
|
|
[(set (reg:SI 15) (plus:SI (reg:SI 15) (const_int 4)))
|
|
(set (match_operand:DF 0 "register_operand" "=f")
|
|
(match_operand:DF 1 "register_operand" "ad"))]
|
|
"FP_REG_P (operands[0]) && ! FP_REG_P (operands[1])"
|
|
"*
|
|
@{
|
|
rtx xoperands[2];
|
|
xoperands[1] = gen_rtx (REG, SImode, REGNO (operands[1]) + 1);
|
|
#ifdef MOTOROLA
|
|
output_asm_insn (\"move.l %1,(sp)\", xoperands);
|
|
output_asm_insn (\"move.l %1,-(sp)\", operands);
|
|
return \"fmove.d (sp)+,%0\";
|
|
#else
|
|
output_asm_insn (\"movel %1,sp@@\", xoperands);
|
|
output_asm_insn (\"movel %1,sp@@-\", operands);
|
|
return \"fmoved sp@@+,%0\";
|
|
#endif
|
|
@}
|
|
")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@need 1000
|
|
The effect of this optimization is to change
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@group
|
|
jbsr _foobar
|
|
addql #4,sp
|
|
movel d1,sp@@-
|
|
movel d0,sp@@-
|
|
fmoved sp@@+,fp0
|
|
@end group
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
into
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@group
|
|
jbsr _foobar
|
|
movel d1,sp@@
|
|
movel d0,sp@@-
|
|
fmoved sp@@+,fp0
|
|
@end group
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@ignore
|
|
@findex CC_REVERSED
|
|
If a peephole matches a sequence including one or more jump insns, you must
|
|
take account of the flags such as @code{CC_REVERSED} which specify that the
|
|
condition codes are represented in an unusual manner. The compiler
|
|
automatically alters any ordinary conditional jumps which occur in such
|
|
situations, but the compiler cannot alter jumps which have been replaced by
|
|
peephole optimizations. So it is up to you to alter the assembler code
|
|
that the peephole produces. Supply C code to write the assembler output,
|
|
and in this C code check the condition code status flags and change the
|
|
assembler code as appropriate.
|
|
@end ignore
|
|
|
|
@var{insn-pattern-1} and so on look @emph{almost} like the second
|
|
operand of @code{define_insn}. There is one important difference: the
|
|
second operand of @code{define_insn} consists of one or more RTX's
|
|
enclosed in square brackets. Usually, there is only one: then the same
|
|
action can be written as an element of a @code{define_peephole}. But
|
|
when there are multiple actions in a @code{define_insn}, they are
|
|
implicitly enclosed in a @code{parallel}. Then you must explicitly
|
|
write the @code{parallel}, and the square brackets within it, in the
|
|
@code{define_peephole}. Thus, if an insn pattern looks like this,
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn "divmodsi4"
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=d")
|
|
(div:SI (match_operand:SI 1 "general_operand" "0")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 2 "general_operand" "dmsK")))
|
|
(set (match_operand:SI 3 "general_operand" "=d")
|
|
(mod:SI (match_dup 1) (match_dup 2)))]
|
|
"TARGET_68020"
|
|
"divsl%.l %2,%3:%0")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
then the way to mention this insn in a peephole is as follows:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_peephole
|
|
[@dots{}
|
|
(parallel
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=d")
|
|
(div:SI (match_operand:SI 1 "general_operand" "0")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 2 "general_operand" "dmsK")))
|
|
(set (match_operand:SI 3 "general_operand" "=d")
|
|
(mod:SI (match_dup 1) (match_dup 2)))])
|
|
@dots{}]
|
|
@dots{})
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@node Expander Definitions
|
|
@section Defining RTL Sequences for Code Generation
|
|
@cindex expander definitions
|
|
@cindex code generation RTL sequences
|
|
@cindex defining RTL sequences for code generation
|
|
|
|
On some target machines, some standard pattern names for RTL generation
|
|
cannot be handled with single insn, but a sequence of RTL insns can
|
|
represent them. For these target machines, you can write a
|
|
@code{define_expand} to specify how to generate the sequence of RTL.
|
|
|
|
@findex define_expand
|
|
A @code{define_expand} is an RTL expression that looks almost like a
|
|
@code{define_insn}; but, unlike the latter, a @code{define_expand} is used
|
|
only for RTL generation and it can produce more than one RTL insn.
|
|
|
|
A @code{define_expand} RTX has four operands:
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
The name. Each @code{define_expand} must have a name, since the only
|
|
use for it is to refer to it by name.
|
|
|
|
@findex define_peephole
|
|
@item
|
|
The RTL template. This is just like the RTL template for a
|
|
@code{define_peephole} in that it is a vector of RTL expressions
|
|
each being one insn.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
The condition, a string containing a C expression. This expression is
|
|
used to express how the availability of this pattern depends on
|
|
subclasses of target machine, selected by command-line options when GNU
|
|
CC is run. This is just like the condition of a @code{define_insn} that
|
|
has a standard name. Therefore, the condition (if present) may not
|
|
depend on the data in the insn being matched, but only the
|
|
target-machine-type flags. The compiler needs to test these conditions
|
|
during initialization in order to learn exactly which named instructions
|
|
are available in a particular run.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
The preparation statements, a string containing zero or more C
|
|
statements which are to be executed before RTL code is generated from
|
|
the RTL template.
|
|
|
|
Usually these statements prepare temporary registers for use as
|
|
internal operands in the RTL template, but they can also generate RTL
|
|
insns directly by calling routines such as @code{emit_insn}, etc.
|
|
Any such insns precede the ones that come from the RTL template.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
Every RTL insn emitted by a @code{define_expand} must match some
|
|
@code{define_insn} in the machine description. Otherwise, the compiler
|
|
will crash when trying to generate code for the insn or trying to optimize
|
|
it.
|
|
|
|
The RTL template, in addition to controlling generation of RTL insns,
|
|
also describes the operands that need to be specified when this pattern
|
|
is used. In particular, it gives a predicate for each operand.
|
|
|
|
A true operand, which needs to be specified in order to generate RTL from
|
|
the pattern, should be described with a @code{match_operand} in its first
|
|
occurrence in the RTL template. This enters information on the operand's
|
|
predicate into the tables that record such things. GNU CC uses the
|
|
information to preload the operand into a register if that is required for
|
|
valid RTL code. If the operand is referred to more than once, subsequent
|
|
references should use @code{match_dup}.
|
|
|
|
The RTL template may also refer to internal ``operands'' which are
|
|
temporary registers or labels used only within the sequence made by the
|
|
@code{define_expand}. Internal operands are substituted into the RTL
|
|
template with @code{match_dup}, never with @code{match_operand}. The
|
|
values of the internal operands are not passed in as arguments by the
|
|
compiler when it requests use of this pattern. Instead, they are computed
|
|
within the pattern, in the preparation statements. These statements
|
|
compute the values and store them into the appropriate elements of
|
|
@code{operands} so that @code{match_dup} can find them.
|
|
|
|
There are two special macros defined for use in the preparation statements:
|
|
@code{DONE} and @code{FAIL}. Use them with a following semicolon,
|
|
as a statement.
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
|
|
@findex DONE
|
|
@item DONE
|
|
Use the @code{DONE} macro to end RTL generation for the pattern. The
|
|
only RTL insns resulting from the pattern on this occasion will be
|
|
those already emitted by explicit calls to @code{emit_insn} within the
|
|
preparation statements; the RTL template will not be generated.
|
|
|
|
@findex FAIL
|
|
@item FAIL
|
|
Make the pattern fail on this occasion. When a pattern fails, it means
|
|
that the pattern was not truly available. The calling routines in the
|
|
compiler will try other strategies for code generation using other patterns.
|
|
|
|
Failure is currently supported only for binary (addition, multiplication,
|
|
shifting, etc.) and bitfield (@code{extv}, @code{extzv}, and @code{insv})
|
|
operations.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
Here is an example, the definition of left-shift for the SPUR chip:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@group
|
|
(define_expand "ashlsi3"
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "register_operand" "")
|
|
(ashift:SI
|
|
@end group
|
|
@group
|
|
(match_operand:SI 1 "register_operand" "")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 2 "nonmemory_operand" "")))]
|
|
""
|
|
"
|
|
@end group
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
@group
|
|
@{
|
|
if (GET_CODE (operands[2]) != CONST_INT
|
|
|| (unsigned) INTVAL (operands[2]) > 3)
|
|
FAIL;
|
|
@}")
|
|
@end group
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
This example uses @code{define_expand} so that it can generate an RTL insn
|
|
for shifting when the shift-count is in the supported range of 0 to 3 but
|
|
fail in other cases where machine insns aren't available. When it fails,
|
|
the compiler tries another strategy using different patterns (such as, a
|
|
library call).
|
|
|
|
If the compiler were able to handle nontrivial condition-strings in
|
|
patterns with names, then it would be possible to use a
|
|
@code{define_insn} in that case. Here is another case (zero-extension
|
|
on the 68000) which makes more use of the power of @code{define_expand}:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_expand "zero_extendhisi2"
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "")
|
|
(const_int 0))
|
|
(set (strict_low_part
|
|
(subreg:HI
|
|
(match_dup 0)
|
|
0))
|
|
(match_operand:HI 1 "general_operand" ""))]
|
|
""
|
|
"operands[1] = make_safe_from (operands[1], operands[0]);")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@findex make_safe_from
|
|
Here two RTL insns are generated, one to clear the entire output operand
|
|
and the other to copy the input operand into its low half. This sequence
|
|
is incorrect if the input operand refers to [the old value of] the output
|
|
operand, so the preparation statement makes sure this isn't so. The
|
|
function @code{make_safe_from} copies the @code{operands[1]} into a
|
|
temporary register if it refers to @code{operands[0]}. It does this
|
|
by emitting another RTL insn.
|
|
|
|
Finally, a third example shows the use of an internal operand.
|
|
Zero-extension on the SPUR chip is done by @code{and}-ing the result
|
|
against a halfword mask. But this mask cannot be represented by a
|
|
@code{const_int} because the constant value is too large to be legitimate
|
|
on this machine. So it must be copied into a register with
|
|
@code{force_reg} and then the register used in the @code{and}.
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_expand "zero_extendhisi2"
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "register_operand" "")
|
|
(and:SI (subreg:SI
|
|
(match_operand:HI 1 "register_operand" "")
|
|
0)
|
|
(match_dup 2)))]
|
|
""
|
|
"operands[2]
|
|
= force_reg (SImode, gen_rtx (CONST_INT,
|
|
VOIDmode, 65535)); ")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@strong{Note:} If the @code{define_expand} is used to serve a
|
|
standard binary or unary arithmetic operation or a bitfield operation,
|
|
then the last insn it generates must not be a @code{code_label},
|
|
@code{barrier} or @code{note}. It must be an @code{insn},
|
|
@code{jump_insn} or @code{call_insn}. If you don't need a real insn
|
|
at the end, emit an insn to copy the result of the operation into
|
|
itself. Such an insn will generate no code, but it can avoid problems
|
|
in the compiler.@refill
|
|
|
|
@node Insn Splitting
|
|
@section Defining How to Split Instructions
|
|
@cindex insn splitting
|
|
@cindex instruction splitting
|
|
@cindex splitting instructions
|
|
|
|
There are two cases where you should specify how to split a pattern into
|
|
multiple insns. On machines that have instructions requiring delay
|
|
slots (@pxref{Delay Slots}) or that have instructions whose output is
|
|
not available for multiple cycles (@pxref{Function Units}), the compiler
|
|
phases that optimize these cases need to be able to move insns into
|
|
one-instruction delay slots. However, some insns may generate more than one
|
|
machine instruction. These insns cannot be placed into a delay slot.
|
|
|
|
Often you can rewrite the single insn as a list of individual insns,
|
|
each corresponding to one machine instruction. The disadvantage of
|
|
doing so is that it will cause the compilation to be slower and require
|
|
more space. If the resulting insns are too complex, it may also
|
|
suppress some optimizations. The compiler splits the insn if there is a
|
|
reason to believe that it might improve instruction or delay slot
|
|
scheduling.
|
|
|
|
The insn combiner phase also splits putative insns. If three insns are
|
|
merged into one insn with a complex expression that cannot be matched by
|
|
some @code{define_insn} pattern, the combiner phase attempts to split
|
|
the complex pattern into two insns that are recognized. Usually it can
|
|
break the complex pattern into two patterns by splitting out some
|
|
subexpression. However, in some other cases, such as performing an
|
|
addition of a large constant in two insns on a RISC machine, the way to
|
|
split the addition into two insns is machine-dependent.
|
|
|
|
@cindex define_split
|
|
The @code{define_split} definition tells the compiler how to split a
|
|
complex insn into several simpler insns. It looks like this:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_split
|
|
[@var{insn-pattern}]
|
|
"@var{condition}"
|
|
[@var{new-insn-pattern-1}
|
|
@var{new-insn-pattern-2}
|
|
@dots{}]
|
|
"@var{preparation statements}")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@var{insn-pattern} is a pattern that needs to be split and
|
|
@var{condition} is the final condition to be tested, as in a
|
|
@code{define_insn}. When an insn matching @var{insn-pattern} and
|
|
satisfying @var{condition} is found, it is replaced in the insn list
|
|
with the insns given by @var{new-insn-pattern-1},
|
|
@var{new-insn-pattern-2}, etc.
|
|
|
|
The @var{preparation statements} are similar to those statements that
|
|
are specified for @code{define_expand} (@pxref{Expander Definitions})
|
|
and are executed before the new RTL is generated to prepare for the
|
|
generated code or emit some insns whose pattern is not fixed. Unlike
|
|
those in @code{define_expand}, however, these statements must not
|
|
generate any new pseudo-registers. Once reload has completed, they also
|
|
must not allocate any space in the stack frame.
|
|
|
|
Patterns are matched against @var{insn-pattern} in two different
|
|
circumstances. If an insn needs to be split for delay slot scheduling
|
|
or insn scheduling, the insn is already known to be valid, which means
|
|
that it must have been matched by some @code{define_insn} and, if
|
|
@code{reload_completed} is non-zero, is known to satisfy the constraints
|
|
of that @code{define_insn}. In that case, the new insn patterns must
|
|
also be insns that are matched by some @code{define_insn} and, if
|
|
@code{reload_completed} is non-zero, must also satisfy the constraints
|
|
of those definitions.
|
|
|
|
As an example of this usage of @code{define_split}, consider the following
|
|
example from @file{a29k.md}, which splits a @code{sign_extend} from
|
|
@code{HImode} to @code{SImode} into a pair of shift insns:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_split
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "gen_reg_operand" "")
|
|
(sign_extend:SI (match_operand:HI 1 "gen_reg_operand" "")))]
|
|
""
|
|
[(set (match_dup 0)
|
|
(ashift:SI (match_dup 1)
|
|
(const_int 16)))
|
|
(set (match_dup 0)
|
|
(ashiftrt:SI (match_dup 0)
|
|
(const_int 16)))]
|
|
"
|
|
@{ operands[1] = gen_lowpart (SImode, operands[1]); @}")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
When the combiner phase tries to split an insn pattern, it is always the
|
|
case that the pattern is @emph{not} matched by any @code{define_insn}.
|
|
The combiner pass first tries to split a single @code{set} expression
|
|
and then the same @code{set} expression inside a @code{parallel}, but
|
|
followed by a @code{clobber} of a pseudo-reg to use as a scratch
|
|
register. In these cases, the combiner expects exactly two new insn
|
|
patterns to be generated. It will verify that these patterns match some
|
|
@code{define_insn} definitions, so you need not do this test in the
|
|
@code{define_split} (of course, there is no point in writing a
|
|
@code{define_split} that will never produce insns that match).
|
|
|
|
Here is an example of this use of @code{define_split}, taken from
|
|
@file{rs6000.md}:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_split
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "gen_reg_operand" "")
|
|
(plus:SI (match_operand:SI 1 "gen_reg_operand" "")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 2 "non_add_cint_operand" "")))]
|
|
""
|
|
[(set (match_dup 0) (plus:SI (match_dup 1) (match_dup 3)))
|
|
(set (match_dup 0) (plus:SI (match_dup 0) (match_dup 4)))]
|
|
"
|
|
@{
|
|
int low = INTVAL (operands[2]) & 0xffff;
|
|
int high = (unsigned) INTVAL (operands[2]) >> 16;
|
|
|
|
if (low & 0x8000)
|
|
high++, low |= 0xffff0000;
|
|
|
|
operands[3] = gen_rtx (CONST_INT, VOIDmode, high << 16);
|
|
operands[4] = gen_rtx (CONST_INT, VOIDmode, low);
|
|
@}")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
Here the predicate @code{non_add_cint_operand} matches any
|
|
@code{const_int} that is @emph{not} a valid operand of a single add
|
|
insn. The add with the smaller displacement is written so that it
|
|
can be substituted into the address of a subsequent operation.
|
|
|
|
An example that uses a scratch register, from the same file, generates
|
|
an equality comparison of a register and a large constant:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_split
|
|
[(set (match_operand:CC 0 "cc_reg_operand" "")
|
|
(compare:CC (match_operand:SI 1 "gen_reg_operand" "")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 2 "non_short_cint_operand" "")))
|
|
(clobber (match_operand:SI 3 "gen_reg_operand" ""))]
|
|
"find_single_use (operands[0], insn, 0)
|
|
&& (GET_CODE (*find_single_use (operands[0], insn, 0)) == EQ
|
|
|| GET_CODE (*find_single_use (operands[0], insn, 0)) == NE)"
|
|
[(set (match_dup 3) (xor:SI (match_dup 1) (match_dup 4)))
|
|
(set (match_dup 0) (compare:CC (match_dup 3) (match_dup 5)))]
|
|
"
|
|
@{
|
|
/* Get the constant we are comparing against, C, and see what it
|
|
looks like sign-extended to 16 bits. Then see what constant
|
|
could be XOR'ed with C to get the sign-extended value. */
|
|
|
|
int c = INTVAL (operands[2]);
|
|
int sextc = (c << 16) >> 16;
|
|
int xorv = c ^ sextc;
|
|
|
|
operands[4] = gen_rtx (CONST_INT, VOIDmode, xorv);
|
|
operands[5] = gen_rtx (CONST_INT, VOIDmode, sextc);
|
|
@}")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
To avoid confusion, don't write a single @code{define_split} that
|
|
accepts some insns that match some @code{define_insn} as well as some
|
|
insns that don't. Instead, write two separate @code{define_split}
|
|
definitions, one for the insns that are valid and one for the insns that
|
|
are not valid.
|
|
|
|
@node Insn Attributes
|
|
@section Instruction Attributes
|
|
@cindex insn attributes
|
|
@cindex instruction attributes
|
|
|
|
In addition to describing the instruction supported by the target machine,
|
|
the @file{md} file also defines a group of @dfn{attributes} and a set of
|
|
values for each. Every generated insn is assigned a value for each attribute.
|
|
One possible attribute would be the effect that the insn has on the machine's
|
|
condition code. This attribute can then be used by @code{NOTICE_UPDATE_CC}
|
|
to track the condition codes.
|
|
|
|
@menu
|
|
* Defining Attributes:: Specifying attributes and their values.
|
|
* Expressions:: Valid expressions for attribute values.
|
|
* Tagging Insns:: Assigning attribute values to insns.
|
|
* Attr Example:: An example of assigning attributes.
|
|
* Insn Lengths:: Computing the length of insns.
|
|
* Constant Attributes:: Defining attributes that are constant.
|
|
* Delay Slots:: Defining delay slots required for a machine.
|
|
* Function Units:: Specifying information for insn scheduling.
|
|
@end menu
|
|
|
|
@node Defining Attributes
|
|
@subsection Defining Attributes and their Values
|
|
@cindex defining attributes and their values
|
|
@cindex attributes, defining
|
|
|
|
@findex define_attr
|
|
The @code{define_attr} expression is used to define each attribute required
|
|
by the target machine. It looks like:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_attr @var{name} @var{list-of-values} @var{default})
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@var{name} is a string specifying the name of the attribute being defined.
|
|
|
|
@var{list-of-values} is either a string that specifies a comma-separated
|
|
list of values that can be assigned to the attribute, or a null string to
|
|
indicate that the attribute takes numeric values.
|
|
|
|
@var{default} is an attribute expression that gives the value of this
|
|
attribute for insns that match patterns whose definition does not include
|
|
an explicit value for this attribute. @xref{Attr Example}, for more
|
|
information on the handling of defaults. @xref{Constant Attributes},
|
|
for information on attributes that do not depend on any particular insn.
|
|
|
|
@findex insn-attr.h
|
|
For each defined attribute, a number of definitions are written to the
|
|
@file{insn-attr.h} file. For cases where an explicit set of values is
|
|
specified for an attribute, the following are defined:
|
|
|
|
@itemize @bullet
|
|
@item
|
|
A @samp{#define} is written for the symbol @samp{HAVE_ATTR_@var{name}}.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
An enumeral class is defined for @samp{attr_@var{name}} with
|
|
elements of the form @samp{@var{upper-name}_@var{upper-value}} where
|
|
the attribute name and value are first converted to upper case.
|
|
|
|
@item
|
|
A function @samp{get_attr_@var{name}} is defined that is passed an insn and
|
|
returns the attribute value for that insn.
|
|
@end itemize
|
|
|
|
For example, if the following is present in the @file{md} file:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_attr "type" "branch,fp,load,store,arith" @dots{})
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
the following lines will be written to the file @file{insn-attr.h}.
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
#define HAVE_ATTR_type
|
|
enum attr_type @{TYPE_BRANCH, TYPE_FP, TYPE_LOAD,
|
|
TYPE_STORE, TYPE_ARITH@};
|
|
extern enum attr_type get_attr_type ();
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
If the attribute takes numeric values, no @code{enum} type will be
|
|
defined and the function to obtain the attribute's value will return
|
|
@code{int}.
|
|
|
|
@node Expressions
|
|
@subsection Attribute Expressions
|
|
@cindex attribute expressions
|
|
|
|
RTL expressions used to define attributes use the codes described above
|
|
plus a few specific to attribute definitions, to be discussed below.
|
|
Attribute value expressions must have one of the following forms:
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@cindex @code{const_int} and attributes
|
|
@item (const_int @var{i})
|
|
The integer @var{i} specifies the value of a numeric attribute. @var{i}
|
|
must be non-negative.
|
|
|
|
The value of a numeric attribute can be specified either with a
|
|
@code{const_int} or as an integer represented as a string in
|
|
@code{const_string}, @code{eq_attr} (see below), and @code{set_attr}
|
|
(@pxref{Tagging Insns}) expressions.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{const_string} and attributes
|
|
@item (const_string @var{value})
|
|
The string @var{value} specifies a constant attribute value.
|
|
If @var{value} is specified as @samp{"*"}, it means that the default value of
|
|
the attribute is to be used for the insn containing this expression.
|
|
@samp{"*"} obviously cannot be used in the @var{default} expression
|
|
of a @code{define_attr}.@refill
|
|
|
|
If the attribute whose value is being specified is numeric, @var{value}
|
|
must be a string containing a non-negative integer (normally
|
|
@code{const_int} would be used in this case). Otherwise, it must
|
|
contain one of the valid values for the attribute.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{if_then_else} and attributes
|
|
@item (if_then_else @var{test} @var{true-value} @var{false-value})
|
|
@var{test} specifies an attribute test, whose format is defined below.
|
|
The value of this expression is @var{true-value} if @var{test} is true,
|
|
otherwise it is @var{false-value}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{cond} and attributes
|
|
@item (cond [@var{test1} @var{value1} @dots{}] @var{default})
|
|
The first operand of this expression is a vector containing an even
|
|
number of expressions and consisting of pairs of @var{test} and @var{value}
|
|
expressions. The value of the @code{cond} expression is that of the
|
|
@var{value} corresponding to the first true @var{test} expression. If
|
|
none of the @var{test} expressions are true, the value of the @code{cond}
|
|
expression is that of the @var{default} expression.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@var{test} expressions can have one of the following forms:
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@cindex @code{const_int} and attribute tests
|
|
@item (const_int @var{i})
|
|
This test is true if @var{i} is non-zero and false otherwise.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{not} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{ior} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{and} and attributes
|
|
@item (not @var{test})
|
|
@itemx (ior @var{test1} @var{test2})
|
|
@itemx (and @var{test1} @var{test2})
|
|
These tests are true if the indicated logical function is true.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{match_operand} and attributes
|
|
@item (match_operand:@var{m} @var{n} @var{pred} @var{constraints})
|
|
This test is true if operand @var{n} of the insn whose attribute value
|
|
is being determined has mode @var{m} (this part of the test is ignored
|
|
if @var{m} is @code{VOIDmode}) and the function specified by the string
|
|
@var{pred} returns a non-zero value when passed operand @var{n} and mode
|
|
@var{m} (this part of the test is ignored if @var{pred} is the null
|
|
string).
|
|
|
|
The @var{constraints} operand is ignored and should be the null string.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{le} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{leu} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{lt} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{gt} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{gtu} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{ge} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{geu} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{ne} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{eq} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{plus} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{minus} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{mult} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{div} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{mod} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{abs} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{neg} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{ashift} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{lshiftrt} and attributes
|
|
@cindex @code{ashiftrt} and attributes
|
|
@item (le @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
@itemx (leu @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
@itemx (lt @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
@itemx (ltu @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
@itemx (gt @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
@itemx (gtu @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
@itemx (ge @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
@itemx (geu @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
@itemx (ne @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
@itemx (eq @var{arith1} @var{arith2})
|
|
These tests are true if the indicated comparison of the two arithmetic
|
|
expressions is true. Arithmetic expressions are formed with
|
|
@code{plus}, @code{minus}, @code{mult}, @code{div}, @code{mod},
|
|
@code{abs}, @code{neg}, @code{and}, @code{ior}, @code{xor}, @code{not},
|
|
@code{ashift}, @code{lshiftrt}, and @code{ashiftrt} expressions.@refill
|
|
|
|
@findex get_attr
|
|
@code{const_int} and @code{symbol_ref} are always valid terms (@pxref{Insn
|
|
Lengths},for additional forms). @code{symbol_ref} is a string
|
|
denoting a C expression that yields an @code{int} when evaluated by the
|
|
@samp{get_attr_@dots{}} routine. It should normally be a global
|
|
variable.@refill
|
|
|
|
@findex eq_attr
|
|
@item (eq_attr @var{name} @var{value})
|
|
@var{name} is a string specifying the name of an attribute.
|
|
|
|
@var{value} is a string that is either a valid value for attribute
|
|
@var{name}, a comma-separated list of values, or @samp{!} followed by a
|
|
value or list. If @var{value} does not begin with a @samp{!}, this
|
|
test is true if the value of the @var{name} attribute of the current
|
|
insn is in the list specified by @var{value}. If @var{value} begins
|
|
with a @samp{!}, this test is true if the attribute's value is
|
|
@emph{not} in the specified list.
|
|
|
|
For example,
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(eq_attr "type" "load,store")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
is equivalent to
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(ior (eq_attr "type" "load") (eq_attr "type" "store"))
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
If @var{name} specifies an attribute of @samp{alternative}, it refers to the
|
|
value of the compiler variable @code{which_alternative}
|
|
(@pxref{Output Statement}) and the values must be small integers. For
|
|
example,@refill
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(eq_attr "alternative" "2,3")
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
is equivalent to
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(ior (eq (symbol_ref "which_alternative") (const_int 2))
|
|
(eq (symbol_ref "which_alternative") (const_int 3)))
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
Note that, for most attributes, an @code{eq_attr} test is simplified in cases
|
|
where the value of the attribute being tested is known for all insns matching
|
|
a particular pattern. This is by far the most common case.@refill
|
|
|
|
@findex attr_flag
|
|
@item (attr_flag @var{name})
|
|
The value of an @code{attr_flag} expression is true if the flag
|
|
specified by @var{name} is true for the @code{insn} currently being
|
|
scheduled.
|
|
|
|
@var{name} is a string specifying one of a fixed set of flags to test.
|
|
Test the flags @code{forward} and @code{backward} to determine the
|
|
direction of a conditional branch. Test the flags @code{very_likely},
|
|
@code{likely}, @code{very_unlikely}, and @code{unlikely} to determine
|
|
if a conditional branch is expected to be taken.
|
|
|
|
If the @code{very_likely} flag is true, then the @code{likely} flag is also
|
|
true. Likewise for the @code{very_unlikely} and @code{unlikely} flags.
|
|
|
|
This example describes a conditional branch delay slot which
|
|
can be nullified for forward branches that are taken (annul-true) or
|
|
for backward branches which are not taken (annul-false).
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_delay (eq_attr "type" "cbranch")
|
|
[(eq_attr "in_branch_delay" "true")
|
|
(and (eq_attr "in_branch_delay" "true")
|
|
(attr_flag "forward"))
|
|
(and (eq_attr "in_branch_delay" "true")
|
|
(attr_flag "backward"))])
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
The @code{forward} and @code{backward} flags are false if the current
|
|
@code{insn} being scheduled is not a conditional branch.
|
|
|
|
The @code{very_likely} and @code{likely} flags are true if the
|
|
@code{insn} being scheduled is not a conditional branch.
|
|
The @code{very_unlikely} and @code{unlikely} flags are false if the
|
|
@code{insn} being scheduled is not a conditional branch.
|
|
|
|
@code{attr_flag} is only used during delay slot scheduling and has no
|
|
meaning to other passes of the compiler.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@node Tagging Insns
|
|
@subsection Assigning Attribute Values to Insns
|
|
@cindex tagging insns
|
|
@cindex assigning attribute values to insns
|
|
|
|
The value assigned to an attribute of an insn is primarily determined by
|
|
which pattern is matched by that insn (or which @code{define_peephole}
|
|
generated it). Every @code{define_insn} and @code{define_peephole} can
|
|
have an optional last argument to specify the values of attributes for
|
|
matching insns. The value of any attribute not specified in a particular
|
|
insn is set to the default value for that attribute, as specified in its
|
|
@code{define_attr}. Extensive use of default values for attributes
|
|
permits the specification of the values for only one or two attributes
|
|
in the definition of most insn patterns, as seen in the example in the
|
|
next section.@refill
|
|
|
|
The optional last argument of @code{define_insn} and
|
|
@code{define_peephole} is a vector of expressions, each of which defines
|
|
the value for a single attribute. The most general way of assigning an
|
|
attribute's value is to use a @code{set} expression whose first operand is an
|
|
@code{attr} expression giving the name of the attribute being set. The
|
|
second operand of the @code{set} is an attribute expression
|
|
(@pxref{Expressions}) giving the value of the attribute.@refill
|
|
|
|
When the attribute value depends on the @samp{alternative} attribute
|
|
(i.e., which is the applicable alternative in the constraint of the
|
|
insn), the @code{set_attr_alternative} expression can be used. It
|
|
allows the specification of a vector of attribute expressions, one for
|
|
each alternative.
|
|
|
|
@findex set_attr
|
|
When the generality of arbitrary attribute expressions is not required,
|
|
the simpler @code{set_attr} expression can be used, which allows
|
|
specifying a string giving either a single attribute value or a list
|
|
of attribute values, one for each alternative.
|
|
|
|
The form of each of the above specifications is shown below. In each case,
|
|
@var{name} is a string specifying the attribute to be set.
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@item (set_attr @var{name} @var{value-string})
|
|
@var{value-string} is either a string giving the desired attribute value,
|
|
or a string containing a comma-separated list giving the values for
|
|
succeeding alternatives. The number of elements must match the number
|
|
of alternatives in the constraint of the insn pattern.
|
|
|
|
Note that it may be useful to specify @samp{*} for some alternative, in
|
|
which case the attribute will assume its default value for insns matching
|
|
that alternative.
|
|
|
|
@findex set_attr_alternative
|
|
@item (set_attr_alternative @var{name} [@var{value1} @var{value2} @dots{}])
|
|
Depending on the alternative of the insn, the value will be one of the
|
|
specified values. This is a shorthand for using a @code{cond} with
|
|
tests on the @samp{alternative} attribute.
|
|
|
|
@findex attr
|
|
@item (set (attr @var{name}) @var{value})
|
|
The first operand of this @code{set} must be the special RTL expression
|
|
@code{attr}, whose sole operand is a string giving the name of the
|
|
attribute being set. @var{value} is the value of the attribute.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
The following shows three different ways of representing the same
|
|
attribute value specification:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(set_attr "type" "load,store,arith")
|
|
|
|
(set_attr_alternative "type"
|
|
[(const_string "load") (const_string "store")
|
|
(const_string "arith")])
|
|
|
|
(set (attr "type")
|
|
(cond [(eq_attr "alternative" "1") (const_string "load")
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(eq_attr "alternative" "2") (const_string "store")]
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(const_string "arith")))
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|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@need 1000
|
|
@findex define_asm_attributes
|
|
The @code{define_asm_attributes} expression provides a mechanism to
|
|
specify the attributes assigned to insns produced from an @code{asm}
|
|
statement. It has the form:
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|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_asm_attributes [@var{attr-sets}])
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|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
where @var{attr-sets} is specified the same as for both the
|
|
@code{define_insn} and the @code{define_peephole} expressions.
|
|
|
|
These values will typically be the ``worst case'' attribute values. For
|
|
example, they might indicate that the condition code will be clobbered.
|
|
|
|
A specification for a @code{length} attribute is handled specially. The
|
|
way to compute the length of an @code{asm} insn is to multiply the
|
|
length specified in the expression @code{define_asm_attributes} by the
|
|
number of machine instructions specified in the @code{asm} statement,
|
|
determined by counting the number of semicolons and newlines in the
|
|
string. Therefore, the value of the @code{length} attribute specified
|
|
in a @code{define_asm_attributes} should be the maximum possible length
|
|
of a single machine instruction.
|
|
|
|
@node Attr Example
|
|
@subsection Example of Attribute Specifications
|
|
@cindex attribute specifications example
|
|
@cindex attribute specifications
|
|
|
|
The judicious use of defaulting is important in the efficient use of
|
|
insn attributes. Typically, insns are divided into @dfn{types} and an
|
|
attribute, customarily called @code{type}, is used to represent this
|
|
value. This attribute is normally used only to define the default value
|
|
for other attributes. An example will clarify this usage.
|
|
|
|
Assume we have a RISC machine with a condition code and in which only
|
|
full-word operations are performed in registers. Let us assume that we
|
|
can divide all insns into loads, stores, (integer) arithmetic
|
|
operations, floating point operations, and branches.
|
|
|
|
Here we will concern ourselves with determining the effect of an insn on
|
|
the condition code and will limit ourselves to the following possible
|
|
effects: The condition code can be set unpredictably (clobbered), not
|
|
be changed, be set to agree with the results of the operation, or only
|
|
changed if the item previously set into the condition code has been
|
|
modified.
|
|
|
|
Here is part of a sample @file{md} file for such a machine:
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|
|
|
@smallexample
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|
(define_attr "type" "load,store,arith,fp,branch" (const_string "arith"))
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|
|
|
(define_attr "cc" "clobber,unchanged,set,change0"
|
|
(cond [(eq_attr "type" "load")
|
|
(const_string "change0")
|
|
(eq_attr "type" "store,branch")
|
|
(const_string "unchanged")
|
|
(eq_attr "type" "arith")
|
|
(if_then_else (match_operand:SI 0 "" "")
|
|
(const_string "set")
|
|
(const_string "clobber"))]
|
|
(const_string "clobber")))
|
|
|
|
(define_insn ""
|
|
[(set (match_operand:SI 0 "general_operand" "=r,r,m")
|
|
(match_operand:SI 1 "general_operand" "r,m,r"))]
|
|
""
|
|
"@@
|
|
move %0,%1
|
|
load %0,%1
|
|
store %0,%1"
|
|
[(set_attr "type" "arith,load,store")])
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
Note that we assume in the above example that arithmetic operations
|
|
performed on quantities smaller than a machine word clobber the condition
|
|
code since they will set the condition code to a value corresponding to the
|
|
full-word result.
|
|
|
|
@node Insn Lengths
|
|
@subsection Computing the Length of an Insn
|
|
@cindex insn lengths, computing
|
|
@cindex computing the length of an insn
|
|
|
|
For many machines, multiple types of branch instructions are provided, each
|
|
for different length branch displacements. In most cases, the assembler
|
|
will choose the correct instruction to use. However, when the assembler
|
|
cannot do so, GCC can when a special attribute, the @samp{length}
|
|
attribute, is defined. This attribute must be defined to have numeric
|
|
values by specifying a null string in its @code{define_attr}.
|
|
|
|
In the case of the @samp{length} attribute, two additional forms of
|
|
arithmetic terms are allowed in test expressions:
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@cindex @code{match_dup} and attributes
|
|
@item (match_dup @var{n})
|
|
This refers to the address of operand @var{n} of the current insn, which
|
|
must be a @code{label_ref}.
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{pc} and attributes
|
|
@item (pc)
|
|
This refers to the address of the @emph{current} insn. It might have
|
|
been more consistent with other usage to make this the address of the
|
|
@emph{next} insn but this would be confusing because the length of the
|
|
current insn is to be computed.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@cindex @code{addr_vec}, length of
|
|
@cindex @code{addr_diff_vec}, length of
|
|
For normal insns, the length will be determined by value of the
|
|
@samp{length} attribute. In the case of @code{addr_vec} and
|
|
@code{addr_diff_vec} insn patterns, the length is computed as
|
|
the number of vectors multiplied by the size of each vector.
|
|
|
|
Lengths are measured in addressable storage units (bytes).
|
|
|
|
The following macros can be used to refine the length computation:
|
|
|
|
@table @code
|
|
@findex FIRST_INSN_ADDRESS
|
|
@item FIRST_INSN_ADDRESS
|
|
When the @code{length} insn attribute is used, this macro specifies the
|
|
value to be assigned to the address of the first insn in a function. If
|
|
not specified, 0 is used.
|
|
|
|
@findex ADJUST_INSN_LENGTH
|
|
@item ADJUST_INSN_LENGTH (@var{insn}, @var{length})
|
|
If defined, modifies the length assigned to instruction @var{insn} as a
|
|
function of the context in which it is used. @var{length} is an lvalue
|
|
that contains the initially computed length of the insn and should be
|
|
updated with the correct length of the insn. If updating is required,
|
|
@var{insn} must not be a varying-length insn.
|
|
|
|
This macro will normally not be required. A case in which it is
|
|
required is the ROMP. On this machine, the size of an @code{addr_vec}
|
|
insn must be increased by two to compensate for the fact that alignment
|
|
may be required.
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@findex get_attr_length
|
|
The routine that returns @code{get_attr_length} (the value of the
|
|
@code{length} attribute) can be used by the output routine to
|
|
determine the form of the branch instruction to be written, as the
|
|
example below illustrates.
|
|
|
|
As an example of the specification of variable-length branches, consider
|
|
the IBM 360. If we adopt the convention that a register will be set to
|
|
the starting address of a function, we can jump to labels within 4k of
|
|
the start using a four-byte instruction. Otherwise, we need a six-byte
|
|
sequence to load the address from memory and then branch to it.
|
|
|
|
On such a machine, a pattern for a branch instruction might be specified
|
|
as follows:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_insn "jump"
|
|
[(set (pc)
|
|
(label_ref (match_operand 0 "" "")))]
|
|
""
|
|
"*
|
|
@{
|
|
return (get_attr_length (insn) == 4
|
|
? \"b %l0\" : \"l r15,=a(%l0); br r15\");
|
|
@}"
|
|
[(set (attr "length") (if_then_else (lt (match_dup 0) (const_int 4096))
|
|
(const_int 4)
|
|
(const_int 6)))])
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@node Constant Attributes
|
|
@subsection Constant Attributes
|
|
@cindex constant attributes
|
|
|
|
A special form of @code{define_attr}, where the expression for the
|
|
default value is a @code{const} expression, indicates an attribute that
|
|
is constant for a given run of the compiler. Constant attributes may be
|
|
used to specify which variety of processor is used. For example,
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_attr "cpu" "m88100,m88110,m88000"
|
|
(const
|
|
(cond [(symbol_ref "TARGET_88100") (const_string "m88100")
|
|
(symbol_ref "TARGET_88110") (const_string "m88110")]
|
|
(const_string "m88000"))))
|
|
|
|
(define_attr "memory" "fast,slow"
|
|
(const
|
|
(if_then_else (symbol_ref "TARGET_FAST_MEM")
|
|
(const_string "fast")
|
|
(const_string "slow"))))
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
The routine generated for constant attributes has no parameters as it
|
|
does not depend on any particular insn. RTL expressions used to define
|
|
the value of a constant attribute may use the @code{symbol_ref} form,
|
|
but may not use either the @code{match_operand} form or @code{eq_attr}
|
|
forms involving insn attributes.
|
|
|
|
@node Delay Slots
|
|
@subsection Delay Slot Scheduling
|
|
@cindex delay slots, defining
|
|
|
|
The insn attribute mechanism can be used to specify the requirements for
|
|
delay slots, if any, on a target machine. An instruction is said to
|
|
require a @dfn{delay slot} if some instructions that are physically
|
|
after the instruction are executed as if they were located before it.
|
|
Classic examples are branch and call instructions, which often execute
|
|
the following instruction before the branch or call is performed.
|
|
|
|
On some machines, conditional branch instructions can optionally
|
|
@dfn{annul} instructions in the delay slot. This means that the
|
|
instruction will not be executed for certain branch outcomes. Both
|
|
instructions that annul if the branch is true and instructions that
|
|
annul if the branch is false are supported.
|
|
|
|
Delay slot scheduling differs from instruction scheduling in that
|
|
determining whether an instruction needs a delay slot is dependent only
|
|
on the type of instruction being generated, not on data flow between the
|
|
instructions. See the next section for a discussion of data-dependent
|
|
instruction scheduling.
|
|
|
|
@findex define_delay
|
|
The requirement of an insn needing one or more delay slots is indicated
|
|
via the @code{define_delay} expression. It has the following form:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_delay @var{test}
|
|
[@var{delay-1} @var{annul-true-1} @var{annul-false-1}
|
|
@var{delay-2} @var{annul-true-2} @var{annul-false-2}
|
|
@dots{}])
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@var{test} is an attribute test that indicates whether this
|
|
@code{define_delay} applies to a particular insn. If so, the number of
|
|
required delay slots is determined by the length of the vector specified
|
|
as the second argument. An insn placed in delay slot @var{n} must
|
|
satisfy attribute test @var{delay-n}. @var{annul-true-n} is an
|
|
attribute test that specifies which insns may be annulled if the branch
|
|
is true. Similarly, @var{annul-false-n} specifies which insns in the
|
|
delay slot may be annulled if the branch is false. If annulling is not
|
|
supported for that delay slot, @code{(nil)} should be coded.@refill
|
|
|
|
For example, in the common case where branch and call insns require
|
|
a single delay slot, which may contain any insn other than a branch or
|
|
call, the following would be placed in the @file{md} file:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_delay (eq_attr "type" "branch,call")
|
|
[(eq_attr "type" "!branch,call") (nil) (nil)])
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
Multiple @code{define_delay} expressions may be specified. In this
|
|
case, each such expression specifies different delay slot requirements
|
|
and there must be no insn for which tests in two @code{define_delay}
|
|
expressions are both true.
|
|
|
|
For example, if we have a machine that requires one delay slot for branches
|
|
but two for calls, no delay slot can contain a branch or call insn,
|
|
and any valid insn in the delay slot for the branch can be annulled if the
|
|
branch is true, we might represent this as follows:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_delay (eq_attr "type" "branch")
|
|
[(eq_attr "type" "!branch,call")
|
|
(eq_attr "type" "!branch,call")
|
|
(nil)])
|
|
|
|
(define_delay (eq_attr "type" "call")
|
|
[(eq_attr "type" "!branch,call") (nil) (nil)
|
|
(eq_attr "type" "!branch,call") (nil) (nil)])
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
@c the above is *still* too long. --mew 4feb93
|
|
|
|
@node Function Units
|
|
@subsection Specifying Function Units
|
|
@cindex function units, for scheduling
|
|
|
|
On most RISC machines, there are instructions whose results are not
|
|
available for a specific number of cycles. Common cases are instructions
|
|
that load data from memory. On many machines, a pipeline stall will result
|
|
if the data is referenced too soon after the load instruction.
|
|
|
|
In addition, many newer microprocessors have multiple function units, usually
|
|
one for integer and one for floating point, and often will incur pipeline
|
|
stalls when a result that is needed is not yet ready.
|
|
|
|
The descriptions in this section allow the specification of how much
|
|
time must elapse between the execution of an instruction and the time
|
|
when its result is used. It also allows specification of when the
|
|
execution of an instruction will delay execution of similar instructions
|
|
due to function unit conflicts.
|
|
|
|
For the purposes of the specifications in this section, a machine is
|
|
divided into @dfn{function units}, each of which execute a specific
|
|
class of instructions in first-in-first-out order. Function units that
|
|
accept one instruction each cycle and allow a result to be used in the
|
|
succeeding instruction (usually via forwarding) need not be specified.
|
|
Classic RISC microprocessors will normally have a single function unit,
|
|
which we can call @samp{memory}. The newer ``superscalar'' processors
|
|
will often have function units for floating point operations, usually at
|
|
least a floating point adder and multiplier.
|
|
|
|
@findex define_function_unit
|
|
Each usage of a function units by a class of insns is specified with a
|
|
@code{define_function_unit} expression, which looks like this:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_function_unit @var{name} @var{multiplicity} @var{simultaneity}
|
|
@var{test} @var{ready-delay} @var{issue-delay}
|
|
[@var{conflict-list}])
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@var{name} is a string giving the name of the function unit.
|
|
|
|
@var{multiplicity} is an integer specifying the number of identical
|
|
units in the processor. If more than one unit is specified, they will
|
|
be scheduled independently. Only truly independent units should be
|
|
counted; a pipelined unit should be specified as a single unit. (The
|
|
only common example of a machine that has multiple function units for a
|
|
single instruction class that are truly independent and not pipelined
|
|
are the two multiply and two increment units of the CDC 6600.)
|
|
|
|
@var{simultaneity} specifies the maximum number of insns that can be
|
|
executing in each instance of the function unit simultaneously or zero
|
|
if the unit is pipelined and has no limit.
|
|
|
|
All @code{define_function_unit} definitions referring to function unit
|
|
@var{name} must have the same name and values for @var{multiplicity} and
|
|
@var{simultaneity}.
|
|
|
|
@var{test} is an attribute test that selects the insns we are describing
|
|
in this definition. Note that an insn may use more than one function
|
|
unit and a function unit may be specified in more than one
|
|
@code{define_function_unit}.
|
|
|
|
@var{ready-delay} is an integer that specifies the number of cycles
|
|
after which the result of the instruction can be used without
|
|
introducing any stalls.
|
|
|
|
@var{issue-delay} is an integer that specifies the number of cycles
|
|
after the instruction matching the @var{test} expression begins using
|
|
this unit until a subsequent instruction can begin. A cost of @var{N}
|
|
indicates an @var{N-1} cycle delay. A subsequent instruction may also
|
|
be delayed if an earlier instruction has a longer @var{ready-delay}
|
|
value. This blocking effect is computed using the @var{simultaneity},
|
|
@var{ready-delay}, @var{issue-delay}, and @var{conflict-list} terms.
|
|
For a normal non-pipelined function unit, @var{simultaneity} is one, the
|
|
unit is taken to block for the @var{ready-delay} cycles of the executing
|
|
insn, and smaller values of @var{issue-delay} are ignored.
|
|
|
|
@var{conflict-list} is an optional list giving detailed conflict costs
|
|
for this unit. If specified, it is a list of condition test expressions
|
|
to be applied to insns chosen to execute in @var{name} following the
|
|
particular insn matching @var{test} that is already executing in
|
|
@var{name}. For each insn in the list, @var{issue-delay} specifies the
|
|
conflict cost; for insns not in the list, the cost is zero. If not
|
|
specified, @var{conflict-list} defaults to all instructions that use the
|
|
function unit.
|
|
|
|
Typical uses of this vector are where a floating point function unit can
|
|
pipeline either single- or double-precision operations, but not both, or
|
|
where a memory unit can pipeline loads, but not stores, etc.
|
|
|
|
As an example, consider a classic RISC machine where the result of a
|
|
load instruction is not available for two cycles (a single ``delay''
|
|
instruction is required) and where only one load instruction can be executed
|
|
simultaneously. This would be specified as:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_function_unit "memory" 1 1 (eq_attr "type" "load") 2 0)
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
For the case of a floating point function unit that can pipeline either
|
|
single or double precision, but not both, the following could be specified:
|
|
|
|
@smallexample
|
|
(define_function_unit
|
|
"fp" 1 0 (eq_attr "type" "sp_fp") 4 4 [(eq_attr "type" "dp_fp")])
|
|
(define_function_unit
|
|
"fp" 1 0 (eq_attr "type" "dp_fp") 4 4 [(eq_attr "type" "sp_fp")])
|
|
@end smallexample
|
|
|
|
@strong{Note:} The scheduler attempts to avoid function unit conflicts
|
|
and uses all the specifications in the @code{define_function_unit}
|
|
expression. It has recently come to our attention that these
|
|
specifications may not allow modeling of some of the newer
|
|
``superscalar'' processors that have insns using multiple pipelined
|
|
units. These insns will cause a potential conflict for the second unit
|
|
used during their execution and there is no way of representing that
|
|
conflict. We welcome any examples of how function unit conflicts work
|
|
in such processors and suggestions for their representation.
|
|
@end ifset
|