It turns out the 's' output modifier is used in some glibc math code, and is in an installed header even. So let's put it back, it is much less of a burden supporting it a bit longer than to deal with the fallout. (It is also being fixed for glibc.)
Tested on powerpc64-linux-gcc; is this okay for mainline? Segher 2016-01-26 Segher Boessenkool <seg...@kernel.crashing.org> * config/rs6000/rs6000.c (print_operand): Rollback 's' removal. --- gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c index ba4aeab..2a3a441 100644 --- a/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c +++ b/gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c @@ -19949,6 +19949,14 @@ print_operand (FILE *file, rtx x, int code) fprintf (file, "%d", 128 >> (REGNO (x) - CR0_REGNO)); return; + case 's': + /* Low 5 bits of 32 - value */ + if (! INT_P (x)) + output_operand_lossage ("invalid %%s value"); + else + fprintf (file, HOST_WIDE_INT_PRINT_DEC, (32 - INTVAL (x)) & 31); + return; + case 't': /* Like 'J' but get to the OVERFLOW/UNORDERED bit. */ gcc_assert (REG_P (x) && GET_MODE (x) == CCmode); -- 1.9.3