On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 1:39 PM Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> wrote:
>
> >>> On 27.06.19 at 12:58, <ubiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 12:49 PM Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >>> On 27.06.19 at 12:20, <ubiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 10:57 AM Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> - the affine transformations are not commutative (the two source
> >> >> operands have entirely different meaning)
> >> >> - there's no need for three alternatives
> >> >> - the nonimmediate_operand/Bm combination can better be vector_operand/m
> >> >>
> >> >> gcc/
> >> >> 2019-06-27 Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>
> >> >>
> >> >> * config/i386/sse.md (vgf2p8affineinvqb_<mode><mask_name>,
> >> >> vgf2p8affineqb_<mode><mask_name>): Drop % constraint modifier.
> >> >> Eliminate redundant alternative. Use vector_operand plus "m"
> >> >> constraint.
> >> >
> >> > Please just drop % modifier and use vector_operand here. IIRC,
> >> > register allocator operates on constraints, it doesn't care for
> >> > predicates. But predicates shouldn't be more constrained than
> >> > constraints. So, having "m" instead of "Bm" is a bad idea with
> >> > vector_operand.
> >>
> >> Well, putting back the Bm is easy (if that's really needed). But do
> >> you also mean me to put back to redundant 3rd alternative?
> >
> > It is not redundant, "x" and "v" are different register constraints.
>
> Well, yes, "v" is covering a wider set than "x". But only if AVX512F
> is enabled. The original combinations ("x", "avx") and ("v", "avx512f")
> are thus effectively the same as the new ("v", "avx"). But yes - I
> guess I'll split this from the actual bug fix.
No, you are correct. Please use "v", and remove the redundant alternative.
Uros.
