--- gcc/gcc.info-19 2018/04/24 18:06:28 1.1.1.2 +++ gcc/gcc.info-19 2018/04/24 18:41:26 1.1.1.6 @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -This is Info file gcc.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.54 from the input -file gcc.texi. +This is Info file gcc.info, produced by Makeinfo version 1.67 from the +input file gcc.texi. This file documents the use and the internals of the GNU compiler. - Published by the Free Software Foundation 675 Massachusetts Avenue -Cambridge, MA 02139 USA + Published by the Free Software Foundation 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 +Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA - Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Free Software +Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are @@ -14,1101 +15,1188 @@ preserved on all copies. 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This -variable contains the RTL expressions on which the condition code is -currently based, and several standard flags. - - Sometimes additional machine-specific flags must be defined in the -machine description header file. It can also add additional -machine-specific information by defining `CC_STATUS_MDEP'. - -`CC_STATUS_MDEP' - C code for a data type which is used for declaring the `mdep' - component of `cc_status'. It defaults to `int'. - - This macro is not used on machines that do not use `cc0'. - -`CC_STATUS_MDEP_INIT' - A C expression to initialize the `mdep' field to "empty". The - default definition does nothing, since most machines don't use the - field anyway. If you want to use the field, you should probably - define this macro to initialize it. - - This macro is not used on machines that do not use `cc0'. - -`NOTICE_UPDATE_CC (EXP, INSN)' - A C compound statement to set the components of `cc_status' - appropriately for an insn INSN whose body is EXP. It is this - macro's responsibility to recognize insns that set the condition - code as a byproduct of other activity as well as those that - explicitly set `(cc0)'. - - This macro is not used on machines that do not use `cc0'. - - If there are insns that do not set the condition code but do alter - other machine registers, this macro must check to see whether they - invalidate the expressions that the condition code is recorded as - reflecting. For example, on the 68000, insns that store in address - registers do not set the condition code, which means that usually - `NOTICE_UPDATE_CC' can leave `cc_status' unaltered for such insns. - But suppose that the previous insn set the condition code based - on location `a4@(102)' and the current insn stores a new value in - `a4'. Although the condition code is not changed by this, it will - no longer be true that it reflects the contents of `a4@(102)'. - Therefore, `NOTICE_UPDATE_CC' must alter `cc_status' in this case - to say that nothing is known about the condition code value. - - The definition of `NOTICE_UPDATE_CC' must be prepared to deal with - the results of peephole optimization: insns whose patterns are - `parallel' RTXs containing various `reg', `mem' or constants which - are just the operands. The RTL structure of these insns is not - sufficient to indicate what the insns actually do. What - `NOTICE_UPDATE_CC' should do when it sees one is just to run - `CC_STATUS_INIT'. - - A possible definition of `NOTICE_UPDATE_CC' is to call a function - that looks at an attribute (*note Insn Attributes::.) named, for - example, `cc'. This avoids having detailed information about - patterns in two places, the `md' file and in `NOTICE_UPDATE_CC'. - -`EXTRA_CC_MODES' - A list of names to be used for additional modes for condition code - values in registers (*note Jump Patterns::.). These names are - added to `enum machine_mode' and all have class `MODE_CC'. By - convention, they should start with `CC' and end with `mode'. - - You should only define this macro if your machine does not use - `cc0' and only if additional modes are required. - -`EXTRA_CC_NAMES' - A list of C strings giving the names for the modes listed in - `EXTRA_CC_MODES'. For example, the Sparc defines this macro and - `EXTRA_CC_MODES' as - - #define EXTRA_CC_MODES CC_NOOVmode, CCFPmode - #define EXTRA_CC_NAMES "CC_NOOV", "CCFP" - - This macro is not required if `EXTRA_CC_MODES' is not defined. - -`SELECT_CC_MODE (OP, X, Y)' - Returns a mode from class `MODE_CC' to be used when comparison - operation code OP is applied to rtx X and Y. For example, on the - Sparc, `SELECT_CC_MODE' is defined as (see *note Jump Patterns::. - for a description of the reason for this definition) - - #define SELECT_CC_MODE(OP,X,Y) \ - (GET_MODE_CLASS (GET_MODE (X)) == MODE_FLOAT \ - ? ((OP == EQ || OP == NE) ? CCFPmode : CCFPEmode) \ - : ((GET_CODE (X) == PLUS || GET_CODE (X) == MINUS \ - || GET_CODE (X) == NEG) \ - ? CC_NOOVmode : CCmode)) + You can control the compilation driver. - This macro is not required if `EXTRA_CC_MODES' is not defined. +`SWITCH_TAKES_ARG (CHAR)' + A C expression which determines whether the option `-CHAR' takes + arguments. The value should be the number of arguments that + option takes-zero, for many options. + + By default, this macro is defined to handle the standard options + properly. You need not define it unless you wish to add additional + options which take arguments. + +`WORD_SWITCH_TAKES_ARG (NAME)' + A C expression which determines whether the option `-NAME' takes + arguments. The value should be the number of arguments that + option takes-zero, for many options. This macro rather than + `SWITCH_TAKES_ARG' is used for multi-character option names. + + By default, this macro is defined as + `DEFAULT_WORD_SWITCH_TAKES_ARG', which handles the standard options + properly. You need not define `WORD_SWITCH_TAKES_ARG' unless you + wish to add additional options which take arguments. Any + redefinition should call `DEFAULT_WORD_SWITCH_TAKES_ARG' and then + check for additional options. + +`SWITCHES_NEED_SPACES' + A string-valued C expression which is nonempty if the linker needs + a space between the `-L' or `-o' option and its argument. + + If this macro is not defined, the default value is 0. + +`CPP_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to CPP. It can also specify how to translate options you + give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the CPP. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`NO_BUILTIN_SIZE_TYPE' + If this macro is defined, the preprocessor will not define the + builtin macro `__SIZE_TYPE__'. The macro `__SIZE_TYPE__' must + then be defined by `CPP_SPEC' instead. - -File: gcc.info, Node: Costs, Next: Sections, Prev: Condition Code, Up: Target Macros - -Describing Relative Costs of Operations -======================================= - - These macros let you describe the relative speed of various -operations on the target machine. - -`CONST_COSTS (X, CODE, OUTER_CODE)' - A part of a C `switch' statement that describes the relative costs - of constant RTL expressions. It must contain `case' labels for - expression codes `const_int', `const', `symbol_ref', `label_ref' - and `const_double'. Each case must ultimately reach a `return' - statement to return the relative cost of the use of that kind of - constant value in an expression. The cost may depend on the - precise value of the constant, which is available for examination - in X, and the rtx code of the expression in which it is contained, - found in OUTER_CODE. - - CODE is the expression code--redundant, since it can be obtained - with `GET_CODE (X)'. - -`RTX_COSTS (X, CODE, OUTER_CODE)' - Like `CONST_COSTS' but applies to nonconstant RTL expressions. - This can be used, for example, to indicate how costly a multiply - instruction is. In writing this macro, you can use the construct - `COSTS_N_INSNS (N)' to specify a cost equal to N fast - instructions. OUTER_CODE is the code of the expression in which X - is contained. - - This macro is optional; do not define it if the default cost - assumptions are adequate for the target machine. - -`ADDRESS_COST (ADDRESS)' - An expression giving the cost of an addressing mode that contains - ADDRESS. If not defined, the cost is computed from the ADDRESS - expression and the `CONST_COSTS' values. - - For most CISC machines, the default cost is a good approximation - of the true cost of the addressing mode. However, on RISC - machines, all instructions normally have the same length and - execution time. Hence all addresses will have equal costs. - - In cases where more than one form of an address is known, the form - with the lowest cost will be used. If multiple forms have the - same, lowest, cost, the one that is the most complex will be used. - - For example, suppose an address that is equal to the sum of a - register and a constant is used twice in the same basic block. - When this macro is not defined, the address will be computed in a - register and memory references will be indirect through that - register. On machines where the cost of the addressing mode - containing the sum is no higher than that of a simple indirect - reference, this will produce an additional instruction and - possibly require an additional register. Proper specification of - this macro eliminates this overhead for such machines. - - Similar use of this macro is made in strength reduction of loops. - - ADDRESS need not be valid as an address. In such a case, the cost - is not relevant and can be any value; invalid addresses need not be - assigned a different cost. - - On machines where an address involving more than one register is as - cheap as an address computation involving only one register, - defining `ADDRESS_COST' to reflect this can cause two registers to - be live over a region of code where only one would have been if - `ADDRESS_COST' were not defined in that manner. This effect should - be considered in the definition of this macro. Equivalent costs - should probably only be given to addresses with different numbers - of registers on machines with lots of registers. - - This macro will normally either not be defined or be defined as a - constant. - -`REGISTER_MOVE_COST (FROM, TO)' - A C expression for the cost of moving data from a register in class - FROM to one in class TO. The classes are expressed using the - enumeration values such as `GENERAL_REGS'. A value of 4 is the - default; other values are interpreted relative to that. - - It is not required that the cost always equal 2 when FROM is the - same as TO; on some machines it is expensive to move between - registers if they are not general registers. - - If reload sees an insn consisting of a single `set' between two - hard registers, and if `REGISTER_MOVE_COST' applied to their - classes returns a value of 2, reload does not check to ensure that - the constraints of the insn are met. Setting a cost of other than - 2 will allow reload to verify that the constraints are met. You - should do this if the `movM' pattern's constraints do not allow - such copying. - -`MEMORY_MOVE_COST (M)' - A C expression for the cost of moving data of mode M between a - register and memory. A value of 2 is the default; this cost is - relative to those in `REGISTER_MOVE_COST'. - - If moving between registers and memory is more expensive than - between two registers, you should define this macro to express the - relative cost. - -`BRANCH_COST' - A C expression for the cost of a branch instruction. A value of 1 - is the default; other values are interpreted relative to that. - - Here are additional macros which do not specify precise relative -costs, but only that certain actions are more expensive than GNU CC -would ordinarily expect. - -`SLOW_BYTE_ACCESS' - Define this macro as a C expression which is nonzero if accessing - less than a word of memory (i.e. a `char' or a `short') is no - faster than accessing a word of memory, i.e., if such access - require more than one instruction or if there is no difference in - cost between byte and (aligned) word loads. - - When this macro is not defined, the compiler will access a field by - finding the smallest containing object; when it is defined, a - fullword load will be used if alignment permits. Unless bytes - accesses are faster than word accesses, using word accesses is - preferable since it may eliminate subsequent memory access if - subsequent accesses occur to other fields in the same word of the - structure, but to different bytes. - -`SLOW_ZERO_EXTEND' - Define this macro if zero-extension (of a `char' or `short' to an - `int') can be done faster if the destination is a register that is - known to be zero. - - If you define this macro, you must have instruction patterns that - recognize RTL structures like this: - - (set (strict_low_part (subreg:QI (reg:SI ...) 0)) ...) - - and likewise for `HImode'. - -`SLOW_UNALIGNED_ACCESS' - Define this macro to be the value 1 if unaligned accesses have a - cost many times greater than aligned accesses, for example if they - are emulated in a trap handler. - - When this macro is non-zero, the compiler will act as if - `STRICT_ALIGNMENT' were non-zero when generating code for block - moves. This can cause significantly more instructions to be - produced. Therefore, do not set this macro non-zero if unaligned - accesses only add a cycle or two to the time for a memory access. - - If the value of this macro is always zero, it need not be defined. - -`DONT_REDUCE_ADDR' - Define this macro to inhibit strength reduction of memory - addresses. (On some machines, such strength reduction seems to do - harm rather than good.) - -`MOVE_RATIO' - The number of scalar move insns which should be generated instead - of a string move insn or a library call. Increasing the value - will always make code faster, but eventually incurs high cost in - increased code size. - - If you don't define this, a reasonable default is used. - -`NO_FUNCTION_CSE' - Define this macro if it is as good or better to call a constant - function address than to call an address kept in a register. - -`NO_RECURSIVE_FUNCTION_CSE' - Define this macro if it is as good or better for a function to call - itself with an explicit address than to call an address kept in a - register. - -`ADJUST_COST (INSN, LINK, DEP_INSN, COST)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to update the integer variable COST - based on the relationship between INSN that is dependent on - DEP_INSN through the dependence LINK. The default is to make no - adjustment to COST. This can be used for example to specify to - the scheduler that an output- or anti-dependence does not incur - the same cost as a data-dependence. - - -File: gcc.info, Node: Sections, Next: PIC, Prev: Costs, Up: Target Macros + This should be defined if `SIZE_TYPE' depends on target dependent + flags which are not accessible to the preprocessor. Otherwise, it + should not be defined. -Dividing the Output into Sections (Texts, Data, ...) -==================================================== +`NO_BUILTIN_PTRDIFF_TYPE' + If this macro is defined, the preprocessor will not define the + builtin macro `__PTRDIFF_TYPE__'. The macro `__PTRDIFF_TYPE__' + must then be defined by `CPP_SPEC' instead. + + This should be defined if `PTRDIFF_TYPE' depends on target + dependent flags which are not accessible to the preprocessor. + Otherwise, it should not be defined. + +`SIGNED_CHAR_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to CPP. By default, this macro is defined to pass the option + `-D__CHAR_UNSIGNED__' to CPP if `char' will be treated as + `unsigned char' by `cc1'. - An object file is divided into sections containing different types of -data. In the most common case, there are three sections: the "text -section", which holds instructions and read-only data; the "data -section", which holds initialized writable data; and the "bss section", -which holds uninitialized data. Some systems have other kinds of -sections. - - The compiler must tell the assembler when to switch sections. These -macros control what commands to output to tell the assembler this. You -can also define additional sections. - -`TEXT_SECTION_ASM_OP' - A C expression whose value is a string containing the assembler - operation that should precede instructions and read-only data. - Normally `".text"' is right. - -`DATA_SECTION_ASM_OP' - A C expression whose value is a string containing the assembler - operation to identify the following data as writable initialized - data. Normally `".data"' is right. - -`SHARED_SECTION_ASM_OP' - if defined, a C expression whose value is a string containing the - assembler operation to identify the following data as shared data. - If not defined, `DATA_SECTION_ASM_OP' will be used. - -`INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP' - if defined, a C expression whose value is a string containing the - assembler operation to identify the following data as - initialization code. If not defined, GNU CC will assume such a - section does not exist. - -`EXTRA_SECTIONS' - A list of names for sections other than the standard two, which are - `in_text' and `in_data'. You need not define this macro on a - system with no other sections (that GCC needs to use). - -`EXTRA_SECTION_FUNCTIONS' - One or more functions to be defined in `varasm.c'. These - functions should do jobs analogous to those of `text_section' and - `data_section', for your additional sections. Do not define this - macro if you do not define `EXTRA_SECTIONS'. - -`READONLY_DATA_SECTION' - On most machines, read-only variables, constants, and jump tables - are placed in the text section. If this is not the case on your - machine, this macro should be defined to be the name of a function - (either `data_section' or a function defined in `EXTRA_SECTIONS') - that switches to the section to be used for read-only items. + Do not define this macro unless you need to override the default + definition. - If these items should be placed in the text section, this macro - should not be defined. +`CC1_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to `cc1'. It can also specify how to translate options you + give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the `cc1'. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`CC1PLUS_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to `cc1plus'. It can also specify how to translate options + you give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the + `cc1plus'. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`ASM_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to the assembler. It can also specify how to translate + options you give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the + assembler. See the file `sun3.h' for an example of this. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`ASM_FINAL_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program how to + run any programs which cleanup after the normal assembler. + Normally, this is not needed. See the file `mips.h' for an + example of this. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`LINK_SPEC' + A C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program options to + pass to the linker. It can also specify how to translate options + you give to GNU CC into options for GNU CC to pass to the linker. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`LIB_SPEC' + Another C string constant used much like `LINK_SPEC'. The + difference between the two is that `LIB_SPEC' is used at the end + of the command given to the linker. + + If this macro is not defined, a default is provided that loads the + standard C library from the usual place. See `gcc.c'. + +`LIBGCC_SPEC' + Another C string constant that tells the GNU CC driver program how + and when to place a reference to `libgcc.a' into the linker + command line. This constant is placed both before and after the + value of `LIB_SPEC'. + + If this macro is not defined, the GNU CC driver provides a default + that passes the string `-lgcc' to the linker unless the `-shared' + option is specified. + +`STARTFILE_SPEC' + Another C string constant used much like `LINK_SPEC'. The + difference between the two is that `STARTFILE_SPEC' is used at the + very beginning of the command given to the linker. + + If this macro is not defined, a default is provided that loads the + standard C startup file from the usual place. See `gcc.c'. + +`ENDFILE_SPEC' + Another C string constant used much like `LINK_SPEC'. The + difference between the two is that `ENDFILE_SPEC' is used at the + very end of the command given to the linker. + + Do not define this macro if it does not need to do anything. + +`LINK_LIBGCC_SPECIAL' + Define this macro if the driver program should find the library + `libgcc.a' itself and should not pass `-L' options to the linker. + If you do not define this macro, the driver program will pass the + argument `-lgcc' to tell the linker to do the search and will pass + `-L' options to it. + +`LINK_LIBGCC_SPECIAL_1' + Define this macro if the driver program should find the library + `libgcc.a'. If you do not define this macro, the driver program + will pass the argument `-lgcc' to tell the linker to do the search. + This macro is similar to `LINK_LIBGCC_SPECIAL', except that it does + not affect `-L' options. + +`MULTILIB_DEFAULTS' + Define this macro as a C expression for the initializer of an + array of string to tell the driver program which options are + defaults for this target and thus do not need to be handled + specially when using `MULTILIB_OPTIONS'. + + Do not define this macro if `MULTILIB_OPTIONS' is not defined in + the target makefile fragment or if none of the options listed in + `MULTILIB_OPTIONS' are set by default. *Note Target Fragment::. + +`RELATIVE_PREFIX_NOT_LINKDIR' + Define this macro to tell `gcc' that it should only translate a + `-B' prefix into a `-L' linker option if the prefix indicates an + absolute file name. + +`STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override + the standard choice of `/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/' as the default + prefix to try when searching for the executable files of the + compiler. + +`MD_EXEC_PREFIX' + If defined, this macro is an additional prefix to try after + `STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX'. `MD_EXEC_PREFIX' is not searched when the + `-b' option is used, or the compiler is built as a cross compiler. + +`STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override + the standard choice of `/usr/local/lib/' as the default prefix to + try when searching for startup files such as `crt0.o'. + +`MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX' + If defined, this macro supplies an additional prefix to try after + the standard prefixes. `MD_EXEC_PREFIX' is not searched when the + `-b' option is used, or when the compiler is built as a cross + compiler. + +`MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX_1' + If defined, this macro supplies yet another prefix to try after the + standard prefixes. It is not searched when the `-b' option is + used, or when the compiler is built as a cross compiler. + +`INIT_ENVIRONMENT' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you with to set + environment variables for programs called by the driver, such as + the assembler and loader. The driver passes the value of this + macro to `putenv' to initialize the necessary environment + variables. + +`LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override + the standard choice of `/usr/local/include' as the default prefix + to try when searching for local header files. `LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR' + comes before `SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR' in the search order. + + Cross compilers do not use this macro and do not search either + `/usr/local/include' or its replacement. + +`SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to specify a + system-specific directory to search for header files before the + standard directory. `SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR' comes before + `STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIR' in the search order. + + Cross compilers do not use this macro and do not search the + directory specified. + +`STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIR' + Define this macro as a C string constant if you wish to override + the standard choice of `/usr/include' as the default prefix to try + when searching for header files. + + Cross compilers do not use this macro and do not search either + `/usr/include' or its replacement. + +`INCLUDE_DEFAULTS' + Define this macro if you wish to override the entire default + search path for include files. The default search path includes + `GCC_INCLUDE_DIR', `LOCAL_INCLUDE_DIR', `SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIR', + `GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR', and `STANDARD_INCLUDE_DIR'. In addition, + `GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR' and `GCC_INCLUDE_DIR' are defined + automatically by `Makefile', and specify private search areas for + GCC. The directory `GPLUSPLUS_INCLUDE_DIR' is used only for C++ + programs. + + The definition should be an initializer for an array of structures. + Each array element should have two elements: the directory name (a + string constant) and a flag for C++-only directories. Mark the + end of the array with a null element. For example, here is the + definition used for VMS: + + #define INCLUDE_DEFAULTS \ + { \ + { "GNU_GXX_INCLUDE:", 1}, \ + { "GNU_CC_INCLUDE:", 0}, \ + { "SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSLIB.]", 0}, \ + { ".", 0}, \ + { 0, 0} \ + } + + Here is the order of prefixes tried for exec files: + + 1. Any prefixes specified by the user with `-B'. + + 2. The environment variable `GCC_EXEC_PREFIX', if any. + + 3. The directories specified by the environment variable + `COMPILER_PATH'. + + 4. The macro `STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX'. + + 5. `/usr/lib/gcc/'. + + 6. The macro `MD_EXEC_PREFIX', if any. + + Here is the order of prefixes tried for startfiles: + + 1. Any prefixes specified by the user with `-B'. + + 2. The environment variable `GCC_EXEC_PREFIX', if any. + + 3. The directories specified by the environment variable + `LIBRARY_PATH' (native only, cross compilers do not use this). + + 4. The macro `STANDARD_EXEC_PREFIX'. + + 5. `/usr/lib/gcc/'. + + 6. The macro `MD_EXEC_PREFIX', if any. -`SELECT_SECTION (EXP, RELOC)' - A C statement or statements to switch to the appropriate section - for output of EXP. You can assume that EXP is either a `VAR_DECL' - node or a constant of some sort. RELOC indicates whether the - initial value of EXP requires link-time relocations. Select the - section by calling `text_section' or one of the alternatives for - other sections. - - Do not define this macro if you put all read-only variables and - constants in the read-only data section (usually the text section). - -`SELECT_RTX_SECTION (MODE, RTX)' - A C statement or statements to switch to the appropriate section - for output of RTX in mode MODE. You can assume that RTX is some - kind of constant in RTL. The argument MODE is redundant except in - the case of a `const_int' rtx. Select the section by calling - `text_section' or one of the alternatives for other sections. - - Do not define this macro if you put all constants in the read-only - data section. - -`JUMP_TABLES_IN_TEXT_SECTION' - Define this macro if jump tables (for `tablejump' insns) should be - output in the text section, along with the assembler instructions. - Otherwise, the readonly data section is used. - - This macro is irrelevant if there is no separate readonly data - section. - -`ENCODE_SECTION_INFO (DECL)' - Define this macro if references to a symbol must be treated - differently depending on something about the variable or function - named by the symbol (such as what section it is in). - - The macro definition, if any, is executed immediately after the - rtl for DECL has been created and stored in `DECL_RTL (DECL)'. - The value of the rtl will be a `mem' whose address is a - `symbol_ref'. - - The usual thing for this macro to do is to record a flag in the - `symbol_ref' (such as `SYMBOL_REF_FLAG') or to store a modified - name string in the `symbol_ref' (if one bit is not enough - information). - -`STRIP_NAME_ENCODING (VAR, SYM_NAME)' - Decode SYM_NAME and store the real name part in VAR, sans the - characters that encode section info. Define this macro if - `ENCODE_SECTION_INFO' alters the symbol's name string. + 7. The macro `MD_STARTFILE_PREFIX', if any. - -File: gcc.info, Node: PIC, Next: Assembler Format, Prev: Sections, Up: Target Macros + 8. The macro `STANDARD_STARTFILE_PREFIX'. -Position Independent Code -========================= + 9. `/lib/'. - This section describes macros that help implement generation of -position independent code. Simply defining these macros is not enough -to generate valid PIC; you must also add support to the macros -`GO_IF_LEGITIMATE_ADDRESS' and `PRINT_OPERAND_ADDRESS', as well as -`LEGITIMIZE_ADDRESS'. You must modify the definition of `movsi' to do -something appropriate when the source operand contains a symbolic -address. You may also need to alter the handling of switch statements -so that they use relative addresses. - -`PIC_OFFSET_TABLE_REGNUM' - The register number of the register used to address a table of - static data addresses in memory. In some cases this register is - defined by a processor's "application binary interface" (ABI). - When this macro is defined, RTL is generated for this register - once, as with the stack pointer and frame pointer registers. If - this macro is not defined, it is up to the machine-dependent files - to allocate such a register (if necessary). - -`FINALIZE_PIC' - By generating position-independent code, when two different - programs (A and B) share a common library (libC.a), the text of - the library can be shared whether or not the library is linked at - the same address for both programs. In some of these - environments, position-independent code requires not only the use - of different addressing modes, but also special code to enable the - use of these addressing modes. - - The `FINALIZE_PIC' macro serves as a hook to emit these special - codes once the function is being compiled into assembly code, but - not before. (It is not done before, because in the case of - compiling an inline function, it would lead to multiple PIC - prologues being included in functions which used inline functions - and were compiled to assembly language.) - -`LEGITIMATE_PIC_OPERAND_P (X)' - A C expression that is nonzero if X is a legitimate immediate - operand on the target machine when generating position independent - code. You can assume that X satisfies `CONSTANT_P', so you need - not check this. You can also assume FLAG_PIC is true, so you need - not check it either. You need not define this macro if all - constants (including `SYMBOL_REF') can be immediate operands when - generating position independent code. + 10. `/usr/lib/'.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Assembler Format, Next: Debugging Info, Prev: PIC, Up: Target Macros - -Defining the Output Assembler Language -====================================== +File: gcc.info, Node: Run-time Target, Next: Storage Layout, Prev: Driver, Up: Target Macros - This section describes macros whose principal purpose is to describe -how to write instructions in assembler language-rather than what the -instructions do. +Run-time Target Specification +============================= -* Menu: + Here are run-time target specifications. -* File Framework:: Structural information for the assembler file. -* Data Output:: Output of constants (numbers, strings, addresses). -* Uninitialized Data:: Output of uninitialized variables. -* Label Output:: Output and generation of labels. -* Initialization:: General principles of initialization - and termination routines. -* Macros for Initialization:: - Specific macros that control the handling of - initialization and termination routines. -* Instruction Output:: Output of actual instructions. -* Dispatch Tables:: Output of jump tables. -* Alignment Output:: Pseudo ops for alignment and skipping data. +`CPP_PREDEFINES' + Define this to be a string constant containing `-D' options to + define the predefined macros that identify this machine and system. + These macros will be predefined unless the `-ansi' option is + specified. + + In addition, a parallel set of macros are predefined, whose names + are made by appending `__' at the beginning and at the end. These + `__' macros are permitted by the ANSI standard, so they are + predefined regardless of whether `-ansi' is specified. + + For example, on the Sun, one can use the following value: + + "-Dmc68000 -Dsun -Dunix" + + The result is to define the macros `__mc68000__', `__sun__' and + `__unix__' unconditionally, and the macros `mc68000', `sun' and + `unix' provided `-ansi' is not specified. + +`extern int target_flags;' + This declaration should be present. + +`TARGET_...' + This series of macros is to allow compiler command arguments to + enable or disable the use of optional features of the target + machine. For example, one machine description serves both the + 68000 and the 68020; a command argument tells the compiler whether + it should use 68020-only instructions or not. This command + argument works by means of a macro `TARGET_68020' that tests a bit + in `target_flags'. + + Define a macro `TARGET_FEATURENAME' for each such option. Its + definition should test a bit in `target_flags'; for example: + + #define TARGET_68020 (target_flags & 1) + + One place where these macros are used is in the + condition-expressions of instruction patterns. Note how + `TARGET_68020' appears frequently in the 68000 machine description + file, `m68k.md'. Another place they are used is in the + definitions of the other macros in the `MACHINE.h' file. + +`TARGET_SWITCHES' + This macro defines names of command options to set and clear bits + in `target_flags'. Its definition is an initializer with a + subgrouping for each command option. + + Each subgrouping contains a string constant, that defines the + option name, and a number, which contains the bits to set in + `target_flags'. A negative number says to clear bits instead; the + negative of the number is which bits to clear. The actual option + name is made by appending `-m' to the specified name. + + One of the subgroupings should have a null string. The number in + this grouping is the default value for `target_flags'. Any target + options act starting with that value. + + Here is an example which defines `-m68000' and `-m68020' with + opposite meanings, and picks the latter as the default: + + #define TARGET_SWITCHES \ + { { "68020", 1}, \ + { "68000", -1}, \ + { "", 1}} + +`TARGET_OPTIONS' + This macro is similar to `TARGET_SWITCHES' but defines names of + command options that have values. Its definition is an + initializer with a subgrouping for each command option. + + Each subgrouping contains a string constant, that defines the + fixed part of the option name, and the address of a variable. The + variable, type `char *', is set to the variable part of the given + option if the fixed part matches. The actual option name is made + by appending `-m' to the specified name. + + Here is an example which defines `-mshort-data-NUMBER'. If the + given option is `-mshort-data-512', the variable `m88k_short_data' + will be set to the string `"512"'. + + extern char *m88k_short_data; + #define TARGET_OPTIONS \ + { { "short-data-", &m88k_short_data } } + +`TARGET_VERSION' + This macro is a C statement to print on `stderr' a string + describing the particular machine description choice. Every + machine description should define `TARGET_VERSION'. For example: + + #ifdef MOTOROLA + #define TARGET_VERSION \ + fprintf (stderr, " (68k, Motorola syntax)"); + #else + #define TARGET_VERSION \ + fprintf (stderr, " (68k, MIT syntax)"); + #endif + +`OVERRIDE_OPTIONS' + Sometimes certain combinations of command options do not make + sense on a particular target machine. You can define a macro + `OVERRIDE_OPTIONS' to take account of this. This macro, if + defined, is executed once just after all the command options have + been parsed. + + Don't use this macro to turn on various extra optimizations for + `-O'. That is what `OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS' is for. + +`OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS (LEVEL)' + Some machines may desire to change what optimizations are + performed for various optimization levels. This macro, if + defined, is executed once just after the optimization level is + determined and before the remainder of the command options have + been parsed. Values set in this macro are used as the default + values for the other command line options. + + LEVEL is the optimization level specified; 2 if `-O2' is + specified, 1 if `-O' is specified, and 0 if neither is specified. + + You should not use this macro to change options that are not + machine-specific. These should uniformly selected by the same + optimization level on all supported machines. Use this macro to + enable machbine-specific optimizations. + + *Do not examine `write_symbols' in this macro!* The debugging + options are not supposed to alter the generated code. + +`CAN_DEBUG_WITHOUT_FP' + Define this macro if debugging can be performed even without a + frame pointer. If this macro is defined, GNU CC will turn on the + `-fomit-frame-pointer' option whenever `-O' is specified.  -File: gcc.info, Node: File Framework, Next: Data Output, Up: Assembler Format +File: gcc.info, Node: Storage Layout, Next: Type Layout, Prev: Run-time Target, Up: Target Macros -The Overall Framework of an Assembler File ------------------------------------------- +Storage Layout +============== -`ASM_FILE_START (STREAM)' - A C expression which outputs to the stdio stream STREAM some - appropriate text to go at the start of an assembler file. + Note that the definitions of the macros in this table which are +sizes or alignments measured in bits do not need to be constant. They +can be C expressions that refer to static variables, such as the +`target_flags'. *Note Run-time Target::. + +`BITS_BIG_ENDIAN' + Define this macro to have the value 1 if the most significant bit + in a byte has the lowest number; otherwise define it to have the + value zero. This means that bit-field instructions count from the + most significant bit. If the machine has no bit-field + instructions, then this must still be defined, but it doesn't + matter which value it is defined to. This macro need not be a + constant. - Normally this macro is defined to output a line containing - `#NO_APP', which is a comment that has no effect on most - assemblers but tells the GNU assembler that it can save time by not - checking for certain assembler constructs. + This macro does not affect the way structure fields are packed into + bytes or words; that is controlled by `BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN'. - On systems that use SDB, it is necessary to output certain - commands; see `attasm.h'. +`BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN' + Define this macro to have the value 1 if the most significant byte + in a word has the lowest number. This macro need not be a + constant. -`ASM_FILE_END (STREAM)' - A C expression which outputs to the stdio stream STREAM some - appropriate text to go at the end of an assembler file. +`WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN' + Define this macro to have the value 1 if, in a multiword object, + the most significant word has the lowest number. This applies to + both memory locations and registers; GNU CC fundamentally assumes + that the order of words in memory is the same as the order in + registers. This macro need not be a constant. + +`LIBGCC2_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN' + Define this macro if WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN is not constant. This must + be a constant value with the same meaning as WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN, + which will be used only when compiling libgcc2.c. Typically the + value will be set based on preprocessor defines. + +`FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN' + Define this macro to have the value 1 if `DFmode', `XFmode' or + `TFmode' floating point numbers are stored in memory with the word + containing the sign bit at the lowest address; otherwise define it + to have the value 0. This macro need not be a constant. + + You need not define this macro if the ordering is the same as for + multi-word integers. + +`BITS_PER_UNIT' + Define this macro to be the number of bits in an addressable + storage unit (byte); normally 8. + +`BITS_PER_WORD' + Number of bits in a word; normally 32. + +`MAX_BITS_PER_WORD' + Maximum number of bits in a word. If this is undefined, the + default is `BITS_PER_WORD'. Otherwise, it is the constant value + that is the largest value that `BITS_PER_WORD' can have at + run-time. + +`UNITS_PER_WORD' + Number of storage units in a word; normally 4. + +`MIN_UNITS_PER_WORD' + Minimum number of units in a word. If this is undefined, the + default is `UNITS_PER_WORD'. Otherwise, it is the constant value + that is the smallest value that `UNITS_PER_WORD' can have at + run-time. + +`POINTER_SIZE' + Width of a pointer, in bits. You must specify a value no wider + than the width of `Pmode'. If it is not equal to the width of + `Pmode', you must define `POINTERS_EXTEND_UNSIGNED'. + +`POINTERS_EXTEND_UNSIGNED' + A C expression whose value is nonzero if pointers that need to be + extended from being `POINTER_SIZE' bits wide to `Pmode' are + sign-extended and zero if they are zero-extended. + + You need not define this macro if the `POINTER_SIZE' is equal to + the width of `Pmode'. + +`PROMOTE_MODE (M, UNSIGNEDP, TYPE)' + A macro to update M and UNSIGNEDP when an object whose type is + TYPE and which has the specified mode and signedness is to be + stored in a register. This macro is only called when TYPE is a + scalar type. + + On most RISC machines, which only have operations that operate on + a full register, define this macro to set M to `word_mode' if M is + an integer mode narrower than `BITS_PER_WORD'. In most cases, + only integer modes should be widened because wider-precision + floating-point operations are usually more expensive than their + narrower counterparts. + + For most machines, the macro definition does not change UNSIGNEDP. + However, some machines, have instructions that preferentially + handle either signed or unsigned quantities of certain modes. For + example, on the DEC Alpha, 32-bit loads from memory and 32-bit add + instructions sign-extend the result to 64 bits. On such machines, + set UNSIGNEDP according to which kind of extension is more + efficient. + + Do not define this macro if it would never modify M. + +`PROMOTE_FUNCTION_ARGS' + Define this macro if the promotion described by `PROMOTE_MODE' + should also be done for outgoing function arguments. + +`PROMOTE_FUNCTION_RETURN' + Define this macro if the promotion described by `PROMOTE_MODE' + should also be done for the return value of functions. + + If this macro is defined, `FUNCTION_VALUE' must perform the same + promotions done by `PROMOTE_MODE'. + +`PROMOTE_FOR_CALL_ONLY' + Define this macro if the promotion described by `PROMOTE_MODE' + should *only* be performed for outgoing function arguments or + function return values, as specified by `PROMOTE_FUNCTION_ARGS' + and `PROMOTE_FUNCTION_RETURN', respectively. + +`PARM_BOUNDARY' + Normal alignment required for function parameters on the stack, in + bits. All stack parameters receive at least this much alignment + regardless of data type. On most machines, this is the same as the + size of an integer. + +`STACK_BOUNDARY' + Define this macro if you wish to preserve a certain alignment for + the stack pointer. The definition is a C expression for the + desired alignment (measured in bits). + + If `PUSH_ROUNDING' is not defined, the stack will always be aligned + to the specified boundary. If `PUSH_ROUNDING' is defined and + specifies a less strict alignment than `STACK_BOUNDARY', the stack + may be momentarily unaligned while pushing arguments. + +`FUNCTION_BOUNDARY' + Alignment required for a function entry point, in bits. + +`BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT' + Biggest alignment that any data type can require on this machine, + in bits. + +`BIGGEST_FIELD_ALIGNMENT' + Biggest alignment that any structure field can require on this + machine, in bits. If defined, this overrides `BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT' + for structure fields only. + +`MAX_OFILE_ALIGNMENT' + Biggest alignment supported by the object file format of this + machine. Use this macro to limit the alignment which can be + specified using the `__attribute__ ((aligned (N)))' construct. If + not defined, the default value is `BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT'. + +`DATA_ALIGNMENT (TYPE, BASIC-ALIGN)' + If defined, a C expression to compute the alignment for a static + variable. TYPE is the data type, and BASIC-ALIGN is the alignment + that the object would ordinarily have. The value of this macro is + used instead of that alignment to align the object. + + If this macro is not defined, then BASIC-ALIGN is used. + + One use of this macro is to increase alignment of medium-size data + to make it all fit in fewer cache lines. Another is to cause + character arrays to be word-aligned so that `strcpy' calls that + copy constants to character arrays can be done inline. + +`CONSTANT_ALIGNMENT (CONSTANT, BASIC-ALIGN)' + If defined, a C expression to compute the alignment given to a + constant that is being placed in memory. CONSTANT is the constant + and BASIC-ALIGN is the alignment that the object would ordinarily + have. The value of this macro is used instead of that alignment to + align the object. + + If this macro is not defined, then BASIC-ALIGN is used. + + The typical use of this macro is to increase alignment for string + constants to be word aligned so that `strcpy' calls that copy + constants can be done inline. + +`EMPTY_FIELD_BOUNDARY' + Alignment in bits to be given to a structure bit field that + follows an empty field such as `int : 0;'. + + Note that `PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS' also affects the alignment + that results from an empty field. + +`STRUCTURE_SIZE_BOUNDARY' + Number of bits which any structure or union's size must be a + multiple of. Each structure or union's size is rounded up to a + multiple of this. + + If you do not define this macro, the default is the same as + `BITS_PER_UNIT'. + +`STRICT_ALIGNMENT' + Define this macro to be the value 1 if instructions will fail to + work if given data not on the nominal alignment. If instructions + will merely go slower in that case, define this macro as 0. + +`PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS' + Define this if you wish to imitate the way many other C compilers + handle alignment of bitfields and the structures that contain them. + + The behavior is that the type written for a bitfield (`int', + `short', or other integer type) imposes an alignment for the + entire structure, as if the structure really did contain an + ordinary field of that type. In addition, the bitfield is placed + within the structure so that it would fit within such a field, not + crossing a boundary for it. + + Thus, on most machines, a bitfield whose type is written as `int' + would not cross a four-byte boundary, and would force four-byte + alignment for the whole structure. (The alignment used may not be + four bytes; it is controlled by the other alignment parameters.) + + If the macro is defined, its definition should be a C expression; + a nonzero value for the expression enables this behavior. + + Note that if this macro is not defined, or its value is zero, some + bitfields may cross more than one alignment boundary. The + compiler can support such references if there are `insv', `extv', + and `extzv' insns that can directly reference memory. + + The other known way of making bitfields work is to define + `STRUCTURE_SIZE_BOUNDARY' as large as `BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT'. Then + every structure can be accessed with fullwords. + + Unless the machine has bitfield instructions or you define + `STRUCTURE_SIZE_BOUNDARY' that way, you must define + `PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS' to have a nonzero value. + + If your aim is to make GNU CC use the same conventions for laying + out bitfields as are used by another compiler, here is how to + investigate what the other compiler does. Compile and run this + program: + + struct foo1 + { + char x; + char :0; + char y; + }; + + struct foo2 + { + char x; + int :0; + char y; + }; + + main () + { + printf ("Size of foo1 is %d\n", + sizeof (struct foo1)); + printf ("Size of foo2 is %d\n", + sizeof (struct foo2)); + exit (0); + } + + If this prints 2 and 5, then the compiler's behavior is what you + would get from `PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS'. + +`BITFIELD_NBYTES_LIMITED' + Like PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS except that its effect is limited to + aligning a bitfield within the structure. + +`ROUND_TYPE_SIZE (STRUCT, SIZE, ALIGN)' + Define this macro as an expression for the overall size of a + structure (given by STRUCT as a tree node) when the size computed + from the fields is SIZE and the alignment is ALIGN. + + The default is to round SIZE up to a multiple of ALIGN. + +`ROUND_TYPE_ALIGN (STRUCT, COMPUTED, SPECIFIED)' + Define this macro as an expression for the alignment of a structure + (given by STRUCT as a tree node) if the alignment computed in the + usual way is COMPUTED and the alignment explicitly specified was + SPECIFIED. + + The default is to use SPECIFIED if it is larger; otherwise, use + the smaller of COMPUTED and `BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT' + +`MAX_FIXED_MODE_SIZE' + An integer expression for the size in bits of the largest integer + machine mode that should actually be used. All integer machine + modes of this size or smaller can be used for structures and + unions with the appropriate sizes. If this macro is undefined, + `GET_MODE_BITSIZE (DImode)' is assumed. + +`CHECK_FLOAT_VALUE (MODE, VALUE, OVERFLOW)' + A C statement to validate the value VALUE (of type `double') for + mode MODE. This means that you check whether VALUE fits within + the possible range of values for mode MODE on this target machine. + The mode MODE is always a mode of class `MODE_FLOAT'. OVERFLOW + is nonzero if the value is already known to be out of range. + + If VALUE is not valid or if OVERFLOW is nonzero, you should set + OVERFLOW to 1 and then assign some valid value to VALUE. Allowing + an invalid value to go through the compiler can produce incorrect + assembler code which may even cause Unix assemblers to crash. + + This macro need not be defined if there is no work for it to do. + +`TARGET_FLOAT_FORMAT' + A code distinguishing the floating point format of the target + machine. There are three defined values: + + `IEEE_FLOAT_FORMAT' + This code indicates IEEE floating point. It is the default; + there is no need to define this macro when the format is IEEE. + + `VAX_FLOAT_FORMAT' + This code indicates the peculiar format used on the Vax. + + `UNKNOWN_FLOAT_FORMAT' + This code indicates any other format. + + The value of this macro is compared with `HOST_FLOAT_FORMAT' + (*note Config::.) to determine whether the target machine has the + same format as the host machine. If any other formats are + actually in use on supported machines, new codes should be defined + for them. + + The ordering of the component words of floating point values + stored in memory is controlled by `FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN' for the + target machine and `HOST_FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN' for the host. - If this macro is not defined, the default is to output nothing - special at the end of the file. Most systems don't require any - definition. + +File: gcc.info, Node: Type Layout, Next: Registers, Prev: Storage Layout, Up: Target Macros - On systems that use SDB, it is necessary to output certain - commands; see `attasm.h'. +Layout of Source Language Data Types +==================================== -`ASM_IDENTIFY_GCC (FILE)' - A C statement to output assembler commands which will identify the - object file as having been compiled with GNU CC (or another GNU - compiler). - - If you don't define this macro, the string `gcc_compiled.:' is - output. This string is calculated to define a symbol which, on - BSD systems, will never be defined for any other reason. GDB - checks for the presence of this symbol when reading the symbol - table of an executable. - - On non-BSD systems, you must arrange communication with GDB in - some other fashion. If GDB is not used on your system, you can - define this macro with an empty body. - -`ASM_COMMENT_START' - A C string constant describing how to begin a comment in the target - assembler language. The compiler assumes that the comment will - end at the end of the line. - -`ASM_APP_ON' - A C string constant for text to be output before each `asm' - statement or group of consecutive ones. Normally this is - `"#APP"', which is a comment that has no effect on most assemblers - but tells the GNU assembler that it must check the lines that - follow for all valid assembler constructs. - -`ASM_APP_OFF' - A C string constant for text to be output after each `asm' - statement or group of consecutive ones. Normally this is - `"#NO_APP"', which tells the GNU assembler to resume making the - time-saving assumptions that are valid for ordinary compiler - output. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_SOURCE_FILENAME (STREAM, NAME)' - A C statement to output COFF information or DWARF debugging - information which indicates that filename NAME is the current - source file to the stdio stream STREAM. - - This macro need not be defined if the standard form of output for - the file format in use is appropriate. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_SOURCE_LINE (STREAM, LINE)' - A C statement to output DBX or SDB debugging information before - code for line number LINE of the current source file to the stdio - stream STREAM. - - This macro need not be defined if the standard form of debugging - information for the debugger in use is appropriate. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_IDENT (STREAM, STRING)' - A C statement to output something to the assembler file to handle a - `#ident' directive containing the text STRING. If this macro is - not defined, nothing is output for a `#ident' directive. - -`OBJC_PROLOGUE' - A C statement to output any assembler statements which are - required to precede any Objective C object definitions or message - sending. The statement is executed only when compiling an - Objective C program. + These macros define the sizes and other characteristics of the +standard basic data types used in programs being compiled. Unlike the +macros in the previous section, these apply to specific features of C +and related languages, rather than to fundamental aspects of storage +layout. + +`INT_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `int' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one word. + +`MAX_INT_TYPE_SIZE' + Maximum number for the size in bits of the type `int' on the target + machine. If this is undefined, the default is `INT_TYPE_SIZE'. + Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the largest value that + `INT_TYPE_SIZE' can have at run-time. This is used in `cpp'. + +`SHORT_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `short' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is half a + word. (If this would be less than one storage unit, it is rounded + up to one unit.) + +`LONG_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `long' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one word. + +`MAX_LONG_TYPE_SIZE' + Maximum number for the size in bits of the type `long' on the + target machine. If this is undefined, the default is + `LONG_TYPE_SIZE'. Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the + largest value that `LONG_TYPE_SIZE' can have at run-time. This is + used in `cpp'. + +`LONG_LONG_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `long long' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is two + words. If you want to support GNU Ada on your machine, the value + of macro must be at least 64. + +`CHAR_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `char' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one + quarter of a word. (If this would be less than one storage unit, + it is rounded up to one unit.) + +`MAX_CHAR_TYPE_SIZE' + Maximum number for the size in bits of the type `char' on the + target machine. If this is undefined, the default is + `CHAR_TYPE_SIZE'. Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the + largest value that `CHAR_TYPE_SIZE' can have at run-time. This is + used in `cpp'. + +`FLOAT_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `float' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is one word. + +`DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `double' on the + target machine. If you don't define this, the default is two + words. + +`LONG_DOUBLE_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the type `long double' on + the target machine. If you don't define this, the default is two + words. + +`DEFAULT_SIGNED_CHAR' + An expression whose value is 1 or 0, according to whether the type + `char' should be signed or unsigned by default. The user can + always override this default with the options `-fsigned-char' and + `-funsigned-char'. + +`DEFAULT_SHORT_ENUMS' + A C expression to determine whether to give an `enum' type only as + many bytes as it takes to represent the range of possible values + of that type. A nonzero value means to do that; a zero value + means all `enum' types should be allocated like `int'. + + If you don't define the macro, the default is 0. + +`SIZE_TYPE' + A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type + to use for size values. The typedef name `size_t' is defined + using the contents of the string. + + The string can contain more than one keyword. If so, separate + them with spaces, and write first any length keyword, then + `unsigned' if appropriate, and finally `int'. The string must + exactly match one of the data type names defined in the function + `init_decl_processing' in the file `c-decl.c'. You may not omit + `int' or change the order--that would cause the compiler to crash + on startup. + + If you don't define this macro, the default is `"long unsigned + int"'. + +`PTRDIFF_TYPE' + A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type + to use for the result of subtracting two pointers. The typedef + name `ptrdiff_t' is defined using the contents of the string. See + `SIZE_TYPE' above for more information. + + If you don't define this macro, the default is `"long int"'. + +`WCHAR_TYPE' + A C expression for a string describing the name of the data type + to use for wide characters. The typedef name `wchar_t' is defined + using the contents of the string. See `SIZE_TYPE' above for more + information. + + If you don't define this macro, the default is `"int"'. + +`WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE' + A C expression for the size in bits of the data type for wide + characters. This is used in `cpp', which cannot make use of + `WCHAR_TYPE'. + +`MAX_WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE' + Maximum number for the size in bits of the data type for wide + characters. If this is undefined, the default is + `WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE'. Otherwise, it is the constant value that is the + largest value that `WCHAR_TYPE_SIZE' can have at run-time. This is + used in `cpp'. + +`OBJC_INT_SELECTORS' + Define this macro if the type of Objective C selectors should be + `int'. + + If this macro is not defined, then selectors should have the type + `struct objc_selector *'. + +`OBJC_SELECTORS_WITHOUT_LABELS' + Define this macro if the compiler can group all the selectors + together into a vector and use just one label at the beginning of + the vector. Otherwise, the compiler must give each selector its + own assembler label. + + On certain machines, it is important to have a separate label for + each selector because this enables the linker to eliminate + duplicate selectors. + +`TARGET_BELL' + A C constant expression for the integer value for escape sequence + `\a'. + +`TARGET_BS' +`TARGET_TAB' +`TARGET_NEWLINE' + C constant expressions for the integer values for escape sequences + `\b', `\t' and `\n'. + +`TARGET_VT' +`TARGET_FF' +`TARGET_CR' + C constant expressions for the integer values for escape sequences + `\v', `\f' and `\r'.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Data Output, Next: Uninitialized Data, Prev: File Framework, Up: Assembler Format +File: gcc.info, Node: Registers, Next: Register Classes, Prev: Type Layout, Up: Target Macros + +Register Usage +============== + + This section explains how to describe what registers the target +machine has, and how (in general) they can be used. -Output of Data --------------- + The description of which registers a specific instruction can use is +done with register classes; see *Note Register Classes::. For +information on using registers to access a stack frame, see *Note Frame +Registers::. For passing values in registers, see *Note Register +Arguments::. For returning values in registers, see *Note Scalar +Return::. -`ASM_OUTPUT_LONG_DOUBLE (STREAM, VALUE)' -`ASM_OUTPUT_DOUBLE (STREAM, VALUE)' -`ASM_OUTPUT_FLOAT (STREAM, VALUE)' - A C statement to output to the stdio stream STREAM an assembler - instruction to assemble a floating-point constant of `TFmode', - `DFmode' or `SFmode', respectively, whose value is VALUE. VALUE - will be a C expression of type `REAL_VALUE_TYPE'. Macros such as - `REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_DOUBLE' are useful for writing these - definitions. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_QUADRUPLE_INT (STREAM, EXP)' -`ASM_OUTPUT_DOUBLE_INT (STREAM, EXP)' -`ASM_OUTPUT_INT (STREAM, EXP)' -`ASM_OUTPUT_SHORT (STREAM, EXP)' -`ASM_OUTPUT_CHAR (STREAM, EXP)' - A C statement to output to the stdio stream STREAM an assembler - instruction to assemble an integer of 16, 8, 4, 2 or 1 bytes, - respectively, whose value is VALUE. The argument EXP will be an - RTL expression which represents a constant value. Use - `output_addr_const (STREAM, EXP)' to output this value as an - assembler expression. - - For sizes larger than `UNITS_PER_WORD', if the action of a macro - would be identical to repeatedly calling the macro corresponding to - a size of `UNITS_PER_WORD', once for each word, you need not define - the macro. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_BYTE (STREAM, VALUE)' - A C statement to output to the stdio stream STREAM an assembler - instruction to assemble a single byte containing the number VALUE. - -`ASM_BYTE_OP' - A C string constant giving the pseudo-op to use for a sequence of - single-byte constants. If this macro is not defined, the default - is `"byte"'. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII (STREAM, PTR, LEN)' - A C statement to output to the stdio stream STREAM an assembler - instruction to assemble a string constant containing the LEN bytes - at PTR. PTR will be a C expression of type `char *' and LEN a C - expression of type `int'. - - If the assembler has a `.ascii' pseudo-op as found in the Berkeley - Unix assembler, do not define the macro `ASM_OUTPUT_ASCII'. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_POOL_PROLOGUE (FILE FUNNAME FUNDECL SIZE)' - A C statement to output assembler commands to define the start of - the constant pool for a function. FUNNAME is a string giving the - name of the function. Should the return type of the function be - required, it can be obtained via FUNDECL. SIZE is the size, in - bytes, of the constant pool that will be written immediately after - this call. - - If no constant-pool prefix is required, the usual case, this macro - need not be defined. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_SPECIAL_POOL_ENTRY (FILE, X, MODE, ALIGN, LABELNO, JUMPTO)' - A C statement (with or without semicolon) to output a constant in - the constant pool, if it needs special treatment. (This macro - need not do anything for RTL expressions that can be output - normally.) - - The argument FILE is the standard I/O stream to output the - assembler code on. X is the RTL expression for the constant to - output, and MODE is the machine mode (in case X is a `const_int'). - ALIGN is the required alignment for the value X; you should - output an assembler directive to force this much alignment. - - The argument LABELNO is a number to use in an internal label for - the address of this pool entry. The definition of this macro is - responsible for outputting the label definition at the proper - place. Here is how to do this: - - ASM_OUTPUT_INTERNAL_LABEL (FILE, "LC", LABELNO); - - When you output a pool entry specially, you should end with a - `goto' to the label JUMPTO. This will prevent the same pool entry - from being output a second time in the usual manner. - - You need not define this macro if it would do nothing. - -`ASM_OPEN_PAREN' -`ASM_CLOSE_PAREN' - These macros are defined as C string constant, describing the - syntax in the assembler for grouping arithmetic expressions. The - following definitions are correct for most assemblers: - - #define ASM_OPEN_PAREN "(" - #define ASM_CLOSE_PAREN ")" - - These macros are provided by `real.h' for writing the definitions of -`ASM_OUTPUT_DOUBLE' and the like: - -`REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_SINGLE (X, L)' -`REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_DOUBLE (X, L)' -`REAL_VALUE_TO_TARGET_LONG_DOUBLE (X, L)' - These translate X, of type `REAL_VALUE_TYPE', to the target's - floating point representation, and store its bit pattern in the - array of `long int' whose address is L. The number of elements in - the output array is determined by the size of the desired target - floating point data type: 32 bits of it go in each `long int' array - element. Each array element holds 32 bits of the result, even if - `long int' is wider than 32 bits on the host machine. - - The array element values are designed so that you can print them - out using `fprintf' in the order they should appear in the target - machine's memory. - -`REAL_VALUE_TO_DECIMAL (X, FORMAT, STRING)' - This macro converts X, of type `REAL_VALUE_TYPE', to a decimal - number and stores it as a string into STRING. You must pass, as - STRING, the address of a long enough block of space to hold the - result. +* Menu: - The argument FORMAT is a `printf'-specification that serves as a - suggestion for how to format the output string. +* Register Basics:: Number and kinds of registers. +* Allocation Order:: Order in which registers are allocated. +* Values in Registers:: What kinds of values each reg can hold. +* Leaf Functions:: Renumbering registers for leaf functions. +* Stack Registers:: Handling a register stack such as 80387. +* Obsolete Register Macros:: Macros formerly used for the 80387.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Uninitialized Data, Next: Label Output, Prev: Data Output, Up: Assembler Format +File: gcc.info, Node: Register Basics, Next: Allocation Order, Up: Registers -Output of Uninitialized Variables ---------------------------------- +Basic Characteristics of Registers +---------------------------------- - Each of the macros in this section is used to do the whole job of -outputting a single uninitialized variable. + Registers have various characteristics. -`ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON (STREAM, NAME, SIZE, ROUNDED)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream - STREAM the assembler definition of a common-label named NAME whose - size is SIZE bytes. The variable ROUNDED is the size rounded up - to whatever alignment the caller wants. - - Use the expression `assemble_name (STREAM, NAME)' to output the - name itself; before and after that, output the additional - assembler syntax for defining the name, and a newline. - - This macro controls how the assembler definitions of uninitialized - global variables are output. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_COMMON (STREAM, NAME, SIZE, ALIGNMENT)' - Like `ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON' except takes the required alignment as a - separate, explicit argument. If you define this macro, it is used - in place of `ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON', and gives you more flexibility in - handling the required alignment of the variable. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_SHARED_COMMON (STREAM, NAME, SIZE, ROUNDED)' - If defined, it is similar to `ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON', except that it - is used when NAME is shared. If not defined, `ASM_OUTPUT_COMMON' - will be used. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_LOCAL (STREAM, NAME, SIZE, ROUNDED)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream - STREAM the assembler definition of a local-common-label named NAME - whose size is SIZE bytes. The variable ROUNDED is the size - rounded up to whatever alignment the caller wants. - - Use the expression `assemble_name (STREAM, NAME)' to output the - name itself; before and after that, output the additional - assembler syntax for defining the name, and a newline. - - This macro controls how the assembler definitions of uninitialized - static variables are output. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGNED_LOCAL (STREAM, NAME, SIZE, ALIGNMENT)' - Like `ASM_OUTPUT_LOCAL' except takes the required alignment as a - separate, explicit argument. If you define this macro, it is used - in place of `ASM_OUTPUT_LOCAL', and gives you more flexibility in - handling the required alignment of the variable. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_SHARED_LOCAL (STREAM, NAME, SIZE, ROUNDED)' - If defined, it is similar to `ASM_OUTPUT_LOCAL', except that it is - used when NAME is shared. If not defined, `ASM_OUTPUT_LOCAL' will - be used. +`FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER' + Number of hardware registers known to the compiler. They receive + numbers 0 through `FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER-1'; thus, the first + pseudo register's number really is assigned the number + `FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER'. + +`FIXED_REGISTERS' + An initializer that says which registers are used for fixed + purposes all throughout the compiled code and are therefore not + available for general allocation. These would include the stack + pointer, the frame pointer (except on machines where that can be + used as a general register when no frame pointer is needed), the + program counter on machines where that is considered one of the + addressable registers, and any other numbered register with a + standard use. + + This information is expressed as a sequence of numbers, separated + by commas and surrounded by braces. The Nth number is 1 if + register N is fixed, 0 otherwise. + + The table initialized from this macro, and the table initialized by + the following one, may be overridden at run time either + automatically, by the actions of the macro + `CONDITIONAL_REGISTER_USAGE', or by the user with the command + options `-ffixed-REG', `-fcall-used-REG' and `-fcall-saved-REG'. + +`CALL_USED_REGISTERS' + Like `FIXED_REGISTERS' but has 1 for each register that is + clobbered (in general) by function calls as well as for fixed + registers. This macro therefore identifies the registers that are + not available for general allocation of values that must live + across function calls. + + If a register has 0 in `CALL_USED_REGISTERS', the compiler + automatically saves it on function entry and restores it on + function exit, if the register is used within the function. + +`CONDITIONAL_REGISTER_USAGE' + Zero or more C statements that may conditionally modify two + variables `fixed_regs' and `call_used_regs' (both of type `char + []') after they have been initialized from the two preceding + macros. + + This is necessary in case the fixed or call-clobbered registers + depend on target flags. + + You need not define this macro if it has no work to do. + + If the usage of an entire class of registers depends on the target + flags, you may indicate this to GCC by using this macro to modify + `fixed_regs' and `call_used_regs' to 1 for each of the registers + in the classes which should not be used by GCC. Also define the + macro `REG_CLASS_FROM_LETTER' to return `NO_REGS' if it is called + with a letter for a class that shouldn't be used. + + (However, if this class is not included in `GENERAL_REGS' and all + of the insn patterns whose constraints permit this class are + controlled by target switches, then GCC will automatically avoid + using these registers when the target switches are opposed to + them.) + +`NON_SAVING_SETJMP' + If this macro is defined and has a nonzero value, it means that + `setjmp' and related functions fail to save the registers, or that + `longjmp' fails to restore them. To compensate, the compiler + avoids putting variables in registers in functions that use + `setjmp'. + +`INCOMING_REGNO (OUT)' + Define this macro if the target machine has register windows. + This C expression returns the register number as seen by the + called function corresponding to the register number OUT as seen + by the calling function. Return OUT if register number OUT is not + an outbound register. + +`OUTGOING_REGNO (IN)' + Define this macro if the target machine has register windows. + This C expression returns the register number as seen by the + calling function corresponding to the register number IN as seen + by the called function. Return IN if register number IN is not an + inbound register.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Label Output, Next: Initialization, Prev: Uninitialized Data, Up: Assembler Format +File: gcc.info, Node: Allocation Order, Next: Values in Registers, Prev: Register Basics, Up: Registers -Output and Generation of Labels -------------------------------- +Order of Allocation of Registers +-------------------------------- -`ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL (STREAM, NAME)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream - STREAM the assembler definition of a label named NAME. Use the - expression `assemble_name (STREAM, NAME)' to output the name - itself; before and after that, output the additional assembler - syntax for defining the name, and a newline. - -`ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_NAME (STREAM, NAME, DECL)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream - STREAM any text necessary for declaring the name NAME of a - function which is being defined. This macro is responsible for - outputting the label definition (perhaps using - `ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL'). The argument DECL is the `FUNCTION_DECL' - tree node representing the function. - - If this macro is not defined, then the function name is defined in - the usual manner as a label (by means of `ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL'). - -`ASM_DECLARE_FUNCTION_SIZE (STREAM, NAME, DECL)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream - STREAM any text necessary for declaring the size of a function - which is being defined. The argument NAME is the name of the - function. The argument DECL is the `FUNCTION_DECL' tree node - representing the function. - - If this macro is not defined, then the function size is not - defined. - -`ASM_DECLARE_OBJECT_NAME (STREAM, NAME, DECL)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream - STREAM any text necessary for declaring the name NAME of an - initialized variable which is being defined. This macro must - output the label definition (perhaps using `ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL'). - The argument DECL is the `VAR_DECL' tree node representing the - variable. - - If this macro is not defined, then the variable name is defined in - the usual manner as a label (by means of `ASM_OUTPUT_LABEL'). - -`ASM_GLOBALIZE_LABEL (STREAM, NAME)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream - STREAM some commands that will make the label NAME global; that - is, available for reference from other files. Use the expression - `assemble_name (STREAM, NAME)' to output the name itself; before - and after that, output the additional assembler syntax for making - that name global, and a newline. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_EXTERNAL (STREAM, DECL, NAME)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream - STREAM any text necessary for declaring the name of an external - symbol named NAME which is referenced in this compilation but not - defined. The value of DECL is the tree node for the declaration. - - This macro need not be defined if it does not need to output - anything. The GNU assembler and most Unix assemblers don't - require anything. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_EXTERNAL_LIBCALL (STREAM, SYMREF)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output on STREAM an assembler - pseudo-op to declare a library function name external. The name - of the library function is given by SYMREF, which has type `rtx' - and is a `symbol_ref'. - - This macro need not be defined if it does not need to output - anything. The GNU assembler and most Unix assemblers don't - require anything. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_LABELREF (STREAM, NAME)' - A C statement (sans semicolon) to output to the stdio stream - STREAM a reference in assembler syntax to a label named NAME. - This should add `_' to the front of the name, if that is customary - on your operating system, as it is in most Berkeley Unix systems. - This macro is used in `assemble_name'. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_LABELREF_AS_INT (FILE, LABEL)' - Define this macro for systems that use the program `collect2'. - The definition should be a C statement to output a word containing - a reference to the label LABEL. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_INTERNAL_LABEL (STREAM, PREFIX, NUM)' - A C statement to output to the stdio stream STREAM a label whose - name is made from the string PREFIX and the number NUM. - - It is absolutely essential that these labels be distinct from the - labels used for user-level functions and variables. Otherwise, - certain programs will have name conflicts with internal labels. - - It is desirable to exclude internal labels from the symbol table - of the object file. Most assemblers have a naming convention for - labels that should be excluded; on many systems, the letter `L' at - the beginning of a label has this effect. You should find out what - convention your system uses, and follow it. - - The usual definition of this macro is as follows: - - fprintf (STREAM, "L%s%d:\n", PREFIX, NUM) - -`ASM_GENERATE_INTERNAL_LABEL (STRING, PREFIX, NUM)' - A C statement to store into the string STRING a label whose name - is made from the string PREFIX and the number NUM. - - This string, when output subsequently by `assemble_name', should - produce the output that `ASM_OUTPUT_INTERNAL_LABEL' would produce - with the same PREFIX and NUM. - - If the string begins with `*', then `assemble_name' will output - the rest of the string unchanged. It is often convenient for - `ASM_GENERATE_INTERNAL_LABEL' to use `*' in this way. If the - string doesn't start with `*', then `ASM_OUTPUT_LABELREF' gets to - output the string, and may change it. (Of course, - `ASM_OUTPUT_LABELREF' is also part of your machine description, so - you should know what it does on your machine.) - -`ASM_FORMAT_PRIVATE_NAME (OUTVAR, NAME, NUMBER)' - A C expression to assign to OUTVAR (which is a variable of type - `char *') a newly allocated string made from the string NAME and - the number NUMBER, with some suitable punctuation added. Use - `alloca' to get space for the string. - - The string will be used as an argument to `ASM_OUTPUT_LABELREF' to - produce an assembler label for an internal static variable whose - name is NAME. Therefore, the string must be such as to result in - valid assembler code. The argument NUMBER is different each time - this macro is executed; it prevents conflicts between - similarly-named internal static variables in different scopes. - - Ideally this string should not be a valid C identifier, to prevent - any conflict with the user's own symbols. Most assemblers allow - periods or percent signs in assembler symbols; putting at least - one of these between the name and the number will suffice. - -`OBJC_GEN_METHOD_LABEL (BUF, IS_INST, CLASS_NAME, CAT_NAME, SEL_NAME)' - Define this macro to override the default assembler names used for - Objective C methods. - - The default name is a unique method number followed by the name of - the class (e.g. `_1_Foo'). For methods in categories, the name of - the category is also included in the assembler name (e.g. - `_1_Foo_Bar'). - - These names are safe on most systems, but make debugging difficult - since the method's selector is not present in the name. - Therefore, particular systems define other ways of computing names. - - BUF is an expression of type `char *' which gives you a buffer in - which to store the name; its length is as long as CLASS_NAME, - CAT_NAME and SEL_NAME put together, plus 50 characters extra. - - The argument IS_INST specifies whether the method is an instance - method or a class method; CLASS_NAME is the name of the class; - CAT_NAME is the name of the category (or NULL if the method is not - in a category); and SEL_NAME is the name of the selector. + Registers are allocated in order. - On systems where the assembler can handle quoted names, you can - use this macro to provide more human-readable names. +`REG_ALLOC_ORDER' + If defined, an initializer for a vector of integers, containing the + numbers of hard registers in the order in which GNU CC should + prefer to use them (from most preferred to least). - -File: gcc.info, Node: Initialization, Next: Macros for Initialization, Prev: Label Output, Up: Assembler Format + If this macro is not defined, registers are used lowest numbered + first (all else being equal). -How Initialization Functions Are Handled ----------------------------------------- + One use of this macro is on machines where the highest numbered + registers must always be saved and the save-multiple-registers + instruction supports only sequences of consecutive registers. On + such machines, define `REG_ALLOC_ORDER' to be an initializer that + lists the highest numbered allocatable register first. - The compiled code for certain languages includes "constructors" -(also called "initialization routines")--functions to initialize data -in the program when the program is started. These functions need to be -called before the program is "started"--that is to say, before `main' -is called. - - Compiling some languages generates "destructors" (also called -"termination routines") that should be called when the program -terminates. - - To make the initialization and termination functions work, the -compiler must output something in the assembler code to cause those -functions to be called at the appropriate time. When you port the -compiler to a new system, you need to specify how to do this. - - There are two major ways that GCC currently supports the execution of -initialization and termination functions. Each way has two variants. -Much of the structure is common to all four variations. - - The linker must build two lists of these functions--a list of -initialization functions, called `__CTOR_LIST__', and a list of -termination functions, called `__DTOR_LIST__'. - - Each list always begins with an ignored function pointer (which may -hold 0, -1, or a count of the function pointers after it, depending on -the environment). This is followed by a series of zero or more function -pointers to constructors (or destructors), followed by a function -pointer containing zero. - - Depending on the operating system and its executable file format, -either `crtstuff.c' or `libgcc2.c' traverses these lists at startup -time and exit time. Constructors are called in forward order of the -list; destructors in reverse order. - - The best way to handle static constructors works only for object file -formats which provide arbitrarily-named sections. A section is set -aside for a list of constructors, and another for a list of destructors. -Traditionally these are called `.ctors' and `.dtors'. Each object file -that defines an initialization function also puts a word in the -constructor section to point to that function. The linker accumulates -all these words into one contiguous `.ctors' section. Termination -functions are handled similarly. - - To use this method, you need appropriate definitions of the macros -`ASM_OUTPUT_CONSTRUCTOR' and `ASM_OUTPUT_DESTRUCTOR'. Usually you can -get them by including `svr4.h'. - - When arbitrary sections are available, there are two variants, -depending upon how the code in `crtstuff.c' is called. On systems that -support an "init" section which is executed at program startup, parts -of `crtstuff.c' are compiled into that section. The program is linked -by the `gcc' driver like this: - - ld -o OUTPUT_FILE crtbegin.o ... crtend.o -lgcc - - The head of a function (`__do_global_ctors') appears in the init -section of `crtbegin.o'; the remainder of the function appears in the -init section of `crtend.o'. The linker will pull these two parts of -the section together, making a whole function. If any of the user's -object files linked into the middle of it contribute code, then that -code will be executed as part of the body of `__do_global_ctors'. - - To use this variant, you must define the `INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP' macro -properly. - - If no init section is available, do not define -`INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP'. Then `__do_global_ctors' is built into the text -section like all other functions, and resides in `libgcc.a'. When GCC -compiles any function called `main', it inserts a procedure call to -`__main' as the first executable code after the function prologue. The -`__main' function, also defined in `libgcc2.c', simply calls -`__do_global_ctors'. - - In file formats that don't support arbitrary sections, there are -again two variants. In the simplest variant, the GNU linker (GNU `ld') -and an `a.out' format must be used. In this case, -`ASM_OUTPUT_CONSTRUCTOR' is defined to produce a `.stabs' entry of type -`N_SETT', referencing the name `__CTOR_LIST__', and with the address of -the void function containing the initialization code as its value. The -GNU linker recognizes this as a request to add the value to a "set"; -the values are accumulated, and are eventually placed in the executable -as a vector in the format described above, with a leading (ignored) -count and a trailing zero element. `ASM_OUTPUT_DESTRUCTOR' is handled -similarly. Since no init section is available, the absence of -`INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP' causes the compilation of `main' to call `__main' -as above, starting the initialization process. - - The last variant uses neither arbitrary sections nor the GNU linker. -This is preferable when you want to do dynamic linking and when using -file formats which the GNU linker does not support, such as `ECOFF'. In -this case, `ASM_OUTPUT_CONSTRUCTOR' does not produce an `N_SETT' -symbol; initialization and termination functions are recognized simply -by their names. This requires an extra program in the linkage step, -called `collect2'. This program pretends to be the linker, for use -with GNU CC; it does its job by running the ordinary linker, but also -arranges to include the vectors of initialization and termination -functions. These functions are called via `__main' as described above. - - Choosing among these configuration options has been simplified by a -set of operating-system-dependent files in the `config' subdirectory. -These files define all of the relevant parameters. Usually it is -sufficient to include one into your specific machine-dependent -configuration file. These files are: - -`aoutos.h' - For operating systems using the `a.out' format. - -`next.h' - For operating systems using the `MachO' format. - -`svr3.h' - For System V Release 3 and similar systems using `COFF' format. +`ORDER_REGS_FOR_LOCAL_ALLOC' + A C statement (sans semicolon) to choose the order in which to + allocate hard registers for pseudo-registers local to a basic + block. -`svr4.h' - For System V Release 4 and similar systems using `ELF' format. + Store the desired register order in the array `reg_alloc_order'. + Element 0 should be the register to allocate first; element 1, the + next register; and so on. -`vms.h' - For the VMS operating system. + The macro body should not assume anything about the contents of + `reg_alloc_order' before execution of the macro. - The following section describes the specific macros that control and -customize the handling of initialization and termination functions. + On most machines, it is not necessary to define this macro.  -File: gcc.info, Node: Macros for Initialization, Next: Instruction Output, Prev: Initialization, Up: Assembler Format - -Macros Controlling Initialization Routines ------------------------------------------- +File: gcc.info, Node: Values in Registers, Next: Leaf Functions, Prev: Allocation Order, Up: Registers - Here are the macros that control how the compiler handles -initialization and termination functions: +How Values Fit in Registers +--------------------------- -`INIT_SECTION_ASM_OP' - If defined, a C string constant for the assembler operation to - identify the following data as initialization code. If not - defined, GNU CC will assume such a section does not exist. When - you are using special sections for initialization and termination - functions, this macro also controls how `crtstuff.c' and - `libgcc2.c' arrange to run the initialization functions. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_CONSTRUCTOR (STREAM, NAME)' - Define this macro as a C statement to output on the stream STREAM - the assembler code to arrange to call the function named NAME at - initialization time. - - Assume that NAME is the name of a C function generated - automatically by the compiler. This function takes no arguments. - Use the function `assemble_name' to output the name NAME; this - performs any system-specific syntactic transformations such as - adding an underscore. - - If you don't define this macro, nothing special is output to - arrange to call the function. This is correct when the function - will be called in some other manner--for example, by means of the - `collect2' program, which looks through the symbol table to find - these functions by their names. - -`ASM_OUTPUT_DESTRUCTOR (STREAM, NAME)' - This is like `ASM_OUTPUT_CONSTRUCTOR' but used for termination - functions rather than initialization functions. - - If your system uses `collect2' as the means of processing -constructors, then that program normally uses `nm' to scan an object -file for constructor functions to be called. On certain kinds of -systems, you can define these macros to make `collect2' work faster -(and, in some cases, make it work at all): - -`OBJECT_FORMAT_COFF' - Define this macro if the system uses COFF (Common Object File - Format) object files, so that `collect2' can assume this format - and scan object files directly for dynamic constructor/destructor - functions. - -`OBJECT_FORMAT_ROSE' - Define this macro if the system uses ROSE format object files, so - that `collect2' can assume this format and scan object files - directly for dynamic constructor/destructor functions. - - These macros are effective only in a native compiler; `collect2' as -part of a cross compiler always uses `nm'. - -`REAL_NM_FILE_NAME' - Define this macro as a C string constant containing the file name - to use to execute `nm'. The default is to search the path - normally for `nm'. + This section discusses the macros that describe which kinds of values +(specifically, which machine modes) each register can hold, and how many +consecutive registers are needed for a given mode. + +`HARD_REGNO_NREGS (REGNO, MODE)' + A C expression for the number of consecutive hard registers, + starting at register number REGNO, required to hold a value of mode + MODE. + + On a machine where all registers are exactly one word, a suitable + definition of this macro is + + #define HARD_REGNO_NREGS(REGNO, MODE) \ + ((GET_MODE_SIZE (MODE) + UNITS_PER_WORD - 1) \ + / UNITS_PER_WORD)) + +`HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK (REGNO, MODE)' + A C expression that is nonzero if it is permissible to store a + value of mode MODE in hard register number REGNO (or in several + registers starting with that one). For a machine where all + registers are equivalent, a suitable definition is + + #define HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK(REGNO, MODE) 1 + + It is not necessary for this macro to check for the numbers of + fixed registers, because the allocation mechanism considers them + to be always occupied. + + On some machines, double-precision values must be kept in even/odd + register pairs. The way to implement that is to define this macro + to reject odd register numbers for such modes. + + The minimum requirement for a mode to be OK in a register is that + the `movMODE' instruction pattern support moves between the + register and any other hard register for which the mode is OK; and + that moving a value into the register and back out not alter it. + + Since the same instruction used to move `SImode' will work for all + narrower integer modes, it is not necessary on any machine for + `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK' to distinguish between these modes, provided + you define patterns `movhi', etc., to take advantage of this. This + is useful because of the interaction between `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK' + and `MODES_TIEABLE_P'; it is very desirable for all integer modes + to be tieable. + + Many machines have special registers for floating point arithmetic. + Often people assume that floating point machine modes are allowed + only in floating point registers. This is not true. Any + registers that can hold integers can safely *hold* a floating + point machine mode, whether or not floating arithmetic can be done + on it in those registers. Integer move instructions can be used + to move the values. + + On some machines, though, the converse is true: fixed-point machine + modes may not go in floating registers. This is true if the + floating registers normalize any value stored in them, because + storing a non-floating value there would garble it. In this case, + `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK' should reject fixed-point machine modes in + floating registers. But if the floating registers do not + automatically normalize, if you can store any bit pattern in one + and retrieve it unchanged without a trap, then any machine mode + may go in a floating register, so you can define this macro to say + so. + + The primary significance of special floating registers is rather + that they are the registers acceptable in floating point arithmetic + instructions. However, this is of no concern to + `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK'. You handle it by writing the proper + constraints for those instructions. + + On some machines, the floating registers are especially slow to + access, so that it is better to store a value in a stack frame + than in such a register if floating point arithmetic is not being + done. As long as the floating registers are not in class + `GENERAL_REGS', they will not be used unless some pattern's + constraint asks for one. + +`MODES_TIEABLE_P (MODE1, MODE2)' + A C expression that is nonzero if it is desirable to choose + register allocation so as to avoid move instructions between a + value of mode MODE1 and a value of mode MODE2. + + If `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK (R, MODE1)' and `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK (R, + MODE2)' are ever different for any R, then `MODES_TIEABLE_P (MODE1, + MODE2)' must be zero.