the processor keeps a return addresses stack (RAS) which stores the address
and the instruction execution state of the instruction after a function-call
type branch instruction.
Calling a "noreturn" function with normal call instructions (e.g. bl) can
corrupt RAS and causes 100% return misprediction so LLVM should use a
unconditional branch instead. i.e.
mov lr, pc
b _foo
The "mov lr, pc" is issued in order to get proper backtrace.
rdar://8979299
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reserving a physical register ($gp or $28) for that purpose.
This will completely eliminate loads that restore the value of $gp after every
function call, if the register allocator assigns a callee-saved register, or
eliminate unnecessary loads if it assigns a temporary register.
example:
.cpload $25 // set $gp.
...
.cprestore 16 // store $gp to stack slot 16($sp).
...
jalr $25 // function call. clobbers $gp.
lw $gp, 16($sp) // not emitted if callee-saved reg is chosen.
...
lw $2, 4($gp)
...
jalr $25 // function call.
lw $gp, 16($sp) // not emitted if $gp is not live after this instruction.
...
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Passes prior to instructon selection are now split into separate configurable stages.
Header dependencies are simplified.
The bulk of this diff is simply removal of the silly DisableVerify flags.
Sorry for the target header churn. Attempting to stabilize them.
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Allows command line overrides to be centralized in LLVMTargetMachine.cpp.
LLVMTargetMachine can intercept common passes and give precedence to command line overrides.
Allows adding "internal" target configuration options without touching TargetOptions.
Encapsulates the PassManager.
Provides a good point to initialize all CodeGen passes so that Pass ID's can be used in APIs.
Allows modifying the target configuration hooks without rebuilding the world.
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needed to emit a 64-bit gp-relative relocation entry. Make changes necessary
for emitting jump tables which have entries with directive .gpdword. This patch
does not implement the parts needed for direct object emission or JIT.
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- Use MipsAnalyzeImmediate to expand immediates that do not fit in 16-bit.
- Change the types of variables so that they are sufficiently large to handle
64-bit pointers.
- Emit instructions to set register $28 in a function prologue after
instructions which store callee-saved registers have been emitted.
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expand offsets that do not fit in the 16-bit immediate field of load and store
instructions. Also change the types of variables so that they are sufficiently
large to handle 64-bit pointers.
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Add a test case to show fewer instructions are needed to load an immediate
with the new way of loading immediates.
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This is similar to implicit register operands. MC doesn't understand
register liveness and call clobbers.
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When set, this bit indicates that a register is completely defined by
the value of its sub-registers.
Use the CoveredBySubRegs property to infer which super-registers are
call-preserved given a list of callee-saved registers. For example, the
ARM registers D8-D15 are callee-saved. This now automatically implies
that Q4-Q7 are call-preserved.
Conversely, Win64 callees save XMM6-XMM15, but the corresponding
YMM6-YMM15 registers are not call-preserved because they are not fully
defined by their sub-registers.
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