On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 03:38:40PM +0100, Wilco Dijkstra wrote:
> ping

> > Various instructions are supported as integer operations as well as SIMD on 
> > AArch64. When
> > register pressure is high, lra-constraints inserts spill code without 
> > taking the allocation
> > class into account, and basically chooses the first available pattern that 
> > matches. Since this
> > instruction has the SIMD version first it is usually chosen eventhough some 
> > of the operands
> > are eventually allocated to integer registers. The result is inefficient 
> > code not only due to
> > the higher latency of SIMD instructions but also due to the extra int<->FP 
> > moves. Placing the
> > integer variant first in the shl pattern generates far more optimal spill 
> > code. A few more
> > patterns are the wrong way around, which I'll address in a separate patch. 
> > I'm also looking
> > into fixing lra-constraints to generate the expected code by taking the 
> > allocno class into
> > account in the cost calculations during spilling.
> > 
> > 2015-04-27  Wilco Dijkstra  <wdijk...@arm.com>
> > 
> >         * gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md (aarch64_ashl_sisd_or_int_<mode>3):
> >         Place integer variant first.

I approved this in April
( https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-04/msg01652.html ).

I've committed it on your behalf as revision 226247.

Thanks,
James

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wilco Dijkstra [mailto:wdijk...@arm.com]
> > Sent: 27 April 2015 14:37
> > To: GCC Patches
> > Subject: [PATCH][AArch64] Improve spill code - swap order in shl pattern
> > 
> > ---
> >  gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md | 14 +++++++-------
> >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md
> > index 7163025..baef56a 100644
> > --- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md
> > +++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.md
> > @@ -3334,17 +3334,17 @@
> > 
> >  ;; Logical left shift using SISD or Integer instruction
> >  (define_insn "*aarch64_ashl_sisd_or_int_<mode>3"
> > -  [(set (match_operand:GPI 0 "register_operand" "=w,w,r")
> > +  [(set (match_operand:GPI 0 "register_operand" "=r,w,w")
> >          (ashift:GPI
> > -          (match_operand:GPI 1 "register_operand" "w,w,r")
> > -          (match_operand:QI 2 "aarch64_reg_or_shift_imm_<mode>" 
> > "Us<cmode>,w,rUs<cmode>")))]
> > +          (match_operand:GPI 1 "register_operand" "r,w,w")
> > +          (match_operand:QI 2 "aarch64_reg_or_shift_imm_<mode>" 
> > "rUs<cmode>,Us<cmode>,w")))]
> >    ""
> >    "@
> > +   lsl\t%<w>0, %<w>1, %<w>2
> >     shl\t%<rtn>0<vas>, %<rtn>1<vas>, %2
> > -   ushl\t%<rtn>0<vas>, %<rtn>1<vas>, %<rtn>2<vas>
> > -   lsl\t%<w>0, %<w>1, %<w>2"
> > -  [(set_attr "simd" "yes,yes,no")
> > -   (set_attr "type" "neon_shift_imm<q>, neon_shift_reg<q>,shift_reg")]
> > +   ushl\t%<rtn>0<vas>, %<rtn>1<vas>, %<rtn>2<vas>"
> > +  [(set_attr "simd" "no,yes,yes")
> > +   (set_attr "type" "shift_reg,neon_shift_imm<q>, neon_shift_reg<q>")]
> >  )
> > 
> >  ;; Logical right shift using SISD or Integer instruction
> > --
> > 1.9.1
> 
> 

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