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Re: PATCH [11/n]: Prepare x32: PR rtl-optimization/48155: Reload doesn't handle subreg properly
- From: "Ulrich Weigand" <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>
- To: hjl dot tools at gmail dot com (H.J. Lu)
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, bernds at codesourcery dot com
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:03:10 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: PATCH [11/n]: Prepare x32: PR rtl-optimization/48155: Reload doesn't handle subreg properly
H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com> wrote:
> > H.J. Lu wrote:
> >
> >> Given input:
> >>
> >> (plus:SI (subreg:SI (plus:DI (reg/f:DI 7 sp)
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (const_int 16 [0x10])) 0)
> >> =A0 =A0 (const_int -1 [0xffffffffffffffff]))
> >
> > Once again, this seems weird as legitimate address ... =A0If this really
> > can occur validly, there'll probably need to be an insn+splitter and/or
> > a secondard reload provided by the back-end to handle it.
>
> This is the valid memory address for any instructions which
> take a memory operand under x32. How will insn+splitter and/or
> a secondard reload help x32 here? Do I implement such a thing for
> all instructions which take a memory operand?
Well, if this *is* already accepted as valid, then I don't understand
why it is getting reloaded in the first place.
> > With your change below, it seems you're just falling through to
> > the generic gen_rtx_SET case, right? =A0 How does this help?
> >
>
> I added ix86_simplify_base_disp to i386.c to handle such cases.
I see. It appears that this routine is used within ix86_decompose_address,
which means that:
- addresses containing constructs as above will be accepted as valid
- the simplification will *not* be done in place in the RTL stream,
but on the fly every time the address is looked at
This explains why just emitting a plain SET is accepted. But if this
is the case, then the PLUS case in gen_reload should also have worked,
since the first thing it tries is just a plain SET as well:
[snip]
The simplest approach is to try to generate such an insn and see if it
is recognized and matches its constraints. If so, it can be used.
[snip]
insn = emit_insn_if_valid_for_reload (gen_rtx_SET (VOIDmode, out, in));
if (insn)
return insn;
Can you check in your test case why this isn't accepted here?
In general, I'm wondering if it really a good idea to accept
complex non-simplified expressions like the above as valid addresses,
instead of simplifying them directly where they are generated, and
then just accepting the simplified versions. That simplification
could occur e.g. in a secondary reload for PLUS (in those cases
where we actually require a reload), or in a legitimize_reload_address
handler (in those cases where the address can remain in place).
Bye,
Ulrich
--
Dr. Ulrich Weigand
GNU Toolchain for Linux on System z and Cell BE
Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com