Re: PowerPC shrink-wrap support 0 of 3

[Bernd Schmidt <bernds at codesourcery dot com>]

On 09/19/11 02:16, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 03:26:21PM +0200, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
>> On 09/17/11 09:16, Alan Modra wrote:
>>> This patch series adds shrink-wrap support for PowerPC.  The patches
>>> are on top of Bernd's "Initial shrink-wrapping patch":
>>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-08/msg02557.html, but with the
>>> tm.texi patch applied to tm.texi.in.  Bootstrapped and regression
>>> tested powerpc64-linux all langs except ada, and spec CPU2006 tested.
>>> The spec results were a little disappointing as I expected to see some
>>> gains, but my baseline was a -O3 run and I suppose most of the
>>> shrink-wrap opportunities were lost to inlining.
>>
>> The last posted version had a bug that crept in during the review cycle,
>> and which made it quite ineffective.
> 
> I wasn't complaining!

I wasn't implying you were :) I was just hoping to see some good
benchmark results too, so that I can feel that all the pain was actually
worth it...


Bernd