RE: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-19 Thread qiaopeixin
Thanks.

All the best,
Peixin

-Original Message-
From: Richard Sandiford [mailto:richard.sandif...@arm.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 5:56 PM
To: qiaopeixin 
Cc: Christophe Lyon ; gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value 
[PR96479]

qiaopeixin  writes:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks for the example.
>
> I remove the whole line "& && TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)" and passed 
> bootstrap and deja tests. I add your provided example under 
> /gcc.target/aarch64, and the patch is attached.

Thanks, pushed to master.

Richard


Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-19 Thread Richard Sandiford
qiaopeixin  writes:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks for the example.
>
> I remove the whole line "& && TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)" and passed 
> bootstrap and deja tests. I add your provided example under 
> /gcc.target/aarch64, and the patch is attached.

Thanks, pushed to master.

Richard


RE: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-19 Thread qiaopeixin
Hi Richard,

Thanks for the example.

I remove the whole line "& && TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)" and passed bootstrap 
and deja tests. I add your provided example under /gcc.target/aarch64, and the 
patch is attached.

By the way, the new example also passed deja tests.

All the best,
Peixin

-Original Message-
From: Richard Sandiford [mailto:richard.sandif...@arm.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 1:01 AM
To: qiaopeixin 
Cc: Christophe Lyon ; gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value 
[PR96479]

qiaopeixin  writes:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks for the review and explanation.
>
> The previous fix adding if condition of TARGET_FLOAT does crash glibc-2.29.
>
> I checked the past log of writing the function aarch64_init_cumulative_args, 
> and did not find the reason why Alan Lawrence added TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl) as 
> one condition for entering the function type check. Maybe Alan could clarify? 
> I tried to delete TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl), which turns out could solve both the 
> glibc problem and the previous ICE problem. A new fix is made as following, 
> passed bootstrap and deja test. I believe this fix is reasonable, since the 
> function type should be checked no matter if it has external linkage or not.
>
> The function aarch64_init_cumulative_args checks the function types and 
> should catch the error that "-mgeneral-regs-only" is incompatible with the 
> use of SIMD/FP registers. In the test case on PR96479, the function myfunc2 
> returns one vector of 4 integers, while it is defined static type. 
> TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl) is set as false and it prevents from entering if 
> statement and checking function types. I delete "TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)" so 
> that gcc can catch the error through the function 
> aarch64_init_cumulative_args now. The ICE on PR96479 can report the 
> diagnostic error with this fix. The patch for the fix is attached as 
> following:
>
> diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c 
> b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c index b7f5bc76f1b..9ce83dce131 100644
> --- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
> +++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
> @@ -6017,7 +6017,7 @@ aarch64_init_cumulative_args (CUMULATIVE_ARGS 
> *pcum,
>  
>if (!silent_p
>&& !TARGET_FLOAT
> -  && fndecl && TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)
> +  && fndecl
>&& fntype && fntype != error_mark_node)
>  {
>const_tree type = TREE_TYPE (fntype);

I think the fndecl test is problematic too though.  E.g. consider:

typedef int v4si __attribute__((vector_size(16)));
v4si (*foo) ();
void f (v4si *ptr) { *ptr = foo (); }

which ICEs for me even with the above.

I suggest we just remove the line and see whether anything breaks.

Thanks,
Richard


0001-AArch64-Remove-fndecl-TREE_PUBLIC-fndecl-in-aarch64_.patch
Description: 0001-AArch64-Remove-fndecl-TREE_PUBLIC-fndecl-in-aarch64_.patch


Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-18 Thread Richard Sandiford
qiaopeixin  writes:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks for the review and explanation.
>
> The previous fix adding if condition of TARGET_FLOAT does crash glibc-2.29.
>
> I checked the past log of writing the function aarch64_init_cumulative_args, 
> and did not find the reason why Alan Lawrence added TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl) as 
> one condition for entering the function type check. Maybe Alan could clarify? 
> I tried to delete TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl), which turns out could solve both the 
> glibc problem and the previous ICE problem. A new fix is made as following, 
> passed bootstrap and deja test. I believe this fix is reasonable, since the 
> function type should be checked no matter if it has external linkage or not.
>
> The function aarch64_init_cumulative_args checks the function types and 
> should catch the error that "-mgeneral-regs-only" is incompatible with the 
> use of SIMD/FP registers. In the test case on PR96479, the function myfunc2 
> returns one vector of 4 integers, while it is defined static type. 
> TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl) is set as false and it prevents from entering if 
> statement and checking function types. I delete "TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)" so 
> that gcc can catch the error through the function 
> aarch64_init_cumulative_args now. The ICE on PR96479 can report the 
> diagnostic error with this fix. The patch for the fix is attached as 
> following:
>
> diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
> index b7f5bc76f1b..9ce83dce131 100644
> --- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
> +++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
> @@ -6017,7 +6017,7 @@ aarch64_init_cumulative_args (CUMULATIVE_ARGS *pcum,
>  
>if (!silent_p
>&& !TARGET_FLOAT
> -  && fndecl && TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)
> +  && fndecl
>&& fntype && fntype != error_mark_node)
>  {
>const_tree type = TREE_TYPE (fntype);

I think the fndecl test is problematic too though.  E.g. consider:

typedef int v4si __attribute__((vector_size(16)));
v4si (*foo) ();
void f (v4si *ptr) { *ptr = foo (); }

which ICEs for me even with the above.

I suggest we just remove the line and see whether anything breaks.

Thanks,
Richard


Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-18 Thread Christophe Lyon via Gcc-patches
On Tue, 18 Aug 2020 at 05:38, qiaopeixin  wrote:
>
> Hi Richard,
>
> Thanks for the review and explanation.
>
> The previous fix adding if condition of TARGET_FLOAT does crash glibc-2.29.
>
> I checked the past log of writing the function aarch64_init_cumulative_args, 
> and did not find the reason why Alan Lawrence added TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl) as 
> one condition for entering the function type check. Maybe Alan could clarify? 
> I tried to delete TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl), which turns out could solve both the 
> glibc problem and the previous ICE problem. A new fix is made as following, 
> passed bootstrap and deja test. I believe this fix is reasonable, since the 
> function type should be checked no matter if it has external linkage or not.
>
> The function aarch64_init_cumulative_args checks the function types and 
> should catch the error that "-mgeneral-regs-only" is incompatible with the 
> use of SIMD/FP registers. In the test case on PR96479, the function myfunc2 
> returns one vector of 4 integers, while it is defined static type. 
> TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl) is set as false and it prevents from entering if 
> statement and checking function types. I delete "TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)" so 
> that gcc can catch the error through the function 
> aarch64_init_cumulative_args now. The ICE on PR96479 can report the 
> diagnostic error with this fix. The patch for the fix is attached as 
> following:
>
> diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
> index b7f5bc76f1b..9ce83dce131 100644
> --- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
> +++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
> @@ -6017,7 +6017,7 @@ aarch64_init_cumulative_args (CUMULATIVE_ARGS *pcum,
>
>if (!silent_p
>&& !TARGET_FLOAT
> -  && fndecl && TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)
> +  && fndecl
>&& fntype && fntype != error_mark_node)
>  {
>const_tree type = TREE_TYPE (fntype);
>
> Christophe, thanks for your tests on glibc-2.29. With the above fix, I built 
> glibc-2.29, and the previous error does not show up now. Could you please 
> check if this fix works?

Hi,

I confirm this works OK for my testing (aarch64-linux-gnu and aarch64-elf)

Thanks,

Christophe

>
> Do you have any suggestions on this fix?
>
> All the best,
> Peixin
>
>
> -Original Message-----
> From: Richard Sandiford [mailto:richard.sandif...@arm.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 8:19 PM
> To: Christophe Lyon 
> Cc: qiaopeixin ; gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value 
> [PR96479]
>
> Christophe Lyon  writes:
> > On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 03:54, qiaopeixin  wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks for the review and commit.
> >>
> >> All the best,
> >> Peixin
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: Richard Sandiford [mailto:richard.sandif...@arm.com]
> >> Sent: 2020年8月13日 0:25
> >> To: qiaopeixin 
> >> Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in
> >> aarch64_function_value [PR96479]
> >>
> >> qiaopeixin  writes:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > The test case vector-subscript-2.c in the gcc testsuit will report an 
> >> > ICE in the expand pass since '-mgeneral-regs-only' is incompatible with 
> >> > the use of V4SI mode. I propose to report the diagnostic information 
> >> > instead of ICE, and the problem has been discussed on PR 96479.
> >> >
> >> > I attached the patch to solve the problem. Bootstrapped and tested on 
> >> > aarch64-linux-gnu. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Thanks, pushed.  I was initially sceptical because raising an error here 
> >> and in aarch64_layout_arg is a hack.  Both functions are just query 
> >> functions and shouldn't have any side effects.
> >>
> >> The approach we took for FP modes seemed better: we define the FP move 
> >> patterns unconditionally, and raise an error if we try to emit an FP move 
> >> with !TARGET_FLOAT.  This defers any error reporting until we actually try 
> >> to generate code that depends on TARGET_FLOAT.
> >>
> >> But I guess SIMD stuff is different.  There's no reason in principle why 
> >> you can't use:
> >>
> >>   unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(8)))
> >>
> >> *within* a function with -mgeneral-regs-only.  It would just need to be 
> >> emulated, in the same way as for:
> >>
> >>   unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(4)))
> >>
> 

RE: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-17 Thread qiaopeixin
Hi Richard,

Thanks for the review and explanation.

The previous fix adding if condition of TARGET_FLOAT does crash glibc-2.29.

I checked the past log of writing the function aarch64_init_cumulative_args, 
and did not find the reason why Alan Lawrence added TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl) as one 
condition for entering the function type check. Maybe Alan could clarify? I 
tried to delete TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl), which turns out could solve both the 
glibc problem and the previous ICE problem. A new fix is made as following, 
passed bootstrap and deja test. I believe this fix is reasonable, since the 
function type should be checked no matter if it has external linkage or not.

The function aarch64_init_cumulative_args checks the function types and should 
catch the error that "-mgeneral-regs-only" is incompatible with the use of 
SIMD/FP registers. In the test case on PR96479, the function myfunc2 returns 
one vector of 4 integers, while it is defined static type. TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl) 
is set as false and it prevents from entering if statement and checking 
function types. I delete "TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)" so that gcc can catch the error 
through the function aarch64_init_cumulative_args now. The ICE on PR96479 can 
report the diagnostic error with this fix. The patch for the fix is attached as 
following:

diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
index b7f5bc76f1b..9ce83dce131 100644
--- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
+++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
@@ -6017,7 +6017,7 @@ aarch64_init_cumulative_args (CUMULATIVE_ARGS *pcum,
 
   if (!silent_p
   && !TARGET_FLOAT
-  && fndecl && TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)
+  && fndecl
   && fntype && fntype != error_mark_node)
 {
   const_tree type = TREE_TYPE (fntype);

Christophe, thanks for your tests on glibc-2.29. With the above fix, I built 
glibc-2.29, and the previous error does not show up now. Could you please check 
if this fix works?

Do you have any suggestions on this fix?

All the best,
Peixin


-Original Message-
From: Richard Sandiford [mailto:richard.sandif...@arm.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 8:19 PM
To: Christophe Lyon 
Cc: qiaopeixin ; gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value 
[PR96479]

Christophe Lyon  writes:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 03:54, qiaopeixin  wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the review and commit.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Peixin
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Richard Sandiford [mailto:richard.sandif...@arm.com]
>> Sent: 2020年8月13日 0:25
>> To: qiaopeixin 
>> Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in 
>> aarch64_function_value [PR96479]
>>
>> qiaopeixin  writes:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > The test case vector-subscript-2.c in the gcc testsuit will report an ICE 
>> > in the expand pass since '-mgeneral-regs-only' is incompatible with the 
>> > use of V4SI mode. I propose to report the diagnostic information instead 
>> > of ICE, and the problem has been discussed on PR 96479.
>> >
>> > I attached the patch to solve the problem. Bootstrapped and tested on 
>> > aarch64-linux-gnu. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks, pushed.  I was initially sceptical because raising an error here and 
>> in aarch64_layout_arg is a hack.  Both functions are just query functions 
>> and shouldn't have any side effects.
>>
>> The approach we took for FP modes seemed better: we define the FP move 
>> patterns unconditionally, and raise an error if we try to emit an FP move 
>> with !TARGET_FLOAT.  This defers any error reporting until we actually try 
>> to generate code that depends on TARGET_FLOAT.
>>
>> But I guess SIMD stuff is different.  There's no reason in principle why you 
>> can't use:
>>
>>   unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(8)))
>>
>> *within* a function with -mgeneral-regs-only.  It would just need to be 
>> emulated, in the same way as for:
>>
>>   unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(4)))
>>
>> So it would be wrong to define the SIMD move patterns unconditionally and 
>> raise an error there.
>>
>> So all in all, I agree this is the best we can do given the current 
>> infrastructure.
>>
>
> Since this patch was committed my buildbot is broken for 
> aarch64-linux-gnu because it now fails to build glibc-2.29:
> ../stdlib/bits/stdlib-float.h: In function 'atof':
> ../stdlib/bits/stdlib-float.h:26:1: error: '-mgeneral-regs-only' is 
> incompatible with the use of floating-point types

Thanks for the heads-up.  I've reverted the patch for now.

Looking mor

Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-13 Thread Richard Sandiford
Christophe Lyon  writes:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 03:54, qiaopeixin  wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the review and commit.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Peixin
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Richard Sandiford [mailto:richard.sandif...@arm.com]
>> Sent: 2020年8月13日 0:25
>> To: qiaopeixin 
>> Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value 
>> [PR96479]
>>
>> qiaopeixin  writes:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > The test case vector-subscript-2.c in the gcc testsuit will report an ICE 
>> > in the expand pass since '-mgeneral-regs-only' is incompatible with the 
>> > use of V4SI mode. I propose to report the diagnostic information instead 
>> > of ICE, and the problem has been discussed on PR 96479.
>> >
>> > I attached the patch to solve the problem. Bootstrapped and tested on 
>> > aarch64-linux-gnu. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks, pushed.  I was initially sceptical because raising an error here and 
>> in aarch64_layout_arg is a hack.  Both functions are just query functions 
>> and shouldn't have any side effects.
>>
>> The approach we took for FP modes seemed better: we define the FP move 
>> patterns unconditionally, and raise an error if we try to emit an FP move 
>> with !TARGET_FLOAT.  This defers any error reporting until we actually try 
>> to generate code that depends on TARGET_FLOAT.
>>
>> But I guess SIMD stuff is different.  There's no reason in principle why you 
>> can't use:
>>
>>   unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(8)))
>>
>> *within* a function with -mgeneral-regs-only.  It would just need to be 
>> emulated, in the same way as for:
>>
>>   unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(4)))
>>
>> So it would be wrong to define the SIMD move patterns unconditionally and 
>> raise an error there.
>>
>> So all in all, I agree this is the best we can do given the current 
>> infrastructure.
>>
>
> Since this patch was committed my buildbot is broken for
> aarch64-linux-gnu because it now fails to build glibc-2.29:
> ../stdlib/bits/stdlib-float.h: In function 'atof':
> ../stdlib/bits/stdlib-float.h:26:1: error: '-mgeneral-regs-only' is
> incompatible with the use of floating-point types

Thanks for the heads-up.  I've reverted the patch for now.

Looking more closely, it seems like aarch64_init_cumulative_args
already tries to catch the problem that the patch was fixing:

  if (!silent_p
  && !TARGET_FLOAT
  && fndecl && TREE_PUBLIC (fndecl)
  && fntype && fntype != error_mark_node)
{
  const_tree type = TREE_TYPE (fntype);
  machine_mode mode ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED; /* To pass pointer as argument.  */
  int nregs ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED; /* Likewise.  */
  if (aarch64_vfp_is_call_or_return_candidate (TYPE_MODE (type), type,
   , , NULL, false))
aarch64_err_no_fpadvsimd (TYPE_MODE (type));
}

The only reason it doesn't work for the testcase is that TREE_PUBLIC
condition.  TBH I'm not sure why it or the fndecl test is there:
this is just as problematic when calling via a function pointer
or when calling a static function.

Richard


Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-13 Thread Christophe Lyon via Gcc-patches
Hi,


On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 03:54, qiaopeixin  wrote:
>
> Thanks for the review and commit.
>
> All the best,
> Peixin
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Richard Sandiford [mailto:richard.sandif...@arm.com]
> Sent: 2020年8月13日 0:25
> To: qiaopeixin 
> Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value 
> [PR96479]
>
> qiaopeixin  writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The test case vector-subscript-2.c in the gcc testsuit will report an ICE 
> > in the expand pass since '-mgeneral-regs-only' is incompatible with the use 
> > of V4SI mode. I propose to report the diagnostic information instead of 
> > ICE, and the problem has been discussed on PR 96479.
> >
> > I attached the patch to solve the problem. Bootstrapped and tested on 
> > aarch64-linux-gnu. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks, pushed.  I was initially sceptical because raising an error here and 
> in aarch64_layout_arg is a hack.  Both functions are just query functions and 
> shouldn't have any side effects.
>
> The approach we took for FP modes seemed better: we define the FP move 
> patterns unconditionally, and raise an error if we try to emit an FP move 
> with !TARGET_FLOAT.  This defers any error reporting until we actually try to 
> generate code that depends on TARGET_FLOAT.
>
> But I guess SIMD stuff is different.  There's no reason in principle why you 
> can't use:
>
>   unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(8)))
>
> *within* a function with -mgeneral-regs-only.  It would just need to be 
> emulated, in the same way as for:
>
>   unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(4)))
>
> So it would be wrong to define the SIMD move patterns unconditionally and 
> raise an error there.
>
> So all in all, I agree this is the best we can do given the current 
> infrastructure.
>

Since this patch was committed my buildbot is broken for
aarch64-linux-gnu because it now fails to build glibc-2.29:
../stdlib/bits/stdlib-float.h: In function 'atof':
../stdlib/bits/stdlib-float.h:26:1: error: '-mgeneral-regs-only' is
incompatible with the use of floating-point types

I haven't yet tried a more recent glibc version, not sure if 2.29 is
considered obsolete?

Christophe

> Thanks,
> Richard
>


RE: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-12 Thread qiaopeixin
Thanks for the review and commit.

All the best,
Peixin

-Original Message-
From: Richard Sandiford [mailto:richard.sandif...@arm.com] 
Sent: 2020年8月13日 0:25
To: qiaopeixin 
Cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value 
[PR96479]

qiaopeixin  writes:
> Hi,
>
> The test case vector-subscript-2.c in the gcc testsuit will report an ICE in 
> the expand pass since '-mgeneral-regs-only' is incompatible with the use of 
> V4SI mode. I propose to report the diagnostic information instead of ICE, and 
> the problem has been discussed on PR 96479.
>
> I attached the patch to solve the problem. Bootstrapped and tested on 
> aarch64-linux-gnu. Any suggestions?

Thanks, pushed.  I was initially sceptical because raising an error here and in 
aarch64_layout_arg is a hack.  Both functions are just query functions and 
shouldn't have any side effects.

The approach we took for FP modes seemed better: we define the FP move patterns 
unconditionally, and raise an error if we try to emit an FP move with 
!TARGET_FLOAT.  This defers any error reporting until we actually try to 
generate code that depends on TARGET_FLOAT.

But I guess SIMD stuff is different.  There's no reason in principle why you 
can't use:

  unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(8)))

*within* a function with -mgeneral-regs-only.  It would just need to be 
emulated, in the same way as for:

  unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(4)))

So it would be wrong to define the SIMD move patterns unconditionally and raise 
an error there.

So all in all, I agree this is the best we can do given the current 
infrastructure.

Thanks,
Richard



Re: [PATCH] AArch64: Add if condition in aarch64_function_value [PR96479]

2020-08-12 Thread Richard Sandiford
qiaopeixin  writes:
> Hi,
>
> The test case vector-subscript-2.c in the gcc testsuit will report an ICE in 
> the expand pass since '-mgeneral-regs-only' is incompatible with the use of 
> V4SI mode. I propose to report the diagnostic information instead of ICE, and 
> the problem has been discussed on PR 96479.
>
> I attached the patch to solve the problem. Bootstrapped and tested on 
> aarch64-linux-gnu. Any suggestions?

Thanks, pushed.  I was initially sceptical because raising an error here
and in aarch64_layout_arg is a hack.  Both functions are just query
functions and shouldn't have any side effects.

The approach we took for FP modes seemed better: we define the FP move
patterns unconditionally, and raise an error if we try to emit an FP move
with !TARGET_FLOAT.  This defers any error reporting until we actually
try to generate code that depends on TARGET_FLOAT.

But I guess SIMD stuff is different.  There's no reason in principle why
you can't use:

  unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(8)))

*within* a function with -mgeneral-regs-only.  It would just need to be
emulated, in the same way as for:

  unsigned short __attribute__((vector_size(4)))

So it would be wrong to define the SIMD move patterns unconditionally
and raise an error there.

So all in all, I agree this is the best we can do given the current
infrastructure.

Thanks,
Richard