Changes to ARM tail calls, mostly cosmetic.
Add explicit testcases for tail calls within the same module.
Duplicate some code to humor those who think .w doesn't apply on ARM.
Leave this disabled on Thumb1, and add some comments explaining why it's hard
and won't gain much.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@107851 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
diff --git a/lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp b/lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp
index 8f82c74..8670d37 100644
--- a/lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/lib/Target/ARM/ARMISelLowering.cpp
@@ -1338,13 +1338,7 @@
if (!TII->isLoadFromStackSlot(Def, FI))
return false;
} else {
-// unsigned Opcode = Def->getOpcode();
-// if ((Opcode == X86::LEA32r || Opcode == X86::LEA64r) &&
-// Def->getOperand(1).isFI()) {
-// FI = Def->getOperand(1).getIndex();
-// Bytes = Flags.getByValSize();
-// } else
- return false;
+ return false;
}
} else if (LoadSDNode *Ld = dyn_cast<LoadSDNode>(Arg)) {
if (Flags.isByVal())
@@ -1400,6 +1394,12 @@
// FIXME: Completely disable sibcall for Thumb1 since Thumb1RegisterInfo::
// emitEpilogue is not ready for them.
+ // Doing this is tricky, since the LDM/POP instruction on Thumb doesn't take
+ // LR. This means if we need to reload LR, it takes an extra instructions,
+ // which outweighs the value of the tail call; but here we don't know yet
+ // whether LR is going to be used. Probably the right approach is to
+ // generate the tail call here and turn it back into CALL/RET in
+ // emitEpilogue if LR is used.
if (Subtarget->isThumb1Only())
return false;
@@ -1409,6 +1409,13 @@
// (We could do this by loading the address of the callee into a register;
// that is an extra instruction over the direct call and burns a register
// as well, so is not likely to be a win.)
+
+ // It might be safe to remove this restriction on non-Darwin.
+
+ // Thumb1 PIC calls to external symbols use BX, so they can be tail calls,
+ // but we need to make sure there are enough registers; the only valid
+ // registers are the 4 used for parameters. We don't currently do this
+ // case.
if (isa<ExternalSymbolSDNode>(Callee))
return false;