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Re: MIPS gas relaxation still doesn't work
On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 05:09:38PM +0100, Richard Sandiford wrote:
> "H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> > Can gcc be be modified not to generate noreorder/nomacro for branchs if
> > gas is used?
>
> Sounds like you're suggesting gcc should leave gas to fill delay slots?
>
Yes, when gcc doesn't know how.
> gcc is usually much better at filling delay slots than gas is. gas just
> looks at the previous instruction to see if it's suitable. gcc can pull
> pull instructions from the branch target instead.
>
I don't think so. Please check out g++.dg/opt/longbranch1.C. gcc 3.2
generates:
$L7488:
lw $2,52($fp)
.set noreorder
.set nomacro
bne $2,$0,$L7493
nop
j $L2
nop
.set macro
.set reorder
$L7493:
It is no better than gas and disables the branch relaxation. I don't
why gcc shouldn't let gas handle it in this case. That is gcc should
never fill the delay slot with nop.
H.J.