On Tue, 3 Apr 2018, Bin Cheng wrote:
> Option -ftree-loop-distribution is improved and enabled by default at
> -O3 for GCC8. This patch describes the change, is it OK?
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+ Classical loop nest optimization pass <code>-ftree-loop-distribution</code>
"The classic loop nest..." (i.e., add the article and I believe classic
is more appropriate than classical which connotates the arts,...).
+ It supports loop nest distribution in some restricted scenarios; it also
+ supports cancellable innermost loop distribution with loop versioning
+ under runtime alias checks.
I believe that would be "run-time" (per codingconventions.html)?
Fine with the change above and considering the second comment.
Thank you,
Gerald
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are enabled by default at <code>-O3</code> and above.
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<li>
+ Classical loop nest optimization pass <code>-ftree-loop-distribution</code>
+ has been improved and enabled by default at <code>-O3</code> and above.
+ It supports loop nest distribution in some restricted scenarios; it also
+ supports cancellable innermost loop distribution with loop versioning
+ under runtime alias checks.
+ </li>
+ <li>
The new option <code>-fstack-clash-protection</code> causes the
compiler to insert probes whenever stack space is allocated
statically or dynamically to reliably detect stack overflows and
