On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 11:54 PM Takayuki 'January June' Suwa
<jjsuwa_sys3...@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
>
> In the case of the CALL0 ABI, values that must be retained before and
> after function calls are placed in the callee-saved registers (A12
> through A15) and referenced later. However, it is often the case that
> the save and the reference are each only once and a simple register-
> register move (with two exceptions; i. the register saved to/restored
> from is the stack pointer, ii. the function needs an additional stack
> pointer adjustment to grow the stack).
>
> e.g. in the following example, if there are no other occurrences of
> register A14:
>
> ;; before
> ; prologue {
> ...
> s32i.n a14, sp, 16
> ... ;; no frame pointer needed
> ;; no additional stack growth
> ; } prologue
> ...
> mov.n a14, a6 ;; A6 is not SP
> ...
> call0 foo
> ...
> mov.n a8, a14 ;; A8 is not SP
> ...
> ; epilogue {
> ...
> l32i.n a14, sp, 16
> ...
> ; } epilogue
>
> It can be possible like this:
>
> ;; after
> ; prologue {
> ...
> (no save needed)
> ...
> ; } prologue
> ...
> s32i.n a6, sp, 16 ;; replaced with A14's slot
> ...
> call0 foo
> ...
> l32i.n a8, sp, 16 ;; through SP
> ...
> ; epilogue {
> ...
> (no restoration needed)
> ...
> ; } epilogue
>
> This patch adds the abovementioned logic to the function prologue/epilogue
> RTL expander code.
>
> gcc/ChangeLog:
>
> * config/xtensa/xtensa.cc (machine_function): Add new member
> 'eliminated_callee_saved_regs'.
> (xtensa_can_eliminate_callee_saved_reg_p): New function to
> determine whether the register can be eliminated or not.
> (xtensa_expand_prologue): Add invoking the above function and
> elimination the use of callee-saved register by using its stack
> slot through the stack pointer (or the frame pointer if needed)
> directly.
> (xtensa_expand_prologue): Modify to not emit register restoration
> insn from its stack slot if the register is already eliminated.
>
> gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
>
> * gcc.target/xtensa/elim_callee_saved.c: New.
> ---
> gcc/config/xtensa/xtensa.cc | 134 ++++++++++++++----
> .../gcc.target/xtensa/elim_callee_saved.c | 37 +++++
> 2 files changed, 146 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/xtensa/elim_callee_saved.c
Regtested for target=xtensa-linux-uclibc, no new regressions.
Committed to master.
--
Thanks.
-- Max
