1 @c Copyright (C) 1988-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 @c This is part of the GCC manual.
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6 @chapter Target Description Macros and Functions
7 @cindex machine description macros
8 @cindex target description macros
9 @cindex macros, target description
10 @cindex @file{tm.h} macros
12 In addition to the file @file{@var{machine}.md}, a machine description
13 includes a C header file conventionally given the name
14 @file{@var{machine}.h} and a C source file named @file{@var{machine}.c}.
15 The header file defines numerous macros that convey the information
16 about the target machine that does not fit into the scheme of the
17 @file{.md} file. The file @file{tm.h} should be a link to
18 @file{@var{machine}.h}. The header file @file{config.h} includes
19 @file{tm.h} and most compiler source files include @file{config.h}. The
20 source file defines a variable @code{targetm}, which is a structure
21 containing pointers to functions and data relating to the target
22 machine. @file{@var{machine}.c} should also contain their definitions,
23 if they are not defined elsewhere in GCC, and other functions called
24 through the macros defined in the @file{.h} file.
27 * Target Structure:: The @code{targetm} variable.
28 * Driver:: Controlling how the driver runs the compilation passes.
29 * Run-time Target:: Defining @samp{-m} options like @option{-m68000} and @option{-m68020}.
30 * Per-Function Data:: Defining data structures for per-function information.
31 * Storage Layout:: Defining sizes and alignments of data.
32 * Type Layout:: Defining sizes and properties of basic user data types.
33 * Registers:: Naming and describing the hardware registers.
34 * Register Classes:: Defining the classes of hardware registers.
35 * Old Constraints:: The old way to define machine-specific constraints.
36 * Stack and Calling:: Defining which way the stack grows and by how much.
37 * Varargs:: Defining the varargs macros.
38 * Trampolines:: Code set up at run time to enter a nested function.
39 * Library Calls:: Controlling how library routines are implicitly called.
40 * Addressing Modes:: Defining addressing modes valid for memory operands.
41 * Anchored Addresses:: Defining how @option{-fsection-anchors} should work.
42 * Condition Code:: Defining how insns update the condition code.
43 * Costs:: Defining relative costs of different operations.
44 * Scheduling:: Adjusting the behavior of the instruction scheduler.
45 * Sections:: Dividing storage into text, data, and other sections.
46 * PIC:: Macros for position independent code.
47 * Assembler Format:: Defining how to write insns and pseudo-ops to output.
48 * Debugging Info:: Defining the format of debugging output.
49 * Floating Point:: Handling floating point for cross-compilers.
50 * Mode Switching:: Insertion of mode-switching instructions.
51 * Target Attributes:: Defining target-specific uses of @code{__attribute__}.
52 * Emulated TLS:: Emulated TLS support.
53 * MIPS Coprocessors:: MIPS coprocessor support and how to customize it.
54 * PCH Target:: Validity checking for precompiled headers.
55 * C++ ABI:: Controlling C++ ABI changes.
56 * Named Address Spaces:: Adding support for named address spaces
57 * UPC Language:: Defining UPC-related configuration items
58 * Misc:: Everything else.
61 @node Target Structure
62 @section The Global @code{targetm} Variable
64 @cindex target functions
66 @deftypevar {struct gcc_target} targetm
67 The target @file{.c} file must define the global @code{targetm} variable
68 which contains pointers to functions and data relating to the target
69 machine. The variable is declared in @file{target.h};
70 @file{target-def.h} defines the macro @code{TARGET_INITIALIZER} which is
71 used to initialize the variable, and macros for the default initializers
72 for elements of the structure. The @file{.c} file should override those
73 macros for which the default definition is inappropriate. For example:
76 #include "target-def.h"
78 /* @r{Initialize the GCC target structure.} */
80 #undef TARGET_COMP_TYPE_ATTRIBUTES
81 #define TARGET_COMP_TYPE_ATTRIBUTES @var{machine}_comp_type_attributes
83 struct gcc_target targetm = TARGET_INITIALIZER;
87 Where a macro should be defined in the @file{.c} file in this manner to
88 form part of the @code{targetm} structure, it is documented below as a
89 ``Target Hook'' with a prototype. Many macros will change in future
90 from being defined in the @file{.h} file to being part of the
91 @code{targetm} structure.
93 Similarly, there is a @code{targetcm} variable for hooks that are
94 specific to front ends for C-family languages, documented as ``C
95 Target Hook''. This is declared in @file{c-family/c-target.h}, the
96 initializer @code{TARGETCM_INITIALIZER} in
97 @file{c-family/c-target-def.h}. If targets initialize @code{targetcm}
98 themselves, they should set @code{target_has_targetcm=yes} in
99 @file{config.gcc}; otherwise a default definition is used.
101 Similarly, there is a @code{targetm_common} variable for hooks that
102 are shared between the compiler driver and the compilers proper,
103 documented as ``Common Target Hook''. This is declared in
104 @file{common/common-target.h}, the initializer
105 @code{TARGETM_COMMON_INITIALIZER} in
106 @file{common/common-target-def.h}. If targets initialize
107 @code{targetm_common} themselves, they should set
108 @code{target_has_targetm_common=yes} in @file{config.gcc}; otherwise a
109 default definition is used.
112 @section Controlling the Compilation Driver, @file{gcc}
114 @cindex controlling the compilation driver
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117 You can control the compilation driver.
119 @defmac DRIVER_SELF_SPECS
120 A list of specs for the driver itself. It should be a suitable
121 initializer for an array of strings, with no surrounding braces.
123 The driver applies these specs to its own command line between loading
124 default @file{specs} files (but not command-line specified ones) and
125 choosing the multilib directory or running any subcommands. It
126 applies them in the order given, so each spec can depend on the
127 options added by earlier ones. It is also possible to remove options
128 using @samp{%<@var{option}} in the usual way.
130 This macro can be useful when a port has several interdependent target
131 options. It provides a way of standardizing the command line so
132 that the other specs are easier to write.
134 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
137 @defmac OPTION_DEFAULT_SPECS
138 A list of specs used to support configure-time default options (i.e.@:
139 @option{--with} options) in the driver. It should be a suitable initializer
140 for an array of structures, each containing two strings, without the
141 outermost pair of surrounding braces.
143 The first item in the pair is the name of the default. This must match
144 the code in @file{config.gcc} for the target. The second item is a spec
145 to apply if a default with this name was specified. The string
146 @samp{%(VALUE)} in the spec will be replaced by the value of the default
147 everywhere it occurs.
149 The driver will apply these specs to its own command line between loading
150 default @file{specs} files and processing @code{DRIVER_SELF_SPECS}, using
151 the same mechanism as @code{DRIVER_SELF_SPECS}.
153 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
157 A C string constant that tells the GCC driver program options to
158 pass to CPP@. It can also specify how to translate options you
159 give to GCC into options for GCC to pass to the CPP@.
161 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
164 @defmac CPLUSPLUS_CPP_SPEC
165 This macro is just like @code{CPP_SPEC}, but is used for C++, rather
166 than C@. If you do not define this macro, then the value of
167 @code{CPP_SPEC} (if any) will be used instead.
171 A C string constant that tells the GCC driver program options to
172 pass to @code{cc1}, @code{cc1plus}, @code{f771}, and the other language
174 It can also specify how to translate options you give to GCC into options
175 for GCC to pass to front ends.
177 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
181 A C string constant that tells the GCC driver program options to
182 pass to @code{cc1plus}. It can also specify how to translate options you
183 give to GCC into options for GCC to pass to the @code{cc1plus}.
185 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
186 Note that everything defined in CC1_SPEC is already passed to
187 @code{cc1plus} so there is no need to duplicate the contents of
188 CC1_SPEC in CC1PLUS_SPEC@.
192 A C string constant that tells the GCC driver program options to
193 pass to the assembler. It can also specify how to translate options
194 you give to GCC into options for GCC to pass to the assembler.
195 See the file @file{sun3.h} for an example of this.
197 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
200 @defmac ASM_FINAL_SPEC
201 A C string constant that tells the GCC driver program how to
202 run any programs which cleanup after the normal assembler.
203 Normally, this is not needed. See the file @file{mips.h} for
206 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
209 @defmac AS_NEEDS_DASH_FOR_PIPED_INPUT
210 Define this macro, with no value, if the driver should give the assembler
211 an argument consisting of a single dash, @option{-}, to instruct it to
212 read from its standard input (which will be a pipe connected to the
213 output of the compiler proper). This argument is given after any
214 @option{-o} option specifying the name of the output file.
216 If you do not define this macro, the assembler is assumed to read its
217 standard input if given no non-option arguments. If your assembler
218 cannot read standard input at all, use a @samp{%@{pipe:%e@}} construct;
219 see @file{mips.h} for instance.
223 A C string constant that tells the GCC driver program options to
224 pass to the linker. It can also specify how to translate options you
225 give to GCC into options for GCC to pass to the linker.
227 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
231 Another C string constant used much like @code{LINK_SPEC}. The difference
232 between the two is that @code{LIB_SPEC} is used at the end of the
233 command given to the linker.
235 If this macro is not defined, a default is provided that
236 loads the standard C library from the usual place. See @file{gcc.c}.
240 Another C string constant that tells the GCC driver program
241 how and when to place a reference to @file{libgcc.a} into the
242 linker command line. This constant is placed both before and after
243 the value of @code{LIB_SPEC}.
245 If this macro is not defined, the GCC driver provides a default that
246 passes the string @option{-lgcc} to the linker.
249 @defmac REAL_LIBGCC_SPEC
250 By default, if @code{ENABLE_SHARED_LIBGCC} is defined, the
251 @code{LIBGCC_SPEC} is not directly used by the driver program but is
252 instead modified to refer to different versions of @file{libgcc.a}
253 depending on the values of the command line flags @option{-static},
254 @option{-shared}, @option{-static-libgcc}, and @option{-shared-libgcc}. On
255 targets where these modifications are inappropriate, define
256 @code{REAL_LIBGCC_SPEC} instead. @code{REAL_LIBGCC_SPEC} tells the
257 driver how to place a reference to @file{libgcc} on the link command
258 line, but, unlike @code{LIBGCC_SPEC}, it is used unmodified.
261 @defmac USE_LD_AS_NEEDED
262 A macro that controls the modifications to @code{LIBGCC_SPEC}
263 mentioned in @code{REAL_LIBGCC_SPEC}. If nonzero, a spec will be
264 generated that uses @option{--as-needed} or equivalent options and the
265 shared @file{libgcc} in place of the
266 static exception handler library, when linking without any of
267 @code{-static}, @code{-static-libgcc}, or @code{-shared-libgcc}.
271 If defined, this C string constant is added to @code{LINK_SPEC}.
272 When @code{USE_LD_AS_NEEDED} is zero or undefined, it also affects
273 the modifications to @code{LIBGCC_SPEC} mentioned in
274 @code{REAL_LIBGCC_SPEC}.
277 @defmac STARTFILE_SPEC
278 Another C string constant used much like @code{LINK_SPEC}. The
279 difference between the two is that @code{STARTFILE_SPEC} is used at
280 the very beginning of the command given to the linker.
282 If this macro is not defined, a default is provided that loads the
283 standard C startup file from the usual place. See @file{gcc.c}.
287 Another C string constant used much like @code{LINK_SPEC}. The
288 difference between the two is that @code{ENDFILE_SPEC} is used at
289 the very end of the command given to the linker.
291 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
294 @defmac THREAD_MODEL_SPEC
295 GCC @code{-v} will print the thread model GCC was configured to use.
296 However, this doesn't work on platforms that are multilibbed on thread
297 models, such as AIX 4.3. On such platforms, define
298 @code{THREAD_MODEL_SPEC} such that it evaluates to a string without
299 blanks that names one of the recognized thread models. @code{%*}, the
300 default value of this macro, will expand to the value of
301 @code{thread_file} set in @file{config.gcc}.
304 @defmac SYSROOT_SUFFIX_SPEC
305 Define this macro to add a suffix to the target sysroot when GCC is
306 configured with a sysroot. This will cause GCC to search for usr/lib,
307 et al, within sysroot+suffix.
310 @defmac SYSROOT_HEADERS_SUFFIX_SPEC
311 Define this macro to add a headers_suffix to the target sysroot when
312 GCC is configured with a sysroot. This will cause GCC to pass the
313 updated sysroot+headers_suffix to CPP, causing it to search for
314 usr/include, et al, within sysroot+headers_suffix.
318 Define this macro to provide additional specifications to put in the
319 @file{specs} file that can be used in various specifications like
322 The definition should be an initializer for an array of structures,
323 containing a string constant, that defines the specification name, and a
324 string constant that provides the specification.
326 Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything.
328 @code{EXTRA_SPECS} is useful when an architecture contains several
329 related targets, which have various @code{@dots{}_SPECS} which are similar
330 to each other, and the maintainer would like one central place to keep
333 For example, the PowerPC System V.4 targets use @code{EXTRA_SPECS} to
334 define either @code{_CALL_SYSV} when the System V calling sequence is
335 used or @code{_CALL_AIX} when the older AIX-based calling sequence is
338 The @file{config/rs6000/rs6000.h} target file defines:
341 #define EXTRA_SPECS \
342 @{ "cpp_sysv_default", CPP_SYSV_DEFAULT @},
344 #define CPP_SYS_DEFAULT ""
347 The @file{config/rs6000/sysv.h} target file defines:
351 "%@{posix: -D_POSIX_SOURCE @} \
352 %@{mcall-sysv: -D_CALL_SYSV @} \
353 %@{!mcall-sysv: %(cpp_sysv_default) @} \
354 %@{msoft-float: -D_SOFT_FLOAT@} %@{mcpu=403: -D_SOFT_FLOAT@}"
356 #undef CPP_SYSV_DEFAULT
357 #define CPP_SYSV_DEFAULT "-D_CALL_SYSV"
360 while the @file{config/rs6000/eabiaix.h} target file defines
361 @code{CPP_SYSV_DEFAULT} as:
364 #undef CPP_SYSV_DEFAULT
365 #define CPP_SYSV_DEFAULT "-D_CALL_AIX"
369 @defmac LINK_LIBGCC_SPECIAL_1
370 Define this macro if the driver program should find the library
371 @file{libgcc.a}. If you do not define this macro, the driver program will pass
372 the argument @option{-lgcc} to tell the linker to do the search.
375 @defmac LINK_GCC_C_SEQUENCE_SPEC
376 The sequence in which libgcc and libc are specified to the linker.
377 By default this is @code{%G %L %G}.
380 @defmac LINK_COMMAND_SPEC
381 A C string constant giving the complete command line need to execute the
382 linker. When you do this, you will need to update your port each time a
383 change is made to the link command line within @file{gcc.c}. Therefore,
384 define this macro only if you need to completely redefine the command
385 line for invoking the linker and there is no other way to accomplish
386 the effect you need. Overriding this macro may be avoidable by overriding
387 @code{LINK_GCC_C_SEQUENCE_SPEC} instead.
390 @deftypevr {Common Target Hook} bool TARGET_ALWAYS_STRIP_DOTDOT
391 True if @file{..} components should always be removed from directory names computed relative to GCC's internal directories, false (default) if such components should be preserved and directory names containing them passed to other tools such as the linker.
394 @defmac MULTILIB_DEFAULTS
395 Define this macro as a C expression for the initializer of an array of
396 string to tell the driver program which options are defaults for this
397 target and thus do not need to be handled specially when using
398 @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS}.
400 Do not define this macro if @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} is not defined in
401 the target makefile fragment or if none of the options listed in
402 @code{MULTILIB_OPTIONS} are set by default.
403 @xref{Target Fragment}.
406 @defmac RELATIVE_PREFIX_NOT_LINKDIR
407 Define this macro to tell @command{gcc} that it should only translate
408 a @option{-B} prefix into a @option{-L} linker option if the prefix
409 indicates an absolute file name.
412 @defmac MD_EXEC_PREFIX
413 If defined, this macro is an additional prefix to try after
414 @code{STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX}. @code{MD_EXEC_PREFIX} is not searched
415 when the compiler is built as a cross
416 compiler. If you define @code{MD_EXEC_PREFIX}, then be sure to add it
417 to the list of directories used to find the assembler in @file{configure.in}.
420 @defmac STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX
421 Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override the
422 standard choice of @code{libdir} as the default prefix to
423 try when searching for startup files such as @file{crt0.o}.
424 @code{STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX} is not searched when the compiler
425 is built as a cross compiler.
428 @defmac STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1
429 Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override the
430 standard choice of @code{/lib} as a prefix to try after the default prefix
431 when searching for startup files such as @file{crt0.o}.
432 @code{STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1} is not searched when the compiler
433 is built as a cross compiler.
436 @defmac STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2
437 Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override the
438 standard choice of @code{/lib} as yet another prefix to try after the
439 default prefix when searching for startup files such as @file{crt0.o}.
440 @code{STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2} is not searched when the compiler
441 is built as a cross compiler.
444 @defmac MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX
445 If defined, this macro supplies an additional prefix to try after the
446 standard prefixes. @code{MD_EXEC_PREFIX} is not searched when the
447 compiler is built as a cross compiler.
450 @defmac MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1
451 If defined, this macro supplies yet another prefix to try after the
452 standard prefixes. It is not searched when the compiler is built as a
456 @defmac INIT_ENVIRONMENT
457 Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to set environment
458 variables for programs called by the driver, such as the assembler and
459 loader. The driver passes the value of this macro to @code{putenv} to
460 initialize the necessary environment variables.
463 @defmac LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR
464 Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override the
465 standard choice of @file{/usr/local/include} as the default prefix to
466 try when searching for local header files. @code{LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR}
467 comes before @code{NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR} (set in
468 @file{config.gcc}, normally @file{/usr/include}) in the search order.
470 Cross compilers do not search either @file{/usr/local/include} or its
474 @defmac NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_COMPONENT
475 The ``component'' corresponding to @code{NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR}.
476 See @code{INCLUDE_DEFAULTS}, below, for the description of components.
477 If you do not define this macro, no component is used.
480 @defmac INCLUDE_DEFAULTS
481 Define this macro if you wish to override the entire default search path
482 for include files. For a native compiler, the default search path
483 usually consists of @code{GCC_INCLUDE_DIR}, @code{LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR},
484 @code{GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR}, and
485 @code{NATIVE_SYSTEM_HEADER_DIR}. In addition, @code{GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR}
486 and @code{GCC_INCLUDE_DIR} are defined automatically by @file{Makefile},
487 and specify private search areas for GCC@. The directory
488 @code{GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR} is used only for C++ programs.
490 The definition should be an initializer for an array of structures.
491 Each array element should have four elements: the directory name (a
492 string constant), the component name (also a string constant), a flag
493 for C++-only directories,
494 and a flag showing that the includes in the directory don't need to be
495 wrapped in @code{extern @samp{C}} when compiling C++. Mark the end of
496 the array with a null element.
498 The component name denotes what GNU package the include file is part of,
499 if any, in all uppercase letters. For example, it might be @samp{GCC}
500 or @samp{BINUTILS}. If the package is part of a vendor-supplied
501 operating system, code the component name as @samp{0}.
503 For example, here is the definition used for VAX/VMS:
506 #define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS \
508 @{ "GNU_GXX_INCLUDE:", "G++", 1, 1@}, \
509 @{ "GNU_CC_INCLUDE:", "GCC", 0, 0@}, \
510 @{ "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSLIB.]", 0, 0, 0@}, \
517 Here is the order of prefixes tried for exec files:
521 Any prefixes specified by the user with @option{-B}.
524 The environment variable @code{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX} or, if @code{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX}
525 is not set and the compiler has not been installed in the configure-time
526 @var{prefix}, the location in which the compiler has actually been installed.
529 The directories specified by the environment variable @code{COMPILER_PATH}.
532 The macro @code{STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX}, if the compiler has been installed
533 in the configured-time @var{prefix}.
536 The location @file{/usr/libexec/gcc/}, but only if this is a native compiler.
539 The location @file{/usr/lib/gcc/}, but only if this is a native compiler.
542 The macro @code{MD_EXEC_PREFIX}, if defined, but only if this is a native
546 Here is the order of prefixes tried for startfiles:
550 Any prefixes specified by the user with @option{-B}.
553 The environment variable @code{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX} or its automatically determined
554 value based on the installed toolchain location.
557 The directories specified by the environment variable @code{LIBRARY_PATH}
558 (or port-specific name; native only, cross compilers do not use this).
561 The macro @code{STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX}, but only if the toolchain is installed
562 in the configured @var{prefix} or this is a native compiler.
565 The location @file{/usr/lib/gcc/}, but only if this is a native compiler.
568 The macro @code{MD_EXEC_PREFIX}, if defined, but only if this is a native
572 The macro @code{MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX}, if defined, but only if this is a
573 native compiler, or we have a target system root.
576 The macro @code{MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1}, if defined, but only if this is a
577 native compiler, or we have a target system root.
580 The macro @code{STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX}, with any sysroot modifications.
581 If this path is relative it will be prefixed by @code{GCC_EXEC_PREFIX} and
582 the machine suffix or @code{STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX} and the machine suffix.
585 The macro @code{STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1}, but only if this is a native
586 compiler, or we have a target system root. The default for this macro is
590 The macro @code{STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_2}, but only if this is a native
591 compiler, or we have a target system root. The default for this macro is
595 @node Run-time Target
596 @section Run-time Target Specification
597 @cindex run-time target specification
598 @cindex predefined macros
599 @cindex target specifications
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602 Here are run-time target specifications.
604 @defmac TARGET_CPU_CPP_BUILTINS ()
605 This function-like macro expands to a block of code that defines
606 built-in preprocessor macros and assertions for the target CPU, using
607 the functions @code{builtin_define}, @code{builtin_define_std} and
608 @code{builtin_assert}. When the front end
609 calls this macro it provides a trailing semicolon, and since it has
610 finished command line option processing your code can use those
613 @code{builtin_assert} takes a string in the form you pass to the
614 command-line option @option{-A}, such as @code{cpu=mips}, and creates
615 the assertion. @code{builtin_define} takes a string in the form
616 accepted by option @option{-D} and unconditionally defines the macro.
618 @code{builtin_define_std} takes a string representing the name of an
619 object-like macro. If it doesn't lie in the user's namespace,
620 @code{builtin_define_std} defines it unconditionally. Otherwise, it
621 defines a version with two leading underscores, and another version
622 with two leading and trailing underscores, and defines the original
623 only if an ISO standard was not requested on the command line. For
624 example, passing @code{unix} defines @code{__unix}, @code{__unix__}
625 and possibly @code{unix}; passing @code{_mips} defines @code{__mips},
626 @code{__mips__} and possibly @code{_mips}, and passing @code{_ABI64}
627 defines only @code{_ABI64}.
629 You can also test for the C dialect being compiled. The variable
630 @code{c_language} is set to one of @code{clk_c}, @code{clk_cplusplus}
631 or @code{clk_objective_c}. Note that if we are preprocessing
632 assembler, this variable will be @code{clk_c} but the function-like
633 macro @code{preprocessing_asm_p()} will return true, so you might want
634 to check for that first. If you need to check for strict ANSI, the
635 variable @code{flag_iso} can be used. The function-like macro
636 @code{preprocessing_trad_p()} can be used to check for traditional
640 @defmac TARGET_OS_CPP_BUILTINS ()
641 Similarly to @code{TARGET_CPU_CPP_BUILTINS} but this macro is optional
642 and is used for the target operating system instead.
645 @defmac TARGET_OBJFMT_CPP_BUILTINS ()
646 Similarly to @code{TARGET_CPU_CPP_BUILTINS} but this macro is optional
647 and is used for the target object format. @file{elfos.h} uses this
648 macro to define @code{__ELF__}, so you probably do not need to define
652 @deftypevar {extern int} target_flags
653 This variable is declared in @file{options.h}, which is included before
654 any target-specific headers.
657 @deftypevr {Common Target Hook} int TARGET_DEFAULT_TARGET_FLAGS
658 This variable specifies the initial value of @code{target_flags}.
659 Its default setting is 0.
662 @cindex optional hardware or system features
663 @cindex features, optional, in system conventions
665 @deftypefn {Common Target Hook} bool TARGET_HANDLE_OPTION (struct gcc_options *@var{opts}, struct gcc_options *@var{opts_set}, const struct cl_decoded_option *@var{decoded}, location_t @var{loc})
666 This hook is called whenever the user specifies one of the
667 target-specific options described by the @file{.opt} definition files
668 (@pxref{Options}). It has the opportunity to do some option-specific
669 processing and should return true if the option is valid. The default
670 definition does nothing but return true.
672 @var{decoded} specifies the option and its arguments. @var{opts} and
673 @var{opts_set} are the @code{gcc_options} structures to be used for
674 storing option state, and @var{loc} is the location at which the
675 option was passed (@code{UNKNOWN_LOCATION} except for options passed
679 @deftypefn {C Target Hook} bool TARGET_HANDLE_C_OPTION (size_t @var{code}, const char *@var{arg}, int @var{value})
680 This target hook is called whenever the user specifies one of the
681 target-specific C language family options described by the @file{.opt}
682 definition files(@pxref{Options}). It has the opportunity to do some
683 option-specific processing and should return true if the option is
684 valid. The arguments are like for @code{TARGET_HANDLE_OPTION}. The
685 default definition does nothing but return false.
687 In general, you should use @code{TARGET_HANDLE_OPTION} to handle
688 options. However, if processing an option requires routines that are
689 only available in the C (and related language) front ends, then you
690 should use @code{TARGET_HANDLE_C_OPTION} instead.
693 @deftypefn {C Target Hook} tree TARGET_OBJC_CONSTRUCT_STRING_OBJECT (tree @var{string})
694 Targets may provide a string object type that can be used within and between C, C++ and their respective Objective-C dialects. A string object might, for example, embed encoding and length information. These objects are considered opaque to the compiler and handled as references. An ideal implementation makes the composition of the string object match that of the Objective-C @code{NSString} (@code{NXString} for GNUStep), allowing efficient interworking between C-only and Objective-C code. If a target implements string objects then this hook should return a reference to such an object constructed from the normal `C' string representation provided in @var{string}. At present, the hook is used by Objective-C only, to obtain a common-format string object when the target provides one.
697 @deftypefn {C Target Hook} void TARGET_OBJC_DECLARE_UNRESOLVED_CLASS_REFERENCE (const char *@var{classname})
698 Declare that Objective C class @var{classname} is referenced by the current TU.
701 @deftypefn {C Target Hook} void TARGET_OBJC_DECLARE_CLASS_DEFINITION (const char *@var{classname})
702 Declare that Objective C class @var{classname} is defined by the current TU.
705 @deftypefn {C Target Hook} bool TARGET_STRING_OBJECT_REF_TYPE_P (const_tree @var{stringref})
706 If a target implements string objects then this hook should return @code{true} if @var{stringref} is a valid reference to such an object.
709 @deftypefn {C Target Hook} void TARGET_CHECK_STRING_OBJECT_FORMAT_ARG (tree @var{format_arg}, tree @var{args_list})
710 If a target implements string objects then this hook should should provide a facility to check the function arguments in @var{args_list} against the format specifiers in @var{format_arg} where the type of @var{format_arg} is one recognized as a valid string reference type.
713 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_OVERRIDE_OPTIONS_AFTER_CHANGE (void)
714 This target function is similar to the hook @code{TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE}
715 but is called when the optimize level is changed via an attribute or
716 pragma or when it is reset at the end of the code affected by the
717 attribute or pragma. It is not called at the beginning of compilation
718 when @code{TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE} is called so if you want to perform these
719 actions then, you should have @code{TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE} call
720 @code{TARGET_OVERRIDE_OPTIONS_AFTER_CHANGE}.
723 @defmac C_COMMON_OVERRIDE_OPTIONS
724 This is similar to the @code{TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE} hook
725 but is only used in the C
726 language frontends (C, Objective-C, C++, Objective-C++) and so can be
727 used to alter option flag variables which only exist in those
731 @deftypevr {Common Target Hook} {const struct default_options *} TARGET_OPTION_OPTIMIZATION_TABLE
732 Some machines may desire to change what optimizations are performed for
733 various optimization levels. This variable, if defined, describes
734 options to enable at particular sets of optimization levels. These
735 options are processed once
736 just after the optimization level is determined and before the remainder
737 of the command options have been parsed, so may be overridden by other
738 options passed explicitly.
740 This processing is run once at program startup and when the optimization
741 options are changed via @code{#pragma GCC optimize} or by using the
742 @code{optimize} attribute.
745 @deftypefn {Common Target Hook} void TARGET_OPTION_INIT_STRUCT (struct gcc_options *@var{opts})
746 Set target-dependent initial values of fields in @var{opts}.
749 @deftypefn {Common Target Hook} void TARGET_OPTION_DEFAULT_PARAMS (void)
750 Set target-dependent default values for @option{--param} settings, using calls to @code{set_default_param_value}.
753 @defmac SWITCHABLE_TARGET
754 Some targets need to switch between substantially different subtargets
755 during compilation. For example, the MIPS target has one subtarget for
756 the traditional MIPS architecture and another for MIPS16. Source code
757 can switch between these two subarchitectures using the @code{mips16}
758 and @code{nomips16} attributes.
760 Such subtargets can differ in things like the set of available
761 registers, the set of available instructions, the costs of various
762 operations, and so on. GCC caches a lot of this type of information
763 in global variables, and recomputing them for each subtarget takes a
764 significant amount of time. The compiler therefore provides a facility
765 for maintaining several versions of the global variables and quickly
766 switching between them; see @file{target-globals.h} for details.
768 Define this macro to 1 if your target needs this facility. The default
772 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_FLOAT_EXCEPTIONS_ROUNDING_SUPPORTED_P (void)
773 Returns true if the target supports IEEE 754 floating-point exceptions and rounding modes, false otherwise. This is intended to relate to the @code{float} and @code{double} types, but not necessarily @code{long double}. By default, returns true if the @code{adddf3} instruction pattern is available and false otherwise, on the assumption that hardware floating point supports exceptions and rounding modes but software floating point does not.
776 @node Per-Function Data
777 @section Defining data structures for per-function information.
778 @cindex per-function data
779 @cindex data structures
781 If the target needs to store information on a per-function basis, GCC
782 provides a macro and a couple of variables to allow this. Note, just
783 using statics to store the information is a bad idea, since GCC supports
784 nested functions, so you can be halfway through encoding one function
785 when another one comes along.
787 GCC defines a data structure called @code{struct function} which
788 contains all of the data specific to an individual function. This
789 structure contains a field called @code{machine} whose type is
790 @code{struct machine_function *}, which can be used by targets to point
791 to their own specific data.
793 If a target needs per-function specific data it should define the type
794 @code{struct machine_function} and also the macro @code{INIT_EXPANDERS}.
795 This macro should be used to initialize the function pointer
796 @code{init_machine_status}. This pointer is explained below.
798 One typical use of per-function, target specific data is to create an
799 RTX to hold the register containing the function's return address. This
800 RTX can then be used to implement the @code{__builtin_return_address}
801 function, for level 0.
803 Note---earlier implementations of GCC used a single data area to hold
804 all of the per-function information. Thus when processing of a nested
805 function began the old per-function data had to be pushed onto a
806 stack, and when the processing was finished, it had to be popped off the
807 stack. GCC used to provide function pointers called
808 @code{save_machine_status} and @code{restore_machine_status} to handle
809 the saving and restoring of the target specific information. Since the
810 single data area approach is no longer used, these pointers are no
813 @defmac INIT_EXPANDERS
814 Macro called to initialize any target specific information. This macro
815 is called once per function, before generation of any RTL has begun.
816 The intention of this macro is to allow the initialization of the
817 function pointer @code{init_machine_status}.
820 @deftypevar {void (*)(struct function *)} init_machine_status
821 If this function pointer is non-@code{NULL} it will be called once per
822 function, before function compilation starts, in order to allow the
823 target to perform any target specific initialization of the
824 @code{struct function} structure. It is intended that this would be
825 used to initialize the @code{machine} of that structure.
827 @code{struct machine_function} structures are expected to be freed by GC@.
828 Generally, any memory that they reference must be allocated by using
829 GC allocation, including the structure itself.
833 @section Storage Layout
834 @cindex storage layout
836 Note that the definitions of the macros in this table which are sizes or
837 alignments measured in bits do not need to be constant. They can be C
838 expressions that refer to static variables, such as the @code{target_flags}.
839 @xref{Run-time Target}.
841 @defmac BITS_BIG_ENDIAN
842 Define this macro to have the value 1 if the most significant bit in a
843 byte has the lowest number; otherwise define it to have the value zero.
844 This means that bit-field instructions count from the most significant
845 bit. If the machine has no bit-field instructions, then this must still
846 be defined, but it doesn't matter which value it is defined to. This
847 macro need not be a constant.
849 This macro does not affect the way structure fields are packed into
850 bytes or words; that is controlled by @code{BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN}.
853 @defmac BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN
854 Define this macro to have the value 1 if the most significant byte in a
855 word has the lowest number. This macro need not be a constant.
858 @defmac WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN
859 Define this macro to have the value 1 if, in a multiword object, the
860 most significant word has the lowest number. This applies to both
861 memory locations and registers; see @code{REG_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN} if the
862 order of words in memory is not the same as the order in registers. This
863 macro need not be a constant.
866 @defmac REG_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN
867 On some machines, the order of words in a multiword object differs between
868 registers in memory. In such a situation, define this macro to describe
869 the order of words in a register. The macro @code{WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN} controls
870 the order of words in memory.
873 @defmac FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN
874 Define this macro to have the value 1 if @code{DFmode}, @code{XFmode} or
875 @code{TFmode} floating point numbers are stored in memory with the word
876 containing the sign bit at the lowest address; otherwise define it to
877 have the value 0. This macro need not be a constant.
879 You need not define this macro if the ordering is the same as for
883 @defmac BITS_PER_WORD
884 Number of bits in a word. If you do not define this macro, the default
885 is @code{BITS_PER_UNIT * UNITS_PER_WORD}.
888 @defmac MAX_BITS_PER_WORD
889 Maximum number of bits in a word. If this is undefined, the default is
890 @code{BITS_PER_WORD}. Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the
891 largest value that @code{BITS_PER_WORD} can have at run-time.
894 @defmac UNITS_PER_WORD
895 Number of storage units in a word; normally the size of a general-purpose
896 register, a power of two from 1 or 8.
899 @defmac MIN_UNITS_PER_WORD
900 Minimum number of units in a word. If this is undefined, the default is
901 @code{UNITS_PER_WORD}. Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the
902 smallest value that @code{UNITS_PER_WORD} can have at run-time.
906 Width of a pointer, in bits. You must specify a value no wider than the
907 width of @code{Pmode}. If it is not equal to the width of @code{Pmode},
908 you must define @code{POINTERS_EXTEND_UNSIGNED}. If you do not specify
909 a value the default is @code{BITS_PER_WORD}.
912 @defmac POINTERS_EXTEND_UNSIGNED
913 A C expression that determines how pointers should be extended from
914 @code{ptr_mode} to either @code{Pmode} or @code{word_mode}. It is
915 greater than zero if pointers should be zero-extended, zero if they
916 should be sign-extended, and negative if some other sort of conversion
917 is needed. In the last case, the extension is done by the target's
918 @code{ptr_extend} instruction.
920 You need not define this macro if the @code{ptr_mode}, @code{Pmode}
921 and @code{word_mode} are all the same width.
924 @defmac PROMOTE_MODE (@var{m}, @var{unsignedp}, @var{type})
925 A macro to update @var{m} and @var{unsignedp} when an object whose type
926 is @var{type} and which has the specified mode and signedness is to be
927 stored in a register. This macro is only called when @var{type} is a
930 On most RISC machines, which only have operations that operate on a full
931 register, define this macro to set @var{m} to @code{word_mode} if
932 @var{m} is an integer mode narrower than @code{BITS_PER_WORD}. In most
933 cases, only integer modes should be widened because wider-precision
934 floating-point operations are usually more expensive than their narrower
937 For most machines, the macro definition does not change @var{unsignedp}.
938 However, some machines, have instructions that preferentially handle
939 either signed or unsigned quantities of certain modes. For example, on
940 the DEC Alpha, 32-bit loads from memory and 32-bit add instructions
941 sign-extend the result to 64 bits. On such machines, set
942 @var{unsignedp} according to which kind of extension is more efficient.
944 Do not define this macro if it would never modify @var{m}.
947 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_PROMOTE_FUNCTION_MODE (const_tree @var{type}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, int *@var{punsignedp}, const_tree @var{funtype}, int @var{for_return})
948 Like @code{PROMOTE_MODE}, but it is applied to outgoing function arguments or
949 function return values. The target hook should return the new mode
950 and possibly change @code{*@var{punsignedp}} if the promotion should
951 change signedness. This function is called only for scalar @emph{or
954 @var{for_return} allows to distinguish the promotion of arguments and
955 return values. If it is @code{1}, a return value is being promoted and
956 @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_VALUE} must perform the same promotions done here.
957 If it is @code{2}, the returned mode should be that of the register in
958 which an incoming parameter is copied, or the outgoing result is computed;
959 then the hook should return the same mode as @code{promote_mode}, though
960 the signedness may be different.
962 @var{type} can be NULL when promoting function arguments of libcalls.
964 The default is to not promote arguments and return values. You can
965 also define the hook to @code{default_promote_function_mode_always_promote}
966 if you would like to apply the same rules given by @code{PROMOTE_MODE}.
969 @defmac PARM_BOUNDARY
970 Normal alignment required for function parameters on the stack, in
971 bits. All stack parameters receive at least this much alignment
972 regardless of data type. On most machines, this is the same as the
976 @defmac STACK_BOUNDARY
977 Define this macro to the minimum alignment enforced by hardware for the
978 stack pointer on this machine. The definition is a C expression for the
979 desired alignment (measured in bits). This value is used as a default
980 if @code{PREFERRED_STACK_BOUNDARY} is not defined. On most machines,
981 this should be the same as @code{PARM_BOUNDARY}.
984 @defmac PREFERRED_STACK_BOUNDARY
985 Define this macro if you wish to preserve a certain alignment for the
986 stack pointer, greater than what the hardware enforces. The definition
987 is a C expression for the desired alignment (measured in bits). This
988 macro must evaluate to a value equal to or larger than
989 @code{STACK_BOUNDARY}.
992 @defmac INCOMING_STACK_BOUNDARY
993 Define this macro if the incoming stack boundary may be different
994 from @code{PREFERRED_STACK_BOUNDARY}. This macro must evaluate
995 to a value equal to or larger than @code{STACK_BOUNDARY}.
998 @defmac FUNCTION_BOUNDARY
999 Alignment required for a function entry point, in bits.
1002 @defmac BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT
1003 Biggest alignment that any data type can require on this machine, in
1004 bits. Note that this is not the biggest alignment that is supported,
1005 just the biggest alignment that, when violated, may cause a fault.
1008 @defmac MALLOC_ABI_ALIGNMENT
1009 Alignment, in bits, a C conformant malloc implementation has to
1010 provide. If not defined, the default value is @code{BITS_PER_WORD}.
1013 @defmac ATTRIBUTE_ALIGNED_VALUE
1014 Alignment used by the @code{__attribute__ ((aligned))} construct. If
1015 not defined, the default value is @code{BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT}.
1018 @defmac MINIMUM_ATOMIC_ALIGNMENT
1019 If defined, the smallest alignment, in bits, that can be given to an
1020 object that can be referenced in one operation, without disturbing any
1021 nearby object. Normally, this is @code{BITS_PER_UNIT}, but may be larger
1022 on machines that don't have byte or half-word store operations.
1025 @defmac BIGGEST_FIELD_ALIGNMENT
1026 Biggest alignment that any structure or union field can require on this
1027 machine, in bits. If defined, this overrides @code{BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT} for
1028 structure and union fields only, unless the field alignment has been set
1029 by the @code{__attribute__ ((aligned (@var{n})))} construct.
1032 @defmac ADJUST_FIELD_ALIGN (@var{field}, @var{computed})
1033 An expression for the alignment of a structure field @var{field} if the
1034 alignment computed in the usual way (including applying of
1035 @code{BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT} and @code{BIGGEST_FIELD_ALIGNMENT} to the
1036 alignment) is @var{computed}. It overrides alignment only if the
1037 field alignment has not been set by the
1038 @code{__attribute__ ((aligned (@var{n})))} construct.
1041 @defmac MAX_STACK_ALIGNMENT
1042 Biggest stack alignment guaranteed by the backend. Use this macro
1043 to specify the maximum alignment of a variable on stack.
1045 If not defined, the default value is @code{STACK_BOUNDARY}.
1047 @c FIXME: The default should be @code{PREFERRED_STACK_BOUNDARY}.
1048 @c But the fix for PR 32893 indicates that we can only guarantee
1049 @c maximum stack alignment on stack up to @code{STACK_BOUNDARY}, not
1050 @c @code{PREFERRED_STACK_BOUNDARY}, if stack alignment isn't supported.
1053 @defmac MAX_OFILE_ALIGNMENT
1054 Biggest alignment supported by the object file format of this machine.
1055 Use this macro to limit the alignment which can be specified using the
1056 @code{__attribute__ ((aligned (@var{n})))} construct. If not defined,
1057 the default value is @code{BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT}.
1059 On systems that use ELF, the default (in @file{config/elfos.h}) is
1060 the largest supported 32-bit ELF section alignment representable on
1061 a 32-bit host e.g. @samp{(((unsigned HOST_WIDEST_INT) 1 << 28) * 8)}.
1062 On 32-bit ELF the largest supported section alignment in bits is
1063 @samp{(0x80000000 * 8)}, but this is not representable on 32-bit hosts.
1066 @defmac DATA_ALIGNMENT (@var{type}, @var{basic-align})
1067 If defined, a C expression to compute the alignment for a variable in
1068 the static store. @var{type} is the data type, and @var{basic-align} is
1069 the alignment that the object would ordinarily have. The value of this
1070 macro is used instead of that alignment to align the object.
1072 If this macro is not defined, then @var{basic-align} is used.
1075 One use of this macro is to increase alignment of medium-size data to
1076 make it all fit in fewer cache lines. Another is to cause character
1077 arrays to be word-aligned so that @code{strcpy} calls that copy
1078 constants to character arrays can be done inline.
1081 @defmac DATA_ABI_ALIGNMENT (@var{type}, @var{basic-align})
1082 Similar to @code{DATA_ALIGNMENT}, but for the cases where the ABI mandates
1083 some alignment increase, instead of optimization only purposes. E.g.@
1084 AMD x86-64 psABI says that variables with array type larger than 15 bytes
1085 must be aligned to 16 byte boundaries.
1087 If this macro is not defined, then @var{basic-align} is used.
1090 @defmac CONSTANT_ALIGNMENT (@var{constant}, @var{basic-align})
1091 If defined, a C expression to compute the alignment given to a constant
1092 that is being placed in memory. @var{constant} is the constant and
1093 @var{basic-align} is the alignment that the object would ordinarily
1094 have. The value of this macro is used instead of that alignment to
1097 If this macro is not defined, then @var{basic-align} is used.
1099 The typical use of this macro is to increase alignment for string
1100 constants to be word aligned so that @code{strcpy} calls that copy
1101 constants can be done inline.
1104 @defmac LOCAL_ALIGNMENT (@var{type}, @var{basic-align})
1105 If defined, a C expression to compute the alignment for a variable in
1106 the local store. @var{type} is the data type, and @var{basic-align} is
1107 the alignment that the object would ordinarily have. The value of this
1108 macro is used instead of that alignment to align the object.
1110 If this macro is not defined, then @var{basic-align} is used.
1112 One use of this macro is to increase alignment of medium-size data to
1113 make it all fit in fewer cache lines.
1115 If the value of this macro has a type, it should be an unsigned type.
1118 @deftypefn {Target Hook} HOST_WIDE_INT TARGET_VECTOR_ALIGNMENT (const_tree @var{type})
1119 This hook can be used to define the alignment for a vector of type
1120 @var{type}, in order to comply with a platform ABI. The default is to
1121 require natural alignment for vector types. The alignment returned by
1122 this hook must be a power-of-two multiple of the default alignment of
1123 the vector element type.
1126 @defmac STACK_SLOT_ALIGNMENT (@var{type}, @var{mode}, @var{basic-align})
1127 If defined, a C expression to compute the alignment for stack slot.
1128 @var{type} is the data type, @var{mode} is the widest mode available,
1129 and @var{basic-align} is the alignment that the slot would ordinarily
1130 have. The value of this macro is used instead of that alignment to
1133 If this macro is not defined, then @var{basic-align} is used when
1134 @var{type} is @code{NULL}. Otherwise, @code{LOCAL_ALIGNMENT} will
1137 This macro is to set alignment of stack slot to the maximum alignment
1138 of all possible modes which the slot may have.
1140 If the value of this macro has a type, it should be an unsigned type.
1143 @defmac LOCAL_DECL_ALIGNMENT (@var{decl})
1144 If defined, a C expression to compute the alignment for a local
1145 variable @var{decl}.
1147 If this macro is not defined, then
1148 @code{LOCAL_ALIGNMENT (TREE_TYPE (@var{decl}), DECL_ALIGN (@var{decl}))}
1151 One use of this macro is to increase alignment of medium-size data to
1152 make it all fit in fewer cache lines.
1154 If the value of this macro has a type, it should be an unsigned type.
1157 @defmac MINIMUM_ALIGNMENT (@var{exp}, @var{mode}, @var{align})
1158 If defined, a C expression to compute the minimum required alignment
1159 for dynamic stack realignment purposes for @var{exp} (a type or decl),
1160 @var{mode}, assuming normal alignment @var{align}.
1162 If this macro is not defined, then @var{align} will be used.
1165 @defmac EMPTY_FIELD_BOUNDARY
1166 Alignment in bits to be given to a structure bit-field that follows an
1167 empty field such as @code{int : 0;}.
1169 If @code{PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS} is true, it overrides this macro.
1172 @defmac STRUCTURE_SIZE_BOUNDARY
1173 Number of bits which any structure or union's size must be a multiple of.
1174 Each structure or union's size is rounded up to a multiple of this.
1176 If you do not define this macro, the default is the same as
1177 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT}.
1180 @defmac STRICT_ALIGNMENT
1181 Define this macro to be the value 1 if instructions will fail to work
1182 if given data not on the nominal alignment. If instructions will merely
1183 go slower in that case, define this macro as 0.
1186 @defmac PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS
1187 Define this if you wish to imitate the way many other C compilers handle
1188 alignment of bit-fields and the structures that contain them.
1190 The behavior is that the type written for a named bit-field (@code{int},
1191 @code{short}, or other integer type) imposes an alignment for the entire
1192 structure, as if the structure really did contain an ordinary field of
1193 that type. In addition, the bit-field is placed within the structure so
1194 that it would fit within such a field, not crossing a boundary for it.
1196 Thus, on most machines, a named bit-field whose type is written as
1197 @code{int} would not cross a four-byte boundary, and would force
1198 four-byte alignment for the whole structure. (The alignment used may
1199 not be four bytes; it is controlled by the other alignment parameters.)
1201 An unnamed bit-field will not affect the alignment of the containing
1204 If the macro is defined, its definition should be a C expression;
1205 a nonzero value for the expression enables this behavior.
1207 Note that if this macro is not defined, or its value is zero, some
1208 bit-fields may cross more than one alignment boundary. The compiler can
1209 support such references if there are @samp{insv}, @samp{extv}, and
1210 @samp{extzv} insns that can directly reference memory.
1212 The other known way of making bit-fields work is to define
1213 @code{STRUCTURE_SIZE_BOUNDARY} as large as @code{BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT}.
1214 Then every structure can be accessed with fullwords.
1216 Unless the machine has bit-field instructions or you define
1217 @code{STRUCTURE_SIZE_BOUNDARY} that way, you must define
1218 @code{PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS} to have a nonzero value.
1220 If your aim is to make GCC use the same conventions for laying out
1221 bit-fields as are used by another compiler, here is how to investigate
1222 what the other compiler does. Compile and run this program:
1241 printf ("Size of foo1 is %d\n",
1242 sizeof (struct foo1));
1243 printf ("Size of foo2 is %d\n",
1244 sizeof (struct foo2));
1249 If this prints 2 and 5, then the compiler's behavior is what you would
1250 get from @code{PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS}.
1253 @defmac BITFIELD_NBYTES_LIMITED
1254 Like @code{PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS} except that its effect is limited
1255 to aligning a bit-field within the structure.
1258 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ALIGN_ANON_BITFIELD (void)
1259 When @code{PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS} is true this hook will determine
1260 whether unnamed bitfields affect the alignment of the containing
1261 structure. The hook should return true if the structure should inherit
1262 the alignment requirements of an unnamed bitfield's type.
1265 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_NARROW_VOLATILE_BITFIELD (void)
1266 This target hook should return @code{true} if accesses to volatile bitfields
1267 should use the narrowest mode possible. It should return @code{false} if
1268 these accesses should use the bitfield container type.
1270 The default is @code{false}.
1273 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_MEMBER_TYPE_FORCES_BLK (const_tree @var{field}, enum machine_mode @var{mode})
1274 Return true if a structure, union or array containing @var{field} should
1275 be accessed using @code{BLKMODE}.
1277 If @var{field} is the only field in the structure, @var{mode} is its
1278 mode, otherwise @var{mode} is VOIDmode. @var{mode} is provided in the
1279 case where structures of one field would require the structure's mode to
1280 retain the field's mode.
1282 Normally, this is not needed.
1285 @defmac ROUND_TYPE_ALIGN (@var{type}, @var{computed}, @var{specified})
1286 Define this macro as an expression for the alignment of a type (given
1287 by @var{type} as a tree node) if the alignment computed in the usual
1288 way is @var{computed} and the alignment explicitly specified was
1291 The default is to use @var{specified} if it is larger; otherwise, use
1292 the smaller of @var{computed} and @code{BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT}
1295 @defmac MAX_FIXED_MODE_SIZE
1296 An integer expression for the size in bits of the largest integer
1297 machine mode that should actually be used. All integer machine modes of
1298 this size or smaller can be used for structures and unions with the
1299 appropriate sizes. If this macro is undefined, @code{GET_MODE_BITSIZE
1300 (DImode)} is assumed.
1303 @defmac STACK_SAVEAREA_MODE (@var{save_level})
1304 If defined, an expression of type @code{enum machine_mode} that
1305 specifies the mode of the save area operand of a
1306 @code{save_stack_@var{level}} named pattern (@pxref{Standard Names}).
1307 @var{save_level} is one of @code{SAVE_BLOCK}, @code{SAVE_FUNCTION}, or
1308 @code{SAVE_NONLOCAL} and selects which of the three named patterns is
1309 having its mode specified.
1311 You need not define this macro if it always returns @code{Pmode}. You
1312 would most commonly define this macro if the
1313 @code{save_stack_@var{level}} patterns need to support both a 32- and a
1317 @defmac STACK_SIZE_MODE
1318 If defined, an expression of type @code{enum machine_mode} that
1319 specifies the mode of the size increment operand of an
1320 @code{allocate_stack} named pattern (@pxref{Standard Names}).
1322 You need not define this macro if it always returns @code{word_mode}.
1323 You would most commonly define this macro if the @code{allocate_stack}
1324 pattern needs to support both a 32- and a 64-bit mode.
1327 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_LIBGCC_CMP_RETURN_MODE (void)
1328 This target hook should return the mode to be used for the return value
1329 of compare instructions expanded to libgcc calls. If not defined
1330 @code{word_mode} is returned which is the right choice for a majority of
1334 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_LIBGCC_SHIFT_COUNT_MODE (void)
1335 This target hook should return the mode to be used for the shift count operand
1336 of shift instructions expanded to libgcc calls. If not defined
1337 @code{word_mode} is returned which is the right choice for a majority of
1341 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_UNWIND_WORD_MODE (void)
1342 Return machine mode to be used for @code{_Unwind_Word} type.
1343 The default is to use @code{word_mode}.
1346 @defmac ROUND_TOWARDS_ZERO
1347 If defined, this macro should be true if the prevailing rounding
1348 mode is towards zero.
1350 Defining this macro only affects the way @file{libgcc.a} emulates
1351 floating-point arithmetic.
1353 Not defining this macro is equivalent to returning zero.
1356 @defmac LARGEST_EXPONENT_IS_NORMAL (@var{size})
1357 This macro should return true if floats with @var{size}
1358 bits do not have a NaN or infinity representation, but use the largest
1359 exponent for normal numbers instead.
1361 Defining this macro only affects the way @file{libgcc.a} emulates
1362 floating-point arithmetic.
1364 The default definition of this macro returns false for all sizes.
1367 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_MS_BITFIELD_LAYOUT_P (const_tree @var{record_type})
1368 This target hook returns @code{true} if bit-fields in the given
1369 @var{record_type} are to be laid out following the rules of Microsoft
1370 Visual C/C++, namely: (i) a bit-field won't share the same storage
1371 unit with the previous bit-field if their underlying types have
1372 different sizes, and the bit-field will be aligned to the highest
1373 alignment of the underlying types of itself and of the previous
1374 bit-field; (ii) a zero-sized bit-field will affect the alignment of
1375 the whole enclosing structure, even if it is unnamed; except that
1376 (iii) a zero-sized bit-field will be disregarded unless it follows
1377 another bit-field of nonzero size. If this hook returns @code{true},
1378 other macros that control bit-field layout are ignored.
1380 When a bit-field is inserted into a packed record, the whole size
1381 of the underlying type is used by one or more same-size adjacent
1382 bit-fields (that is, if its long:3, 32 bits is used in the record,
1383 and any additional adjacent long bit-fields are packed into the same
1384 chunk of 32 bits. However, if the size changes, a new field of that
1385 size is allocated). In an unpacked record, this is the same as using
1386 alignment, but not equivalent when packing.
1388 If both MS bit-fields and @samp{__attribute__((packed))} are used,
1389 the latter will take precedence. If @samp{__attribute__((packed))} is
1390 used on a single field when MS bit-fields are in use, it will take
1391 precedence for that field, but the alignment of the rest of the structure
1392 may affect its placement.
1395 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_DECIMAL_FLOAT_SUPPORTED_P (void)
1396 Returns true if the target supports decimal floating point.
1399 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_FIXED_POINT_SUPPORTED_P (void)
1400 Returns true if the target supports fixed-point arithmetic.
1403 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_EXPAND_TO_RTL_HOOK (void)
1404 This hook is called just before expansion into rtl, allowing the target
1405 to perform additional initializations or analysis before the expansion.
1406 For example, the rs6000 port uses it to allocate a scratch stack slot
1407 for use in copying SDmode values between memory and floating point
1408 registers whenever the function being expanded has any SDmode
1412 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_INSTANTIATE_DECLS (void)
1413 This hook allows the backend to perform additional instantiations on rtl
1414 that are not actually in any insns yet, but will be later.
1417 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_MANGLE_TYPE (const_tree @var{type})
1418 If your target defines any fundamental types, or any types your target
1419 uses should be mangled differently from the default, define this hook
1420 to return the appropriate encoding for these types as part of a C++
1421 mangled name. The @var{type} argument is the tree structure representing
1422 the type to be mangled. The hook may be applied to trees which are
1423 not target-specific fundamental types; it should return @code{NULL}
1424 for all such types, as well as arguments it does not recognize. If the
1425 return value is not @code{NULL}, it must point to a statically-allocated
1428 Target-specific fundamental types might be new fundamental types or
1429 qualified versions of ordinary fundamental types. Encode new
1430 fundamental types as @samp{@w{u @var{n} @var{name}}}, where @var{name}
1431 is the name used for the type in source code, and @var{n} is the
1432 length of @var{name} in decimal. Encode qualified versions of
1433 ordinary types as @samp{@w{U @var{n} @var{name} @var{code}}}, where
1434 @var{name} is the name used for the type qualifier in source code,
1435 @var{n} is the length of @var{name} as above, and @var{code} is the
1436 code used to represent the unqualified version of this type. (See
1437 @code{write_builtin_type} in @file{cp/mangle.c} for the list of
1438 codes.) In both cases the spaces are for clarity; do not include any
1439 spaces in your string.
1441 This hook is applied to types prior to typedef resolution. If the mangled
1442 name for a particular type depends only on that type's main variant, you
1443 can perform typedef resolution yourself using @code{TYPE_MAIN_VARIANT}
1446 The default version of this hook always returns @code{NULL}, which is
1447 appropriate for a target that does not define any new fundamental
1452 @section Layout of Source Language Data Types
1454 These macros define the sizes and other characteristics of the standard
1455 basic data types used in programs being compiled. Unlike the macros in
1456 the previous section, these apply to specific features of C and related
1457 languages, rather than to fundamental aspects of storage layout.
1459 @defmac INT_TYPE_SIZE
1460 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{int} on the
1461 target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one word.
1464 @defmac SHORT_TYPE_SIZE
1465 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{short} on the
1466 target machine. If you don't define this, the default is half a word.
1467 (If this would be less than one storage unit, it is rounded up to one
1471 @defmac LONG_TYPE_SIZE
1472 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{long} on the
1473 target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one word.
1476 @defmac ADA_LONG_TYPE_SIZE
1477 On some machines, the size used for the Ada equivalent of the type
1478 @code{long} by a native Ada compiler differs from that used by C@. In
1479 that situation, define this macro to be a C expression to be used for
1480 the size of that type. If you don't define this, the default is the
1481 value of @code{LONG_TYPE_SIZE}.
1484 @defmac LONG_LONG_TYPE_SIZE
1485 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{long long} on the
1486 target machine. If you don't define this, the default is two
1487 words. If you want to support GNU Ada on your machine, the value of this
1488 macro must be at least 64.
1491 @defmac CHAR_TYPE_SIZE
1492 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{char} on the
1493 target machine. If you don't define this, the default is
1494 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT}.
1497 @defmac BOOL_TYPE_SIZE
1498 A C expression for the size in bits of the C++ type @code{bool} and
1499 C99 type @code{_Bool} on the target machine. If you don't define
1500 this, and you probably shouldn't, the default is @code{CHAR_TYPE_SIZE}.
1503 @defmac FLOAT_TYPE_SIZE
1504 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{float} on the
1505 target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one word.
1508 @defmac DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE
1509 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{double} on the
1510 target machine. If you don't define this, the default is two
1514 @defmac LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE
1515 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{long double} on
1516 the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is two
1520 @defmac SHORT_FRACT_TYPE_SIZE
1521 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{short _Fract} on
1522 the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is
1523 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT}.
1526 @defmac FRACT_TYPE_SIZE
1527 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{_Fract} on
1528 the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is
1529 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT * 2}.
1532 @defmac LONG_FRACT_TYPE_SIZE
1533 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{long _Fract} on
1534 the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is
1535 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT * 4}.
1538 @defmac LONG_LONG_FRACT_TYPE_SIZE
1539 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{long long _Fract} on
1540 the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is
1541 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT * 8}.
1544 @defmac SHORT_ACCUM_TYPE_SIZE
1545 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{short _Accum} on
1546 the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is
1547 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT * 2}.
1550 @defmac ACCUM_TYPE_SIZE
1551 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{_Accum} on
1552 the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is
1553 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT * 4}.
1556 @defmac LONG_ACCUM_TYPE_SIZE
1557 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{long _Accum} on
1558 the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is
1559 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT * 8}.
1562 @defmac LONG_LONG_ACCUM_TYPE_SIZE
1563 A C expression for the size in bits of the type @code{long long _Accum} on
1564 the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is
1565 @code{BITS_PER_UNIT * 16}.
1568 @defmac LIBGCC2_LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE
1569 Define this macro if @code{LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE} is not constant or
1570 if you want routines in @file{libgcc2.a} for a size other than
1571 @code{LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE}. If you don't define this, the
1572 default is @code{LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE}.
1575 @defmac LIBGCC2_HAS_DF_MODE
1576 Define this macro if neither @code{DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE} nor
1577 @code{LIBGCC2_LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE} is
1578 @code{DFmode} but you want @code{DFmode} routines in @file{libgcc2.a}
1579 anyway. If you don't define this and either @code{DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE}
1580 or @code{LIBGCC2_LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE} is 64 then the default is 1,
1584 @defmac LIBGCC2_HAS_XF_MODE
1585 Define this macro if @code{LIBGCC2_LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE} is not
1586 @code{XFmode} but you want @code{XFmode} routines in @file{libgcc2.a}
1587 anyway. If you don't define this and @code{LIBGCC2_LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE}
1588 is 80 then the default is 1, otherwise it is 0.
1591 @defmac LIBGCC2_HAS_TF_MODE
1592 Define this macro if @code{LIBGCC2_LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE} is not
1593 @code{TFmode} but you want @code{TFmode} routines in @file{libgcc2.a}
1594 anyway. If you don't define this and @code{LIBGCC2_LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE}
1595 is 128 then the default is 1, otherwise it is 0.
1598 @defmac LIBGCC2_GNU_PREFIX
1599 This macro corresponds to the @code{TARGET_LIBFUNC_GNU_PREFIX} target
1600 hook and should be defined if that hook is overriden to be true. It
1601 causes function names in libgcc to be changed to use a @code{__gnu_}
1602 prefix for their name rather than the default @code{__}. A port which
1603 uses this macro should also arrange to use @file{t-gnu-prefix} in
1604 the libgcc @file{config.host}.
1611 Define these macros to be the size in bits of the mantissa of
1612 @code{SFmode}, @code{DFmode}, @code{XFmode} and @code{TFmode} values,
1613 if the defaults in @file{libgcc2.h} are inappropriate. By default,
1614 @code{FLT_MANT_DIG} is used for @code{SF_SIZE}, @code{LDBL_MANT_DIG}
1615 for @code{XF_SIZE} and @code{TF_SIZE}, and @code{DBL_MANT_DIG} or
1616 @code{LDBL_MANT_DIG} for @code{DF_SIZE} according to whether
1617 @code{DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE} or
1618 @code{LIBGCC2_LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE} is 64.
1621 @defmac TARGET_FLT_EVAL_METHOD
1622 A C expression for the value for @code{FLT_EVAL_METHOD} in @file{float.h},
1623 assuming, if applicable, that the floating-point control word is in its
1624 default state. If you do not define this macro the value of
1625 @code{FLT_EVAL_METHOD} will be zero.
1628 @defmac WIDEST_HARDWARE_FP_SIZE
1629 A C expression for the size in bits of the widest floating-point format
1630 supported by the hardware. If you define this macro, you must specify a
1631 value less than or equal to the value of @code{LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE}.
1632 If you do not define this macro, the value of @code{LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE}
1636 @defmac DEFAULT_SIGNED_CHAR
1637 An expression whose value is 1 or 0, according to whether the type
1638 @code{char} should be signed or unsigned by default. The user can
1639 always override this default with the options @option{-fsigned-char}
1640 and @option{-funsigned-char}.
1643 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_DEFAULT_SHORT_ENUMS (void)
1644 This target hook should return true if the compiler should give an
1645 @code{enum} type only as many bytes as it takes to represent the range
1646 of possible values of that type. It should return false if all
1647 @code{enum} types should be allocated like @code{int}.
1649 The default is to return false.
1653 A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type to use
1654 for size values. The typedef name @code{size_t} is defined using the
1655 contents of the string.
1657 The string can contain more than one keyword. If so, separate them with
1658 spaces, and write first any length keyword, then @code{unsigned} if
1659 appropriate, and finally @code{int}. The string must exactly match one
1660 of the data type names defined in the function
1661 @code{c_common_nodes_and_builtins} in the file @file{c-family/c-common.c}.
1662 You may not omit @code{int} or change the order---that would cause the
1663 compiler to crash on startup.
1665 If you don't define this macro, the default is @code{"long unsigned
1670 GCC defines internal types (@code{sizetype}, @code{ssizetype},
1671 @code{bitsizetype} and @code{sbitsizetype}) for expressions
1672 dealing with size. This macro is a C expression for a string describing
1673 the name of the data type from which the precision of @code{sizetype}
1676 The string has the same restrictions as @code{SIZE_TYPE} string.
1678 If you don't define this macro, the default is @code{SIZE_TYPE}.
1681 @defmac PTRDIFF_TYPE
1682 A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type to use
1683 for the result of subtracting two pointers. The typedef name
1684 @code{ptrdiff_t} is defined using the contents of the string. See
1685 @code{SIZE_TYPE} above for more information.
1687 If you don't define this macro, the default is @code{"long int"}.
1691 A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type to use
1692 for wide characters. The typedef name @code{wchar_t} is defined using
1693 the contents of the string. See @code{SIZE_TYPE} above for more
1696 If you don't define this macro, the default is @code{"int"}.
1699 @defmac WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE
1700 A C expression for the size in bits of the data type for wide
1701 characters. This is used in @code{cpp}, which cannot make use of
1706 A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type to
1707 use for wide characters passed to @code{printf} and returned from
1708 @code{getwc}. The typedef name @code{wint_t} is defined using the
1709 contents of the string. See @code{SIZE_TYPE} above for more
1712 If you don't define this macro, the default is @code{"unsigned int"}.
1716 A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type that
1717 can represent any value of any standard or extended signed integer type.
1718 The typedef name @code{intmax_t} is defined using the contents of the
1719 string. See @code{SIZE_TYPE} above for more information.
1721 If you don't define this macro, the default is the first of
1722 @code{"int"}, @code{"long int"}, or @code{"long long int"} that has as
1723 much precision as @code{long long int}.
1726 @defmac UINTMAX_TYPE
1727 A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type that
1728 can represent any value of any standard or extended unsigned integer
1729 type. The typedef name @code{uintmax_t} is defined using the contents
1730 of the string. See @code{SIZE_TYPE} above for more information.
1732 If you don't define this macro, the default is the first of
1733 @code{"unsigned int"}, @code{"long unsigned int"}, or @code{"long long
1734 unsigned int"} that has as much precision as @code{long long unsigned
1738 @defmac SIG_ATOMIC_TYPE
1744 @defmacx UINT16_TYPE
1745 @defmacx UINT32_TYPE
1746 @defmacx UINT64_TYPE
1747 @defmacx INT_LEAST8_TYPE
1748 @defmacx INT_LEAST16_TYPE
1749 @defmacx INT_LEAST32_TYPE
1750 @defmacx INT_LEAST64_TYPE
1751 @defmacx UINT_LEAST8_TYPE
1752 @defmacx UINT_LEAST16_TYPE
1753 @defmacx UINT_LEAST32_TYPE
1754 @defmacx UINT_LEAST64_TYPE
1755 @defmacx INT_FAST8_TYPE
1756 @defmacx INT_FAST16_TYPE
1757 @defmacx INT_FAST32_TYPE
1758 @defmacx INT_FAST64_TYPE
1759 @defmacx UINT_FAST8_TYPE
1760 @defmacx UINT_FAST16_TYPE
1761 @defmacx UINT_FAST32_TYPE
1762 @defmacx UINT_FAST64_TYPE
1763 @defmacx INTPTR_TYPE
1764 @defmacx UINTPTR_TYPE
1765 C expressions for the standard types @code{sig_atomic_t},
1766 @code{int8_t}, @code{int16_t}, @code{int32_t}, @code{int64_t},
1767 @code{uint8_t}, @code{uint16_t}, @code{uint32_t}, @code{uint64_t},
1768 @code{int_least8_t}, @code{int_least16_t}, @code{int_least32_t},
1769 @code{int_least64_t}, @code{uint_least8_t}, @code{uint_least16_t},
1770 @code{uint_least32_t}, @code{uint_least64_t}, @code{int_fast8_t},
1771 @code{int_fast16_t}, @code{int_fast32_t}, @code{int_fast64_t},
1772 @code{uint_fast8_t}, @code{uint_fast16_t}, @code{uint_fast32_t},
1773 @code{uint_fast64_t}, @code{intptr_t}, and @code{uintptr_t}. See
1774 @code{SIZE_TYPE} above for more information.
1776 If any of these macros evaluates to a null pointer, the corresponding
1777 type is not supported; if GCC is configured to provide
1778 @code{<stdint.h>} in such a case, the header provided may not conform
1779 to C99, depending on the type in question. The defaults for all of
1780 these macros are null pointers.
1783 @defmac TARGET_PTRMEMFUNC_VBIT_LOCATION
1784 The C++ compiler represents a pointer-to-member-function with a struct
1791 ptrdiff_t vtable_index;
1798 The C++ compiler must use one bit to indicate whether the function that
1799 will be called through a pointer-to-member-function is virtual.
1800 Normally, we assume that the low-order bit of a function pointer must
1801 always be zero. Then, by ensuring that the vtable_index is odd, we can
1802 distinguish which variant of the union is in use. But, on some
1803 platforms function pointers can be odd, and so this doesn't work. In
1804 that case, we use the low-order bit of the @code{delta} field, and shift
1805 the remainder of the @code{delta} field to the left.
1807 GCC will automatically make the right selection about where to store
1808 this bit using the @code{FUNCTION_BOUNDARY} setting for your platform.
1809 However, some platforms such as ARM/Thumb have @code{FUNCTION_BOUNDARY}
1810 set such that functions always start at even addresses, but the lowest
1811 bit of pointers to functions indicate whether the function at that
1812 address is in ARM or Thumb mode. If this is the case of your
1813 architecture, you should define this macro to
1814 @code{ptrmemfunc_vbit_in_delta}.
1816 In general, you should not have to define this macro. On architectures
1817 in which function addresses are always even, according to
1818 @code{FUNCTION_BOUNDARY}, GCC will automatically define this macro to
1819 @code{ptrmemfunc_vbit_in_pfn}.
1822 @defmac TARGET_VTABLE_USES_DESCRIPTORS
1823 Normally, the C++ compiler uses function pointers in vtables. This
1824 macro allows the target to change to use ``function descriptors''
1825 instead. Function descriptors are found on targets for whom a
1826 function pointer is actually a small data structure. Normally the
1827 data structure consists of the actual code address plus a data
1828 pointer to which the function's data is relative.
1830 If vtables are used, the value of this macro should be the number
1831 of words that the function descriptor occupies.
1834 @defmac TARGET_VTABLE_ENTRY_ALIGN
1835 By default, the vtable entries are void pointers, the so the alignment
1836 is the same as pointer alignment. The value of this macro specifies
1837 the alignment of the vtable entry in bits. It should be defined only
1838 when special alignment is necessary. */
1841 @defmac TARGET_VTABLE_DATA_ENTRY_DISTANCE
1842 There are a few non-descriptor entries in the vtable at offsets below
1843 zero. If these entries must be padded (say, to preserve the alignment
1844 specified by @code{TARGET_VTABLE_ENTRY_ALIGN}), set this to the number
1845 of words in each data entry.
1849 @section Register Usage
1850 @cindex register usage
1852 This section explains how to describe what registers the target machine
1853 has, and how (in general) they can be used.
1855 The description of which registers a specific instruction can use is
1856 done with register classes; see @ref{Register Classes}. For information
1857 on using registers to access a stack frame, see @ref{Frame Registers}.
1858 For passing values in registers, see @ref{Register Arguments}.
1859 For returning values in registers, see @ref{Scalar Return}.
1862 * Register Basics:: Number and kinds of registers.
1863 * Allocation Order:: Order in which registers are allocated.
1864 * Values in Registers:: What kinds of values each reg can hold.
1865 * Leaf Functions:: Renumbering registers for leaf functions.
1866 * Stack Registers:: Handling a register stack such as 80387.
1869 @node Register Basics
1870 @subsection Basic Characteristics of Registers
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1873 Registers have various characteristics.
1875 @defmac FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER
1876 Number of hardware registers known to the compiler. They receive
1877 numbers 0 through @code{FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER-1}; thus, the first
1878 pseudo register's number really is assigned the number
1879 @code{FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER}.
1882 @defmac FIXED_REGISTERS
1883 @cindex fixed register
1884 An initializer that says which registers are used for fixed purposes
1885 all throughout the compiled code and are therefore not available for
1886 general allocation. These would include the stack pointer, the frame
1887 pointer (except on machines where that can be used as a general
1888 register when no frame pointer is needed), the program counter on
1889 machines where that is considered one of the addressable registers,
1890 and any other numbered register with a standard use.
1892 This information is expressed as a sequence of numbers, separated by
1893 commas and surrounded by braces. The @var{n}th number is 1 if
1894 register @var{n} is fixed, 0 otherwise.
1896 The table initialized from this macro, and the table initialized by
1897 the following one, may be overridden at run time either automatically,
1898 by the actions of the macro @code{CONDITIONAL_REGISTER_USAGE}, or by
1899 the user with the command options @option{-ffixed-@var{reg}},
1900 @option{-fcall-used-@var{reg}} and @option{-fcall-saved-@var{reg}}.
1903 @defmac CALL_USED_REGISTERS
1904 @cindex call-used register
1905 @cindex call-clobbered register
1906 @cindex call-saved register
1907 Like @code{FIXED_REGISTERS} but has 1 for each register that is
1908 clobbered (in general) by function calls as well as for fixed
1909 registers. This macro therefore identifies the registers that are not
1910 available for general allocation of values that must live across
1913 If a register has 0 in @code{CALL_USED_REGISTERS}, the compiler
1914 automatically saves it on function entry and restores it on function
1915 exit, if the register is used within the function.
1918 @defmac CALL_REALLY_USED_REGISTERS
1919 @cindex call-used register
1920 @cindex call-clobbered register
1921 @cindex call-saved register
1922 Like @code{CALL_USED_REGISTERS} except this macro doesn't require
1923 that the entire set of @code{FIXED_REGISTERS} be included.
1924 (@code{CALL_USED_REGISTERS} must be a superset of @code{FIXED_REGISTERS}).
1925 This macro is optional. If not specified, it defaults to the value
1926 of @code{CALL_USED_REGISTERS}.
1929 @defmac HARD_REGNO_CALL_PART_CLOBBERED (@var{regno}, @var{mode})
1930 @cindex call-used register
1931 @cindex call-clobbered register
1932 @cindex call-saved register
1933 A C expression that is nonzero if it is not permissible to store a
1934 value of mode @var{mode} in hard register number @var{regno} across a
1935 call without some part of it being clobbered. For most machines this
1936 macro need not be defined. It is only required for machines that do not
1937 preserve the entire contents of a register across a call.
1941 @findex call_used_regs
1944 @findex reg_class_contents
1945 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_CONDITIONAL_REGISTER_USAGE (void)
1946 This hook may conditionally modify five variables
1947 @code{fixed_regs}, @code{call_used_regs}, @code{global_regs},
1948 @code{reg_names}, and @code{reg_class_contents}, to take into account
1949 any dependence of these register sets on target flags. The first three
1950 of these are of type @code{char []} (interpreted as Boolean vectors).
1951 @code{global_regs} is a @code{const char *[]}, and
1952 @code{reg_class_contents} is a @code{HARD_REG_SET}. Before the macro is
1953 called, @code{fixed_regs}, @code{call_used_regs},
1954 @code{reg_class_contents}, and @code{reg_names} have been initialized
1955 from @code{FIXED_REGISTERS}, @code{CALL_USED_REGISTERS},
1956 @code{REG_CLASS_CONTENTS}, and @code{REGISTER_NAMES}, respectively.
1957 @code{global_regs} has been cleared, and any @option{-ffixed-@var{reg}},
1958 @option{-fcall-used-@var{reg}} and @option{-fcall-saved-@var{reg}}
1959 command options have been applied.
1961 @cindex disabling certain registers
1962 @cindex controlling register usage
1963 If the usage of an entire class of registers depends on the target
1964 flags, you may indicate this to GCC by using this macro to modify
1965 @code{fixed_regs} and @code{call_used_regs} to 1 for each of the
1966 registers in the classes which should not be used by GCC@. Also define
1967 the macro @code{REG_CLASS_FROM_LETTER} / @code{REG_CLASS_FROM_CONSTRAINT}
1968 to return @code{NO_REGS} if it
1969 is called with a letter for a class that shouldn't be used.
1971 (However, if this class is not included in @code{GENERAL_REGS} and all
1972 of the insn patterns whose constraints permit this class are
1973 controlled by target switches, then GCC will automatically avoid using
1974 these registers when the target switches are opposed to them.)
1977 @defmac INCOMING_REGNO (@var{out})
1978 Define this macro if the target machine has register windows. This C
1979 expression returns the register number as seen by the called function
1980 corresponding to the register number @var{out} as seen by the calling
1981 function. Return @var{out} if register number @var{out} is not an
1985 @defmac OUTGOING_REGNO (@var{in})
1986 Define this macro if the target machine has register windows. This C
1987 expression returns the register number as seen by the calling function
1988 corresponding to the register number @var{in} as seen by the called
1989 function. Return @var{in} if register number @var{in} is not an inbound
1993 @defmac LOCAL_REGNO (@var{regno})
1994 Define this macro if the target machine has register windows. This C
1995 expression returns true if the register is call-saved but is in the
1996 register window. Unlike most call-saved registers, such registers
1997 need not be explicitly restored on function exit or during non-local
2002 If the program counter has a register number, define this as that
2003 register number. Otherwise, do not define it.
2006 @node Allocation Order
2007 @subsection Order of Allocation of Registers
2008 @cindex order of register allocation
2009 @cindex register allocation order
2011 @c prevent bad page break with this line
2012 Registers are allocated in order.
2014 @defmac REG_ALLOC_ORDER
2015 If defined, an initializer for a vector of integers, containing the
2016 numbers of hard registers in the order in which GCC should prefer
2017 to use them (from most preferred to least).
2019 If this macro is not defined, registers are used lowest numbered first
2020 (all else being equal).
2022 One use of this macro is on machines where the highest numbered
2023 registers must always be saved and the save-multiple-registers
2024 instruction supports only sequences of consecutive registers. On such
2025 machines, define @code{REG_ALLOC_ORDER} to be an initializer that lists
2026 the highest numbered allocable register first.
2029 @defmac ADJUST_REG_ALLOC_ORDER
2030 A C statement (sans semicolon) to choose the order in which to allocate
2031 hard registers for pseudo-registers local to a basic block.
2033 Store the desired register order in the array @code{reg_alloc_order}.
2034 Element 0 should be the register to allocate first; element 1, the next
2035 register; and so on.
2037 The macro body should not assume anything about the contents of
2038 @code{reg_alloc_order} before execution of the macro.
2040 On most machines, it is not necessary to define this macro.
2043 @defmac HONOR_REG_ALLOC_ORDER
2044 Normally, IRA tries to estimate the costs for saving a register in the
2045 prologue and restoring it in the epilogue. This discourages it from
2046 using call-saved registers. If a machine wants to ensure that IRA
2047 allocates registers in the order given by REG_ALLOC_ORDER even if some
2048 call-saved registers appear earlier than call-used ones, this macro
2052 @defmac IRA_HARD_REGNO_ADD_COST_MULTIPLIER (@var{regno})
2053 In some case register allocation order is not enough for the
2054 Integrated Register Allocator (@acronym{IRA}) to generate a good code.
2055 If this macro is defined, it should return a floating point value
2056 based on @var{regno}. The cost of using @var{regno} for a pseudo will
2057 be increased by approximately the pseudo's usage frequency times the
2058 value returned by this macro. Not defining this macro is equivalent
2059 to having it always return @code{0.0}.
2061 On most machines, it is not necessary to define this macro.
2064 @node Values in Registers
2065 @subsection How Values Fit in Registers
2067 This section discusses the macros that describe which kinds of values
2068 (specifically, which machine modes) each register can hold, and how many
2069 consecutive registers are needed for a given mode.
2071 @defmac HARD_REGNO_NREGS (@var{regno}, @var{mode})
2072 A C expression for the number of consecutive hard registers, starting
2073 at register number @var{regno}, required to hold a value of mode
2074 @var{mode}. This macro must never return zero, even if a register
2075 cannot hold the requested mode - indicate that with HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK
2076 and/or CANNOT_CHANGE_MODE_CLASS instead.
2078 On a machine where all registers are exactly one word, a suitable
2079 definition of this macro is
2082 #define HARD_REGNO_NREGS(REGNO, MODE) \
2083 ((GET_MODE_SIZE (MODE) + UNITS_PER_WORD - 1) \
2088 @defmac HARD_REGNO_NREGS_HAS_PADDING (@var{regno}, @var{mode})
2089 A C expression that is nonzero if a value of mode @var{mode}, stored
2090 in memory, ends with padding that causes it to take up more space than
2091 in registers starting at register number @var{regno} (as determined by
2092 multiplying GCC's notion of the size of the register when containing
2093 this mode by the number of registers returned by
2094 @code{HARD_REGNO_NREGS}). By default this is zero.
2096 For example, if a floating-point value is stored in three 32-bit
2097 registers but takes up 128 bits in memory, then this would be
2100 This macros only needs to be defined if there are cases where
2101 @code{subreg_get_info}
2102 would otherwise wrongly determine that a @code{subreg} can be
2103 represented by an offset to the register number, when in fact such a
2104 @code{subreg} would contain some of the padding not stored in
2105 registers and so not be representable.
2108 @defmac HARD_REGNO_NREGS_WITH_PADDING (@var{regno}, @var{mode})
2109 For values of @var{regno} and @var{mode} for which
2110 @code{HARD_REGNO_NREGS_HAS_PADDING} returns nonzero, a C expression
2111 returning the greater number of registers required to hold the value
2112 including any padding. In the example above, the value would be four.
2115 @defmac REGMODE_NATURAL_SIZE (@var{mode})
2116 Define this macro if the natural size of registers that hold values
2117 of mode @var{mode} is not the word size. It is a C expression that
2118 should give the natural size in bytes for the specified mode. It is
2119 used by the register allocator to try to optimize its results. This
2120 happens for example on SPARC 64-bit where the natural size of
2121 floating-point registers is still 32-bit.
2124 @defmac HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK (@var{regno}, @var{mode})
2125 A C expression that is nonzero if it is permissible to store a value
2126 of mode @var{mode} in hard register number @var{regno} (or in several
2127 registers starting with that one). For a machine where all registers
2128 are equivalent, a suitable definition is
2131 #define HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK(REGNO, MODE) 1
2134 You need not include code to check for the numbers of fixed registers,
2135 because the allocation mechanism considers them to be always occupied.
2137 @cindex register pairs
2138 On some machines, double-precision values must be kept in even/odd
2139 register pairs. You can implement that by defining this macro to reject
2140 odd register numbers for such modes.
2142 The minimum requirement for a mode to be OK in a register is that the
2143 @samp{mov@var{mode}} instruction pattern support moves between the
2144 register and other hard register in the same class and that moving a
2145 value into the register and back out not alter it.
2147 Since the same instruction used to move @code{word_mode} will work for
2148 all narrower integer modes, it is not necessary on any machine for
2149 @code{HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK} to distinguish between these modes, provided
2150 you define patterns @samp{movhi}, etc., to take advantage of this. This
2151 is useful because of the interaction between @code{HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK}
2152 and @code{MODES_TIEABLE_P}; it is very desirable for all integer modes
2155 Many machines have special registers for floating point arithmetic.
2156 Often people assume that floating point machine modes are allowed only
2157 in floating point registers. This is not true. Any registers that
2158 can hold integers can safely @emph{hold} a floating point machine
2159 mode, whether or not floating arithmetic can be done on it in those
2160 registers. Integer move instructions can be used to move the values.
2162 On some machines, though, the converse is true: fixed-point machine
2163 modes may not go in floating registers. This is true if the floating
2164 registers normalize any value stored in them, because storing a
2165 non-floating value there would garble it. In this case,
2166 @code{HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK} should reject fixed-point machine modes in
2167 floating registers. But if the floating registers do not automatically
2168 normalize, if you can store any bit pattern in one and retrieve it
2169 unchanged without a trap, then any machine mode may go in a floating
2170 register, so you can define this macro to say so.
2172 The primary significance of special floating registers is rather that
2173 they are the registers acceptable in floating point arithmetic
2174 instructions. However, this is of no concern to
2175 @code{HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK}. You handle it by writing the proper
2176 constraints for those instructions.
2178 On some machines, the floating registers are especially slow to access,
2179 so that it is better to store a value in a stack frame than in such a
2180 register if floating point arithmetic is not being done. As long as the
2181 floating registers are not in class @code{GENERAL_REGS}, they will not
2182 be used unless some pattern's constraint asks for one.
2185 @defmac HARD_REGNO_RENAME_OK (@var{from}, @var{to})
2186 A C expression that is nonzero if it is OK to rename a hard register
2187 @var{from} to another hard register @var{to}.
2189 One common use of this macro is to prevent renaming of a register to
2190 another register that is not saved by a prologue in an interrupt
2193 The default is always nonzero.
2196 @defmac MODES_TIEABLE_P (@var{mode1}, @var{mode2})
2197 A C expression that is nonzero if a value of mode
2198 @var{mode1} is accessible in mode @var{mode2} without copying.
2200 If @code{HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK (@var{r}, @var{mode1})} and
2201 @code{HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK (@var{r}, @var{mode2})} are always the same for
2202 any @var{r}, then @code{MODES_TIEABLE_P (@var{mode1}, @var{mode2})}
2203 should be nonzero. If they differ for any @var{r}, you should define
2204 this macro to return zero unless some other mechanism ensures the
2205 accessibility of the value in a narrower mode.
2207 You should define this macro to return nonzero in as many cases as
2208 possible since doing so will allow GCC to perform better register
2212 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_HARD_REGNO_SCRATCH_OK (unsigned int @var{regno})
2213 This target hook should return @code{true} if it is OK to use a hard register
2214 @var{regno} as scratch reg in peephole2.
2216 One common use of this macro is to prevent using of a register that
2217 is not saved by a prologue in an interrupt handler.
2219 The default version of this hook always returns @code{true}.
2222 @defmac AVOID_CCMODE_COPIES
2223 Define this macro if the compiler should avoid copies to/from @code{CCmode}
2224 registers. You should only define this macro if support for copying to/from
2225 @code{CCmode} is incomplete.
2228 @node Leaf Functions
2229 @subsection Handling Leaf Functions
2231 @cindex leaf functions
2232 @cindex functions, leaf
2233 On some machines, a leaf function (i.e., one which makes no calls) can run
2234 more efficiently if it does not make its own register window. Often this
2235 means it is required to receive its arguments in the registers where they
2236 are passed by the caller, instead of the registers where they would
2239 The special treatment for leaf functions generally applies only when
2240 other conditions are met; for example, often they may use only those
2241 registers for its own variables and temporaries. We use the term ``leaf
2242 function'' to mean a function that is suitable for this special
2243 handling, so that functions with no calls are not necessarily ``leaf
2246 GCC assigns register numbers before it knows whether the function is
2247 suitable for leaf function treatment. So it needs to renumber the
2248 registers in order to output a leaf function. The following macros
2251 @defmac LEAF_REGISTERS
2252 Name of a char vector, indexed by hard register number, which
2253 contains 1 for a register that is allowable in a candidate for leaf
2256 If leaf function treatment involves renumbering the registers, then the
2257 registers marked here should be the ones before renumbering---those that
2258 GCC would ordinarily allocate. The registers which will actually be
2259 used in the assembler code, after renumbering, should not be marked with 1
2262 Define this macro only if the target machine offers a way to optimize
2263 the treatment of leaf functions.
2266 @defmac LEAF_REG_REMAP (@var{regno})
2267 A C expression whose value is the register number to which @var{regno}
2268 should be renumbered, when a function is treated as a leaf function.
2270 If @var{regno} is a register number which should not appear in a leaf
2271 function before renumbering, then the expression should yield @minus{}1, which
2272 will cause the compiler to abort.
2274 Define this macro only if the target machine offers a way to optimize the
2275 treatment of leaf functions, and registers need to be renumbered to do
2279 @findex current_function_is_leaf
2280 @findex current_function_uses_only_leaf_regs
2281 @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_PROLOGUE} and
2282 @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_EPILOGUE} must usually treat leaf functions
2283 specially. They can test the C variable @code{current_function_is_leaf}
2284 which is nonzero for leaf functions. @code{current_function_is_leaf} is
2285 set prior to local register allocation and is valid for the remaining
2286 compiler passes. They can also test the C variable
2287 @code{current_function_uses_only_leaf_regs} which is nonzero for leaf
2288 functions which only use leaf registers.
2289 @code{current_function_uses_only_leaf_regs} is valid after all passes
2290 that modify the instructions have been run and is only useful if
2291 @code{LEAF_REGISTERS} is defined.
2292 @c changed this to fix overfull. ALSO: why the "it" at the beginning
2293 @c of the next paragraph?! --mew 2feb93
2295 @node Stack Registers
2296 @subsection Registers That Form a Stack
2298 There are special features to handle computers where some of the
2299 ``registers'' form a stack. Stack registers are normally written by
2300 pushing onto the stack, and are numbered relative to the top of the
2303 Currently, GCC can only handle one group of stack-like registers, and
2304 they must be consecutively numbered. Furthermore, the existing
2305 support for stack-like registers is specific to the 80387 floating
2306 point coprocessor. If you have a new architecture that uses
2307 stack-like registers, you will need to do substantial work on
2308 @file{reg-stack.c} and write your machine description to cooperate
2309 with it, as well as defining these macros.
2312 Define this if the machine has any stack-like registers.
2315 @defmac STACK_REG_COVER_CLASS
2316 This is a cover class containing the stack registers. Define this if
2317 the machine has any stack-like registers.
2320 @defmac FIRST_STACK_REG
2321 The number of the first stack-like register. This one is the top
2325 @defmac LAST_STACK_REG
2326 The number of the last stack-like register. This one is the bottom of
2330 @node Register Classes
2331 @section Register Classes
2332 @cindex register class definitions
2333 @cindex class definitions, register
2335 On many machines, the numbered registers are not all equivalent.
2336 For example, certain registers may not be allowed for indexed addressing;
2337 certain registers may not be allowed in some instructions. These machine
2338 restrictions are described to the compiler using @dfn{register classes}.
2340 You define a number of register classes, giving each one a name and saying
2341 which of the registers belong to it. Then you can specify register classes
2342 that are allowed as operands to particular instruction patterns.
2346 In general, each register will belong to several classes. In fact, one
2347 class must be named @code{ALL_REGS} and contain all the registers. Another
2348 class must be named @code{NO_REGS} and contain no registers. Often the
2349 union of two classes will be another class; however, this is not required.
2351 @findex GENERAL_REGS
2352 One of the classes must be named @code{GENERAL_REGS}. There is nothing
2353 terribly special about the name, but the operand constraint letters
2354 @samp{r} and @samp{g} specify this class. If @code{GENERAL_REGS} is
2355 the same as @code{ALL_REGS}, just define it as a macro which expands
2358 Order the classes so that if class @var{x} is contained in class @var{y}
2359 then @var{x} has a lower class number than @var{y}.
2361 The way classes other than @code{GENERAL_REGS} are specified in operand
2362 constraints is through machine-dependent operand constraint letters.
2363 You can define such letters to correspond to various classes, then use
2364 them in operand constraints.
2366 You must define the narrowest register classes for allocatable
2367 registers, so that each class either has no subclasses, or that for
2368 some mode, the move cost between registers within the class is
2369 cheaper than moving a register in the class to or from memory
2372 You should define a class for the union of two classes whenever some
2373 instruction allows both classes. For example, if an instruction allows
2374 either a floating point (coprocessor) register or a general register for a
2375 certain operand, you should define a class @code{FLOAT_OR_GENERAL_REGS}
2376 which includes both of them. Otherwise you will get suboptimal code,
2377 or even internal compiler errors when reload cannot find a register in the
2378 class computed via @code{reg_class_subunion}.
2380 You must also specify certain redundant information about the register
2381 classes: for each class, which classes contain it and which ones are
2382 contained in it; for each pair of classes, the largest class contained
2385 When a value occupying several consecutive registers is expected in a
2386 certain class, all the registers used must belong to that class.
2387 Therefore, register classes cannot be used to enforce a requirement for
2388 a register pair to start with an even-numbered register. The way to
2389 specify this requirement is with @code{HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK}.
2391 Register classes used for input-operands of bitwise-and or shift
2392 instructions have a special requirement: each such class must have, for
2393 each fixed-point machine mode, a subclass whose registers can transfer that
2394 mode to or from memory. For example, on some machines, the operations for
2395 single-byte values (@code{QImode}) are limited to certain registers. When
2396 this is so, each register class that is used in a bitwise-and or shift
2397 instruction must have a subclass consisting of registers from which
2398 single-byte values can be loaded or stored. This is so that
2399 @code{PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS} can always have a possible value to return.
2401 @deftp {Data type} {enum reg_class}
2402 An enumerated type that must be defined with all the register class names
2403 as enumerated values. @code{NO_REGS} must be first. @code{ALL_REGS}
2404 must be the last register class, followed by one more enumerated value,
2405 @code{LIM_REG_CLASSES}, which is not a register class but rather
2406 tells how many classes there are.
2408 Each register class has a number, which is the value of casting
2409 the class name to type @code{int}. The number serves as an index
2410 in many of the tables described below.
2413 @defmac N_REG_CLASSES
2414 The number of distinct register classes, defined as follows:
2417 #define N_REG_CLASSES (int) LIM_REG_CLASSES
2421 @defmac REG_CLASS_NAMES
2422 An initializer containing the names of the register classes as C string
2423 constants. These names are used in writing some of the debugging dumps.
2426 @defmac REG_CLASS_CONTENTS
2427 An initializer containing the contents of the register classes, as integers
2428 which are bit masks. The @var{n}th integer specifies the contents of class
2429 @var{n}. The way the integer @var{mask} is interpreted is that
2430 register @var{r} is in the class if @code{@var{mask} & (1 << @var{r})} is 1.
2432 When the machine has more than 32 registers, an integer does not suffice.
2433 Then the integers are replaced by sub-initializers, braced groupings containing
2434 several integers. Each sub-initializer must be suitable as an initializer
2435 for the type @code{HARD_REG_SET} which is defined in @file{hard-reg-set.h}.
2436 In this situation, the first integer in each sub-initializer corresponds to
2437 registers 0 through 31, the second integer to registers 32 through 63, and
2441 @defmac REGNO_REG_CLASS (@var{regno})
2442 A C expression whose value is a register class containing hard register
2443 @var{regno}. In general there is more than one such class; choose a class
2444 which is @dfn{minimal}, meaning that no smaller class also contains the
2448 @defmac BASE_REG_CLASS
2449 A macro whose definition is the name of the class to which a valid
2450 base register must belong. A base register is one used in an address
2451 which is the register value plus a displacement.
2454 @defmac MODE_BASE_REG_CLASS (@var{mode})
2455 This is a variation of the @code{BASE_REG_CLASS} macro which allows
2456 the selection of a base register in a mode dependent manner. If
2457 @var{mode} is VOIDmode then it should return the same value as
2458 @code{BASE_REG_CLASS}.
2461 @defmac MODE_BASE_REG_REG_CLASS (@var{mode})
2462 A C expression whose value is the register class to which a valid
2463 base register must belong in order to be used in a base plus index
2464 register address. You should define this macro if base plus index
2465 addresses have different requirements than other base register uses.
2468 @defmac MODE_CODE_BASE_REG_CLASS (@var{mode}, @var{address_space}, @var{outer_code}, @var{index_code})
2469 A C expression whose value is the register class to which a valid
2470 base register for a memory reference in mode @var{mode} to address
2471 space @var{address_space} must belong. @var{outer_code} and @var{index_code}
2472 define the context in which the base register occurs. @var{outer_code} is
2473 the code of the immediately enclosing expression (@code{MEM} for the top level
2474 of an address, @code{ADDRESS} for something that occurs in an
2475 @code{address_operand}). @var{index_code} is the code of the corresponding
2476 index expression if @var{outer_code} is @code{PLUS}; @code{SCRATCH} otherwise.
2479 @defmac INDEX_REG_CLASS
2480 A macro whose definition is the name of the class to which a valid
2481 index register must belong. An index register is one used in an
2482 address where its value is either multiplied by a scale factor or
2483 added to another register (as well as added to a displacement).
2486 @defmac REGNO_OK_FOR_BASE_P (@var{num})
2487 A C expression which is nonzero if register number @var{num} is
2488 suitable for use as a base register in operand addresses.
2491 @defmac REGNO_MODE_OK_FOR_BASE_P (@var{num}, @var{mode})
2492 A C expression that is just like @code{REGNO_OK_FOR_BASE_P}, except that
2493 that expression may examine the mode of the memory reference in
2494 @var{mode}. You should define this macro if the mode of the memory
2495 reference affects whether a register may be used as a base register. If
2496 you define this macro, the compiler will use it instead of
2497 @code{REGNO_OK_FOR_BASE_P}. The mode may be @code{VOIDmode} for
2498 addresses that appear outside a @code{MEM}, i.e., as an
2499 @code{address_operand}.
2502 @defmac REGNO_MODE_OK_FOR_REG_BASE_P (@var{num}, @var{mode})
2503 A C expression which is nonzero if register number @var{num} is suitable for
2504 use as a base register in base plus index operand addresses, accessing
2505 memory in mode @var{mode}. It may be either a suitable hard register or a
2506 pseudo register that has been allocated such a hard register. You should
2507 define this macro if base plus index addresses have different requirements
2508 than other base register uses.
2510 Use of this macro is deprecated; please use the more general
2511 @code{REGNO_MODE_CODE_OK_FOR_BASE_P}.
2514 @defmac REGNO_MODE_CODE_OK_FOR_BASE_P (@var{num}, @var{mode}, @var{address_space}, @var{outer_code}, @var{index_code})
2515 A C expression which is nonzero if register number @var{num} is
2516 suitable for use as a base register in operand addresses, accessing
2517 memory in mode @var{mode} in address space @var{address_space}.
2518 This is similar to @code{REGNO_MODE_OK_FOR_BASE_P}, except
2519 that that expression may examine the context in which the register
2520 appears in the memory reference. @var{outer_code} is the code of the
2521 immediately enclosing expression (@code{MEM} if at the top level of the
2522 address, @code{ADDRESS} for something that occurs in an
2523 @code{address_operand}). @var{index_code} is the code of the
2524 corresponding index expression if @var{outer_code} is @code{PLUS};
2525 @code{SCRATCH} otherwise. The mode may be @code{VOIDmode} for addresses
2526 that appear outside a @code{MEM}, i.e., as an @code{address_operand}.
2529 @defmac REGNO_OK_FOR_INDEX_P (@var{num})
2530 A C expression which is nonzero if register number @var{num} is
2531 suitable for use as an index register in operand addresses. It may be
2532 either a suitable hard register or a pseudo register that has been
2533 allocated such a hard register.
2535 The difference between an index register and a base register is that
2536 the index register may be scaled. If an address involves the sum of
2537 two registers, neither one of them scaled, then either one may be
2538 labeled the ``base'' and the other the ``index''; but whichever
2539 labeling is used must fit the machine's constraints of which registers
2540 may serve in each capacity. The compiler will try both labelings,
2541 looking for one that is valid, and will reload one or both registers
2542 only if neither labeling works.
2545 @deftypefn {Target Hook} reg_class_t TARGET_PREFERRED_RENAME_CLASS (reg_class_t @var{rclass})
2546 A target hook that places additional preference on the register class to use when it is necessary to rename a register in class @var{rclass} to another class, or perhaps @var{NO_REGS}, if no preferred register class is found or hook @code{preferred_rename_class} is not implemented. Sometimes returning a more restrictive class makes better code. For example, on ARM, thumb-2 instructions using @code{LO_REGS} may be smaller than instructions using @code{GENERIC_REGS}. By returning @code{LO_REGS} from @code{preferred_rename_class}, code size can be reduced.
2549 @deftypefn {Target Hook} reg_class_t TARGET_PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS (rtx @var{x}, reg_class_t @var{rclass})
2550 A target hook that places additional restrictions on the register class
2551 to use when it is necessary to copy value @var{x} into a register in class
2552 @var{rclass}. The value is a register class; perhaps @var{rclass}, or perhaps
2553 another, smaller class.
2555 The default version of this hook always returns value of @code{rclass} argument.
2557 Sometimes returning a more restrictive class makes better code. For
2558 example, on the 68000, when @var{x} is an integer constant that is in range
2559 for a @samp{moveq} instruction, the value of this macro is always
2560 @code{DATA_REGS} as long as @var{rclass} includes the data registers.
2561 Requiring a data register guarantees that a @samp{moveq} will be used.
2563 One case where @code{TARGET_PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS} must not return
2564 @var{rclass} is if @var{x} is a legitimate constant which cannot be
2565 loaded into some register class. By returning @code{NO_REGS} you can
2566 force @var{x} into a memory location. For example, rs6000 can load
2567 immediate values into general-purpose registers, but does not have an
2568 instruction for loading an immediate value into a floating-point
2569 register, so @code{TARGET_PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS} returns @code{NO_REGS} when
2570 @var{x} is a floating-point constant. If the constant can't be loaded
2571 into any kind of register, code generation will be better if
2572 @code{TARGET_LEGITIMATE_CONSTANT_P} makes the constant illegitimate instead
2573 of using @code{TARGET_PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS}.
2575 If an insn has pseudos in it after register allocation, reload will go
2576 through the alternatives and call repeatedly @code{TARGET_PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS}
2577 to find the best one. Returning @code{NO_REGS}, in this case, makes
2578 reload add a @code{!} in front of the constraint: the x86 back-end uses
2579 this feature to discourage usage of 387 registers when math is done in
2580 the SSE registers (and vice versa).
2583 @defmac PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS (@var{x}, @var{class})
2584 A C expression that places additional restrictions on the register class
2585 to use when it is necessary to copy value @var{x} into a register in class
2586 @var{class}. The value is a register class; perhaps @var{class}, or perhaps
2587 another, smaller class. On many machines, the following definition is
2591 #define PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS(X,CLASS) CLASS
2594 Sometimes returning a more restrictive class makes better code. For
2595 example, on the 68000, when @var{x} is an integer constant that is in range
2596 for a @samp{moveq} instruction, the value of this macro is always
2597 @code{DATA_REGS} as long as @var{class} includes the data registers.
2598 Requiring a data register guarantees that a @samp{moveq} will be used.
2600 One case where @code{PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS} must not return
2601 @var{class} is if @var{x} is a legitimate constant which cannot be
2602 loaded into some register class. By returning @code{NO_REGS} you can
2603 force @var{x} into a memory location. For example, rs6000 can load
2604 immediate values into general-purpose registers, but does not have an
2605 instruction for loading an immediate value into a floating-point
2606 register, so @code{PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS} returns @code{NO_REGS} when
2607 @var{x} is a floating-point constant. If the constant can't be loaded
2608 into any kind of register, code generation will be better if
2609 @code{TARGET_LEGITIMATE_CONSTANT_P} makes the constant illegitimate instead
2610 of using @code{TARGET_PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS}.
2612 If an insn has pseudos in it after register allocation, reload will go
2613 through the alternatives and call repeatedly @code{PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS}
2614 to find the best one. Returning @code{NO_REGS}, in this case, makes
2615 reload add a @code{!} in front of the constraint: the x86 back-end uses
2616 this feature to discourage usage of 387 registers when math is done in
2617 the SSE registers (and vice versa).
2620 @deftypefn {Target Hook} reg_class_t TARGET_PREFERRED_OUTPUT_RELOAD_CLASS (rtx @var{x}, reg_class_t @var{rclass})
2621 Like @code{TARGET_PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS}, but for output reloads instead of
2624 The default version of this hook always returns value of @code{rclass}
2627 You can also use @code{TARGET_PREFERRED_OUTPUT_RELOAD_CLASS} to discourage
2628 reload from using some alternatives, like @code{TARGET_PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS}.
2631 @defmac LIMIT_RELOAD_CLASS (@var{mode}, @var{class})
2632 A C expression that places additional restrictions on the register class
2633 to use when it is necessary to be able to hold a value of mode
2634 @var{mode} in a reload register for which class @var{class} would
2637 Unlike @code{PREFERRED_RELOAD_CLASS}, this macro should be used when
2638 there are certain modes that simply can't go in certain reload classes.
2640 The value is a register class; perhaps @var{class}, or perhaps another,
2643 Don't define this macro unless the target machine has limitations which
2644 require the macro to do something nontrivial.
2647 @deftypefn {Target Hook} reg_class_t TARGET_SECONDARY_RELOAD (bool @var{in_p}, rtx @var{x}, reg_class_t @var{reload_class}, enum machine_mode @var{reload_mode}, secondary_reload_info *@var{sri})
2648 Many machines have some registers that cannot be copied directly to or
2649 from memory or even from other types of registers. An example is the
2650 @samp{MQ} register, which on most machines, can only be copied to or
2651 from general registers, but not memory. Below, we shall be using the
2652 term 'intermediate register' when a move operation cannot be performed
2653 directly, but has to be done by copying the source into the intermediate
2654 register first, and then copying the intermediate register to the
2655 destination. An intermediate register always has the same mode as
2656 source and destination. Since it holds the actual value being copied,
2657 reload might apply optimizations to re-use an intermediate register
2658 and eliding the copy from the source when it can determine that the
2659 intermediate register still holds the required value.
2661 Another kind of secondary reload is required on some machines which
2662 allow copying all registers to and from memory, but require a scratch
2663 register for stores to some memory locations (e.g., those with symbolic
2664 address on the RT, and those with certain symbolic address on the SPARC
2665 when compiling PIC)@. Scratch registers need not have the same mode
2666 as the value being copied, and usually hold a different value than
2667 that being copied. Special patterns in the md file are needed to
2668 describe how the copy is performed with the help of the scratch register;
2669 these patterns also describe the number, register class(es) and mode(s)
2670 of the scratch register(s).
2672 In some cases, both an intermediate and a scratch register are required.
2674 For input reloads, this target hook is called with nonzero @var{in_p},
2675 and @var{x} is an rtx that needs to be copied to a register of class
2676 @var{reload_class} in @var{reload_mode}. For output reloads, this target
2677 hook is called with zero @var{in_p}, and a register of class @var{reload_class}
2678 needs to be copied to rtx @var{x} in @var{reload_mode}.
2680 If copying a register of @var{reload_class} from/to @var{x} requires
2681 an intermediate register, the hook @code{secondary_reload} should
2682 return the register class required for this intermediate register.
2683 If no intermediate register is required, it should return NO_REGS.
2684 If more than one intermediate register is required, describe the one
2685 that is closest in the copy chain to the reload register.
2687 If scratch registers are needed, you also have to describe how to
2688 perform the copy from/to the reload register to/from this
2689 closest intermediate register. Or if no intermediate register is
2690 required, but still a scratch register is needed, describe the
2691 copy from/to the reload register to/from the reload operand @var{x}.
2693 You do this by setting @code{sri->icode} to the instruction code of a pattern
2694 in the md file which performs the move. Operands 0 and 1 are the output
2695 and input of this copy, respectively. Operands from operand 2 onward are
2696 for scratch operands. These scratch operands must have a mode, and a
2697 single-register-class
2698 @c [later: or memory]
2701 When an intermediate register is used, the @code{secondary_reload}
2702 hook will be called again to determine how to copy the intermediate
2703 register to/from the reload operand @var{x}, so your hook must also
2704 have code to handle the register class of the intermediate operand.
2706 @c [For later: maybe we'll allow multi-alternative reload patterns -
2707 @c the port maintainer could name a mov<mode> pattern that has clobbers -
2708 @c and match the constraints of input and output to determine the required
2709 @c alternative. A restriction would be that constraints used to match
2710 @c against reloads registers would have to be written as register class
2711 @c constraints, or we need a new target macro / hook that tells us if an
2712 @c arbitrary constraint can match an unknown register of a given class.
2713 @c Such a macro / hook would also be useful in other places.]
2716 @var{x} might be a pseudo-register or a @code{subreg} of a
2717 pseudo-register, which could either be in a hard register or in memory.
2718 Use @code{true_regnum} to find out; it will return @minus{}1 if the pseudo is
2719 in memory and the hard register number if it is in a register.
2721 Scratch operands in memory (constraint @code{"=m"} / @code{"=&m"}) are
2722 currently not supported. For the time being, you will have to continue
2723 to use @code{SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED} for that purpose.
2725 @code{copy_cost} also uses this target hook to find out how values are
2726 copied. If you want it to include some extra cost for the need to allocate
2727 (a) scratch register(s), set @code{sri->extra_cost} to the additional cost.
2728 Or if two dependent moves are supposed to have a lower cost than the sum
2729 of the individual moves due to expected fortuitous scheduling and/or special
2730 forwarding logic, you can set @code{sri->extra_cost} to a negative amount.
2733 @defmac SECONDARY_RELOAD_CLASS (@var{class}, @var{mode}, @var{x})
2734 @defmacx SECONDARY_INPUT_RELOAD_CLASS (@var{class}, @var{mode}, @var{x})
2735 @defmacx SECONDARY_OUTPUT_RELOAD_CLASS (@var{class}, @var{mode}, @var{x})
2736 These macros are obsolete, new ports should use the target hook
2737 @code{TARGET_SECONDARY_RELOAD} instead.
2739 These are obsolete macros, replaced by the @code{TARGET_SECONDARY_RELOAD}
2740 target hook. Older ports still define these macros to indicate to the
2741 reload phase that it may
2742 need to allocate at least one register for a reload in addition to the
2743 register to contain the data. Specifically, if copying @var{x} to a
2744 register @var{class} in @var{mode} requires an intermediate register,
2745 you were supposed to define @code{SECONDARY_INPUT_RELOAD_CLASS} to return the
2746 largest register class all of whose registers can be used as
2747 intermediate registers or scratch registers.
2749 If copying a register @var{class} in @var{mode} to @var{x} requires an
2750 intermediate or scratch register, @code{SECONDARY_OUTPUT_RELOAD_CLASS}
2751 was supposed to be defined be defined to return the largest register
2752 class required. If the
2753 requirements for input and output reloads were the same, the macro
2754 @code{SECONDARY_RELOAD_CLASS} should have been used instead of defining both
2757 The values returned by these macros are often @code{GENERAL_REGS}.
2758 Return @code{NO_REGS} if no spare register is needed; i.e., if @var{x}
2759 can be directly copied to or from a register of @var{class} in
2760 @var{mode} without requiring a scratch register. Do not define this
2761 macro if it would always return @code{NO_REGS}.
2763 If a scratch register is required (either with or without an
2764 intermediate register), you were supposed to define patterns for
2765 @samp{reload_in@var{m}} or @samp{reload_out@var{m}}, as required
2766 (@pxref{Standard Names}. These patterns, which were normally
2767 implemented with a @code{define_expand}, should be similar to the
2768 @samp{mov@var{m}} patterns, except that operand 2 is the scratch
2771 These patterns need constraints for the reload register and scratch
2773 contain a single register class. If the original reload register (whose
2774 class is @var{class}) can meet the constraint given in the pattern, the
2775 value returned by these macros is used for the class of the scratch
2776 register. Otherwise, two additional reload registers are required.
2777 Their classes are obtained from the constraints in the insn pattern.
2779 @var{x} might be a pseudo-register or a @code{subreg} of a
2780 pseudo-register, which could either be in a hard register or in memory.
2781 Use @code{true_regnum} to find out; it will return @minus{}1 if the pseudo is
2782 in memory and the hard register number if it is in a register.
2784 These macros should not be used in the case where a particular class of
2785 registers can only be copied to memory and not to another class of
2786 registers. In that case, secondary reload registers are not needed and
2787 would not be helpful. Instead, a stack location must be used to perform
2788 the copy and the @code{mov@var{m}} pattern should use memory as an
2789 intermediate storage. This case often occurs between floating-point and
2793 @defmac SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED (@var{class1}, @var{class2}, @var{m})
2794 Certain machines have the property that some registers cannot be copied
2795 to some other registers without using memory. Define this macro on
2796 those machines to be a C expression that is nonzero if objects of mode
2797 @var{m} in registers of @var{class1} can only be copied to registers of
2798 class @var{class2} by storing a register of @var{class1} into memory
2799 and loading that memory location into a register of @var{class2}.
2801 Do not define this macro if its value would always be zero.
2804 @defmac SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED_RTX (@var{mode})
2805 Normally when @code{SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED} is defined, the compiler
2806 allocates a stack slot for a memory location needed for register copies.
2807 If this macro is defined, the compiler instead uses the memory location
2808 defined by this macro.
2810 Do not define this macro if you do not define
2811 @code{SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED}.
2814 @defmac SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED_MODE (@var{mode})
2815 When the compiler needs a secondary memory location to copy between two
2816 registers of mode @var{mode}, it normally allocates sufficient memory to
2817 hold a quantity of @code{BITS_PER_WORD} bits and performs the store and
2818 load operations in a mode that many bits wide and whose class is the
2819 same as that of @var{mode}.
2821 This is right thing to do on most machines because it ensures that all
2822 bits of the register are copied and prevents accesses to the registers
2823 in a narrower mode, which some machines prohibit for floating-point
2826 However, this default behavior is not correct on some machines, such as
2827 the DEC Alpha, that store short integers in floating-point registers
2828 differently than in integer registers. On those machines, the default
2829 widening will not work correctly and you must define this macro to
2830 suppress that widening in some cases. See the file @file{alpha.h} for
2833 Do not define this macro if you do not define
2834 @code{SECONDARY_MEMORY_NEEDED} or if widening @var{mode} to a mode that
2835 is @code{BITS_PER_WORD} bits wide is correct for your machine.
2838 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CLASS_LIKELY_SPILLED_P (reg_class_t @var{rclass})
2839 A target hook which returns @code{true} if pseudos that have been assigned
2840 to registers of class @var{rclass} would likely be spilled because
2841 registers of @var{rclass} are needed for spill registers.
2843 The default version of this target hook returns @code{true} if @var{rclass}
2844 has exactly one register and @code{false} otherwise. On most machines, this
2845 default should be used. For generally register-starved machines, such as
2846 i386, or machines with right register constraints, such as SH, this hook
2847 can be used to avoid excessive spilling.
2849 This hook is also used by some of the global intra-procedural code
2850 transformations to throtle code motion, to avoid increasing register
2854 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned char} TARGET_CLASS_MAX_NREGS (reg_class_t @var{rclass}, enum machine_mode @var{mode})
2855 A target hook returns the maximum number of consecutive registers
2856 of class @var{rclass} needed to hold a value of mode @var{mode}.
2858 This is closely related to the macro @code{HARD_REGNO_NREGS}. In fact,
2859 the value returned by @code{TARGET_CLASS_MAX_NREGS (@var{rclass},
2860 @var{mode})} target hook should be the maximum value of
2861 @code{HARD_REGNO_NREGS (@var{regno}, @var{mode})} for all @var{regno}
2862 values in the class @var{rclass}.
2864 This target hook helps control the handling of multiple-word values
2867 The default version of this target hook returns the size of @var{mode}
2871 @defmac CLASS_MAX_NREGS (@var{class}, @var{mode})
2872 A C expression for the maximum number of consecutive registers
2873 of class @var{class} needed to hold a value of mode @var{mode}.
2875 This is closely related to the macro @code{HARD_REGNO_NREGS}. In fact,
2876 the value of the macro @code{CLASS_MAX_NREGS (@var{class}, @var{mode})}
2877 should be the maximum value of @code{HARD_REGNO_NREGS (@var{regno},
2878 @var{mode})} for all @var{regno} values in the class @var{class}.
2880 This macro helps control the handling of multiple-word values
2884 @defmac CANNOT_CHANGE_MODE_CLASS (@var{from}, @var{to}, @var{class})
2885 If defined, a C expression that returns nonzero for a @var{class} for which
2886 a change from mode @var{from} to mode @var{to} is invalid.
2888 For the example, loading 32-bit integer or floating-point objects into
2889 floating-point registers on the Alpha extends them to 64 bits.
2890 Therefore loading a 64-bit object and then storing it as a 32-bit object
2891 does not store the low-order 32 bits, as would be the case for a normal
2892 register. Therefore, @file{alpha.h} defines @code{CANNOT_CHANGE_MODE_CLASS}
2896 #define CANNOT_CHANGE_MODE_CLASS(FROM, TO, CLASS) \
2897 (GET_MODE_SIZE (FROM) != GET_MODE_SIZE (TO) \
2898 ? reg_classes_intersect_p (FLOAT_REGS, (CLASS)) : 0)
2902 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_LRA_P (void)
2903 A target hook which returns true if we use LRA instead of reload pass. It means that LRA was ported to the target. The default version of this target hook returns always false.
2906 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_REGISTER_PRIORITY (int)
2907 A target hook which returns the register priority number to which the register @var{hard_regno} belongs to. The bigger the number, the more preferable the hard register usage (when all other conditions are the same). This hook can be used to prefer some hard register over others in LRA. For example, some x86-64 register usage needs additional prefix which makes instructions longer. The hook can return lower priority number for such registers make them less favorable and as result making the generated code smaller. The default version of this target hook returns always zero.
2910 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_REGISTER_USAGE_LEVELING_P (void)
2911 A target hook which returns true if we need register usage leveling. That means if a few hard registers are equally good for the assignment, we choose the least used hard register. The register usage leveling may be profitable for some targets. Don't use the usage leveling for targets with conditional execution or targets with big register files as it hurts if-conversion and cross-jumping optimizations. The default version of this target hook returns always false.
2914 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_DIFFERENT_ADDR_DISPLACEMENT_P (void)
2915 A target hook which returns true if an address with the same structure can have different maximal legitimate displacement. For example, the displacement can depend on memory mode or on operand combinations in the insn. The default version of this target hook returns always false.
2918 @deftypefn {Target Hook} reg_class_t TARGET_SPILL_CLASS (reg_class_t, enum @var{machine_mode})
2919 This hook defines a class of registers which could be used for spilling pseudos of the given mode and class, or @code{NO_REGS} if only memory should be used. Not defining this hook is equivalent to returning @code{NO_REGS} for all inputs.
2922 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_CSTORE_MODE (enum insn_code @var{icode})
2923 This hook defines the machine mode to use for the boolean result of conditional store patterns. The ICODE argument is the instruction code for the cstore being performed. Not definiting this hook is the same as accepting the mode encoded into operand 0 of the cstore expander patterns.
2926 @node Old Constraints
2927 @section Obsolete Macros for Defining Constraints
2928 @cindex defining constraints, obsolete method
2929 @cindex constraints, defining, obsolete method
2931 Machine-specific constraints can be defined with these macros instead
2932 of the machine description constructs described in @ref{Define
2933 Constraints}. This mechanism is obsolete. New ports should not use
2934 it; old ports should convert to the new mechanism.
2936 @defmac CONSTRAINT_LEN (@var{char}, @var{str})
2937 For the constraint at the start of @var{str}, which starts with the letter
2938 @var{c}, return the length. This allows you to have register class /
2939 constant / extra constraints that are longer than a single letter;
2940 you don't need to define this macro if you can do with single-letter
2941 constraints only. The definition of this macro should use
2942 DEFAULT_CONSTRAINT_LEN for all the characters that you don't want
2943 to handle specially.
2944 There are some sanity checks in genoutput.c that check the constraint lengths
2945 for the md file, so you can also use this macro to help you while you are
2946 transitioning from a byzantine single-letter-constraint scheme: when you
2947 return a negative length for a constraint you want to re-use, genoutput
2948 will complain about every instance where it is used in the md file.
2951 @defmac REG_CLASS_FROM_LETTER (@var{char})
2952 A C expression which defines the machine-dependent operand constraint
2953 letters for register classes. If @var{char} is such a letter, the
2954 value should be the register class corresponding to it. Otherwise,
2955 the value should be @code{NO_REGS}. The register letter @samp{r},
2956 corresponding to class @code{GENERAL_REGS}, will not be passed
2957 to this macro; you do not need to handle it.
2960 @defmac REG_CLASS_FROM_CONSTRAINT (@var{char}, @var{str})
2961 Like @code{REG_CLASS_FROM_LETTER}, but you also get the constraint string
2962 passed in @var{str}, so that you can use suffixes to distinguish between
2966 @defmac CONST_OK_FOR_LETTER_P (@var{value}, @var{c})
2967 A C expression that defines the machine-dependent operand constraint
2968 letters (@samp{I}, @samp{J}, @samp{K}, @dots{} @samp{P}) that specify
2969 particular ranges of integer values. If @var{c} is one of those
2970 letters, the expression should check that @var{value}, an integer, is in
2971 the appropriate range and return 1 if so, 0 otherwise. If @var{c} is
2972 not one of those letters, the value should be 0 regardless of
2976 @defmac CONST_OK_FOR_CONSTRAINT_P (@var{value}, @var{c}, @var{str})
2977 Like @code{CONST_OK_FOR_LETTER_P}, but you also get the constraint
2978 string passed in @var{str}, so that you can use suffixes to distinguish
2979 between different variants.
2982 @defmac CONST_DOUBLE_OK_FOR_LETTER_P (@var{value}, @var{c})
2983 A C expression that defines the machine-dependent operand constraint
2984 letters that specify particular ranges of @code{const_double} values
2985 (@samp{G} or @samp{H}).
2987 If @var{c} is one of those letters, the expression should check that
2988 @var{value}, an RTX of code @code{const_double}, is in the appropriate
2989 range and return 1 if so, 0 otherwise. If @var{c} is not one of those
2990 letters, the value should be 0 regardless of @var{value}.
2992 @code{const_double} is used for all floating-point constants and for
2993 @code{DImode} fixed-point constants. A given letter can accept either
2994 or both kinds of values. It can use @code{GET_MODE} to distinguish
2995 between these kinds.
2998 @defmac CONST_DOUBLE_OK_FOR_CONSTRAINT_P (@var{value}, @var{c}, @var{str})
2999 Like @code{CONST_DOUBLE_OK_FOR_LETTER_P}, but you also get the constraint
3000 string passed in @var{str}, so that you can use suffixes to distinguish
3001 between different variants.
3004 @defmac EXTRA_CONSTRAINT (@var{value}, @var{c})
3005 A C expression that defines the optional machine-dependent constraint
3006 letters that can be used to segregate specific types of operands, usually
3007 memory references, for the target machine. Any letter that is not
3008 elsewhere defined and not matched by @code{REG_CLASS_FROM_LETTER} /
3009 @code{REG_CLASS_FROM_CONSTRAINT}
3010 may be used. Normally this macro will not be defined.
3012 If it is required for a particular target machine, it should return 1
3013 if @var{value} corresponds to the operand type represented by the
3014 constraint letter @var{c}. If @var{c} is not defined as an extra
3015 constraint, the value returned should be 0 regardless of @var{value}.
3017 For example, on the ROMP, load instructions cannot have their output
3018 in r0 if the memory reference contains a symbolic address. Constraint
3019 letter @samp{Q} is defined as representing a memory address that does
3020 @emph{not} contain a symbolic address. An alternative is specified with
3021 a @samp{Q} constraint on the input and @samp{r} on the output. The next
3022 alternative specifies @samp{m} on the input and a register class that
3023 does not include r0 on the output.
3026 @defmac EXTRA_CONSTRAINT_STR (@var{value}, @var{c}, @var{str})
3027 Like @code{EXTRA_CONSTRAINT}, but you also get the constraint string passed
3028 in @var{str}, so that you can use suffixes to distinguish between different
3032 @defmac EXTRA_MEMORY_CONSTRAINT (@var{c}, @var{str})
3033 A C expression that defines the optional machine-dependent constraint
3034 letters, amongst those accepted by @code{EXTRA_CONSTRAINT}, that should
3035 be treated like memory constraints by the reload pass.
3037 It should return 1 if the operand type represented by the constraint
3038 at the start of @var{str}, the first letter of which is the letter @var{c},
3039 comprises a subset of all memory references including
3040 all those whose address is simply a base register. This allows the reload
3041 pass to reload an operand, if it does not directly correspond to the operand
3042 type of @var{c}, by copying its address into a base register.
3044 For example, on the S/390, some instructions do not accept arbitrary
3045 memory references, but only those that do not make use of an index
3046 register. The constraint letter @samp{Q} is defined via
3047 @code{EXTRA_CONSTRAINT} as representing a memory address of this type.
3048 If the letter @samp{Q} is marked as @code{EXTRA_MEMORY_CONSTRAINT},
3049 a @samp{Q} constraint can handle any memory operand, because the
3050 reload pass knows it can be reloaded by copying the memory address
3051 into a base register if required. This is analogous to the way
3052 an @samp{o} constraint can handle any memory operand.
3055 @defmac EXTRA_ADDRESS_CONSTRAINT (@var{c}, @var{str})
3056 A C expression that defines the optional machine-dependent constraint
3057 letters, amongst those accepted by @code{EXTRA_CONSTRAINT} /
3058 @code{EXTRA_CONSTRAINT_STR}, that should
3059 be treated like address constraints by the reload pass.
3061 It should return 1 if the operand type represented by the constraint
3062 at the start of @var{str}, which starts with the letter @var{c}, comprises
3063 a subset of all memory addresses including
3064 all those that consist of just a base register. This allows the reload
3065 pass to reload an operand, if it does not directly correspond to the operand
3066 type of @var{str}, by copying it into a base register.
3068 Any constraint marked as @code{EXTRA_ADDRESS_CONSTRAINT} can only
3069 be used with the @code{address_operand} predicate. It is treated
3070 analogously to the @samp{p} constraint.
3073 @node Stack and Calling
3074 @section Stack Layout and Calling Conventions
3075 @cindex calling conventions
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3078 This describes the stack layout and calling conventions.
3082 * Exception Handling::
3087 * Register Arguments::
3089 * Aggregate Return::
3094 * Stack Smashing Protection::
3098 @subsection Basic Stack Layout
3099 @cindex stack frame layout
3100 @cindex frame layout
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3103 Here is the basic stack layout.
3105 @defmac STACK_GROWS_DOWNWARD
3106 Define this macro if pushing a word onto the stack moves the stack
3107 pointer to a smaller address.
3109 When we say, ``define this macro if @dots{}'', it means that the
3110 compiler checks this macro only with @code{#ifdef} so the precise
3111 definition used does not matter.
3114 @defmac STACK_PUSH_CODE
3115 This macro defines the operation used when something is pushed
3116 on the stack. In RTL, a push operation will be
3117 @code{(set (mem (STACK_PUSH_CODE (reg sp))) @dots{})}
3119 The choices are @code{PRE_DEC}, @code{POST_DEC}, @code{PRE_INC},
3120 and @code{POST_INC}. Which of these is correct depends on
3121 the stack direction and on whether the stack pointer points
3122 to the last item on the stack or whether it points to the
3123 space for the next item on the stack.
3125 The default is @code{PRE_DEC} when @code{STACK_GROWS_DOWNWARD} is
3126 defined, which is almost always right, and @code{PRE_INC} otherwise,
3127 which is often wrong.
3130 @defmac FRAME_GROWS_DOWNWARD
3131 Define this macro to nonzero value if the addresses of local variable slots
3132 are at negative offsets from the frame pointer.
3135 @defmac ARGS_GROW_DOWNWARD
3136 Define this macro if successive arguments to a function occupy decreasing
3137 addresses on the stack.
3140 @defmac STARTING_FRAME_OFFSET
3141 Offset from the frame pointer to the first local variable slot to be allocated.
3143 If @code{FRAME_GROWS_DOWNWARD}, find the next slot's offset by
3144 subtracting the first slot's length from @code{STARTING_FRAME_OFFSET}.
3145 Otherwise, it is found by adding the length of the first slot to the
3146 value @code{STARTING_FRAME_OFFSET}.
3147 @c i'm not sure if the above is still correct.. had to change it to get
3148 @c rid of an overfull. --mew 2feb93
3151 @defmac STACK_ALIGNMENT_NEEDED
3152 Define to zero to disable final alignment of the stack during reload.
3153 The nonzero default for this macro is suitable for most ports.
3155 On ports where @code{STARTING_FRAME_OFFSET} is nonzero or where there
3156 is a register save block following the local block that doesn't require
3157 alignment to @code{STACK_BOUNDARY}, it may be beneficial to disable
3158 stack alignment and do it in the backend.
3161 @defmac STACK_POINTER_OFFSET
3162 Offset from the stack pointer register to the first location at which
3163 outgoing arguments are placed. If not specified, the default value of
3164 zero is used. This is the proper value for most machines.
3166 If @code{ARGS_GROW_DOWNWARD}, this is the offset to the location above
3167 the first location at which outgoing arguments are placed.
3170 @defmac FIRST_PARM_OFFSET (@var{fundecl})
3171 Offset from the argument pointer register to the first argument's
3172 address. On some machines it may depend on the data type of the
3175 If @code{ARGS_GROW_DOWNWARD}, this is the offset to the location above
3176 the first argument's address.
3179 @defmac STACK_DYNAMIC_OFFSET (@var{fundecl})
3180 Offset from the stack pointer register to an item dynamically allocated
3181 on the stack, e.g., by @code{alloca}.
3183 The default value for this macro is @code{STACK_POINTER_OFFSET} plus the
3184 length of the outgoing arguments. The default is correct for most
3185 machines. See @file{function.c} for details.
3188 @defmac INITIAL_FRAME_ADDRESS_RTX
3189 A C expression whose value is RTL representing the address of the initial
3190 stack frame. This address is passed to @code{RETURN_ADDR_RTX} and
3191 @code{DYNAMIC_CHAIN_ADDRESS}. If you don't define this macro, a reasonable
3192 default value will be used. Define this macro in order to make frame pointer
3193 elimination work in the presence of @code{__builtin_frame_address (count)} and
3194 @code{__builtin_return_address (count)} for @code{count} not equal to zero.
3197 @defmac DYNAMIC_CHAIN_ADDRESS (@var{frameaddr})
3198 A C expression whose value is RTL representing the address in a stack
3199 frame where the pointer to the caller's frame is stored. Assume that
3200 @var{frameaddr} is an RTL expression for the address of the stack frame
3203 If you don't define this macro, the default is to return the value
3204 of @var{frameaddr}---that is, the stack frame address is also the
3205 address of the stack word that points to the previous frame.
3208 @defmac SETUP_FRAME_ADDRESSES
3209 If defined, a C expression that produces the machine-specific code to
3210 setup the stack so that arbitrary frames can be accessed. For example,
3211 on the SPARC, we must flush all of the register windows to the stack
3212 before we can access arbitrary stack frames. You will seldom need to
3216 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_BUILTIN_SETJMP_FRAME_VALUE (void)
3217 This target hook should return an rtx that is used to store
3218 the address of the current frame into the built in @code{setjmp} buffer.
3219 The default value, @code{virtual_stack_vars_rtx}, is correct for most
3220 machines. One reason you may need to define this target hook is if
3221 @code{hard_frame_pointer_rtx} is the appropriate value on your machine.
3224 @defmac FRAME_ADDR_RTX (@var{frameaddr})
3225 A C expression whose value is RTL representing the value of the frame
3226 address for the current frame. @var{frameaddr} is the frame pointer
3227 of the current frame. This is used for __builtin_frame_address.
3228 You need only define this macro if the frame address is not the same
3229 as the frame pointer. Most machines do not need to define it.
3232 @defmac RETURN_ADDR_RTX (@var{count}, @var{frameaddr})
3233 A C expression whose value is RTL representing the value of the return
3234 address for the frame @var{count} steps up from the current frame, after
3235 the prologue. @var{frameaddr} is the frame pointer of the @var{count}
3236 frame, or the frame pointer of the @var{count} @minus{} 1 frame if
3237 @code{RETURN_ADDR_IN_PREVIOUS_FRAME} is defined.
3239 The value of the expression must always be the correct address when
3240 @var{count} is zero, but may be @code{NULL_RTX} if there is no way to
3241 determine the return address of other frames.
3244 @defmac RETURN_ADDR_IN_PREVIOUS_FRAME
3245 Define this if the return address of a particular stack frame is accessed
3246 from the frame pointer of the previous stack frame.
3249 @defmac INCOMING_RETURN_ADDR_RTX
3250 A C expression whose value is RTL representing the location of the
3251 incoming return address at the beginning of any function, before the
3252 prologue. This RTL is either a @code{REG}, indicating that the return
3253 value is saved in @samp{REG}, or a @code{MEM} representing a location in
3256 You only need to define this macro if you want to support call frame
3257 debugging information like that provided by DWARF 2.
3259 If this RTL is a @code{REG}, you should also define
3260 @code{DWARF_FRAME_RETURN_COLUMN} to @code{DWARF_FRAME_REGNUM (REGNO)}.
3263 @defmac DWARF_ALT_FRAME_RETURN_COLUMN
3264 A C expression whose value is an integer giving a DWARF 2 column
3265 number that may be used as an alternative return column. The column
3266 must not correspond to any gcc hard register (that is, it must not
3267 be in the range of @code{DWARF_FRAME_REGNUM}).
3269 This macro can be useful if @code{DWARF_FRAME_RETURN_COLUMN} is set to a
3270 general register, but an alternative column needs to be used for signal
3271 frames. Some targets have also used different frame return columns
3275 @defmac DWARF_ZERO_REG
3276 A C expression whose value is an integer giving a DWARF 2 register
3277 number that is considered to always have the value zero. This should
3278 only be defined if the target has an architected zero register, and
3279 someone decided it was a good idea to use that register number to
3280 terminate the stack backtrace. New ports should avoid this.
3283 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_DWARF_HANDLE_FRAME_UNSPEC (const char *@var{label}, rtx @var{pattern}, int @var{index})
3284 This target hook allows the backend to emit frame-related insns that
3285 contain UNSPECs or UNSPEC_VOLATILEs. The DWARF 2 call frame debugging
3286 info engine will invoke it on insns of the form
3288 (set (reg) (unspec [@dots{}] UNSPEC_INDEX))
3292 (set (reg) (unspec_volatile [@dots{}] UNSPECV_INDEX)).
3294 to let the backend emit the call frame instructions. @var{label} is
3295 the CFI label attached to the insn, @var{pattern} is the pattern of
3296 the insn and @var{index} is @code{UNSPEC_INDEX} or @code{UNSPECV_INDEX}.
3299 @defmac INCOMING_FRAME_SP_OFFSET
3300 A C expression whose value is an integer giving the offset, in bytes,
3301 from the value of the stack pointer register to the top of the stack
3302 frame at the beginning of any function, before the prologue. The top of
3303 the frame is defined to be the value of the stack pointer in the
3304 previous frame, just before the call instruction.
3306 You only need to define this macro if you want to support call frame
3307 debugging information like that provided by DWARF 2.
3310 @defmac ARG_POINTER_CFA_OFFSET (@var{fundecl})
3311 A C expression whose value is an integer giving the offset, in bytes,
3312 from the argument pointer to the canonical frame address (cfa). The
3313 final value should coincide with that calculated by
3314 @code{INCOMING_FRAME_SP_OFFSET}. Which is unfortunately not usable
3315 during virtual register instantiation.
3317 The default value for this macro is
3318 @code{FIRST_PARM_OFFSET (fundecl) + crtl->args.pretend_args_size},
3319 which is correct for most machines; in general, the arguments are found
3320 immediately before the stack frame. Note that this is not the case on
3321 some targets that save registers into the caller's frame, such as SPARC
3322 and rs6000, and so such targets need to define this macro.
3324 You only need to define this macro if the default is incorrect, and you
3325 want to support call frame debugging information like that provided by
3329 @defmac FRAME_POINTER_CFA_OFFSET (@var{fundecl})
3330 If defined, a C expression whose value is an integer giving the offset
3331 in bytes from the frame pointer to the canonical frame address (cfa).
3332 The final value should coincide with that calculated by
3333 @code{INCOMING_FRAME_SP_OFFSET}.
3335 Normally the CFA is calculated as an offset from the argument pointer,
3336 via @code{ARG_POINTER_CFA_OFFSET}, but if the argument pointer is
3337 variable due to the ABI, this may not be possible. If this macro is
3338 defined, it implies that the virtual register instantiation should be
3339 based on the frame pointer instead of the argument pointer. Only one
3340 of @code{FRAME_POINTER_CFA_OFFSET} and @code{ARG_POINTER_CFA_OFFSET}
3344 @defmac CFA_FRAME_BASE_OFFSET (@var{fundecl})
3345 If defined, a C expression whose value is an integer giving the offset
3346 in bytes from the canonical frame address (cfa) to the frame base used
3347 in DWARF 2 debug information. The default is zero. A different value
3348 may reduce the size of debug information on some ports.
3351 @node Exception Handling
3352 @subsection Exception Handling Support
3353 @cindex exception handling
3355 @defmac EH_RETURN_DATA_REGNO (@var{N})
3356 A C expression whose value is the @var{N}th register number used for
3357 data by exception handlers, or @code{INVALID_REGNUM} if fewer than
3358 @var{N} registers are usable.
3360 The exception handling library routines communicate with the exception
3361 handlers via a set of agreed upon registers. Ideally these registers
3362 should be call-clobbered; it is possible to use call-saved registers,
3363 but may negatively impact code size. The target must support at least
3364 2 data registers, but should define 4 if there are enough free registers.
3366 You must define this macro if you want to support call frame exception
3367 handling like that provided by DWARF 2.
3370 @defmac EH_RETURN_STACKADJ_RTX
3371 A C expression whose value is RTL representing a location in which
3372 to store a stack adjustment to be applied before function return.
3373 This is used to unwind the stack to an exception handler's call frame.
3374 It will be assigned zero on code paths that return normally.
3376 Typically this is a call-clobbered hard register that is otherwise
3377 untouched by the epilogue, but could also be a stack slot.
3379 Do not define this macro if the stack pointer is saved and restored
3380 by the regular prolog and epilog code in the call frame itself; in
3381 this case, the exception handling library routines will update the
3382 stack location to be restored in place. Otherwise, you must define
3383 this macro if you want to support call frame exception handling like
3384 that provided by DWARF 2.
3387 @defmac EH_RETURN_HANDLER_RTX
3388 A C expression whose value is RTL representing a location in which
3389 to store the address of an exception handler to which we should
3390 return. It will not be assigned on code paths that return normally.
3392 Typically this is the location in the call frame at which the normal
3393 return address is stored. For targets that return by popping an
3394 address off the stack, this might be a memory address just below
3395 the @emph{target} call frame rather than inside the current call
3396 frame. If defined, @code{EH_RETURN_STACKADJ_RTX} will have already
3397 been assigned, so it may be used to calculate the location of the
3400 Some targets have more complex requirements than storing to an
3401 address calculable during initial code generation. In that case
3402 the @code{eh_return} instruction pattern should be used instead.
3404 If you want to support call frame exception handling, you must
3405 define either this macro or the @code{eh_return} instruction pattern.
3408 @defmac RETURN_ADDR_OFFSET
3409 If defined, an integer-valued C expression for which rtl will be generated
3410 to add it to the exception handler address before it is searched in the
3411 exception handling tables, and to subtract it again from the address before
3412 using it to return to the exception handler.
3415 @defmac ASM_PREFERRED_EH_DATA_FORMAT (@var{code}, @var{global})
3416 This macro chooses the encoding of pointers embedded in the exception
3417 handling sections. If at all possible, this should be defined such
3418 that the exception handling section will not require dynamic relocations,
3419 and so may be read-only.
3421 @var{code} is 0 for data, 1 for code labels, 2 for function pointers.
3422 @var{global} is true if the symbol may be affected by dynamic relocations.
3423 The macro should return a combination of the @code{DW_EH_PE_*} defines
3424 as found in @file{dwarf2.h}.
3426 If this macro is not defined, pointers will not be encoded but
3427 represented directly.
3430 @defmac ASM_MAYBE_OUTPUT_ENCODED_ADDR_RTX (@var{file}, @var{encoding}, @var{size}, @var{addr}, @var{done})
3431 This macro allows the target to emit whatever special magic is required
3432 to represent the encoding chosen by @code{ASM_PREFERRED_EH_DATA_FORMAT}.
3433 Generic code takes care of pc-relative and indirect encodings; this must
3434 be defined if the target uses text-relative or data-relative encodings.
3436 This is a C statement that branches to @var{done} if the format was
3437 handled. @var{encoding} is the format chosen, @var{size} is the number
3438 of bytes that the format occupies, @var{addr} is the @code{SYMBOL_REF}
3442 @defmac MD_FALLBACK_FRAME_STATE_FOR (@var{context}, @var{fs})
3443 This macro allows the target to add CPU and operating system specific
3444 code to the call-frame unwinder for use when there is no unwind data
3445 available. The most common reason to implement this macro is to unwind
3446 through signal frames.
3448 This macro is called from @code{uw_frame_state_for} in
3449 @file{unwind-dw2.c}, @file{unwind-dw2-xtensa.c} and
3450 @file{unwind-ia64.c}. @var{context} is an @code{_Unwind_Context};
3451 @var{fs} is an @code{_Unwind_FrameState}. Examine @code{context->ra}
3452 for the address of the code being executed and @code{context->cfa} for
3453 the stack pointer value. If the frame can be decoded, the register
3454 save addresses should be updated in @var{fs} and the macro should
3455 evaluate to @code{_URC_NO_REASON}. If the frame cannot be decoded,
3456 the macro should evaluate to @code{_URC_END_OF_STACK}.
3458 For proper signal handling in Java this macro is accompanied by
3459 @code{MAKE_THROW_FRAME}, defined in @file{libjava/include/*-signal.h} headers.
3462 @defmac MD_HANDLE_UNWABI (@var{context}, @var{fs})
3463 This macro allows the target to add operating system specific code to the
3464 call-frame unwinder to handle the IA-64 @code{.unwabi} unwinding directive,
3465 usually used for signal or interrupt frames.
3467 This macro is called from @code{uw_update_context} in libgcc's
3468 @file{unwind-ia64.c}. @var{context} is an @code{_Unwind_Context};
3469 @var{fs} is an @code{_Unwind_FrameState}. Examine @code{fs->unwabi}
3470 for the abi and context in the @code{.unwabi} directive. If the
3471 @code{.unwabi} directive can be handled, the register save addresses should
3472 be updated in @var{fs}.
3475 @defmac TARGET_USES_WEAK_UNWIND_INFO
3476 A C expression that evaluates to true if the target requires unwind
3477 info to be given comdat linkage. Define it to be @code{1} if comdat
3478 linkage is necessary. The default is @code{0}.
3481 @node Stack Checking
3482 @subsection Specifying How Stack Checking is Done
3484 GCC will check that stack references are within the boundaries of the
3485 stack, if the option @option{-fstack-check} is specified, in one of
3490 If the value of the @code{STACK_CHECK_BUILTIN} macro is nonzero, GCC
3491 will assume that you have arranged for full stack checking to be done
3492 at appropriate places in the configuration files. GCC will not do
3493 other special processing.
3496 If @code{STACK_CHECK_BUILTIN} is zero and the value of the
3497 @code{STACK_CHECK_STATIC_BUILTIN} macro is nonzero, GCC will assume
3498 that you have arranged for static stack checking (checking of the
3499 static stack frame of functions) to be done at appropriate places
3500 in the configuration files. GCC will only emit code to do dynamic
3501 stack checking (checking on dynamic stack allocations) using the third
3505 If neither of the above are true, GCC will generate code to periodically
3506 ``probe'' the stack pointer using the values of the macros defined below.
3509 If neither STACK_CHECK_BUILTIN nor STACK_CHECK_STATIC_BUILTIN is defined,
3510 GCC will change its allocation strategy for large objects if the option
3511 @option{-fstack-check} is specified: they will always be allocated
3512 dynamically if their size exceeds @code{STACK_CHECK_MAX_VAR_SIZE} bytes.
3514 @defmac STACK_CHECK_BUILTIN
3515 A nonzero value if stack checking is done by the configuration files in a
3516 machine-dependent manner. You should define this macro if stack checking
3517 is required by the ABI of your machine or if you would like to do stack
3518 checking in some more efficient way than the generic approach. The default
3519 value of this macro is zero.
3522 @defmac STACK_CHECK_STATIC_BUILTIN
3523 A nonzero value if static stack checking is done by the configuration files
3524 in a machine-dependent manner. You should define this macro if you would
3525 like to do static stack checking in some more efficient way than the generic
3526 approach. The default value of this macro is zero.
3529 @defmac STACK_CHECK_PROBE_INTERVAL_EXP
3530 An integer specifying the interval at which GCC must generate stack probe
3531 instructions, defined as 2 raised to this integer. You will normally
3532 define this macro so that the interval be no larger than the size of
3533 the ``guard pages'' at the end of a stack area. The default value
3534 of 12 (4096-byte interval) is suitable for most systems.
3537 @defmac STACK_CHECK_MOVING_SP
3538 An integer which is nonzero if GCC should move the stack pointer page by page
3539 when doing probes. This can be necessary on systems where the stack pointer
3540 contains the bottom address of the memory area accessible to the executing
3541 thread at any point in time. In this situation an alternate signal stack
3542 is required in order to be able to recover from a stack overflow. The
3543 default value of this macro is zero.
3546 @defmac STACK_CHECK_PROTECT
3547 The number of bytes of stack needed to recover from a stack overflow, for
3548 languages where such a recovery is supported. The default value of 75 words
3549 with the @code{setjmp}/@code{longjmp}-based exception handling mechanism and
3550 8192 bytes with other exception handling mechanisms should be adequate for
3554 The following macros are relevant only if neither STACK_CHECK_BUILTIN
3555 nor STACK_CHECK_STATIC_BUILTIN is defined; you can omit them altogether
3556 in the opposite case.
3558 @defmac STACK_CHECK_MAX_FRAME_SIZE
3559 The maximum size of a stack frame, in bytes. GCC will generate probe
3560 instructions in non-leaf functions to ensure at least this many bytes of
3561 stack are available. If a stack frame is larger than this size, stack
3562 checking will not be reliable and GCC will issue a warning. The
3563 default is chosen so that GCC only generates one instruction on most
3564 systems. You should normally not change the default value of this macro.
3567 @defmac STACK_CHECK_FIXED_FRAME_SIZE
3568 GCC uses this value to generate the above warning message. It
3569 represents the amount of fixed frame used by a function, not including
3570 space for any callee-saved registers, temporaries and user variables.
3571 You need only specify an upper bound for this amount and will normally
3572 use the default of four words.
3575 @defmac STACK_CHECK_MAX_VAR_SIZE
3576 The maximum size, in bytes, of an object that GCC will place in the
3577 fixed area of the stack frame when the user specifies
3578 @option{-fstack-check}.
3579 GCC computed the default from the values of the above macros and you will
3580 normally not need to override that default.
3584 @node Frame Registers
3585 @subsection Registers That Address the Stack Frame
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3588 This discusses registers that address the stack frame.
3590 @defmac STACK_POINTER_REGNUM
3591 The register number of the stack pointer register, which must also be a
3592 fixed register according to @code{FIXED_REGISTERS}. On most machines,
3593 the hardware determines which register this is.
3596 @defmac FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM
3597 The register number of the frame pointer register, which is used to
3598 access automatic variables in the stack frame. On some machines, the
3599 hardware determines which register this is. On other machines, you can
3600 choose any register you wish for this purpose.
3603 @defmac HARD_FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM
3604 On some machines the offset between the frame pointer and starting
3605 offset of the automatic variables is not known until after register
3606 allocation has been done (for example, because the saved registers are
3607 between these two locations). On those machines, define
3608 @code{FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM} the number of a special, fixed register to
3609 be used internally until the offset is known, and define
3610 @code{HARD_FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM} to be the actual hard register number
3611 used for the frame pointer.
3613 You should define this macro only in the very rare circumstances when it
3614 is not possible to calculate the offset between the frame pointer and
3615 the automatic variables until after register allocation has been
3616 completed. When this macro is defined, you must also indicate in your
3617 definition of @code{ELIMINABLE_REGS} how to eliminate
3618 @code{FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM} into either @code{HARD_FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM}
3619 or @code{STACK_POINTER_REGNUM}.
3621 Do not define this macro if it would be the same as
3622 @code{FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM}.
3625 @defmac ARG_POINTER_REGNUM
3626 The register number of the arg pointer register, which is used to access
3627 the function's argument list. On some machines, this is the same as the
3628 frame pointer register. On some machines, the hardware determines which
3629 register this is. On other machines, you can choose any register you
3630 wish for this purpose. If this is not the same register as the frame
3631 pointer register, then you must mark it as a fixed register according to
3632 @code{FIXED_REGISTERS}, or arrange to be able to eliminate it
3633 (@pxref{Elimination}).
3636 @defmac HARD_FRAME_POINTER_IS_FRAME_POINTER
3637 Define this to a preprocessor constant that is nonzero if
3638 @code{hard_frame_pointer_rtx} and @code{frame_pointer_rtx} should be
3639 the same. The default definition is @samp{(HARD_FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM
3640 == FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM)}; you only need to define this macro if that
3641 definition is not suitable for use in preprocessor conditionals.
3644 @defmac HARD_FRAME_POINTER_IS_ARG_POINTER
3645 Define this to a preprocessor constant that is nonzero if
3646 @code{hard_frame_pointer_rtx} and @code{arg_pointer_rtx} should be the
3647 same. The default definition is @samp{(HARD_FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM ==
3648 ARG_POINTER_REGNUM)}; you only need to define this macro if that
3649 definition is not suitable for use in preprocessor conditionals.
3652 @defmac RETURN_ADDRESS_POINTER_REGNUM
3653 The register number of the return address pointer register, which is used to
3654 access the current function's return address from the stack. On some
3655 machines, the return address is not at a fixed offset from the frame
3656 pointer or stack pointer or argument pointer. This register can be defined
3657 to point to the return address on the stack, and then be converted by
3658 @code{ELIMINABLE_REGS} into either the frame pointer or stack pointer.
3660 Do not define this macro unless there is no other way to get the return
3661 address from the stack.
3664 @defmac STATIC_CHAIN_REGNUM
3665 @defmacx STATIC_CHAIN_INCOMING_REGNUM
3666 Register numbers used for passing a function's static chain pointer. If
3667 register windows are used, the register number as seen by the called
3668 function is @code{STATIC_CHAIN_INCOMING_REGNUM}, while the register
3669 number as seen by the calling function is @code{STATIC_CHAIN_REGNUM}. If
3670 these registers are the same, @code{STATIC_CHAIN_INCOMING_REGNUM} need
3673 The static chain register need not be a fixed register.
3675 If the static chain is passed in memory, these macros should not be
3676 defined; instead, the @code{TARGET_STATIC_CHAIN} hook should be used.
3679 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_STATIC_CHAIN (const_tree @var{fndecl}, bool @var{incoming_p})
3680 This hook replaces the use of @code{STATIC_CHAIN_REGNUM} et al for
3681 targets that may use different static chain locations for different
3682 nested functions. This may be required if the target has function
3683 attributes that affect the calling conventions of the function and
3684 those calling conventions use different static chain locations.
3686 The default version of this hook uses @code{STATIC_CHAIN_REGNUM} et al.
3688 If the static chain is passed in memory, this hook should be used to
3689 provide rtx giving @code{mem} expressions that denote where they are stored.
3690 Often the @code{mem} expression as seen by the caller will be at an offset
3691 from the stack pointer and the @code{mem} expression as seen by the callee
3692 will be at an offset from the frame pointer.
3693 @findex stack_pointer_rtx
3694 @findex frame_pointer_rtx
3695 @findex arg_pointer_rtx
3696 The variables @code{stack_pointer_rtx}, @code{frame_pointer_rtx}, and
3697 @code{arg_pointer_rtx} will have been initialized and should be used
3698 to refer to those items.
3701 @defmac DWARF_FRAME_REGISTERS
3702 This macro specifies the maximum number of hard registers that can be
3703 saved in a call frame. This is used to size data structures used in
3704 DWARF2 exception handling.
3706 Prior to GCC 3.0, this macro was needed in order to establish a stable
3707 exception handling ABI in the face of adding new hard registers for ISA
3708 extensions. In GCC 3.0 and later, the EH ABI is insulated from changes
3709 in the number of hard registers. Nevertheless, this macro can still be
3710 used to reduce the runtime memory requirements of the exception handling
3711 routines, which can be substantial if the ISA contains a lot of
3712 registers that are not call-saved.
3714 If this macro is not defined, it defaults to
3715 @code{FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER}.
3718 @defmac PRE_GCC3_DWARF_FRAME_REGISTERS
3720 This macro is similar to @code{DWARF_FRAME_REGISTERS}, but is provided
3721 for backward compatibility in pre GCC 3.0 compiled code.
3723 If this macro is not defined, it defaults to
3724 @code{DWARF_FRAME_REGISTERS}.
3727 @defmac DWARF_REG_TO_UNWIND_COLUMN (@var{regno})
3729 Define this macro if the target's representation for dwarf registers
3730 is different than the internal representation for unwind column.
3731 Given a dwarf register, this macro should return the internal unwind
3732 column number to use instead.
3734 See the PowerPC's SPE target for an example.
3737 @defmac DWARF_FRAME_REGNUM (@var{regno})
3739 Define this macro if the target's representation for dwarf registers
3740 used in .eh_frame or .debug_frame is different from that used in other
3741 debug info sections. Given a GCC hard register number, this macro
3742 should return the .eh_frame register number. The default is
3743 @code{DBX_REGISTER_NUMBER (@var{regno})}.
3747 @defmac DWARF2_FRAME_REG_OUT (@var{regno}, @var{for_eh})
3749 Define this macro to map register numbers held in the call frame info
3750 that GCC has collected using @code{DWARF_FRAME_REGNUM} to those that
3751 should be output in .debug_frame (@code{@var{for_eh}} is zero) and
3752 .eh_frame (@code{@var{for_eh}} is nonzero). The default is to
3753 return @code{@var{regno}}.
3757 @defmac REG_VALUE_IN_UNWIND_CONTEXT
3759 Define this macro if the target stores register values as
3760 @code{_Unwind_Word} type in unwind context. It should be defined if
3761 target register size is larger than the size of @code{void *}. The
3762 default is to store register values as @code{void *} type.
3766 @defmac ASSUME_EXTENDED_UNWIND_CONTEXT
3768 Define this macro to be 1 if the target always uses extended unwind
3769 context with version, args_size and by_value fields. If it is undefined,
3770 it will be defined to 1 when @code{REG_VALUE_IN_UNWIND_CONTEXT} is
3771 defined and 0 otherwise.
3776 @subsection Eliminating Frame Pointer and Arg Pointer
3778 @c prevent bad page break with this line
3779 This is about eliminating the frame pointer and arg pointer.
3781 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_FRAME_POINTER_REQUIRED (void)
3782 This target hook should return @code{true} if a function must have and use
3783 a frame pointer. This target hook is called in the reload pass. If its return
3784 value is @code{true} the function will have a frame pointer.
3786 This target hook can in principle examine the current function and decide
3787 according to the facts, but on most machines the constant @code{false} or the
3788 constant @code{true} suffices. Use @code{false} when the machine allows code
3789 to be generated with no frame pointer, and doing so saves some time or space.
3790 Use @code{true} when there is no possible advantage to avoiding a frame
3793 In certain cases, the compiler does not know how to produce valid code
3794 without a frame pointer. The compiler recognizes those cases and
3795 automatically gives the function a frame pointer regardless of what
3796 @code{TARGET_FRAME_POINTER_REQUIRED} returns. You don't need to worry about
3799 In a function that does not require a frame pointer, the frame pointer
3800 register can be allocated for ordinary usage, unless you mark it as a
3801 fixed register. See @code{FIXED_REGISTERS} for more information.
3803 Default return value is @code{false}.
3806 @findex get_frame_size
3807 @defmac INITIAL_FRAME_POINTER_OFFSET (@var{depth-var})
3808 A C statement to store in the variable @var{depth-var} the difference
3809 between the frame pointer and the stack pointer values immediately after
3810 the function prologue. The value would be computed from information
3811 such as the result of @code{get_frame_size ()} and the tables of
3812 registers @code{regs_ever_live} and @code{call_used_regs}.
3814 If @code{ELIMINABLE_REGS} is defined, this macro will be not be used and
3815 need not be defined. Otherwise, it must be defined even if
3816 @code{TARGET_FRAME_POINTER_REQUIRED} always returns true; in that
3817 case, you may set @var{depth-var} to anything.
3820 @defmac ELIMINABLE_REGS
3821 If defined, this macro specifies a table of register pairs used to
3822 eliminate unneeded registers that point into the stack frame. If it is not
3823 defined, the only elimination attempted by the compiler is to replace
3824 references to the frame pointer with references to the stack pointer.
3826 The definition of this macro is a list of structure initializations, each
3827 of which specifies an original and replacement register.
3829 On some machines, the position of the argument pointer is not known until
3830 the compilation is completed. In such a case, a separate hard register
3831 must be used for the argument pointer. This register can be eliminated by
3832 replacing it with either the frame pointer or the argument pointer,
3833 depending on whether or not the frame pointer has been eliminated.
3835 In this case, you might specify:
3837 #define ELIMINABLE_REGS \
3838 @{@{ARG_POINTER_REGNUM, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM@}, \
3839 @{ARG_POINTER_REGNUM, FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM@}, \
3840 @{FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM, STACK_POINTER_REGNUM@}@}
3843 Note that the elimination of the argument pointer with the stack pointer is
3844 specified first since that is the preferred elimination.
3847 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CAN_ELIMINATE (const int @var{from_reg}, const int @var{to_reg})
3848 This target hook should returns @code{true} if the compiler is allowed to
3849 try to replace register number @var{from_reg} with register number
3850 @var{to_reg}. This target hook need only be defined if @code{ELIMINABLE_REGS}
3851 is defined, and will usually be @code{true}, since most of the cases
3852 preventing register elimination are things that the compiler already
3855 Default return value is @code{true}.
3858 @defmac INITIAL_ELIMINATION_OFFSET (@var{from-reg}, @var{to-reg}, @var{offset-var})
3859 This macro is similar to @code{INITIAL_FRAME_POINTER_OFFSET}. It
3860 specifies the initial difference between the specified pair of
3861 registers. This macro must be defined if @code{ELIMINABLE_REGS} is
3865 @node Stack Arguments
3866 @subsection Passing Function Arguments on the Stack
3867 @cindex arguments on stack
3868 @cindex stack arguments
3870 The macros in this section control how arguments are passed
3871 on the stack. See the following section for other macros that
3872 control passing certain arguments in registers.
3874 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_PROMOTE_PROTOTYPES (const_tree @var{fntype})
3875 This target hook returns @code{true} if an argument declared in a
3876 prototype as an integral type smaller than @code{int} should actually be
3877 passed as an @code{int}. In addition to avoiding errors in certain
3878 cases of mismatch, it also makes for better code on certain machines.
3879 The default is to not promote prototypes.
3883 A C expression. If nonzero, push insns will be used to pass
3885 If the target machine does not have a push instruction, set it to zero.
3886 That directs GCC to use an alternate strategy: to
3887 allocate the entire argument block and then store the arguments into
3888 it. When @code{PUSH_ARGS} is nonzero, @code{PUSH_ROUNDING} must be defined too.
3891 @defmac PUSH_ARGS_REVERSED
3892 A C expression. If nonzero, function arguments will be evaluated from
3893 last to first, rather than from first to last. If this macro is not
3894 defined, it defaults to @code{PUSH_ARGS} on targets where the stack
3895 and args grow in opposite directions, and 0 otherwise.
3898 @defmac PUSH_ROUNDING (@var{npushed})
3899 A C expression that is the number of bytes actually pushed onto the
3900 stack when an instruction attempts to push @var{npushed} bytes.
3902 On some machines, the definition
3905 #define PUSH_ROUNDING(BYTES) (BYTES)
3909 will suffice. But on other machines, instructions that appear
3910 to push one byte actually push two bytes in an attempt to maintain
3911 alignment. Then the definition should be
3914 #define PUSH_ROUNDING(BYTES) (((BYTES) + 1) & ~1)
3917 If the value of this macro has a type, it should be an unsigned type.
3920 @findex outgoing_args_size
3921 @findex crtl->outgoing_args_size
3922 @defmac ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS
3923 A C expression. If nonzero, the maximum amount of space required for outgoing arguments
3924 will be computed and placed into
3925 @code{crtl->outgoing_args_size}. No space will be pushed
3926 onto the stack for each call; instead, the function prologue should
3927 increase the stack frame size by this amount.
3929 Setting both @code{PUSH_ARGS} and @code{ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS}
3933 @defmac REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE (@var{fndecl})
3934 Define this macro if functions should assume that stack space has been
3935 allocated for arguments even when their values are passed in
3938 The value of this macro is the size, in bytes, of the area reserved for
3939 arguments passed in registers for the function represented by @var{fndecl},
3940 which can be zero if GCC is calling a library function.
3941 The argument @var{fndecl} can be the FUNCTION_DECL, or the type itself
3944 This space can be allocated by the caller, or be a part of the
3945 machine-dependent stack frame: @code{OUTGOING_REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE} says
3948 @c above is overfull. not sure what to do. --mew 5feb93 did
3949 @c something, not sure if it looks good. --mew 10feb93
3951 @defmac OUTGOING_REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE (@var{fntype})
3952 Define this to a nonzero value if it is the responsibility of the
3953 caller to allocate the area reserved for arguments passed in registers
3954 when calling a function of @var{fntype}. @var{fntype} may be NULL
3955 if the function called is a library function.
3957 If @code{ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS} is defined, this macro controls
3958 whether the space for these arguments counts in the value of
3959 @code{crtl->outgoing_args_size}.
3962 @defmac STACK_PARMS_IN_REG_PARM_AREA
3963 Define this macro if @code{REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE} is defined, but the
3964 stack parameters don't skip the area specified by it.
3965 @c i changed this, makes more sens and it should have taken care of the
3966 @c overfull.. not as specific, tho. --mew 5feb93
3968 Normally, when a parameter is not passed in registers, it is placed on the
3969 stack beyond the @code{REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE} area. Defining this macro
3970 suppresses this behavior and causes the parameter to be passed on the
3971 stack in its natural location.
3974 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_RETURN_POPS_ARGS (tree @var{fundecl}, tree @var{funtype}, int @var{size})
3975 This target hook returns the number of bytes of its own arguments that
3976 a function pops on returning, or 0 if the function pops no arguments
3977 and the caller must therefore pop them all after the function returns.
3979 @var{fundecl} is a C variable whose value is a tree node that describes
3980 the function in question. Normally it is a node of type
3981 @code{FUNCTION_DECL} that describes the declaration of the function.
3982 From this you can obtain the @code{DECL_ATTRIBUTES} of the function.
3984 @var{funtype} is a C variable whose value is a tree node that
3985 describes the function in question. Normally it is a node of type
3986 @code{FUNCTION_TYPE} that describes the data type of the function.
3987 From this it is possible to obtain the data types of the value and
3988 arguments (if known).
3990 When a call to a library function is being considered, @var{fundecl}
3991 will contain an identifier node for the library function. Thus, if
3992 you need to distinguish among various library functions, you can do so
3993 by their names. Note that ``library function'' in this context means
3994 a function used to perform arithmetic, whose name is known specially
3995 in the compiler and was not mentioned in the C code being compiled.
3997 @var{size} is the number of bytes of arguments passed on the
3998 stack. If a variable number of bytes is passed, it is zero, and
3999 argument popping will always be the responsibility of the calling function.
4001 On the VAX, all functions always pop their arguments, so the definition
4002 of this macro is @var{size}. On the 68000, using the standard
4003 calling convention, no functions pop their arguments, so the value of
4004 the macro is always 0 in this case. But an alternative calling
4005 convention is available in which functions that take a fixed number of
4006 arguments pop them but other functions (such as @code{printf}) pop
4007 nothing (the caller pops all). When this convention is in use,
4008 @var{funtype} is examined to determine whether a function takes a fixed
4009 number of arguments.
4012 @defmac CALL_POPS_ARGS (@var{cum})
4013 A C expression that should indicate the number of bytes a call sequence
4014 pops off the stack. It is added to the value of @code{RETURN_POPS_ARGS}
4015 when compiling a function call.
4017 @var{cum} is the variable in which all arguments to the called function
4018 have been accumulated.
4020 On certain architectures, such as the SH5, a call trampoline is used
4021 that pops certain registers off the stack, depending on the arguments
4022 that have been passed to the function. Since this is a property of the
4023 call site, not of the called function, @code{RETURN_POPS_ARGS} is not
4027 @node Register Arguments
4028 @subsection Passing Arguments in Registers
4029 @cindex arguments in registers
4030 @cindex registers arguments
4032 This section describes the macros which let you control how various
4033 types of arguments are passed in registers or how they are arranged in
4036 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG (cumulative_args_t @var{ca}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_tree @var{type}, bool @var{named})
4037 Return an RTX indicating whether a function argument is passed in a
4038 register and if so, which register.
4040 The arguments are @var{ca}, which summarizes all the previous
4041 arguments; @var{mode}, the machine mode of the argument; @var{type},
4042 the data type of the argument as a tree node or 0 if that is not known
4043 (which happens for C support library functions); and @var{named},
4044 which is @code{true} for an ordinary argument and @code{false} for
4045 nameless arguments that correspond to @samp{@dots{}} in the called
4046 function's prototype. @var{type} can be an incomplete type if a
4047 syntax error has previously occurred.
4049 The return value is usually either a @code{reg} RTX for the hard
4050 register in which to pass the argument, or zero to pass the argument
4053 The value of the expression can also be a @code{parallel} RTX@. This is
4054 used when an argument is passed in multiple locations. The mode of the
4055 @code{parallel} should be the mode of the entire argument. The
4056 @code{parallel} holds any number of @code{expr_list} pairs; each one
4057 describes where part of the argument is passed. In each
4058 @code{expr_list} the first operand must be a @code{reg} RTX for the hard
4059 register in which to pass this part of the argument, and the mode of the
4060 register RTX indicates how large this part of the argument is. The
4061 second operand of the @code{expr_list} is a @code{const_int} which gives
4062 the offset in bytes into the entire argument of where this part starts.
4063 As a special exception the first @code{expr_list} in the @code{parallel}
4064 RTX may have a first operand of zero. This indicates that the entire
4065 argument is also stored on the stack.
4067 The last time this hook is called, it is called with @code{MODE ==
4068 VOIDmode}, and its result is passed to the @code{call} or @code{call_value}
4069 pattern as operands 2 and 3 respectively.
4071 @cindex @file{stdarg.h} and register arguments
4072 The usual way to make the ISO library @file{stdarg.h} work on a
4073 machine where some arguments are usually passed in registers, is to
4074 cause nameless arguments to be passed on the stack instead. This is
4075 done by making @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG} return 0 whenever
4076 @var{named} is @code{false}.
4078 @cindex @code{TARGET_MUST_PASS_IN_STACK}, and @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG}
4079 @cindex @code{REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE}, and @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG}
4080 You may use the hook @code{targetm.calls.must_pass_in_stack}
4081 in the definition of this macro to determine if this argument is of a
4082 type that must be passed in the stack. If @code{REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE}
4083 is not defined and @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG} returns nonzero for such an
4084 argument, the compiler will abort. If @code{REG_PARM_STACK_SPACE} is
4085 defined, the argument will be computed in the stack and then loaded into
4089 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_MUST_PASS_IN_STACK (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_tree @var{type})
4090 This target hook should return @code{true} if we should not pass @var{type}
4091 solely in registers. The file @file{expr.h} defines a
4092 definition that is usually appropriate, refer to @file{expr.h} for additional
4096 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_FUNCTION_INCOMING_ARG (cumulative_args_t @var{ca}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_tree @var{type}, bool @var{named})
4097 Define this hook if the target machine has ``register windows'', so
4098 that the register in which a function sees an arguments is not
4099 necessarily the same as the one in which the caller passed the
4102 For such machines, @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG} computes the register in
4103 which the caller passes the value, and
4104 @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_INCOMING_ARG} should be defined in a similar
4105 fashion to tell the function being called where the arguments will
4108 If @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_INCOMING_ARG} is not defined,
4109 @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG} serves both purposes.
4112 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_ARG_PARTIAL_BYTES (cumulative_args_t @var{cum}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, tree @var{type}, bool @var{named})
4113 This target hook returns the number of bytes at the beginning of an
4114 argument that must be put in registers. The value must be zero for
4115 arguments that are passed entirely in registers or that are entirely
4116 pushed on the stack.
4118 On some machines, certain arguments must be passed partially in
4119 registers and partially in memory. On these machines, typically the
4120 first few words of arguments are passed in registers, and the rest
4121 on the stack. If a multi-word argument (a @code{double} or a
4122 structure) crosses that boundary, its first few words must be passed
4123 in registers and the rest must be pushed. This macro tells the
4124 compiler when this occurs, and how many bytes should go in registers.
4126 @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG} for these arguments should return the first
4127 register to be used by the caller for this argument; likewise
4128 @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_INCOMING_ARG}, for the called function.
4131 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_PASS_BY_REFERENCE (cumulative_args_t @var{cum}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_tree @var{type}, bool @var{named})
4132 This target hook should return @code{true} if an argument at the
4133 position indicated by @var{cum} should be passed by reference. This
4134 predicate is queried after target independent reasons for being
4135 passed by reference, such as @code{TREE_ADDRESSABLE (type)}.
4137 If the hook returns true, a copy of that argument is made in memory and a
4138 pointer to the argument is passed instead of the argument itself.
4139 The pointer is passed in whatever way is appropriate for passing a pointer
4143 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CALLEE_COPIES (cumulative_args_t @var{cum}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_tree @var{type}, bool @var{named})
4144 The function argument described by the parameters to this hook is
4145 known to be passed by reference. The hook should return true if the
4146 function argument should be copied by the callee instead of copied
4149 For any argument for which the hook returns true, if it can be
4150 determined that the argument is not modified, then a copy need
4153 The default version of this hook always returns false.
4156 @defmac CUMULATIVE_ARGS
4157 A C type for declaring a variable that is used as the first argument
4158 of @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG} and other related values. For some
4159 target machines, the type @code{int} suffices and can hold the number
4160 of bytes of argument so far.
4162 There is no need to record in @code{CUMULATIVE_ARGS} anything about the
4163 arguments that have been passed on the stack. The compiler has other
4164 variables to keep track of that. For target machines on which all
4165 arguments are passed on the stack, there is no need to store anything in
4166 @code{CUMULATIVE_ARGS}; however, the data structure must exist and
4167 should not be empty, so use @code{int}.
4170 @defmac OVERRIDE_ABI_FORMAT (@var{fndecl})
4171 If defined, this macro is called before generating any code for a
4172 function, but after the @var{cfun} descriptor for the function has been
4173 created. The back end may use this macro to update @var{cfun} to
4174 reflect an ABI other than that which would normally be used by default.
4175 If the compiler is generating code for a compiler-generated function,
4176 @var{fndecl} may be @code{NULL}.
4179 @defmac INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS (@var{cum}, @var{fntype}, @var{libname}, @var{fndecl}, @var{n_named_args})
4180 A C statement (sans semicolon) for initializing the variable
4181 @var{cum} for the state at the beginning of the argument list. The
4182 variable has type @code{CUMULATIVE_ARGS}. The value of @var{fntype}
4183 is the tree node for the data type of the function which will receive
4184 the args, or 0 if the args are to a compiler support library function.
4185 For direct calls that are not libcalls, @var{fndecl} contain the
4186 declaration node of the function. @var{fndecl} is also set when
4187 @code{INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS} is used to find arguments for the function
4188 being compiled. @var{n_named_args} is set to the number of named
4189 arguments, including a structure return address if it is passed as a
4190 parameter, when making a call. When processing incoming arguments,
4191 @var{n_named_args} is set to @minus{}1.
4193 When processing a call to a compiler support library function,
4194 @var{libname} identifies which one. It is a @code{symbol_ref} rtx which
4195 contains the name of the function, as a string. @var{libname} is 0 when
4196 an ordinary C function call is being processed. Thus, each time this
4197 macro is called, either @var{libname} or @var{fntype} is nonzero, but
4198 never both of them at once.
4201 @defmac INIT_CUMULATIVE_LIBCALL_ARGS (@var{cum}, @var{mode}, @var{libname})
4202 Like @code{INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS} but only used for outgoing libcalls,
4203 it gets a @code{MODE} argument instead of @var{fntype}, that would be
4204 @code{NULL}. @var{indirect} would always be zero, too. If this macro
4205 is not defined, @code{INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS (cum, NULL_RTX, libname,
4206 0)} is used instead.
4209 @defmac INIT_CUMULATIVE_INCOMING_ARGS (@var{cum}, @var{fntype}, @var{libname})
4210 Like @code{INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS} but overrides it for the purposes of
4211 finding the arguments for the function being compiled. If this macro is
4212 undefined, @code{INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS} is used instead.
4214 The value passed for @var{libname} is always 0, since library routines
4215 with special calling conventions are never compiled with GCC@. The
4216 argument @var{libname} exists for symmetry with
4217 @code{INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS}.
4218 @c could use "this macro" in place of @code{INIT_CUMULATIVE_ARGS}, maybe.
4219 @c --mew 5feb93 i switched the order of the sentences. --mew 10feb93
4222 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG_ADVANCE (cumulative_args_t @var{ca}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_tree @var{type}, bool @var{named})
4223 This hook updates the summarizer variable pointed to by @var{ca} to
4224 advance past an argument in the argument list. The values @var{mode},
4225 @var{type} and @var{named} describe that argument. Once this is done,
4226 the variable @var{cum} is suitable for analyzing the @emph{following}
4227 argument with @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG}, etc.
4229 This hook need not do anything if the argument in question was passed
4230 on the stack. The compiler knows how to track the amount of stack space
4231 used for arguments without any special help.
4234 @defmac FUNCTION_ARG_OFFSET (@var{mode}, @var{type})
4235 If defined, a C expression that is the number of bytes to add to the
4236 offset of the argument passed in memory. This is needed for the SPU,
4237 which passes @code{char} and @code{short} arguments in the preferred
4238 slot that is in the middle of the quad word instead of starting at the
4242 @defmac FUNCTION_ARG_PADDING (@var{mode}, @var{type})
4243 If defined, a C expression which determines whether, and in which direction,
4244 to pad out an argument with extra space. The value should be of type
4245 @code{enum direction}: either @code{upward} to pad above the argument,
4246 @code{downward} to pad below, or @code{none} to inhibit padding.
4248 The @emph{amount} of padding is not controlled by this macro, but by the
4249 target hook @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG_ROUND_BOUNDARY}. It is
4250 always just enough to reach the next multiple of that boundary.
4252 This macro has a default definition which is right for most systems.
4253 For little-endian machines, the default is to pad upward. For
4254 big-endian machines, the default is to pad downward for an argument of
4255 constant size shorter than an @code{int}, and upward otherwise.
4258 @defmac PAD_VARARGS_DOWN
4259 If defined, a C expression which determines whether the default
4260 implementation of va_arg will attempt to pad down before reading the
4261 next argument, if that argument is smaller than its aligned space as
4262 controlled by @code{PARM_BOUNDARY}. If this macro is not defined, all such
4263 arguments are padded down if @code{BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN} is true.
4266 @defmac BLOCK_REG_PADDING (@var{mode}, @var{type}, @var{first})
4267 Specify padding for the last element of a block move between registers and
4268 memory. @var{first} is nonzero if this is the only element. Defining this
4269 macro allows better control of register function parameters on big-endian
4270 machines, without using @code{PARALLEL} rtl. In particular,
4271 @code{MUST_PASS_IN_STACK} need not test padding and mode of types in
4272 registers, as there is no longer a "wrong" part of a register; For example,
4273 a three byte aggregate may be passed in the high part of a register if so
4277 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned int} TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG_BOUNDARY (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_tree @var{type})
4278 This hook returns the alignment boundary, in bits, of an argument
4279 with the specified mode and type. The default hook returns
4280 @code{PARM_BOUNDARY} for all arguments.
4283 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned int} TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG_ROUND_BOUNDARY (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_tree @var{type})
4284 Normally, the size of an argument is rounded up to @code{PARM_BOUNDARY},
4285 which is the default value for this hook. You can define this hook to
4286 return a different value if an argument size must be rounded to a larger
4290 @defmac FUNCTION_ARG_REGNO_P (@var{regno})
4291 A C expression that is nonzero if @var{regno} is the number of a hard
4292 register in which function arguments are sometimes passed. This does
4293 @emph{not} include implicit arguments such as the static chain and
4294 the structure-value address. On many machines, no registers can be
4295 used for this purpose since all function arguments are pushed on the
4299 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SPLIT_COMPLEX_ARG (const_tree @var{type})
4300 This hook should return true if parameter of type @var{type} are passed
4301 as two scalar parameters. By default, GCC will attempt to pack complex
4302 arguments into the target's word size. Some ABIs require complex arguments
4303 to be split and treated as their individual components. For example, on
4304 AIX64, complex floats should be passed in a pair of floating point
4305 registers, even though a complex float would fit in one 64-bit floating
4308 The default value of this hook is @code{NULL}, which is treated as always
4312 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_BUILD_BUILTIN_VA_LIST (void)
4313 This hook returns a type node for @code{va_list} for the target.
4314 The default version of the hook returns @code{void*}.
4317 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_ENUM_VA_LIST_P (int @var{idx}, const char **@var{pname}, tree *@var{ptree})
4318 This target hook is used in function @code{c_common_nodes_and_builtins}
4319 to iterate through the target specific builtin types for va_list. The
4320 variable @var{idx} is used as iterator. @var{pname} has to be a pointer
4321 to a @code{const char *} and @var{ptree} a pointer to a @code{tree} typed
4323 The arguments @var{pname} and @var{ptree} are used to store the result of
4324 this macro and are set to the name of the va_list builtin type and its
4326 If the return value of this macro is zero, then there is no more element.
4327 Otherwise the @var{IDX} should be increased for the next call of this
4328 macro to iterate through all types.
4331 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_FN_ABI_VA_LIST (tree @var{fndecl})
4332 This hook returns the va_list type of the calling convention specified by
4334 The default version of this hook returns @code{va_list_type_node}.
4337 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_CANONICAL_VA_LIST_TYPE (tree @var{type})
4338 This hook returns the va_list type of the calling convention specified by the
4339 type of @var{type}. If @var{type} is not a valid va_list type, it returns
4343 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_GIMPLIFY_VA_ARG_EXPR (tree @var{valist}, tree @var{type}, gimple_seq *@var{pre_p}, gimple_seq *@var{post_p})
4344 This hook performs target-specific gimplification of
4345 @code{VA_ARG_EXPR}. The first two parameters correspond to the
4346 arguments to @code{va_arg}; the latter two are as in
4347 @code{gimplify.c:gimplify_expr}.
4350 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_VALID_POINTER_MODE (enum machine_mode @var{mode})
4351 Define this to return nonzero if the port can handle pointers
4352 with machine mode @var{mode}. The default version of this
4353 hook returns true for both @code{ptr_mode} and @code{Pmode}.
4356 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_REF_MAY_ALIAS_ERRNO (struct ao_ref *@var{ref})
4357 Define this to return nonzero if the memory reference @var{ref} may alias with the system C library errno location. The default version of this hook assumes the system C library errno location is either a declaration of type int or accessed by dereferencing a pointer to int.
4360 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SCALAR_MODE_SUPPORTED_P (enum machine_mode @var{mode})
4361 Define this to return nonzero if the port is prepared to handle
4362 insns involving scalar mode @var{mode}. For a scalar mode to be
4363 considered supported, all the basic arithmetic and comparisons
4366 The default version of this hook returns true for any mode
4367 required to handle the basic C types (as defined by the port).
4368 Included here are the double-word arithmetic supported by the
4369 code in @file{optabs.c}.
4372 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_VECTOR_MODE_SUPPORTED_P (enum machine_mode @var{mode})
4373 Define this to return nonzero if the port is prepared to handle
4374 insns involving vector mode @var{mode}. At the very least, it
4375 must have move patterns for this mode.
4378 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ARRAY_MODE_SUPPORTED_P (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT @var{nelems})
4379 Return true if GCC should try to use a scalar mode to store an array
4380 of @var{nelems} elements, given that each element has mode @var{mode}.
4381 Returning true here overrides the usual @code{MAX_FIXED_MODE} limit
4382 and allows GCC to use any defined integer mode.
4384 One use of this hook is to support vector load and store operations
4385 that operate on several homogeneous vectors. For example, ARM NEON
4386 has operations like:
4389 int8x8x3_t vld3_s8 (const int8_t *)
4392 where the return type is defined as:
4395 typedef struct int8x8x3_t
4401 If this hook allows @code{val} to have a scalar mode, then
4402 @code{int8x8x3_t} can have the same mode. GCC can then store
4403 @code{int8x8x3_t}s in registers rather than forcing them onto the stack.
4406 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SMALL_REGISTER_CLASSES_FOR_MODE_P (enum machine_mode @var{mode})
4407 Define this to return nonzero for machine modes for which the port has
4408 small register classes. If this target hook returns nonzero for a given
4409 @var{mode}, the compiler will try to minimize the lifetime of registers
4410 in @var{mode}. The hook may be called with @code{VOIDmode} as argument.
4411 In this case, the hook is expected to return nonzero if it returns nonzero
4414 On some machines, it is risky to let hard registers live across arbitrary
4415 insns. Typically, these machines have instructions that require values
4416 to be in specific registers (like an accumulator), and reload will fail
4417 if the required hard register is used for another purpose across such an
4420 Passes before reload do not know which hard registers will be used
4421 in an instruction, but the machine modes of the registers set or used in
4422 the instruction are already known. And for some machines, register
4423 classes are small for, say, integer registers but not for floating point
4424 registers. For example, the AMD x86-64 architecture requires specific
4425 registers for the legacy x86 integer instructions, but there are many
4426 SSE registers for floating point operations. On such targets, a good
4427 strategy may be to return nonzero from this hook for @code{INTEGRAL_MODE_P}
4428 machine modes but zero for the SSE register classes.
4430 The default version of this hook returns false for any mode. It is always
4431 safe to redefine this hook to return with a nonzero value. But if you
4432 unnecessarily define it, you will reduce the amount of optimizations
4433 that can be performed in some cases. If you do not define this hook
4434 to return a nonzero value when it is required, the compiler will run out
4435 of spill registers and print a fatal error message.
4438 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {unsigned int} TARGET_FLAGS_REGNUM
4439 If the target has a dedicated flags register, and it needs to use the post-reload comparison elimination pass, then this value should be set appropriately.
4443 @subsection How Scalar Function Values Are Returned
4444 @cindex return values in registers
4445 @cindex values, returned by functions
4446 @cindex scalars, returned as values
4448 This section discusses the macros that control returning scalars as
4449 values---values that can fit in registers.
4451 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_FUNCTION_VALUE (const_tree @var{ret_type}, const_tree @var{fn_decl_or_type}, bool @var{outgoing})
4453 Define this to return an RTX representing the place where a function
4454 returns or receives a value of data type @var{ret_type}, a tree node
4455 representing a data type. @var{fn_decl_or_type} is a tree node
4456 representing @code{FUNCTION_DECL} or @code{FUNCTION_TYPE} of a
4457 function being called. If @var{outgoing} is false, the hook should
4458 compute the register in which the caller will see the return value.
4459 Otherwise, the hook should return an RTX representing the place where
4460 a function returns a value.
4462 On many machines, only @code{TYPE_MODE (@var{ret_type})} is relevant.
4463 (Actually, on most machines, scalar values are returned in the same
4464 place regardless of mode.) The value of the expression is usually a
4465 @code{reg} RTX for the hard register where the return value is stored.
4466 The value can also be a @code{parallel} RTX, if the return value is in
4467 multiple places. See @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG} for an explanation of the
4468 @code{parallel} form. Note that the callee will populate every
4469 location specified in the @code{parallel}, but if the first element of
4470 the @code{parallel} contains the whole return value, callers will use
4471 that element as the canonical location and ignore the others. The m68k
4472 port uses this type of @code{parallel} to return pointers in both
4473 @samp{%a0} (the canonical location) and @samp{%d0}.
4475 If @code{TARGET_PROMOTE_FUNCTION_RETURN} returns true, you must apply
4476 the same promotion rules specified in @code{PROMOTE_MODE} if
4477 @var{valtype} is a scalar type.
4479 If the precise function being called is known, @var{func} is a tree
4480 node (@code{FUNCTION_DECL}) for it; otherwise, @var{func} is a null
4481 pointer. This makes it possible to use a different value-returning
4482 convention for specific functions when all their calls are
4485 Some target machines have ``register windows'' so that the register in
4486 which a function returns its value is not the same as the one in which
4487 the caller sees the value. For such machines, you should return
4488 different RTX depending on @var{outgoing}.
4490 @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_VALUE} is not used for return values with
4491 aggregate data types, because these are returned in another way. See
4492 @code{TARGET_STRUCT_VALUE_RTX} and related macros, below.
4495 @defmac FUNCTION_VALUE (@var{valtype}, @var{func})
4496 This macro has been deprecated. Use @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_VALUE} for
4497 a new target instead.
4500 @defmac LIBCALL_VALUE (@var{mode})
4501 A C expression to create an RTX representing the place where a library
4502 function returns a value of mode @var{mode}.
4504 Note that ``library function'' in this context means a compiler
4505 support routine, used to perform arithmetic, whose name is known
4506 specially by the compiler and was not mentioned in the C code being
4510 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_LIBCALL_VALUE (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_rtx @var{fun})
4511 Define this hook if the back-end needs to know the name of the libcall
4512 function in order to determine where the result should be returned.
4514 The mode of the result is given by @var{mode} and the name of the called
4515 library function is given by @var{fun}. The hook should return an RTX
4516 representing the place where the library function result will be returned.
4518 If this hook is not defined, then LIBCALL_VALUE will be used.
4521 @defmac FUNCTION_VALUE_REGNO_P (@var{regno})
4522 A C expression that is nonzero if @var{regno} is the number of a hard
4523 register in which the values of called function may come back.
4525 A register whose use for returning values is limited to serving as the
4526 second of a pair (for a value of type @code{double}, say) need not be
4527 recognized by this macro. So for most machines, this definition
4531 #define FUNCTION_VALUE_REGNO_P(N) ((N) == 0)
4534 If the machine has register windows, so that the caller and the called
4535 function use different registers for the return value, this macro
4536 should recognize only the caller's register numbers.
4538 This macro has been deprecated. Use @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_VALUE_REGNO_P}
4539 for a new target instead.
4542 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_FUNCTION_VALUE_REGNO_P (const unsigned int @var{regno})
4543 A target hook that return @code{true} if @var{regno} is the number of a hard
4544 register in which the values of called function may come back.
4546 A register whose use for returning values is limited to serving as the
4547 second of a pair (for a value of type @code{double}, say) need not be
4548 recognized by this target hook.
4550 If the machine has register windows, so that the caller and the called
4551 function use different registers for the return value, this target hook
4552 should recognize only the caller's register numbers.
4554 If this hook is not defined, then FUNCTION_VALUE_REGNO_P will be used.
4557 @defmac APPLY_RESULT_SIZE
4558 Define this macro if @samp{untyped_call} and @samp{untyped_return}
4559 need more space than is implied by @code{FUNCTION_VALUE_REGNO_P} for
4560 saving and restoring an arbitrary return value.
4563 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_RETURN_IN_MSB (const_tree @var{type})
4564 This hook should return true if values of type @var{type} are returned
4565 at the most significant end of a register (in other words, if they are
4566 padded at the least significant end). You can assume that @var{type}
4567 is returned in a register; the caller is required to check this.
4569 Note that the register provided by @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_VALUE} must
4570 be able to hold the complete return value. For example, if a 1-, 2-
4571 or 3-byte structure is returned at the most significant end of a
4572 4-byte register, @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_VALUE} should provide an
4576 @node Aggregate Return
4577 @subsection How Large Values Are Returned
4578 @cindex aggregates as return values
4579 @cindex large return values
4580 @cindex returning aggregate values
4581 @cindex structure value address
4583 When a function value's mode is @code{BLKmode} (and in some other
4584 cases), the value is not returned according to
4585 @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_VALUE} (@pxref{Scalar Return}). Instead, the
4586 caller passes the address of a block of memory in which the value
4587 should be stored. This address is called the @dfn{structure value
4590 This section describes how to control returning structure values in
4593 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_RETURN_IN_MEMORY (const_tree @var{type}, const_tree @var{fntype})
4594 This target hook should return a nonzero value to say to return the
4595 function value in memory, just as large structures are always returned.
4596 Here @var{type} will be the data type of the value, and @var{fntype}
4597 will be the type of the function doing the returning, or @code{NULL} for
4600 Note that values of mode @code{BLKmode} must be explicitly handled
4601 by this function. Also, the option @option{-fpcc-struct-return}
4602 takes effect regardless of this macro. On most systems, it is
4603 possible to leave the hook undefined; this causes a default
4604 definition to be used, whose value is the constant 1 for @code{BLKmode}
4605 values, and 0 otherwise.
4607 Do not use this hook to indicate that structures and unions should always
4608 be returned in memory. You should instead use @code{DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN}
4612 @defmac DEFAULT_PCC_STRUCT_RETURN
4613 Define this macro to be 1 if all structure and union return values must be
4614 in memory. Since this results in slower code, this should be defined
4615 only if needed for compatibility with other compilers or with an ABI@.
4616 If you define this macro to be 0, then the conventions used for structure
4617 and union return values are decided by the @code{TARGET_RETURN_IN_MEMORY}
4620 If not defined, this defaults to the value 1.
4623 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_STRUCT_VALUE_RTX (tree @var{fndecl}, int @var{incoming})
4624 This target hook should return the location of the structure value
4625 address (normally a @code{mem} or @code{reg}), or 0 if the address is
4626 passed as an ``invisible'' first argument. Note that @var{fndecl} may
4627 be @code{NULL}, for libcalls. You do not need to define this target
4628 hook if the address is always passed as an ``invisible'' first
4631 On some architectures the place where the structure value address
4632 is found by the called function is not the same place that the
4633 caller put it. This can be due to register windows, or it could
4634 be because the function prologue moves it to a different place.
4635 @var{incoming} is @code{1} or @code{2} when the location is needed in
4636 the context of the called function, and @code{0} in the context of
4639 If @var{incoming} is nonzero and the address is to be found on the
4640 stack, return a @code{mem} which refers to the frame pointer. If
4641 @var{incoming} is @code{2}, the result is being used to fetch the
4642 structure value address at the beginning of a function. If you need
4643 to emit adjusting code, you should do it at this point.
4646 @defmac PCC_STATIC_STRUCT_RETURN
4647 Define this macro if the usual system convention on the target machine
4648 for returning structures and unions is for the called function to return
4649 the address of a static variable containing the value.
4651 Do not define this if the usual system convention is for the caller to
4652 pass an address to the subroutine.
4654 This macro has effect in @option{-fpcc-struct-return} mode, but it does
4655 nothing when you use @option{-freg-struct-return} mode.
4658 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_GET_RAW_RESULT_MODE (int @var{regno})
4659 This target hook returns the mode to be used when accessing raw return registers in @code{__builtin_return}. Define this macro if the value in @var{reg_raw_mode} is not correct.
4662 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_GET_RAW_ARG_MODE (int @var{regno})
4663 This target hook returns the mode to be used when accessing raw argument registers in @code{__builtin_apply_args}. Define this macro if the value in @var{reg_raw_mode} is not correct.
4667 @subsection Caller-Saves Register Allocation
4669 If you enable it, GCC can save registers around function calls. This
4670 makes it possible to use call-clobbered registers to hold variables that
4671 must live across calls.
4673 @defmac CALLER_SAVE_PROFITABLE (@var{refs}, @var{calls})
4674 A C expression to determine whether it is worthwhile to consider placing
4675 a pseudo-register in a call-clobbered hard register and saving and
4676 restoring it around each function call. The expression should be 1 when
4677 this is worth doing, and 0 otherwise.
4679 If you don't define this macro, a default is used which is good on most
4680 machines: @code{4 * @var{calls} < @var{refs}}.
4683 @defmac HARD_REGNO_CALLER_SAVE_MODE (@var{regno}, @var{nregs})
4684 A C expression specifying which mode is required for saving @var{nregs}
4685 of a pseudo-register in call-clobbered hard register @var{regno}. If
4686 @var{regno} is unsuitable for caller save, @code{VOIDmode} should be
4687 returned. For most machines this macro need not be defined since GCC
4688 will select the smallest suitable mode.
4691 @node Function Entry
4692 @subsection Function Entry and Exit
4693 @cindex function entry and exit
4697 This section describes the macros that output function entry
4698 (@dfn{prologue}) and exit (@dfn{epilogue}) code.
4700 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_PROLOGUE (FILE *@var{file}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{size})
4701 If defined, a function that outputs the assembler code for entry to a
4702 function. The prologue is responsible for setting up the stack frame,
4703 initializing the frame pointer register, saving registers that must be
4704 saved, and allocating @var{size} additional bytes of storage for the
4705 local variables. @var{size} is an integer. @var{file} is a stdio
4706 stream to which the assembler code should be output.
4708 The label for the beginning of the function need not be output by this
4709 macro. That has already been done when the macro is run.
4711 @findex regs_ever_live
4712 To determine which registers to save, the macro can refer to the array
4713 @code{regs_ever_live}: element @var{r} is nonzero if hard register
4714 @var{r} is used anywhere within the function. This implies the function
4715 prologue should save register @var{r}, provided it is not one of the
4716 call-used registers. (@code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_EPILOGUE} must likewise use
4717 @code{regs_ever_live}.)
4719 On machines that have ``register windows'', the function entry code does
4720 not save on the stack the registers that are in the windows, even if
4721 they are supposed to be preserved by function calls; instead it takes
4722 appropriate steps to ``push'' the register stack, if any non-call-used
4723 registers are used in the function.
4725 @findex frame_pointer_needed
4726 On machines where functions may or may not have frame-pointers, the
4727 function entry code must vary accordingly; it must set up the frame
4728 pointer if one is wanted, and not otherwise. To determine whether a
4729 frame pointer is in wanted, the macro can refer to the variable
4730 @code{frame_pointer_needed}. The variable's value will be 1 at run
4731 time in a function that needs a frame pointer. @xref{Elimination}.
4733 The function entry code is responsible for allocating any stack space
4734 required for the function. This stack space consists of the regions
4735 listed below. In most cases, these regions are allocated in the
4736 order listed, with the last listed region closest to the top of the
4737 stack (the lowest address if @code{STACK_GROWS_DOWNWARD} is defined, and
4738 the highest address if it is not defined). You can use a different order
4739 for a machine if doing so is more convenient or required for
4740 compatibility reasons. Except in cases where required by standard
4741 or by a debugger, there is no reason why the stack layout used by GCC
4742 need agree with that used by other compilers for a machine.
4745 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_END_PROLOGUE (FILE *@var{file})
4746 If defined, a function that outputs assembler code at the end of a
4747 prologue. This should be used when the function prologue is being
4748 emitted as RTL, and you have some extra assembler that needs to be
4749 emitted. @xref{prologue instruction pattern}.
4752 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_BEGIN_EPILOGUE (FILE *@var{file})
4753 If defined, a function that outputs assembler code at the start of an
4754 epilogue. This should be used when the function epilogue is being
4755 emitted as RTL, and you have some extra assembler that needs to be
4756 emitted. @xref{epilogue instruction pattern}.
4759 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_EPILOGUE (FILE *@var{file}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{size})
4760 If defined, a function that outputs the assembler code for exit from a
4761 function. The epilogue is responsible for restoring the saved
4762 registers and stack pointer to their values when the function was
4763 called, and returning control to the caller. This macro takes the
4764 same arguments as the macro @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_PROLOGUE}, and the
4765 registers to restore are determined from @code{regs_ever_live} and
4766 @code{CALL_USED_REGISTERS} in the same way.
4768 On some machines, there is a single instruction that does all the work
4769 of returning from the function. On these machines, give that
4770 instruction the name @samp{return} and do not define the macro
4771 @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_EPILOGUE} at all.
4773 Do not define a pattern named @samp{return} if you want the
4774 @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_EPILOGUE} to be used. If you want the target
4775 switches to control whether return instructions or epilogues are used,
4776 define a @samp{return} pattern with a validity condition that tests the
4777 target switches appropriately. If the @samp{return} pattern's validity
4778 condition is false, epilogues will be used.
4780 On machines where functions may or may not have frame-pointers, the
4781 function exit code must vary accordingly. Sometimes the code for these
4782 two cases is completely different. To determine whether a frame pointer
4783 is wanted, the macro can refer to the variable
4784 @code{frame_pointer_needed}. The variable's value will be 1 when compiling
4785 a function that needs a frame pointer.
4787 Normally, @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_PROLOGUE} and
4788 @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_EPILOGUE} must treat leaf functions specially.
4789 The C variable @code{current_function_is_leaf} is nonzero for such a
4790 function. @xref{Leaf Functions}.
4792 On some machines, some functions pop their arguments on exit while
4793 others leave that for the caller to do. For example, the 68020 when
4794 given @option{-mrtd} pops arguments in functions that take a fixed
4795 number of arguments.
4798 @findex crtl->args.pops_args
4799 Your definition of the macro @code{RETURN_POPS_ARGS} decides which
4800 functions pop their own arguments. @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_EPILOGUE}
4801 needs to know what was decided. The number of bytes of the current
4802 function's arguments that this function should pop is available in
4803 @code{crtl->args.pops_args}. @xref{Scalar Return}.
4808 @findex pretend_args_size
4809 @findex crtl->args.pretend_args_size
4810 A region of @code{crtl->args.pretend_args_size} bytes of
4811 uninitialized space just underneath the first argument arriving on the
4812 stack. (This may not be at the very start of the allocated stack region
4813 if the calling sequence has pushed anything else since pushing the stack
4814 arguments. But usually, on such machines, nothing else has been pushed
4815 yet, because the function prologue itself does all the pushing.) This
4816 region is used on machines where an argument may be passed partly in
4817 registers and partly in memory, and, in some cases to support the
4818 features in @code{<stdarg.h>}.
4821 An area of memory used to save certain registers used by the function.
4822 The size of this area, which may also include space for such things as
4823 the return address and pointers to previous stack frames, is
4824 machine-specific and usually depends on which registers have been used
4825 in the function. Machines with register windows often do not require
4829 A region of at least @var{size} bytes, possibly rounded up to an allocation
4830 boundary, to contain the local variables of the function. On some machines,
4831 this region and the save area may occur in the opposite order, with the
4832 save area closer to the top of the stack.
4835 @cindex @code{ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS} and stack frames
4836 Optionally, when @code{ACCUMULATE_OUTGOING_ARGS} is defined, a region of
4837 @code{crtl->outgoing_args_size} bytes to be used for outgoing
4838 argument lists of the function. @xref{Stack Arguments}.
4841 @defmac EXIT_IGNORE_STACK
4842 Define this macro as a C expression that is nonzero if the return
4843 instruction or the function epilogue ignores the value of the stack
4844 pointer; in other words, if it is safe to delete an instruction to
4845 adjust the stack pointer before a return from the function. The
4848 Note that this macro's value is relevant only for functions for which
4849 frame pointers are maintained. It is never safe to delete a final
4850 stack adjustment in a function that has no frame pointer, and the
4851 compiler knows this regardless of @code{EXIT_IGNORE_STACK}.
4854 @defmac EPILOGUE_USES (@var{regno})
4855 Define this macro as a C expression that is nonzero for registers that are
4856 used by the epilogue or the @samp{return} pattern. The stack and frame
4857 pointer registers are already assumed to be used as needed.
4860 @defmac EH_USES (@var{regno})
4861 Define this macro as a C expression that is nonzero for registers that are
4862 used by the exception handling mechanism, and so should be considered live
4863 on entry to an exception edge.
4866 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_MI_THUNK (FILE *@var{file}, tree @var{thunk_fndecl}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{delta}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{vcall_offset}, tree @var{function})
4867 A function that outputs the assembler code for a thunk
4868 function, used to implement C++ virtual function calls with multiple
4869 inheritance. The thunk acts as a wrapper around a virtual function,
4870 adjusting the implicit object parameter before handing control off to
4873 First, emit code to add the integer @var{delta} to the location that
4874 contains the incoming first argument. Assume that this argument
4875 contains a pointer, and is the one used to pass the @code{this} pointer
4876 in C++. This is the incoming argument @emph{before} the function prologue,
4877 e.g.@: @samp{%o0} on a sparc. The addition must preserve the values of
4878 all other incoming arguments.
4880 Then, if @var{vcall_offset} is nonzero, an additional adjustment should be
4881 made after adding @code{delta}. In particular, if @var{p} is the
4882 adjusted pointer, the following adjustment should be made:
4885 p += (*((ptrdiff_t **)p))[vcall_offset/sizeof(ptrdiff_t)]
4888 After the additions, emit code to jump to @var{function}, which is a
4889 @code{FUNCTION_DECL}. This is a direct pure jump, not a call, and does
4890 not touch the return address. Hence returning from @var{FUNCTION} will
4891 return to whoever called the current @samp{thunk}.
4893 The effect must be as if @var{function} had been called directly with
4894 the adjusted first argument. This macro is responsible for emitting all
4895 of the code for a thunk function; @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_PROLOGUE}
4896 and @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_EPILOGUE} are not invoked.
4898 The @var{thunk_fndecl} is redundant. (@var{delta} and @var{function}
4899 have already been extracted from it.) It might possibly be useful on
4900 some targets, but probably not.
4902 If you do not define this macro, the target-independent code in the C++
4903 front end will generate a less efficient heavyweight thunk that calls
4904 @var{function} instead of jumping to it. The generic approach does
4905 not support varargs.
4908 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ASM_CAN_OUTPUT_MI_THUNK (const_tree @var{thunk_fndecl}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{delta}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{vcall_offset}, const_tree @var{function})
4909 A function that returns true if TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_MI_THUNK would be able
4910 to output the assembler code for the thunk function specified by the
4911 arguments it is passed, and false otherwise. In the latter case, the
4912 generic approach will be used by the C++ front end, with the limitations
4917 @subsection Generating Code for Profiling
4918 @cindex profiling, code generation
4920 These macros will help you generate code for profiling.
4922 @defmac FUNCTION_PROFILER (@var{file}, @var{labelno})
4923 A C statement or compound statement to output to @var{file} some
4924 assembler code to call the profiling subroutine @code{mcount}.
4927 The details of how @code{mcount} expects to be called are determined by
4928 your operating system environment, not by GCC@. To figure them out,
4929 compile a small program for profiling using the system's installed C
4930 compiler and look at the assembler code that results.
4932 Older implementations of @code{mcount} expect the address of a counter
4933 variable to be loaded into some register. The name of this variable is
4934 @samp{LP} followed by the number @var{labelno}, so you would generate
4935 the name using @samp{LP%d} in a @code{fprintf}.
4938 @defmac PROFILE_HOOK
4939 A C statement or compound statement to output to @var{file} some assembly
4940 code to call the profiling subroutine @code{mcount} even the target does
4941 not support profiling.
4944 @defmac NO_PROFILE_COUNTERS
4945 Define this macro to be an expression with a nonzero value if the
4946 @code{mcount} subroutine on your system does not need a counter variable
4947 allocated for each function. This is true for almost all modern
4948 implementations. If you define this macro, you must not use the
4949 @var{labelno} argument to @code{FUNCTION_PROFILER}.
4952 @defmac PROFILE_BEFORE_PROLOGUE
4953 Define this macro if the code for function profiling should come before
4954 the function prologue. Normally, the profiling code comes after.
4958 @subsection Permitting tail calls
4961 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_FUNCTION_OK_FOR_SIBCALL (tree @var{decl}, tree @var{exp})
4962 True if it is OK to do sibling call optimization for the specified
4963 call expression @var{exp}. @var{decl} will be the called function,
4964 or @code{NULL} if this is an indirect call.
4966 It is not uncommon for limitations of calling conventions to prevent
4967 tail calls to functions outside the current unit of translation, or
4968 during PIC compilation. The hook is used to enforce these restrictions,
4969 as the @code{sibcall} md pattern can not fail, or fall over to a
4970 ``normal'' call. The criteria for successful sibling call optimization
4971 may vary greatly between different architectures.
4974 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_EXTRA_LIVE_ON_ENTRY (bitmap @var{regs})
4975 Add any hard registers to @var{regs} that are live on entry to the
4976 function. This hook only needs to be defined to provide registers that
4977 cannot be found by examination of FUNCTION_ARG_REGNO_P, the callee saved
4978 registers, STATIC_CHAIN_INCOMING_REGNUM, STATIC_CHAIN_REGNUM,
4979 TARGET_STRUCT_VALUE_RTX, FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM, EH_USES,
4980 FRAME_POINTER_REGNUM, ARG_POINTER_REGNUM, and the PIC_OFFSET_TABLE_REGNUM.
4983 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SET_UP_BY_PROLOGUE (struct hard_reg_set_container *@var{})
4984 This hook should add additional registers that are computed by the prologue to the hard regset for shrink-wrapping optimization purposes.
4987 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_WARN_FUNC_RETURN (tree)
4988 True if a function's return statements should be checked for matching the function's return type. This includes checking for falling off the end of a non-void function. Return false if no such check should be made.
4991 @node Stack Smashing Protection
4992 @subsection Stack smashing protection
4993 @cindex stack smashing protection
4995 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_STACK_PROTECT_GUARD (void)
4996 This hook returns a @code{DECL} node for the external variable to use
4997 for the stack protection guard. This variable is initialized by the
4998 runtime to some random value and is used to initialize the guard value
4999 that is placed at the top of the local stack frame. The type of this
5000 variable must be @code{ptr_type_node}.
5002 The default version of this hook creates a variable called
5003 @samp{__stack_chk_guard}, which is normally defined in @file{libgcc2.c}.
5006 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_STACK_PROTECT_FAIL (void)
5007 This hook returns a @code{CALL_EXPR} that alerts the runtime that the
5008 stack protect guard variable has been modified. This expression should
5009 involve a call to a @code{noreturn} function.
5011 The default version of this hook invokes a function called
5012 @samp{__stack_chk_fail}, taking no arguments. This function is
5013 normally defined in @file{libgcc2.c}.
5016 @deftypefn {Common Target Hook} bool TARGET_SUPPORTS_SPLIT_STACK (bool @var{report}, struct gcc_options *@var{opts})
5017 Whether this target supports splitting the stack when the options described in @var{opts} have been passed. This is called after options have been parsed, so the target may reject splitting the stack in some configurations. The default version of this hook returns false. If @var{report} is true, this function may issue a warning or error; if @var{report} is false, it must simply return a value
5021 @section Implementing the Varargs Macros
5022 @cindex varargs implementation
5024 GCC comes with an implementation of @code{<varargs.h>} and
5025 @code{<stdarg.h>} that work without change on machines that pass arguments
5026 on the stack. Other machines require their own implementations of
5027 varargs, and the two machine independent header files must have
5028 conditionals to include it.
5030 ISO @code{<stdarg.h>} differs from traditional @code{<varargs.h>} mainly in
5031 the calling convention for @code{va_start}. The traditional
5032 implementation takes just one argument, which is the variable in which
5033 to store the argument pointer. The ISO implementation of
5034 @code{va_start} takes an additional second argument. The user is
5035 supposed to write the last named argument of the function here.
5037 However, @code{va_start} should not use this argument. The way to find
5038 the end of the named arguments is with the built-in functions described
5041 @defmac __builtin_saveregs ()
5042 Use this built-in function to save the argument registers in memory so
5043 that the varargs mechanism can access them. Both ISO and traditional
5044 versions of @code{va_start} must use @code{__builtin_saveregs}, unless
5045 you use @code{TARGET_SETUP_INCOMING_VARARGS} (see below) instead.
5047 On some machines, @code{__builtin_saveregs} is open-coded under the
5048 control of the target hook @code{TARGET_EXPAND_BUILTIN_SAVEREGS}. On
5049 other machines, it calls a routine written in assembler language,
5050 found in @file{libgcc2.c}.
5052 Code generated for the call to @code{__builtin_saveregs} appears at the
5053 beginning of the function, as opposed to where the call to
5054 @code{__builtin_saveregs} is written, regardless of what the code is.
5055 This is because the registers must be saved before the function starts
5056 to use them for its own purposes.
5057 @c i rewrote the first sentence above to fix an overfull hbox. --mew
5061 @defmac __builtin_next_arg (@var{lastarg})
5062 This builtin returns the address of the first anonymous stack
5063 argument, as type @code{void *}. If @code{ARGS_GROW_DOWNWARD}, it
5064 returns the address of the location above the first anonymous stack
5065 argument. Use it in @code{va_start} to initialize the pointer for
5066 fetching arguments from the stack. Also use it in @code{va_start} to
5067 verify that the second parameter @var{lastarg} is the last named argument
5068 of the current function.
5071 @defmac __builtin_classify_type (@var{object})
5072 Since each machine has its own conventions for which data types are
5073 passed in which kind of register, your implementation of @code{va_arg}
5074 has to embody these conventions. The easiest way to categorize the
5075 specified data type is to use @code{__builtin_classify_type} together
5076 with @code{sizeof} and @code{__alignof__}.
5078 @code{__builtin_classify_type} ignores the value of @var{object},
5079 considering only its data type. It returns an integer describing what
5080 kind of type that is---integer, floating, pointer, structure, and so on.
5082 The file @file{typeclass.h} defines an enumeration that you can use to
5083 interpret the values of @code{__builtin_classify_type}.
5086 These machine description macros help implement varargs:
5088 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_EXPAND_BUILTIN_SAVEREGS (void)
5089 If defined, this hook produces the machine-specific code for a call to
5090 @code{__builtin_saveregs}. This code will be moved to the very
5091 beginning of the function, before any parameter access are made. The
5092 return value of this function should be an RTX that contains the value
5093 to use as the return of @code{__builtin_saveregs}.
5096 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SETUP_INCOMING_VARARGS (cumulative_args_t @var{args_so_far}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, tree @var{type}, int *@var{pretend_args_size}, int @var{second_time})
5097 This target hook offers an alternative to using
5098 @code{__builtin_saveregs} and defining the hook
5099 @code{TARGET_EXPAND_BUILTIN_SAVEREGS}. Use it to store the anonymous
5100 register arguments into the stack so that all the arguments appear to
5101 have been passed consecutively on the stack. Once this is done, you can
5102 use the standard implementation of varargs that works for machines that
5103 pass all their arguments on the stack.
5105 The argument @var{args_so_far} points to the @code{CUMULATIVE_ARGS} data
5106 structure, containing the values that are obtained after processing the
5107 named arguments. The arguments @var{mode} and @var{type} describe the
5108 last named argument---its machine mode and its data type as a tree node.
5110 The target hook should do two things: first, push onto the stack all the
5111 argument registers @emph{not} used for the named arguments, and second,
5112 store the size of the data thus pushed into the @code{int}-valued
5113 variable pointed to by @var{pretend_args_size}. The value that you
5114 store here will serve as additional offset for setting up the stack
5117 Because you must generate code to push the anonymous arguments at
5118 compile time without knowing their data types,
5119 @code{TARGET_SETUP_INCOMING_VARARGS} is only useful on machines that
5120 have just a single category of argument register and use it uniformly
5123 If the argument @var{second_time} is nonzero, it means that the
5124 arguments of the function are being analyzed for the second time. This
5125 happens for an inline function, which is not actually compiled until the
5126 end of the source file. The hook @code{TARGET_SETUP_INCOMING_VARARGS} should
5127 not generate any instructions in this case.
5130 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_STRICT_ARGUMENT_NAMING (cumulative_args_t @var{ca})
5131 Define this hook to return @code{true} if the location where a function
5132 argument is passed depends on whether or not it is a named argument.
5134 This hook controls how the @var{named} argument to @code{TARGET_FUNCTION_ARG}
5135 is set for varargs and stdarg functions. If this hook returns
5136 @code{true}, the @var{named} argument is always true for named
5137 arguments, and false for unnamed arguments. If it returns @code{false},
5138 but @code{TARGET_PRETEND_OUTGOING_VARARGS_NAMED} returns @code{true},
5139 then all arguments are treated as named. Otherwise, all named arguments
5140 except the last are treated as named.
5142 You need not define this hook if it always returns @code{false}.
5145 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_PRETEND_OUTGOING_VARARGS_NAMED (cumulative_args_t @var{ca})
5146 If you need to conditionally change ABIs so that one works with
5147 @code{TARGET_SETUP_INCOMING_VARARGS}, but the other works like neither
5148 @code{TARGET_SETUP_INCOMING_VARARGS} nor @code{TARGET_STRICT_ARGUMENT_NAMING} was
5149 defined, then define this hook to return @code{true} if
5150 @code{TARGET_SETUP_INCOMING_VARARGS} is used, @code{false} otherwise.
5151 Otherwise, you should not define this hook.
5155 @section Trampolines for Nested Functions
5156 @cindex trampolines for nested functions
5157 @cindex nested functions, trampolines for
5159 A @dfn{trampoline} is a small piece of code that is created at run time
5160 when the address of a nested function is taken. It normally resides on
5161 the stack, in the stack frame of the containing function. These macros
5162 tell GCC how to generate code to allocate and initialize a
5165 The instructions in the trampoline must do two things: load a constant
5166 address into the static chain register, and jump to the real address of
5167 the nested function. On CISC machines such as the m68k, this requires
5168 two instructions, a move immediate and a jump. Then the two addresses
5169 exist in the trampoline as word-long immediate operands. On RISC
5170 machines, it is often necessary to load each address into a register in
5171 two parts. Then pieces of each address form separate immediate
5174 The code generated to initialize the trampoline must store the variable
5175 parts---the static chain value and the function address---into the
5176 immediate operands of the instructions. On a CISC machine, this is
5177 simply a matter of copying each address to a memory reference at the
5178 proper offset from the start of the trampoline. On a RISC machine, it
5179 may be necessary to take out pieces of the address and store them
5182 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_TRAMPOLINE_TEMPLATE (FILE *@var{f})
5183 This hook is called by @code{assemble_trampoline_template} to output,
5184 on the stream @var{f}, assembler code for a block of data that contains
5185 the constant parts of a trampoline. This code should not include a
5186 label---the label is taken care of automatically.
5188 If you do not define this hook, it means no template is needed
5189 for the target. Do not define this hook on systems where the block move
5190 code to copy the trampoline into place would be larger than the code
5191 to generate it on the spot.
5194 @defmac TRAMPOLINE_SECTION
5195 Return the section into which the trampoline template is to be placed
5196 (@pxref{Sections}). The default value is @code{readonly_data_section}.
5199 @defmac TRAMPOLINE_SIZE
5200 A C expression for the size in bytes of the trampoline, as an integer.
5203 @defmac TRAMPOLINE_ALIGNMENT
5204 Alignment required for trampolines, in bits.
5206 If you don't define this macro, the value of @code{FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT}
5207 is used for aligning trampolines.
5210 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_TRAMPOLINE_INIT (rtx @var{m_tramp}, tree @var{fndecl}, rtx @var{static_chain})
5211 This hook is called to initialize a trampoline.
5212 @var{m_tramp} is an RTX for the memory block for the trampoline; @var{fndecl}
5213 is the @code{FUNCTION_DECL} for the nested function; @var{static_chain} is an
5214 RTX for the static chain value that should be passed to the function
5217 If the target defines @code{TARGET_ASM_TRAMPOLINE_TEMPLATE}, then the
5218 first thing this hook should do is emit a block move into @var{m_tramp}
5219 from the memory block returned by @code{assemble_trampoline_template}.
5220 Note that the block move need only cover the constant parts of the
5221 trampoline. If the target isolates the variable parts of the trampoline
5222 to the end, not all @code{TRAMPOLINE_SIZE} bytes need be copied.
5224 If the target requires any other actions, such as flushing caches or
5225 enabling stack execution, these actions should be performed after
5226 initializing the trampoline proper.
5229 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_TRAMPOLINE_ADJUST_ADDRESS (rtx @var{addr})
5230 This hook should perform any machine-specific adjustment in
5231 the address of the trampoline. Its argument contains the address of the
5232 memory block that was passed to @code{TARGET_TRAMPOLINE_INIT}. In case
5233 the address to be used for a function call should be different from the
5234 address at which the template was stored, the different address should
5235 be returned; otherwise @var{addr} should be returned unchanged.
5236 If this hook is not defined, @var{addr} will be used for function calls.
5239 Implementing trampolines is difficult on many machines because they have
5240 separate instruction and data caches. Writing into a stack location
5241 fails to clear the memory in the instruction cache, so when the program
5242 jumps to that location, it executes the old contents.
5244 Here are two possible solutions. One is to clear the relevant parts of
5245 the instruction cache whenever a trampoline is set up. The other is to
5246 make all trampolines identical, by having them jump to a standard
5247 subroutine. The former technique makes trampoline execution faster; the
5248 latter makes initialization faster.
5250 To clear the instruction cache when a trampoline is initialized, define
5251 the following macro.
5253 @defmac CLEAR_INSN_CACHE (@var{beg}, @var{end})
5254 If defined, expands to a C expression clearing the @emph{instruction
5255 cache} in the specified interval. The definition of this macro would
5256 typically be a series of @code{asm} statements. Both @var{beg} and
5257 @var{end} are both pointer expressions.
5260 To use a standard subroutine, define the following macro. In addition,
5261 you must make sure that the instructions in a trampoline fill an entire
5262 cache line with identical instructions, or else ensure that the
5263 beginning of the trampoline code is always aligned at the same point in
5264 its cache line. Look in @file{m68k.h} as a guide.
5266 @defmac TRANSFER_FROM_TRAMPOLINE
5267 Define this macro if trampolines need a special subroutine to do their
5268 work. The macro should expand to a series of @code{asm} statements
5269 which will be compiled with GCC@. They go in a library function named
5270 @code{__transfer_from_trampoline}.
5272 If you need to avoid executing the ordinary prologue code of a compiled
5273 C function when you jump to the subroutine, you can do so by placing a
5274 special label of your own in the assembler code. Use one @code{asm}
5275 statement to generate an assembler label, and another to make the label
5276 global. Then trampolines can use that label to jump directly to your
5277 special assembler code.
5281 @section Implicit Calls to Library Routines
5282 @cindex library subroutine names
5283 @cindex @file{libgcc.a}
5285 @c prevent bad page break with this line
5286 Here is an explanation of implicit calls to library routines.
5288 @defmac DECLARE_LIBRARY_RENAMES
5289 This macro, if defined, should expand to a piece of C code that will get
5290 expanded when compiling functions for libgcc.a. It can be used to
5291 provide alternate names for GCC's internal library functions if there
5292 are ABI-mandated names that the compiler should provide.
5295 @findex set_optab_libfunc
5296 @findex init_one_libfunc
5297 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_INIT_LIBFUNCS (void)
5298 This hook should declare additional library routines or rename
5299 existing ones, using the functions @code{set_optab_libfunc} and
5300 @code{init_one_libfunc} defined in @file{optabs.c}.
5301 @code{init_optabs} calls this macro after initializing all the normal
5304 The default is to do nothing. Most ports don't need to define this hook.
5307 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_LIBFUNC_GNU_PREFIX
5308 If false (the default), internal library routines start with two
5309 underscores. If set to true, these routines start with @code{__gnu_}
5310 instead. E.g., @code{__muldi3} changes to @code{__gnu_muldi3}. This
5311 currently only affects functions defined in @file{libgcc2.c}. If this
5312 is set to true, the @file{tm.h} file must also
5313 @code{#define LIBGCC2_GNU_PREFIX}.
5316 @defmac FLOAT_LIB_COMPARE_RETURNS_BOOL (@var{mode}, @var{comparison})
5317 This macro should return @code{true} if the library routine that
5318 implements the floating point comparison operator @var{comparison} in
5319 mode @var{mode} will return a boolean, and @var{false} if it will
5322 GCC's own floating point libraries return tristates from the
5323 comparison operators, so the default returns false always. Most ports
5324 don't need to define this macro.
5327 @defmac TARGET_LIB_INT_CMP_BIASED
5328 This macro should evaluate to @code{true} if the integer comparison
5329 functions (like @code{__cmpdi2}) return 0 to indicate that the first
5330 operand is smaller than the second, 1 to indicate that they are equal,
5331 and 2 to indicate that the first operand is greater than the second.
5332 If this macro evaluates to @code{false} the comparison functions return
5333 @minus{}1, 0, and 1 instead of 0, 1, and 2. If the target uses the routines
5334 in @file{libgcc.a}, you do not need to define this macro.
5337 @defmac TARGET_HAS_NO_HW_DIVIDE
5338 This macro should be defined if the target has no hardware divide
5339 instructions. If this macro is defined, GCC will use an algorithm which
5340 make use of simple logical and arithmetic operations for 64-bit
5341 division. If the macro is not defined, GCC will use an algorithm which
5342 make use of a 64-bit by 32-bit divide primitive.
5345 @cindex @code{EDOM}, implicit usage
5348 The value of @code{EDOM} on the target machine, as a C integer constant
5349 expression. If you don't define this macro, GCC does not attempt to
5350 deposit the value of @code{EDOM} into @code{errno} directly. Look in
5351 @file{/usr/include/errno.h} to find the value of @code{EDOM} on your
5354 If you do not define @code{TARGET_EDOM}, then compiled code reports
5355 domain errors by calling the library function and letting it report the
5356 error. If mathematical functions on your system use @code{matherr} when
5357 there is an error, then you should leave @code{TARGET_EDOM} undefined so
5358 that @code{matherr} is used normally.
5361 @cindex @code{errno}, implicit usage
5362 @defmac GEN_ERRNO_RTX
5363 Define this macro as a C expression to create an rtl expression that
5364 refers to the global ``variable'' @code{errno}. (On certain systems,
5365 @code{errno} may not actually be a variable.) If you don't define this
5366 macro, a reasonable default is used.
5369 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_LIBC_HAS_FUNCTION (enum function_class @var{fn_class})
5370 This hook determines whether a function from a class of functions
5371 @var{fn_class} is present at the runtime.
5374 @defmac NEXT_OBJC_RUNTIME
5375 Set this macro to 1 to use the "NeXT" Objective-C message sending conventions
5376 by default. This calling convention involves passing the object, the selector
5377 and the method arguments all at once to the method-lookup library function.
5378 This is the usual setting when targeting Darwin/Mac OS X systems, which have
5379 the NeXT runtime installed.
5381 If the macro is set to 0, the "GNU" Objective-C message sending convention
5382 will be used by default. This convention passes just the object and the
5383 selector to the method-lookup function, which returns a pointer to the method.
5385 In either case, it remains possible to select code-generation for the alternate
5386 scheme, by means of compiler command line switches.
5389 @node Addressing Modes
5390 @section Addressing Modes
5391 @cindex addressing modes
5393 @c prevent bad page break with this line
5394 This is about addressing modes.
5396 @defmac HAVE_PRE_INCREMENT
5397 @defmacx HAVE_PRE_DECREMENT
5398 @defmacx HAVE_POST_INCREMENT
5399 @defmacx HAVE_POST_DECREMENT
5400 A C expression that is nonzero if the machine supports pre-increment,
5401 pre-decrement, post-increment, or post-decrement addressing respectively.
5404 @defmac HAVE_PRE_MODIFY_DISP
5405 @defmacx HAVE_POST_MODIFY_DISP
5406 A C expression that is nonzero if the machine supports pre- or
5407 post-address side-effect generation involving constants other than
5408 the size of the memory operand.
5411 @defmac HAVE_PRE_MODIFY_REG
5412 @defmacx HAVE_POST_MODIFY_REG
5413 A C expression that is nonzero if the machine supports pre- or
5414 post-address side-effect generation involving a register displacement.
5417 @defmac CONSTANT_ADDRESS_P (@var{x})
5418 A C expression that is 1 if the RTX @var{x} is a constant which
5419 is a valid address. On most machines the default definition of
5420 @code{(CONSTANT_P (@var{x}) && GET_CODE (@var{x}) != CONST_DOUBLE)}
5421 is acceptable, but a few machines are more restrictive as to which
5422 constant addresses are supported.
5425 @defmac CONSTANT_P (@var{x})
5426 @code{CONSTANT_P}, which is defined by target-independent code,
5427 accepts integer-values expressions whose values are not explicitly
5428 known, such as @code{symbol_ref}, @code{label_ref}, and @code{high}
5429 expressions and @code{const} arithmetic expressions, in addition to
5430 @code{const_int} and @code{const_double} expressions.
5433 @defmac MAX_REGS_PER_ADDRESS
5434 A number, the maximum number of registers that can appear in a valid
5435 memory address. Note that it is up to you to specify a value equal to
5436 the maximum number that @code{TARGET_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS_P} would ever
5440 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS_P (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, rtx @var{x}, bool @var{strict})
5441 A function that returns whether @var{x} (an RTX) is a legitimate memory
5442 address on the target machine for a memory operand of mode @var{mode}.
5444 Legitimate addresses are defined in two variants: a strict variant and a
5445 non-strict one. The @var{strict} parameter chooses which variant is
5446 desired by the caller.
5448 The strict variant is used in the reload pass. It must be defined so
5449 that any pseudo-register that has not been allocated a hard register is
5450 considered a memory reference. This is because in contexts where some
5451 kind of register is required, a pseudo-register with no hard register
5452 must be rejected. For non-hard registers, the strict variant should look
5453 up the @code{reg_renumber} array; it should then proceed using the hard
5454 register number in the array, or treat the pseudo as a memory reference
5455 if the array holds @code{-1}.
5457 The non-strict variant is used in other passes. It must be defined to
5458 accept all pseudo-registers in every context where some kind of
5459 register is required.
5461 Normally, constant addresses which are the sum of a @code{symbol_ref}
5462 and an integer are stored inside a @code{const} RTX to mark them as
5463 constant. Therefore, there is no need to recognize such sums
5464 specifically as legitimate addresses. Normally you would simply
5465 recognize any @code{const} as legitimate.
5467 Usually @code{PRINT_OPERAND_ADDRESS} is not prepared to handle constant
5468 sums that are not marked with @code{const}. It assumes that a naked
5469 @code{plus} indicates indexing. If so, then you @emph{must} reject such
5470 naked constant sums as illegitimate addresses, so that none of them will
5471 be given to @code{PRINT_OPERAND_ADDRESS}.
5473 @cindex @code{TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO} and address validation
5474 On some machines, whether a symbolic address is legitimate depends on
5475 the section that the address refers to. On these machines, define the
5476 target hook @code{TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO} to store the information
5477 into the @code{symbol_ref}, and then check for it here. When you see a
5478 @code{const}, you will have to look inside it to find the
5479 @code{symbol_ref} in order to determine the section. @xref{Assembler
5482 @cindex @code{GO_IF_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS}
5483 Some ports are still using a deprecated legacy substitute for
5484 this hook, the @code{GO_IF_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS} macro. This macro
5488 #define GO_IF_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS (@var{mode}, @var{x}, @var{label})
5492 and should @code{goto @var{label}} if the address @var{x} is a valid
5493 address on the target machine for a memory operand of mode @var{mode}.
5495 @findex REG_OK_STRICT
5496 Compiler source files that want to use the strict variant of this
5497 macro define the macro @code{REG_OK_STRICT}. You should use an
5498 @code{#ifdef REG_OK_STRICT} conditional to define the strict variant in
5499 that case and the non-strict variant otherwise.
5501 Using the hook is usually simpler because it limits the number of
5502 files that are recompiled when changes are made.
5505 @defmac TARGET_MEM_CONSTRAINT
5506 A single character to be used instead of the default @code{'m'}
5507 character for general memory addresses. This defines the constraint
5508 letter which matches the memory addresses accepted by
5509 @code{TARGET_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS_P}. Define this macro if you want to
5510 support new address formats in your back end without changing the
5511 semantics of the @code{'m'} constraint. This is necessary in order to
5512 preserve functionality of inline assembly constructs using the
5513 @code{'m'} constraint.
5516 @defmac FIND_BASE_TERM (@var{x})
5517 A C expression to determine the base term of address @var{x},
5518 or to provide a simplified version of @var{x} from which @file{alias.c}
5519 can easily find the base term. This macro is used in only two places:
5520 @code{find_base_value} and @code{find_base_term} in @file{alias.c}.
5522 It is always safe for this macro to not be defined. It exists so
5523 that alias analysis can understand machine-dependent addresses.
5525 The typical use of this macro is to handle addresses containing
5526 a label_ref or symbol_ref within an UNSPEC@.
5529 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_LEGITIMIZE_ADDRESS (rtx @var{x}, rtx @var{oldx}, enum machine_mode @var{mode})
5530 This hook is given an invalid memory address @var{x} for an
5531 operand of mode @var{mode} and should try to return a valid memory
5534 @findex break_out_memory_refs
5535 @var{x} will always be the result of a call to @code{break_out_memory_refs},
5536 and @var{oldx} will be the operand that was given to that function to produce
5539 The code of the hook should not alter the substructure of
5540 @var{x}. If it transforms @var{x} into a more legitimate form, it
5541 should return the new @var{x}.
5543 It is not necessary for this hook to come up with a legitimate address,
5544 with the exception of native TLS addresses (@pxref{Emulated TLS}).
5545 The compiler has standard ways of doing so in all cases. In fact, if
5546 the target supports only emulated TLS, it
5547 is safe to omit this hook or make it return @var{x} if it cannot find
5548 a valid way to legitimize the address. But often a machine-dependent
5549 strategy can generate better code.
5552 @defmac LEGITIMIZE_RELOAD_ADDRESS (@var{x}, @var{mode}, @var{opnum}, @var{type}, @var{ind_levels}, @var{win})
5553 A C compound statement that attempts to replace @var{x}, which is an address
5554 that needs reloading, with a valid memory address for an operand of mode
5555 @var{mode}. @var{win} will be a C statement label elsewhere in the code.
5556 It is not necessary to define this macro, but it might be useful for
5557 performance reasons.
5559 For example, on the i386, it is sometimes possible to use a single
5560 reload register instead of two by reloading a sum of two pseudo
5561 registers into a register. On the other hand, for number of RISC
5562 processors offsets are limited so that often an intermediate address
5563 needs to be generated in order to address a stack slot. By defining
5564 @code{LEGITIMIZE_RELOAD_ADDRESS} appropriately, the intermediate addresses
5565 generated for adjacent some stack slots can be made identical, and thus
5568 @emph{Note}: This macro should be used with caution. It is necessary
5569 to know something of how reload works in order to effectively use this,
5570 and it is quite easy to produce macros that build in too much knowledge
5571 of reload internals.
5573 @emph{Note}: This macro must be able to reload an address created by a
5574 previous invocation of this macro. If it fails to handle such addresses
5575 then the compiler may generate incorrect code or abort.
5578 The macro definition should use @code{push_reload} to indicate parts that
5579 need reloading; @var{opnum}, @var{type} and @var{ind_levels} are usually
5580 suitable to be passed unaltered to @code{push_reload}.
5582 The code generated by this macro must not alter the substructure of
5583 @var{x}. If it transforms @var{x} into a more legitimate form, it
5584 should assign @var{x} (which will always be a C variable) a new value.
5585 This also applies to parts that you change indirectly by calling
5588 @findex strict_memory_address_p
5589 The macro definition may use @code{strict_memory_address_p} to test if
5590 the address has become legitimate.
5593 If you want to change only a part of @var{x}, one standard way of doing
5594 this is to use @code{copy_rtx}. Note, however, that it unshares only a
5595 single level of rtl. Thus, if the part to be changed is not at the
5596 top level, you'll need to replace first the top level.
5597 It is not necessary for this macro to come up with a legitimate
5598 address; but often a machine-dependent strategy can generate better code.
5601 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_MODE_DEPENDENT_ADDRESS_P (const_rtx @var{addr}, addr_space_t @var{addrspace})
5602 This hook returns @code{true} if memory address @var{addr} in address
5603 space @var{addrspace} can have
5604 different meanings depending on the machine mode of the memory
5605 reference it is used for or if the address is valid for some modes
5608 Autoincrement and autodecrement addresses typically have mode-dependent
5609 effects because the amount of the increment or decrement is the size
5610 of the operand being addressed. Some machines have other mode-dependent
5611 addresses. Many RISC machines have no mode-dependent addresses.
5613 You may assume that @var{addr} is a valid address for the machine.
5615 The default version of this hook returns @code{false}.
5618 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_LEGITIMATE_CONSTANT_P (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, rtx @var{x})
5619 This hook returns true if @var{x} is a legitimate constant for a
5620 @var{mode}-mode immediate operand on the target machine. You can assume that
5621 @var{x} satisfies @code{CONSTANT_P}, so you need not check this.
5623 The default definition returns true.
5626 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_DELEGITIMIZE_ADDRESS (rtx @var{x})
5627 This hook is used to undo the possibly obfuscating effects of the
5628 @code{LEGITIMIZE_ADDRESS} and @code{LEGITIMIZE_RELOAD_ADDRESS} target
5629 macros. Some backend implementations of these macros wrap symbol
5630 references inside an @code{UNSPEC} rtx to represent PIC or similar
5631 addressing modes. This target hook allows GCC's optimizers to understand
5632 the semantics of these opaque @code{UNSPEC}s by converting them back
5633 into their original form.
5636 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CONST_NOT_OK_FOR_DEBUG_P (rtx @var{x})
5637 This hook should return true if @var{x} should not be emitted into
5641 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CANNOT_FORCE_CONST_MEM (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, rtx @var{x})
5642 This hook should return true if @var{x} is of a form that cannot (or
5643 should not) be spilled to the constant pool. @var{mode} is the mode
5646 The default version of this hook returns false.
5648 The primary reason to define this hook is to prevent reload from
5649 deciding that a non-legitimate constant would be better reloaded
5650 from the constant pool instead of spilling and reloading a register
5651 holding the constant. This restriction is often true of addresses
5652 of TLS symbols for various targets.
5655 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_USE_BLOCKS_FOR_CONSTANT_P (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_rtx @var{x})
5656 This hook should return true if pool entries for constant @var{x} can
5657 be placed in an @code{object_block} structure. @var{mode} is the mode
5660 The default version returns false for all constants.
5663 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_USE_BLOCKS_FOR_DECL_P (const_tree @var{decl})
5664 This hook should return true if pool entries for @var{decl} should
5665 be placed in an @code{object_block} structure.
5667 The default version returns true for all decls.
5670 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_BUILTIN_RECIPROCAL (unsigned @var{fn}, bool @var{md_fn}, bool @var{sqrt})
5671 This hook should return the DECL of a function that implements reciprocal of
5672 the builtin function with builtin function code @var{fn}, or
5673 @code{NULL_TREE} if such a function is not available. @var{md_fn} is true
5674 when @var{fn} is a code of a machine-dependent builtin function. When
5675 @var{sqrt} is true, additional optimizations that apply only to the reciprocal
5676 of a square root function are performed, and only reciprocals of @code{sqrt}
5680 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_VECTORIZE_BUILTIN_MASK_FOR_LOAD (void)
5681 This hook should return the DECL of a function @var{f} that given an
5682 address @var{addr} as an argument returns a mask @var{m} that can be
5683 used to extract from two vectors the relevant data that resides in
5684 @var{addr} in case @var{addr} is not properly aligned.
5686 The autovectorizer, when vectorizing a load operation from an address
5687 @var{addr} that may be unaligned, will generate two vector loads from
5688 the two aligned addresses around @var{addr}. It then generates a
5689 @code{REALIGN_LOAD} operation to extract the relevant data from the
5690 two loaded vectors. The first two arguments to @code{REALIGN_LOAD},
5691 @var{v1} and @var{v2}, are the two vectors, each of size @var{VS}, and
5692 the third argument, @var{OFF}, defines how the data will be extracted
5693 from these two vectors: if @var{OFF} is 0, then the returned vector is
5694 @var{v2}; otherwise, the returned vector is composed from the last
5695 @var{VS}-@var{OFF} elements of @var{v1} concatenated to the first
5696 @var{OFF} elements of @var{v2}.
5698 If this hook is defined, the autovectorizer will generate a call
5699 to @var{f} (using the DECL tree that this hook returns) and will
5700 use the return value of @var{f} as the argument @var{OFF} to
5701 @code{REALIGN_LOAD}. Therefore, the mask @var{m} returned by @var{f}
5702 should comply with the semantics expected by @code{REALIGN_LOAD}
5704 If this hook is not defined, then @var{addr} will be used as
5705 the argument @var{OFF} to @code{REALIGN_LOAD}, in which case the low
5706 log2(@var{VS}) @minus{} 1 bits of @var{addr} will be considered.
5709 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_VECTORIZE_BUILTIN_VECTORIZATION_COST (enum vect_cost_for_stmt @var{type_of_cost}, tree @var{vectype}, int @var{misalign})
5710 Returns cost of different scalar or vector statements for vectorization cost model.
5711 For vector memory operations the cost may depend on type (@var{vectype}) and
5712 misalignment value (@var{misalign}).
5715 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_VECTORIZE_VECTOR_ALIGNMENT_REACHABLE (const_tree @var{type}, bool @var{is_packed})
5716 Return true if vector alignment is reachable (by peeling N iterations) for the given type.
5719 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_VECTORIZE_VEC_PERM_CONST_OK (enum @var{machine_mode}, const unsigned char *@var{sel})
5720 Return true if a vector created for @code{vec_perm_const} is valid.
5723 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_VECTORIZE_BUILTIN_CONVERSION (unsigned @var{code}, tree @var{dest_type}, tree @var{src_type})
5724 This hook should return the DECL of a function that implements conversion of the
5725 input vector of type @var{src_type} to type @var{dest_type}.
5726 The value of @var{code} is one of the enumerators in @code{enum tree_code} and
5727 specifies how the conversion is to be applied
5728 (truncation, rounding, etc.).
5730 If this hook is defined, the autovectorizer will use the
5731 @code{TARGET_VECTORIZE_BUILTIN_CONVERSION} target hook when vectorizing
5732 conversion. Otherwise, it will return @code{NULL_TREE}.
5735 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_VECTORIZE_BUILTIN_VECTORIZED_FUNCTION (tree @var{fndecl}, tree @var{vec_type_out}, tree @var{vec_type_in})
5736 This hook should return the decl of a function that implements the
5737 vectorized variant of the builtin function with builtin function code
5738 @var{code} or @code{NULL_TREE} if such a function is not available.
5739 The value of @var{fndecl} is the builtin function declaration. The
5740 return type of the vectorized function shall be of vector type
5741 @var{vec_type_out} and the argument types should be @var{vec_type_in}.
5744 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_VECTORIZE_SUPPORT_VECTOR_MISALIGNMENT (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, const_tree @var{type}, int @var{misalignment}, bool @var{is_packed})
5745 This hook should return true if the target supports misaligned vector
5746 store/load of a specific factor denoted in the @var{misalignment}
5747 parameter. The vector store/load should be of machine mode @var{mode} and
5748 the elements in the vectors should be of type @var{type}. @var{is_packed}
5749 parameter is true if the memory access is defined in a packed struct.
5752 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_VECTORIZE_PREFERRED_SIMD_MODE (enum machine_mode @var{mode})
5753 This hook should return the preferred mode for vectorizing scalar
5754 mode @var{mode}. The default is
5755 equal to @code{word_mode}, because the vectorizer can do some
5756 transformations even in absence of specialized @acronym{SIMD} hardware.
5759 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned int} TARGET_VECTORIZE_AUTOVECTORIZE_VECTOR_SIZES (void)
5760 This hook should return a mask of sizes that should be iterated over
5761 after trying to autovectorize using the vector size derived from the
5762 mode returned by @code{TARGET_VECTORIZE_PREFERRED_SIMD_MODE}.
5763 The default is zero which means to not iterate over other vector sizes.
5766 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {void *} TARGET_VECTORIZE_INIT_COST (struct loop *@var{loop_info})
5767 This hook should initialize target-specific data structures in preparation for modeling the costs of vectorizing a loop or basic block. The default allocates three unsigned integers for accumulating costs for the prologue, body, and epilogue of the loop or basic block. If @var{loop_info} is non-NULL, it identifies the loop being vectorized; otherwise a single block is being vectorized.
5770 @deftypefn {Target Hook} unsigned TARGET_VECTORIZE_ADD_STMT_COST (void *@var{data}, int @var{count}, enum vect_cost_for_stmt @var{kind}, struct _stmt_vec_info *@var{stmt_info}, int @var{misalign}, enum vect_cost_model_location @var{where})
5771 This hook should update the target-specific @var{data} in response to adding @var{count} copies of the given @var{kind} of statement to a loop or basic block. The default adds the builtin vectorizer cost for the copies of the statement to the accumulator specified by @var{where}, (the prologue, body, or epilogue) and returns the amount added. The return value should be viewed as a tentative cost that may later be revised.
5774 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_VECTORIZE_FINISH_COST (void *@var{data}, unsigned *@var{prologue_cost}, unsigned *@var{body_cost}, unsigned *@var{epilogue_cost})
5775 This hook should complete calculations of the cost of vectorizing a loop or basic block based on @var{data}, and return the prologue, body, and epilogue costs as unsigned integers. The default returns the value of the three accumulators.
5778 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_VECTORIZE_DESTROY_COST_DATA (void *@var{data})
5779 This hook should release @var{data} and any related data structures allocated by TARGET_VECTORIZE_INIT_COST. The default releases the accumulator.
5782 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_VECTORIZE_BUILTIN_TM_LOAD (tree)
5783 This hook should return the built-in decl needed to load a vector of the given type within a transaction.
5786 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_VECTORIZE_BUILTIN_TM_STORE (tree)
5787 This hook should return the built-in decl needed to store a vector of the given type within a transaction.
5790 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_VECTORIZE_BUILTIN_GATHER (const_tree @var{mem_vectype}, const_tree @var{index_type}, int @var{scale})
5791 Target builtin that implements vector gather operation. @var{mem_vectype}
5792 is the vector type of the load and @var{index_type} is scalar type of
5793 the index, scaled by @var{scale}.
5794 The default is @code{NULL_TREE} which means to not vectorize gather
5798 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_COMPUTE_VECSIZE_AND_SIMDLEN (struct cgraph_node *@var{}, struct cgraph_simd_clone *@var{}, @var{tree}, @var{int})
5799 This hook should set @var{vecsize_mangle}, @var{vecsize_int}, @var{vecsize_float}
5800 fields in @var{simd_clone} structure pointed by @var{clone_info} argument and also
5801 @var{simdlen} field if it was previously 0.
5802 The hook should return 0 if SIMD clones shouldn't be emitted,
5803 or number of @var{vecsize_mangle} variants that should be emitted.
5806 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_ADJUST (struct cgraph_node *@var{})
5807 This hook should add implicit @code{attribute(target("..."))} attribute
5808 to SIMD clone @var{node} if needed.
5811 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SIMD_CLONE_USABLE (struct cgraph_node *@var{})
5812 This hook should return -1 if SIMD clone @var{node} shouldn't be used
5813 in vectorized loops in current function, or non-negative number if it is
5814 usable. In that case, the smaller the number is, the more desirable it is
5818 @node Anchored Addresses
5819 @section Anchored Addresses
5820 @cindex anchored addresses
5821 @cindex @option{-fsection-anchors}
5823 GCC usually addresses every static object as a separate entity.
5824 For example, if we have:
5828 int foo (void) @{ return a + b + c; @}
5831 the code for @code{foo} will usually calculate three separate symbolic
5832 addresses: those of @code{a}, @code{b} and @code{c}. On some targets,
5833 it would be better to calculate just one symbolic address and access
5834 the three variables relative to it. The equivalent pseudocode would
5840 register int *xr = &x;
5841 return xr[&a - &x] + xr[&b - &x] + xr[&c - &x];
5845 (which isn't valid C). We refer to shared addresses like @code{x} as
5846 ``section anchors''. Their use is controlled by @option{-fsection-anchors}.
5848 The hooks below describe the target properties that GCC needs to know
5849 in order to make effective use of section anchors. It won't use
5850 section anchors at all unless either @code{TARGET_MIN_ANCHOR_OFFSET}
5851 or @code{TARGET_MAX_ANCHOR_OFFSET} is set to a nonzero value.
5853 @deftypevr {Target Hook} HOST_WIDE_INT TARGET_MIN_ANCHOR_OFFSET
5854 The minimum offset that should be applied to a section anchor.
5855 On most targets, it should be the smallest offset that can be
5856 applied to a base register while still giving a legitimate address
5857 for every mode. The default value is 0.
5860 @deftypevr {Target Hook} HOST_WIDE_INT TARGET_MAX_ANCHOR_OFFSET
5861 Like @code{TARGET_MIN_ANCHOR_OFFSET}, but the maximum (inclusive)
5862 offset that should be applied to section anchors. The default
5866 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_ANCHOR (rtx @var{x})
5867 Write the assembly code to define section anchor @var{x}, which is a
5868 @code{SYMBOL_REF} for which @samp{SYMBOL_REF_ANCHOR_P (@var{x})} is true.
5869 The hook is called with the assembly output position set to the beginning
5870 of @code{SYMBOL_REF_BLOCK (@var{x})}.
5872 If @code{ASM_OUTPUT_DEF} is available, the hook's default definition uses
5873 it to define the symbol as @samp{. + SYMBOL_REF_BLOCK_OFFSET (@var{x})}.
5874 If @code{ASM_OUTPUT_DEF} is not available, the hook's default definition
5875 is @code{NULL}, which disables the use of section anchors altogether.
5878 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_USE_ANCHORS_FOR_SYMBOL_P (const_rtx @var{x})
5879 Return true if GCC should attempt to use anchors to access @code{SYMBOL_REF}
5880 @var{x}. You can assume @samp{SYMBOL_REF_HAS_BLOCK_INFO_P (@var{x})} and
5881 @samp{!SYMBOL_REF_ANCHOR_P (@var{x})}.
5883 The default version is correct for most targets, but you might need to
5884 intercept this hook to handle things like target-specific attributes
5885 or target-specific sections.
5888 @node Condition Code
5889 @section Condition Code Status
5890 @cindex condition code status
5892 The macros in this section can be split in two families, according to the
5893 two ways of representing condition codes in GCC.
5895 The first representation is the so called @code{(cc0)} representation
5896 (@pxref{Jump Patterns}), where all instructions can have an implicit
5897 clobber of the condition codes. The second is the condition code
5898 register representation, which provides better schedulability for
5899 architectures that do have a condition code register, but on which
5900 most instructions do not affect it. The latter category includes
5903 The implicit clobbering poses a strong restriction on the placement of
5904 the definition and use of the condition code. In the past the definition
5905 and use were always adjacent. However, recent changes to support trapping
5906 arithmatic may result in the definition and user being in different blocks.
5907 Thus, there may be a @code{NOTE_INSN_BASIC_BLOCK} between them. Additionally,
5908 the definition may be the source of exception handling edges.
5910 These restrictions can prevent important
5911 optimizations on some machines. For example, on the IBM RS/6000, there
5912 is a delay for taken branches unless the condition code register is set
5913 three instructions earlier than the conditional branch. The instruction
5914 scheduler cannot perform this optimization if it is not permitted to
5915 separate the definition and use of the condition code register.
5917 For this reason, it is possible and suggested to use a register to
5918 represent the condition code for new ports. If there is a specific
5919 condition code register in the machine, use a hard register. If the
5920 condition code or comparison result can be placed in any general register,
5921 or if there are multiple condition registers, use a pseudo register.
5922 Registers used to store the condition code value will usually have a mode
5923 that is in class @code{MODE_CC}.
5925 Alternatively, you can use @code{BImode} if the comparison operator is
5926 specified already in the compare instruction. In this case, you are not
5927 interested in most macros in this section.
5930 * CC0 Condition Codes:: Old style representation of condition codes.
5931 * MODE_CC Condition Codes:: Modern representation of condition codes.
5934 @node CC0 Condition Codes
5935 @subsection Representation of condition codes using @code{(cc0)}
5939 The file @file{conditions.h} defines a variable @code{cc_status} to
5940 describe how the condition code was computed (in case the interpretation of
5941 the condition code depends on the instruction that it was set by). This
5942 variable contains the RTL expressions on which the condition code is
5943 currently based, and several standard flags.
5945 Sometimes additional machine-specific flags must be defined in the machine
5946 description header file. It can also add additional machine-specific
5947 information by defining @code{CC_STATUS_MDEP}.
5949 @defmac CC_STATUS_MDEP
5950 C code for a data type which is used for declaring the @code{mdep}
5951 component of @code{cc_status}. It defaults to @code{int}.
5953 This macro is not used on machines that do not use @code{cc0}.
5956 @defmac CC_STATUS_MDEP_INIT
5957 A C expression to initialize the @code{mdep} field to ``empty''.
5958 The default definition does nothing, since most machines don't use
5959 the field anyway. If you want to use the field, you should probably
5960 define this macro to initialize it.
5962 This macro is not used on machines that do not use @code{cc0}.
5965 @defmac NOTICE_UPDATE_CC (@var{exp}, @var{insn})
5966 A C compound statement to set the components of @code{cc_status}
5967 appropriately for an insn @var{insn} whose body is @var{exp}. It is
5968 this macro's responsibility to recognize insns that set the condition
5969 code as a byproduct of other activity as well as those that explicitly
5972 This macro is not used on machines that do not use @code{cc0}.
5974 If there are insns that do not set the condition code but do alter
5975 other machine registers, this macro must check to see whether they
5976 invalidate the expressions that the condition code is recorded as
5977 reflecting. For example, on the 68000, insns that store in address
5978 registers do not set the condition code, which means that usually
5979 @code{NOTICE_UPDATE_CC} can leave @code{cc_status} unaltered for such
5980 insns. But suppose that the previous insn set the condition code
5981 based on location @samp{a4@@(102)} and the current insn stores a new
5982 value in @samp{a4}. Although the condition code is not changed by
5983 this, it will no longer be true that it reflects the contents of
5984 @samp{a4@@(102)}. Therefore, @code{NOTICE_UPDATE_CC} must alter
5985 @code{cc_status} in this case to say that nothing is known about the
5986 condition code value.
5988 The definition of @code{NOTICE_UPDATE_CC} must be prepared to deal
5989 with the results of peephole optimization: insns whose patterns are
5990 @code{parallel} RTXs containing various @code{reg}, @code{mem} or
5991 constants which are just the operands. The RTL structure of these
5992 insns is not sufficient to indicate what the insns actually do. What
5993 @code{NOTICE_UPDATE_CC} should do when it sees one is just to run
5994 @code{CC_STATUS_INIT}.
5996 A possible definition of @code{NOTICE_UPDATE_CC} is to call a function
5997 that looks at an attribute (@pxref{Insn Attributes}) named, for example,
5998 @samp{cc}. This avoids having detailed information about patterns in
5999 two places, the @file{md} file and in @code{NOTICE_UPDATE_CC}.
6002 @node MODE_CC Condition Codes
6003 @subsection Representation of condition codes using registers
6007 @defmac SELECT_CC_MODE (@var{op}, @var{x}, @var{y})
6008 On many machines, the condition code may be produced by other instructions
6009 than compares, for example the branch can use directly the condition
6010 code set by a subtract instruction. However, on some machines
6011 when the condition code is set this way some bits (such as the overflow
6012 bit) are not set in the same way as a test instruction, so that a different
6013 branch instruction must be used for some conditional branches. When
6014 this happens, use the machine mode of the condition code register to
6015 record different formats of the condition code register. Modes can
6016 also be used to record which compare instruction (e.g. a signed or an
6017 unsigned comparison) produced the condition codes.
6019 If other modes than @code{CCmode} are required, add them to
6020 @file{@var{machine}-modes.def} and define @code{SELECT_CC_MODE} to choose
6021 a mode given an operand of a compare. This is needed because the modes
6022 have to be chosen not only during RTL generation but also, for example,
6023 by instruction combination. The result of @code{SELECT_CC_MODE} should
6024 be consistent with the mode used in the patterns; for example to support
6025 the case of the add on the SPARC discussed above, we have the pattern
6029 [(set (reg:CC_NOOV 0)
6031 (plus:SI (match_operand:SI 0 "register_operand" "%r")
6032 (match_operand:SI 1 "arith_operand" "rI"))
6039 together with a @code{SELECT_CC_MODE} that returns @code{CC_NOOVmode}
6040 for comparisons whose argument is a @code{plus}:
6043 #define SELECT_CC_MODE(OP,X,Y) \
6044 (GET_MODE_CLASS (GET_MODE (X)) == MODE_FLOAT \
6045 ? ((OP == EQ || OP == NE) ? CCFPmode : CCFPEmode) \
6046 : ((GET_CODE (X) == PLUS || GET_CODE (X) == MINUS \
6047 || GET_CODE (X) == NEG) \
6048 ? CC_NOOVmode : CCmode))
6051 Another reason to use modes is to retain information on which operands
6052 were used by the comparison; see @code{REVERSIBLE_CC_MODE} later in
6055 You should define this macro if and only if you define extra CC modes
6056 in @file{@var{machine}-modes.def}.
6059 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_CANONICALIZE_COMPARISON (int *@var{code}, rtx *@var{op0}, rtx *@var{op1}, bool @var{op0_preserve_value})
6060 On some machines not all possible comparisons are defined, but you can
6061 convert an invalid comparison into a valid one. For example, the Alpha
6062 does not have a @code{GT} comparison, but you can use an @code{LT}
6063 comparison instead and swap the order of the operands.
6065 On such machines, implement this hook to do any required conversions.
6066 @var{code} is the initial comparison code and @var{op0} and @var{op1}
6067 are the left and right operands of the comparison, respectively. If
6068 @var{op0_preserve_value} is @code{true} the implementation is not
6069 allowed to change the value of @var{op0} since the value might be used
6070 in RTXs which aren't comparisons. E.g. the implementation is not
6071 allowed to swap operands in that case.
6073 GCC will not assume that the comparison resulting from this macro is
6074 valid but will see if the resulting insn matches a pattern in the
6077 You need not to implement this hook if it would never change the
6078 comparison code or operands.
6081 @defmac REVERSIBLE_CC_MODE (@var{mode})
6082 A C expression whose value is one if it is always safe to reverse a
6083 comparison whose mode is @var{mode}. If @code{SELECT_CC_MODE}
6084 can ever return @var{mode} for a floating-point inequality comparison,
6085 then @code{REVERSIBLE_CC_MODE (@var{mode})} must be zero.
6087 You need not define this macro if it would always returns zero or if the
6088 floating-point format is anything other than @code{IEEE_FLOAT_FORMAT}.
6089 For example, here is the definition used on the SPARC, where floating-point
6090 inequality comparisons are always given @code{CCFPEmode}:
6093 #define REVERSIBLE_CC_MODE(MODE) ((MODE) != CCFPEmode)
6097 @defmac REVERSE_CONDITION (@var{code}, @var{mode})
6098 A C expression whose value is reversed condition code of the @var{code} for
6099 comparison done in CC_MODE @var{mode}. The macro is used only in case
6100 @code{REVERSIBLE_CC_MODE (@var{mode})} is nonzero. Define this macro in case
6101 machine has some non-standard way how to reverse certain conditionals. For
6102 instance in case all floating point conditions are non-trapping, compiler may
6103 freely convert unordered compares to ordered one. Then definition may look
6107 #define REVERSE_CONDITION(CODE, MODE) \
6108 ((MODE) != CCFPmode ? reverse_condition (CODE) \
6109 : reverse_condition_maybe_unordered (CODE))
6113 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_FIXED_CONDITION_CODE_REGS (unsigned int *@var{p1}, unsigned int *@var{p2})
6114 On targets which do not use @code{(cc0)}, and which use a hard
6115 register rather than a pseudo-register to hold condition codes, the
6116 regular CSE passes are often not able to identify cases in which the
6117 hard register is set to a common value. Use this hook to enable a
6118 small pass which optimizes such cases. This hook should return true
6119 to enable this pass, and it should set the integers to which its
6120 arguments point to the hard register numbers used for condition codes.
6121 When there is only one such register, as is true on most systems, the
6122 integer pointed to by @var{p2} should be set to
6123 @code{INVALID_REGNUM}.
6125 The default version of this hook returns false.
6128 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_CC_MODES_COMPATIBLE (enum machine_mode @var{m1}, enum machine_mode @var{m2})
6129 On targets which use multiple condition code modes in class
6130 @code{MODE_CC}, it is sometimes the case that a comparison can be
6131 validly done in more than one mode. On such a system, define this
6132 target hook to take two mode arguments and to return a mode in which
6133 both comparisons may be validly done. If there is no such mode,
6134 return @code{VOIDmode}.
6136 The default version of this hook checks whether the modes are the
6137 same. If they are, it returns that mode. If they are different, it
6138 returns @code{VOIDmode}.
6142 @section Describing Relative Costs of Operations
6143 @cindex costs of instructions
6144 @cindex relative costs
6145 @cindex speed of instructions
6147 These macros let you describe the relative speed of various operations
6148 on the target machine.
6150 @defmac REGISTER_MOVE_COST (@var{mode}, @var{from}, @var{to})
6151 A C expression for the cost of moving data of mode @var{mode} from a
6152 register in class @var{from} to one in class @var{to}. The classes are
6153 expressed using the enumeration values such as @code{GENERAL_REGS}. A
6154 value of 2 is the default; other values are interpreted relative to
6157 It is not required that the cost always equal 2 when @var{from} is the
6158 same as @var{to}; on some machines it is expensive to move between
6159 registers if they are not general registers.
6161 If reload sees an insn consisting of a single @code{set} between two
6162 hard registers, and if @code{REGISTER_MOVE_COST} applied to their
6163 classes returns a value of 2, reload does not check to ensure that the
6164 constraints of the insn are met. Setting a cost of other than 2 will
6165 allow reload to verify that the constraints are met. You should do this
6166 if the @samp{mov@var{m}} pattern's constraints do not allow such copying.
6168 These macros are obsolete, new ports should use the target hook
6169 @code{TARGET_REGISTER_MOVE_COST} instead.
6172 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_REGISTER_MOVE_COST (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, reg_class_t @var{from}, reg_class_t @var{to})
6173 This target hook should return the cost of moving data of mode @var{mode}
6174 from a register in class @var{from} to one in class @var{to}. The classes
6175 are expressed using the enumeration values such as @code{GENERAL_REGS}.
6176 A value of 2 is the default; other values are interpreted relative to
6179 It is not required that the cost always equal 2 when @var{from} is the
6180 same as @var{to}; on some machines it is expensive to move between
6181 registers if they are not general registers.
6183 If reload sees an insn consisting of a single @code{set} between two
6184 hard registers, and if @code{TARGET_REGISTER_MOVE_COST} applied to their
6185 classes returns a value of 2, reload does not check to ensure that the
6186 constraints of the insn are met. Setting a cost of other than 2 will
6187 allow reload to verify that the constraints are met. You should do this
6188 if the @samp{mov@var{m}} pattern's constraints do not allow such copying.
6190 The default version of this function returns 2.
6193 @defmac MEMORY_MOVE_COST (@var{mode}, @var{class}, @var{in})
6194 A C expression for the cost of moving data of mode @var{mode} between a
6195 register of class @var{class} and memory; @var{in} is zero if the value
6196 is to be written to memory, nonzero if it is to be read in. This cost
6197 is relative to those in @code{REGISTER_MOVE_COST}. If moving between
6198 registers and memory is more expensive than between two registers, you
6199 should define this macro to express the relative cost.
6201 If you do not define this macro, GCC uses a default cost of 4 plus
6202 the cost of copying via a secondary reload register, if one is
6203 needed. If your machine requires a secondary reload register to copy
6204 between memory and a register of @var{class} but the reload mechanism is
6205 more complex than copying via an intermediate, define this macro to
6206 reflect the actual cost of the move.
6208 GCC defines the function @code{memory_move_secondary_cost} if
6209 secondary reloads are needed. It computes the costs due to copying via
6210 a secondary register. If your machine copies from memory using a
6211 secondary register in the conventional way but the default base value of
6212 4 is not correct for your machine, define this macro to add some other
6213 value to the result of that function. The arguments to that function
6214 are the same as to this macro.
6216 These macros are obsolete, new ports should use the target hook
6217 @code{TARGET_MEMORY_MOVE_COST} instead.
6220 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_MEMORY_MOVE_COST (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, reg_class_t @var{rclass}, bool @var{in})
6221 This target hook should return the cost of moving data of mode @var{mode}
6222 between a register of class @var{rclass} and memory; @var{in} is @code{false}
6223 if the value is to be written to memory, @code{true} if it is to be read in.
6224 This cost is relative to those in @code{TARGET_REGISTER_MOVE_COST}.
6225 If moving between registers and memory is more expensive than between two
6226 registers, you should add this target hook to express the relative cost.
6228 If you do not add this target hook, GCC uses a default cost of 4 plus
6229 the cost of copying via a secondary reload register, if one is
6230 needed. If your machine requires a secondary reload register to copy
6231 between memory and a register of @var{rclass} but the reload mechanism is
6232 more complex than copying via an intermediate, use this target hook to
6233 reflect the actual cost of the move.
6235 GCC defines the function @code{memory_move_secondary_cost} if
6236 secondary reloads are needed. It computes the costs due to copying via
6237 a secondary register. If your machine copies from memory using a
6238 secondary register in the conventional way but the default base value of
6239 4 is not correct for your machine, use this target hook to add some other
6240 value to the result of that function. The arguments to that function
6241 are the same as to this target hook.
6244 @defmac BRANCH_COST (@var{speed_p}, @var{predictable_p})
6245 A C expression for the cost of a branch instruction. A value of 1 is
6246 the default; other values are interpreted relative to that. Parameter
6247 @var{speed_p} is true when the branch in question should be optimized
6248 for speed. When it is false, @code{BRANCH_COST} should return a value
6249 optimal for code size rather than performance. @var{predictable_p} is
6250 true for well-predicted branches. On many architectures the
6251 @code{BRANCH_COST} can be reduced then.
6254 Here are additional macros which do not specify precise relative costs,
6255 but only that certain actions are more expensive than GCC would
6258 @defmac SLOW_BYTE_ACCESS
6259 Define this macro as a C expression which is nonzero if accessing less
6260 than a word of memory (i.e.@: a @code{char} or a @code{short}) is no
6261 faster than accessing a word of memory, i.e., if such access
6262 require more than one instruction or if there is no difference in cost
6263 between byte and (aligned) word loads.
6265 When this macro is not defined, the compiler will access a field by
6266 finding the smallest containing object; when it is defined, a fullword
6267 load will be used if alignment permits. Unless bytes accesses are
6268 faster than word accesses, using word accesses is preferable since it
6269 may eliminate subsequent memory access if subsequent accesses occur to
6270 other fields in the same word of the structure, but to different bytes.
6273 @defmac SLOW_UNALIGNED_ACCESS (@var{mode}, @var{alignment})
6274 Define this macro to be the value 1 if memory accesses described by the
6275 @var{mode} and @var{alignment} parameters have a cost many times greater
6276 than aligned accesses, for example if they are emulated in a trap
6279 When this macro is nonzero, the compiler will act as if
6280 @code{STRICT_ALIGNMENT} were nonzero when generating code for block
6281 moves. This can cause significantly more instructions to be produced.
6282 Therefore, do not set this macro nonzero if unaligned accesses only add a
6283 cycle or two to the time for a memory access.
6285 If the value of this macro is always zero, it need not be defined. If
6286 this macro is defined, it should produce a nonzero value when
6287 @code{STRICT_ALIGNMENT} is nonzero.
6290 @defmac MOVE_RATIO (@var{speed})
6291 The threshold of number of scalar memory-to-memory move insns, @emph{below}
6292 which a sequence of insns should be generated instead of a
6293 string move insn or a library call. Increasing the value will always
6294 make code faster, but eventually incurs high cost in increased code size.
6296 Note that on machines where the corresponding move insn is a
6297 @code{define_expand} that emits a sequence of insns, this macro counts
6298 the number of such sequences.
6300 The parameter @var{speed} is true if the code is currently being
6301 optimized for speed rather than size.
6303 If you don't define this, a reasonable default is used.
6306 @defmac MOVE_BY_PIECES_P (@var{size}, @var{alignment})
6307 A C expression used to determine whether @code{move_by_pieces} will be used to
6308 copy a chunk of memory, or whether some other block move mechanism
6309 will be used. Defaults to 1 if @code{move_by_pieces_ninsns} returns less
6310 than @code{MOVE_RATIO}.
6313 @defmac MOVE_MAX_PIECES
6314 A C expression used by @code{move_by_pieces} to determine the largest unit
6315 a load or store used to copy memory is. Defaults to @code{MOVE_MAX}.
6318 @defmac CLEAR_RATIO (@var{speed})
6319 The threshold of number of scalar move insns, @emph{below} which a sequence
6320 of insns should be generated to clear memory instead of a string clear insn
6321 or a library call. Increasing the value will always make code faster, but
6322 eventually incurs high cost in increased code size.
6324 The parameter @var{speed} is true if the code is currently being
6325 optimized for speed rather than size.
6327 If you don't define this, a reasonable default is used.
6330 @defmac CLEAR_BY_PIECES_P (@var{size}, @var{alignment})
6331 A C expression used to determine whether @code{clear_by_pieces} will be used
6332 to clear a chunk of memory, or whether some other block clear mechanism
6333 will be used. Defaults to 1 if @code{move_by_pieces_ninsns} returns less
6334 than @code{CLEAR_RATIO}.
6337 @defmac SET_RATIO (@var{speed})
6338 The threshold of number of scalar move insns, @emph{below} which a sequence
6339 of insns should be generated to set memory to a constant value, instead of
6340 a block set insn or a library call.
6341 Increasing the value will always make code faster, but
6342 eventually incurs high cost in increased code size.
6344 The parameter @var{speed} is true if the code is currently being
6345 optimized for speed rather than size.
6347 If you don't define this, it defaults to the value of @code{MOVE_RATIO}.
6350 @defmac SET_BY_PIECES_P (@var{size}, @var{alignment})
6351 A C expression used to determine whether @code{store_by_pieces} will be
6352 used to set a chunk of memory to a constant value, or whether some
6353 other mechanism will be used. Used by @code{__builtin_memset} when
6354 storing values other than constant zero.
6355 Defaults to 1 if @code{move_by_pieces_ninsns} returns less
6356 than @code{SET_RATIO}.
6359 @defmac STORE_BY_PIECES_P (@var{size}, @var{alignment})
6360 A C expression used to determine whether @code{store_by_pieces} will be
6361 used to set a chunk of memory to a constant string value, or whether some
6362 other mechanism will be used. Used by @code{__builtin_strcpy} when
6363 called with a constant source string.
6364 Defaults to 1 if @code{move_by_pieces_ninsns} returns less
6365 than @code{MOVE_RATIO}.
6368 @defmac USE_LOAD_POST_INCREMENT (@var{mode})
6369 A C expression used to determine whether a load postincrement is a good
6370 thing to use for a given mode. Defaults to the value of
6371 @code{HAVE_POST_INCREMENT}.
6374 @defmac USE_LOAD_POST_DECREMENT (@var{mode})
6375 A C expression used to determine whether a load postdecrement is a good
6376 thing to use for a given mode. Defaults to the value of
6377 @code{HAVE_POST_DECREMENT}.
6380 @defmac USE_LOAD_PRE_INCREMENT (@var{mode})
6381 A C expression used to determine whether a load preincrement is a good
6382 thing to use for a given mode. Defaults to the value of
6383 @code{HAVE_PRE_INCREMENT}.
6386 @defmac USE_LOAD_PRE_DECREMENT (@var{mode})
6387 A C expression used to determine whether a load predecrement is a good
6388 thing to use for a given mode. Defaults to the value of
6389 @code{HAVE_PRE_DECREMENT}.
6392 @defmac USE_STORE_POST_INCREMENT (@var{mode})
6393 A C expression used to determine whether a store postincrement is a good
6394 thing to use for a given mode. Defaults to the value of
6395 @code{HAVE_POST_INCREMENT}.
6398 @defmac USE_STORE_POST_DECREMENT (@var{mode})
6399 A C expression used to determine whether a store postdecrement is a good
6400 thing to use for a given mode. Defaults to the value of
6401 @code{HAVE_POST_DECREMENT}.
6404 @defmac USE_STORE_PRE_INCREMENT (@var{mode})
6405 This macro is used to determine whether a store preincrement is a good
6406 thing to use for a given mode. Defaults to the value of
6407 @code{HAVE_PRE_INCREMENT}.
6410 @defmac USE_STORE_PRE_DECREMENT (@var{mode})
6411 This macro is used to determine whether a store predecrement is a good
6412 thing to use for a given mode. Defaults to the value of
6413 @code{HAVE_PRE_DECREMENT}.
6416 @defmac NO_FUNCTION_CSE
6417 Define this macro if it is as good or better to call a constant
6418 function address than to call an address kept in a register.
6421 @defmac LOGICAL_OP_NON_SHORT_CIRCUIT
6422 Define this macro if a non-short-circuit operation produced by
6423 @samp{fold_range_test ()} is optimal. This macro defaults to true if
6424 @code{BRANCH_COST} is greater than or equal to the value 2.
6427 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_RTX_COSTS (rtx @var{x}, int @var{code}, int @var{outer_code}, int @var{opno}, int *@var{total}, bool @var{speed})
6428 This target hook describes the relative costs of RTL expressions.
6430 The cost may depend on the precise form of the expression, which is
6431 available for examination in @var{x}, and the fact that @var{x} appears
6432 as operand @var{opno} of an expression with rtx code @var{outer_code}.
6433 That is, the hook can assume that there is some rtx @var{y} such
6434 that @samp{GET_CODE (@var{y}) == @var{outer_code}} and such that
6435 either (a) @samp{XEXP (@var{y}, @var{opno}) == @var{x}} or
6436 (b) @samp{XVEC (@var{y}, @var{opno})} contains @var{x}.
6438 @var{code} is @var{x}'s expression code---redundant, since it can be
6439 obtained with @code{GET_CODE (@var{x})}.
6441 In implementing this hook, you can use the construct
6442 @code{COSTS_N_INSNS (@var{n})} to specify a cost equal to @var{n} fast
6445 On entry to the hook, @code{*@var{total}} contains a default estimate
6446 for the cost of the expression. The hook should modify this value as
6447 necessary. Traditionally, the default costs are @code{COSTS_N_INSNS (5)}
6448 for multiplications, @code{COSTS_N_INSNS (7)} for division and modulus
6449 operations, and @code{COSTS_N_INSNS (1)} for all other operations.
6451 When optimizing for code size, i.e.@: when @code{speed} is
6452 false, this target hook should be used to estimate the relative
6453 size cost of an expression, again relative to @code{COSTS_N_INSNS}.
6455 The hook returns true when all subexpressions of @var{x} have been
6456 processed, and false when @code{rtx_cost} should recurse.
6459 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_ADDRESS_COST (rtx @var{address}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, addr_space_t @var{as}, bool @var{speed})
6460 This hook computes the cost of an addressing mode that contains
6461 @var{address}. If not defined, the cost is computed from
6462 the @var{address} expression and the @code{TARGET_RTX_COST} hook.
6464 For most CISC machines, the default cost is a good approximation of the
6465 true cost of the addressing mode. However, on RISC machines, all
6466 instructions normally have the same length and execution time. Hence
6467 all addresses will have equal costs.
6469 In cases where more than one form of an address is known, the form with
6470 the lowest cost will be used. If multiple forms have the same, lowest,
6471 cost, the one that is the most complex will be used.
6473 For example, suppose an address that is equal to the sum of a register
6474 and a constant is used twice in the same basic block. When this macro
6475 is not defined, the address will be computed in a register and memory
6476 references will be indirect through that register. On machines where
6477 the cost of the addressing mode containing the sum is no higher than
6478 that of a simple indirect reference, this will produce an additional
6479 instruction and possibly require an additional register. Proper
6480 specification of this macro eliminates this overhead for such machines.
6482 This hook is never called with an invalid address.
6484 On machines where an address involving more than one register is as
6485 cheap as an address computation involving only one register, defining
6486 @code{TARGET_ADDRESS_COST} to reflect this can cause two registers to
6487 be live over a region of code where only one would have been if
6488 @code{TARGET_ADDRESS_COST} were not defined in that manner. This effect
6489 should be considered in the definition of this macro. Equivalent costs
6490 should probably only be given to addresses with different numbers of
6491 registers on machines with lots of registers.
6495 @section Adjusting the Instruction Scheduler
6497 The instruction scheduler may need a fair amount of machine-specific
6498 adjustment in order to produce good code. GCC provides several target
6499 hooks for this purpose. It is usually enough to define just a few of
6500 them: try the first ones in this list first.
6502 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_ISSUE_RATE (void)
6503 This hook returns the maximum number of instructions that can ever
6504 issue at the same time on the target machine. The default is one.
6505 Although the insn scheduler can define itself the possibility of issue
6506 an insn on the same cycle, the value can serve as an additional
6507 constraint to issue insns on the same simulated processor cycle (see
6508 hooks @samp{TARGET_SCHED_REORDER} and @samp{TARGET_SCHED_REORDER2}).
6509 This value must be constant over the entire compilation. If you need
6510 it to vary depending on what the instructions are, you must use
6511 @samp{TARGET_SCHED_VARIABLE_ISSUE}.
6514 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_VARIABLE_ISSUE (FILE *@var{file}, int @var{verbose}, rtx @var{insn}, int @var{more})
6515 This hook is executed by the scheduler after it has scheduled an insn
6516 from the ready list. It should return the number of insns which can
6517 still be issued in the current cycle. The default is
6518 @samp{@w{@var{more} - 1}} for insns other than @code{CLOBBER} and
6519 @code{USE}, which normally are not counted against the issue rate.
6520 You should define this hook if some insns take more machine resources
6521 than others, so that fewer insns can follow them in the same cycle.
6522 @var{file} is either a null pointer, or a stdio stream to write any
6523 debug output to. @var{verbose} is the verbose level provided by
6524 @option{-fsched-verbose-@var{n}}. @var{insn} is the instruction that
6528 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_ADJUST_COST (rtx @var{insn}, rtx @var{link}, rtx @var{dep_insn}, int @var{cost})
6529 This function corrects the value of @var{cost} based on the
6530 relationship between @var{insn} and @var{dep_insn} through the
6531 dependence @var{link}. It should return the new value. The default
6532 is to make no adjustment to @var{cost}. This can be used for example
6533 to specify to the scheduler using the traditional pipeline description
6534 that an output- or anti-dependence does not incur the same cost as a
6535 data-dependence. If the scheduler using the automaton based pipeline
6536 description, the cost of anti-dependence is zero and the cost of
6537 output-dependence is maximum of one and the difference of latency
6538 times of the first and the second insns. If these values are not
6539 acceptable, you could use the hook to modify them too. See also
6540 @pxref{Processor pipeline description}.
6543 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_ADJUST_PRIORITY (rtx @var{insn}, int @var{priority})
6544 This hook adjusts the integer scheduling priority @var{priority} of
6545 @var{insn}. It should return the new priority. Increase the priority to
6546 execute @var{insn} earlier, reduce the priority to execute @var{insn}
6547 later. Do not define this hook if you do not need to adjust the
6548 scheduling priorities of insns.
6551 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_REORDER (FILE *@var{file}, int @var{verbose}, rtx *@var{ready}, int *@var{n_readyp}, int @var{clock})
6552 This hook is executed by the scheduler after it has scheduled the ready
6553 list, to allow the machine description to reorder it (for example to
6554 combine two small instructions together on @samp{VLIW} machines).
6555 @var{file} is either a null pointer, or a stdio stream to write any
6556 debug output to. @var{verbose} is the verbose level provided by
6557 @option{-fsched-verbose-@var{n}}. @var{ready} is a pointer to the ready
6558 list of instructions that are ready to be scheduled. @var{n_readyp} is
6559 a pointer to the number of elements in the ready list. The scheduler
6560 reads the ready list in reverse order, starting with
6561 @var{ready}[@var{*n_readyp} @minus{} 1] and going to @var{ready}[0]. @var{clock}
6562 is the timer tick of the scheduler. You may modify the ready list and
6563 the number of ready insns. The return value is the number of insns that
6564 can issue this cycle; normally this is just @code{issue_rate}. See also
6565 @samp{TARGET_SCHED_REORDER2}.
6568 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_REORDER2 (FILE *@var{file}, int @var{verbose}, rtx *@var{ready}, int *@var{n_readyp}, int @var{clock})
6569 Like @samp{TARGET_SCHED_REORDER}, but called at a different time. That
6570 function is called whenever the scheduler starts a new cycle. This one
6571 is called once per iteration over a cycle, immediately after
6572 @samp{TARGET_SCHED_VARIABLE_ISSUE}; it can reorder the ready list and
6573 return the number of insns to be scheduled in the same cycle. Defining
6574 this hook can be useful if there are frequent situations where
6575 scheduling one insn causes other insns to become ready in the same
6576 cycle. These other insns can then be taken into account properly.
6579 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SCHED_MACRO_FUSION_P (void)
6580 This hook is used to check whether target platform supports macro fusion.
6583 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SCHED_MACRO_FUSION_PAIR_P (rtx @var{condgen}, rtx @var{condjmp})
6584 This hook is used to check whether two insns could be macro fused for
6585 target microarchitecture. If this hook returns true for the given insn pair
6586 (@var{condgen} and @var{condjmp}), scheduler will put them into a sched
6587 group, and they will not be scheduled apart.
6590 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_DEPENDENCIES_EVALUATION_HOOK (rtx @var{head}, rtx @var{tail})
6591 This hook is called after evaluation forward dependencies of insns in
6592 chain given by two parameter values (@var{head} and @var{tail}
6593 correspondingly) but before insns scheduling of the insn chain. For
6594 example, it can be used for better insn classification if it requires
6595 analysis of dependencies. This hook can use backward and forward
6596 dependencies of the insn scheduler because they are already
6600 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_INIT (FILE *@var{file}, int @var{verbose}, int @var{max_ready})
6601 This hook is executed by the scheduler at the beginning of each block of
6602 instructions that are to be scheduled. @var{file} is either a null
6603 pointer, or a stdio stream to write any debug output to. @var{verbose}
6604 is the verbose level provided by @option{-fsched-verbose-@var{n}}.
6605 @var{max_ready} is the maximum number of insns in the current scheduling
6606 region that can be live at the same time. This can be used to allocate
6607 scratch space if it is needed, e.g.@: by @samp{TARGET_SCHED_REORDER}.
6610 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_FINISH (FILE *@var{file}, int @var{verbose})
6611 This hook is executed by the scheduler at the end of each block of
6612 instructions that are to be scheduled. It can be used to perform
6613 cleanup of any actions done by the other scheduling hooks. @var{file}
6614 is either a null pointer, or a stdio stream to write any debug output
6615 to. @var{verbose} is the verbose level provided by
6616 @option{-fsched-verbose-@var{n}}.
6619 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_INIT_GLOBAL (FILE *@var{file}, int @var{verbose}, int @var{old_max_uid})
6620 This hook is executed by the scheduler after function level initializations.
6621 @var{file} is either a null pointer, or a stdio stream to write any debug output to.
6622 @var{verbose} is the verbose level provided by @option{-fsched-verbose-@var{n}}.
6623 @var{old_max_uid} is the maximum insn uid when scheduling begins.
6626 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_FINISH_GLOBAL (FILE *@var{file}, int @var{verbose})
6627 This is the cleanup hook corresponding to @code{TARGET_SCHED_INIT_GLOBAL}.
6628 @var{file} is either a null pointer, or a stdio stream to write any debug output to.
6629 @var{verbose} is the verbose level provided by @option{-fsched-verbose-@var{n}}.
6632 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_SCHED_DFA_PRE_CYCLE_INSN (void)
6633 The hook returns an RTL insn. The automaton state used in the
6634 pipeline hazard recognizer is changed as if the insn were scheduled
6635 when the new simulated processor cycle starts. Usage of the hook may
6636 simplify the automaton pipeline description for some @acronym{VLIW}
6637 processors. If the hook is defined, it is used only for the automaton
6638 based pipeline description. The default is not to change the state
6639 when the new simulated processor cycle starts.
6642 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_INIT_DFA_PRE_CYCLE_INSN (void)
6643 The hook can be used to initialize data used by the previous hook.
6646 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_SCHED_DFA_POST_CYCLE_INSN (void)
6647 The hook is analogous to @samp{TARGET_SCHED_DFA_PRE_CYCLE_INSN} but used
6648 to changed the state as if the insn were scheduled when the new
6649 simulated processor cycle finishes.
6652 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_INIT_DFA_POST_CYCLE_INSN (void)
6653 The hook is analogous to @samp{TARGET_SCHED_INIT_DFA_PRE_CYCLE_INSN} but
6654 used to initialize data used by the previous hook.
6657 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_DFA_PRE_ADVANCE_CYCLE (void)
6658 The hook to notify target that the current simulated cycle is about to finish.
6659 The hook is analogous to @samp{TARGET_SCHED_DFA_PRE_CYCLE_INSN} but used
6660 to change the state in more complicated situations - e.g., when advancing
6661 state on a single insn is not enough.
6664 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_DFA_POST_ADVANCE_CYCLE (void)
6665 The hook to notify target that new simulated cycle has just started.
6666 The hook is analogous to @samp{TARGET_SCHED_DFA_POST_CYCLE_INSN} but used
6667 to change the state in more complicated situations - e.g., when advancing
6668 state on a single insn is not enough.
6671 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_DFA_LOOKAHEAD (void)
6672 This hook controls better choosing an insn from the ready insn queue
6673 for the @acronym{DFA}-based insn scheduler. Usually the scheduler
6674 chooses the first insn from the queue. If the hook returns a positive
6675 value, an additional scheduler code tries all permutations of
6676 @samp{TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_DFA_LOOKAHEAD ()}
6677 subsequent ready insns to choose an insn whose issue will result in
6678 maximal number of issued insns on the same cycle. For the
6679 @acronym{VLIW} processor, the code could actually solve the problem of
6680 packing simple insns into the @acronym{VLIW} insn. Of course, if the
6681 rules of @acronym{VLIW} packing are described in the automaton.
6683 This code also could be used for superscalar @acronym{RISC}
6684 processors. Let us consider a superscalar @acronym{RISC} processor
6685 with 3 pipelines. Some insns can be executed in pipelines @var{A} or
6686 @var{B}, some insns can be executed only in pipelines @var{B} or
6687 @var{C}, and one insn can be executed in pipeline @var{B}. The
6688 processor may issue the 1st insn into @var{A} and the 2nd one into
6689 @var{B}. In this case, the 3rd insn will wait for freeing @var{B}
6690 until the next cycle. If the scheduler issues the 3rd insn the first,
6691 the processor could issue all 3 insns per cycle.
6693 Actually this code demonstrates advantages of the automaton based
6694 pipeline hazard recognizer. We try quickly and easy many insn
6695 schedules to choose the best one.
6697 The default is no multipass scheduling.
6700 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_DFA_LOOKAHEAD_GUARD (rtx @var{insn})
6702 This hook controls what insns from the ready insn queue will be
6703 considered for the multipass insn scheduling. If the hook returns
6704 zero for @var{insn}, the insn will be not chosen to
6707 The default is that any ready insns can be chosen to be issued.
6710 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_BEGIN (void *@var{data}, char *@var{ready_try}, int @var{n_ready}, bool @var{first_cycle_insn_p})
6711 This hook prepares the target backend for a new round of multipass
6715 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_ISSUE (void *@var{data}, char *@var{ready_try}, int @var{n_ready}, rtx @var{insn}, const void *@var{prev_data})
6716 This hook is called when multipass scheduling evaluates instruction INSN.
6719 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_BACKTRACK (const void *@var{data}, char *@var{ready_try}, int @var{n_ready})
6720 This is called when multipass scheduling backtracks from evaluation of
6724 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_END (const void *@var{data})
6725 This hook notifies the target about the result of the concluded current
6726 round of multipass scheduling.
6729 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_INIT (void *@var{data})
6730 This hook initializes target-specific data used in multipass scheduling.
6733 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_FINI (void *@var{data})
6734 This hook finalizes target-specific data used in multipass scheduling.
6737 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_DFA_NEW_CYCLE (FILE *@var{dump}, int @var{verbose}, rtx @var{insn}, int @var{last_clock}, int @var{clock}, int *@var{sort_p})
6738 This hook is called by the insn scheduler before issuing @var{insn}
6739 on cycle @var{clock}. If the hook returns nonzero,
6740 @var{insn} is not issued on this processor cycle. Instead,
6741 the processor cycle is advanced. If *@var{sort_p}
6742 is zero, the insn ready queue is not sorted on the new cycle
6743 start as usually. @var{dump} and @var{verbose} specify the file and
6744 verbosity level to use for debugging output.
6745 @var{last_clock} and @var{clock} are, respectively, the
6746 processor cycle on which the previous insn has been issued,
6747 and the current processor cycle.
6750 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SCHED_IS_COSTLY_DEPENDENCE (struct _dep *@var{_dep}, int @var{cost}, int @var{distance})
6751 This hook is used to define which dependences are considered costly by
6752 the target, so costly that it is not advisable to schedule the insns that
6753 are involved in the dependence too close to one another. The parameters
6754 to this hook are as follows: The first parameter @var{_dep} is the dependence
6755 being evaluated. The second parameter @var{cost} is the cost of the
6756 dependence as estimated by the scheduler, and the third
6757 parameter @var{distance} is the distance in cycles between the two insns.
6758 The hook returns @code{true} if considering the distance between the two
6759 insns the dependence between them is considered costly by the target,
6760 and @code{false} otherwise.
6762 Defining this hook can be useful in multiple-issue out-of-order machines,
6763 where (a) it's practically hopeless to predict the actual data/resource
6764 delays, however: (b) there's a better chance to predict the actual grouping
6765 that will be formed, and (c) correctly emulating the grouping can be very
6766 important. In such targets one may want to allow issuing dependent insns
6767 closer to one another---i.e., closer than the dependence distance; however,
6768 not in cases of ``costly dependences'', which this hooks allows to define.
6771 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_H_I_D_EXTENDED (void)
6772 This hook is called by the insn scheduler after emitting a new instruction to
6773 the instruction stream. The hook notifies a target backend to extend its
6774 per instruction data structures.
6777 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {void *} TARGET_SCHED_ALLOC_SCHED_CONTEXT (void)
6778 Return a pointer to a store large enough to hold target scheduling context.
6781 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_INIT_SCHED_CONTEXT (void *@var{tc}, bool @var{clean_p})
6782 Initialize store pointed to by @var{tc} to hold target scheduling context.
6783 It @var{clean_p} is true then initialize @var{tc} as if scheduler is at the
6784 beginning of the block. Otherwise, copy the current context into @var{tc}.
6787 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_SET_SCHED_CONTEXT (void *@var{tc})
6788 Copy target scheduling context pointed to by @var{tc} to the current context.
6791 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_CLEAR_SCHED_CONTEXT (void *@var{tc})
6792 Deallocate internal data in target scheduling context pointed to by @var{tc}.
6795 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_FREE_SCHED_CONTEXT (void *@var{tc})
6796 Deallocate a store for target scheduling context pointed to by @var{tc}.
6799 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_SPECULATE_INSN (rtx @var{insn}, unsigned int @var{dep_status}, rtx *@var{new_pat})
6800 This hook is called by the insn scheduler when @var{insn} has only
6801 speculative dependencies and therefore can be scheduled speculatively.
6802 The hook is used to check if the pattern of @var{insn} has a speculative
6803 version and, in case of successful check, to generate that speculative
6804 pattern. The hook should return 1, if the instruction has a speculative form,
6805 or @minus{}1, if it doesn't. @var{request} describes the type of requested
6806 speculation. If the return value equals 1 then @var{new_pat} is assigned
6807 the generated speculative pattern.
6810 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SCHED_NEEDS_BLOCK_P (unsigned int @var{dep_status})
6811 This hook is called by the insn scheduler during generation of recovery code
6812 for @var{insn}. It should return @code{true}, if the corresponding check
6813 instruction should branch to recovery code, or @code{false} otherwise.
6816 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_SCHED_GEN_SPEC_CHECK (rtx @var{insn}, rtx @var{label}, unsigned int @var{ds})
6817 This hook is called by the insn scheduler to generate a pattern for recovery
6818 check instruction. If @var{mutate_p} is zero, then @var{insn} is a
6819 speculative instruction for which the check should be generated.
6820 @var{label} is either a label of a basic block, where recovery code should
6821 be emitted, or a null pointer, when requested check doesn't branch to
6822 recovery code (a simple check). If @var{mutate_p} is nonzero, then
6823 a pattern for a branchy check corresponding to a simple check denoted by
6824 @var{insn} should be generated. In this case @var{label} can't be null.
6827 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_DFA_LOOKAHEAD_GUARD_SPEC (const_rtx @var{insn})
6828 This hook is used as a workaround for
6829 @samp{TARGET_SCHED_FIRST_CYCLE_MULTIPASS_DFA_LOOKAHEAD_GUARD} not being
6830 called on the first instruction of the ready list. The hook is used to
6831 discard speculative instructions that stand first in the ready list from
6832 being scheduled on the current cycle. If the hook returns @code{false},
6833 @var{insn} will not be chosen to be issued.
6834 For non-speculative instructions,
6835 the hook should always return @code{true}. For example, in the ia64 backend
6836 the hook is used to cancel data speculative insns when the ALAT table
6840 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_SET_SCHED_FLAGS (struct spec_info_def *@var{spec_info})
6841 This hook is used by the insn scheduler to find out what features should be
6843 The structure *@var{spec_info} should be filled in by the target.
6844 The structure describes speculation types that can be used in the scheduler.
6847 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_SMS_RES_MII (struct ddg *@var{g})
6848 This hook is called by the swing modulo scheduler to calculate a
6849 resource-based lower bound which is based on the resources available in
6850 the machine and the resources required by each instruction. The target
6851 backend can use @var{g} to calculate such bound. A very simple lower
6852 bound will be used in case this hook is not implemented: the total number
6853 of instructions divided by the issue rate.
6856 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SCHED_DISPATCH (rtx @var{insn}, int @var{x})
6857 This hook is called by Haifa Scheduler. It returns true if dispatch scheduling
6858 is supported in hardware and the condition specified in the parameter is true.
6861 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SCHED_DISPATCH_DO (rtx @var{insn}, int @var{x})
6862 This hook is called by Haifa Scheduler. It performs the operation specified
6863 in its second parameter.
6866 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_SCHED_EXPOSED_PIPELINE
6867 True if the processor has an exposed pipeline, which means that not just
6868 the order of instructions is important for correctness when scheduling, but
6869 also the latencies of operations.
6872 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_SCHED_REASSOCIATION_WIDTH (unsigned int @var{opc}, enum machine_mode @var{mode})
6873 This hook is called by tree reassociator to determine a level of
6874 parallelism required in output calculations chain.
6878 @section Dividing the Output into Sections (Texts, Data, @dots{})
6879 @c the above section title is WAY too long. maybe cut the part between
6880 @c the (...)? --mew 10feb93
6882 An object file is divided into sections containing different types of
6883 data. In the most common case, there are three sections: the @dfn{text
6884 section}, which holds instructions and read-only data; the @dfn{data
6885 section}, which holds initialized writable data; and the @dfn{bss
6886 section}, which holds uninitialized data. Some systems have other kinds
6889 @file{varasm.c} provides several well-known sections, such as
6890 @code{text_section}, @code{data_section} and @code{bss_section}.
6891 The normal way of controlling a @code{@var{foo}_section} variable
6892 is to define the associated @code{@var{FOO}_SECTION_ASM_OP} macro,
6893 as described below. The macros are only read once, when @file{varasm.c}
6894 initializes itself, so their values must be run-time constants.
6895 They may however depend on command-line flags.
6897 @emph{Note:} Some run-time files, such @file{crtstuff.c}, also make
6898 use of the @code{@var{FOO}_SECTION_ASM_OP} macros, and expect them
6899 to be string literals.
6901 Some assemblers require a different string to be written every time a
6902 section is selected. If your assembler falls into this category, you
6903 should define the @code{TARGET_ASM_INIT_SECTIONS} hook and use
6904 @code{get_unnamed_section} to set up the sections.
6906 You must always create a @code{text_section}, either by defining
6907 @code{TEXT_SECTION_ASM_OP} or by initializing @code{text_section}
6908 in @code{TARGET_ASM_INIT_SECTIONS}. The same is true of
6909 @code{data_section} and @code{DATA_SECTION_ASM_OP}. If you do not
6910 create a distinct @code{readonly_data_section}, the default is to
6911 reuse @code{text_section}.
6913 All the other @file{varasm.c} sections are optional, and are null
6914 if the target does not provide them.
6916 @defmac TEXT_SECTION_ASM_OP
6917 A C expression whose value is a string, including spacing, containing the
6918 assembler operation that should precede instructions and read-only data.
6919 Normally @code{"\t.text"} is right.
6922 @defmac HOT_TEXT_SECTION_NAME
6923 If defined, a C string constant for the name of the section containing most
6924 frequently executed functions of the program. If not defined, GCC will provide
6925 a default definition if the target supports named sections.
6928 @defmac UNLIKELY_EXECUTED_TEXT_SECTION_NAME
6929 If defined, a C string constant for the name of the section containing unlikely
6930 executed functions in the program.
6933 @defmac DATA_SECTION_ASM_OP
6934 A C expression whose value is a string, including spacing, containing the
6935 assembler operation to identify the following data as writable initialized
6936 data. Normally @code{"\t.data"} is right.
6939 @defmac SDATA_SECTION_ASM_OP
6940 If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
6941 containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
6942 initialized, writable small data.
6945 @defmac READONLY_DATA_SECTION_ASM_OP
6946 A C expression whose value is a string, including spacing, containing the
6947 assembler operation to identify the following data as read-only initialized
6951 @defmac BSS_SECTION_ASM_OP
6952 If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
6953 containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
6954 uninitialized global data. If not defined, and
6955 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_BSS} not defined,
6956 uninitialized global data will be output in the data section if
6957 @option{-fno-common} is passed, otherwise @code{ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON} will be
6961 @defmac SBSS_SECTION_ASM_OP
6962 If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
6963 containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
6964 uninitialized, writable small data.
6967 @defmac TLS_COMMON_ASM_OP
6968 If defined, a C expression whose value is a string containing the
6969 assembler operation to identify the following data as thread-local
6970 common data. The default is @code{".tls_common"}.
6973 @defmac TLS_SECTION_ASM_FLAG
6974 If defined, a C expression whose value is a character constant
6975 containing the flag used to mark a section as a TLS section. The
6976 default is @code{'T'}.
6979 @defmac INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP
6980 If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
6981 containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
6982 initialization code. If not defined, GCC will assume such a section does
6983 not exist. This section has no corresponding @code{init_section}
6984 variable; it is used entirely in runtime code.
6987 @defmac FINI_SECTION_ASM_OP
6988 If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
6989 containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
6990 finalization code. If not defined, GCC will assume such a section does
6991 not exist. This section has no corresponding @code{fini_section}
6992 variable; it is used entirely in runtime code.
6995 @defmac INIT_ARRAY_SECTION_ASM_OP
6996 If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
6997 containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
6998 part of the @code{.init_array} (or equivalent) section. If not
6999 defined, GCC will assume such a section does not exist. Do not define
7000 both this macro and @code{INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP}.
7003 @defmac FINI_ARRAY_SECTION_ASM_OP
7004 If defined, a C expression whose value is a string, including spacing,
7005 containing the assembler operation to identify the following data as
7006 part of the @code{.fini_array} (or equivalent) section. If not
7007 defined, GCC will assume such a section does not exist. Do not define
7008 both this macro and @code{FINI_SECTION_ASM_OP}.
7011 @defmac CRT_CALL_STATIC_FUNCTION (@var{section_op}, @var{function})
7012 If defined, an ASM statement that switches to a different section
7013 via @var{section_op}, calls @var{function}, and switches back to
7014 the text section. This is used in @file{crtstuff.c} if
7015 @code{INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP} or @code{FINI_SECTION_ASM_OP} to calls
7016 to initialization and finalization functions from the init and fini
7017 sections. By default, this macro uses a simple function call. Some
7018 ports need hand-crafted assembly code to avoid dependencies on
7019 registers initialized in the function prologue or to ensure that
7020 constant pools don't end up too far way in the text section.
7023 @defmac TARGET_LIBGCC_SDATA_SECTION
7024 If defined, a string which names the section into which small
7025 variables defined in crtstuff and libgcc should go. This is useful
7026 when the target has options for optimizing access to small data, and
7027 you want the crtstuff and libgcc routines to be conservative in what
7028 they expect of your application yet liberal in what your application
7029 expects. For example, for targets with a @code{.sdata} section (like
7030 MIPS), you could compile crtstuff with @code{-G 0} so that it doesn't
7031 require small data support from your application, but use this macro
7032 to put small data into @code{.sdata} so that your application can
7033 access these variables whether it uses small data or not.
7036 @defmac FORCE_CODE_SECTION_ALIGN
7037 If defined, an ASM statement that aligns a code section to some
7038 arbitrary boundary. This is used to force all fragments of the
7039 @code{.init} and @code{.fini} sections to have to same alignment
7040 and thus prevent the linker from having to add any padding.
7043 @defmac JUMP_TABLES_IN_TEXT_SECTION
7044 Define this macro to be an expression with a nonzero value if jump
7045 tables (for @code{tablejump} insns) should be output in the text
7046 section, along with the assembler instructions. Otherwise, the
7047 readonly data section is used.
7049 This macro is irrelevant if there is no separate readonly data section.
7052 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_INIT_SECTIONS (void)
7053 Define this hook if you need to do something special to set up the
7054 @file{varasm.c} sections, or if your target has some special sections
7055 of its own that you need to create.
7057 GCC calls this hook after processing the command line, but before writing
7058 any assembly code, and before calling any of the section-returning hooks
7062 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_ASM_RELOC_RW_MASK (void)
7063 Return a mask describing how relocations should be treated when
7064 selecting sections. Bit 1 should be set if global relocations
7065 should be placed in a read-write section; bit 0 should be set if
7066 local relocations should be placed in a read-write section.
7068 The default version of this function returns 3 when @option{-fpic}
7069 is in effect, and 0 otherwise. The hook is typically redefined
7070 when the target cannot support (some kinds of) dynamic relocations
7071 in read-only sections even in executables.
7074 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {section *} TARGET_ASM_SELECT_SECTION (tree @var{exp}, int @var{reloc}, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT @var{align})
7075 Return the section into which @var{exp} should be placed. You can
7076 assume that @var{exp} is either a @code{VAR_DECL} node or a constant of
7077 some sort. @var{reloc} indicates whether the initial value of @var{exp}
7078 requires link-time relocations. Bit 0 is set when variable contains
7079 local relocations only, while bit 1 is set for global relocations.
7080 @var{align} is the constant alignment in bits.
7082 The default version of this function takes care of putting read-only
7083 variables in @code{readonly_data_section}.
7085 See also @var{USE_SELECT_SECTION_FOR_FUNCTIONS}.
7088 @defmac USE_SELECT_SECTION_FOR_FUNCTIONS
7089 Define this macro if you wish TARGET_ASM_SELECT_SECTION to be called
7090 for @code{FUNCTION_DECL}s as well as for variables and constants.
7092 In the case of a @code{FUNCTION_DECL}, @var{reloc} will be zero if the
7093 function has been determined to be likely to be called, and nonzero if
7094 it is unlikely to be called.
7097 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_UNIQUE_SECTION (tree @var{decl}, int @var{reloc})
7098 Build up a unique section name, expressed as a @code{STRING_CST} node,
7099 and assign it to @samp{DECL_SECTION_NAME (@var{decl})}.
7100 As with @code{TARGET_ASM_SELECT_SECTION}, @var{reloc} indicates whether
7101 the initial value of @var{exp} requires link-time relocations.
7103 The default version of this function appends the symbol name to the
7104 ELF section name that would normally be used for the symbol. For
7105 example, the function @code{foo} would be placed in @code{.text.foo}.
7106 Whatever the actual target object format, this is often good enough.
7109 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {section *} TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_RODATA_SECTION (tree @var{decl})
7110 Return the readonly data section associated with
7111 @samp{DECL_SECTION_NAME (@var{decl})}.
7112 The default version of this function selects @code{.gnu.linkonce.r.name} if
7113 the function's section is @code{.gnu.linkonce.t.name}, @code{.rodata.name}
7114 if function is in @code{.text.name}, and the normal readonly-data section
7118 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_MERGEABLE_RODATA_PREFIX
7119 Usually, the compiler uses the prefix @code{".rodata"} to construct
7120 section names for mergeable constant data. Define this macro to override
7121 the string if a different section name should be used.
7124 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {section *} TARGET_ASM_TM_CLONE_TABLE_SECTION (void)
7125 Return the section that should be used for transactional memory clone tables.
7128 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {section *} TARGET_ASM_SELECT_RTX_SECTION (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, rtx @var{x}, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT @var{align})
7129 Return the section into which a constant @var{x}, of mode @var{mode},
7130 should be placed. You can assume that @var{x} is some kind of
7131 constant in RTL@. The argument @var{mode} is redundant except in the
7132 case of a @code{const_int} rtx. @var{align} is the constant alignment
7135 The default version of this function takes care of putting symbolic
7136 constants in @code{flag_pic} mode in @code{data_section} and everything
7137 else in @code{readonly_data_section}.
7140 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_MANGLE_DECL_ASSEMBLER_NAME (tree @var{decl}, tree @var{id})
7141 Define this hook if you need to postprocess the assembler name generated
7142 by target-independent code. The @var{id} provided to this hook will be
7143 the computed name (e.g., the macro @code{DECL_NAME} of the @var{decl} in C,
7144 or the mangled name of the @var{decl} in C++). The return value of the
7145 hook is an @code{IDENTIFIER_NODE} for the appropriate mangled name on
7146 your target system. The default implementation of this hook just
7147 returns the @var{id} provided.
7150 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO (tree @var{decl}, rtx @var{rtl}, int @var{new_decl_p})
7151 Define this hook if references to a symbol or a constant must be
7152 treated differently depending on something about the variable or
7153 function named by the symbol (such as what section it is in).
7155 The hook is executed immediately after rtl has been created for
7156 @var{decl}, which may be a variable or function declaration or
7157 an entry in the constant pool. In either case, @var{rtl} is the
7158 rtl in question. Do @emph{not} use @code{DECL_RTL (@var{decl})}
7159 in this hook; that field may not have been initialized yet.
7161 In the case of a constant, it is safe to assume that the rtl is
7162 a @code{mem} whose address is a @code{symbol_ref}. Most decls
7163 will also have this form, but that is not guaranteed. Global
7164 register variables, for instance, will have a @code{reg} for their
7165 rtl. (Normally the right thing to do with such unusual rtl is
7168 The @var{new_decl_p} argument will be true if this is the first time
7169 that @code{TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO} has been invoked on this decl. It will
7170 be false for subsequent invocations, which will happen for duplicate
7171 declarations. Whether or not anything must be done for the duplicate
7172 declaration depends on whether the hook examines @code{DECL_ATTRIBUTES}.
7173 @var{new_decl_p} is always true when the hook is called for a constant.
7175 @cindex @code{SYMBOL_REF_FLAG}, in @code{TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO}
7176 The usual thing for this hook to do is to record flags in the
7177 @code{symbol_ref}, using @code{SYMBOL_REF_FLAG} or @code{SYMBOL_REF_FLAGS}.
7178 Historically, the name string was modified if it was necessary to
7179 encode more than one bit of information, but this practice is now
7180 discouraged; use @code{SYMBOL_REF_FLAGS}.
7182 The default definition of this hook, @code{default_encode_section_info}
7183 in @file{varasm.c}, sets a number of commonly-useful bits in
7184 @code{SYMBOL_REF_FLAGS}. Check whether the default does what you need
7185 before overriding it.
7188 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_STRIP_NAME_ENCODING (const char *@var{name})
7189 Decode @var{name} and return the real name part, sans
7190 the characters that @code{TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO}
7194 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_IN_SMALL_DATA_P (const_tree @var{exp})
7195 Returns true if @var{exp} should be placed into a ``small data'' section.
7196 The default version of this hook always returns false.
7199 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_HAVE_SRODATA_SECTION
7200 Contains the value true if the target places read-only
7201 ``small data'' into a separate section. The default value is false.
7204 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_PROFILE_BEFORE_PROLOGUE (void)
7205 It returns true if target wants profile code emitted before prologue.
7207 The default version of this hook use the target macro
7208 @code{PROFILE_BEFORE_PROLOGUE}.
7211 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_BINDS_LOCAL_P (const_tree @var{exp})
7212 Returns true if @var{exp} names an object for which name resolution
7213 rules must resolve to the current ``module'' (dynamic shared library
7214 or executable image).
7216 The default version of this hook implements the name resolution rules
7217 for ELF, which has a looser model of global name binding than other
7218 currently supported object file formats.
7221 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_HAVE_TLS
7222 Contains the value true if the target supports thread-local storage.
7223 The default value is false.
7228 @section Position Independent Code
7229 @cindex position independent code
7232 This section describes macros that help implement generation of position
7233 independent code. Simply defining these macros is not enough to
7234 generate valid PIC; you must also add support to the hook
7235 @code{TARGET_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS_P} and to the macro
7236 @code{PRINT_OPERAND_ADDRESS}, as well as @code{LEGITIMIZE_ADDRESS}. You
7237 must modify the definition of @samp{movsi} to do something appropriate
7238 when the source operand contains a symbolic address. You may also
7239 need to alter the handling of switch statements so that they use
7241 @c i rearranged the order of the macros above to try to force one of
7242 @c them to the next line, to eliminate an overfull hbox. --mew 10feb93
7244 @defmac PIC_OFFSET_TABLE_REGNUM
7245 The register number of the register used to address a table of static
7246 data addresses in memory. In some cases this register is defined by a
7247 processor's ``application binary interface'' (ABI)@. When this macro
7248 is defined, RTL is generated for this register once, as with the stack
7249 pointer and frame pointer registers. If this macro is not defined, it
7250 is up to the machine-dependent files to allocate such a register (if
7251 necessary). Note that this register must be fixed when in use (e.g.@:
7252 when @code{flag_pic} is true).
7255 @defmac PIC_OFFSET_TABLE_REG_CALL_CLOBBERED
7256 A C expression that is nonzero if the register defined by
7257 @code{PIC_OFFSET_TABLE_REGNUM} is clobbered by calls. If not defined,
7258 the default is zero. Do not define
7259 this macro if @code{PIC_OFFSET_TABLE_REGNUM} is not defined.
7262 @defmac LEGITIMATE_PIC_OPERAND_P (@var{x})
7263 A C expression that is nonzero if @var{x} is a legitimate immediate
7264 operand on the target machine when generating position independent code.
7265 You can assume that @var{x} satisfies @code{CONSTANT_P}, so you need not
7266 check this. You can also assume @var{flag_pic} is true, so you need not
7267 check it either. You need not define this macro if all constants
7268 (including @code{SYMBOL_REF}) can be immediate operands when generating
7269 position independent code.
7272 @node Assembler Format
7273 @section Defining the Output Assembler Language
7275 This section describes macros whose principal purpose is to describe how
7276 to write instructions in assembler language---rather than what the
7280 * File Framework:: Structural information for the assembler file.
7281 * Data Output:: Output of constants (numbers, strings, addresses).
7282 * Uninitialized Data:: Output of uninitialized variables.
7283 * Label Output:: Output and generation of labels.
7284 * Initialization:: General principles of initialization
7285 and termination routines.
7286 * Macros for Initialization::
7287 Specific macros that control the handling of
7288 initialization and termination routines.
7289 * Instruction Output:: Output of actual instructions.
7290 * Dispatch Tables:: Output of jump tables.
7291 * Exception Region Output:: Output of exception region code.
7292 * Alignment Output:: Pseudo ops for alignment and skipping data.
7295 @node File Framework
7296 @subsection The Overall Framework of an Assembler File
7297 @cindex assembler format
7298 @cindex output of assembler code
7300 @c prevent bad page break with this line
7301 This describes the overall framework of an assembly file.
7303 @findex default_file_start
7304 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_FILE_START (void)
7305 Output to @code{asm_out_file} any text which the assembler expects to
7306 find at the beginning of a file. The default behavior is controlled
7307 by two flags, documented below. Unless your target's assembler is
7308 quite unusual, if you override the default, you should call
7309 @code{default_file_start} at some point in your target hook. This
7310 lets other target files rely on these variables.
7313 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ASM_FILE_START_APP_OFF
7314 If this flag is true, the text of the macro @code{ASM_APP_OFF} will be
7315 printed as the very first line in the assembly file, unless
7316 @option{-fverbose-asm} is in effect. (If that macro has been defined
7317 to the empty string, this variable has no effect.) With the normal
7318 definition of @code{ASM_APP_OFF}, the effect is to notify the GNU
7319 assembler that it need not bother stripping comments or extra
7320 whitespace from its input. This allows it to work a bit faster.
7322 The default is false. You should not set it to true unless you have
7323 verified that your port does not generate any extra whitespace or
7324 comments that will cause GAS to issue errors in NO_APP mode.
7327 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ASM_FILE_START_FILE_DIRECTIVE
7328 If this flag is true, @code{output_file_directive} will be called
7329 for the primary source file, immediately after printing
7330 @code{ASM_APP_OFF} (if that is enabled). Most ELF assemblers expect
7331 this to be done. The default is false.
7334 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_FILE_END (void)
7335 Output to @code{asm_out_file} any text which the assembler expects
7336 to find at the end of a file. The default is to output nothing.
7339 @deftypefun void file_end_indicate_exec_stack ()
7340 Some systems use a common convention, the @samp{.note.GNU-stack}
7341 special section, to indicate whether or not an object file relies on
7342 the stack being executable. If your system uses this convention, you
7343 should define @code{TARGET_ASM_FILE_END} to this function. If you
7344 need to do other things in that hook, have your hook function call
7348 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_LTO_START (void)
7349 Output to @code{asm_out_file} any text which the assembler expects
7350 to find at the start of an LTO section. The default is to output
7354 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_LTO_END (void)
7355 Output to @code{asm_out_file} any text which the assembler expects
7356 to find at the end of an LTO section. The default is to output
7360 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_CODE_END (void)
7361 Output to @code{asm_out_file} any text which is needed before emitting
7362 unwind info and debug info at the end of a file. Some targets emit
7363 here PIC setup thunks that cannot be emitted at the end of file,
7364 because they couldn't have unwind info then. The default is to output
7368 @defmac ASM_COMMENT_START
7369 A C string constant describing how to begin a comment in the target
7370 assembler language. The compiler assumes that the comment will end at
7371 the end of the line.
7375 A C string constant for text to be output before each @code{asm}
7376 statement or group of consecutive ones. Normally this is
7377 @code{"#APP"}, which is a comment that has no effect on most
7378 assemblers but tells the GNU assembler that it must check the lines
7379 that follow for all valid assembler constructs.
7383 A C string constant for text to be output after each @code{asm}
7384 statement or group of consecutive ones. Normally this is
7385 @code{"#NO_APP"}, which tells the GNU assembler to resume making the
7386 time-saving assumptions that are valid for ordinary compiler output.
7389 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_SOURCE_FILENAME (@var{stream}, @var{name})
7390 A C statement to output COFF information or DWARF debugging information
7391 which indicates that filename @var{name} is the current source file to
7392 the stdio stream @var{stream}.
7394 This macro need not be defined if the standard form of output
7395 for the file format in use is appropriate.
7398 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_SOURCE_FILENAME (FILE *@var{file}, const char *@var{name})
7399 Output COFF information or DWARF debugging information which indicates that filename @var{name} is the current source file to the stdio stream @var{file}.
7401 This target hook need not be defined if the standard form of output for the file format in use is appropriate.
7404 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_IDENT (const char *@var{name})
7405 Output a string based on @var{name}, suitable for the @samp{#ident} directive, or the equivalent directive or pragma in non-C-family languages. If this hook is not defined, nothing is output for the @samp{#ident} directive.
7408 @defmac OUTPUT_QUOTED_STRING (@var{stream}, @var{string})
7409 A C statement to output the string @var{string} to the stdio stream
7410 @var{stream}. If you do not call the function @code{output_quoted_string}
7411 in your config files, GCC will only call it to output filenames to
7412 the assembler source. So you can use it to canonicalize the format
7413 of the filename using this macro.
7416 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION (const char *@var{name}, unsigned int @var{flags}, tree @var{decl})
7417 Output assembly directives to switch to section @var{name}. The section
7418 should have attributes as specified by @var{flags}, which is a bit mask
7419 of the @code{SECTION_*} flags defined in @file{output.h}. If @var{decl}
7420 is non-NULL, it is the @code{VAR_DECL} or @code{FUNCTION_DECL} with which
7421 this section is associated.
7424 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {section *} TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_SECTION (tree @var{decl}, enum node_frequency @var{freq}, bool @var{startup}, bool @var{exit})
7425 Return preferred text (sub)section for function @var{decl}.
7426 Main purpose of this function is to separate cold, normal and hot
7427 functions. @var{startup} is true when function is known to be used only
7428 at startup (from static constructors or it is @code{main()}).
7429 @var{exit} is true when function is known to be used only at exit
7430 (from static destructors).
7431 Return NULL if function should go to default text section.
7434 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_SWITCHED_TEXT_SECTIONS (FILE *@var{file}, tree @var{decl}, bool @var{new_is_cold})
7435 Used by the target to emit any assembler directives or additional labels needed when a function is partitioned between different sections. Output should be written to @var{file}. The function decl is available as @var{decl} and the new section is `cold' if @var{new_is_cold} is @code{true}.
7438 @deftypevr {Common Target Hook} bool TARGET_HAVE_NAMED_SECTIONS
7439 This flag is true if the target supports @code{TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION}.
7440 It must not be modified by command-line option processing.
7443 @anchor{TARGET_HAVE_SWITCHABLE_BSS_SECTIONS}
7444 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_HAVE_SWITCHABLE_BSS_SECTIONS
7445 This flag is true if we can create zeroed data by switching to a BSS
7446 section and then using @code{ASM_OUTPUT_SKIP} to allocate the space.
7447 This is true on most ELF targets.
7450 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned int} TARGET_SECTION_TYPE_FLAGS (tree @var{decl}, const char *@var{name}, int @var{reloc})
7451 Choose a set of section attributes for use by @code{TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION}
7452 based on a variable or function decl, a section name, and whether or not the
7453 declaration's initializer may contain runtime relocations. @var{decl} may be
7454 null, in which case read-write data should be assumed.
7456 The default version of this function handles choosing code vs data,
7457 read-only vs read-write data, and @code{flag_pic}. You should only
7458 need to override this if your target has special flags that might be
7459 set via @code{__attribute__}.
7462 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_ASM_RECORD_GCC_SWITCHES (print_switch_type @var{type}, const char *@var{text})
7463 Provides the target with the ability to record the gcc command line
7464 switches that have been passed to the compiler, and options that are
7465 enabled. The @var{type} argument specifies what is being recorded.
7466 It can take the following values:
7469 @item SWITCH_TYPE_PASSED
7470 @var{text} is a command line switch that has been set by the user.
7472 @item SWITCH_TYPE_ENABLED
7473 @var{text} is an option which has been enabled. This might be as a
7474 direct result of a command line switch, or because it is enabled by
7475 default or because it has been enabled as a side effect of a different
7476 command line switch. For example, the @option{-O2} switch enables
7477 various different individual optimization passes.
7479 @item SWITCH_TYPE_DESCRIPTIVE
7480 @var{text} is either NULL or some descriptive text which should be
7481 ignored. If @var{text} is NULL then it is being used to warn the
7482 target hook that either recording is starting or ending. The first
7483 time @var{type} is SWITCH_TYPE_DESCRIPTIVE and @var{text} is NULL, the
7484 warning is for start up and the second time the warning is for
7485 wind down. This feature is to allow the target hook to make any
7486 necessary preparations before it starts to record switches and to
7487 perform any necessary tidying up after it has finished recording
7490 @item SWITCH_TYPE_LINE_START
7491 This option can be ignored by this target hook.
7493 @item SWITCH_TYPE_LINE_END
7494 This option can be ignored by this target hook.
7497 The hook's return value must be zero. Other return values may be
7498 supported in the future.
7500 By default this hook is set to NULL, but an example implementation is
7501 provided for ELF based targets. Called @var{elf_record_gcc_switches},
7502 it records the switches as ASCII text inside a new, string mergeable
7503 section in the assembler output file. The name of the new section is
7504 provided by the @code{TARGET_ASM_RECORD_GCC_SWITCHES_SECTION} target
7508 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_RECORD_GCC_SWITCHES_SECTION
7509 This is the name of the section that will be created by the example
7510 ELF implementation of the @code{TARGET_ASM_RECORD_GCC_SWITCHES} target
7516 @subsection Output of Data
7519 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_BYTE_OP
7520 @deftypevrx {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_ALIGNED_HI_OP
7521 @deftypevrx {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_ALIGNED_SI_OP
7522 @deftypevrx {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_ALIGNED_DI_OP
7523 @deftypevrx {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_ALIGNED_TI_OP
7524 @deftypevrx {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_UNALIGNED_HI_OP
7525 @deftypevrx {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_UNALIGNED_SI_OP
7526 @deftypevrx {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_UNALIGNED_DI_OP
7527 @deftypevrx {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_UNALIGNED_TI_OP
7528 These hooks specify assembly directives for creating certain kinds
7529 of integer object. The @code{TARGET_ASM_BYTE_OP} directive creates a
7530 byte-sized object, the @code{TARGET_ASM_ALIGNED_HI_OP} one creates an
7531 aligned two-byte object, and so on. Any of the hooks may be
7532 @code{NULL}, indicating that no suitable directive is available.
7534 The compiler will print these strings at the start of a new line,
7535 followed immediately by the object's initial value. In most cases,
7536 the string should contain a tab, a pseudo-op, and then another tab.
7539 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ASM_INTEGER (rtx @var{x}, unsigned int @var{size}, int @var{aligned_p})
7540 The @code{assemble_integer} function uses this hook to output an
7541 integer object. @var{x} is the object's value, @var{size} is its size
7542 in bytes and @var{aligned_p} indicates whether it is aligned. The
7543 function should return @code{true} if it was able to output the
7544 object. If it returns false, @code{assemble_integer} will try to
7545 split the object into smaller parts.
7547 The default implementation of this hook will use the
7548 @code{TARGET_ASM_BYTE_OP} family of strings, returning @code{false}
7549 when the relevant string is @code{NULL}.
7552 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_ADDR_CONST_EXTRA (FILE *@var{file}, rtx @var{x})
7553 A target hook to recognize @var{rtx} patterns that @code{output_addr_const}
7554 can't deal with, and output assembly code to @var{file} corresponding to
7555 the pattern @var{x}. This may be used to allow machine-dependent
7556 @code{UNSPEC}s to appear within constants.
7558 If target hook fails to recognize a pattern, it must return @code{false},
7559 so that a standard error message is printed. If it prints an error message
7560 itself, by calling, for example, @code{output_operand_lossage}, it may just
7564 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII (@var{stream}, @var{ptr}, @var{len})
7565 A C statement to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} an assembler
7566 instruction to assemble a string constant containing the @var{len}
7567 bytes at @var{ptr}. @var{ptr} will be a C expression of type
7568 @code{char *} and @var{len} a C expression of type @code{int}.
7570 If the assembler has a @code{.ascii} pseudo-op as found in the
7571 Berkeley Unix assembler, do not define the macro
7572 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII}.
7575 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_FDESC (@var{stream}, @var{decl}, @var{n})
7576 A C statement to output word @var{n} of a function descriptor for
7577 @var{decl}. This must be defined if @code{TARGET_VTABLE_USES_DESCRIPTORS}
7578 is defined, and is otherwise unused.
7581 @defmac CONSTANT_POOL_BEFORE_FUNCTION
7582 You may define this macro as a C expression. You should define the
7583 expression to have a nonzero value if GCC should output the constant
7584 pool for a function before the code for the function, or a zero value if
7585 GCC should output the constant pool after the function. If you do
7586 not define this macro, the usual case, GCC will output the constant
7587 pool before the function.
7590 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_POOL_PROLOGUE (@var{file}, @var{funname}, @var{fundecl}, @var{size})
7591 A C statement to output assembler commands to define the start of the
7592 constant pool for a function. @var{funname} is a string giving
7593 the name of the function. Should the return type of the function
7594 be required, it can be obtained via @var{fundecl}. @var{size}
7595 is the size, in bytes, of the constant pool that will be written
7596 immediately after this call.
7598 If no constant-pool prefix is required, the usual case, this macro need
7602 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_SPECIAL_POOL_ENTRY (@var{file}, @var{x}, @var{mode}, @var{align}, @var{labelno}, @var{jumpto})
7603 A C statement (with or without semicolon) to output a constant in the
7604 constant pool, if it needs special treatment. (This macro need not do
7605 anything for RTL expressions that can be output normally.)
7607 The argument @var{file} is the standard I/O stream to output the
7608 assembler code on. @var{x} is the RTL expression for the constant to
7609 output, and @var{mode} is the machine mode (in case @var{x} is a
7610 @samp{const_int}). @var{align} is the required alignment for the value
7611 @var{x}; you should output an assembler directive to force this much
7614 The argument @var{labelno} is a number to use in an internal label for
7615 the address of this pool entry. The definition of this macro is
7616 responsible for outputting the label definition at the proper place.
7617 Here is how to do this:
7620 @code{(*targetm.asm_out.internal_label)} (@var{file}, "LC", @var{labelno});
7623 When you output a pool entry specially, you should end with a
7624 @code{goto} to the label @var{jumpto}. This will prevent the same pool
7625 entry from being output a second time in the usual manner.
7627 You need not define this macro if it would do nothing.
7630 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_POOL_EPILOGUE (@var{file} @var{funname} @var{fundecl} @var{size})
7631 A C statement to output assembler commands to at the end of the constant
7632 pool for a function. @var{funname} is a string giving the name of the
7633 function. Should the return type of the function be required, you can
7634 obtain it via @var{fundecl}. @var{size} is the size, in bytes, of the
7635 constant pool that GCC wrote immediately before this call.
7637 If no constant-pool epilogue is required, the usual case, you need not
7641 @defmac IS_ASM_LOGICAL_LINE_SEPARATOR (@var{C}, @var{STR})
7642 Define this macro as a C expression which is nonzero if @var{C} is
7643 used as a logical line separator by the assembler. @var{STR} points
7644 to the position in the string where @var{C} was found; this can be used if
7645 a line separator uses multiple characters.
7647 If you do not define this macro, the default is that only
7648 the character @samp{;} is treated as a logical line separator.
7651 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_OPEN_PAREN
7652 @deftypevrx {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_ASM_CLOSE_PAREN
7653 These target hooks are C string constants, describing the syntax in the
7654 assembler for grouping arithmetic expressions. If not overridden, they
7655 default to normal parentheses, which is correct for most assemblers.
7658 These macros are provided by @file{real.h} for writing the definitions
7659 of @code{ASM_OUTPUT_DOUBLE} and the like:
7661 @defmac REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_SINGLE (@var{x}, @var{l})
7662 @defmacx REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_DOUBLE (@var{x}, @var{l})
7663 @defmacx REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_LONG_DOUBLE (@var{x}, @var{l})
7664 @defmacx REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_DECIMAL32 (@var{x}, @var{l})
7665 @defmacx REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_DECIMAL64 (@var{x}, @var{l})
7666 @defmacx REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_DECIMAL128 (@var{x}, @var{l})
7667 These translate @var{x}, of type @code{REAL_VALUE_TYPE}, to the
7668 target's floating point representation, and store its bit pattern in
7669 the variable @var{l}. For @code{REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_SINGLE} and
7670 @code{REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_DECIMAL32}, this variable should be a
7671 simple @code{long int}. For the others, it should be an array of
7672 @code{long int}. The number of elements in this array is determined
7673 by the size of the desired target floating point data type: 32 bits of
7674 it go in each @code{long int} array element. Each array element holds
7675 32 bits of the result, even if @code{long int} is wider than 32 bits
7676 on the host machine.
7678 The array element values are designed so that you can print them out
7679 using @code{fprintf} in the order they should appear in the target
7683 @node Uninitialized Data
7684 @subsection Output of Uninitialized Variables
7686 Each of the macros in this section is used to do the whole job of
7687 outputting a single uninitialized variable.
7689 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{size}, @var{rounded})
7690 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7691 @var{stream} the assembler definition of a common-label named
7692 @var{name} whose size is @var{size} bytes. The variable @var{rounded}
7693 is the size rounded up to whatever alignment the caller wants. It is
7694 possible that @var{size} may be zero, for instance if a struct with no
7695 other member than a zero-length array is defined. In this case, the
7696 backend must output a symbol definition that allocates at least one
7697 byte, both so that the address of the resulting object does not compare
7698 equal to any other, and because some object formats cannot even express
7699 the concept of a zero-sized common symbol, as that is how they represent
7700 an ordinary undefined external.
7702 Use the expression @code{assemble_name (@var{stream}, @var{name})} to
7703 output the name itself; before and after that, output the additional
7704 assembler syntax for defining the name, and a newline.
7706 This macro controls how the assembler definitions of uninitialized
7707 common global variables are output.
7710 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_COMMON (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{size}, @var{alignment})
7711 Like @code{ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON} except takes the required alignment as a
7712 separate, explicit argument. If you define this macro, it is used in
7713 place of @code{ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON}, and gives you more flexibility in
7714 handling the required alignment of the variable. The alignment is specified
7715 as the number of bits.
7718 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_DECL_COMMON (@var{stream}, @var{decl}, @var{name}, @var{size}, @var{alignment})
7719 Like @code{ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_COMMON} except that @var{decl} of the
7720 variable to be output, if there is one, or @code{NULL_TREE} if there
7721 is no corresponding variable. If you define this macro, GCC will use it
7722 in place of both @code{ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON} and
7723 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_COMMON}. Define this macro when you need to see
7724 the variable's decl in order to chose what to output.
7727 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_BSS (@var{stream}, @var{decl}, @var{name}, @var{size}, @var{alignment})
7728 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7729 @var{stream} the assembler definition of uninitialized global @var{decl} named
7730 @var{name} whose size is @var{size} bytes. The variable @var{alignment}
7731 is the alignment specified as the number of bits.
7733 Try to use function @code{asm_output_aligned_bss} defined in file
7734 @file{varasm.c} when defining this macro. If unable, use the expression
7735 @code{assemble_name (@var{stream}, @var{name})} to output the name itself;
7736 before and after that, output the additional assembler syntax for defining
7737 the name, and a newline.
7739 There are two ways of handling global BSS@. One is to define this macro.
7740 The other is to have @code{TARGET_ASM_SELECT_SECTION} return a
7741 switchable BSS section (@pxref{TARGET_HAVE_SWITCHABLE_BSS_SECTIONS}).
7742 You do not need to do both.
7744 Some languages do not have @code{common} data, and require a
7745 non-common form of global BSS in order to handle uninitialized globals
7746 efficiently. C++ is one example of this. However, if the target does
7747 not support global BSS, the front end may choose to make globals
7748 common in order to save space in the object file.
7751 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_LOCAL (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{size}, @var{rounded})
7752 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7753 @var{stream} the assembler definition of a local-common-label named
7754 @var{name} whose size is @var{size} bytes. The variable @var{rounded}
7755 is the size rounded up to whatever alignment the caller wants.
7757 Use the expression @code{assemble_name (@var{stream}, @var{name})} to
7758 output the name itself; before and after that, output the additional
7759 assembler syntax for defining the name, and a newline.
7761 This macro controls how the assembler definitions of uninitialized
7762 static variables are output.
7765 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_LOCAL (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{size}, @var{alignment})
7766 Like @code{ASM_OUTPUT_LOCAL} except takes the required alignment as a
7767 separate, explicit argument. If you define this macro, it is used in
7768 place of @code{ASM_OUTPUT_LOCAL}, and gives you more flexibility in
7769 handling the required alignment of the variable. The alignment is specified
7770 as the number of bits.
7773 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_DECL_LOCAL (@var{stream}, @var{decl}, @var{name}, @var{size}, @var{alignment})
7774 Like @code{ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_DECL} except that @var{decl} of the
7775 variable to be output, if there is one, or @code{NULL_TREE} if there
7776 is no corresponding variable. If you define this macro, GCC will use it
7777 in place of both @code{ASM_OUTPUT_DECL} and
7778 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_DECL}. Define this macro when you need to see
7779 the variable's decl in order to chose what to output.
7783 @subsection Output and Generation of Labels
7785 @c prevent bad page break with this line
7786 This is about outputting labels.
7788 @findex assemble_name
7789 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL (@var{stream}, @var{name})
7790 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7791 @var{stream} the assembler definition of a label named @var{name}.
7792 Use the expression @code{assemble_name (@var{stream}, @var{name})} to
7793 output the name itself; before and after that, output the additional
7794 assembler syntax for defining the name, and a newline. A default
7795 definition of this macro is provided which is correct for most systems.
7798 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_FUNCTION_LABEL (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{decl})
7799 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7800 @var{stream} the assembler definition of a label named @var{name} of
7802 Use the expression @code{assemble_name (@var{stream}, @var{name})} to
7803 output the name itself; before and after that, output the additional
7804 assembler syntax for defining the name, and a newline. A default
7805 definition of this macro is provided which is correct for most systems.
7807 If this macro is not defined, then the function name is defined in the
7808 usual manner as a label (by means of @code{ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL}).
7811 @findex assemble_name_raw
7812 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_INTERNAL_LABEL (@var{stream}, @var{name})
7813 Identical to @code{ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL}, except that @var{name} is known
7814 to refer to a compiler-generated label. The default definition uses
7815 @code{assemble_name_raw}, which is like @code{assemble_name} except
7816 that it is more efficient.
7820 A C string containing the appropriate assembler directive to specify the
7821 size of a symbol, without any arguments. On systems that use ELF, the
7822 default (in @file{config/elfos.h}) is @samp{"\t.size\t"}; on other
7823 systems, the default is not to define this macro.
7825 Define this macro only if it is correct to use the default definitions
7826 of @code{ASM_OUTPUT_SIZE_DIRECTIVE} and @code{ASM_OUTPUT_MEASURED_SIZE}
7827 for your system. If you need your own custom definitions of those
7828 macros, or if you do not need explicit symbol sizes at all, do not
7832 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_SIZE_DIRECTIVE (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{size})
7833 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7834 @var{stream} a directive telling the assembler that the size of the
7835 symbol @var{name} is @var{size}. @var{size} is a @code{HOST_WIDE_INT}.
7836 If you define @code{SIZE_ASM_OP}, a default definition of this macro is
7840 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_MEASURED_SIZE (@var{stream}, @var{name})
7841 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7842 @var{stream} a directive telling the assembler to calculate the size of
7843 the symbol @var{name} by subtracting its address from the current
7846 If you define @code{SIZE_ASM_OP}, a default definition of this macro is
7847 provided. The default assumes that the assembler recognizes a special
7848 @samp{.} symbol as referring to the current address, and can calculate
7849 the difference between this and another symbol. If your assembler does
7850 not recognize @samp{.} or cannot do calculations with it, you will need
7851 to redefine @code{ASM_OUTPUT_MEASURED_SIZE} to use some other technique.
7854 @defmac NO_DOLLAR_IN_LABEL
7855 Define this macro if the assembler does not accept the character
7856 @samp{$} in label names. By default constructors and destructors in
7857 G++ have @samp{$} in the identifiers. If this macro is defined,
7858 @samp{.} is used instead.
7861 @defmac NO_DOT_IN_LABEL
7862 Define this macro if the assembler does not accept the character
7863 @samp{.} in label names. By default constructors and destructors in G++
7864 have names that use @samp{.}. If this macro is defined, these names
7865 are rewritten to avoid @samp{.}.
7869 A C string containing the appropriate assembler directive to specify the
7870 type of a symbol, without any arguments. On systems that use ELF, the
7871 default (in @file{config/elfos.h}) is @samp{"\t.type\t"}; on other
7872 systems, the default is not to define this macro.
7874 Define this macro only if it is correct to use the default definition of
7875 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_TYPE_DIRECTIVE} for your system. If you need your own
7876 custom definition of this macro, or if you do not need explicit symbol
7877 types at all, do not define this macro.
7880 @defmac TYPE_OPERAND_FMT
7881 A C string which specifies (using @code{printf} syntax) the format of
7882 the second operand to @code{TYPE_ASM_OP}. On systems that use ELF, the
7883 default (in @file{config/elfos.h}) is @samp{"@@%s"}; on other systems,
7884 the default is not to define this macro.
7886 Define this macro only if it is correct to use the default definition of
7887 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_TYPE_DIRECTIVE} for your system. If you need your own
7888 custom definition of this macro, or if you do not need explicit symbol
7889 types at all, do not define this macro.
7892 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_TYPE_DIRECTIVE (@var{stream}, @var{type})
7893 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7894 @var{stream} a directive telling the assembler that the type of the
7895 symbol @var{name} is @var{type}. @var{type} is a C string; currently,
7896 that string is always either @samp{"function"} or @samp{"object"}, but
7897 you should not count on this.
7899 If you define @code{TYPE_ASM_OP} and @code{TYPE_OPERAND_FMT}, a default
7900 definition of this macro is provided.
7903 @defmac ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_NAME (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{decl})
7904 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7905 @var{stream} any text necessary for declaring the name @var{name} of a
7906 function which is being defined. This macro is responsible for
7907 outputting the label definition (perhaps using
7908 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_FUNCTION_LABEL}). The argument @var{decl} is the
7909 @code{FUNCTION_DECL} tree node representing the function.
7911 If this macro is not defined, then the function name is defined in the
7912 usual manner as a label (by means of @code{ASM_OUTPUT_FUNCTION_LABEL}).
7914 You may wish to use @code{ASM_OUTPUT_TYPE_DIRECTIVE} in the definition
7918 @defmac ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_SIZE (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{decl})
7919 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7920 @var{stream} any text necessary for declaring the size of a function
7921 which is being defined. The argument @var{name} is the name of the
7922 function. The argument @var{decl} is the @code{FUNCTION_DECL} tree node
7923 representing the function.
7925 If this macro is not defined, then the function size is not defined.
7927 You may wish to use @code{ASM_OUTPUT_MEASURED_SIZE} in the definition
7931 @defmac ASM_DECLARE_OBJECT_NAME (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{decl})
7932 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7933 @var{stream} any text necessary for declaring the name @var{name} of an
7934 initialized variable which is being defined. This macro must output the
7935 label definition (perhaps using @code{ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL}). The argument
7936 @var{decl} is the @code{VAR_DECL} tree node representing the variable.
7938 If this macro is not defined, then the variable name is defined in the
7939 usual manner as a label (by means of @code{ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL}).
7941 You may wish to use @code{ASM_OUTPUT_TYPE_DIRECTIVE} and/or
7942 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_SIZE_DIRECTIVE} in the definition of this macro.
7945 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_DECLARE_CONSTANT_NAME (FILE *@var{file}, const char *@var{name}, const_tree @var{expr}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{size})
7946 A target hook to output to the stdio stream @var{file} any text necessary
7947 for declaring the name @var{name} of a constant which is being defined. This
7948 target hook is responsible for outputting the label definition (perhaps using
7949 @code{assemble_label}). The argument @var{exp} is the value of the constant,
7950 and @var{size} is the size of the constant in bytes. The @var{name}
7951 will be an internal label.
7953 The default version of this target hook, define the @var{name} in the
7954 usual manner as a label (by means of @code{assemble_label}).
7956 You may wish to use @code{ASM_OUTPUT_TYPE_DIRECTIVE} in this target hook.
7959 @defmac ASM_DECLARE_REGISTER_GLOBAL (@var{stream}, @var{decl}, @var{regno}, @var{name})
7960 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
7961 @var{stream} any text necessary for claiming a register @var{regno}
7962 for a global variable @var{decl} with name @var{name}.
7964 If you don't define this macro, that is equivalent to defining it to do
7968 @defmac ASM_FINISH_DECLARE_OBJECT (@var{stream}, @var{decl}, @var{toplevel}, @var{atend})
7969 A C statement (sans semicolon) to finish up declaring a variable name
7970 once the compiler has processed its initializer fully and thus has had a
7971 chance to determine the size of an array when controlled by an
7972 initializer. This is used on systems where it's necessary to declare
7973 something about the size of the object.
7975 If you don't define this macro, that is equivalent to defining it to do
7978 You may wish to use @code{ASM_OUTPUT_SIZE_DIRECTIVE} and/or
7979 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_MEASURED_SIZE} in the definition of this macro.
7982 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_GLOBALIZE_LABEL (FILE *@var{stream}, const char *@var{name})
7983 This target hook is a function to output to the stdio stream
7984 @var{stream} some commands that will make the label @var{name} global;
7985 that is, available for reference from other files.
7987 The default implementation relies on a proper definition of
7988 @code{GLOBAL_ASM_OP}.
7991 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_GLOBALIZE_DECL_NAME (FILE *@var{stream}, tree @var{decl})
7992 This target hook is a function to output to the stdio stream
7993 @var{stream} some commands that will make the name associated with @var{decl}
7994 global; that is, available for reference from other files.
7996 The default implementation uses the TARGET_ASM_GLOBALIZE_LABEL target hook.
7999 @defmac ASM_WEAKEN_LABEL (@var{stream}, @var{name})
8000 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
8001 @var{stream} some commands that will make the label @var{name} weak;
8002 that is, available for reference from other files but only used if
8003 no other definition is available. Use the expression
8004 @code{assemble_name (@var{stream}, @var{name})} to output the name
8005 itself; before and after that, output the additional assembler syntax
8006 for making that name weak, and a newline.
8008 If you don't define this macro or @code{ASM_WEAKEN_DECL}, GCC will not
8009 support weak symbols and you should not define the @code{SUPPORTS_WEAK}
8013 @defmac ASM_WEAKEN_DECL (@var{stream}, @var{decl}, @var{name}, @var{value})
8014 Combines (and replaces) the function of @code{ASM_WEAKEN_LABEL} and
8015 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_WEAK_ALIAS}, allowing access to the associated function
8016 or variable decl. If @var{value} is not @code{NULL}, this C statement
8017 should output to the stdio stream @var{stream} assembler code which
8018 defines (equates) the weak symbol @var{name} to have the value
8019 @var{value}. If @var{value} is @code{NULL}, it should output commands
8020 to make @var{name} weak.
8023 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_WEAKREF (@var{stream}, @var{decl}, @var{name}, @var{value})
8024 Outputs a directive that enables @var{name} to be used to refer to
8025 symbol @var{value} with weak-symbol semantics. @code{decl} is the
8026 declaration of @code{name}.
8029 @defmac SUPPORTS_WEAK
8030 A preprocessor constant expression which evaluates to true if the target
8031 supports weak symbols.
8033 If you don't define this macro, @file{defaults.h} provides a default
8034 definition. If either @code{ASM_WEAKEN_LABEL} or @code{ASM_WEAKEN_DECL}
8035 is defined, the default definition is @samp{1}; otherwise, it is @samp{0}.
8038 @defmac TARGET_SUPPORTS_WEAK
8039 A C expression which evaluates to true if the target supports weak symbols.
8041 If you don't define this macro, @file{defaults.h} provides a default
8042 definition. The default definition is @samp{(SUPPORTS_WEAK)}. Define
8043 this macro if you want to control weak symbol support with a compiler
8044 flag such as @option{-melf}.
8047 @defmac MAKE_DECL_ONE_ONLY (@var{decl})
8048 A C statement (sans semicolon) to mark @var{decl} to be emitted as a
8049 public symbol such that extra copies in multiple translation units will
8050 be discarded by the linker. Define this macro if your object file
8051 format provides support for this concept, such as the @samp{COMDAT}
8052 section flags in the Microsoft Windows PE/COFF format, and this support
8053 requires changes to @var{decl}, such as putting it in a separate section.
8056 @defmac SUPPORTS_ONE_ONLY
8057 A C expression which evaluates to true if the target supports one-only
8060 If you don't define this macro, @file{varasm.c} provides a default
8061 definition. If @code{MAKE_DECL_ONE_ONLY} is defined, the default
8062 definition is @samp{1}; otherwise, it is @samp{0}. Define this macro if
8063 you want to control one-only symbol support with a compiler flag, or if
8064 setting the @code{DECL_ONE_ONLY} flag is enough to mark a declaration to
8065 be emitted as one-only.
8068 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_ASSEMBLE_VISIBILITY (tree @var{decl}, int @var{visibility})
8069 This target hook is a function to output to @var{asm_out_file} some
8070 commands that will make the symbol(s) associated with @var{decl} have
8071 hidden, protected or internal visibility as specified by @var{visibility}.
8074 @defmac TARGET_WEAK_NOT_IN_ARCHIVE_TOC
8075 A C expression that evaluates to true if the target's linker expects
8076 that weak symbols do not appear in a static archive's table of contents.
8077 The default is @code{0}.
8079 Leaving weak symbols out of an archive's table of contents means that,
8080 if a symbol will only have a definition in one translation unit and
8081 will have undefined references from other translation units, that
8082 symbol should not be weak. Defining this macro to be nonzero will
8083 thus have the effect that certain symbols that would normally be weak
8084 (explicit template instantiations, and vtables for polymorphic classes
8085 with noninline key methods) will instead be nonweak.
8087 The C++ ABI requires this macro to be zero. Define this macro for
8088 targets where full C++ ABI compliance is impossible and where linker
8089 restrictions require weak symbols to be left out of a static archive's
8093 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_EXTERNAL (@var{stream}, @var{decl}, @var{name})
8094 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
8095 @var{stream} any text necessary for declaring the name of an external
8096 symbol named @var{name} which is referenced in this compilation but
8097 not defined. The value of @var{decl} is the tree node for the
8100 This macro need not be defined if it does not need to output anything.
8101 The GNU assembler and most Unix assemblers don't require anything.
8104 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_EXTERNAL_LIBCALL (rtx @var{symref})
8105 This target hook is a function to output to @var{asm_out_file} an assembler
8106 pseudo-op to declare a library function name external. The name of the
8107 library function is given by @var{symref}, which is a @code{symbol_ref}.
8110 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_MARK_DECL_PRESERVED (const char *@var{symbol})
8111 This target hook is a function to output to @var{asm_out_file} an assembler
8112 directive to annotate @var{symbol} as used. The Darwin target uses the
8113 .no_dead_code_strip directive.
8116 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_LABELREF (@var{stream}, @var{name})
8117 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream
8118 @var{stream} a reference in assembler syntax to a label named
8119 @var{name}. This should add @samp{_} to the front of the name, if that
8120 is customary on your operating system, as it is in most Berkeley Unix
8121 systems. This macro is used in @code{assemble_name}.
8124 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_MANGLE_ASSEMBLER_NAME (const char *@var{name})
8125 Given a symbol @var{name}, perform same mangling as @code{varasm.c}'s @code{assemble_name}, but in memory rather than to a file stream, returning result as an @code{IDENTIFIER_NODE}. Required for correct LTO symtabs. The default implementation calls the @code{TARGET_STRIP_NAME_ENCODING} hook and then prepends the @code{USER_LABEL_PREFIX}, if any.
8128 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_SYMBOL_REF (@var{stream}, @var{sym})
8129 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output a reference to
8130 @code{SYMBOL_REF} @var{sym}. If not defined, @code{assemble_name}
8131 will be used to output the name of the symbol. This macro may be used
8132 to modify the way a symbol is referenced depending on information
8133 encoded by @code{TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO}.
8136 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL_REF (@var{stream}, @var{buf})
8137 A C statement (sans semicolon) to output a reference to @var{buf}, the
8138 result of @code{ASM_GENERATE_INTERNAL_LABEL}. If not defined,
8139 @code{assemble_name} will be used to output the name of the symbol.
8140 This macro is not used by @code{output_asm_label}, or the @code{%l}
8141 specifier that calls it; the intention is that this macro should be set
8142 when it is necessary to output a label differently when its address is
8146 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_INTERNAL_LABEL (FILE *@var{stream}, const char *@var{prefix}, unsigned long @var{labelno})
8147 A function to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} a label whose
8148 name is made from the string @var{prefix} and the number @var{labelno}.
8150 It is absolutely essential that these labels be distinct from the labels
8151 used for user-level functions and variables. Otherwise, certain programs
8152 will have name conflicts with internal labels.
8154 It is desirable to exclude internal labels from the symbol table of the
8155 object file. Most assemblers have a naming convention for labels that
8156 should be excluded; on many systems, the letter @samp{L} at the
8157 beginning of a label has this effect. You should find out what
8158 convention your system uses, and follow it.
8160 The default version of this function utilizes @code{ASM_GENERATE_INTERNAL_LABEL}.
8163 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_DEBUG_LABEL (@var{stream}, @var{prefix}, @var{num})
8164 A C statement to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} a debug info
8165 label whose name is made from the string @var{prefix} and the number
8166 @var{num}. This is useful for VLIW targets, where debug info labels
8167 may need to be treated differently than branch target labels. On some
8168 systems, branch target labels must be at the beginning of instruction
8169 bundles, but debug info labels can occur in the middle of instruction
8172 If this macro is not defined, then @code{(*targetm.asm_out.internal_label)} will be
8176 @defmac ASM_GENERATE_INTERNAL_LABEL (@var{string}, @var{prefix}, @var{num})
8177 A C statement to store into the string @var{string} a label whose name
8178 is made from the string @var{prefix} and the number @var{num}.
8180 This string, when output subsequently by @code{assemble_name}, should
8181 produce the output that @code{(*targetm.asm_out.internal_label)} would produce
8182 with the same @var{prefix} and @var{num}.
8184 If the string begins with @samp{*}, then @code{assemble_name} will
8185 output the rest of the string unchanged. It is often convenient for
8186 @code{ASM_GENERATE_INTERNAL_LABEL} to use @samp{*} in this way. If the
8187 string doesn't start with @samp{*}, then @code{ASM_OUTPUT_LABELREF} gets
8188 to output the string, and may change it. (Of course,
8189 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_LABELREF} is also part of your machine description, so
8190 you should know what it does on your machine.)
8193 @defmac ASM_FORMAT_PRIVATE_NAME (@var{outvar}, @var{name}, @var{number})
8194 A C expression to assign to @var{outvar} (which is a variable of type
8195 @code{char *}) a newly allocated string made from the string
8196 @var{name} and the number @var{number}, with some suitable punctuation
8197 added. Use @code{alloca} to get space for the string.
8199 The string will be used as an argument to @code{ASM_OUTPUT_LABELREF} to
8200 produce an assembler label for an internal static variable whose name is
8201 @var{name}. Therefore, the string must be such as to result in valid
8202 assembler code. The argument @var{number} is different each time this
8203 macro is executed; it prevents conflicts between similarly-named
8204 internal static variables in different scopes.
8206 Ideally this string should not be a valid C identifier, to prevent any
8207 conflict with the user's own symbols. Most assemblers allow periods
8208 or percent signs in assembler symbols; putting at least one of these
8209 between the name and the number will suffice.
8211 If this macro is not defined, a default definition will be provided
8212 which is correct for most systems.
8215 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_DEF (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{value})
8216 A C statement to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} assembler code
8217 which defines (equates) the symbol @var{name} to have the value @var{value}.
8220 If @code{SET_ASM_OP} is defined, a default definition is provided which is
8221 correct for most systems.
8224 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_DEF_FROM_DECLS (@var{stream}, @var{decl_of_name}, @var{decl_of_value})
8225 A C statement to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} assembler code
8226 which defines (equates) the symbol whose tree node is @var{decl_of_name}
8227 to have the value of the tree node @var{decl_of_value}. This macro will
8228 be used in preference to @samp{ASM_OUTPUT_DEF} if it is defined and if
8229 the tree nodes are available.
8232 If @code{SET_ASM_OP} is defined, a default definition is provided which is
8233 correct for most systems.
8236 @defmac TARGET_DEFERRED_OUTPUT_DEFS (@var{decl_of_name}, @var{decl_of_value})
8237 A C statement that evaluates to true if the assembler code which defines
8238 (equates) the symbol whose tree node is @var{decl_of_name} to have the value
8239 of the tree node @var{decl_of_value} should be emitted near the end of the
8240 current compilation unit. The default is to not defer output of defines.
8241 This macro affects defines output by @samp{ASM_OUTPUT_DEF} and
8242 @samp{ASM_OUTPUT_DEF_FROM_DECLS}.
8245 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_WEAK_ALIAS (@var{stream}, @var{name}, @var{value})
8246 A C statement to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} assembler code
8247 which defines (equates) the weak symbol @var{name} to have the value
8248 @var{value}. If @var{value} is @code{NULL}, it defines @var{name} as
8249 an undefined weak symbol.
8251 Define this macro if the target only supports weak aliases; define
8252 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_DEF} instead if possible.
8255 @defmac OBJC_GEN_METHOD_LABEL (@var{buf}, @var{is_inst}, @var{class_name}, @var{cat_name}, @var{sel_name})
8256 Define this macro to override the default assembler names used for
8257 Objective-C methods.
8259 The default name is a unique method number followed by the name of the
8260 class (e.g.@: @samp{_1_Foo}). For methods in categories, the name of
8261 the category is also included in the assembler name (e.g.@:
8264 These names are safe on most systems, but make debugging difficult since
8265 the method's selector is not present in the name. Therefore, particular
8266 systems define other ways of computing names.
8268 @var{buf} is an expression of type @code{char *} which gives you a
8269 buffer in which to store the name; its length is as long as
8270 @var{class_name}, @var{cat_name} and @var{sel_name} put together, plus
8271 50 characters extra.
8273 The argument @var{is_inst} specifies whether the method is an instance
8274 method or a class method; @var{class_name} is the name of the class;
8275 @var{cat_name} is the name of the category (or @code{NULL} if the method is not
8276 in a category); and @var{sel_name} is the name of the selector.
8278 On systems where the assembler can handle quoted names, you can use this
8279 macro to provide more human-readable names.
8282 @node Initialization
8283 @subsection How Initialization Functions Are Handled
8284 @cindex initialization routines
8285 @cindex termination routines
8286 @cindex constructors, output of
8287 @cindex destructors, output of
8289 The compiled code for certain languages includes @dfn{constructors}
8290 (also called @dfn{initialization routines})---functions to initialize
8291 data in the program when the program is started. These functions need
8292 to be called before the program is ``started''---that is to say, before
8293 @code{main} is called.
8295 Compiling some languages generates @dfn{destructors} (also called
8296 @dfn{termination routines}) that should be called when the program
8299 To make the initialization and termination functions work, the compiler
8300 must output something in the assembler code to cause those functions to
8301 be called at the appropriate time. When you port the compiler to a new
8302 system, you need to specify how to do this.
8304 There are two major ways that GCC currently supports the execution of
8305 initialization and termination functions. Each way has two variants.
8306 Much of the structure is common to all four variations.
8308 @findex __CTOR_LIST__
8309 @findex __DTOR_LIST__
8310 The linker must build two lists of these functions---a list of
8311 initialization functions, called @code{__CTOR_LIST__}, and a list of
8312 termination functions, called @code{__DTOR_LIST__}.
8314 Each list always begins with an ignored function pointer (which may hold
8315 0, @minus{}1, or a count of the function pointers after it, depending on
8316 the environment). This is followed by a series of zero or more function
8317 pointers to constructors (or destructors), followed by a function
8318 pointer containing zero.
8320 Depending on the operating system and its executable file format, either
8321 @file{crtstuff.c} or @file{libgcc2.c} traverses these lists at startup
8322 time and exit time. Constructors are called in reverse order of the
8323 list; destructors in forward order.
8325 The best way to handle static constructors works only for object file
8326 formats which provide arbitrarily-named sections. A section is set
8327 aside for a list of constructors, and another for a list of destructors.
8328 Traditionally these are called @samp{.ctors} and @samp{.dtors}. Each
8329 object file that defines an initialization function also puts a word in
8330 the constructor section to point to that function. The linker
8331 accumulates all these words into one contiguous @samp{.ctors} section.
8332 Termination functions are handled similarly.
8334 This method will be chosen as the default by @file{target-def.h} if
8335 @code{TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION} is defined. A target that does not
8336 support arbitrary sections, but does support special designated
8337 constructor and destructor sections may define @code{CTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP}
8338 and @code{DTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP} to achieve the same effect.
8340 When arbitrary sections are available, there are two variants, depending
8341 upon how the code in @file{crtstuff.c} is called. On systems that
8342 support a @dfn{.init} section which is executed at program startup,
8343 parts of @file{crtstuff.c} are compiled into that section. The
8344 program is linked by the @command{gcc} driver like this:
8347 ld -o @var{output_file} crti.o crtbegin.o @dots{} -lgcc crtend.o crtn.o
8350 The prologue of a function (@code{__init}) appears in the @code{.init}
8351 section of @file{crti.o}; the epilogue appears in @file{crtn.o}. Likewise
8352 for the function @code{__fini} in the @dfn{.fini} section. Normally these
8353 files are provided by the operating system or by the GNU C library, but
8354 are provided by GCC for a few targets.
8356 The objects @file{crtbegin.o} and @file{crtend.o} are (for most targets)
8357 compiled from @file{crtstuff.c}. They contain, among other things, code
8358 fragments within the @code{.init} and @code{.fini} sections that branch
8359 to routines in the @code{.text} section. The linker will pull all parts
8360 of a section together, which results in a complete @code{__init} function
8361 that invokes the routines we need at startup.
8363 To use this variant, you must define the @code{INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP}
8366 If no init section is available, when GCC compiles any function called
8367 @code{main} (or more accurately, any function designated as a program
8368 entry point by the language front end calling @code{expand_main_function}),
8369 it inserts a procedure call to @code{__main} as the first executable code
8370 after the function prologue. The @code{__main} function is defined
8371 in @file{libgcc2.c} and runs the global constructors.
8373 In file formats that don't support arbitrary sections, there are again
8374 two variants. In the simplest variant, the GNU linker (GNU @code{ld})
8375 and an `a.out' format must be used. In this case,
8376 @code{TARGET_ASM_CONSTRUCTOR} is defined to produce a @code{.stabs}
8377 entry of type @samp{N_SETT}, referencing the name @code{__CTOR_LIST__},
8378 and with the address of the void function containing the initialization
8379 code as its value. The GNU linker recognizes this as a request to add
8380 the value to a @dfn{set}; the values are accumulated, and are eventually
8381 placed in the executable as a vector in the format described above, with
8382 a leading (ignored) count and a trailing zero element.
8383 @code{TARGET_ASM_DESTRUCTOR} is handled similarly. Since no init
8384 section is available, the absence of @code{INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP} causes
8385 the compilation of @code{main} to call @code{__main} as above, starting
8386 the initialization process.
8388 The last variant uses neither arbitrary sections nor the GNU linker.
8389 This is preferable when you want to do dynamic linking and when using
8390 file formats which the GNU linker does not support, such as `ECOFF'@. In
8391 this case, @code{TARGET_HAVE_CTORS_DTORS} is false, initialization and
8392 termination functions are recognized simply by their names. This requires
8393 an extra program in the linkage step, called @command{collect2}. This program
8394 pretends to be the linker, for use with GCC; it does its job by running
8395 the ordinary linker, but also arranges to include the vectors of
8396 initialization and termination functions. These functions are called
8397 via @code{__main} as described above. In order to use this method,
8398 @code{use_collect2} must be defined in the target in @file{config.gcc}.
8401 The following section describes the specific macros that control and
8402 customize the handling of initialization and termination functions.
8405 @node Macros for Initialization
8406 @subsection Macros Controlling Initialization Routines
8408 Here are the macros that control how the compiler handles initialization
8409 and termination functions:
8411 @defmac INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP
8412 If defined, a C string constant, including spacing, for the assembler
8413 operation to identify the following data as initialization code. If not
8414 defined, GCC will assume such a section does not exist. When you are
8415 using special sections for initialization and termination functions, this
8416 macro also controls how @file{crtstuff.c} and @file{libgcc2.c} arrange to
8417 run the initialization functions.
8420 @defmac HAS_INIT_SECTION
8421 If defined, @code{main} will not call @code{__main} as described above.
8422 This macro should be defined for systems that control start-up code
8423 on a symbol-by-symbol basis, such as OSF/1, and should not
8424 be defined explicitly for systems that support @code{INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP}.
8427 @defmac LD_INIT_SWITCH
8428 If defined, a C string constant for a switch that tells the linker that
8429 the following symbol is an initialization routine.
8432 @defmac LD_FINI_SWITCH
8433 If defined, a C string constant for a switch that tells the linker that
8434 the following symbol is a finalization routine.
8437 @defmac COLLECT_SHARED_INIT_FUNC (@var{stream}, @var{func})
8438 If defined, a C statement that will write a function that can be
8439 automatically called when a shared library is loaded. The function
8440 should call @var{func}, which takes no arguments. If not defined, and
8441 the object format requires an explicit initialization function, then a
8442 function called @code{_GLOBAL__DI} will be generated.
8444 This function and the following one are used by collect2 when linking a
8445 shared library that needs constructors or destructors, or has DWARF2
8446 exception tables embedded in the code.
8449 @defmac COLLECT_SHARED_FINI_FUNC (@var{stream}, @var{func})
8450 If defined, a C statement that will write a function that can be
8451 automatically called when a shared library is unloaded. The function
8452 should call @var{func}, which takes no arguments. If not defined, and
8453 the object format requires an explicit finalization function, then a
8454 function called @code{_GLOBAL__DD} will be generated.
8457 @defmac INVOKE__main
8458 If defined, @code{main} will call @code{__main} despite the presence of
8459 @code{INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP}. This macro should be defined for systems
8460 where the init section is not actually run automatically, but is still
8461 useful for collecting the lists of constructors and destructors.
8464 @defmac SUPPORTS_INIT_PRIORITY
8465 If nonzero, the C++ @code{init_priority} attribute is supported and the
8466 compiler should emit instructions to control the order of initialization
8467 of objects. If zero, the compiler will issue an error message upon
8468 encountering an @code{init_priority} attribute.
8471 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_HAVE_CTORS_DTORS
8472 This value is true if the target supports some ``native'' method of
8473 collecting constructors and destructors to be run at startup and exit.
8474 It is false if we must use @command{collect2}.
8477 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_CONSTRUCTOR (rtx @var{symbol}, int @var{priority})
8478 If defined, a function that outputs assembler code to arrange to call
8479 the function referenced by @var{symbol} at initialization time.
8481 Assume that @var{symbol} is a @code{SYMBOL_REF} for a function taking
8482 no arguments and with no return value. If the target supports initialization
8483 priorities, @var{priority} is a value between 0 and @code{MAX_INIT_PRIORITY};
8484 otherwise it must be @code{DEFAULT_INIT_PRIORITY}.
8486 If this macro is not defined by the target, a suitable default will
8487 be chosen if (1) the target supports arbitrary section names, (2) the
8488 target defines @code{CTORS_SECTION_ASM_OP}, or (3) @code{USE_COLLECT2}
8492 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_DESTRUCTOR (rtx @var{symbol}, int @var{priority})
8493 This is like @code{TARGET_ASM_CONSTRUCTOR} but used for termination
8494 functions rather than initialization functions.
8497 If @code{TARGET_HAVE_CTORS_DTORS} is true, the initialization routine
8498 generated for the generated object file will have static linkage.
8500 If your system uses @command{collect2} as the means of processing
8501 constructors, then that program normally uses @command{nm} to scan
8502 an object file for constructor functions to be called.
8504 On certain kinds of systems, you can define this macro to make
8505 @command{collect2} work faster (and, in some cases, make it work at all):
8507 @defmac OBJECT_FORMAT_COFF
8508 Define this macro if the system uses COFF (Common Object File Format)
8509 object files, so that @command{collect2} can assume this format and scan
8510 object files directly for dynamic constructor/destructor functions.
8512 This macro is effective only in a native compiler; @command{collect2} as
8513 part of a cross compiler always uses @command{nm} for the target machine.
8516 @defmac REAL_NM_FILE_NAME
8517 Define this macro as a C string constant containing the file name to use
8518 to execute @command{nm}. The default is to search the path normally for
8523 @command{collect2} calls @command{nm} to scan object files for static
8524 constructors and destructors and LTO info. By default, @option{-n} is
8525 passed. Define @code{NM_FLAGS} to a C string constant if other options
8526 are needed to get the same output format as GNU @command{nm -n}
8530 If your system supports shared libraries and has a program to list the
8531 dynamic dependencies of a given library or executable, you can define
8532 these macros to enable support for running initialization and
8533 termination functions in shared libraries:
8536 Define this macro to a C string constant containing the name of the program
8537 which lists dynamic dependencies, like @command{ldd} under SunOS 4.
8540 @defmac PARSE_LDD_OUTPUT (@var{ptr})
8541 Define this macro to be C code that extracts filenames from the output
8542 of the program denoted by @code{LDD_SUFFIX}. @var{ptr} is a variable
8543 of type @code{char *} that points to the beginning of a line of output
8544 from @code{LDD_SUFFIX}. If the line lists a dynamic dependency, the
8545 code must advance @var{ptr} to the beginning of the filename on that
8546 line. Otherwise, it must set @var{ptr} to @code{NULL}.
8549 @defmac SHLIB_SUFFIX
8550 Define this macro to a C string constant containing the default shared
8551 library extension of the target (e.g., @samp{".so"}). @command{collect2}
8552 strips version information after this suffix when generating global
8553 constructor and destructor names. This define is only needed on targets
8554 that use @command{collect2} to process constructors and destructors.
8557 @node Instruction Output
8558 @subsection Output of Assembler Instructions
8560 @c prevent bad page break with this line
8561 This describes assembler instruction output.
8563 @defmac REGISTER_NAMES
8564 A C initializer containing the assembler's names for the machine
8565 registers, each one as a C string constant. This is what translates
8566 register numbers in the compiler into assembler language.
8569 @defmac ADDITIONAL_REGISTER_NAMES
8570 If defined, a C initializer for an array of structures containing a name
8571 and a register number. This macro defines additional names for hard
8572 registers, thus allowing the @code{asm} option in declarations to refer
8573 to registers using alternate names.
8576 @defmac OVERLAPPING_REGISTER_NAMES
8577 If defined, a C initializer for an array of structures containing a
8578 name, a register number and a count of the number of consecutive
8579 machine registers the name overlaps. This macro defines additional
8580 names for hard registers, thus allowing the @code{asm} option in
8581 declarations to refer to registers using alternate names. Unlike
8582 @code{ADDITIONAL_REGISTER_NAMES}, this macro should be used when the
8583 register name implies multiple underlying registers.
8585 This macro should be used when it is important that a clobber in an
8586 @code{asm} statement clobbers all the underlying values implied by the
8587 register name. For example, on ARM, clobbering the double-precision
8588 VFP register ``d0'' implies clobbering both single-precision registers
8592 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_OPCODE (@var{stream}, @var{ptr})
8593 Define this macro if you are using an unusual assembler that
8594 requires different names for the machine instructions.
8596 The definition is a C statement or statements which output an
8597 assembler instruction opcode to the stdio stream @var{stream}. The
8598 macro-operand @var{ptr} is a variable of type @code{char *} which
8599 points to the opcode name in its ``internal'' form---the form that is
8600 written in the machine description. The definition should output the
8601 opcode name to @var{stream}, performing any translation you desire, and
8602 increment the variable @var{ptr} to point at the end of the opcode
8603 so that it will not be output twice.
8605 In fact, your macro definition may process less than the entire opcode
8606 name, or more than the opcode name; but if you want to process text
8607 that includes @samp{%}-sequences to substitute operands, you must take
8608 care of the substitution yourself. Just be sure to increment
8609 @var{ptr} over whatever text should not be output normally.
8611 @findex recog_data.operand
8612 If you need to look at the operand values, they can be found as the
8613 elements of @code{recog_data.operand}.
8615 If the macro definition does nothing, the instruction is output
8619 @defmac FINAL_PRESCAN_INSN (@var{insn}, @var{opvec}, @var{noperands})
8620 If defined, a C statement to be executed just prior to the output of
8621 assembler code for @var{insn}, to modify the extracted operands so
8622 they will be output differently.
8624 Here the argument @var{opvec} is the vector containing the operands
8625 extracted from @var{insn}, and @var{noperands} is the number of
8626 elements of the vector which contain meaningful data for this insn.
8627 The contents of this vector are what will be used to convert the insn
8628 template into assembler code, so you can change the assembler output
8629 by changing the contents of the vector.
8631 This macro is useful when various assembler syntaxes share a single
8632 file of instruction patterns; by defining this macro differently, you
8633 can cause a large class of instructions to be output differently (such
8634 as with rearranged operands). Naturally, variations in assembler
8635 syntax affecting individual insn patterns ought to be handled by
8636 writing conditional output routines in those patterns.
8638 If this macro is not defined, it is equivalent to a null statement.
8641 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_FINAL_POSTSCAN_INSN (FILE *@var{file}, rtx @var{insn}, rtx *@var{opvec}, int @var{noperands})
8642 If defined, this target hook is a function which is executed just after the
8643 output of assembler code for @var{insn}, to change the mode of the assembler
8646 Here the argument @var{opvec} is the vector containing the operands
8647 extracted from @var{insn}, and @var{noperands} is the number of
8648 elements of the vector which contain meaningful data for this insn.
8649 The contents of this vector are what was used to convert the insn
8650 template into assembler code, so you can change the assembler mode
8651 by checking the contents of the vector.
8654 @defmac PRINT_OPERAND (@var{stream}, @var{x}, @var{code})
8655 A C compound statement to output to stdio stream @var{stream} the
8656 assembler syntax for an instruction operand @var{x}. @var{x} is an
8659 @var{code} is a value that can be used to specify one of several ways
8660 of printing the operand. It is used when identical operands must be
8661 printed differently depending on the context. @var{code} comes from
8662 the @samp{%} specification that was used to request printing of the
8663 operand. If the specification was just @samp{%@var{digit}} then
8664 @var{code} is 0; if the specification was @samp{%@var{ltr}
8665 @var{digit}} then @var{code} is the ASCII code for @var{ltr}.
8668 If @var{x} is a register, this macro should print the register's name.
8669 The names can be found in an array @code{reg_names} whose type is
8670 @code{char *[]}. @code{reg_names} is initialized from
8671 @code{REGISTER_NAMES}.
8673 When the machine description has a specification @samp{%@var{punct}}
8674 (a @samp{%} followed by a punctuation character), this macro is called
8675 with a null pointer for @var{x} and the punctuation character for
8679 @defmac PRINT_OPERAND_PUNCT_VALID_P (@var{code})
8680 A C expression which evaluates to true if @var{code} is a valid
8681 punctuation character for use in the @code{PRINT_OPERAND} macro. If
8682 @code{PRINT_OPERAND_PUNCT_VALID_P} is not defined, it means that no
8683 punctuation characters (except for the standard one, @samp{%}) are used
8687 @defmac PRINT_OPERAND_ADDRESS (@var{stream}, @var{x})
8688 A C compound statement to output to stdio stream @var{stream} the
8689 assembler syntax for an instruction operand that is a memory reference
8690 whose address is @var{x}. @var{x} is an RTL expression.
8692 @cindex @code{TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO} usage
8693 On some machines, the syntax for a symbolic address depends on the
8694 section that the address refers to. On these machines, define the hook
8695 @code{TARGET_ENCODE_SECTION_INFO} to store the information into the
8696 @code{symbol_ref}, and then check for it here. @xref{Assembler
8700 @findex dbr_sequence_length
8701 @defmac DBR_OUTPUT_SEQEND (@var{file})
8702 A C statement, to be executed after all slot-filler instructions have
8703 been output. If necessary, call @code{dbr_sequence_length} to
8704 determine the number of slots filled in a sequence (zero if not
8705 currently outputting a sequence), to decide how many no-ops to output,
8708 Don't define this macro if it has nothing to do, but it is helpful in
8709 reading assembly output if the extent of the delay sequence is made
8710 explicit (e.g.@: with white space).
8713 @findex final_sequence
8714 Note that output routines for instructions with delay slots must be
8715 prepared to deal with not being output as part of a sequence
8716 (i.e.@: when the scheduling pass is not run, or when no slot fillers could be
8717 found.) The variable @code{final_sequence} is null when not
8718 processing a sequence, otherwise it contains the @code{sequence} rtx
8722 @defmac REGISTER_PREFIX
8723 @defmacx LOCAL_LABEL_PREFIX
8724 @defmacx USER_LABEL_PREFIX
8725 @defmacx IMMEDIATE_PREFIX
8726 If defined, C string expressions to be used for the @samp{%R}, @samp{%L},
8727 @samp{%U}, and @samp{%I} options of @code{asm_fprintf} (see
8728 @file{final.c}). These are useful when a single @file{md} file must
8729 support multiple assembler formats. In that case, the various @file{tm.h}
8730 files can define these macros differently.
8733 @defmac ASM_FPRINTF_EXTENSIONS (@var{file}, @var{argptr}, @var{format})
8734 If defined this macro should expand to a series of @code{case}
8735 statements which will be parsed inside the @code{switch} statement of
8736 the @code{asm_fprintf} function. This allows targets to define extra
8737 printf formats which may useful when generating their assembler
8738 statements. Note that uppercase letters are reserved for future
8739 generic extensions to asm_fprintf, and so are not available to target
8740 specific code. The output file is given by the parameter @var{file}.
8741 The varargs input pointer is @var{argptr} and the rest of the format
8742 string, starting the character after the one that is being switched
8743 upon, is pointed to by @var{format}.
8746 @defmac ASSEMBLER_DIALECT
8747 If your target supports multiple dialects of assembler language (such as
8748 different opcodes), define this macro as a C expression that gives the
8749 numeric index of the assembler language dialect to use, with zero as the
8752 If this macro is defined, you may use constructs of the form
8754 @samp{@{option0|option1|option2@dots{}@}}
8757 in the output templates of patterns (@pxref{Output Template}) or in the
8758 first argument of @code{asm_fprintf}. This construct outputs
8759 @samp{option0}, @samp{option1}, @samp{option2}, etc., if the value of
8760 @code{ASSEMBLER_DIALECT} is zero, one, two, etc. Any special characters
8761 within these strings retain their usual meaning. If there are fewer
8762 alternatives within the braces than the value of
8763 @code{ASSEMBLER_DIALECT}, the construct outputs nothing. If it's needed
8764 to print curly braces or @samp{|} character in assembler output directly,
8765 @samp{%@{}, @samp{%@}} and @samp{%|} can be used.
8767 If you do not define this macro, the characters @samp{@{}, @samp{|} and
8768 @samp{@}} do not have any special meaning when used in templates or
8769 operands to @code{asm_fprintf}.
8771 Define the macros @code{REGISTER_PREFIX}, @code{LOCAL_LABEL_PREFIX},
8772 @code{USER_LABEL_PREFIX} and @code{IMMEDIATE_PREFIX} if you can express
8773 the variations in assembler language syntax with that mechanism. Define
8774 @code{ASSEMBLER_DIALECT} and use the @samp{@{option0|option1@}} syntax
8775 if the syntax variant are larger and involve such things as different
8776 opcodes or operand order.
8779 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_REG_PUSH (@var{stream}, @var{regno})
8780 A C expression to output to @var{stream} some assembler code
8781 which will push hard register number @var{regno} onto the stack.
8782 The code need not be optimal, since this macro is used only when
8786 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_REG_POP (@var{stream}, @var{regno})
8787 A C expression to output to @var{stream} some assembler code
8788 which will pop hard register number @var{regno} off of the stack.
8789 The code need not be optimal, since this macro is used only when
8793 @node Dispatch Tables
8794 @subsection Output of Dispatch Tables
8796 @c prevent bad page break with this line
8797 This concerns dispatch tables.
8799 @cindex dispatch table
8800 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ADDR_DIFF_ELT (@var{stream}, @var{body}, @var{value}, @var{rel})
8801 A C statement to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} an assembler
8802 pseudo-instruction to generate a difference between two labels.
8803 @var{value} and @var{rel} are the numbers of two internal labels. The
8804 definitions of these labels are output using
8805 @code{(*targetm.asm_out.internal_label)}, and they must be printed in the same
8806 way here. For example,
8809 fprintf (@var{stream}, "\t.word L%d-L%d\n",
8810 @var{value}, @var{rel})
8813 You must provide this macro on machines where the addresses in a
8814 dispatch table are relative to the table's own address. If defined, GCC
8815 will also use this macro on all machines when producing PIC@.
8816 @var{body} is the body of the @code{ADDR_DIFF_VEC}; it is provided so that the
8817 mode and flags can be read.
8820 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ADDR_VEC_ELT (@var{stream}, @var{value})
8821 This macro should be provided on machines where the addresses
8822 in a dispatch table are absolute.
8824 The definition should be a C statement to output to the stdio stream
8825 @var{stream} an assembler pseudo-instruction to generate a reference to
8826 a label. @var{value} is the number of an internal label whose
8827 definition is output using @code{(*targetm.asm_out.internal_label)}.
8831 fprintf (@var{stream}, "\t.word L%d\n", @var{value})
8835 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_CASE_LABEL (@var{stream}, @var{prefix}, @var{num}, @var{table})
8836 Define this if the label before a jump-table needs to be output
8837 specially. The first three arguments are the same as for
8838 @code{(*targetm.asm_out.internal_label)}; the fourth argument is the
8839 jump-table which follows (a @code{jump_table_data} containing an
8840 @code{addr_vec} or @code{addr_diff_vec}).
8842 This feature is used on system V to output a @code{swbeg} statement
8845 If this macro is not defined, these labels are output with
8846 @code{(*targetm.asm_out.internal_label)}.
8849 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_CASE_END (@var{stream}, @var{num}, @var{table})
8850 Define this if something special must be output at the end of a
8851 jump-table. The definition should be a C statement to be executed
8852 after the assembler code for the table is written. It should write
8853 the appropriate code to stdio stream @var{stream}. The argument
8854 @var{table} is the jump-table insn, and @var{num} is the label-number
8855 of the preceding label.
8857 If this macro is not defined, nothing special is output at the end of
8861 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_EMIT_UNWIND_LABEL (FILE *@var{stream}, tree @var{decl}, int @var{for_eh}, int @var{empty})
8862 This target hook emits a label at the beginning of each FDE@. It
8863 should be defined on targets where FDEs need special labels, and it
8864 should write the appropriate label, for the FDE associated with the
8865 function declaration @var{decl}, to the stdio stream @var{stream}.
8866 The third argument, @var{for_eh}, is a boolean: true if this is for an
8867 exception table. The fourth argument, @var{empty}, is a boolean:
8868 true if this is a placeholder label for an omitted FDE@.
8870 The default is that FDEs are not given nonlocal labels.
8873 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_EMIT_EXCEPT_TABLE_LABEL (FILE *@var{stream})
8874 This target hook emits a label at the beginning of the exception table.
8875 It should be defined on targets where it is desirable for the table
8876 to be broken up according to function.
8878 The default is that no label is emitted.
8881 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_EMIT_EXCEPT_PERSONALITY (rtx @var{personality})
8882 If the target implements @code{TARGET_ASM_UNWIND_EMIT}, this hook may be used to emit a directive to install a personality hook into the unwind info. This hook should not be used if dwarf2 unwind info is used.
8885 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_UNWIND_EMIT (FILE *@var{stream}, rtx @var{insn})
8886 This target hook emits assembly directives required to unwind the
8887 given instruction. This is only used when @code{TARGET_EXCEPT_UNWIND_INFO}
8888 returns @code{UI_TARGET}.
8891 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ASM_UNWIND_EMIT_BEFORE_INSN
8892 True if the @code{TARGET_ASM_UNWIND_EMIT} hook should be called before the assembly for @var{insn} has been emitted, false if the hook should be called afterward.
8895 @node Exception Region Output
8896 @subsection Assembler Commands for Exception Regions
8898 @c prevent bad page break with this line
8900 This describes commands marking the start and the end of an exception
8903 @defmac EH_FRAME_SECTION_NAME
8904 If defined, a C string constant for the name of the section containing
8905 exception handling frame unwind information. If not defined, GCC will
8906 provide a default definition if the target supports named sections.
8907 @file{crtstuff.c} uses this macro to switch to the appropriate section.
8909 You should define this symbol if your target supports DWARF 2 frame
8910 unwind information and the default definition does not work.
8913 @defmac EH_FRAME_IN_DATA_SECTION
8914 If defined, DWARF 2 frame unwind information will be placed in the
8915 data section even though the target supports named sections. This
8916 might be necessary, for instance, if the system linker does garbage
8917 collection and sections cannot be marked as not to be collected.
8919 Do not define this macro unless @code{TARGET_ASM_NAMED_SECTION} is
8923 @defmac EH_TABLES_CAN_BE_READ_ONLY
8924 Define this macro to 1 if your target is such that no frame unwind
8925 information encoding used with non-PIC code will ever require a
8926 runtime relocation, but the linker may not support merging read-only
8927 and read-write sections into a single read-write section.
8930 @defmac MASK_RETURN_ADDR
8931 An rtx used to mask the return address found via @code{RETURN_ADDR_RTX}, so
8932 that it does not contain any extraneous set bits in it.
8935 @defmac DWARF2_UNWIND_INFO
8936 Define this macro to 0 if your target supports DWARF 2 frame unwind
8937 information, but it does not yet work with exception handling.
8938 Otherwise, if your target supports this information (if it defines
8939 @code{INCOMING_RETURN_ADDR_RTX} and @code{OBJECT_FORMAT_ELF}),
8940 GCC will provide a default definition of 1.
8943 @deftypefn {Common Target Hook} {enum unwind_info_type} TARGET_EXCEPT_UNWIND_INFO (struct gcc_options *@var{opts})
8944 This hook defines the mechanism that will be used for exception handling
8945 by the target. If the target has ABI specified unwind tables, the hook
8946 should return @code{UI_TARGET}. If the target is to use the
8947 @code{setjmp}/@code{longjmp}-based exception handling scheme, the hook
8948 should return @code{UI_SJLJ}. If the target supports DWARF 2 frame unwind
8949 information, the hook should return @code{UI_DWARF2}.
8951 A target may, if exceptions are disabled, choose to return @code{UI_NONE}.
8952 This may end up simplifying other parts of target-specific code. The
8953 default implementation of this hook never returns @code{UI_NONE}.
8955 Note that the value returned by this hook should be constant. It should
8956 not depend on anything except the command-line switches described by
8957 @var{opts}. In particular, the
8958 setting @code{UI_SJLJ} must be fixed at compiler start-up as C pre-processor
8959 macros and builtin functions related to exception handling are set up
8960 depending on this setting.
8962 The default implementation of the hook first honors the
8963 @option{--enable-sjlj-exceptions} configure option, then
8964 @code{DWARF2_UNWIND_INFO}, and finally defaults to @code{UI_SJLJ}. If
8965 @code{DWARF2_UNWIND_INFO} depends on command-line options, the target
8966 must define this hook so that @var{opts} is used correctly.
8969 @deftypevr {Common Target Hook} bool TARGET_UNWIND_TABLES_DEFAULT
8970 This variable should be set to @code{true} if the target ABI requires unwinding
8971 tables even when exceptions are not used. It must not be modified by
8972 command-line option processing.
8975 @defmac DONT_USE_BUILTIN_SETJMP
8976 Define this macro to 1 if the @code{setjmp}/@code{longjmp}-based scheme
8977 should use the @code{setjmp}/@code{longjmp} functions from the C library
8978 instead of the @code{__builtin_setjmp}/@code{__builtin_longjmp} machinery.
8981 @defmac JMP_BUF_SIZE
8982 This macro has no effect unless @code{DONT_USE_BUILTIN_SETJMP} is also
8983 defined. Define this macro if the default size of @code{jmp_buf} buffer
8984 for the @code{setjmp}/@code{longjmp}-based exception handling mechanism
8985 is not large enough, or if it is much too large.
8986 The default size is @code{FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER * sizeof(void *)}.
8989 @defmac DWARF_CIE_DATA_ALIGNMENT
8990 This macro need only be defined if the target might save registers in the
8991 function prologue at an offset to the stack pointer that is not aligned to
8992 @code{UNITS_PER_WORD}. The definition should be the negative minimum
8993 alignment if @code{STACK_GROWS_DOWNWARD} is defined, and the positive
8994 minimum alignment otherwise. @xref{SDB and DWARF}. Only applicable if
8995 the target supports DWARF 2 frame unwind information.
8998 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_TERMINATE_DW2_EH_FRAME_INFO
8999 Contains the value true if the target should add a zero word onto the
9000 end of a Dwarf-2 frame info section when used for exception handling.
9001 Default value is false if @code{EH_FRAME_SECTION_NAME} is defined, and
9005 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_DWARF_REGISTER_SPAN (rtx @var{reg})
9006 Given a register, this hook should return a parallel of registers to
9007 represent where to find the register pieces. Define this hook if the
9008 register and its mode are represented in Dwarf in non-contiguous
9009 locations, or if the register should be represented in more than one
9010 register in Dwarf. Otherwise, this hook should return @code{NULL_RTX}.
9011 If not defined, the default is to return @code{NULL_RTX}.
9014 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_INIT_DWARF_REG_SIZES_EXTRA (tree @var{address})
9015 If some registers are represented in Dwarf-2 unwind information in
9016 multiple pieces, define this hook to fill in information about the
9017 sizes of those pieces in the table used by the unwinder at runtime.
9018 It will be called by @code{expand_builtin_init_dwarf_reg_sizes} after
9019 filling in a single size corresponding to each hard register;
9020 @var{address} is the address of the table.
9023 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ASM_TTYPE (rtx @var{sym})
9024 This hook is used to output a reference from a frame unwinding table to
9025 the type_info object identified by @var{sym}. It should return @code{true}
9026 if the reference was output. Returning @code{false} will cause the
9027 reference to be output using the normal Dwarf2 routines.
9030 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ARM_EABI_UNWINDER
9031 This flag should be set to @code{true} on targets that use an ARM EABI
9032 based unwinding library, and @code{false} on other targets. This effects
9033 the format of unwinding tables, and how the unwinder in entered after
9034 running a cleanup. The default is @code{false}.
9037 @node Alignment Output
9038 @subsection Assembler Commands for Alignment
9040 @c prevent bad page break with this line
9041 This describes commands for alignment.
9043 @defmac JUMP_ALIGN (@var{label})
9044 The alignment (log base 2) to put in front of @var{label}, which is
9045 a common destination of jumps and has no fallthru incoming edge.
9047 This macro need not be defined if you don't want any special alignment
9048 to be done at such a time. Most machine descriptions do not currently
9051 Unless it's necessary to inspect the @var{label} parameter, it is better
9052 to set the variable @var{align_jumps} in the target's
9053 @code{TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE}. Otherwise, you should try to honor the user's
9054 selection in @var{align_jumps} in a @code{JUMP_ALIGN} implementation.
9057 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_ASM_JUMP_ALIGN_MAX_SKIP (rtx @var{label})
9058 The maximum number of bytes to skip before @var{label} when applying
9059 @code{JUMP_ALIGN}. This works only if
9060 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_MAX_SKIP_ALIGN} is defined.
9063 @defmac LABEL_ALIGN_AFTER_BARRIER (@var{label})
9064 The alignment (log base 2) to put in front of @var{label}, which follows
9067 This macro need not be defined if you don't want any special alignment
9068 to be done at such a time. Most machine descriptions do not currently
9072 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_ASM_LABEL_ALIGN_AFTER_BARRIER_MAX_SKIP (rtx @var{label})
9073 The maximum number of bytes to skip before @var{label} when applying
9074 @code{LABEL_ALIGN_AFTER_BARRIER}. This works only if
9075 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_MAX_SKIP_ALIGN} is defined.
9078 @defmac LOOP_ALIGN (@var{label})
9079 The alignment (log base 2) to put in front of @var{label} that heads
9080 a frequently executed basic block (usually the header of a loop).
9082 This macro need not be defined if you don't want any special alignment
9083 to be done at such a time. Most machine descriptions do not currently
9086 Unless it's necessary to inspect the @var{label} parameter, it is better
9087 to set the variable @code{align_loops} in the target's
9088 @code{TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE}. Otherwise, you should try to honor the user's
9089 selection in @code{align_loops} in a @code{LOOP_ALIGN} implementation.
9092 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_ASM_LOOP_ALIGN_MAX_SKIP (rtx @var{label})
9093 The maximum number of bytes to skip when applying @code{LOOP_ALIGN} to
9094 @var{label}. This works only if @code{ASM_OUTPUT_MAX_SKIP_ALIGN} is
9098 @defmac LABEL_ALIGN (@var{label})
9099 The alignment (log base 2) to put in front of @var{label}.
9100 If @code{LABEL_ALIGN_AFTER_BARRIER} / @code{LOOP_ALIGN} specify a different alignment,
9101 the maximum of the specified values is used.
9103 Unless it's necessary to inspect the @var{label} parameter, it is better
9104 to set the variable @code{align_labels} in the target's
9105 @code{TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE}. Otherwise, you should try to honor the user's
9106 selection in @code{align_labels} in a @code{LABEL_ALIGN} implementation.
9109 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_ASM_LABEL_ALIGN_MAX_SKIP (rtx @var{label})
9110 The maximum number of bytes to skip when applying @code{LABEL_ALIGN}
9111 to @var{label}. This works only if @code{ASM_OUTPUT_MAX_SKIP_ALIGN}
9115 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_SKIP (@var{stream}, @var{nbytes})
9116 A C statement to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} an assembler
9117 instruction to advance the location counter by @var{nbytes} bytes.
9118 Those bytes should be zero when loaded. @var{nbytes} will be a C
9119 expression of type @code{unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT}.
9122 @defmac ASM_NO_SKIP_IN_TEXT
9123 Define this macro if @code{ASM_OUTPUT_SKIP} should not be used in the
9124 text section because it fails to put zeros in the bytes that are skipped.
9125 This is true on many Unix systems, where the pseudo--op to skip bytes
9126 produces no-op instructions rather than zeros when used in the text
9130 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGN (@var{stream}, @var{power})
9131 A C statement to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} an assembler
9132 command to advance the location counter to a multiple of 2 to the
9133 @var{power} bytes. @var{power} will be a C expression of type @code{int}.
9136 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGN_WITH_NOP (@var{stream}, @var{power})
9137 Like @code{ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGN}, except that the ``nop'' instruction is used
9138 for padding, if necessary.
9141 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_MAX_SKIP_ALIGN (@var{stream}, @var{power}, @var{max_skip})
9142 A C statement to output to the stdio stream @var{stream} an assembler
9143 command to advance the location counter to a multiple of 2 to the
9144 @var{power} bytes, but only if @var{max_skip} or fewer bytes are needed to
9145 satisfy the alignment request. @var{power} and @var{max_skip} will be
9146 a C expression of type @code{int}.
9150 @node Debugging Info
9151 @section Controlling Debugging Information Format
9153 @c prevent bad page break with this line
9154 This describes how to specify debugging information.
9157 * All Debuggers:: Macros that affect all debugging formats uniformly.
9158 * DBX Options:: Macros enabling specific options in DBX format.
9159 * DBX Hooks:: Hook macros for varying DBX format.
9160 * File Names and DBX:: Macros controlling output of file names in DBX format.
9161 * SDB and DWARF:: Macros for SDB (COFF) and DWARF formats.
9162 * VMS Debug:: Macros for VMS debug format.
9166 @subsection Macros Affecting All Debugging Formats
9168 @c prevent bad page break with this line
9169 These macros affect all debugging formats.
9171 @defmac DBX_REGISTER_NUMBER (@var{regno})
9172 A C expression that returns the DBX register number for the compiler
9173 register number @var{regno}. In the default macro provided, the value
9174 of this expression will be @var{regno} itself. But sometimes there are
9175 some registers that the compiler knows about and DBX does not, or vice
9176 versa. In such cases, some register may need to have one number in the
9177 compiler and another for DBX@.
9179 If two registers have consecutive numbers inside GCC, and they can be
9180 used as a pair to hold a multiword value, then they @emph{must} have
9181 consecutive numbers after renumbering with @code{DBX_REGISTER_NUMBER}.
9182 Otherwise, debuggers will be unable to access such a pair, because they
9183 expect register pairs to be consecutive in their own numbering scheme.
9185 If you find yourself defining @code{DBX_REGISTER_NUMBER} in way that
9186 does not preserve register pairs, then what you must do instead is
9187 redefine the actual register numbering scheme.
9190 @defmac DEBUGGER_AUTO_OFFSET (@var{x})
9191 A C expression that returns the integer offset value for an automatic
9192 variable having address @var{x} (an RTL expression). The default
9193 computation assumes that @var{x} is based on the frame-pointer and
9194 gives the offset from the frame-pointer. This is required for targets
9195 that produce debugging output for DBX or COFF-style debugging output
9196 for SDB and allow the frame-pointer to be eliminated when the
9197 @option{-g} options is used.
9200 @defmac DEBUGGER_ARG_OFFSET (@var{offset}, @var{x})
9201 A C expression that returns the integer offset value for an argument
9202 having address @var{x} (an RTL expression). The nominal offset is
9206 @defmac PREFERRED_DEBUGGING_TYPE
9207 A C expression that returns the type of debugging output GCC should
9208 produce when the user specifies just @option{-g}. Define
9209 this if you have arranged for GCC to support more than one format of
9210 debugging output. Currently, the allowable values are @code{DBX_DEBUG},
9211 @code{SDB_DEBUG}, @code{DWARF_DEBUG}, @code{DWARF2_DEBUG},
9212 @code{XCOFF_DEBUG}, @code{VMS_DEBUG}, and @code{VMS_AND_DWARF2_DEBUG}.
9214 When the user specifies @option{-ggdb}, GCC normally also uses the
9215 value of this macro to select the debugging output format, but with two
9216 exceptions. If @code{DWARF2_DEBUGGING_INFO} is defined, GCC uses the
9217 value @code{DWARF2_DEBUG}. Otherwise, if @code{DBX_DEBUGGING_INFO} is
9218 defined, GCC uses @code{DBX_DEBUG}.
9220 The value of this macro only affects the default debugging output; the
9221 user can always get a specific type of output by using @option{-gstabs},
9222 @option{-gcoff}, @option{-gdwarf-2}, @option{-gxcoff}, or @option{-gvms}.
9226 @subsection Specific Options for DBX Output
9228 @c prevent bad page break with this line
9229 These are specific options for DBX output.
9231 @defmac DBX_DEBUGGING_INFO
9232 Define this macro if GCC should produce debugging output for DBX
9233 in response to the @option{-g} option.
9236 @defmac XCOFF_DEBUGGING_INFO
9237 Define this macro if GCC should produce XCOFF format debugging output
9238 in response to the @option{-g} option. This is a variant of DBX format.
9241 @defmac DEFAULT_GDB_EXTENSIONS
9242 Define this macro to control whether GCC should by default generate
9243 GDB's extended version of DBX debugging information (assuming DBX-format
9244 debugging information is enabled at all). If you don't define the
9245 macro, the default is 1: always generate the extended information
9246 if there is any occasion to.
9249 @defmac DEBUG_SYMS_TEXT
9250 Define this macro if all @code{.stabs} commands should be output while
9251 in the text section.
9254 @defmac ASM_STABS_OP
9255 A C string constant, including spacing, naming the assembler pseudo op to
9256 use instead of @code{"\t.stabs\t"} to define an ordinary debugging symbol.
9257 If you don't define this macro, @code{"\t.stabs\t"} is used. This macro
9258 applies only to DBX debugging information format.
9261 @defmac ASM_STABD_OP
9262 A C string constant, including spacing, naming the assembler pseudo op to
9263 use instead of @code{"\t.stabd\t"} to define a debugging symbol whose
9264 value is the current location. If you don't define this macro,
9265 @code{"\t.stabd\t"} is used. This macro applies only to DBX debugging
9269 @defmac ASM_STABN_OP
9270 A C string constant, including spacing, naming the assembler pseudo op to
9271 use instead of @code{"\t.stabn\t"} to define a debugging symbol with no
9272 name. If you don't define this macro, @code{"\t.stabn\t"} is used. This
9273 macro applies only to DBX debugging information format.
9276 @defmac DBX_NO_XREFS
9277 Define this macro if DBX on your system does not support the construct
9278 @samp{xs@var{tagname}}. On some systems, this construct is used to
9279 describe a forward reference to a structure named @var{tagname}.
9280 On other systems, this construct is not supported at all.
9283 @defmac DBX_CONTIN_LENGTH
9284 A symbol name in DBX-format debugging information is normally
9285 continued (split into two separate @code{.stabs} directives) when it
9286 exceeds a certain length (by default, 80 characters). On some
9287 operating systems, DBX requires this splitting; on others, splitting
9288 must not be done. You can inhibit splitting by defining this macro
9289 with the value zero. You can override the default splitting-length by
9290 defining this macro as an expression for the length you desire.
9293 @defmac DBX_CONTIN_CHAR
9294 Normally continuation is indicated by adding a @samp{\} character to
9295 the end of a @code{.stabs} string when a continuation follows. To use
9296 a different character instead, define this macro as a character
9297 constant for the character you want to use. Do not define this macro
9298 if backslash is correct for your system.
9301 @defmac DBX_STATIC_STAB_DATA_SECTION
9302 Define this macro if it is necessary to go to the data section before
9303 outputting the @samp{.stabs} pseudo-op for a non-global static
9307 @defmac DBX_TYPE_DECL_STABS_CODE
9308 The value to use in the ``code'' field of the @code{.stabs} directive
9309 for a typedef. The default is @code{N_LSYM}.
9312 @defmac DBX_STATIC_CONST_VAR_CODE
9313 The value to use in the ``code'' field of the @code{.stabs} directive
9314 for a static variable located in the text section. DBX format does not
9315 provide any ``right'' way to do this. The default is @code{N_FUN}.
9318 @defmac DBX_REGPARM_STABS_CODE
9319 The value to use in the ``code'' field of the @code{.stabs} directive
9320 for a parameter passed in registers. DBX format does not provide any
9321 ``right'' way to do this. The default is @code{N_RSYM}.
9324 @defmac DBX_REGPARM_STABS_LETTER
9325 The letter to use in DBX symbol data to identify a symbol as a parameter
9326 passed in registers. DBX format does not customarily provide any way to
9327 do this. The default is @code{'P'}.
9330 @defmac DBX_FUNCTION_FIRST
9331 Define this macro if the DBX information for a function and its
9332 arguments should precede the assembler code for the function. Normally,
9333 in DBX format, the debugging information entirely follows the assembler
9337 @defmac DBX_BLOCKS_FUNCTION_RELATIVE
9338 Define this macro, with value 1, if the value of a symbol describing
9339 the scope of a block (@code{N_LBRAC} or @code{N_RBRAC}) should be
9340 relative to the start of the enclosing function. Normally, GCC uses
9341 an absolute address.
9344 @defmac DBX_LINES_FUNCTION_RELATIVE
9345 Define this macro, with value 1, if the value of a symbol indicating
9346 the current line number (@code{N_SLINE}) should be relative to the
9347 start of the enclosing function. Normally, GCC uses an absolute address.
9350 @defmac DBX_USE_BINCL
9351 Define this macro if GCC should generate @code{N_BINCL} and
9352 @code{N_EINCL} stabs for included header files, as on Sun systems. This
9353 macro also directs GCC to output a type number as a pair of a file
9354 number and a type number within the file. Normally, GCC does not
9355 generate @code{N_BINCL} or @code{N_EINCL} stabs, and it outputs a single
9356 number for a type number.
9360 @subsection Open-Ended Hooks for DBX Format
9362 @c prevent bad page break with this line
9363 These are hooks for DBX format.
9365 @defmac DBX_OUTPUT_SOURCE_LINE (@var{stream}, @var{line}, @var{counter})
9366 A C statement to output DBX debugging information before code for line
9367 number @var{line} of the current source file to the stdio stream
9368 @var{stream}. @var{counter} is the number of time the macro was
9369 invoked, including the current invocation; it is intended to generate
9370 unique labels in the assembly output.
9372 This macro should not be defined if the default output is correct, or
9373 if it can be made correct by defining @code{DBX_LINES_FUNCTION_RELATIVE}.
9376 @defmac NO_DBX_FUNCTION_END
9377 Some stabs encapsulation formats (in particular ECOFF), cannot handle the
9378 @code{.stabs "",N_FUN,,0,0,Lscope-function-1} gdb dbx extension construct.
9379 On those machines, define this macro to turn this feature off without
9380 disturbing the rest of the gdb extensions.
9383 @defmac NO_DBX_BNSYM_ENSYM
9384 Some assemblers cannot handle the @code{.stabd BNSYM/ENSYM,0,0} gdb dbx
9385 extension construct. On those machines, define this macro to turn this
9386 feature off without disturbing the rest of the gdb extensions.
9389 @node File Names and DBX
9390 @subsection File Names in DBX Format
9392 @c prevent bad page break with this line
9393 This describes file names in DBX format.
9395 @defmac DBX_OUTPUT_MAIN_SOURCE_FILENAME (@var{stream}, @var{name})
9396 A C statement to output DBX debugging information to the stdio stream
9397 @var{stream}, which indicates that file @var{name} is the main source
9398 file---the file specified as the input file for compilation.
9399 This macro is called only once, at the beginning of compilation.
9401 This macro need not be defined if the standard form of output
9402 for DBX debugging information is appropriate.
9404 It may be necessary to refer to a label equal to the beginning of the
9405 text section. You can use @samp{assemble_name (stream, ltext_label_name)}
9406 to do so. If you do this, you must also set the variable
9407 @var{used_ltext_label_name} to @code{true}.
9410 @defmac NO_DBX_MAIN_SOURCE_DIRECTORY
9411 Define this macro, with value 1, if GCC should not emit an indication
9412 of the current directory for compilation and current source language at
9413 the beginning of the file.
9416 @defmac NO_DBX_GCC_MARKER
9417 Define this macro, with value 1, if GCC should not emit an indication
9418 that this object file was compiled by GCC@. The default is to emit
9419 an @code{N_OPT} stab at the beginning of every source file, with
9420 @samp{gcc2_compiled.} for the string and value 0.
9423 @defmac DBX_OUTPUT_MAIN_SOURCE_FILE_END (@var{stream}, @var{name})
9424 A C statement to output DBX debugging information at the end of
9425 compilation of the main source file @var{name}. Output should be
9426 written to the stdio stream @var{stream}.
9428 If you don't define this macro, nothing special is output at the end
9429 of compilation, which is correct for most machines.
9432 @defmac DBX_OUTPUT_NULL_N_SO_AT_MAIN_SOURCE_FILE_END
9433 Define this macro @emph{instead of} defining
9434 @code{DBX_OUTPUT_MAIN_SOURCE_FILE_END}, if what needs to be output at
9435 the end of compilation is an @code{N_SO} stab with an empty string,
9436 whose value is the highest absolute text address in the file.
9441 @subsection Macros for SDB and DWARF Output
9443 @c prevent bad page break with this line
9444 Here are macros for SDB and DWARF output.
9446 @defmac SDB_DEBUGGING_INFO
9447 Define this macro if GCC should produce COFF-style debugging output
9448 for SDB in response to the @option{-g} option.
9451 @defmac DWARF2_DEBUGGING_INFO
9452 Define this macro if GCC should produce dwarf version 2 format
9453 debugging output in response to the @option{-g} option.
9455 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_DWARF_CALLING_CONVENTION (const_tree @var{function})
9456 Define this to enable the dwarf attribute @code{DW_AT_calling_convention} to
9457 be emitted for each function. Instead of an integer return the enum
9458 value for the @code{DW_CC_} tag.
9461 To support optional call frame debugging information, you must also
9462 define @code{INCOMING_RETURN_ADDR_RTX} and either set
9463 @code{RTX_FRAME_RELATED_P} on the prologue insns if you use RTL for the
9464 prologue, or call @code{dwarf2out_def_cfa} and @code{dwarf2out_reg_save}
9465 as appropriate from @code{TARGET_ASM_FUNCTION_PROLOGUE} if you don't.
9468 @defmac DWARF2_FRAME_INFO
9469 Define this macro to a nonzero value if GCC should always output
9470 Dwarf 2 frame information. If @code{TARGET_EXCEPT_UNWIND_INFO}
9471 (@pxref{Exception Region Output}) returns @code{UI_DWARF2}, and
9472 exceptions are enabled, GCC will output this information not matter
9473 how you define @code{DWARF2_FRAME_INFO}.
9476 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum unwind_info_type} TARGET_DEBUG_UNWIND_INFO (void)
9477 This hook defines the mechanism that will be used for describing frame
9478 unwind information to the debugger. Normally the hook will return
9479 @code{UI_DWARF2} if DWARF 2 debug information is enabled, and
9480 return @code{UI_NONE} otherwise.
9482 A target may return @code{UI_DWARF2} even when DWARF 2 debug information
9483 is disabled in order to always output DWARF 2 frame information.
9485 A target may return @code{UI_TARGET} if it has ABI specified unwind tables.
9486 This will suppress generation of the normal debug frame unwind information.
9489 @defmac DWARF2_ASM_LINE_DEBUG_INFO
9490 Define this macro to be a nonzero value if the assembler can generate Dwarf 2
9491 line debug info sections. This will result in much more compact line number
9492 tables, and hence is desirable if it works.
9495 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_WANT_DEBUG_PUB_SECTIONS
9496 True if the @code{.debug_pubtypes} and @code{.debug_pubnames} sections should be emitted. These sections are not used on most platforms, and in particular GDB does not use them.
9499 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_FORCE_AT_COMP_DIR
9500 True if the @code{DW_AT_comp_dir} attribute should be emitted for each compilation unit. This attribute is required for the darwin linker to emit debug information.
9503 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_DELAY_SCHED2
9504 True if sched2 is not to be run at its normal place. This usually means it will be run as part of machine-specific reorg.
9507 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_DELAY_VARTRACK
9508 True if vartrack is not to be run at its normal place. This usually means it will be run as part of machine-specific reorg.
9511 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_DWARF_DELTA (@var{stream}, @var{size}, @var{label1}, @var{label2})
9512 A C statement to issue assembly directives that create a difference
9513 @var{lab1} minus @var{lab2}, using an integer of the given @var{size}.
9516 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_DWARF_VMS_DELTA (@var{stream}, @var{size}, @var{label1}, @var{label2})
9517 A C statement to issue assembly directives that create a difference
9518 between the two given labels in system defined units, e.g. instruction
9519 slots on IA64 VMS, using an integer of the given size.
9522 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_DWARF_OFFSET (@var{stream}, @var{size}, @var{label}, @var{section})
9523 A C statement to issue assembly directives that create a
9524 section-relative reference to the given @var{label}, using an integer of the
9525 given @var{size}. The label is known to be defined in the given @var{section}.
9528 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_DWARF_PCREL (@var{stream}, @var{size}, @var{label})
9529 A C statement to issue assembly directives that create a self-relative
9530 reference to the given @var{label}, using an integer of the given @var{size}.
9533 @defmac ASM_OUTPUT_DWARF_TABLE_REF (@var{label})
9534 A C statement to issue assembly directives that create a reference to
9535 the DWARF table identifier @var{label} from the current section. This
9536 is used on some systems to avoid garbage collecting a DWARF table which
9537 is referenced by a function.
9540 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ASM_OUTPUT_DWARF_DTPREL (FILE *@var{file}, int @var{size}, rtx @var{x})
9541 If defined, this target hook is a function which outputs a DTP-relative
9542 reference to the given TLS symbol of the specified size.
9545 @defmac PUT_SDB_@dots{}
9546 Define these macros to override the assembler syntax for the special
9547 SDB assembler directives. See @file{sdbout.c} for a list of these
9548 macros and their arguments. If the standard syntax is used, you need
9549 not define them yourself.
9553 Some assemblers do not support a semicolon as a delimiter, even between
9554 SDB assembler directives. In that case, define this macro to be the
9555 delimiter to use (usually @samp{\n}). It is not necessary to define
9556 a new set of @code{PUT_SDB_@var{op}} macros if this is the only change
9560 @defmac SDB_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_REFERENCES
9561 Define this macro to allow references to unknown structure,
9562 union, or enumeration tags to be emitted. Standard COFF does not
9563 allow handling of unknown references, MIPS ECOFF has support for
9567 @defmac SDB_ALLOW_FORWARD_REFERENCES
9568 Define this macro to allow references to structure, union, or
9569 enumeration tags that have not yet been seen to be handled. Some
9570 assemblers choke if forward tags are used, while some require it.
9573 @defmac SDB_OUTPUT_SOURCE_LINE (@var{stream}, @var{line})
9574 A C statement to output SDB debugging information before code for line
9575 number @var{line} of the current source file to the stdio stream
9576 @var{stream}. The default is to emit an @code{.ln} directive.
9581 @subsection Macros for VMS Debug Format
9583 @c prevent bad page break with this line
9584 Here are macros for VMS debug format.
9586 @defmac VMS_DEBUGGING_INFO
9587 Define this macro if GCC should produce debugging output for VMS
9588 in response to the @option{-g} option. The default behavior for VMS
9589 is to generate minimal debug info for a traceback in the absence of
9590 @option{-g} unless explicitly overridden with @option{-g0}. This
9591 behavior is controlled by @code{TARGET_OPTION_OPTIMIZATION} and
9592 @code{TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE}.
9595 @node Floating Point
9596 @section Cross Compilation and Floating Point
9597 @cindex cross compilation and floating point
9598 @cindex floating point and cross compilation
9600 While all modern machines use twos-complement representation for integers,
9601 there are a variety of representations for floating point numbers. This
9602 means that in a cross-compiler the representation of floating point numbers
9603 in the compiled program may be different from that used in the machine
9604 doing the compilation.
9606 Because different representation systems may offer different amounts of
9607 range and precision, all floating point constants must be represented in
9608 the target machine's format. Therefore, the cross compiler cannot
9609 safely use the host machine's floating point arithmetic; it must emulate
9610 the target's arithmetic. To ensure consistency, GCC always uses
9611 emulation to work with floating point values, even when the host and
9612 target floating point formats are identical.
9614 The following macros are provided by @file{real.h} for the compiler to
9615 use. All parts of the compiler which generate or optimize
9616 floating-point calculations must use these macros. They may evaluate
9617 their operands more than once, so operands must not have side effects.
9619 @defmac REAL_VALUE_TYPE
9620 The C data type to be used to hold a floating point value in the target
9621 machine's format. Typically this is a @code{struct} containing an
9622 array of @code{HOST_WIDE_INT}, but all code should treat it as an opaque
9626 @deftypefn Macro int REAL_VALUES_EQUAL (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x}, REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{y})
9627 Compares for equality the two values, @var{x} and @var{y}. If the target
9628 floating point format supports negative zeroes and/or NaNs,
9629 @samp{REAL_VALUES_EQUAL (-0.0, 0.0)} is true, and
9630 @samp{REAL_VALUES_EQUAL (NaN, NaN)} is false.
9633 @deftypefn Macro int REAL_VALUES_LESS (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x}, REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{y})
9634 Tests whether @var{x} is less than @var{y}.
9637 @deftypefn Macro HOST_WIDE_INT REAL_VALUE_FIX (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x})
9638 Truncates @var{x} to a signed integer, rounding toward zero.
9641 @deftypefn Macro {unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT} REAL_VALUE_UNSIGNED_FIX (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x})
9642 Truncates @var{x} to an unsigned integer, rounding toward zero. If
9643 @var{x} is negative, returns zero.
9646 @deftypefn Macro REAL_VALUE_TYPE REAL_VALUE_ATOF (const char *@var{string}, enum machine_mode @var{mode})
9647 Converts @var{string} into a floating point number in the target machine's
9648 representation for mode @var{mode}. This routine can handle both
9649 decimal and hexadecimal floating point constants, using the syntax
9650 defined by the C language for both.
9653 @deftypefn Macro int REAL_VALUE_NEGATIVE (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x})
9654 Returns 1 if @var{x} is negative (including negative zero), 0 otherwise.
9657 @deftypefn Macro int REAL_VALUE_ISINF (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x})
9658 Determines whether @var{x} represents infinity (positive or negative).
9661 @deftypefn Macro int REAL_VALUE_ISNAN (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x})
9662 Determines whether @var{x} represents a ``NaN'' (not-a-number).
9665 @deftypefn Macro void REAL_ARITHMETIC (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{output}, enum tree_code @var{code}, REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x}, REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{y})
9666 Calculates an arithmetic operation on the two floating point values
9667 @var{x} and @var{y}, storing the result in @var{output} (which must be a
9670 The operation to be performed is specified by @var{code}. Only the
9671 following codes are supported: @code{PLUS_EXPR}, @code{MINUS_EXPR},
9672 @code{MULT_EXPR}, @code{RDIV_EXPR}, @code{MAX_EXPR}, @code{MIN_EXPR}.
9674 If @code{REAL_ARITHMETIC} is asked to evaluate division by zero and the
9675 target's floating point format cannot represent infinity, it will call
9676 @code{abort}. Callers should check for this situation first, using
9677 @code{MODE_HAS_INFINITIES}. @xref{Storage Layout}.
9680 @deftypefn Macro REAL_VALUE_TYPE REAL_VALUE_NEGATE (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x})
9681 Returns the negative of the floating point value @var{x}.
9684 @deftypefn Macro REAL_VALUE_TYPE REAL_VALUE_ABS (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x})
9685 Returns the absolute value of @var{x}.
9688 @deftypefn Macro void REAL_VALUE_TO_INT (HOST_WIDE_INT @var{low}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{high}, REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x})
9689 Converts a floating point value @var{x} into a double-precision integer
9690 which is then stored into @var{low} and @var{high}. If the value is not
9691 integral, it is truncated.
9694 @deftypefn Macro void REAL_VALUE_FROM_INT (REAL_VALUE_TYPE @var{x}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{low}, HOST_WIDE_INT @var{high}, enum machine_mode @var{mode})
9695 Converts a double-precision integer found in @var{low} and @var{high},
9696 into a floating point value which is then stored into @var{x}. The
9697 value is truncated to fit in mode @var{mode}.
9700 @node Mode Switching
9701 @section Mode Switching Instructions
9702 @cindex mode switching
9703 The following macros control mode switching optimizations:
9705 @defmac OPTIMIZE_MODE_SWITCHING (@var{entity})
9706 Define this macro if the port needs extra instructions inserted for mode
9707 switching in an optimizing compilation.
9709 For an example, the SH4 can perform both single and double precision
9710 floating point operations, but to perform a single precision operation,
9711 the FPSCR PR bit has to be cleared, while for a double precision
9712 operation, this bit has to be set. Changing the PR bit requires a general
9713 purpose register as a scratch register, hence these FPSCR sets have to
9714 be inserted before reload, i.e.@: you can't put this into instruction emitting
9715 or @code{TARGET_MACHINE_DEPENDENT_REORG}.
9717 You can have multiple entities that are mode-switched, and select at run time
9718 which entities actually need it. @code{OPTIMIZE_MODE_SWITCHING} should
9719 return nonzero for any @var{entity} that needs mode-switching.
9720 If you define this macro, you also have to define
9721 @code{NUM_MODES_FOR_MODE_SWITCHING}, @code{MODE_NEEDED},
9722 @code{MODE_PRIORITY_TO_MODE} and @code{EMIT_MODE_SET}.
9723 @code{MODE_AFTER}, @code{MODE_ENTRY}, and @code{MODE_EXIT}
9727 @defmac NUM_MODES_FOR_MODE_SWITCHING
9728 If you define @code{OPTIMIZE_MODE_SWITCHING}, you have to define this as
9729 initializer for an array of integers. Each initializer element
9730 N refers to an entity that needs mode switching, and specifies the number
9731 of different modes that might need to be set for this entity.
9732 The position of the initializer in the initializer---starting counting at
9733 zero---determines the integer that is used to refer to the mode-switched
9735 In macros that take mode arguments / yield a mode result, modes are
9736 represented as numbers 0 @dots{} N @minus{} 1. N is used to specify that no mode
9737 switch is needed / supplied.
9740 @defmac MODE_NEEDED (@var{entity}, @var{insn})
9741 @var{entity} is an integer specifying a mode-switched entity. If
9742 @code{OPTIMIZE_MODE_SWITCHING} is defined, you must define this macro to
9743 return an integer value not larger than the corresponding element in
9744 @code{NUM_MODES_FOR_MODE_SWITCHING}, to denote the mode that @var{entity} must
9745 be switched into prior to the execution of @var{insn}.
9748 @defmac MODE_AFTER (@var{entity}, @var{mode}, @var{insn})
9749 @var{entity} is an integer specifying a mode-switched entity. If
9750 this macro is defined, it is evaluated for every @var{insn} during
9751 mode switching. It determines the mode that an insn results in (if
9752 different from the incoming mode).
9755 @defmac MODE_ENTRY (@var{entity})
9756 If this macro is defined, it is evaluated for every @var{entity} that needs
9757 mode switching. It should evaluate to an integer, which is a mode that
9758 @var{entity} is assumed to be switched to at function entry. If @code{MODE_ENTRY}
9759 is defined then @code{MODE_EXIT} must be defined.
9762 @defmac MODE_EXIT (@var{entity})
9763 If this macro is defined, it is evaluated for every @var{entity} that needs
9764 mode switching. It should evaluate to an integer, which is a mode that
9765 @var{entity} is assumed to be switched to at function exit. If @code{MODE_EXIT}
9766 is defined then @code{MODE_ENTRY} must be defined.
9769 @defmac MODE_PRIORITY_TO_MODE (@var{entity}, @var{n})
9770 This macro specifies the order in which modes for @var{entity} are processed.
9771 0 is the highest priority, @code{NUM_MODES_FOR_MODE_SWITCHING[@var{entity}] - 1} the
9772 lowest. The value of the macro should be an integer designating a mode
9773 for @var{entity}. For any fixed @var{entity}, @code{mode_priority_to_mode}
9774 (@var{entity}, @var{n}) shall be a bijection in 0 @dots{}
9775 @code{num_modes_for_mode_switching[@var{entity}] - 1}.
9778 @defmac EMIT_MODE_SET (@var{entity}, @var{mode}, @var{hard_regs_live})
9779 Generate one or more insns to set @var{entity} to @var{mode}.
9780 @var{hard_reg_live} is the set of hard registers live at the point where
9781 the insn(s) are to be inserted.
9782 Sets of a lower numbered entity will be emitted before sets of a higher
9783 numbered entity to a mode of the same or lower priority.
9786 @node Target Attributes
9787 @section Defining target-specific uses of @code{__attribute__}
9788 @cindex target attributes
9789 @cindex machine attributes
9790 @cindex attributes, target-specific
9792 Target-specific attributes may be defined for functions, data and types.
9793 These are described using the following target hooks; they also need to
9794 be documented in @file{extend.texi}.
9796 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const struct attribute_spec *} TARGET_ATTRIBUTE_TABLE
9797 If defined, this target hook points to an array of @samp{struct
9798 attribute_spec} (defined in @file{tree.h}) specifying the machine
9799 specific attributes for this target and some of the restrictions on the
9800 entities to which these attributes are applied and the arguments they
9804 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ATTRIBUTE_TAKES_IDENTIFIER_P (const_tree @var{name})
9805 If defined, this target hook is a function which returns true if the
9806 machine-specific attribute named @var{name} expects an identifier
9807 given as its first argument to be passed on as a plain identifier, not
9808 subjected to name lookup. If this is not defined, the default is
9809 false for all machine-specific attributes.
9812 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_COMP_TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (const_tree @var{type1}, const_tree @var{type2})
9813 If defined, this target hook is a function which returns zero if the attributes on
9814 @var{type1} and @var{type2} are incompatible, one if they are compatible,
9815 and two if they are nearly compatible (which causes a warning to be
9816 generated). If this is not defined, machine-specific attributes are
9817 supposed always to be compatible.
9820 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SET_DEFAULT_TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (tree @var{type})
9821 If defined, this target hook is a function which assigns default attributes to
9822 the newly defined @var{type}.
9825 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_MERGE_TYPE_ATTRIBUTES (tree @var{type1}, tree @var{type2})
9826 Define this target hook if the merging of type attributes needs special
9827 handling. If defined, the result is a list of the combined
9828 @code{TYPE_ATTRIBUTES} of @var{type1} and @var{type2}. It is assumed
9829 that @code{comptypes} has already been called and returned 1. This
9830 function may call @code{merge_attributes} to handle machine-independent
9834 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_MERGE_DECL_ATTRIBUTES (tree @var{olddecl}, tree @var{newdecl})
9835 Define this target hook if the merging of decl attributes needs special
9836 handling. If defined, the result is a list of the combined
9837 @code{DECL_ATTRIBUTES} of @var{olddecl} and @var{newdecl}.
9838 @var{newdecl} is a duplicate declaration of @var{olddecl}. Examples of
9839 when this is needed are when one attribute overrides another, or when an
9840 attribute is nullified by a subsequent definition. This function may
9841 call @code{merge_attributes} to handle machine-independent merging.
9843 @findex TARGET_DLLIMPORT_DECL_ATTRIBUTES
9844 If the only target-specific handling you require is @samp{dllimport}
9845 for Microsoft Windows targets, you should define the macro
9846 @code{TARGET_DLLIMPORT_DECL_ATTRIBUTES} to @code{1}. The compiler
9847 will then define a function called
9848 @code{merge_dllimport_decl_attributes} which can then be defined as
9849 the expansion of @code{TARGET_MERGE_DECL_ATTRIBUTES}. You can also
9850 add @code{handle_dll_attribute} in the attribute table for your port
9851 to perform initial processing of the @samp{dllimport} and
9852 @samp{dllexport} attributes. This is done in @file{i386/cygwin.h} and
9853 @file{i386/i386.c}, for example.
9856 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_VALID_DLLIMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_P (const_tree @var{decl})
9857 @var{decl} is a variable or function with @code{__attribute__((dllimport))} specified. Use this hook if the target needs to add extra validation checks to @code{handle_dll_attribute}.
9860 @defmac TARGET_DECLSPEC
9861 Define this macro to a nonzero value if you want to treat
9862 @code{__declspec(X)} as equivalent to @code{__attribute((X))}. By
9863 default, this behavior is enabled only for targets that define
9864 @code{TARGET_DLLIMPORT_DECL_ATTRIBUTES}. The current implementation
9865 of @code{__declspec} is via a built-in macro, but you should not rely
9866 on this implementation detail.
9869 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_INSERT_ATTRIBUTES (tree @var{node}, tree *@var{attr_ptr})
9870 Define this target hook if you want to be able to add attributes to a decl
9871 when it is being created. This is normally useful for back ends which
9872 wish to implement a pragma by using the attributes which correspond to
9873 the pragma's effect. The @var{node} argument is the decl which is being
9874 created. The @var{attr_ptr} argument is a pointer to the attribute list
9875 for this decl. The list itself should not be modified, since it may be
9876 shared with other decls, but attributes may be chained on the head of
9877 the list and @code{*@var{attr_ptr}} modified to point to the new
9878 attributes, or a copy of the list may be made if further changes are
9882 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_FUNCTION_ATTRIBUTE_INLINABLE_P (const_tree @var{fndecl})
9884 This target hook returns @code{true} if it is OK to inline @var{fndecl}
9885 into the current function, despite its having target-specific
9886 attributes, @code{false} otherwise. By default, if a function has a
9887 target specific attribute attached to it, it will not be inlined.
9890 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_OPTION_VALID_ATTRIBUTE_P (tree @var{fndecl}, tree @var{name}, tree @var{args}, int @var{flags})
9891 This hook is called to parse @code{attribute(target("..."))}, which
9892 allows setting target-specific options on individual functions.
9893 These function-specific options may differ
9894 from the options specified on the command line. The hook should return
9895 @code{true} if the options are valid.
9897 The hook should set the @code{DECL_FUNCTION_SPECIFIC_TARGET} field in
9898 the function declaration to hold a pointer to a target-specific
9899 @code{struct cl_target_option} structure.
9902 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_OPTION_SAVE (struct cl_target_option *@var{ptr}, struct gcc_options *@var{opts})
9903 This hook is called to save any additional target-specific information
9904 in the @code{struct cl_target_option} structure for function-specific
9905 options from the @code{struct gcc_options} structure.
9906 @xref{Option file format}.
9909 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_OPTION_RESTORE (struct gcc_options *@var{opts}, struct cl_target_option *@var{ptr})
9910 This hook is called to restore any additional target-specific
9911 information in the @code{struct cl_target_option} structure for
9912 function-specific options to the @code{struct gcc_options} structure.
9915 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_OPTION_PRINT (FILE *@var{file}, int @var{indent}, struct cl_target_option *@var{ptr})
9916 This hook is called to print any additional target-specific
9917 information in the @code{struct cl_target_option} structure for
9918 function-specific options.
9921 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_OPTION_PRAGMA_PARSE (tree @var{args}, tree @var{pop_target})
9922 This target hook parses the options for @code{#pragma GCC target}, which
9923 sets the target-specific options for functions that occur later in the
9924 input stream. The options accepted should be the same as those handled by the
9925 @code{TARGET_OPTION_VALID_ATTRIBUTE_P} hook.
9928 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE (void)
9929 Sometimes certain combinations of command options do not make sense on
9930 a particular target machine. You can override the hook
9931 @code{TARGET_OPTION_OVERRIDE} to take account of this. This hooks is called
9932 once just after all the command options have been parsed.
9934 Don't use this hook to turn on various extra optimizations for
9935 @option{-O}. That is what @code{TARGET_OPTION_OPTIMIZATION} is for.
9937 If you need to do something whenever the optimization level is
9938 changed via the optimize attribute or pragma, see
9939 @code{TARGET_OVERRIDE_OPTIONS_AFTER_CHANGE}
9942 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_OPTION_FUNCTION_VERSIONS (tree @var{decl1}, tree @var{decl2})
9943 This target hook returns @code{true} if @var{DECL1} and @var{DECL2} are
9944 versions of the same function. @var{DECL1} and @var{DECL2} are function
9945 versions if and only if they have the same function signature and
9946 different target specific attributes, that is, they are compiled for
9947 different target machines.
9950 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CAN_INLINE_P (tree @var{caller}, tree @var{callee})
9951 This target hook returns @code{false} if the @var{caller} function
9952 cannot inline @var{callee}, based on target specific information. By
9953 default, inlining is not allowed if the callee function has function
9954 specific target options and the caller does not use the same options.
9958 @section Emulating TLS
9959 @cindex Emulated TLS
9961 For targets whose psABI does not provide Thread Local Storage via
9962 specific relocations and instruction sequences, an emulation layer is
9963 used. A set of target hooks allows this emulation layer to be
9964 configured for the requirements of a particular target. For instance
9965 the psABI may in fact specify TLS support in terms of an emulation
9968 The emulation layer works by creating a control object for every TLS
9969 object. To access the TLS object, a lookup function is provided
9970 which, when given the address of the control object, will return the
9971 address of the current thread's instance of the TLS object.
9973 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_EMUTLS_GET_ADDRESS
9974 Contains the name of the helper function that uses a TLS control
9975 object to locate a TLS instance. The default causes libgcc's
9976 emulated TLS helper function to be used.
9979 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_EMUTLS_REGISTER_COMMON
9980 Contains the name of the helper function that should be used at
9981 program startup to register TLS objects that are implicitly
9982 initialized to zero. If this is @code{NULL}, all TLS objects will
9983 have explicit initializers. The default causes libgcc's emulated TLS
9984 registration function to be used.
9987 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_EMUTLS_VAR_SECTION
9988 Contains the name of the section in which TLS control variables should
9989 be placed. The default of @code{NULL} allows these to be placed in
9993 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_EMUTLS_TMPL_SECTION
9994 Contains the name of the section in which TLS initializers should be
9995 placed. The default of @code{NULL} allows these to be placed in any
9999 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_EMUTLS_VAR_PREFIX
10000 Contains the prefix to be prepended to TLS control variable names.
10001 The default of @code{NULL} uses a target-specific prefix.
10004 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_EMUTLS_TMPL_PREFIX
10005 Contains the prefix to be prepended to TLS initializer objects. The
10006 default of @code{NULL} uses a target-specific prefix.
10009 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_EMUTLS_VAR_FIELDS (tree @var{type}, tree *@var{name})
10010 Specifies a function that generates the FIELD_DECLs for a TLS control
10011 object type. @var{type} is the RECORD_TYPE the fields are for and
10012 @var{name} should be filled with the structure tag, if the default of
10013 @code{__emutls_object} is unsuitable. The default creates a type suitable
10014 for libgcc's emulated TLS function.
10017 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_EMUTLS_VAR_INIT (tree @var{var}, tree @var{decl}, tree @var{tmpl_addr})
10018 Specifies a function that generates the CONSTRUCTOR to initialize a
10019 TLS control object. @var{var} is the TLS control object, @var{decl}
10020 is the TLS object and @var{tmpl_addr} is the address of the
10021 initializer. The default initializes libgcc's emulated TLS control object.
10024 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_EMUTLS_VAR_ALIGN_FIXED
10025 Specifies whether the alignment of TLS control variable objects is
10026 fixed and should not be increased as some backends may do to optimize
10027 single objects. The default is false.
10030 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_EMUTLS_DEBUG_FORM_TLS_ADDRESS
10031 Specifies whether a DWARF @code{DW_OP_form_tls_address} location descriptor
10032 may be used to describe emulated TLS control objects.
10035 @node MIPS Coprocessors
10036 @section Defining coprocessor specifics for MIPS targets.
10037 @cindex MIPS coprocessor-definition macros
10039 The MIPS specification allows MIPS implementations to have as many as 4
10040 coprocessors, each with as many as 32 private registers. GCC supports
10041 accessing these registers and transferring values between the registers
10042 and memory using asm-ized variables. For example:
10045 register unsigned int cp0count asm ("c0r1");
10051 (``c0r1'' is the default name of register 1 in coprocessor 0; alternate
10052 names may be added as described below, or the default names may be
10053 overridden entirely in @code{SUBTARGET_CONDITIONAL_REGISTER_USAGE}.)
10055 Coprocessor registers are assumed to be epilogue-used; sets to them will
10056 be preserved even if it does not appear that the register is used again
10057 later in the function.
10059 Another note: according to the MIPS spec, coprocessor 1 (if present) is
10060 the FPU@. One accesses COP1 registers through standard mips
10061 floating-point support; they are not included in this mechanism.
10063 There is one macro used in defining the MIPS coprocessor interface which
10064 you may want to override in subtargets; it is described below.
10067 @section Parameters for Precompiled Header Validity Checking
10068 @cindex parameters, precompiled headers
10070 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {void *} TARGET_GET_PCH_VALIDITY (size_t *@var{sz})
10071 This hook returns a pointer to the data needed by
10072 @code{TARGET_PCH_VALID_P} and sets
10073 @samp{*@var{sz}} to the size of the data in bytes.
10076 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_PCH_VALID_P (const void *@var{data}, size_t @var{sz})
10077 This hook checks whether the options used to create a PCH file are
10078 compatible with the current settings. It returns @code{NULL}
10079 if so and a suitable error message if not. Error messages will
10080 be presented to the user and must be localized using @samp{_(@var{msg})}.
10082 @var{data} is the data that was returned by @code{TARGET_GET_PCH_VALIDITY}
10083 when the PCH file was created and @var{sz} is the size of that data in bytes.
10084 It's safe to assume that the data was created by the same version of the
10085 compiler, so no format checking is needed.
10087 The default definition of @code{default_pch_valid_p} should be
10088 suitable for most targets.
10091 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_CHECK_PCH_TARGET_FLAGS (int @var{pch_flags})
10092 If this hook is nonnull, the default implementation of
10093 @code{TARGET_PCH_VALID_P} will use it to check for compatible values
10094 of @code{target_flags}. @var{pch_flags} specifies the value that
10095 @code{target_flags} had when the PCH file was created. The return
10096 value is the same as for @code{TARGET_PCH_VALID_P}.
10099 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_PREPARE_PCH_SAVE (void)
10100 Called before writing out a PCH file. If the target has some
10101 garbage-collected data that needs to be in a particular state on PCH loads,
10102 it can use this hook to enforce that state. Very few targets need
10103 to do anything here.
10107 @section C++ ABI parameters
10108 @cindex parameters, c++ abi
10110 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_CXX_GUARD_TYPE (void)
10111 Define this hook to override the integer type used for guard variables.
10112 These are used to implement one-time construction of static objects. The
10113 default is long_long_integer_type_node.
10116 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CXX_GUARD_MASK_BIT (void)
10117 This hook determines how guard variables are used. It should return
10118 @code{false} (the default) if the first byte should be used. A return value of
10119 @code{true} indicates that only the least significant bit should be used.
10122 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_CXX_GET_COOKIE_SIZE (tree @var{type})
10123 This hook returns the size of the cookie to use when allocating an array
10124 whose elements have the indicated @var{type}. Assumes that it is already
10125 known that a cookie is needed. The default is
10126 @code{max(sizeof (size_t), alignof(type))}, as defined in section 2.7 of the
10127 IA64/Generic C++ ABI@.
10130 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CXX_COOKIE_HAS_SIZE (void)
10131 This hook should return @code{true} if the element size should be stored in
10132 array cookies. The default is to return @code{false}.
10135 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_CXX_IMPORT_EXPORT_CLASS (tree @var{type}, int @var{import_export})
10136 If defined by a backend this hook allows the decision made to export
10137 class @var{type} to be overruled. Upon entry @var{import_export}
10138 will contain 1 if the class is going to be exported, @minus{}1 if it is going
10139 to be imported and 0 otherwise. This function should return the
10140 modified value and perform any other actions necessary to support the
10141 backend's targeted operating system.
10144 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CXX_CDTOR_RETURNS_THIS (void)
10145 This hook should return @code{true} if constructors and destructors return
10146 the address of the object created/destroyed. The default is to return
10150 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CXX_KEY_METHOD_MAY_BE_INLINE (void)
10151 This hook returns true if the key method for a class (i.e., the method
10152 which, if defined in the current translation unit, causes the virtual
10153 table to be emitted) may be an inline function. Under the standard
10154 Itanium C++ ABI the key method may be an inline function so long as
10155 the function is not declared inline in the class definition. Under
10156 some variants of the ABI, an inline function can never be the key
10157 method. The default is to return @code{true}.
10160 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_CXX_DETERMINE_CLASS_DATA_VISIBILITY (tree @var{decl})
10161 @var{decl} is a virtual table, virtual table table, typeinfo object, or other similar implicit class data object that will be emitted with external linkage in this translation unit. No ELF visibility has been explicitly specified. If the target needs to specify a visibility other than that of the containing class, use this hook to set @code{DECL_VISIBILITY} and @code{DECL_VISIBILITY_SPECIFIED}.
10164 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CXX_CLASS_DATA_ALWAYS_COMDAT (void)
10165 This hook returns true (the default) if virtual tables and other
10166 similar implicit class data objects are always COMDAT if they have
10167 external linkage. If this hook returns false, then class data for
10168 classes whose virtual table will be emitted in only one translation
10169 unit will not be COMDAT.
10172 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CXX_LIBRARY_RTTI_COMDAT (void)
10173 This hook returns true (the default) if the RTTI information for
10174 the basic types which is defined in the C++ runtime should always
10175 be COMDAT, false if it should not be COMDAT.
10178 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CXX_USE_AEABI_ATEXIT (void)
10179 This hook returns true if @code{__aeabi_atexit} (as defined by the ARM EABI)
10180 should be used to register static destructors when @option{-fuse-cxa-atexit}
10181 is in effect. The default is to return false to use @code{__cxa_atexit}.
10184 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CXX_USE_ATEXIT_FOR_CXA_ATEXIT (void)
10185 This hook returns true if the target @code{atexit} function can be used
10186 in the same manner as @code{__cxa_atexit} to register C++ static
10187 destructors. This requires that @code{atexit}-registered functions in
10188 shared libraries are run in the correct order when the libraries are
10189 unloaded. The default is to return false.
10192 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_CXX_ADJUST_CLASS_AT_DEFINITION (tree @var{type})
10193 @var{type} is a C++ class (i.e., RECORD_TYPE or UNION_TYPE) that has just been defined. Use this hook to make adjustments to the class (eg, tweak visibility or perform any other required target modifications).
10196 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_CXX_DECL_MANGLING_CONTEXT (const_tree @var{decl})
10197 Return target-specific mangling context of @var{decl} or @code{NULL_TREE}.
10200 @node Named Address Spaces
10201 @section Adding support for named address spaces
10202 @cindex named address spaces
10204 The draft technical report of the ISO/IEC JTC1 S22 WG14 N1275
10205 standards committee, @cite{Programming Languages - C - Extensions to
10206 support embedded processors}, specifies a syntax for embedded
10207 processors to specify alternate address spaces. You can configure a
10208 GCC port to support section 5.1 of the draft report to add support for
10209 address spaces other than the default address space. These address
10210 spaces are new keywords that are similar to the @code{volatile} and
10211 @code{const} type attributes.
10213 Pointers to named address spaces can have a different size than
10214 pointers to the generic address space.
10216 For example, the SPU port uses the @code{__ea} address space to refer
10217 to memory in the host processor, rather than memory local to the SPU
10218 processor. Access to memory in the @code{__ea} address space involves
10219 issuing DMA operations to move data between the host processor and the
10220 local processor memory address space. Pointers in the @code{__ea}
10221 address space are either 32 bits or 64 bits based on the
10222 @option{-mea32} or @option{-mea64} switches (native SPU pointers are
10225 Internally, address spaces are represented as a small integer in the
10226 range 0 to 15 with address space 0 being reserved for the generic
10229 To register a named address space qualifier keyword with the C front end,
10230 the target may call the @code{c_register_addr_space} routine. For example,
10231 the SPU port uses the following to declare @code{__ea} as the keyword for
10232 named address space #1:
10234 #define ADDR_SPACE_EA 1
10235 c_register_addr_space ("__ea", ADDR_SPACE_EA);
10238 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_POINTER_MODE (addr_space_t @var{address_space})
10239 Define this to return the machine mode to use for pointers to
10240 @var{address_space} if the target supports named address spaces.
10241 The default version of this hook returns @code{ptr_mode} for the
10242 generic address space only.
10245 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {enum machine_mode} TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_ADDRESS_MODE (addr_space_t @var{address_space})
10246 Define this to return the machine mode to use for addresses in
10247 @var{address_space} if the target supports named address spaces.
10248 The default version of this hook returns @code{Pmode} for the
10249 generic address space only.
10252 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_VALID_POINTER_MODE (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, addr_space_t @var{as})
10253 Define this to return nonzero if the port can handle pointers
10254 with machine mode @var{mode} to address space @var{as}. This target
10255 hook is the same as the @code{TARGET_VALID_POINTER_MODE} target hook,
10256 except that it includes explicit named address space support. The default
10257 version of this hook returns true for the modes returned by either the
10258 @code{TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_POINTER_MODE} or @code{TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_ADDRESS_MODE}
10259 target hooks for the given address space.
10262 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS_P (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, rtx @var{exp}, bool @var{strict}, addr_space_t @var{as})
10263 Define this to return true if @var{exp} is a valid address for mode
10264 @var{mode} in the named address space @var{as}. The @var{strict}
10265 parameter says whether strict addressing is in effect after reload has
10266 finished. This target hook is the same as the
10267 @code{TARGET_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS_P} target hook, except that it includes
10268 explicit named address space support.
10271 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_LEGITIMIZE_ADDRESS (rtx @var{x}, rtx @var{oldx}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, addr_space_t @var{as})
10272 Define this to modify an invalid address @var{x} to be a valid address
10273 with mode @var{mode} in the named address space @var{as}. This target
10274 hook is the same as the @code{TARGET_LEGITIMIZE_ADDRESS} target hook,
10275 except that it includes explicit named address space support.
10278 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_SUBSET_P (addr_space_t @var{subset}, addr_space_t @var{superset})
10279 Define this to return whether the @var{subset} named address space is
10280 contained within the @var{superset} named address space. Pointers to
10281 a named address space that is a subset of another named address space
10282 will be converted automatically without a cast if used together in
10283 arithmetic operations. Pointers to a superset address space can be
10284 converted to pointers to a subset address space via explicit casts.
10287 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_CONVERT (rtx @var{op}, tree @var{from_type}, tree @var{to_type})
10288 Define this to convert the pointer expression represented by the RTL
10289 @var{op} with type @var{from_type} that points to a named address
10290 space to a new pointer expression with type @var{to_type} that points
10291 to a different named address space. When this hook it called, it is
10292 guaranteed that one of the two address spaces is a subset of the other,
10293 as determined by the @code{TARGET_ADDR_SPACE_SUBSET_P} target hook.
10297 @section UPC Language Support
10298 @cindex UPC, pointer-to-shared, libgupc
10300 @defmac HAVE_UPC_PTS_VADDR_FIRST
10301 If non-zero, the @var{vaddr} (virtual address) field of the UPC
10302 pointer-to-shared representation is first. Typically, this macro
10303 is set by @command{configure} and is defined in @file{config.in},
10304 based on the setting of the @option{--with-upc-pts-vaddr-order} option.
10305 By default, the @var{vaddr} is first.
10308 @defmac HAVE_UPC_PTS_PACKED_REP
10309 If defined, the UPC pointer-to-shared representation is a packed
10310 unsigned 64-bit integer. This macro is determined by
10311 @command{configure} and is defined in @file{config.in},
10312 based on the setting of the @option{--with-upc-pts=packed} option.
10313 (The default representation is `packed'.)
10316 @defmac HAVE_UPC_PTS_STRUCT_REP
10317 If defined, the UPC pointer-to-shared representation is a structure
10318 with three fields: @var{vaddr} (virtual address), @var{thread}
10319 (UPC thread number), and @var{phased} (UPC block offset).
10320 This macro is determined by @command{configure}
10321 and is defined in @file{config.in}, based on the setting of the
10322 @option{--with-upc-pts=struct} option.
10325 @defmac UPC_SHARED_SECTION_NAME
10326 Name of section used to assign addresses to UPC shared data items.
10329 @defmac UPC_SHARED_BEGIN_NAME
10330 Used by @code{upc-crtbegin} to define the beginning of the shared section.
10333 @defmac UPC_SHARED_END_NAME
10334 Used by @code{upc-crtend} to define the end of the shared section.
10337 @defmac UPC_PGM_INFO_SECTION_NAME
10338 Name of section used to hold info. describing how a UPC source file was compiled.
10341 @defmac UPC_PGM_INFO_BEGIN_NAME
10342 Used by @code{upc-crtbegin} to define the beginning of the shared section.
10345 @defmac UPC_PGM_INFO_END_NAME
10346 Used by @code{upc-crtend} to define the end of the shared section.
10349 @defmac UPC_INIT_ARRAY_SECTION_NAME
10350 Name of section that holds an array of addresses that points to
10351 the UPC initialization routines.
10354 @defmac UPC_INIT_ARRAY_BEGIN_NAME
10355 Used by @code{upc-crtbegin} to define the beginning of UPC initialization
10359 @defmac UPC_INIT_ARRAY_END_NAME
10360 Used by @code{upc-crtend} to define the beginning of UPC initialization
10365 @section Miscellaneous Parameters
10366 @cindex parameters, miscellaneous
10368 @c prevent bad page break with this line
10369 Here are several miscellaneous parameters.
10371 @defmac HAS_LONG_COND_BRANCH
10372 Define this boolean macro to indicate whether or not your architecture
10373 has conditional branches that can span all of memory. It is used in
10374 conjunction with an optimization that partitions hot and cold basic
10375 blocks into separate sections of the executable. If this macro is
10376 set to false, gcc will convert any conditional branches that attempt
10377 to cross between sections into unconditional branches or indirect jumps.
10380 @defmac HAS_LONG_UNCOND_BRANCH
10381 Define this boolean macro to indicate whether or not your architecture
10382 has unconditional branches that can span all of memory. It is used in
10383 conjunction with an optimization that partitions hot and cold basic
10384 blocks into separate sections of the executable. If this macro is
10385 set to false, gcc will convert any unconditional branches that attempt
10386 to cross between sections into indirect jumps.
10389 @defmac CASE_VECTOR_MODE
10390 An alias for a machine mode name. This is the machine mode that
10391 elements of a jump-table should have.
10394 @defmac CASE_VECTOR_SHORTEN_MODE (@var{min_offset}, @var{max_offset}, @var{body})
10395 Optional: return the preferred mode for an @code{addr_diff_vec}
10396 when the minimum and maximum offset are known. If you define this,
10397 it enables extra code in branch shortening to deal with @code{addr_diff_vec}.
10398 To make this work, you also have to define @code{INSN_ALIGN} and
10399 make the alignment for @code{addr_diff_vec} explicit.
10400 The @var{body} argument is provided so that the offset_unsigned and scale
10401 flags can be updated.
10404 @defmac CASE_VECTOR_PC_RELATIVE
10405 Define this macro to be a C expression to indicate when jump-tables
10406 should contain relative addresses. You need not define this macro if
10407 jump-tables never contain relative addresses, or jump-tables should
10408 contain relative addresses only when @option{-fPIC} or @option{-fPIC}
10412 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned int} TARGET_CASE_VALUES_THRESHOLD (void)
10413 This function return the smallest number of different values for which it
10414 is best to use a jump-table instead of a tree of conditional branches.
10415 The default is four for machines with a @code{casesi} instruction and
10416 five otherwise. This is best for most machines.
10419 @defmac WORD_REGISTER_OPERATIONS
10420 Define this macro if operations between registers with integral mode
10421 smaller than a word are always performed on the entire register.
10422 Most RISC machines have this property and most CISC machines do not.
10425 @defmac LOAD_EXTEND_OP (@var{mem_mode})
10426 Define this macro to be a C expression indicating when insns that read
10427 memory in @var{mem_mode}, an integral mode narrower than a word, set the
10428 bits outside of @var{mem_mode} to be either the sign-extension or the
10429 zero-extension of the data read. Return @code{SIGN_EXTEND} for values
10430 of @var{mem_mode} for which the
10431 insn sign-extends, @code{ZERO_EXTEND} for which it zero-extends, and
10432 @code{UNKNOWN} for other modes.
10434 This macro is not called with @var{mem_mode} non-integral or with a width
10435 greater than or equal to @code{BITS_PER_WORD}, so you may return any
10436 value in this case. Do not define this macro if it would always return
10437 @code{UNKNOWN}. On machines where this macro is defined, you will normally
10438 define it as the constant @code{SIGN_EXTEND} or @code{ZERO_EXTEND}.
10440 You may return a non-@code{UNKNOWN} value even if for some hard registers
10441 the sign extension is not performed, if for the @code{REGNO_REG_CLASS}
10442 of these hard registers @code{CANNOT_CHANGE_MODE_CLASS} returns nonzero
10443 when the @var{from} mode is @var{mem_mode} and the @var{to} mode is any
10444 integral mode larger than this but not larger than @code{word_mode}.
10446 You must return @code{UNKNOWN} if for some hard registers that allow this
10447 mode, @code{CANNOT_CHANGE_MODE_CLASS} says that they cannot change to
10448 @code{word_mode}, but that they can change to another integral mode that
10449 is larger then @var{mem_mode} but still smaller than @code{word_mode}.
10452 @defmac SHORT_IMMEDIATES_SIGN_EXTEND
10453 Define this macro if loading short immediate values into registers sign
10457 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned int} TARGET_MIN_DIVISIONS_FOR_RECIP_MUL (enum machine_mode @var{mode})
10458 When @option{-ffast-math} is in effect, GCC tries to optimize
10459 divisions by the same divisor, by turning them into multiplications by
10460 the reciprocal. This target hook specifies the minimum number of divisions
10461 that should be there for GCC to perform the optimization for a variable
10462 of mode @var{mode}. The default implementation returns 3 if the machine
10463 has an instruction for the division, and 2 if it does not.
10467 The maximum number of bytes that a single instruction can move quickly
10468 between memory and registers or between two memory locations.
10471 @defmac MAX_MOVE_MAX
10472 The maximum number of bytes that a single instruction can move quickly
10473 between memory and registers or between two memory locations. If this
10474 is undefined, the default is @code{MOVE_MAX}. Otherwise, it is the
10475 constant value that is the largest value that @code{MOVE_MAX} can have
10479 @defmac SHIFT_COUNT_TRUNCATED
10480 A C expression that is nonzero if on this machine the number of bits
10481 actually used for the count of a shift operation is equal to the number
10482 of bits needed to represent the size of the object being shifted. When
10483 this macro is nonzero, the compiler will assume that it is safe to omit
10484 a sign-extend, zero-extend, and certain bitwise `and' instructions that
10485 truncates the count of a shift operation. On machines that have
10486 instructions that act on bit-fields at variable positions, which may
10487 include `bit test' instructions, a nonzero @code{SHIFT_COUNT_TRUNCATED}
10488 also enables deletion of truncations of the values that serve as
10489 arguments to bit-field instructions.
10491 If both types of instructions truncate the count (for shifts) and
10492 position (for bit-field operations), or if no variable-position bit-field
10493 instructions exist, you should define this macro.
10495 However, on some machines, such as the 80386 and the 680x0, truncation
10496 only applies to shift operations and not the (real or pretended)
10497 bit-field operations. Define @code{SHIFT_COUNT_TRUNCATED} to be zero on
10498 such machines. Instead, add patterns to the @file{md} file that include
10499 the implied truncation of the shift instructions.
10501 You need not define this macro if it would always have the value of zero.
10504 @anchor{TARGET_SHIFT_TRUNCATION_MASK}
10505 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT} TARGET_SHIFT_TRUNCATION_MASK (enum machine_mode @var{mode})
10506 This function describes how the standard shift patterns for @var{mode}
10507 deal with shifts by negative amounts or by more than the width of the mode.
10508 @xref{shift patterns}.
10510 On many machines, the shift patterns will apply a mask @var{m} to the
10511 shift count, meaning that a fixed-width shift of @var{x} by @var{y} is
10512 equivalent to an arbitrary-width shift of @var{x} by @var{y & m}. If
10513 this is true for mode @var{mode}, the function should return @var{m},
10514 otherwise it should return 0. A return value of 0 indicates that no
10515 particular behavior is guaranteed.
10517 Note that, unlike @code{SHIFT_COUNT_TRUNCATED}, this function does
10518 @emph{not} apply to general shift rtxes; it applies only to instructions
10519 that are generated by the named shift patterns.
10521 The default implementation of this function returns
10522 @code{GET_MODE_BITSIZE (@var{mode}) - 1} if @code{SHIFT_COUNT_TRUNCATED}
10523 and 0 otherwise. This definition is always safe, but if
10524 @code{SHIFT_COUNT_TRUNCATED} is false, and some shift patterns
10525 nevertheless truncate the shift count, you may get better code
10529 @defmac TRULY_NOOP_TRUNCATION (@var{outprec}, @var{inprec})
10530 A C expression which is nonzero if on this machine it is safe to
10531 ``convert'' an integer of @var{inprec} bits to one of @var{outprec}
10532 bits (where @var{outprec} is smaller than @var{inprec}) by merely
10533 operating on it as if it had only @var{outprec} bits.
10535 On many machines, this expression can be 1.
10537 @c rearranged this, removed the phrase "it is reported that". this was
10538 @c to fix an overfull hbox. --mew 10feb93
10539 When @code{TRULY_NOOP_TRUNCATION} returns 1 for a pair of sizes for
10540 modes for which @code{MODES_TIEABLE_P} is 0, suboptimal code can result.
10541 If this is the case, making @code{TRULY_NOOP_TRUNCATION} return 0 in
10542 such cases may improve things.
10545 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_MODE_REP_EXTENDED (enum machine_mode @var{mode}, enum machine_mode @var{rep_mode})
10546 The representation of an integral mode can be such that the values
10547 are always extended to a wider integral mode. Return
10548 @code{SIGN_EXTEND} if values of @var{mode} are represented in
10549 sign-extended form to @var{rep_mode}. Return @code{UNKNOWN}
10550 otherwise. (Currently, none of the targets use zero-extended
10551 representation this way so unlike @code{LOAD_EXTEND_OP},
10552 @code{TARGET_MODE_REP_EXTENDED} is expected to return either
10553 @code{SIGN_EXTEND} or @code{UNKNOWN}. Also no target extends
10554 @var{mode} to @var{rep_mode} so that @var{rep_mode} is not the next
10555 widest integral mode and currently we take advantage of this fact.)
10557 Similarly to @code{LOAD_EXTEND_OP} you may return a non-@code{UNKNOWN}
10558 value even if the extension is not performed on certain hard registers
10559 as long as for the @code{REGNO_REG_CLASS} of these hard registers
10560 @code{CANNOT_CHANGE_MODE_CLASS} returns nonzero.
10562 Note that @code{TARGET_MODE_REP_EXTENDED} and @code{LOAD_EXTEND_OP}
10563 describe two related properties. If you define
10564 @code{TARGET_MODE_REP_EXTENDED (mode, word_mode)} you probably also want
10565 to define @code{LOAD_EXTEND_OP (mode)} to return the same type of
10568 In order to enforce the representation of @code{mode},
10569 @code{TRULY_NOOP_TRUNCATION} should return false when truncating to
10573 @defmac STORE_FLAG_VALUE
10574 A C expression describing the value returned by a comparison operator
10575 with an integral mode and stored by a store-flag instruction
10576 (@samp{cstore@var{mode}4}) when the condition is true. This description must
10577 apply to @emph{all} the @samp{cstore@var{mode}4} patterns and all the
10578 comparison operators whose results have a @code{MODE_INT} mode.
10580 A value of 1 or @minus{}1 means that the instruction implementing the
10581 comparison operator returns exactly 1 or @minus{}1 when the comparison is true
10582 and 0 when the comparison is false. Otherwise, the value indicates
10583 which bits of the result are guaranteed to be 1 when the comparison is
10584 true. This value is interpreted in the mode of the comparison
10585 operation, which is given by the mode of the first operand in the
10586 @samp{cstore@var{mode}4} pattern. Either the low bit or the sign bit of
10587 @code{STORE_FLAG_VALUE} be on. Presently, only those bits are used by
10590 If @code{STORE_FLAG_VALUE} is neither 1 or @minus{}1, the compiler will
10591 generate code that depends only on the specified bits. It can also
10592 replace comparison operators with equivalent operations if they cause
10593 the required bits to be set, even if the remaining bits are undefined.
10594 For example, on a machine whose comparison operators return an
10595 @code{SImode} value and where @code{STORE_FLAG_VALUE} is defined as
10596 @samp{0x80000000}, saying that just the sign bit is relevant, the
10600 (ne:SI (and:SI @var{x} (const_int @var{power-of-2})) (const_int 0))
10604 can be converted to
10607 (ashift:SI @var{x} (const_int @var{n}))
10611 where @var{n} is the appropriate shift count to move the bit being
10612 tested into the sign bit.
10614 There is no way to describe a machine that always sets the low-order bit
10615 for a true value, but does not guarantee the value of any other bits,
10616 but we do not know of any machine that has such an instruction. If you
10617 are trying to port GCC to such a machine, include an instruction to
10618 perform a logical-and of the result with 1 in the pattern for the
10619 comparison operators and let us know at @email{gcc@@gcc.gnu.org}.
10621 Often, a machine will have multiple instructions that obtain a value
10622 from a comparison (or the condition codes). Here are rules to guide the
10623 choice of value for @code{STORE_FLAG_VALUE}, and hence the instructions
10628 Use the shortest sequence that yields a valid definition for
10629 @code{STORE_FLAG_VALUE}. It is more efficient for the compiler to
10630 ``normalize'' the value (convert it to, e.g., 1 or 0) than for the
10631 comparison operators to do so because there may be opportunities to
10632 combine the normalization with other operations.
10635 For equal-length sequences, use a value of 1 or @minus{}1, with @minus{}1 being
10636 slightly preferred on machines with expensive jumps and 1 preferred on
10640 As a second choice, choose a value of @samp{0x80000001} if instructions
10641 exist that set both the sign and low-order bits but do not define the
10645 Otherwise, use a value of @samp{0x80000000}.
10648 Many machines can produce both the value chosen for
10649 @code{STORE_FLAG_VALUE} and its negation in the same number of
10650 instructions. On those machines, you should also define a pattern for
10651 those cases, e.g., one matching
10654 (set @var{A} (neg:@var{m} (ne:@var{m} @var{B} @var{C})))
10657 Some machines can also perform @code{and} or @code{plus} operations on
10658 condition code values with less instructions than the corresponding
10659 @samp{cstore@var{mode}4} insn followed by @code{and} or @code{plus}. On those
10660 machines, define the appropriate patterns. Use the names @code{incscc}
10661 and @code{decscc}, respectively, for the patterns which perform
10662 @code{plus} or @code{minus} operations on condition code values. See
10663 @file{rs6000.md} for some examples. The GNU Superoptimizer can be used to
10664 find such instruction sequences on other machines.
10666 If this macro is not defined, the default value, 1, is used. You need
10667 not define @code{STORE_FLAG_VALUE} if the machine has no store-flag
10668 instructions, or if the value generated by these instructions is 1.
10671 @defmac FLOAT_STORE_FLAG_VALUE (@var{mode})
10672 A C expression that gives a nonzero @code{REAL_VALUE_TYPE} value that is
10673 returned when comparison operators with floating-point results are true.
10674 Define this macro on machines that have comparison operations that return
10675 floating-point values. If there are no such operations, do not define
10679 @defmac VECTOR_STORE_FLAG_VALUE (@var{mode})
10680 A C expression that gives a rtx representing the nonzero true element
10681 for vector comparisons. The returned rtx should be valid for the inner
10682 mode of @var{mode} which is guaranteed to be a vector mode. Define
10683 this macro on machines that have vector comparison operations that
10684 return a vector result. If there are no such operations, do not define
10685 this macro. Typically, this macro is defined as @code{const1_rtx} or
10686 @code{constm1_rtx}. This macro may return @code{NULL_RTX} to prevent
10687 the compiler optimizing such vector comparison operations for the
10691 @defmac CLZ_DEFINED_VALUE_AT_ZERO (@var{mode}, @var{value})
10692 @defmacx CTZ_DEFINED_VALUE_AT_ZERO (@var{mode}, @var{value})
10693 A C expression that indicates whether the architecture defines a value
10694 for @code{clz} or @code{ctz} with a zero operand.
10695 A result of @code{0} indicates the value is undefined.
10696 If the value is defined for only the RTL expression, the macro should
10697 evaluate to @code{1}; if the value applies also to the corresponding optab
10698 entry (which is normally the case if it expands directly into
10699 the corresponding RTL), then the macro should evaluate to @code{2}.
10700 In the cases where the value is defined, @var{value} should be set to
10703 If this macro is not defined, the value of @code{clz} or
10704 @code{ctz} at zero is assumed to be undefined.
10706 This macro must be defined if the target's expansion for @code{ffs}
10707 relies on a particular value to get correct results. Otherwise it
10708 is not necessary, though it may be used to optimize some corner cases, and
10709 to provide a default expansion for the @code{ffs} optab.
10711 Note that regardless of this macro the ``definedness'' of @code{clz}
10712 and @code{ctz} at zero do @emph{not} extend to the builtin functions
10713 visible to the user. Thus one may be free to adjust the value at will
10714 to match the target expansion of these operations without fear of
10719 An alias for the machine mode for pointers. On most machines, define
10720 this to be the integer mode corresponding to the width of a hardware
10721 pointer; @code{SImode} on 32-bit machine or @code{DImode} on 64-bit machines.
10722 On some machines you must define this to be one of the partial integer
10723 modes, such as @code{PSImode}.
10725 The width of @code{Pmode} must be at least as large as the value of
10726 @code{POINTER_SIZE}. If it is not equal, you must define the macro
10727 @code{POINTERS_EXTEND_UNSIGNED} to specify how pointers are extended
10731 @defmac FUNCTION_MODE
10732 An alias for the machine mode used for memory references to functions
10733 being called, in @code{call} RTL expressions. On most CISC machines,
10734 where an instruction can begin at any byte address, this should be
10735 @code{QImode}. On most RISC machines, where all instructions have fixed
10736 size and alignment, this should be a mode with the same size and alignment
10737 as the machine instruction words - typically @code{SImode} or @code{HImode}.
10740 @defmac STDC_0_IN_SYSTEM_HEADERS
10741 In normal operation, the preprocessor expands @code{__STDC__} to the
10742 constant 1, to signify that GCC conforms to ISO Standard C@. On some
10743 hosts, like Solaris, the system compiler uses a different convention,
10744 where @code{__STDC__} is normally 0, but is 1 if the user specifies
10745 strict conformance to the C Standard.
10747 Defining @code{STDC_0_IN_SYSTEM_HEADERS} makes GNU CPP follows the host
10748 convention when processing system header files, but when processing user
10749 files @code{__STDC__} will always expand to 1.
10752 @deftypefn {C Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_C_PREINCLUDE (void)
10753 Define this hook to return the name of a header file to be included at the start of all compilations, as if it had been included with @code{#include <@var{file}>}. If this hook returns @code{NULL}, or is not defined, or the header is not found, or if the user specifies @option{-ffreestanding} or @option{-nostdinc}, no header is included.
10755 This hook can be used together with a header provided by the system C library to implement ISO C requirements for certain macros to be predefined that describe properties of the whole implementation rather than just the compiler.
10758 @deftypefn {C Target Hook} bool TARGET_CXX_IMPLICIT_EXTERN_C (const char*@var{})
10759 Define this hook to add target-specific C++ implicit extern C functions. If this function returns true for the name of a file-scope function, that function implicitly gets extern "C" linkage rather than whatever language linkage the declaration would normally have. An example of such function is WinMain on Win32 targets.
10762 @defmac NO_IMPLICIT_EXTERN_C
10763 Define this macro if the system header files support C++ as well as C@.
10764 This macro inhibits the usual method of using system header files in
10765 C++, which is to pretend that the file's contents are enclosed in
10766 @samp{extern "C" @{@dots{}@}}.
10771 @defmac REGISTER_TARGET_PRAGMAS ()
10772 Define this macro if you want to implement any target-specific pragmas.
10773 If defined, it is a C expression which makes a series of calls to
10774 @code{c_register_pragma} or @code{c_register_pragma_with_expansion}
10775 for each pragma. The macro may also do any
10776 setup required for the pragmas.
10778 The primary reason to define this macro is to provide compatibility with
10779 other compilers for the same target. In general, we discourage
10780 definition of target-specific pragmas for GCC@.
10782 If the pragma can be implemented by attributes then you should consider
10783 defining the target hook @samp{TARGET_INSERT_ATTRIBUTES} as well.
10785 Preprocessor macros that appear on pragma lines are not expanded. All
10786 @samp{#pragma} directives that do not match any registered pragma are
10787 silently ignored, unless the user specifies @option{-Wunknown-pragmas}.
10790 @deftypefun void c_register_pragma (const char *@var{space}, const char *@var{name}, void (*@var{callback}) (struct cpp_reader *))
10791 @deftypefunx void c_register_pragma_with_expansion (const char *@var{space}, const char *@var{name}, void (*@var{callback}) (struct cpp_reader *))
10793 Each call to @code{c_register_pragma} or
10794 @code{c_register_pragma_with_expansion} establishes one pragma. The
10795 @var{callback} routine will be called when the preprocessor encounters a
10799 #pragma [@var{space}] @var{name} @dots{}
10802 @var{space} is the case-sensitive namespace of the pragma, or
10803 @code{NULL} to put the pragma in the global namespace. The callback
10804 routine receives @var{pfile} as its first argument, which can be passed
10805 on to cpplib's functions if necessary. You can lex tokens after the
10806 @var{name} by calling @code{pragma_lex}. Tokens that are not read by the
10807 callback will be silently ignored. The end of the line is indicated by
10808 a token of type @code{CPP_EOF}. Macro expansion occurs on the
10809 arguments of pragmas registered with
10810 @code{c_register_pragma_with_expansion} but not on the arguments of
10811 pragmas registered with @code{c_register_pragma}.
10813 Note that the use of @code{pragma_lex} is specific to the C and C++
10814 compilers. It will not work in the Java or Fortran compilers, or any
10815 other language compilers for that matter. Thus if @code{pragma_lex} is going
10816 to be called from target-specific code, it must only be done so when
10817 building the C and C++ compilers. This can be done by defining the
10818 variables @code{c_target_objs} and @code{cxx_target_objs} in the
10819 target entry in the @file{config.gcc} file. These variables should name
10820 the target-specific, language-specific object file which contains the
10821 code that uses @code{pragma_lex}. Note it will also be necessary to add a
10822 rule to the makefile fragment pointed to by @code{tmake_file} that shows
10823 how to build this object file.
10826 @defmac HANDLE_PRAGMA_PACK_WITH_EXPANSION
10827 Define this macro if macros should be expanded in the
10828 arguments of @samp{#pragma pack}.
10831 @defmac TARGET_DEFAULT_PACK_STRUCT
10832 If your target requires a structure packing default other than 0 (meaning
10833 the machine default), define this macro to the necessary value (in bytes).
10834 This must be a value that would also be valid to use with
10835 @samp{#pragma pack()} (that is, a small power of two).
10838 @defmac DOLLARS_IN_IDENTIFIERS
10839 Define this macro to control use of the character @samp{$} in
10840 identifier names for the C family of languages. 0 means @samp{$} is
10841 not allowed by default; 1 means it is allowed. 1 is the default;
10842 there is no need to define this macro in that case.
10845 @defmac INSN_SETS_ARE_DELAYED (@var{insn})
10846 Define this macro as a C expression that is nonzero if it is safe for the
10847 delay slot scheduler to place instructions in the delay slot of @var{insn},
10848 even if they appear to use a resource set or clobbered in @var{insn}.
10849 @var{insn} is always a @code{jump_insn} or an @code{insn}; GCC knows that
10850 every @code{call_insn} has this behavior. On machines where some @code{insn}
10851 or @code{jump_insn} is really a function call and hence has this behavior,
10852 you should define this macro.
10854 You need not define this macro if it would always return zero.
10857 @defmac INSN_REFERENCES_ARE_DELAYED (@var{insn})
10858 Define this macro as a C expression that is nonzero if it is safe for the
10859 delay slot scheduler to place instructions in the delay slot of @var{insn},
10860 even if they appear to set or clobber a resource referenced in @var{insn}.
10861 @var{insn} is always a @code{jump_insn} or an @code{insn}. On machines where
10862 some @code{insn} or @code{jump_insn} is really a function call and its operands
10863 are registers whose use is actually in the subroutine it calls, you should
10864 define this macro. Doing so allows the delay slot scheduler to move
10865 instructions which copy arguments into the argument registers into the delay
10866 slot of @var{insn}.
10868 You need not define this macro if it would always return zero.
10871 @defmac MULTIPLE_SYMBOL_SPACES
10872 Define this macro as a C expression that is nonzero if, in some cases,
10873 global symbols from one translation unit may not be bound to undefined
10874 symbols in another translation unit without user intervention. For
10875 instance, under Microsoft Windows symbols must be explicitly imported
10876 from shared libraries (DLLs).
10878 You need not define this macro if it would always evaluate to zero.
10881 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_MD_ASM_CLOBBERS (tree @var{outputs}, tree @var{inputs}, tree @var{clobbers})
10882 This target hook should add to @var{clobbers} @code{STRING_CST} trees for
10883 any hard regs the port wishes to automatically clobber for an asm.
10884 It should return the result of the last @code{tree_cons} used to add a
10885 clobber. The @var{outputs}, @var{inputs} and @var{clobber} lists are the
10886 corresponding parameters to the asm and may be inspected to avoid
10887 clobbering a register that is an input or output of the asm. You can use
10888 @code{tree_overlaps_hard_reg_set}, declared in @file{tree.h}, to test
10889 for overlap with regards to asm-declared registers.
10892 @defmac MATH_LIBRARY
10893 Define this macro as a C string constant for the linker argument to link
10894 in the system math library, minus the initial @samp{"-l"}, or
10895 @samp{""} if the target does not have a
10896 separate math library.
10898 You need only define this macro if the default of @samp{"m"} is wrong.
10901 @defmac LIBRARY_PATH_ENV
10902 Define this macro as a C string constant for the environment variable that
10903 specifies where the linker should look for libraries.
10905 You need only define this macro if the default of @samp{"LIBRARY_PATH"}
10909 @defmac TARGET_POSIX_IO
10910 Define this macro if the target supports the following POSIX@ file
10911 functions, access, mkdir and file locking with fcntl / F_SETLKW@.
10912 Defining @code{TARGET_POSIX_IO} will enable the test coverage code
10913 to use file locking when exiting a program, which avoids race conditions
10914 if the program has forked. It will also create directories at run-time
10915 for cross-profiling.
10918 @defmac MAX_CONDITIONAL_EXECUTE
10920 A C expression for the maximum number of instructions to execute via
10921 conditional execution instructions instead of a branch. A value of
10922 @code{BRANCH_COST}+1 is the default if the machine does not use cc0, and
10923 1 if it does use cc0.
10926 @defmac IFCVT_MODIFY_TESTS (@var{ce_info}, @var{true_expr}, @var{false_expr})
10927 Used if the target needs to perform machine-dependent modifications on the
10928 conditionals used for turning basic blocks into conditionally executed code.
10929 @var{ce_info} points to a data structure, @code{struct ce_if_block}, which
10930 contains information about the currently processed blocks. @var{true_expr}
10931 and @var{false_expr} are the tests that are used for converting the
10932 then-block and the else-block, respectively. Set either @var{true_expr} or
10933 @var{false_expr} to a null pointer if the tests cannot be converted.
10936 @defmac IFCVT_MODIFY_MULTIPLE_TESTS (@var{ce_info}, @var{bb}, @var{true_expr}, @var{false_expr})
10937 Like @code{IFCVT_MODIFY_TESTS}, but used when converting more complicated
10938 if-statements into conditions combined by @code{and} and @code{or} operations.
10939 @var{bb} contains the basic block that contains the test that is currently
10940 being processed and about to be turned into a condition.
10943 @defmac IFCVT_MODIFY_INSN (@var{ce_info}, @var{pattern}, @var{insn})
10944 A C expression to modify the @var{PATTERN} of an @var{INSN} that is to
10945 be converted to conditional execution format. @var{ce_info} points to
10946 a data structure, @code{struct ce_if_block}, which contains information
10947 about the currently processed blocks.
10950 @defmac IFCVT_MODIFY_FINAL (@var{ce_info})
10951 A C expression to perform any final machine dependent modifications in
10952 converting code to conditional execution. The involved basic blocks
10953 can be found in the @code{struct ce_if_block} structure that is pointed
10954 to by @var{ce_info}.
10957 @defmac IFCVT_MODIFY_CANCEL (@var{ce_info})
10958 A C expression to cancel any machine dependent modifications in
10959 converting code to conditional execution. The involved basic blocks
10960 can be found in the @code{struct ce_if_block} structure that is pointed
10961 to by @var{ce_info}.
10964 @defmac IFCVT_MACHDEP_INIT (@var{ce_info})
10965 A C expression to initialize any machine specific data for if-conversion
10966 of the if-block in the @code{struct ce_if_block} structure that is pointed
10967 to by @var{ce_info}.
10970 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_MACHINE_DEPENDENT_REORG (void)
10971 If non-null, this hook performs a target-specific pass over the
10972 instruction stream. The compiler will run it at all optimization levels,
10973 just before the point at which it normally does delayed-branch scheduling.
10975 The exact purpose of the hook varies from target to target. Some use
10976 it to do transformations that are necessary for correctness, such as
10977 laying out in-function constant pools or avoiding hardware hazards.
10978 Others use it as an opportunity to do some machine-dependent optimizations.
10980 You need not implement the hook if it has nothing to do. The default
10981 definition is null.
10984 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_INIT_BUILTINS (void)
10985 Define this hook if you have any machine-specific built-in functions
10986 that need to be defined. It should be a function that performs the
10989 Machine specific built-in functions can be useful to expand special machine
10990 instructions that would otherwise not normally be generated because
10991 they have no equivalent in the source language (for example, SIMD vector
10992 instructions or prefetch instructions).
10994 To create a built-in function, call the function
10995 @code{lang_hooks.builtin_function}
10996 which is defined by the language front end. You can use any type nodes set
10997 up by @code{build_common_tree_nodes};
10998 only language front ends that use those two functions will call
10999 @samp{TARGET_INIT_BUILTINS}.
11002 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_BUILTIN_DECL (unsigned @var{code}, bool @var{initialize_p})
11003 Define this hook if you have any machine-specific built-in functions
11004 that need to be defined. It should be a function that returns the
11005 builtin function declaration for the builtin function code @var{code}.
11006 If there is no such builtin and it cannot be initialized at this time
11007 if @var{initialize_p} is true the function should return @code{NULL_TREE}.
11008 If @var{code} is out of range the function should return
11009 @code{error_mark_node}.
11012 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_EXPAND_BUILTIN (tree @var{exp}, rtx @var{target}, rtx @var{subtarget}, enum machine_mode @var{mode}, int @var{ignore})
11014 Expand a call to a machine specific built-in function that was set up by
11015 @samp{TARGET_INIT_BUILTINS}. @var{exp} is the expression for the
11016 function call; the result should go to @var{target} if that is
11017 convenient, and have mode @var{mode} if that is convenient.
11018 @var{subtarget} may be used as the target for computing one of
11019 @var{exp}'s operands. @var{ignore} is nonzero if the value is to be
11020 ignored. This function should return the result of the call to the
11024 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_RESOLVE_OVERLOADED_BUILTIN (unsigned int @var{loc}, tree @var{fndecl}, void *@var{arglist})
11025 Select a replacement for a machine specific built-in function that
11026 was set up by @samp{TARGET_INIT_BUILTINS}. This is done
11027 @emph{before} regular type checking, and so allows the target to
11028 implement a crude form of function overloading. @var{fndecl} is the
11029 declaration of the built-in function. @var{arglist} is the list of
11030 arguments passed to the built-in function. The result is a
11031 complete expression that implements the operation, usually
11032 another @code{CALL_EXPR}.
11033 @var{arglist} really has type @samp{VEC(tree,gc)*}
11036 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_FOLD_BUILTIN (tree @var{fndecl}, int @var{n_args}, tree *@var{argp}, bool @var{ignore})
11037 Fold a call to a machine specific built-in function that was set up by
11038 @samp{TARGET_INIT_BUILTINS}. @var{fndecl} is the declaration of the
11039 built-in function. @var{n_args} is the number of arguments passed to
11040 the function; the arguments themselves are pointed to by @var{argp}.
11041 The result is another tree, valid for both GIMPLE and GENERIC,
11042 containing a simplified expression for the call's result. If
11043 @var{ignore} is true the value will be ignored.
11046 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_GIMPLE_FOLD_BUILTIN (gimple_stmt_iterator *@var{gsi})
11047 Fold a call to a machine specific built-in function that was set up
11048 by @samp{TARGET_INIT_BUILTINS}. @var{gsi} points to the gimple
11049 statement holding the function call. Returns true if any change
11050 was made to the GIMPLE stream.
11053 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_COMPARE_VERSION_PRIORITY (tree @var{decl1}, tree @var{decl2})
11054 This hook is used to compare the target attributes in two functions to
11055 determine which function's features get higher priority. This is used
11056 during function multi-versioning to figure out the order in which two
11057 versions must be dispatched. A function version with a higher priority
11058 is checked for dispatching earlier. @var{decl1} and @var{decl2} are
11059 the two function decls that will be compared.
11062 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_GET_FUNCTION_VERSIONS_DISPATCHER (void *@var{decl})
11063 This hook is used to get the dispatcher function for a set of function
11064 versions. The dispatcher function is called to invoke the right function
11065 version at run-time. @var{decl} is one version from a set of semantically
11066 identical versions.
11069 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_GENERATE_VERSION_DISPATCHER_BODY (void *@var{arg})
11070 This hook is used to generate the dispatcher logic to invoke the right
11071 function version at run-time for a given set of function versions.
11072 @var{arg} points to the callgraph node of the dispatcher function whose
11073 body must be generated.
11076 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CAN_USE_DOLOOP_P (double_int @var{iterations}, double_int @var{iterations_max}, unsigned int @var{loop_depth}, bool @var{entered_at_top})
11077 Return true if it is possible to use low-overhead loops (@code{doloop_end}
11078 and @code{doloop_begin}) for a particular loop. @var{iterations} gives the
11079 exact number of iterations, or 0 if not known. @var{iterations_max} gives
11080 the maximum number of iterations, or 0 if not known. @var{loop_depth} is
11081 the nesting depth of the loop, with 1 for innermost loops, 2 for loops that
11082 contain innermost loops, and so on. @var{entered_at_top} is true if the
11083 loop is only entered from the top.
11085 This hook is only used if @code{doloop_end} is available. The default
11086 implementation returns true. You can use @code{can_use_doloop_if_innermost}
11087 if the loop must be the innermost, and if there are no other restrictions.
11090 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_INVALID_WITHIN_DOLOOP (const_rtx @var{insn})
11092 Take an instruction in @var{insn} and return NULL if it is valid within a
11093 low-overhead loop, otherwise return a string explaining why doloop
11094 could not be applied.
11096 Many targets use special registers for low-overhead looping. For any
11097 instruction that clobbers these this function should return a string indicating
11098 the reason why the doloop could not be applied.
11099 By default, the RTL loop optimizer does not use a present doloop pattern for
11100 loops containing function calls or branch on table instructions.
11103 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_LEGITIMATE_COMBINED_INSN (rtx @var{insn})
11104 Take an instruction in @var{insn} and return @code{false} if the instruction is not appropriate as a combination of two or more instructions. The default is to accept all instructions.
11107 @defmac MD_CAN_REDIRECT_BRANCH (@var{branch1}, @var{branch2})
11109 Take a branch insn in @var{branch1} and another in @var{branch2}.
11110 Return true if redirecting @var{branch1} to the destination of
11111 @var{branch2} is possible.
11113 On some targets, branches may have a limited range. Optimizing the
11114 filling of delay slots can result in branches being redirected, and this
11115 may in turn cause a branch offset to overflow.
11118 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CAN_FOLLOW_JUMP (const_rtx @var{follower}, const_rtx @var{followee})
11119 FOLLOWER and FOLLOWEE are JUMP_INSN instructions; return true if FOLLOWER may be modified to follow FOLLOWEE; false, if it can't. For example, on some targets, certain kinds of branches can't be made to follow through a hot/cold partitioning.
11122 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_COMMUTATIVE_P (const_rtx @var{x}, int @var{outer_code})
11123 This target hook returns @code{true} if @var{x} is considered to be commutative.
11124 Usually, this is just COMMUTATIVE_P (@var{x}), but the HP PA doesn't consider
11125 PLUS to be commutative inside a MEM@. @var{outer_code} is the rtx code
11126 of the enclosing rtl, if known, otherwise it is UNKNOWN.
11129 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_ALLOCATE_INITIAL_VALUE (rtx @var{hard_reg})
11131 When the initial value of a hard register has been copied in a pseudo
11132 register, it is often not necessary to actually allocate another register
11133 to this pseudo register, because the original hard register or a stack slot
11134 it has been saved into can be used. @code{TARGET_ALLOCATE_INITIAL_VALUE}
11135 is called at the start of register allocation once for each hard register
11136 that had its initial value copied by using
11137 @code{get_func_hard_reg_initial_val} or @code{get_hard_reg_initial_val}.
11138 Possible values are @code{NULL_RTX}, if you don't want
11139 to do any special allocation, a @code{REG} rtx---that would typically be
11140 the hard register itself, if it is known not to be clobbered---or a
11142 If you are returning a @code{MEM}, this is only a hint for the allocator;
11143 it might decide to use another register anyways.
11144 You may use @code{current_function_is_leaf} or
11145 @code{REG_N_SETS} in the hook to determine if the hard
11146 register in question will not be clobbered.
11147 The default value of this hook is @code{NULL}, which disables any special
11151 @deftypefn {Target Hook} int TARGET_UNSPEC_MAY_TRAP_P (const_rtx @var{x}, unsigned @var{flags})
11152 This target hook returns nonzero if @var{x}, an @code{unspec} or
11153 @code{unspec_volatile} operation, might cause a trap. Targets can use
11154 this hook to enhance precision of analysis for @code{unspec} and
11155 @code{unspec_volatile} operations. You may call @code{may_trap_p_1}
11156 to analyze inner elements of @var{x} in which case @var{flags} should be
11160 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_SET_CURRENT_FUNCTION (tree @var{decl})
11161 The compiler invokes this hook whenever it changes its current function
11162 context (@code{cfun}). You can define this function if
11163 the back end needs to perform any initialization or reset actions on a
11164 per-function basis. For example, it may be used to implement function
11165 attributes that affect register usage or code generation patterns.
11166 The argument @var{decl} is the declaration for the new function context,
11167 and may be null to indicate that the compiler has left a function context
11168 and is returning to processing at the top level.
11169 The default hook function does nothing.
11171 GCC sets @code{cfun} to a dummy function context during initialization of
11172 some parts of the back end. The hook function is not invoked in this
11173 situation; you need not worry about the hook being invoked recursively,
11174 or when the back end is in a partially-initialized state.
11175 @code{cfun} might be @code{NULL} to indicate processing at top level,
11176 outside of any function scope.
11179 @defmac TARGET_OBJECT_SUFFIX
11180 Define this macro to be a C string representing the suffix for object
11181 files on your target machine. If you do not define this macro, GCC will
11182 use @samp{.o} as the suffix for object files.
11185 @defmac TARGET_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX
11186 Define this macro to be a C string representing the suffix to be
11187 automatically added to executable files on your target machine. If you
11188 do not define this macro, GCC will use the null string as the suffix for
11192 @defmac COLLECT_EXPORT_LIST
11193 If defined, @code{collect2} will scan the individual object files
11194 specified on its command line and create an export list for the linker.
11195 Define this macro for systems like AIX, where the linker discards
11196 object files that are not referenced from @code{main} and uses export
11200 @defmac MODIFY_JNI_METHOD_CALL (@var{mdecl})
11201 Define this macro to a C expression representing a variant of the
11202 method call @var{mdecl}, if Java Native Interface (JNI) methods
11203 must be invoked differently from other methods on your target.
11204 For example, on 32-bit Microsoft Windows, JNI methods must be invoked using
11205 the @code{stdcall} calling convention and this macro is then
11206 defined as this expression:
11209 build_type_attribute_variant (@var{mdecl},
11211 (get_identifier ("stdcall"),
11216 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_CANNOT_MODIFY_JUMPS_P (void)
11217 This target hook returns @code{true} past the point in which new jump
11218 instructions could be created. On machines that require a register for
11219 every jump such as the SHmedia ISA of SH5, this point would typically be
11220 reload, so this target hook should be defined to a function such as:
11224 cannot_modify_jumps_past_reload_p ()
11226 return (reload_completed || reload_in_progress);
11231 @deftypefn {Target Hook} reg_class_t TARGET_BRANCH_TARGET_REGISTER_CLASS (void)
11232 This target hook returns a register class for which branch target register
11233 optimizations should be applied. All registers in this class should be
11234 usable interchangeably. After reload, registers in this class will be
11235 re-allocated and loads will be hoisted out of loops and be subjected
11236 to inter-block scheduling.
11239 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_BRANCH_TARGET_REGISTER_CALLEE_SAVED (bool @var{after_prologue_epilogue_gen})
11240 Branch target register optimization will by default exclude callee-saved
11242 that are not already live during the current function; if this target hook
11243 returns true, they will be included. The target code must than make sure
11244 that all target registers in the class returned by
11245 @samp{TARGET_BRANCH_TARGET_REGISTER_CLASS} that might need saving are
11246 saved. @var{after_prologue_epilogue_gen} indicates if prologues and
11247 epilogues have already been generated. Note, even if you only return
11248 true when @var{after_prologue_epilogue_gen} is false, you still are likely
11249 to have to make special provisions in @code{INITIAL_ELIMINATION_OFFSET}
11250 to reserve space for caller-saved target registers.
11253 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_HAVE_CONDITIONAL_EXECUTION (void)
11254 This target hook returns true if the target supports conditional execution.
11255 This target hook is required only when the target has several different
11256 modes and they have different conditional execution capability, such as ARM.
11259 @deftypefn {Target Hook} unsigned TARGET_LOOP_UNROLL_ADJUST (unsigned @var{nunroll}, struct loop *@var{loop})
11260 This target hook returns a new value for the number of times @var{loop}
11261 should be unrolled. The parameter @var{nunroll} is the number of times
11262 the loop is to be unrolled. The parameter @var{loop} is a pointer to
11263 the loop, which is going to be checked for unrolling. This target hook
11264 is required only when the target has special constraints like maximum
11265 number of memory accesses.
11268 @defmac POWI_MAX_MULTS
11269 If defined, this macro is interpreted as a signed integer C expression
11270 that specifies the maximum number of floating point multiplications
11271 that should be emitted when expanding exponentiation by an integer
11272 constant inline. When this value is defined, exponentiation requiring
11273 more than this number of multiplications is implemented by calling the
11274 system library's @code{pow}, @code{powf} or @code{powl} routines.
11275 The default value places no upper bound on the multiplication count.
11278 @deftypefn Macro void TARGET_EXTRA_INCLUDES (const char *@var{sysroot}, const char *@var{iprefix}, int @var{stdinc})
11279 This target hook should register any extra include files for the
11280 target. The parameter @var{stdinc} indicates if normal include files
11281 are present. The parameter @var{sysroot} is the system root directory.
11282 The parameter @var{iprefix} is the prefix for the gcc directory.
11285 @deftypefn Macro void TARGET_EXTRA_PRE_INCLUDES (const char *@var{sysroot}, const char *@var{iprefix}, int @var{stdinc})
11286 This target hook should register any extra include files for the
11287 target before any standard headers. The parameter @var{stdinc}
11288 indicates if normal include files are present. The parameter
11289 @var{sysroot} is the system root directory. The parameter
11290 @var{iprefix} is the prefix for the gcc directory.
11293 @deftypefn Macro void TARGET_OPTF (char *@var{path})
11294 This target hook should register special include paths for the target.
11295 The parameter @var{path} is the include to register. On Darwin
11296 systems, this is used for Framework includes, which have semantics
11297 that are different from @option{-I}.
11300 @defmac bool TARGET_USE_LOCAL_THUNK_ALIAS_P (tree @var{fndecl})
11301 This target macro returns @code{true} if it is safe to use a local alias
11302 for a virtual function @var{fndecl} when constructing thunks,
11303 @code{false} otherwise. By default, the macro returns @code{true} for all
11304 functions, if a target supports aliases (i.e.@: defines
11305 @code{ASM_OUTPUT_DEF}), @code{false} otherwise,
11308 @defmac TARGET_FORMAT_TYPES
11309 If defined, this macro is the name of a global variable containing
11310 target-specific format checking information for the @option{-Wformat}
11311 option. The default is to have no target-specific format checks.
11314 @defmac TARGET_N_FORMAT_TYPES
11315 If defined, this macro is the number of entries in
11316 @code{TARGET_FORMAT_TYPES}.
11319 @defmac TARGET_OVERRIDES_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTES
11320 If defined, this macro is the name of a global variable containing
11321 target-specific format overrides for the @option{-Wformat} option. The
11322 default is to have no target-specific format overrides. If defined,
11323 @code{TARGET_FORMAT_TYPES} must be defined, too.
11326 @defmac TARGET_OVERRIDES_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTES_COUNT
11327 If defined, this macro specifies the number of entries in
11328 @code{TARGET_OVERRIDES_FORMAT_ATTRIBUTES}.
11331 @defmac TARGET_OVERRIDES_FORMAT_INIT
11332 If defined, this macro specifies the optional initialization
11333 routine for target specific customizations of the system printf
11334 and scanf formatter settings.
11337 @deftypevr {Target Hook} bool TARGET_RELAXED_ORDERING
11338 If set to @code{true}, means that the target's memory model does not
11339 guarantee that loads which do not depend on one another will access
11340 main memory in the order of the instruction stream; if ordering is
11341 important, an explicit memory barrier must be used. This is true of
11342 many recent processors which implement a policy of ``relaxed,''
11343 ``weak,'' or ``release'' memory consistency, such as Alpha, PowerPC,
11344 and ia64. The default is @code{false}.
11347 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_INVALID_ARG_FOR_UNPROTOTYPED_FN (const_tree @var{typelist}, const_tree @var{funcdecl}, const_tree @var{val})
11348 If defined, this macro returns the diagnostic message when it is
11349 illegal to pass argument @var{val} to function @var{funcdecl}
11350 with prototype @var{typelist}.
11353 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_INVALID_CONVERSION (const_tree @var{fromtype}, const_tree @var{totype})
11354 If defined, this macro returns the diagnostic message when it is
11355 invalid to convert from @var{fromtype} to @var{totype}, or @code{NULL}
11356 if validity should be determined by the front end.
11359 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_INVALID_UNARY_OP (int @var{op}, const_tree @var{type})
11360 If defined, this macro returns the diagnostic message when it is
11361 invalid to apply operation @var{op} (where unary plus is denoted by
11362 @code{CONVERT_EXPR}) to an operand of type @var{type}, or @code{NULL}
11363 if validity should be determined by the front end.
11366 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_INVALID_BINARY_OP (int @var{op}, const_tree @var{type1}, const_tree @var{type2})
11367 If defined, this macro returns the diagnostic message when it is
11368 invalid to apply operation @var{op} to operands of types @var{type1}
11369 and @var{type2}, or @code{NULL} if validity should be determined by
11373 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_INVALID_PARAMETER_TYPE (const_tree @var{type})
11374 If defined, this macro returns the diagnostic message when it is
11375 invalid for functions to include parameters of type @var{type},
11376 or @code{NULL} if validity should be determined by
11377 the front end. This is currently used only by the C and C++ front ends.
11380 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {const char *} TARGET_INVALID_RETURN_TYPE (const_tree @var{type})
11381 If defined, this macro returns the diagnostic message when it is
11382 invalid for functions to have return type @var{type},
11383 or @code{NULL} if validity should be determined by
11384 the front end. This is currently used only by the C and C++ front ends.
11387 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_PROMOTED_TYPE (const_tree @var{type})
11388 If defined, this target hook returns the type to which values of
11389 @var{type} should be promoted when they appear in expressions,
11390 analogous to the integer promotions, or @code{NULL_TREE} to use the
11391 front end's normal promotion rules. This hook is useful when there are
11392 target-specific types with special promotion rules.
11393 This is currently used only by the C and C++ front ends.
11396 @deftypefn {Target Hook} tree TARGET_CONVERT_TO_TYPE (tree @var{type}, tree @var{expr})
11397 If defined, this hook returns the result of converting @var{expr} to
11398 @var{type}. It should return the converted expression,
11399 or @code{NULL_TREE} to apply the front end's normal conversion rules.
11400 This hook is useful when there are target-specific types with special
11402 This is currently used only by the C and C++ front ends.
11405 @defmac TARGET_USE_JCR_SECTION
11406 This macro determines whether to use the JCR section to register Java
11407 classes. By default, TARGET_USE_JCR_SECTION is defined to 1 if both
11408 SUPPORTS_WEAK and TARGET_HAVE_NAMED_SECTIONS are true, else 0.
11412 This macro determines the size of the objective C jump buffer for the
11413 NeXT runtime. By default, OBJC_JBLEN is defined to an innocuous value.
11416 @defmac LIBGCC2_UNWIND_ATTRIBUTE
11417 Define this macro if any target-specific attributes need to be attached
11418 to the functions in @file{libgcc} that provide low-level support for
11419 call stack unwinding. It is used in declarations in @file{unwind-generic.h}
11420 and the associated definitions of those functions.
11423 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_UPDATE_STACK_BOUNDARY (void)
11424 Define this macro to update the current function stack boundary if
11428 @deftypefn {Target Hook} rtx TARGET_GET_DRAP_RTX (void)
11429 This hook should return an rtx for Dynamic Realign Argument Pointer (DRAP) if a
11430 different argument pointer register is needed to access the function's
11431 argument list due to stack realignment. Return @code{NULL} if no DRAP
11435 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_ALLOCATE_STACK_SLOTS_FOR_ARGS (void)
11436 When optimization is disabled, this hook indicates whether or not
11437 arguments should be allocated to stack slots. Normally, GCC allocates
11438 stacks slots for arguments when not optimizing in order to make
11439 debugging easier. However, when a function is declared with
11440 @code{__attribute__((naked))}, there is no stack frame, and the compiler
11441 cannot safely move arguments from the registers in which they are passed
11442 to the stack. Therefore, this hook should return true in general, but
11443 false for naked functions. The default implementation always returns true.
11446 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT} TARGET_CONST_ANCHOR
11447 On some architectures it can take multiple instructions to synthesize
11448 a constant. If there is another constant already in a register that
11449 is close enough in value then it is preferable that the new constant
11450 is computed from this register using immediate addition or
11451 subtraction. We accomplish this through CSE. Besides the value of
11452 the constant we also add a lower and an upper constant anchor to the
11453 available expressions. These are then queried when encountering new
11454 constants. The anchors are computed by rounding the constant up and
11455 down to a multiple of the value of @code{TARGET_CONST_ANCHOR}.
11456 @code{TARGET_CONST_ANCHOR} should be the maximum positive value
11457 accepted by immediate-add plus one. We currently assume that the
11458 value of @code{TARGET_CONST_ANCHOR} is a power of 2. For example, on
11459 MIPS, where add-immediate takes a 16-bit signed value,
11460 @code{TARGET_CONST_ANCHOR} is set to @samp{0x8000}. The default value
11461 is zero, which disables this optimization.
11464 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT} TARGET_ASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET (void)
11465 Return the offset bitwise ored into shifted address to get corresponding
11466 Address Sanitizer shadow memory address. NULL if Address Sanitizer is not
11467 supported by the target.
11470 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT} TARGET_MEMMODEL_CHECK (unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT @var{val})
11471 Validate target specific memory model mask bits. When NULL no target specific
11472 memory model bits are allowed.
11475 @deftypevr {Target Hook} {unsigned char} TARGET_ATOMIC_TEST_AND_SET_TRUEVAL
11476 This value should be set if the result written by @code{atomic_test_and_set} is not exactly 1, i.e. the @code{bool} @code{true}.
11479 @deftypefn {Target Hook} bool TARGET_HAS_IFUNC_P (void)
11480 It returns true if the target supports GNU indirect functions.
11481 The support includes the assembler, linker and dynamic linker.
11482 The default value of this hook is based on target's libc.
11485 @deftypefn {Target Hook} {unsigned int} TARGET_ATOMIC_ALIGN_FOR_MODE (enum machine_mode @var{mode})
11486 If defined, this function returns an appropriate alignment in bits for an atomic object of machine_mode @var{mode}. If 0 is returned then the default alignment for the specified mode is used.
11489 @deftypefn {Target Hook} void TARGET_ATOMIC_ASSIGN_EXPAND_FENV (tree *@var{hold}, tree *@var{clear}, tree *@var{update})
11490 ISO C11 requires atomic compound assignments that may raise floating-point exceptions to raise exceptions corresponding to the arithmetic operation whose result was successfully stored in a compare-and-exchange sequence. This requires code equivalent to calls to @code{feholdexcept}, @code{feclearexcept} and @code{feupdateenv} to be generated at appropriate points in the compare-and-exchange sequence. This hook should set @code{*@var{hold}} to an expression equivalent to the call to @code{feholdexcept}, @code{*@var{clear}} to an expression equivalent to the call to @code{feclearexcept} and @code{*@var{update}} to an expression equivalent to the call to @code{feupdateenv}. The three expressions are @code{NULL_TREE} on entry to the hook and may be left as @code{NULL_TREE} if no code is required in a particular place. The default implementation leaves all three expressions as @code{NULL_TREE}. The @code{__atomic_feraiseexcept} function from @code{libatomic} may be of use as part of the code generated in @code{*@var{update}}.