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Re: Fix PR optimization/11753 (SPARC)

Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> writes:

>> Is this optimization even a good idea on modern Sparc hardware?  It
>> seems like the sort of thing that would confuse a branch predictor.
>
> Yes, this is reflected in the condition:
>
>    && sparc_cpu != PROCESSOR_ULTRASPARC
>    && sparc_cpu != PROCESSOR_ULTRASPARC3

Ah.  Thanks for the clarification.

Your patch seems like the right thing to me, but I don't know the
Sparc back end very well.

zw
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