While debugging the PR84264 ICE caused by the following test case: void _setjmp (); void a (unsigned long *); void b () { for (;;) { _setjmp (); unsigned long args[9]{}; a (args); } }
I noticed that IRA is spilling all pseudos that are live across the call to setjmp. Why is that? Trying to look through the history of this, I see Jim committed a patch to reload that removed it spilling everything across all setjmps: https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-11/msg01667.html But currently ira-lives.c:process_bb_node_lives() has: /* Don't allocate allocnos that cross setjmps or any call, if this function receives a nonlocal goto. */ if (cfun->has_nonlocal_label || find_reg_note (insn, REG_SETJMP, NULL_RTX) != NULL_RTX) { SET_HARD_REG_SET (OBJECT_CONFLICT_HARD_REGS (obj)); SET_HARD_REG_SET (OBJECT_TOTAL_CONFLICT_HARD_REGS (obj)); } ...which forces us to spill everything live across the setjmp by forcing the pseudos to interfere all hardregs. That can't be good for performance. What am I missing? Peter