Some pieces of code create a temporary REG or MEM and only fill it in later when they're testing the cost of a particular rtx. This patch makes sure that even the dummy REG or MEM is valid, rather than force the gen_* code to handle garbage values.
gcc/ * caller-save.c (init_caller_save): Use word_mode and FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER when creating temporary rtxes. * expr.c (init_expr_target): Likewise. * ira.c (setup_prohibited_mode_move_regs): Likewise. * postreload.c (reload_cse_regs_1): Likewise. Index: gcc/caller-save.c =================================================================== --- gcc/caller-save.c 2015-05-16 15:50:58.063567104 +0100 +++ gcc/caller-save.c 2015-05-16 15:50:58.055567198 +0100 @@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ init_caller_save (void) To avoid lots of unnecessary RTL allocation, we construct all the RTL once, then modify the memory and register operands in-place. */ - test_reg = gen_rtx_REG (VOIDmode, 0); - test_mem = gen_rtx_MEM (VOIDmode, address); + test_reg = gen_rtx_REG (word_mode, FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER); + test_mem = gen_rtx_MEM (word_mode, address); savepat = gen_rtx_SET (test_mem, test_reg); restpat = gen_rtx_SET (test_reg, test_mem); Index: gcc/expr.c =================================================================== --- gcc/expr.c 2015-05-16 15:50:58.063567104 +0100 +++ gcc/expr.c 2015-05-16 15:50:58.059567152 +0100 @@ -202,12 +202,12 @@ init_expr_target (void) /* Try indexing by frame ptr and try by stack ptr. It is known that on the Convex the stack ptr isn't a valid index. With luck, one or the other is valid on any machine. */ - mem = gen_rtx_MEM (VOIDmode, stack_pointer_rtx); - mem1 = gen_rtx_MEM (VOIDmode, frame_pointer_rtx); + mem = gen_rtx_MEM (word_mode, stack_pointer_rtx); + mem1 = gen_rtx_MEM (word_mode, frame_pointer_rtx); /* A scratch register we can modify in-place below to avoid useless RTL allocations. */ - reg = gen_rtx_REG (VOIDmode, -1); + reg = gen_rtx_REG (word_mode, FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER); insn = rtx_alloc (INSN); pat = gen_rtx_SET (NULL_RTX, NULL_RTX); Index: gcc/ira.c =================================================================== --- gcc/ira.c 2015-05-16 15:50:58.063567104 +0100 +++ gcc/ira.c 2015-05-16 15:50:58.055567198 +0100 @@ -1767,8 +1767,8 @@ setup_prohibited_mode_move_regs (void) if (ira_prohibited_mode_move_regs_initialized_p) return; ira_prohibited_mode_move_regs_initialized_p = true; - test_reg1 = gen_rtx_REG (VOIDmode, 0); - test_reg2 = gen_rtx_REG (VOIDmode, 0); + test_reg1 = gen_rtx_REG (word_mode, FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER); + test_reg2 = gen_rtx_REG (word_mode, FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER); move_pat = gen_rtx_SET (test_reg1, test_reg2); move_insn = gen_rtx_INSN (VOIDmode, 0, 0, 0, move_pat, 0, -1, 0); for (i = 0; i < NUM_MACHINE_MODES; i++) Index: gcc/postreload.c =================================================================== --- gcc/postreload.c 2015-05-16 15:50:58.063567104 +0100 +++ gcc/postreload.c 2015-05-16 15:50:58.055567198 +0100 @@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ reload_cse_regs_1 (void) bool cfg_changed = false; basic_block bb; rtx_insn *insn; - rtx testreg = gen_rtx_REG (VOIDmode, -1); + rtx testreg = gen_rtx_REG (word_mode, FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER); cselib_init (CSELIB_RECORD_MEMORY); init_alias_analysis ();