On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Jason Garrett-Glaser <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Ronald S. Bultje <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Jason Garrett-Glaser <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Ronald S. Bultje <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Jason Garrett-Glaser <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Ronald S. Bultje <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Jason Garrett-Glaser <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Ronald S. Bultje <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>>> ---
> >>>>>>>  libavcodec/x86/cabac.h |   17 ++++++++++-------
> >>>>>>>  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/cabac.h b/libavcodec/x86/cabac.h
> >>>>>>> index 3c3652d..c4832c3 100644
> >>>>>>> --- a/libavcodec/x86/cabac.h
> >>>>>>> +++ b/libavcodec/x86/cabac.h
> >>>>>>> @@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ static av_always_inline int
> get_cabac_bypass_sign_x86(CABACContext *c, int val)
> >>>>>>>  {
> >>>>>>>     x86_reg tmp;
> >>>>>>>     __asm__ volatile(
> >>>>>>> -        "movl %4, %k1                           \n\t"
> >>>>>>> -        "movl %2, %%eax                         \n\t"
> >>>>>>> +        "movl %c5(%2), %k1                      \n\t"
> >>>>>>> +        "movl %c3(%2), %%eax                    \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         "shl $17, %k1                           \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         "add %%eax, %%eax                       \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         "sub %k1, %%eax                         \n\t"
> >>>>>>> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static av_always_inline int
> get_cabac_bypass_sign_x86(CABACContext *c, int val)
> >>>>>>>         "sub %%edx, %%ecx                       \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         "test %%ax, %%ax                        \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         " jnz 1f                                \n\t"
> >>>>>>> -        "mov  %3, %1                            \n\t"
> >>>>>>> +        "mov  %c4(%2), %1                       \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         "subl $0xFFFF, %%eax                    \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         "movzwl (%1), %%edx                     \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         "bswap %%edx                            \n\t"
> >>>>>>> @@ -126,11 +126,14 @@ static av_always_inline int
> get_cabac_bypass_sign_x86(CABACContext *c, int val)
> >>>>>>>         "addl %%edx, %%eax                      \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         "mov  %1, %3                            \n\t"
> >>>>>>>         "1:                                     \n\t"
> >>>>>>> -        "movl %%eax, %2                         \n\t"
> >>>>>>> +        "movl %%eax, %c4(%2)                    \n\t"
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -        :"+c"(val), "=&r"(tmp), "+m"(c->low), "+m"(c->bytestream)
> >>>>>>> -        :"m"(c->range)
> >>>>>>> -        : "%eax", "%edx"
> >>>>>>> +        : "+c"(val), "=&r"(tmp)
> >>>>>>> +        : "r"(c),
> >>>>>>> +          "i"(offsetof(CABACContext, low)),
> >>>>>>> +          "i"(offsetof(CABACContext, bytestream)),
> >>>>>>> +          "i"(offsetof(CABACContext, range))
> >>>>>>> +        : "%eax", "%edx", "memory"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> IMO clobbering memory looks very very hacky, and I don't like it.
>  If
> >>>>>> you need to clobber something, it'd be much better if we could
> clobber
> >>>>>> exactly what needs clobbering, and nothing more.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Well, I don't think inline assembly supports explicitely clobbering
> >>>>> variables without marking them as "+m" or "+r", which messes up the
> >>>>> register allocator for at least gcc-4.2.1 (it uses a different
> >>>>> register for each "m"(c->...), thus running out of registers; yes,
> >>>>> there's many things wrong there).
> >>>>
> >>>> You can clobber a memory location without referencing it in the asm,
> >>>> and thus without allocating a register for it.
> >>>
> >>> That sounds useful, how do I do that?
> >>
> >> Just add +m arguments and don't use them, that's all.
> >>
> >> Here's an example from an unfinished patch of mine:
> >>
> >> +static ALWAYS_INLINE void x264_cabac_encode_decision( x264_cabac_t
> >> *cb, int i_ctx, int b )
> >> +{
> >> +    asm(
> >> +        "call %P8\n"
> >> +        :"+S"(i_ctx),"+d"(b), "+D"(cb->i_range), "+m"(cb->i_low),
> >> "+m"(cb->i_queue), "+m"(cb->i_bytes_outstanding), "+m"(cb->p)
> >> +        :"a"(cb),"X"(x264_cabac_encode_decision_asm)
> >> +        :"%ecx"
> >> +    );
> >> +}
> >
> > That's how we got here in the first place. gcc-4.2.1 and clang-2.9
> > allocate a register for "+m"(struct->val) pairs, causing the compiler
> > to run out of registers. It simply won't compile, as silly as that
> > sounds.
>
> That's a compiler bug, make them fix it.
>
>
>From what I understand this is the system compiler on recent versions of OS
X. If this were a fringe compiler I'd agree we should leave it as-is. I
don't think it makes sense to poorly support such a popular compiler when
there is a minimally invasive fix like this. Doing so underserves our
users. If we really want to leave the code unchanged for
better compilers then perhaps we should ifdef two versions.

--Alex
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