Paolo Bonzini <bonz...@gnu.org> writes: > On 09/24/2009 08:14 AM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: >> I don't agree with this. If we want this code to be x86_64 specific, >> then it should be done by having the i386 backend add the pass to the >> pass manager, much as plugins can add a pass. Adding stuff to >> md-reorg is a step backward. > > That's true. However, time is ticking for 4.5 and this could be a > decent interim solution while for 4.6 the appropriate hooks could be > added.
We already have the hooks, they have just been stuck in plugin.c when they should really be in the generic backend. See register_pass. (Sigh, every time I looked at this I said "the pass control has to be generic" but it still wound up in plugin.c.) Ian
