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authorEvan Cheng <evan.cheng@apple.com>2006-02-25 10:04:07 +0000
committerEvan Cheng <evan.cheng@apple.com>2006-02-25 10:04:07 +0000
commit53f280a30e4729398de9c90f3c8694bcf0a703a3 (patch)
tree19431c4f12daba54bd65879eacc171dcc28ed873
parent71fb834b505140cbd0fe8a87fb2ce172fd98cce7 (diff)
Updates.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@26375 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
-rw-r--r--lib/Target/X86/README.txt23
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/README.txt b/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
index 941d52294b..6c9a235ebb 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ aren't.
Use push/pop instructions in prolog/epilog sequences instead of stores off
ESP (certain code size win, perf win on some [which?] processors).
+Also, it appears icc use push for parameter passing. Need to investigate.
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -411,22 +412,6 @@ void clearbit(int *target, int bit) {
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-Easy: Global addresses are not always allowed as immediates. For this:
-
-int dst = 0; int *ptr = 0;
-void foo() { ptr = &dst; }
-
-we get this:
-
-_foo:
- movl $_dst, %eax
- movl %eax, _ptr
- ret
-
-When: "movl $_dst, _ptr" is sufficient.
-
-//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-
Instead of the following for memset char*, 1, 10:
movl $16843009, 4(%edx)
@@ -505,10 +490,6 @@ and ISD::FMAX node types?
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-Select (add, x, GlobalAddress) to ADD32ri, etc. when it's appropriate.
-
-//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-
The first BB of this code:
declare bool %foo()
@@ -533,4 +514,6 @@ _bar:
It would be better to emit "cmp %al, 1" than a xor and test.
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+Enable X86InstrInfo::convertToThreeAddress().