On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 01:36:50PM -0500, Michael Meissner wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 04:09:23PM -0600, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> > 
> > On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 02:37:34PM -0400, Michael Meissner wrote:
> > > This patch removes all of the so-called power9 fusion support for the GCC
> > > compiler.  It leaves -mpower9-fusion as a deprecated switch in case 
> > > somebody
> > > used it (the switch was never documented).
> > 
> > As Mike Stump says, please just remove it.  The option was never documented,
> > most likely zero people use it, and those that do shouldn't have and can
> > easily adjust.
> > 
> > > [gcc]
> > > 2018-11-02  Michael Meissner  <meiss...@linux.ibm.com>
> > > 
> > >   * config/rs6000/constraints.md (wF constraint): Only document the
> > >   wF constraint for power8 fusion.  Remove documentation for power9
> > >   fusion.
> > 
> > It wasn't documented as being anything for p8 before.  So that was wrong?
> 
> The switch wasn't documented.  In the constraint (which is what I'm changing
> here), the constraint mentioned p9 fusion in the documentation string.

Yeah; so it was wrong.  k.

> > >   (rs6000_option_override_internal): Delete power9 fusion option
> > >   support.  If we do -mcpu=power8 -mtune=power9, turn off power8
> > >   fusion.
> > 
> > That doesn't sound right.  Either the -mcpu= or the -mtune= should turn
> > it on, but neither should turn it off.  It sounds like you want -mtune
> > to say whether fusion is enabled or not?  That sounds fine, but this
> > should be implemented more directly (or more generically).
> 
> Ok, I will look at it.

Thanks.

> > >    /* Power8 currently will only do the fusion if the top 11 bits of the 
> > > addis
> > > -     value are all 1's or 0's.  Ignore this restriction if we are testing
> > > -     advanced fusion.  */
> > > -  if (TARGET_P9_FUSION)
> > > -    return 1;
> > > -
> > > +     value are all 1's or 0's.  */
> > >    return (IN_RANGE (value >> 16, -32, 31));
> > >  })
> > 
> > I think this is top 12 bits equal, not 11, so [-16..15].
> 
> It is 11 bits, check section 12.1.12 in the  power8 book IV.
> 
>       addis(SI) first 11 bits must be all 0’s or all 1’s

As we discussed offline, it is 12.


Segher

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