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Re: [patch RFA middle-end] Fix PR target/41993
Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@adacore.com> wrote:
> OK, thanks. The number of special cases dealt with in the function is on the
> verge of making it barely understandable though. Why couldn't a backward scan
> based only on:
>
> /* If the return register is not likely spilled, - as is
> the case for floating point on SH4 - then it might
> be set by an arithmetic operation that needs a
> different mode than the exit block. */
> for (j = n_entities - 1; j >= 0; j--)
> {
> int e = entity_map[j];
> int mode = MODE_NEEDED (e, return_copy);
>
> if (mode != num_modes[e] && mode != MODE_EXIT (e))
> break;
> }
>
> (with a few shortcuts to speed it up) be sufficient?
Although I might be getting you wrong, the current code does a scan
based on those lines but builtin_return, functions with no return
value and exceptions require special treatments and made things
complex.
Regards,
kaz