[PATCH 3a/4][AArch64] Add attribute for compatibility with ARM pipeline models

James Greenhalgh james.greenhalgh@arm.com
Fri Nov 20 12:27:00 GMT 2015


On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:32:36AM -0600, Evandro Menezes wrote:
> On 11/12/2015 09:39 AM, Evandro Menezes wrote:
>    2015-11-12  Evandro Menezes <e.menezes@samsung.com>
> 
>    [AArch64] Add attribute for compatibility with ARM pipeline models
> 
>    gcc/
> 
>        * config/aarch64/aarch64.md (predicated): Copy attribute from
>        "arm.md".
>        * config/arm/arm.md (predicated): Added description.
> 
> Please, commit if it's alright.

The AArch64 part of this is OK.

> From 3fa6a2bca8f3d2992b4607cff0afcc2d9caa96f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Evandro Menezes <e.menezes@samsung.com>
> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 17:11:16 -0600
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [AArch64] Add attribute for compatibility with ARM
>  pipeline models
> 
> gcc/
> 	* config/aarch64/aarch64.md (predicated): Copy attribute from "arm.md".
> 	* config/arm/arm.md (predicated): Added description.
> ---
>  gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md | 4 ++++
>  gcc/config/arm/arm.md         | 3 +++
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md
> index 1586256..d46f837 100644
> --- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md
> +++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md
> @@ -195,6 +195,10 @@
>  ;; 1 :=: yes
>  (define_attr "far_branch" "" (const_int 0))
>  
> +;; Strictly for compatibility with AArch32 in pipeline models, since AArch64 has
> +;; no predicated insns.
> +(define_attr "predicated" "yes,no" (const_string "no"))
> +
>  ;; -------------------------------------------------------------------
>  ;; Pipeline descriptions and scheduling
>  ;; -------------------------------------------------------------------
> diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/arm.md b/gcc/config/arm/arm.md
> index 73c3088..6bda491 100644
> --- a/gcc/config/arm/arm.md
> +++ b/gcc/config/arm/arm.md
> @@ -105,6 +105,9 @@
>  (define_attr "fpu" "none,vfp"
>    (const (symbol_ref "arm_fpu_attr")))
>  
> +; Predicated means that the insn form is conditionally executed based on a
> +; predicate.  We default to 'no' because no Thumb patterns match this rule
> +; and not all ARM insns do.

s/is conditionally executed/can be conditionally executed/ in the first
sentence. Otherwise, this looks OK to me but I can't approve the ARM part,
so you'll need to wait for a review from someone who can.

Thanks,
James

>  (define_attr "predicated" "yes,no" (const_string "no"))
>  
>  ; LENGTH of an instruction (in bytes)
> -- 
> 2.1.0.243.g30d45f7
> 



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