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exception-section patch, part 1



This patch introduces the command-line option which triggers the
optimization.

Sun Jun 28 19:49:33 1998  Bruno Haible  <bruno@linuix.math.u-bordeaux.fr>

        * except.h (flag_extra_section_for_exceptions): New variable.
        * except.c (flag_extra_section_for_exceptions): Define.
        * toplev.c (main): Initialize flag_extra_section_for_exceptions.
          (f_options): New flag -fexception-section.
          (compile_file): Adjust flag_extra_section_for_exceptions.

diff -c3p egcs-19980628/gcc/except.h.bak egcs-19980628/gcc/except.h
*** egcs-19980628/gcc/except.h.bak	Thu Jun 25 16:11:46 1998
--- egcs-19980628/gcc/except.h	Tue Jun 30 13:08:34 1998
*************** extern int exceptions_via_longjmp;
*** 344,349 ****
--- 357,366 ----
  /* One to enable asynchronous exception support.  */
  
  extern int asynchronous_exceptions;
+ 
+ /* One to emit exception handler code in a separate section.  */
+ 
+ extern int flag_extra_section_for_exceptions;
  
  /* One to protect cleanup actions with a handler that calls
     __terminate, zero otherwise.  */
diff -c3p egcs-19980628/gcc/except.c.bak egcs-19980628/gcc/except.c
*** egcs-19980628/gcc/except.c.bak	Thu Jun 25 16:11:47 1998
--- egcs-19980628/gcc/except.c	Tue Jun 30 13:08:35 1998
*************** int exceptions_via_longjmp = 2;
*** 416,421 ****
--- 416,425 ----
  
  int asynchronous_exceptions = 0;
  
+ /* One to emit exception handler code in a separate section.  */
+ 
+ int flag_extra_section_for_exceptions = 0;
+ 
  /* One to protect cleanup actions with a handler that calls
     __terminate, zero otherwise.  */
  
diff -c3p egcs-19980628/gcc/toplev.c.bak egcs-19980628/gcc/toplev.c
*** egcs-19980628/gcc/toplev.c.bak	Sat Jun 27 17:51:49 1998
--- egcs-19980628/gcc/toplev.c	Tue Jun 30 13:08:35 1998
*************** struct { char *string; int *variable; in
*** 773,778 ****
--- 774,780 ----
    {"new-exceptions", &flag_new_exceptions, 1},
    {"sjlj-exceptions", &exceptions_via_longjmp, 1},
    {"asynchronous-exceptions", &asynchronous_exceptions, 1},
+   {"exception-section", &flag_extra_section_for_exceptions, 1},
    {"profile-arcs", &profile_arc_flag, 1},
    {"test-coverage", &flag_test_coverage, 1},
    {"branch-probabilities", &flag_branch_probabilities, 1},
*************** compile_file (name)
*** 2500,2505 ****
--- 2506,2526 ----
    if (flag_function_sections && write_symbols != NO_DEBUG)
      warning ("-ffunction-sections may affect debugging on some targets.");
  
+ #if defined (EH_TEXT_SECTION_ASM_OP) || defined (ASM_OUTPUT_SECTION_NAME)
+   if (profile_flag || profile_block_flag)
+     {
+       if (flag_extra_section_for_exceptions == 1)
+ 	warning ("-fexception-section disabled; it makes profiling impossible.");
+       flag_extra_section_for_exceptions = 0;
+     }
+   if (flag_extra_section_for_exceptions == 2)
+     flag_extra_section_for_exceptions = 1;
+ #else
+   if (flag_extra_section_for_exceptions == 1)
+     warning ("-fexception-section not supported for this target.");
+   flag_extra_section_for_exceptions = 0;
+ #endif
+ 
    /* ??? Note: There used to be a conditional here
        to call assemble_zeros without fail if DBX_DEBUGGING_INFO is defined.
        This was to guarantee separation between gcc_compiled. and
*************** main (argc, argv, envp)
*** 3847,3852 ****
--- 3878,3886 ----
        flag_schedule_insns_after_reload = 1;
  #endif
        flag_regmove = 1;
+ #if (defined (EH_TEXT_SECTION_ASM_OP) || defined (ASM_OUTPUT_SECTION_NAME)) && 0 /* not yet */
+       flag_extra_section_for_exceptions = 2;
+ #endif
        /* We don't set flag_strict_aliasing here because we're still
  	 testing the functionality.  After it has been tested, it
  	 should be turned on here.  */
diff -c3p egcs-19980628/gcc/invoke.texi.bak egcs-19980628/gcc/invoke.texi
*** egcs-19980628/gcc/invoke.texi.bak	Thu Jun 25 17:14:14 1998
--- egcs-19980628/gcc/invoke.texi	Tue Jun 30 13:05:23 1998
*************** in the following sections.
*** 147,153 ****
  @smallexample
  -fbranch-probabilities
  -fcaller-saves  -fcse-follow-jumps  -fcse-skip-blocks
! -fdelayed-branch   -fexpensive-optimizations
  -ffast-math  -ffloat-store  -fforce-addr  -fforce-mem
  -ffunction-sections  -fgcse -finline-functions
  -fkeep-inline-functions  -fno-default-inline
--- 147,153 ----
  @smallexample
  -fbranch-probabilities
  -fcaller-saves  -fcse-follow-jumps  -fcse-skip-blocks
! -fdelayed-branch  -fexception-section  -fexpensive-optimizations
  -ffast-math  -ffloat-store  -fforce-addr  -fforce-mem
  -ffunction-sections  -fgcse -finline-functions
  -fkeep-inline-functions  -fno-default-inline
*************** Similar to @samp{-fschedule-insns}, but 
*** 2330,2335 ****
--- 2330,2344 ----
  instruction scheduling after register allocation has been done.  This is
  especially useful on machines with a relatively small number of
  registers and where memory load instructions take more than one cycle.
+ 
+ @item -fexception-section
+ Place all exception handling code in a separate section.  This improves
+ locality of reference in the instruction space and reduces the working
+ set size of programs compiled with exception support (@samp{-fexceptions}).
+ 
+ With this option, no debugging information is produced for the exception
+ handling code. Also, this option cannot be used simultaneously with
+ profiling support (@samp{-p}, @samp{-pg} or @samp{-a}).
  
  @item -ffunction-sections
  Place each function into its own section in the output file if the


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