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Re: Loop optimizer issues


> 
> David Edelsohn wrote:
> > 	What is the status of merging these optimizations into GCC 3.4?
> > GCC 3.4 currently exhibits a noticeable performance regression.  I want to
> > make sure the regression and the proposed patches are noticed now so that
> > this is not a surprise later as we get closer to the release.
> 
> If these are regressions resulting from my loop/alias bug fixes, then it 
> might be a better strategy to improve the handling of alias info inside 
> loop, rather than add new loop optimizations, or rewrite existing ones.

David was not taking about the aliasing bug fixes but rather the loop unroll 
does not work for PPC with most loops as it really does not understand the 
doloop optimizations which benfit the PPC greatly.

Thanks,
Andrew Pinski


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