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Inline ASM bug
- From: cb <cb100 at gmx dot net>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:50:07 +0200
- Subject: Inline ASM bug
Hi,
I've run into a slight problem with gcc version 3.2.3. It looks like the
automatic register allocation in the extended ASM doesn't work the way
it should.
The function maxElement (see below) needs 3 registers, from which 2 are
chosen by gcc (array and maximum).
The bug (?) is the following: array and maximum receive the same
register (edx in my case).
A programm which illustrates the problem is given below: the maximal
value should be 3, but 0 is returned.
Removing "r" from array and maximum and replacing it with "S" and "D"
respectivly solves the problem.
------------------------- bug.c -------------------------
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#define UINT unsigned int
#define SIZE 4096
float maxElement(float *array, int n) {
float *maximum, max;
posix_memalign((void**) &maximum, 16, 16);
int i = n >> 4; // n/16
n &= 15; // n%16
__asm__ __volatile__ (
"movaps (%0), %%xmm0\n"
"loop_max_el:\n"
"movaps (%0), %%xmm1\n"
"movaps 16(%0), %%xmm2\n"
"movaps 32(%0), %%xmm3\n"
"movaps 48(%0), %%xmm4\n"
"maxps %%xmm4, %%xmm3\n"
"maxps %%xmm3, %%xmm2\n"
"maxps %%xmm2, %%xmm1\n"
"maxps %%xmm1, %%xmm0\n"
"addl $64, %0\n"
"subl $1, %%ecx\n"
"jnz loop_max_el\n"
"movaps %%xmm0, (%1)\n"
: "=r" (array)
: "0" (array), "r" (maximum), "c" (i)
: "%xmm0", "%xmm1", "%xmm2", "%xmm3", "%xmm4", "memory"
);
max = maximum[0];
for (i=1;i<4;i++) // search for the maximal element
max = maximum[i]>max?maximum[i]:max;
return max;
}
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
float *array, retval;
posix_memalign((void**) &array, 16, sizeof(*array) * SIZE);
int i;
for (i=0;i<SIZE;i++) {
array[i] = (i%2)==0?2.0:3.0;
}
retval = maxElement(array, SIZE);
printf("value: %f\n", retval);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
------------------------------------------------------------
This code is generated by compiling with "gcc -c -S bug.c" on my Pentium 4.
[...]
#APP
movaps (%edx), %xmm0 // array = edx
loop_max_el:
movaps (%edx), %xmm1
movaps 16(%edx), %xmm2
movaps 32(%edx), %xmm3
movaps 48(%edx), %xmm4
maxps %xmm4, %xmm3
maxps %xmm3, %xmm2
maxps %xmm2, %xmm1
maxps %xmm1, %xmm0
addl $64, %edx
subl $1, %ecx
jnz loop_max_el
movaps %xmm0, (%edx) // maximum = edx
#NO_APP
[...]