rfc: auto-casted vector types

Aldy Hernandez aldy@andrews.edu
Mon Feb 17 19:52:00 GMT 2003


ping.

could i get some comments on this, or the patches look sensible enough 
to submit for inclusion?

aldy

On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 01:01  PM, Aldy Hernandez wrote:

> The PPC E500 API specifies that vector types of type __ev64_opaque__ 
> (V2SImode) can interconvert with other vector types without a cast.
>
> For example:
>
> 	#define __vector __attribute__((vector_size(8)))
> 	typedef int                     __vector __ev64_opaque__;
> 	typedef float                   __vector __ev64_fs__;
> 	typedef int						__vector __ev64_int__;
>
> 	__ev64_fs__ f;
> 	__ev64_int__ i;
> 	__ev64_opaque__ op;
>
> 	/* Do not require a cast.  */
> 	op = f;
> 	f = op;
> 	op = i;
> 	i = op;
>
> I had originally kludged a solution in comptypes() and 
> convert_for_assignment() because I thought nobody would be interested 
> (or would agree), but Nick has since cleaned up my patches a bit, and 
> they don't look that bad: three lines of actual generic code.
>
> I'd like to get input on:
>
> 	(a) the feasibility of including these patches
> 	(b) alternate solutions that would be accepted
> 	(c) including the patch below in contrib/
>
> As you can probably guess, I didn't design the API, so no flames 
> please ;-).
>
> Comments?
>
> 2003-02-13  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
> 	    Aldy Hernandez  <aldyh@redhat.com>
>
> 	* doc/tm.texi: Document TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE.
>
> 	* c-typeck.c (comptypes): Take into account
> 	TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE.
> 	(convert_for_assignment): Same.
>
> 	* config/rs6000/rs6000-protos.h
> 	(rs6000_spe_vector_types_compatible): Prototype.
>
> 	* config/rs6000/rs6000.c (is_ev64_opaque_type): New.
> 	(rs6000_spe_vector_types_compatible): New.
>
> 	* config/rs6000/rs6000.h (TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE): Define.
>
> Index: doc/tm.texi
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/gcc/gcc/gcc/doc/tm.texi,v
> retrieving revision 1.198
> diff -c -p -r1.198 tm.texi
> *** doc/tm.texi	31 Jan 2003 23:34:17 -0000	1.198
> --- doc/tm.texi	13 Feb 2003 20:50:20 -0000
> *************** Define this macro to be nonzero if the p
> *** 1302,1307 ****
> --- 1302,1312 ----
>   involving vector mode @var{mode}.  At the very least, it must have 
> move
>   patterns for this mode.
>
> + @findex TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE
> + @item TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE(@var{tree1}, @var{tree2})
> + Define this macro to return nonzero if no cast is needed when copying
> + a value of type @var{tree1} to a value of type @var{tree2}.
> +
>   @findex STACK_SAVEAREA_MODE
>   @item STACK_SAVEAREA_MODE (@var{save_level})
>   If defined, an expression of type @code{enum machine_mode} that
> Index: c-typeck.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/gcc/gcc/gcc/c-typeck.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.218
> diff -c -p -r1.218 c-typeck.c
> *** c-typeck.c	1 Feb 2003 13:09:39 -0000	1.218
> --- c-typeck.c	13 Feb 2003 20:50:35 -0000
> *************** comptypes (type1, type2)
> *** 574,579 ****
> --- 574,586 ----
>   	val = 1;
>         break;
>
> +     case VECTOR_TYPE:
> + #ifdef TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE
> +       /* The target might allow certain vector types to be 
> compatible.  */
> +       val = TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE (t1, t2);
> + #endif
> +       break;
> +
>       default:
>         break;
>       }
> *************** convert_for_assignment (type, rhs, errty
> *** 4061,4066 ****
> --- 4068,4079 ----
>         rhs = build1 (NOP_EXPR, type, rhs);
>         return rhs;
>       }
> + #ifdef TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE
> +   /* Some types can interconvert without explicit casts.  */
> +   else if (codel == VECTOR_TYPE && coder == VECTOR_TYPE
> + 	   && TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE (type, rhstype))
> +     return convert (type, rhs);
> + #endif
>     /* Arithmetic types all interconvert, and enum is treated like 
> int.  */
>     else if ((codel == INTEGER_TYPE || codel == REAL_TYPE
>   	    || codel == ENUMERAL_TYPE || codel == COMPLEX_TYPE
> Index: config/rs6000/rs6000.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/gcc/gcc/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.422
> diff -c -p -r1.422 rs6000.c
> *** config/rs6000/rs6000.c	10 Feb 2003 18:42:19 -0000	1.422
> --- config/rs6000/rs6000.c	13 Feb 2003 20:51:03 -0000
> *************** static void is_altivec_return_reg PARAMS
> *** 265,270 ****
> --- 265,271 ----
>   static rtx generate_set_vrsave PARAMS ((rtx, rs6000_stack_t *, int));
>   static void altivec_frame_fixup PARAMS ((rtx, rtx, HOST_WIDE_INT));
>   static int easy_vector_constant PARAMS ((rtx));
> + static int is_ev64_opaque_type PARAMS ((tree));
>
>   /* Hash table stuff for keeping track of TOC entries.  */
>
> *************** rs6000_memory_move_cost (mode, class, in
> *** 13522,13527 ****
> --- 13523,13556 ----
>       return 4 * HARD_REGNO_NREGS (FIRST_ALTIVEC_REGNO, mode);
>     else
>       return 4 + rs6000_register_move_cost (mode, class, GENERAL_REGS);
> + }
> +
> + static int
> + is_ev64_opaque_type (type)
> +      tree type;
> + {
> +   return (TYPE_NAME (type)
> + 	  && TREE_CODE (TYPE_NAME (type)) == TYPE_DECL
> + 	  && DECL_NAME (TYPE_NAME (type))
> + 	  && strcmp (IDENTIFIER_POINTER (DECL_NAME (TYPE_NAME (type))),
> + 		     "__ev64_opaque__") == 0);
> + }
> +
> + /* Return true iff vector type1 can be converted into vector type2.  
> */
> +
> + int
> + rs6000_spe_vector_types_compatible (t1, t2)
> +      tree t1;
> +      tree t2;
> + {
> +   if (TREE_CODE (t1) != VECTOR_TYPE || TREE_CODE (t2) != VECTOR_TYPE)
> +     return 0;
> +
> +   if (TYPE_NAME (t1) || TYPE_NAME (t2))
> +     return is_ev64_opaque_type (t1) || is_ev64_opaque_type (t2);
> +
> +   /* The V2SI type is the basis of the ev64_opaque type.  */
> +   return t1 == V2SI_type_node || t2 == V2SI_type_node;
>   }
>
>   #include "gt-rs6000.h"
> Index: config/rs6000/rs6000.h
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/gcc/gcc/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.h,v
> retrieving revision 1.251
> diff -c -p -r1.251 rs6000.h
> *** config/rs6000/rs6000.h	8 Feb 2003 03:59:40 -0000	1.251
> --- config/rs6000/rs6000.h	13 Feb 2003 20:51:11 -0000
> *************** extern int rs6000_default_long_calls;
> *** 892,897 ****
> --- 892,901 ----
>            || (MODE) == V1DImode          \
>            || (MODE) == V2SImode)
>
> + /* Allow SPE vector types to be inter-converted.  */
> + #define TARGET_VECTOR_TYPES_COMPATIBLE(t1,t2) \
> +    (TARGET_SPE ? rs6000_spe_vector_types_compatible (t1, t2) : 0)
> +
>   /* Define this macro to be nonzero if the port is prepared to handle
>      insns involving vector mode MODE.  At the very least, it must have
>      move patterns for this mode.  */
>



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