There is no need to store callee-saved registers in prologue if the
function would never return. Size optimization is paramount for the
microcontroller-class PRU.
Some backends save some registers for noreturn functions. But for PRU
debuggability is a less concern because GDB has not been ported yet
for PRU.
gcc/ChangeLog:
* config/pru/pru.cc (prologue_saved_reg_p): Skip saving
if function will not return.
gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-1.c: New test.
* gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-2.c: New test.
Signed-off-by: Dimitar Dimitrov <[email protected]>
---
gcc/config/pru/pru.cc | 4 ++++
gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-1.c | 10 ++++++++++
gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-2.c | 11 +++++++++++
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-1.c
create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-2.c
diff --git a/gcc/config/pru/pru.cc b/gcc/config/pru/pru.cc
index a76451f4223..e5ec398d2db 100644
--- a/gcc/config/pru/pru.cc
+++ b/gcc/config/pru/pru.cc
@@ -443,6 +443,10 @@ prologue_saved_reg_p (int regno)
{
gcc_assert (GP_REG_P (regno));
+ /* Do not save the register if function will not return. */
+ if (TREE_THIS_VOLATILE (current_function_decl))
+ return false;
+
if (df_regs_ever_live_p (regno) && !call_used_or_fixed_reg_p (regno))
return true;
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-1.c
b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-1.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..af69e52d925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* Ensure prologues are not generated for noreturn functions. */
+/* { dg-do assemble } */
+/* { dg-options "-Os" } */
+/* { dg-final { object-size text == 0 } } */
+
+void test(void)
+{
+ asm volatile ("# \n\t" : : : "r5", "r10");
+ __builtin_unreachable ();
+}
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-2.c
b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-2.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d12a9c462b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/pru/noreturn-prologue-2.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/* Ensure prologues are not generated for noreturn functions. */
+/* { dg-do assemble } */
+/* { dg-options "-Os" } */
+/* { dg-final { object-size text == 4 } } */
+
+void test(void)
+{
+ asm volatile ("# \n\t" : : : "r0", "r9");
+ for (;;)
+ ;
+}
--
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