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Craig Topper 10839866a1 [X86][MC][Target] Initial backend support a tune CPU to support -mtune
This patch implements initial backend support for a -mtune CPU controlled by a "tune-cpu" function attribute. If the attribute is not present X86 will use the resolved CPU from target-cpu attribute or command line.

This patch adds MC layer support a tune CPU. Each CPU now has two sets of features stored in their GenSubtargetInfo.inc tables . These features lists are passed separately to the Processor and ProcessorModel classes in tablegen. The tune list defaults to an empty list to avoid changes to non-X86. This annoyingly increases the size of static tables on all target as we now store 24 more bytes per CPU. I haven't quantified the overall impact, but I can if we're concerned.

One new test is added to X86 to show a few tuning features with mismatched tune-cpu and target-cpu/target-feature attributes to demonstrate independent control. Another new test is added to demonstrate that the scheduler model follows the tune CPU.

I have not added a -mtune to llc/opt or MC layer command line yet. With no attributes we'll just use the -mcpu for both. MC layer tools will always follow the normal CPU for tuning.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D85165
2020-08-14 15:31:50 -07:00
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llvm [X86][MC][Target] Initial backend support a tune CPU to support -mtune 2020-08-14 15:31:50 -07:00
llvm-c Recommit "[IPConstProp] Remove and move tests to SCCP." 2020-08-02 22:23:54 +01:00