[Bug target/81357] Extra mov for zero extend of add

pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Thu Sep 28 22:38:00 GMT 2017


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81357

--- Comment #9 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Qing Zhao from comment #8)
> > 
> > I don't think there is an easy fix for this example. The compiler believes
> > there are 2 distinct values so it uses 2 registers irrespectively of the order
> > of the mov and uxtw.
> 
> then, why when there is NO -fschedule-insns, i.e, when compiled with -O, the
> assembly
> does not have the additional “mov” insn:
> ***/home/qinzhao/Install/latest/bin/gcc -O t.c
> test1:
> 	add	w0, w0, 1
> 	uxtw	x2, w0
> 	adrp	x1, d
> 	str	x2, [x1, #:lo12:d]
> 	ret

But there is an extra zero extend there instead.  Again "uxtw x2, w0" and "mov
w2, w0" for aarch64 are the same exact instruction (same encoding even; just
different aliases for the same instruction); used as uxtw to show it was an
explicit zero extend in the RTL.


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