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Re: [PATCH] Use -frounding-math for math testsuite
From: Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 11:38:36 -0700 (PDT)
>> On 05/07/2012 03:47 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> > - sethi %hi(_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_-4), %##reg; \
>> > mov %o7, %##tmp; \
>> > + sethi %hi(_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_-4), %##reg; \
>> > call __sparc_get_pc_thunk.reg; \
>> > or %##reg, %lo(_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_+4), %##reg; \
>>
>> The alternate fix is to use -8 instead of -4, if the
>> scheduling actually makes any difference.
>
> Hence my suggestion to use label rather than constants. (They could be
> .Lsparc_get_pc_thunk_foo labels instead of numeric ones to avoid Dave's
> concern about users of the macro already using numeric labels, unless the
> macro is used more than once in a file--in which case, perhaps the whole
> thing should be in gas macros that can use \@ for gensym labels.)
As I've said, I don't think any of this is a useful investment of
time. There are much bigger fish to fry.
Of course, if others want to work on it, feel free. :-)