Hi, My recent patches to trunk and gcc-7-branch for avoiding speculation of indirect branches has a flaw, pointed out by David. Usage of "." to represent the program counter is not portable across all POWER assemblers, particularly not being accepted on AIX. "$" is the universally accepted alternative. So change the code and the test cases to use $ instead of . for this purpose.
Regstrap is in progress on powerpc64-linux-gnu and powerpc64le-linux-gnu. Assuming no issues are found, is this okay for trunk and backport to 7? Thanks, Bill [gcc] 2018-01-19 Bill Schmidt <wschm...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> * config/rs6000/rs6000.md (*sibcall_nonlocal_sysv<mode>): Change assembly output from . to $. (*sibcall_value_nonlocal_sysv<mode>): Likewise. (indirect_jump<mode>_nospec): Likewise. (*tablejump<mode>_internal1_nospec): Likewise. [gcc/testsuite] 2018-01-19 Bill Schmidt <wschm...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> * gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-2.c: Change expected assembly output from . to $. * gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-3.c: Likewise. * gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-8.c: Likewise. Index: gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md =================================================================== --- gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md (revision 256894) +++ gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md (working copy) @@ -10987,7 +10987,7 @@ return \"b%T0\"; else /* Can use CR0 since it is volatile across sibcalls. */ - return \"crset eq\;beq%T0-\;b .\"; + return \"crset eq\;beq%T0-\;b $\"; } else if (DEFAULT_ABI == ABI_V4 && flag_pic) { @@ -11044,7 +11044,7 @@ return \"b%T1\"; else /* Can use CR0 since it is volatile across sibcalls. */ - return \"crset eq\;beq%T1-\;b .\"; + return \"crset eq\;beq%T1-\;b $\"; } else if (DEFAULT_ABI == ABI_V4 && flag_pic) { @@ -12566,7 +12566,7 @@ [(set (pc) (match_operand:P 0 "register_operand" "c,*l")) (clobber (match_operand:CC 1 "cc_reg_operand" "=y,y"))] "!rs6000_speculate_indirect_jumps" - "crset %E1\;beq%T0- %1\;b ." + "crset %E1\;beq%T0- %1\;b $" [(set_attr "type" "jmpreg") (set_attr "length" "12")]) @@ -12672,7 +12672,7 @@ (use (label_ref (match_operand 1))) (clobber (match_operand:CC 2 "cc_reg_operand" "=y,y"))] "!rs6000_speculate_indirect_jumps" - "crset %E2\;beq%T0- %2\;b ." + "crset %E2\;beq%T0- %2\;b $" [(set_attr "type" "jmpreg") (set_attr "length" "12")]) Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-2.c =================================================================== --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-2.c (revision 256894) +++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-2.c (working copy) @@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ int foo (int x) /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "crset 30" } } */ /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "beqctr- 7" } } */ -/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b ." } } */ +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b $" } } */ Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-3.c =================================================================== --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-3.c (revision 256894) +++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-3.c (working copy) @@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ int foo (int x) /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "crset 30" } } */ /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "beqctr- 7" } } */ -/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b ." } } */ +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b $" } } */ Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-8.c =================================================================== --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-8.c (revision 256894) +++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-8.c (working copy) @@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ int bar () /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "crset eq" } } */ /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "beqctr-" } } */ -/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b ." } } */ +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b $" } } */ Index: gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md =================================================================== --- gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md (revision 256894) +++ gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.md (working copy) @@ -10987,7 +10987,7 @@ return \"b%T0\"; else /* Can use CR0 since it is volatile across sibcalls. */ - return \"crset eq\;beq%T0-\;b .\"; + return \"crset eq\;beq%T0-\;b $\"; } else if (DEFAULT_ABI == ABI_V4 && flag_pic) { @@ -11044,7 +11044,7 @@ return \"b%T1\"; else /* Can use CR0 since it is volatile across sibcalls. */ - return \"crset eq\;beq%T1-\;b .\"; + return \"crset eq\;beq%T1-\;b $\"; } else if (DEFAULT_ABI == ABI_V4 && flag_pic) { @@ -12566,7 +12566,7 @@ [(set (pc) (match_operand:P 0 "register_operand" "c,*l")) (clobber (match_operand:CC 1 "cc_reg_operand" "=y,y"))] "!rs6000_speculate_indirect_jumps" - "crset %E1\;beq%T0- %1\;b ." + "crset %E1\;beq%T0- %1\;b $" [(set_attr "type" "jmpreg") (set_attr "length" "12")]) @@ -12672,7 +12672,7 @@ (use (label_ref (match_operand 1))) (clobber (match_operand:CC 2 "cc_reg_operand" "=y,y"))] "!rs6000_speculate_indirect_jumps" - "crset %E2\;beq%T0- %2\;b ." + "crset %E2\;beq%T0- %2\;b $" [(set_attr "type" "jmpreg") (set_attr "length" "12")]) Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-2.c =================================================================== --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-2.c (revision 256894) +++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-2.c (working copy) @@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ int foo (int x) /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "crset 30" } } */ /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "beqctr- 7" } } */ -/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b ." } } */ +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b $" } } */ Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-3.c =================================================================== --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-3.c (revision 256894) +++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-3.c (working copy) @@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ int foo (int x) /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "crset 30" } } */ /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "beqctr- 7" } } */ -/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b ." } } */ +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b $" } } */ Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-8.c =================================================================== --- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-8.c (revision 256894) +++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/safe-indirect-jump-8.c (working copy) @@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ int bar () /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "crset eq" } } */ /* { dg-final { scan-assembler "beqctr-" } } */ -/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b ." } } */ +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler "b $" } } */