Question on gcc RTL and scheduling step.

[Segher Boessenkool]

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On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 04:11:06PM +0100, Henri Cloetens wrote:
> - On the issue of the restore of R18 in mode DI, it seems from
> Â  analysing the log file that the compiler does not understand this
> Â  also affects R19. This looks a bug to me ??. Anyway, I have resolved
> Â  this, by adding a 'clobber' statement to R19 when R18 is written
> Â  in mode 'DI'.

You haven't showed any evidence like this, so it's hard for use to help
you with this at all.  *Is* DImode a two register mode in your backend?

> - The other issue, I have changed ((set) (pc) (return)) to (return),
> Â  but, as far as I understand the logfiles, and the documentation,
> Â  both forms are equivalent. Anyway, after fixing the first issue, I do
> Â  not see the second issue any more.

The docs say
  Note that an insn pattern of @code{(return)} is logically equivalent to
  @code{(set (pc) (return))}, but the latter form is never used.

If something is never used, then not everything might expect that form,
that's all.


Segher