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llvm-svn: 65275
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Evan Cheng 2009-02-22 08:13:45 +00:00
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@ -41,3 +41,31 @@ _qux:
addl $12, %esp
ret $4
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
We generate crappy code for this:
__m64 t() {
return _mm_cvtsi32_si64(1);
}
_t:
subl $12, %esp
movl $1, %eax
movd %eax, %mm0
movq %mm0, (%esp)
movl (%esp), %eax
movl 4(%esp), %edx
addl $12, %esp
ret
The extra stack traffic is covered in the previous entry. But the other reason
is we are not smart about materializing constants in MMX registers. With -m64
movl $1, %eax
movd %eax, %mm0
movd %mm0, %rax
ret
We should be using a constantpool load instead:
movq LC0(%rip), %rax