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Re: [dataflow]: patch committed to improve -O0 performance.
Kenneth Zadeck wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> I'm wondering, many passes that use DF_LIVE could actually use
>> DF_LR. If they sum up substantially, DF_UR/DF_LIVE could become
>> optional problems.
>>
>> A nit:
>>
>>
> They can, but the information is not as precise.
I mean, maybe some can without changes in code generation. Possibly
they look at liveness information only for registers that they know
to have been initialized.
Paolo