[PATCH v1 2/2] LoongArch: Add call and tail pseudo instructions

mengqinggang mengqinggang@loongson.cn
Fri Dec 1 02:44:32 GMT 2023


在 2023/12/1 上午10:31, Xi Ruoyao 写道:
> On Fri, 2023-12-01 at 10:26 +0800, mengqinggang wrote:
>> We consider generating call and tail by default in the normal code model
>> in the future,
>> and supporting relax to b/bl.
> Should be fine for call, but for tail it may not be a good idea.  The
> problem is the compiler have to reserve a temporary register for tail,
> thus increasing register pressure and this cannot be solved by relax.
> So IMO call/tail (or call36/tail36) should still be limited to -
> mcmodel=medium.
This may require some performance testing before make a decision.
>> For the extreme code model,  the function call are implemented by no-plt.
>> There are two instruction sequences, the second will use got entry.
>> One call64 macro instruction can't expand to two instruction sequences.
> Naming them different: call64.pcrel and call64.got ?
>
>> int f();
>>           pcalau12i $r13,%pc_hi20(f)
>>           addi.d $r12,$r0,%pc_lo12(f)
>>           lu32i.d $r12,%pc64_lo20(f)
>>           lu52i.d $r12,$r12,%pc64_hi12(f)
>>           add.d $r12,$r13,$r12
>>           jirl    $r1,$r12,0
>>
>>
>> extern int f();
>>           pcalau12i $r13,%got_pc_hi20(f)
>>           addi.d $r12,$r0,%got_pc_lo12(f)
>>           lu32i.d $r12,%got64_pc_lo20(f)
>>           lu52i.d $r12,$r12,%got64_pc_hi12(f)
>>           ldx.d $r12,$r13,$r12
>>           jirl    $r1,$r12,0
>>
>>
>>
>> 在 2023/12/1 上午3:08, WANG Xuerui 写道:
>>> On 12/1/23 00:10, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
>>>> I'd not use a plain "call" or "tail" as the pseudo name.  The problem is
>>>> people not very familiar with LoongArch may use them instead of "bl" or
>>>> "b" everywhere and regress the code.
>>>>
>>>> Esp. the programmers know some RISC-V: in Aug 28 we've noticed several
>>>> RISC-V developers were attending Loongson user conference and they may
>>>> contribute some LoongArch code too in the future.  In RISC-V assembly
>>>> call/tail are aliases of jal with rd = ra/r0.
>>>>
>>>> Maybe "call_medium"?  "call_36"?  "call_far"?
>>>>
>>>> Or if we can relax call/tail into b/bl it would be even better.
>>> I'd suggest making "call"/"tail" context-dependent and/or relaxable,
>>> and maybe providing unambiguous "{call,tail}.{16,36}" for explicit
>>> control.
>>>> On Thu, 2023-11-30 at 19:13 +0800, mengqinggang wrote:
>>>>> ---
>>>>>    gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.d   | 10 ++++++++--
>>>>>    gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.s   |  2 ++
>>>>>    ld/testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/medium-call.s |  2 ++
>>>>>    opcodes/loongarch-opc.c                     | 11 +++++++++++
>>>>>    4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.d
>>>>> b/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.d
>>>>> index 4183818cb4f..3491760b96a 100644
>>>>> --- a/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.d
>>>>> +++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.d
>>>>> @@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ Disassembly of section .text:
>>>>>    [     ]+0:[     ]+1e000001[     ]+pcaddu18i[     ]+\$ra, 0
>>>>>    [     ]+0: R_LARCH_CALL36[     ]+a
>>>>>    [     ]+4:[     ]+4c000021[     ]+jirl[     ]+\$ra, \$ra, 0
>>>>> -[     ]+8:[     ]+1e00000c[     ]+pcaddu18i[     ]+\$t0, 0
>>>>> +[     ]+8:[     ]+1e000001[     ]+pcaddu18i[     ]+\$ra, 0
>>>>>    [     ]+8: R_LARCH_CALL36[     ]+a
>>>>> -[     ]+c:[     ]+4c000180[     ]+jr[     ]+\$t0
>>>>> +[     ]+c:[     ]+4c000021[     ]+jirl[     ]+\$ra, \$ra, 0
>>>>> +[     ]+10:[     ]+1e00000c[     ]+pcaddu18i[     ]+\$t0, 0
>>>>> +[     ]+10: R_LARCH_CALL36[     ]+a
>>>>> +[     ]+14:[     ]+4c000180[     ]+jr[     ]+\$t0
>>>>> +[     ]+18:[     ]+1e00000c[     ]+pcaddu18i[     ]+\$t0, 0
>>>>> +[     ]+18: R_LARCH_CALL36[     ]+a
>>>>> +[     ]+1c:[     ]+4c000180[     ]+jr[     ]+\$t0
>>>>> diff --git a/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.s
>>>>> b/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.s
>>>>> index f2977d1c6d7..55a2fc6ffff 100644
>>>>> --- a/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.s
>>>>> +++ b/gas/testsuite/gas/loongarch/medium-call.s
>>>>> @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
>>>>>      # call .L1, r1(ra) temp register, r1(ra) return register.
>>>>> +  call a
>>>>>      pcaddu18i $r1, %call36(a)
>>>>>      jirl        $r1, $r1, 0
>>>>>      # tail .L1, r12(t0) temp register, r0(zero) return register.
>>>>> +  tail a
>>>>>      pcaddu18i $r12, %call36(a)
>>>>>      jirl        $r0, $r12, 0
>>>>> diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/medium-call.s
>>>>> b/ld/testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/medium-call.s
>>>>> index 4d1888b76a0..31d4c2c1c75 100644
>>>>> --- a/ld/testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/medium-call.s
>>>>> +++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/medium-call.s
>>>>> @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
>>>>>    .L1:
>>>>>      # call .L1, r1(ra) temp register, r1(ra) return register.
>>>>> +  call .L1
>>>>>      pcaddu18i $r1, %call36(.L1)
>>>>>      jirl        $r1, $r1, 0
>>>>>      # tail .L1, r12(t0) temp register, r0(zero) return register.
>>>>> +  tail .L1
>>>>>      pcaddu18i $r12, %call36(.L1)
>>>>>      jirl        $r0, $r12, 0
>>>>> diff --git a/opcodes/loongarch-opc.c b/opcodes/loongarch-opc.c
>>>>> index 15c7da6340c..1d02f020686 100644
>>>>> --- a/opcodes/loongarch-opc.c
>>>>> +++ b/opcodes/loongarch-opc.c
>>>>> @@ -293,6 +293,15 @@ const char *const loongarch_x_normal_name[32] =
>>>>>      &LARCH_opts.ase_lp64,              \
>>>>>      &LARCH_opts.ase_gpcr
>>>>>    +#define INSN_LA_CALL              \
>>>>> +  "pcaddu18i $ra,%%call36(%1);"    \
>>>>> +  "jirl $ra,$ra,0;",    \
>>>>> +  &LARCH_opts.ase_lp64, 0
>>>>> +
>>>>> +#define INSN_LA_TAIL              \
>>>>> +  "pcaddu18i $t0,%%call36(%1);"   \
>>>>> +  "jirl $zero,$t0,0;",   \
>>>>> +  &LARCH_opts.ase_lp64, 0
>>>>>      static struct loongarch_opcode loongarch_macro_opcodes[] =
>>>>>    {
>>>>> @@ -340,6 +349,8 @@ static struct loongarch_opcode
>>>>> loongarch_macro_opcodes[] =
>>>>>      { 0, 0, "la.tls.gd",    "r,l", INSN_LA_TLS_GD64,        0 },
>>>>>      { 0, 0, "la.tls.gd",    "r,l", INSN_LA_TLS_GD64_LARGE_ABS,    0 },
>>>>>      { 0, 0, "la.tls.gd",    "r,r,l",
>>>>> INSN_LA_TLS_GD64_LARGE_PCREL,    0 },
>>>>> +  { 0, 0, "call",    "la",      INSN_LA_CALL,            0 },
>>>>> +  { 0, 0, "tail",    "la",      INSN_LA_TAIL,            0 },
>>>>>      { 0, 0, "pcaddi",    "r,la",      "pcaddi %1,
>>>>> %%pcrel_20(%2)",    &LARCH_opts.ase_ilp32, 0, 0 },
>>>>>      { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 } /* Terminate the list.  */
>>>>>    };



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