diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/README-SSE.txt b/lib/Target/X86/README-SSE.txt index 87144248e32..7c4bf37e34d 100644 --- a/lib/Target/X86/README-SSE.txt +++ b/lib/Target/X86/README-SSE.txt @@ -839,3 +839,40 @@ _t: shufps $2, %xmm1, %xmm2 shufps $132, %xmm2, %xmm0 movaps %xmm0, 0 + +//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===// +rdar://6037315 + +llvm-gcc-4.2 does the following for uint32_t -> float conversions on i386: + + uint32_t x; + float y = (float)x; + +becomes: + +movl %eax, -8(%ebp) // write x to the stack +movl $0x3ff00000, -4(%ebp) // 2^52 + x as a double at -4(%ebp) +movsd -8(%ebp), %xmm0 +subsd [2^52 double], %xmm0 // subtract 2^52 -- this is exact +cvtsd2ss %xmm0, %xmm0 // convert to single -- rounding happens here + +On merom/yonah, this takes a substantial stall. The following is a much +better option: + +movd %eax, %xmm0 // load x into low word of xmm0 +movsd [2^52 double], %xmm1 // load 2^52 into xmm1 +orpd %xmm1, %xmm0 // 2^52 + x in double precision +subsd %xmm1, %xmm0 // x in double precision +cvtsd2ss %xmm0, %xmm0 // x rounded to single precision + +IF we don't already need PIC, then the following is even faster still, at a +small cost to code size: + +movl $0x3ff00000, %ecx // conjure high word of 2^52 +movd %ecx, %xmm1 +movss %eax, %xmm0 // load x into low word of xmm0 +psllq $32, %xmm1 // 2^52 +orpd %xmm1, %xmm0 // 2^52 + x in double precision +subsd %xmm1, %xmm0 // x in double precision +cvtsd2ss %xmm0, %xmm0 // x in single precision +