Hi, Richard, For RTL expansion of call to .DEFERRED_INIT, I changed my code per your suggestions like following:
====================== #define INIT_PATTERN_VALUE 0xFE static void expand_DEFERRED_INIT (internal_fn, gcall *stmt) { tree lhs = gimple_call_lhs (stmt); tree var_size = gimple_call_arg (stmt, 0); enum auto_init_type init_type = (enum auto_init_type) TREE_INT_CST_LOW (gimple_call_arg (stmt, 1)); bool is_vla = (bool) TREE_INT_CST_LOW (gimple_call_arg (stmt, 2)); tree var_type = TREE_TYPE (lhs); gcc_assert (init_type > AUTO_INIT_UNINITIALIZED); if (is_vla || (!can_native_interpret_type_p (var_type))) { /* If this is a VLA or the type of the variable cannot be natively interpreted, expand to a memset to initialize it. */ if (TREE_CODE (lhs) == SSA_NAME) lhs = SSA_NAME_VAR (lhs); tree var_addr = NULL_TREE; if (is_vla) var_addr = TREE_OPERAND (lhs, 0); else { TREE_ADDRESSABLE (lhs) = 1; var_addr = build_fold_addr_expr (lhs); } tree value = (init_type == AUTO_INIT_PATTERN) ? build_int_cst (unsigned_char_type_node, INIT_PATTERN_VALUE) : build_zero_cst (unsigned_char_type_node); tree m_call = build_call_expr (builtin_decl_implicit (BUILT_IN_MEMSET), 3, var_addr, value, var_size); /* Expand this memset call. */ expand_builtin_memset (m_call, NULL_RTX, TYPE_MODE (var_type)); } else { /* If this is not a VLA and the type of the variable can be natively interpreted, expand to assignment to generate better code. */ tree pattern = NULL_TREE; unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT total_bytes = tree_to_uhwi (TYPE_SIZE_UNIT (var_type)); if (init_type == AUTO_INIT_PATTERN) { unsigned char *buf = (unsigned char *) xmalloc (total_bytes); memset (buf, INIT_PATTERN_VALUE, total_bytes); pattern = native_interpret_expr (var_type, buf, total_bytes); gcc_assert (pattern); } tree init = (init_type == AUTO_INIT_PATTERN) ? pattern : build_zero_cst (var_type); expand_assignment (lhs, init, false); } } =========================== Now, I used “can_native_interpret_type_p (var_type)” instead of “use_register_for_decl (lhs)” to decide whether to use “memset” or use “assign” to expand this function. However, this exposed an bug that is very hard to be addressed: *******For the testing case: test suite/gcc.dg/uninit-I.c: /* { dg-do compile } */ /* { dg-options "-O2 -Wuninitialized" } */ int sys_msgctl (void) { struct { int mode; } setbuf; return setbuf.mode; /* { dg-warning "'setbuf\.mode' is used" } */ == ******the above auto var “setbuf” has “struct” type, which “can_native_interpret_type_p(var_type)” is false, therefore, Expanding this .DEFERRED_INIT call went down the “memset” expansion route. However, this structure type can be fitted into a register, therefore cannot be taken address anymore at this stage, even though I tried: TREE_ADDRESSABLE (lhs) = 1; var_addr = build_fold_addr_expr (lhs); To create an address variable for it, the expansion still failed at expr.c: line 8412: during RTL pass: expand /home/opc/Work/GCC/latest-gcc/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/auto-init-uninit-I.c:6:24: internal compiler error: in expand_expr_addr_expr_1, at expr.c:8412 0xd04104 expand_expr_addr_expr_1 ../../latest-gcc/gcc/expr.c:8412 0xd04a95 expand_expr_addr_expr ../../latest-gcc/gcc/expr.c:8525 0xd13592 expand_expr_real_1(tree_node*, rtx_def*, machine_mode, expand_modifier, rtx_def**, bool) ../../latest-gcc/gcc/expr.c:11741 0xd05142 expand_expr_real(tree_node*, rtx_def*, machine_mode, expand_modifier, rtx_def**, bool) ../../latest-gcc/gcc/expr.c:8713 0xaed1d3 expand_expr ../../latest-gcc/gcc/expr.h:301 0xaf0d89 get_memory_rtx ../../latest-gcc/gcc/builtins.c:1370 0xafb4fb expand_builtin_memset_args ../../latest-gcc/gcc/builtins.c:4102 0xafacde expand_builtin_memset(tree_node*, rtx_def*, machine_mode) ../../latest-gcc/gcc/builtins.c:3886 0xe97fb3 expand_DEFERRED_INIT ******That’s the major reason why I chose “use_register_for_decl(lhs)” to decide “memset” expansion or “assign” expansion, “memset” expansion needs to take address of the variable, if the variable has been decided to fit into a register, then its address cannot taken anymore at this stage. ******using “can_native_interpret_type_p” did make the “pattern” generation part much cleaner and simpler, however, looks like it didn’t work correctly. Based on this, I’d like to keep my previous implementation by using “use_register_for_decl” to decide whether to take “memset” expansion or “assign” expansion. Therefore, I might still need to keep the “UGLY” implementation of generatting “pattern” constant for different types? Let me know your opinion on this. Thanks a lot for the help. Qing > On Aug 9, 2021, at 9:09 AM, Richard Biener <rguent...@suse.de> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Jul 2021, Qing Zhao wrote: > > + created during gimplification phase. Refer to gimplify_vla_decl > + for details. */ > + tree var_decl = (TREE_CODE (var) == SSA_NAME) ? > + SSA_NAME_VAR (var) : var; > + gcc_assert (DECL_HAS_VALUE_EXPR_P (var_decl)); > + gcc_assert (TREE_CODE (DECL_VALUE_EXPR (var_decl)) == > INDIRECT_REF); > + /* Get the address of this vla variable. */ > + vlaaddr = TREE_OPERAND (DECL_VALUE_EXPR (var_decl), 0); > > err - isn't the address of the decl represented by the LHS > regardless whether this is a VLA or not? Looking at DECL_VALUE_EXPR > looks quite fragile since that's not sth data dependence honors. > It looks you only partly gimplify the build init here? All > DECL_VALUE_EXPRs should have been resolved. > > + if (is_vla || (!use_register_for_decl (var))) > ... > + else > + { > + /* If this variable is in a register, use expand_assignment might > + generate better code. */ > > you compute the patter initializer even when not needing it, > that's wasteful. It's also quite ugly, IMHO you should > use can_native_interpret_type_p (var_type) and native_interpret > a char [] array initialized to the pattern and if > !can_native_interpret_type_p () go the memset route.