RE: [RFA] Compact EH Patch

["Moore, Catherine" <Catherine_Moore at mentor dot com>]

Hi Jason,
Are you going to be able to review this patch sometime soon?
Thanks,
Catherine

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcc-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org [mailto:gcc-patches-
> owner@gcc.gnu.org] On Behalf Of Moore, Catherine
> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 4:15 PM
> To: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
> Cc: jason@redhat.com; Matthew Fortune
> Subject: [RFA] Compact EH Patch
> 
> This patch implements a more compact format for exception handling data.
> Although I don't have recent numbers for the amount of compression
> achieved, an earlier measurement showed a 30% reduction in the size of EH
> data for libstdc++.
> 
> A design document detailing the new format is available
> (https://github.com/MentorEmbedded/cxx-
> abi/blob/master/MIPSCompactEH.pdf).
> 
> This implementation enables the new format for MIPS targets only, but the
> generic pieces to enable the new format for other architectures is in place.
> I couldn't really think of a good way to split up the patch to make the review
> easier, but I am open to suggestions.
> I've successfully bootstrapped with the patch and completed testing across
> many of the MIPS targets and multilibs.
> I also ran a test series for the x86 without regressions.
> Thanks,
> Catherine
> 
>