shchenz added inline comments.
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Comment at: clang/lib/Basic/Targets/PPC.cpp:519
.Default(false);
+ Features["crbits"] = llvm::StringSwitch<bool>(CPU)
+ .Case("ppc64le", true)
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nemanjai wrote:
> shchenz wrote:
> > amyk wrote:
> > > shchenz wrote:
> > > > If we set the `+crbits` by the arch name, do we still need the
> > > > customization (Turn on crbits for O2 and above) in
> > > > `computeFSAdditions()`?
> > > Yeah, that's a good point. I looked into this previously, and it appears
> > > that addition of `-mcrbits` inside `computeFSAdditions()` may still be
> > > necessary.
> > >
> > > In particular, we have test cases that test pre-POWER8 with optimizations
> > > on (or, if no optimization level is provided, then -O2 is assumed the
> > > default). In these cases, much of the code changes if the customization
> > > inside `computeFSAdditions()` is removed because we would no longer be
> > > using crbits pre-P8.
> > hmm, OK, then we still have the same issue that this patch fixes for
> > pre-POWER8. I'm ok with leaving it for now as IMO Power7/Power6 should not
> > be major versions for PowerPC.
> Up until Power8, the only instructions we had that require `crbits` were
> CR-logicals (which existed since the POWER architecture - i.e. before
> PowerPC). In Power8, we added BCD instructions that also require `crbits`. So
> that's why we turn it on for Power8 and up.
Fail enough.
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