Flesh out a couple of the items in the README
authorNate Begeman <natebegeman@mac.com>
Fri, 3 Feb 2006 05:17:06 +0000 (05:17 +0000)
committerNate Begeman <natebegeman@mac.com>
Fri, 3 Feb 2006 05:17:06 +0000 (05:17 +0000)
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@25928 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

lib/Target/PowerPC/README.txt

index 5281e576538ed7428831997543a81654d72be341..fb52dd3b962d7d14249fbd7707086b8f109d9e0b 100644 (file)
@@ -2,20 +2,17 @@ TODO:
 * gpr0 allocation
 * implement do-loop -> bdnz transform
 * implement powerpc-64 for darwin
-* use stfiwx in float->int
 
-* Fold add and sub with constant into non-extern, non-weak addresses so this:
-       lis r2, ha16(l2__ZTV4Cell)
-       la r2, lo16(l2__ZTV4Cell)(r2)
-       addi r2, r2, 8
-becomes:
-       lis r2, ha16(l2__ZTV4Cell+8)
-       la r2, lo16(l2__ZTV4Cell+8)(r2)
+===-------------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+Use the stfiwx instruction for:
 
+void foo(float a, int *b) { *b = a; }
+
+===-------------------------------------------------------------------------===
 
-* Teach LLVM how to codegen this:
 unsigned short foo(float a) { return a; }
-as:
+should be:
 _foo:
         fctiwz f0,f1
         stfd f0,-8(r1)
@@ -29,11 +26,15 @@ _foo:
         rlwinm r3, r2, 0, 16, 31
         blr
 
-* Support 'update' load/store instructions.  These are cracked on the G5, but
-  are still a codesize win.
+===-------------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+Support 'update' load/store instructions.  These are cracked on the G5, but are
+still a codesize win.
+
+===-------------------------------------------------------------------------===
 
-* should hint to the branch select pass that it doesn't need to print the
-  second unconditional branch, so we don't end up with things like:
+Should hint to the branch select pass that it doesn't need to print the second
+unconditional branch, so we don't end up with things like:
        b .LBBl42__2E_expand_function_8_674     ; loopentry.24
        b .LBBl42__2E_expand_function_8_42      ; NewDefault
        b .LBBl42__2E_expand_function_8_42      ; NewDefault
@@ -475,3 +476,29 @@ _foo:
 Get the C front-end to expand hypot(x,y) -> llvm.sqrt(x*x+y*y) when errno and
 precision don't matter (ffastmath).  Misc/mandel will like this. :)
 
+===-------------------------------------------------------------------------===
+
+Fold add and sub with constant into non-extern, non-weak addresses so this:
+
+static int a;
+void bar(int b) { a = b; }
+void foo(unsigned char *c) {
+  *c = a;
+}
+
+So that 
+
+_foo:
+        lis r2, ha16(_a)
+        la r2, lo16(_a)(r2)
+        lbz r2, 3(r2)
+        stb r2, 0(r3)
+        blr
+
+Becomes
+
+_foo:
+        lis r2, ha16(_a+3)
+        lbz r2, lo16(_a+3)(r2)
+        stb r2, 0(r3)
+        blr