On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 7:03 AM Uros Bizjak <ubiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/9/19, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 6:09 AM Uros Bizjak <ubiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2/9/19, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > In 64-bit mode, SSE2 can be used to emulate MMX instructions without
> >> > 3DNOW.  We can use SSE2 to support 64-bit vectors.
> >> >
> >> >       PR target/89021
> >> >       * config/i386/i386.h (TARGET_MMX_WITH_SSE): New.
> >> >       * config/i386/i386.h (VALID_SSE2_REG_MODE): Allow 64-bit vector
> >> >       modes for TARGET_MMX_WITH_SSE.
> >> >       (SSE_REG_MODE_P): Likewise.
> >> > ---
> >> >  gcc/config/i386/i386.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
> >> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >> >
> >> > diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386.h b/gcc/config/i386/i386.h
> >> > index 83b025e0cf5..c1df3ec3326 100644
> >> > --- a/gcc/config/i386/i386.h
> >> > +++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386.h
> >> > @@ -585,6 +585,11 @@ extern unsigned char
> >> > ix86_arch_features[X86_ARCH_LAST];
> >> >
> >> >  #define TARGET_FISTTP                (TARGET_SSE3 && TARGET_80387)
> >> >
> >> > +/* In 64-bit mode, SSE2 can be used to emulate MMX instructions.
> >> > +   FIXME: All 3DNOW patterns needs to be updated with SSE emulation.
> >> > */
> >> > +#define TARGET_MMX_WITH_SSE \
> >> > +  (TARGET_64BIT && TARGET_SSE2 && !TARGET_3DNOW)
> >> > +
> >> >  extern unsigned char x86_prefetch_sse;
> >> >  #define TARGET_PREFETCH_SSE  x86_prefetch_sse
> >> >
> >> > @@ -1143,9 +1148,16 @@ extern const char *host_detect_local_cpu (int
> >> > argc,
> >> > const char **argv);
> >> >     || (MODE) == V4SImode || (MODE) == V4SFmode || (MODE) == V8HImode \
> >> >     || (MODE) == TFmode || (MODE) == V1TImode)
> >> >
> >> > +/* NB: Don't use VALID_MMX_REG_MODE with TARGET_MMX_WITH_SSE since we
> >> > +   want to include 8-byte vector modes, like V2SFmode, but not DImode
> >> > +   nor SImode.  */
> >>
> >> This is strange, since we already allow all MMX modes in SSE
> >> registers. Please see ix86_hard_regno_mode_ok, where for SSE_REG_P, we
> >> return:
> >>
> >> return ((TARGET_AVX
> >>              && VALID_AVX256_REG_OR_OI_MODE (mode))
> >>             || VALID_SSE_REG_MODE (mode)
> >>             || VALID_SSE2_REG_MODE (mode)
> >>             || VALID_MMX_REG_MODE (mode)
> >>             || VALID_MMX_REG_MODE_3DNOW (mode));
> >>
> >> I'd expect that changed VALID_SSE2_REG_MODE affects only
> >> ix86_vector_mode_supported_p when MMX is disabled and perhaps
> >> ix86_set_reg_reg_cost cost function.
> >>
> >> Are there any concrete issues when allowing all MMX (including 3DNOW?)
> >> modes in VALID_SSE2_REG_MODE?
> >
> > The problem is with DImode and SImode.  All other vector modes,  including
> > V2SF is OK.  With DImode and SImode, I got following regressions:
> >
> > FAIL: gcc.dg/ipa/pr77653.c scan-ipa-dump icf "Not unifying; alias
> > cannot be created; target is discardable"
> > FAIL: gcc.dg/pr39323-3.c scan-assembler .align[ \t]+(268435456|28)[ \t]*\n
> > FAIL: go test misc/cgo/testcarchive
> >
> >  gcc.dg/pr39323-3.c  is due to
> >
> > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89261
> >
> > and
> >
> > /* Decide whether a variable of mode MODE should be 128 bit aligned.  */
> > #define ALIGN_MODE_128(MODE) \
> >  ((MODE) == XFmode || SSE_REG_MODE_P (MODE))
>
> Hm, this is a bit worrying, we don't want to introduce ABI
> incompatibilites w.r.t. alignment. We still need to be ABI compatible
> for MMX values and emit unaligned loads/stores when necessary.

We need to audit all usages of SSE_REG_MODE_P and VALID_SSE2_REG_MODE.
And I don't think we should put DI and SI in them.

> > SSE_REG_MODE_P and VALID_SSE2_REG_MODE are used in many different
> > places.   i386 backend may not be prepared to deal them in SSE_REG_MODE_P
> > nor VALID_SSE2_REG_MODE.
>
> I think we have to review the usage of these two changed defines to
> prevent any ABI issues or other hidden issues.
>

Absolutely.

-- 
H.J.

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