diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/README.txt b/lib/Target/X86/README.txt index d70e90a3ca1..4648630c974 100644 --- a/lib/Target/X86/README.txt +++ b/lib/Target/X86/README.txt @@ -1103,3 +1103,30 @@ These instructions should go away: movaps %xmm1, 192(%esp) movaps %xmm1, 224(%esp) movaps %xmm1, 176(%esp) + +//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===// + +This is a "commutable two-address" register coallescing deficiency: + +define <4 x float> @test1(<4 x float> %V) { +entry: + %tmp8 = shufflevector <4 x float> %V, <4 x float> undef, <4 x i32> < i32 3, i32 2, i32 1, i32 0 > ; <<4 x float>> [#uses=1] + %add = add <4 x float> %tmp8, %V ; <<4 x float>> [#uses=1] + ret <4 x float> %add +} + +this codegens to: + +_test1: + pshufd $27, %xmm0, %xmm1 + addps %xmm0, %xmm1 + movaps %xmm1, %xmm0 + ret + +instead of: + +_test1: + pshufd $27, %xmm0, %xmm1 + addps %xmm1, %xmm0 + ret +