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//===- README_ALTIVEC.txt - Notes for improving Altivec code gen ----------===//
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Implement PPCInstrInfo::isLoadFromStackSlot/isStoreToStackSlot for vector
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registers, to generate better spill code.
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The first should be a single lvx from the constant pool, the second should be
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int x[8] __attribute__((aligned(128))) = { 1, 1, 1, 17, 1, 1, 1, 1 };
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int x[8] __attribute__((aligned(128)));
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memset (x, 0, sizeof (x));
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Altivec: Codegen'ing MUL with vector FMADD should add -0.0, not 0.0:
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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8763
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When -ffast-math is on, we can use 0.0.
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v4f32 Vector2 = { Vector.X, Vector.X, Vector.X, Vector.X };
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Since we know that "Vector" is 16-byte aligned and we know the element offset
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of ".X", we should change the load into a lve*x instruction, instead of doing
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a load/store/lve*x sequence.
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For functions that use altivec AND have calls, we are VRSAVE'ing all call
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Implement passing vectors by value into calls and receiving them as arguments.
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GCC apparently tries to codegen { C1, C2, Variable, C3 } as a constant pool load
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of C1/C2/C3, then a load and vperm of Variable.
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We need a way to teach tblgen that some operands of an intrinsic are required to
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be constants. The verifier should enforce this constraint.
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We currently codegen SCALAR_TO_VECTOR as a store of the scalar to a 16-byte
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aligned stack slot, followed by a load/vperm. We should probably just store it
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to a scalar stack slot, then use lvsl/vperm to load it. If the value is already
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in memory this is a big win.
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extract_vector_elt of an arbitrary constant vector can be done with the
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following instructions:
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vTemp = vec_splat(v0,2); // 2 is the element the src is in.
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vec_ste(&destloc,0,vTemp);
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We can do an arbitrary non-constant value by using lvsr/perm/ste.
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If we want to tie instruction selection into the scheduler, we can do some
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constant formation with different instructions. For example, we can generate
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"vsplti -1" with "vcmpequw R,R" and 1,1,1,1 with "vsubcuw R,R", and 0,0,0,0 with
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"vsplti 0" or "vxor", each of which use different execution units, thus could
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This is probably only reasonable for a post-pass scheduler.
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void test(vector float *A, vector float *B) {
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vector float C = (vector float)vec_cmpeq(*A, *B);
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if (!vec_any_eq(*A, *B))
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*B = (vector float){0,0,0,0};
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we get the following basic block:
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bne cr6, LBB1_2 ; cond_next
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The vcmpeqfp/vcmpeqfp. instructions currently cannot be merged when the
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vcmpeqfp. result is used by a branch. This can be improved.
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The code generated for this is truly aweful:
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vector float test(float a, float b) {
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return (vector float){ 0.0, a, 0.0, 0.0};
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lis r3, ha16(LCPI1_0)
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lfs f0, lo16(LCPI1_0)(r3)
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int foo(vector float *x, vector float *y) {
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if (vec_all_eq(*x,*y)) return 3245;
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A predicate compare being used in a select_cc should have the same peephole
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applied to it as a predicate compare used by a br_cc. There should be no
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rlwinm r3, r3, 25, 31, 31
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bne cr0, LBB1_2 ; entry
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CodeGen/PowerPC/vec_constants.ll has an and operation that should be
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codegen'd to andc. The issue is that the 'all ones' build vector is
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SelectNodeTo'd a VSPLTISB instruction node before the and/xor is selected
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which prevents the vnot pattern from matching.
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An alternative to the store/store/load approach for illegal insert element
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1. store element to any ol' slot
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3. lvsl 0; splat index; vcmpeq to generate a select mask
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4. lvsl slot + x; vperm to rotate result into correct slot
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5. vsel result together.
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Should codegen branches on vec_any/vec_all to avoid mfcr. Two examples:
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int f(vector float a, vector float b)
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if (vec_all_ge(a, b))
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vector float f(vector float a, vector float b) {
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if (vec_any_eq(a, b))