On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 3:38 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:32 PM, Jason Merrill <ja...@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 2:59 PM, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 11:33 AM, Jason Merrill <ja...@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 8:47 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 6:32 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.to...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Assert for SUPPORTS_STACK_ALIGNMENT was added for dynamic stack
>>>>>> alignment.  At the time, arg_pointer_rtx would only be eliminated
>>>>>> by either hard_frame_pointer_rtx or stack_pointer_rtx only when
>>>>>> dynamic stack alignment is supported.  With
>>>>>>
>>>>>> commit cd557ff63f388ad27c376d0a225e74d3594a6f9d
>>>>>> Author: hjl <hjl@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>
>>>>>> Date:   Thu Aug 10 15:29:05 2017 +0000
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     i386: Don't use frame pointer without stack access
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     When there is no stack access, there is no need to use frame pointer
>>>>>>     even if -fno-omit-frame-pointer is used and caller's frame pointer is
>>>>>>     unchanged.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> this can happen when there is no dynamic stack alignment.  This patch
>>>>>> relaxes SUPPORTS_STACK_ALIGNMENT with !crtl->stack_realign_tried to
>>>>>> allow arg_pointer_rtx to be eliminated by either hard_frame_pointer_rtx
>>>>>> or stack_pointer_rtx when there is no dynamic stack alignment at all.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gcc/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         PR debug/86593
>>>>>>         * dwarf2out.c (based_loc_descr): Replace SUPPORTS_STACK_ALIGNMENT
>>>>>>         with (SUPPORTS_STACK_ALIGNMENT || !crtl->stack_realign_tried).
>>>>>>         (compute_frame_pointer_to_fb_displacement): Likewise.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gcc/testsuite/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         PR debug/86593
>>>>>>         * g++.dg/pr86593.C: New test.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> PING:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2018-08/msg00559.html
>>>>
>>>> It looks like crtl->stack_realign_tried is only ever set if
>>>> SUPPORTS_STACK_ALIGNMENT, so (SUPPORTS_STACK_ALIGNMENT ||
>>>> !crtl->stack_realign_tried) is always true.
>>>>
>>>> If you don't need to use the frame pointer, then frame_pointer_needed
>>>> should be false, so the assert should already allow elimination to the
>>>
>>> frame_pointer_needed is false:
>>>
>>> (gdb) p elim
>>> $1 = (rtx) 0x7fffeadd0390
>>> (gdb) call debug_rtx (elim)
>>> (reg/f:DI 6 bp)
>>> (gdb) call debug_rtx (reg)
>>> (reg/f:DI 16 argp)
>>> (gdb) p x_rtl.frame_pointer_needed
>>> $2 = false
>>> (gdb)
>>>
>>>> stack pointer.  Are we trying to eliminate to the hard frame pointer
>>>> even though we've decided we don't need it?  Why?
>>>
>>> In this case, we are trying to eliminate argp to the hard frame pointer.
>>
>> Right, but why are we trying to do that when frame_pointer_needed is false?
>
> With
>
> commit cd557ff63f388ad27c376d0a225e74d3594a6f9d
> Author: hjl <hjl@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>
> Date:   Thu Aug 10 15:29:05 2017 +0000
>
>     i386: Don't use frame pointer without stack access
>
>     When there is no stack access, there is no need to use frame pointer
>     even if -fno-omit-frame-pointer is used and caller's frame pointer is
>     unchanged.
>
> we may skip frame pointer when there is no stack access even if
> -fno-omit-frame-pointer is used.  Here argp is only referenced
> in debug info, not in the function body.  In this case, what else
> can argp be eliminated to in debug info?

SP or CFA?

If the function body doesn't set the hard frame pointer register, then
we can't rely on it having a useful value, so we shouldn't refer to it
in debug info.

Jason

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