[PATCH] Permit use of AIX Vector extended ABI mode

David Edelsohn dje.gcc@gmail.com
Sat Jan 30 17:11:27 GMT 2021


    AIX only permits use of Altivec VSRs 20-31 in a Vector Extended ABI mode.
    This patch explicitly enables use of the VSRs using the new -mabi=vec-extabi
    command line option also implemented in LLVM for AIX.

    Bootstrapped on powerpc-ibm-aix7.2.3.0 and powerpc64le-linux-gnu.

    gcc/ChangeLog:

            * config/rs6000/rs6000.opt (mabi=vec-extabi): New.
            (mabi=vec-default): New.
            * config/rs6000/rs6000-c.c (rs6000_target_modify_macros): Define
            __EXTABI__ for AIX Vector extended ABI.
            * config/rs6000/rs6000.c (rs6000_debug_reg_global): Print AIX Vector
            extabi info.
            (conditional_register_usage): If AIX vec_extabi enabled, vs20-vs31
            are non-volatile.
            * doc/invoke.texi (PowerPC mabi): Add AIX vec-extabi and
vec-default.

diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000-c.c b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000-c.c
index 656cdb39f3f..06b3bc0df33 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000-c.c
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000-c.c
@@ -483,6 +483,8 @@ rs6000_target_modify_macros (bool define_p,
HOST_WIDE_INT flags,
          /* Define this when supporting context-sensitive keywords.  */
       if (!flag_iso)
        rs6000_define_or_undefine_macro (define_p, "__APPLE_ALTIVEC__");
+      if (rs6000_aix_extabi)
+       rs6000_define_or_undefine_macro (define_p, "__EXTABI__");
     }
   /* Note that the OPTION_MASK_VSX flag is automatically turned on in
      the following conditions:

diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
index fbaff289a40..0d5ef38bd82 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
@@ -2512,6 +2512,9 @@ rs6000_debug_reg_global (void)
   if (rs6000_altivec_abi)
     fprintf (stderr, DEBUG_FMT_S, "altivec_abi", "true");

+  if (rs6000_aix_extabi)
+    fprintf (stderr, DEBUG_FMT_S, "AIX vec-extabi", "true");
+
   if (rs6000_darwin64_abi)
     fprintf (stderr, DEBUG_FMT_S, "darwin64_abi", "true");

@@ -9815,7 +9818,7 @@ rs6000_conditional_register_usage (void)
        call_used_regs[i] = 1;

       /* AIX reserves VR20:31 in non-extended ABI mode.  */
-      if (TARGET_XCOFF)
+      if (TARGET_XCOFF && !rs6000_aix_extabi)
        for (i = FIRST_ALTIVEC_REGNO + 20; i < FIRST_ALTIVEC_REGNO + 32; ++i)
          fixed_regs[i] = call_used_regs[i] = 1;
     }

diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.opt b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.opt
index 6240f779694..7aaabf39b25 100644
--- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.opt
+++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.opt
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ mdebug=
 Target RejectNegative Joined
 -mdebug=       Enable debug output.

+; Altivec ABI
 mabi=altivec
 Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_altivec_abi) Save
 Use the AltiVec ABI extensions.
@@ -360,6 +361,16 @@ mabi=no-altivec
 Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_altivec_abi, 0)
 Do not use the AltiVec ABI extensions.

+; AIX Extended vector ABI
+mabi=vec-extabi
+Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_aix_extabi, 1) Save
+Use the AIX Vector Extended ABI
+
+mabi=vec-default
+Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_aix_extabi, 0)
+Do not use the AIX Vector Extended ABI
+
+; PPC64 Linux ELF ABI
 mabi=elfv1
 Target RejectNegative Var(rs6000_elf_abi, 1) Save
 Use the ELFv1 ABI.
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index a89d3859d6d..3751bc3ac7c 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -27509,9 +27509,10 @@ SVR4 ABI)@.
 @item -mabi=@var{abi-type}
 @opindex mabi
 Extend the current ABI with a particular extension, or remove such extension.
-Valid values are @samp{altivec}, @samp{no-altivec},
+Valid values are: @samp{altivec}, @samp{no-altivec},
 @samp{ibmlongdouble}, @samp{ieeelongdouble},
-@samp{elfv1}, @samp{elfv2}@.
+@samp{elfv1}, @samp{elfv2},
+and for AIX: @samp{vec-extabi}, @samp{vec-default}@.

 @item -mabi=ibmlongdouble
 @opindex mabi=ibmlongdouble


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