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File: gcc.info,  Node: Machine Constraints,  Next: No Constraints,  Prev: Modifiers,  Up: Constraints

Constraints for Particular Machines
-----------------------------------

   Whenever possible, you should use the general-purpose constraint
letters in `asm' arguments, since they will convey meaning more readily
to people reading your code.  Failing that, use the constraint letters
that usually have very similar meanings across architectures.  The most
commonly used constraints are `m' and `r' (for memory and
general-purpose registers respectively; *note Simple Constraints::), and
`I', usually the letter indicating the most common immediate-constant
format.

   For each machine architecture, the `config/MACHINE.h' file defines
additional constraints.  These constraints are used by the compiler
itself for instruction generation, as well as for `asm' statements;
therefore, some of the constraints are not particularly interesting for
`asm'.  The constraints are defined through these macros:

`REG_CLASS_FROM_LETTER'
     Register class constraints (usually lower case).

`CONST_OK_FOR_LETTER_P'
     Immediate constant constraints, for non-floating point constants of
     word size or smaller precision (usually upper case).

`CONST_DOUBLE_OK_FOR_LETTER_P'
     Immediate constant constraints, for all floating point constants
     and for constants of greater than word size precision (usually
     upper case).

`EXTRA_CONSTRAINT'
     Special cases of registers or memory.  This macro is not required,
     and is only defined for some machines.

   Inspecting these macro definitions in the compiler source for your
machine is the best way to be certain you have the right constraints.
However, here is a summary of the machine-dependent constraints
available on some particular machines.

_ARM family--`arm.h'_

    `f'
          Floating-point register

    `F'
          One of the floating-point constants 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0,
          4.0, 5.0 or 10.0

    `G'
          Floating-point constant that would satisfy the constraint `F'
          if it were negated

    `I'
          Integer that is valid as an immediate operand in a data
          processing instruction.  That is, an integer in the range 0
          to 255 rotated by a multiple of 2

    `J'
          Integer in the range -4095 to 4095

    `K'
          Integer that satisfies constraint `I' when inverted (ones
          complement)

    `L'
          Integer that satisfies constraint `I' when negated (twos
          complement)

    `M'
          Integer in the range 0 to 32

    `Q'
          A memory reference where the exact address is in a single
          register (``m'' is preferable for `asm' statements)

    `R'
          An item in the constant pool

    `S'
          A symbol in the text segment of the current file

_AMD 29000 family--`a29k.h'_

    `l'
          Local register 0

    `b'
          Byte Pointer (`BP') register

    `q'
          `Q' register

    `h'
          Special purpose register

    `A'
          First accumulator register

    `a'
          Other accumulator register

    `f'
          Floating point register

    `I'
          Constant greater than 0, less than 0x100

    `J'
          Constant greater than 0, less than 0x10000

    `K'
          Constant whose high 24 bits are on (1)

    `L'
          16 bit constant whose high 8 bits are on (1)

    `M'
          32 bit constant whose high 16 bits are on (1)

    `N'
          32 bit negative constant that fits in 8 bits

    `O'
          The constant 0x80000000 or, on the 29050, any 32 bit constant
          whose low 16 bits are 0.

    `P'
          16 bit negative constant that fits in 8 bits

    `G'
    `H'
          A floating point constant (in `asm' statements, use the
          machine independent `E' or `F' instead)

_IBM RS6000--`rs6000.h'_

    `b'
          Address base register

    `f'
          Floating point register

    `h'
          `MQ', `CTR', or `LINK' register

    `q'
          `MQ' register

    `c'
          `CTR' register

    `l'
          `LINK' register

    `x'
          `CR' register (condition register) number 0

    `y'
          `CR' register (condition register)

    `z'
          `FPMEM' stack memory for FPR-GPR transfers

    `I'
          Signed 16 bit constant

    `J'
          Constant whose low 16 bits are 0

    `K'
          Constant whose high 16 bits are 0

    `L'
          Constant suitable as a mask operand

    `M'
          Constant larger than 31

    `N'
          Exact power of 2

    `O'
          Zero

    `P'
          Constant whose negation is a signed 16 bit constant

    `G'
          Floating point constant that can be loaded into a register
          with one instruction per word

    `Q'
          Memory operand that is an offset from a register (`m' is
          preferable for `asm' statements)

    `R'
          AIX TOC entry

    `S'
          Constant suitable as a 64-bit mask operand

    `U'
          System V Release 4 small data area reference

_Intel 386--`i386.h'_

    `q'
          `a', `b', `c', or `d' register

    `A'
          `a', or `d' register (for 64-bit ints)

    `f'
          Floating point register

    `t'
          First (top of stack) floating point register

    `u'
          Second floating point register

    `a'
          `a' register

    `b'
          `b' register

    `c'
          `c' register

    `d'
          `d' register

    `D'
          `di' register

    `S'
          `si' register

    `I'
          Constant in range 0 to 31 (for 32 bit shifts)

    `J'
          Constant in range 0 to 63 (for 64 bit shifts)

    `K'
          `0xff'

    `L'
          `0xffff'

    `M'
          0, 1, 2, or 3 (shifts for `lea' instruction)

    `N'
          Constant in range 0 to 255 (for `out' instruction)

    `G'
          Standard 80387 floating point constant

_Intel 960--`i960.h'_

    `f'
          Floating point register (`fp0' to `fp3')

    `l'
          Local register (`r0' to `r15')

    `b'
          Global register (`g0' to `g15')

    `d'
          Any local or global register

    `I'
          Integers from 0 to 31

    `J'
          0

    `K'
          Integers from -31 to 0

    `G'
          Floating point 0

    `H'
          Floating point 1

_MIPS--`mips.h'_

    `d'
          General-purpose integer register

    `f'
          Floating-point register (if available)

    `h'
          `Hi' register

    `l'
          `Lo' register

    `x'
          `Hi' or `Lo' register

    `y'
          General-purpose integer register

    `z'
          Floating-point status register

    `I'
          Signed 16 bit constant (for arithmetic instructions)

    `J'
          Zero

    `K'
          Zero-extended 16-bit constant (for logic instructions)

    `L'
          Constant with low 16 bits zero (can be loaded with `lui')

    `M'
          32 bit constant which requires two instructions to load (a
          constant which is not `I', `K', or `L')

    `N'
          Negative 16 bit constant

    `O'
          Exact power of two

    `P'
          Positive 16 bit constant

    `G'
          Floating point zero

    `Q'
          Memory reference that can be loaded with more than one
          instruction (`m' is preferable for `asm' statements)

    `R'
          Memory reference that can be loaded with one instruction (`m'
          is preferable for `asm' statements)

    `S'
          Memory reference in external OSF/rose PIC format (`m' is
          preferable for `asm' statements)

_Motorola 680x0--`m68k.h'_

    `a'
          Address register

    `d'
          Data register

    `f'
          68881 floating-point register, if available

    `x'
          Sun FPA (floating-point) register, if available

    `y'
          First 16 Sun FPA registers, if available

    `I'
          Integer in the range 1 to 8

    `J'
          16 bit signed number

    `K'
          Signed number whose magnitude is greater than 0x80

    `L'
          Integer in the range -8 to -1

    `M'
          Signed number whose magnitude is greater than 0x100

    `G'
          Floating point constant that is not a 68881 constant

    `H'
          Floating point constant that can be used by Sun FPA

_SPARC--`sparc.h'_

    `f'
          Floating-point register that can hold 32 or 64 bit values.

    `e'
          Floating-point register that can hold 64 or 128 bit values.

    `I'
          Signed 13 bit constant

    `J'
          Zero

    `K'
          32 bit constant with the low 12 bits clear (a constant that
          can be loaded with the `sethi' instruction)

    `G'
          Floating-point zero

    `H'
          Signed 13 bit constant, sign-extended to 32 or 64 bits

    `Q'
          Memory reference that can be loaded with one instruction
          (`m' is more appropriate for `asm' statements)

    `S'
          Constant, or memory address

    `T'
          Memory address aligned to an 8-byte boundary

    `U'
          Even register


File: gcc.info,  Node: No Constraints,  Prev: Machine Constraints,  Up: Constraints

Not Using Constraints
---------------------

   Some machines are so clean that operand constraints are not
required.  For example, on the Vax, an operand valid in one context is
valid in any other context.  On such a machine, every operand
constraint would be `g', excepting only operands of "load address"
instructions which are written as if they referred to a memory
location's contents but actual refer to its address.  They would have
constraint `p'.

   For such machines, instead of writing `g' and `p' for all the
constraints, you can choose to write a description with empty
constraints.  Then you write `""' for the constraint in every
`match_operand'.  Address operands are identified by writing an
`address' expression around the `match_operand', not by their
constraints.

   When the machine description has just empty constraints, certain
parts of compilation are skipped, making the compiler faster.  However,
few machines actually do not need constraints; all machine descriptions
now in existence use constraints.


File: gcc.info,  Node: Standard Names,  Next: Pattern Ordering,  Prev: Constraints,  Up: Machine Desc

Standard Pattern Names For Generation
=====================================

   Here is a table of the instruction names that are meaningful in the
RTL generation pass of the compiler.  Giving one of these names to an
instruction pattern tells the RTL generation pass that it can use the
pattern to accomplish a certain task.

`movM'
     Here M stands for a two-letter machine mode name, in lower case.
     This instruction pattern moves data with that machine mode from
     operand 1 to operand 0.  For example, `movsi' moves full-word data.

     If operand 0 is a `subreg' with mode M of a register whose own
     mode is wider than M, the effect of this instruction is to store
     the specified value in the part of the register that corresponds
     to mode M.  The effect on the rest of the register is undefined.

     This class of patterns is special in several ways.  First of all,
     each of these names _must_ be defined, because there is no other
     way to copy a datum from one place to another.

     Second, these patterns are not used solely in the RTL generation
     pass.  Even the reload pass can generate move insns to copy values
     from stack slots into temporary registers.  When it does so, one
     of the operands is a hard register and the other is an operand
     that can need to be reloaded into a register.

     Therefore, when given such a pair of operands, the pattern must
     generate RTL which needs no reloading and needs no temporary
     registers--no registers other than the operands.  For example, if
     you support the pattern with a `define_expand', then in such a
     case the `define_expand' mustn't call `force_reg' or any other such
     function which might generate new pseudo registers.

     This requirement exists even for subword modes on a RISC machine
     where fetching those modes from memory normally requires several
     insns and some temporary registers.  Look in `spur.md' to see how
     the requirement can be satisfied.

     During reload a memory reference with an invalid address may be
     passed as an operand.  Such an address will be replaced with a
     valid address later in the reload pass.  In this case, nothing may
     be done with the address except to use it as it stands.  If it is
     copied, it will not be replaced with a valid address.  No attempt
     should be made to make such an address into a valid address and no
     routine (such as `change_address') that will do so may be called.
     Note that `general_operand' will fail when applied to such an
     address.

     The global variable `reload_in_progress' (which must be explicitly
     declared if required) can be used to determine whether such special
     handling is required.

     The variety of operands that have reloads depends on the rest of
     the machine description, but typically on a RISC machine these can
     only be pseudo registers that did not get hard registers, while on
     other machines explicit memory references will get optional
     reloads.

     If a scratch register is required to move an object to or from
     memory, it can be allocated using `gen_reg_rtx' prior to life
     analysis.

     If there are cases needing scratch registers after reload, you
     must define `SECONDARY_INPUT_RELOAD_CLASS' and perhaps also
     `SECONDARY_OUTPUT_RELOAD_CLASS' to detect them, and provide
     patterns `reload_inM' or `reload_outM' to handle them.  *Note
     Register Classes::.

     The global variable `no_new_pseudos' can be used to determine if it
     is unsafe to create new pseudo registers.  If this variable is
     nonzero, then it is unsafe to call `gen_reg_rtx' to allocate a new
     pseudo.

     The constraints on a `movM' must permit moving any hard register
     to any other hard register provided that `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK'
     permits mode M in both registers and `REGISTER_MOVE_COST' applied
     to their classes returns a value of 2.

     It is obligatory to support floating point `movM' instructions
     into and out of any registers that can hold fixed point values,
     because unions and structures (which have modes `SImode' or
     `DImode') can be in those registers and they may have floating
     point members.

     There may also be a need to support fixed point `movM'
     instructions in and out of floating point registers.
     Unfortunately, I have forgotten why this was so, and I don't know
     whether it is still true.  If `HARD_REGNO_MODE_OK' rejects fixed
     point values in floating point registers, then the constraints of
     the fixed point `movM' instructions must be designed to avoid ever
     trying to reload into a floating point register.

`reload_inM'
`reload_outM'
     Like `movM', but used when a scratch register is required to move
     between operand 0 and operand 1.  Operand 2 describes the scratch
     register.  See the discussion of the `SECONDARY_RELOAD_CLASS'
     macro in *note Register Classes::.

`movstrictM'
     Like `movM' except that if operand 0 is a `subreg' with mode M of
     a register whose natural mode is wider, the `movstrictM'
     instruction is guaranteed not to alter any of the register except
     the part which belongs to mode M.

`load_multiple'
     Load several consecutive memory locations into consecutive
     registers.  Operand 0 is the first of the consecutive registers,
     operand 1 is the first memory location, and operand 2 is a
     constant: the number of consecutive registers.

     Define this only if the target machine really has such an
     instruction; do not define this if the most efficient way of
     loading consecutive registers from memory is to do them one at a
     time.

     On some machines, there are restrictions as to which consecutive
     registers can be stored into memory, such as particular starting or
     ending register numbers or only a range of valid counts.  For those
     machines, use a `define_expand' (*note Expander Definitions::) and
     make the pattern fail if the restrictions are not met.

     Write the generated insn as a `parallel' with elements being a
     `set' of one register from the appropriate memory location (you may
     also need `use' or `clobber' elements).  Use a `match_parallel'
     (*note RTL Template::) to recognize the insn.  See `a29k.md' and
     `rs6000.md' for examples of the use of this insn pattern.

`store_multiple'
     Similar to `load_multiple', but store several consecutive registers
     into consecutive memory locations.  Operand 0 is the first of the
     consecutive memory locations, operand 1 is the first register, and
     operand 2 is a constant: the number of consecutive registers.

`addM3'
     Add operand 2 and operand 1, storing the result in operand 0.  All
     operands must have mode M.  This can be used even on two-address
     machines, by means of constraints requiring operands 1 and 0 to be
     the same location.

`subM3', `mulM3'
`divM3', `udivM3', `modM3', `umodM3'
`sminM3', `smaxM3', `uminM3', `umaxM3'
`andM3', `iorM3', `xorM3'
     Similar, for other arithmetic operations.

`mulhisi3'
     Multiply operands 1 and 2, which have mode `HImode', and store a
     `SImode' product in operand 0.

`mulqihi3', `mulsidi3'
     Similar widening-multiplication instructions of other widths.

`umulqihi3', `umulhisi3', `umulsidi3'
     Similar widening-multiplication instructions that do unsigned
     multiplication.

`mulM3_highpart'
     Perform a signed multiplication of operands 1 and 2, which have
     mode M, and store the most significant half of the product in
     operand 0.  The least significant half of the product is discarded.

`umulM3_highpart'
     Similar, but the multiplication is unsigned.

`divmodM4'
     Signed division that produces both a quotient and a remainder.
     Operand 1 is divided by operand 2 to produce a quotient stored in
     operand 0 and a remainder stored in operand 3.

     For machines with an instruction that produces both a quotient and
     a remainder, provide a pattern for `divmodM4' but do not provide
     patterns for `divM3' and `modM3'.  This allows optimization in the
     relatively common case when both the quotient and remainder are
     computed.

     If an instruction that just produces a quotient or just a remainder
     exists and is more efficient than the instruction that produces
     both, write the output routine of `divmodM4' to call
     `find_reg_note' and look for a `REG_UNUSED' note on the quotient
     or remainder and generate the appropriate instruction.

`udivmodM4'
     Similar, but does unsigned division.

`ashlM3'
     Arithmetic-shift operand 1 left by a number of bits specified by
     operand 2, and store the result in operand 0.  Here M is the mode
     of operand 0 and operand 1; operand 2's mode is specified by the
     instruction pattern, and the compiler will convert the operand to
     that mode before generating the instruction.

`ashrM3', `lshrM3', `rotlM3', `rotrM3'
     Other shift and rotate instructions, analogous to the `ashlM3'
     instructions.

`negM2'
     Negate operand 1 and store the result in operand 0.

`absM2'
     Store the absolute value of operand 1 into operand 0.

`sqrtM2'
     Store the square root of operand 1 into operand 0.

     The `sqrt' built-in function of C always uses the mode which
     corresponds to the C data type `double'.

`ffsM2'
     Store into operand 0 one plus the index of the least significant
     1-bit of operand 1.  If operand 1 is zero, store zero.  M is the
     mode of operand 0; operand 1's mode is specified by the instruction
     pattern, and the compiler will convert the operand to that mode
     before generating the instruction.

     The `ffs' built-in function of C always uses the mode which
     corresponds to the C data type `int'.

`one_cmplM2'
     Store the bitwise-complement of operand 1 into operand 0.

`cmpM'
     Compare operand 0 and operand 1, and set the condition codes.  The
     RTL pattern should look like this:

          (set (cc0) (compare (match_operand:M 0 ...)
                              (match_operand:M 1 ...)))

`tstM'
     Compare operand 0 against zero, and set the condition codes.  The
     RTL pattern should look like this:

          (set (cc0) (match_operand:M 0 ...))

     `tstM' patterns should not be defined for machines that do not use
     `(cc0)'.  Doing so would confuse the optimizer since it would no
     longer be clear which `set' operations were comparisons.  The
     `cmpM' patterns should be used instead.

`movstrM'
     Block move instruction.  The addresses of the destination and
     source strings are the first two operands, and both are in mode
     `Pmode'.

     The number of bytes to move is the third operand, in mode M.
     Usually, you specify `word_mode' for M.  However, if you can
     generate better code knowing the range of valid lengths is smaller
     than those representable in a full word, you should provide a
     pattern with a mode corresponding to the range of values you can
     handle efficiently (e.g., `QImode' for values in the range 0-127;
     note we avoid numbers that appear negative) and also a pattern
     with `word_mode'.

     The fourth operand is the known shared alignment of the source and
     destination, in the form of a `const_int' rtx.  Thus, if the
     compiler knows that both source and destination are word-aligned,
     it may provide the value 4 for this operand.

     Descriptions of multiple `movstrM' patterns can only be beneficial
     if the patterns for smaller modes have fewer restrictions on their
     first, second and fourth operands.  Note that the mode M in
     `movstrM' does not impose any restriction on the mode of
     individually moved data units in the block.

     These patterns need not give special consideration to the
     possibility that the source and destination strings might overlap.

`clrstrM'
     Block clear instruction.  The addresses of the destination string
     is the first operand, in mode `Pmode'.  The number of bytes to
     clear is the second operand, in mode M.  See `movstrM' for a
     discussion of the choice of mode.

     The third operand is the known alignment of the destination, in
     the form of a `const_int' rtx.  Thus, if the compiler knows that
     the destination is word-aligned, it may provide the value 4 for
     this operand.

     The use for multiple `clrstrM' is as for `movstrM'.

`cmpstrM'
     Block compare instruction, with five operands.  Operand 0 is the
     output; it has mode M.  The remaining four operands are like the
     operands of `movstrM'.  The two memory blocks specified are
     compared byte by byte in lexicographic order.  The effect of the
     instruction is to store a value in operand 0 whose sign indicates
     the result of the comparison.

`strlenM'
     Compute the length of a string, with three operands.  Operand 0 is
     the result (of mode M), operand 1 is a `mem' referring to the
     first character of the string, operand 2 is the character to
     search for (normally zero), and operand 3 is a constant describing
     the known alignment of the beginning of the string.

`floatMN2'
     Convert signed integer operand 1 (valid for fixed point mode M) to
     floating point mode N and store in operand 0 (which has mode N).

`floatunsMN2'
     Convert unsigned integer operand 1 (valid for fixed point mode M)
     to floating point mode N and store in operand 0 (which has mode N).

`fixMN2'
     Convert operand 1 (valid for floating point mode M) to fixed point
     mode N as a signed number and store in operand 0 (which has mode
     N).  This instruction's result is defined only when the value of
     operand 1 is an integer.

`fixunsMN2'
     Convert operand 1 (valid for floating point mode M) to fixed point
     mode N as an unsigned number and store in operand 0 (which has
     mode N).  This instruction's result is defined only when the value
     of operand 1 is an integer.

`ftruncM2'
     Convert operand 1 (valid for floating point mode M) to an integer
     value, still represented in floating point mode M, and store it in
     operand 0 (valid for floating point mode M).

`fix_truncMN2'
     Like `fixMN2' but works for any floating point value of mode M by
     converting the value to an integer.

`fixuns_truncMN2'
     Like `fixunsMN2' but works for any floating point value of mode M
     by converting the value to an integer.

`truncMN2'
     Truncate operand 1 (valid for mode M) to mode N and store in
     operand 0 (which has mode N).  Both modes must be fixed point or
     both floating point.

`extendMN2'
     Sign-extend operand 1 (valid for mode M) to mode N and store in
     operand 0 (which has mode N).  Both modes must be fixed point or
     both floating point.

`zero_extendMN2'
     Zero-extend operand 1 (valid for mode M) to mode N and store in
     operand 0 (which has mode N).  Both modes must be fixed point.

`extv'
     Extract a bit field from operand 1 (a register or memory operand),
     where operand 2 specifies the width in bits and operand 3 the
     starting bit, and store it in operand 0.  Operand 0 must have mode
     `word_mode'.  Operand 1 may have mode `byte_mode' or `word_mode';
     often `word_mode' is allowed only for registers.  Operands 2 and 3
     must be valid for `word_mode'.

     The RTL generation pass generates this instruction only with
     constants for operands 2 and 3.

     The bit-field value is sign-extended to a full word integer before
     it is stored in operand 0.

`extzv'
     Like `extv' except that the bit-field value is zero-extended.

`insv'
     Store operand 3 (which must be valid for `word_mode') into a bit
     field in operand 0, where operand 1 specifies the width in bits and
     operand 2 the starting bit.  Operand 0 may have mode `byte_mode' or
     `word_mode'; often `word_mode' is allowed only for registers.
     Operands 1 and 2 must be valid for `word_mode'.

     The RTL generation pass generates this instruction only with
     constants for operands 1 and 2.

`movMODEcc'
     Conditionally move operand 2 or operand 3 into operand 0 according
     to the comparison in operand 1.  If the comparison is true,
     operand 2 is moved into operand 0, otherwise operand 3 is moved.

     The mode of the operands being compared need not be the same as
     the operands being moved.  Some machines, sparc64 for example,
     have instructions that conditionally move an integer value based
     on the floating point condition codes and vice versa.

     If the machine does not have conditional move instructions, do not
     define these patterns.

`sCOND'
     Store zero or nonzero in the operand according to the condition
     codes.  Value stored is nonzero iff the condition COND is true.
     COND is the name of a comparison operation expression code, such
     as `eq', `lt' or `leu'.

     You specify the mode that the operand must have when you write the
     `match_operand' expression.  The compiler automatically sees which
     mode you have used and supplies an operand of that mode.

     The value stored for a true condition must have 1 as its low bit,
     or else must be negative.  Otherwise the instruction is not
     suitable and you should omit it from the machine description.  You
     describe to the compiler exactly which value is stored by defining
     the macro `STORE_FLAG_VALUE' (*note Misc::).  If a description
     cannot be found that can be used for all the `sCOND' patterns, you
     should omit those operations from the machine description.

     These operations may fail, but should do so only in relatively
     uncommon cases; if they would fail for common cases involving
     integer comparisons, it is best to omit these patterns.

     If these operations are omitted, the compiler will usually
     generate code that copies the constant one to the target and
     branches around an assignment of zero to the target.  If this code
     is more efficient than the potential instructions used for the
     `sCOND' pattern followed by those required to convert the result
     into a 1 or a zero in `SImode', you should omit the `sCOND'
     operations from the machine description.

`bCOND'
     Conditional branch instruction.  Operand 0 is a `label_ref' that
     refers to the label to jump to.  Jump if the condition codes meet
     condition COND.

     Some machines do not follow the model assumed here where a
     comparison instruction is followed by a conditional branch
     instruction.  In that case, the `cmpM' (and `tstM') patterns should
     simply store the operands away and generate all the required insns
     in a `define_expand' (*note Expander Definitions::) for the
     conditional branch operations.  All calls to expand `bCOND'
     patterns are immediately preceded by calls to expand either a
     `cmpM' pattern or a `tstM' pattern.

     Machines that use a pseudo register for the condition code value,
     or where the mode used for the comparison depends on the condition
     being tested, should also use the above mechanism.  *Note Jump
     Patterns::.

     The above discussion also applies to the `movMODEcc' and `sCOND'
     patterns.

`call'
     Subroutine call instruction returning no value.  Operand 0 is the
     function to call; operand 1 is the number of bytes of arguments
     pushed as a `const_int'; operand 2 is the number of registers used
     as operands.

     On most machines, operand 2 is not actually stored into the RTL
     pattern.  It is supplied for the sake of some RISC machines which
     need to put this information into the assembler code; they can put
     it in the RTL instead of operand 1.

     Operand 0 should be a `mem' RTX whose address is the address of the
     function.  Note, however, that this address can be a `symbol_ref'
     expression even if it would not be a legitimate memory address on
     the target machine.  If it is also not a valid argument for a call
     instruction, the pattern for this operation should be a
     `define_expand' (*note Expander Definitions::) that places the
     address into a register and uses that register in the call
     instruction.

`call_value'
     Subroutine call instruction returning a value.  Operand 0 is the
     hard register in which the value is returned.  There are three more
     operands, the same as the three operands of the `call' instruction
     (but with numbers increased by one).

     Subroutines that return `BLKmode' objects use the `call' insn.

`call_pop', `call_value_pop'
     Similar to `call' and `call_value', except used if defined and if
     `RETURN_POPS_ARGS' is non-zero.  They should emit a `parallel'
     that contains both the function call and a `set' to indicate the
     adjustment made to the frame pointer.

     For machines where `RETURN_POPS_ARGS' can be non-zero, the use of
     these patterns increases the number of functions for which the
     frame pointer can be eliminated, if desired.

`untyped_call'
     Subroutine call instruction returning a value of any type.
     Operand 0 is the function to call; operand 1 is a memory location
     where the result of calling the function is to be stored; operand
     2 is a `parallel' expression where each element is a `set'
     expression that indicates the saving of a function return value
     into the result block.

     This instruction pattern should be defined to support
     `__builtin_apply' on machines where special instructions are needed
     to call a subroutine with arbitrary arguments or to save the value
     returned.  This instruction pattern is required on machines that
     have multiple registers that can hold a return value (i.e.
     `FUNCTION_VALUE_REGNO_P' is true for more than one register).

`return'
     Subroutine return instruction.  This instruction pattern name
     should be defined only if a single instruction can do all the work
     of returning from a function.

     Like the `movM' patterns, this pattern is also used after the RTL
     generation phase.  In this case it is to support machines where
     multiple instructions are usually needed to return from a
     function, but some class of functions only requires one
     instruction to implement a return.  Normally, the applicable
     functions are those which do not need to save any registers or
     allocate stack space.

     For such machines, the condition specified in this pattern should
     only be true when `reload_completed' is non-zero and the function's
     epilogue would only be a single instruction.  For machines with
     register windows, the routine `leaf_function_p' may be used to
     determine if a register window push is required.

     Machines that have conditional return instructions should define
     patterns such as

          (define_insn ""
            [(set (pc)
                  (if_then_else (match_operator
                                   0 "comparison_operator"
                                   [(cc0) (const_int 0)])
                                (return)
                                (pc)))]
            "CONDITION"
            "...")

     where CONDITION would normally be the same condition specified on
     the named `return' pattern.

`untyped_return'
     Untyped subroutine return instruction.  This instruction pattern
     should be defined to support `__builtin_return' on machines where
     special instructions are needed to return a value of any type.

     Operand 0 is a memory location where the result of calling a
     function with `__builtin_apply' is stored; operand 1 is a
     `parallel' expression where each element is a `set' expression
     that indicates the restoring of a function return value from the
     result block.

`nop'
     No-op instruction.  This instruction pattern name should always be
     defined to output a no-op in assembler code.  `(const_int 0)' will
     do as an RTL pattern.

`indirect_jump'
     An instruction to jump to an address which is operand zero.  This
     pattern name is mandatory on all machines.

`casesi'
     Instruction to jump through a dispatch table, including bounds
     checking.  This instruction takes five operands:

       1. The index to dispatch on, which has mode `SImode'.

       2. The lower bound for indices in the table, an integer constant.

       3. The total range of indices in the table--the largest index
          minus the smallest one (both inclusive).

       4. A label that precedes the table itself.

       5. A label to jump to if the index has a value outside the
          bounds.  (If the machine-description macro
          `CASE_DROPS_THROUGH' is defined, then an out-of-bounds index
          drops through to the code following the jump table instead of
          jumping to this label.  In that case, this label is not
          actually used by the `casesi' instruction, but it is always
          provided as an operand.)

     The table is a `addr_vec' or `addr_diff_vec' inside of a
     `jump_insn'.  The number of elements in the table is one plus the
     difference between the upper bound and the lower bound.

`tablejump'
     Instruction to jump to a variable address.  This is a low-level
     capability which can be used to implement a dispatch table when
     there is no `casesi' pattern.

     This pattern requires two operands: the address or offset, and a
     label which should immediately precede the jump table.  If the
     macro `CASE_VECTOR_PC_RELATIVE' evaluates to a nonzero value then
     the first operand is an offset which counts from the address of
     the table; otherwise, it is an absolute address to jump to.  In
     either case, the first operand has mode `Pmode'.

     The `tablejump' insn is always the last insn before the jump table
     it uses.  Its assembler code normally has no need to use the
     second operand, but you should incorporate it in the RTL pattern so
     that the jump optimizer will not delete the table as unreachable
     code.

`canonicalize_funcptr_for_compare'
     Canonicalize the function pointer in operand 1 and store the result
     into operand 0.

     Operand 0 is always a `reg' and has mode `Pmode'; operand 1 may be
     a `reg', `mem', `symbol_ref', `const_int', etc and also has mode
     `Pmode'.

     Canonicalization of a function pointer usually involves computing
     the address of the function which would be called if the function
     pointer were used in an indirect call.

     Only define this pattern if function pointers on the target machine
     can have different values but still call the same function when
     used in an indirect call.

`save_stack_block'
`save_stack_function'
`save_stack_nonlocal'
`restore_stack_block'
`restore_stack_function'
`restore_stack_nonlocal'
     Most machines save and restore the stack pointer by copying it to
     or from an object of mode `Pmode'.  Do not define these patterns on
     such machines.

     Some machines require special handling for stack pointer saves and
     restores.  On those machines, define the patterns corresponding to
     the non-standard cases by using a `define_expand' (*note Expander
     Definitions::) that produces the required insns.  The three types
     of saves and restores are:

       1. `save_stack_block' saves the stack pointer at the start of a
          block that allocates a variable-sized object, and
          `restore_stack_block' restores the stack pointer when the
          block is exited.

       2. `save_stack_function' and `restore_stack_function' do a
          similar job for the outermost block of a function and are
          used when the function allocates variable-sized objects or
          calls `alloca'.  Only the epilogue uses the restored stack
          pointer, allowing a simpler save or restore sequence on some
          machines.

       3. `save_stack_nonlocal' is used in functions that contain labels
          branched to by nested functions.  It saves the stack pointer
          in such a way that the inner function can use
          `restore_stack_nonlocal' to restore the stack pointer.  The
          compiler generates code to restore the frame and argument
          pointer registers, but some machines require saving and
          restoring additional data such as register window information
          or stack backchains.  Place insns in these patterns to save
          and restore any such required data.

     When saving the stack pointer, operand 0 is the save area and
     operand 1 is the stack pointer.  The mode used to allocate the
     save area defaults to `Pmode' but you can override that choice by
     defining the `STACK_SAVEAREA_MODE' macro (*note Storage Layout::).
     You must specify an integral mode, or `VOIDmode' if no save area
     is needed for a particular type of save (either because no save is
     needed or because a machine-specific save area can be used).
     Operand 0 is the stack pointer and operand 1 is the save area for
     restore operations.  If `save_stack_block' is defined, operand 0
     must not be `VOIDmode' since these saves can be arbitrarily nested.

     A save area is a `mem' that is at a constant offset from
     `virtual_stack_vars_rtx' when the stack pointer is saved for use by
     nonlocal gotos and a `reg' in the other two cases.

`allocate_stack'
     Subtract (or add if `STACK_GROWS_DOWNWARD' is undefined) operand 1
     from the stack pointer to create space for dynamically allocated
     data.

     Store the resultant pointer to this space into operand 0.  If you
     are allocating space from the main stack, do this by emitting a
     move insn to copy `virtual_stack_dynamic_rtx' to operand 0.  If
     you are allocating the space elsewhere, generate code to copy the
     location of the space to operand 0.  In the latter case, you must
     ensure this space gets freed when the corresponding space on the
     main stack is free.

     Do not define this pattern if all that must be done is the
     subtraction.  Some machines require other operations such as stack
     probes or maintaining the back chain.  Define this pattern to emit
     those operations in addition to updating the stack pointer.

`probe'
     Some machines require instructions to be executed after space is
     allocated from the stack, for example to generate a reference at
     the bottom of the stack.

     If you need to emit instructions before the stack has been
     adjusted, put them into the `allocate_stack' pattern.  Otherwise,
     define this pattern to emit the required instructions.

     No operands are provided.

`check_stack'
     If stack checking cannot be done on your system by probing the
     stack with a load or store instruction (*note Stack Checking::),
     define this pattern to perform the needed check and signaling an
     error if the stack has overflowed.  The single operand is the
     location in the stack furthest from the current stack pointer that
     you need to validate.  Normally, on machines where this pattern is
     needed, you would obtain the stack limit from a global or
     thread-specific variable or register.

`nonlocal_goto'
     Emit code to generate a non-local goto, e.g., a jump from one
     function to a label in an outer function.  This pattern has four
     arguments, each representing a value to be used in the jump.  The
     first argument is to be loaded into the frame pointer, the second
     is the address to branch to (code to dispatch to the actual label),
     the third is the address of a location where the stack is saved,
     and the last is the address of the label, to be placed in the
     location for the incoming static chain.

     On most machines you need not define this pattern, since GNU CC
     will already generate the correct code, which is to load the frame
     pointer and static chain, restore the stack (using the
     `restore_stack_nonlocal' pattern, if defined), and jump indirectly
     to the dispatcher.  You need only define this pattern if this code
     will not work on your machine.

`nonlocal_goto_receiver'
     This pattern, if defined, contains code needed at the target of a
     nonlocal goto after the code already generated by GNU CC.  You
     will not normally need to define this pattern.  A typical reason
     why you might need this pattern is if some value, such as a
     pointer to a global table, must be restored when the frame pointer
     is restored.  Note that a nonlocal goto only ocurrs within a
     unit-of-translation, so a global table pointer that is shared by
     all functions of a given module need not be restored.  There are
     no arguments.

`exception_receiver'
     This pattern, if defined, contains code needed at the site of an
     exception handler that isn't needed at the site of a nonlocal
     goto.  You will not normally need to define this pattern.  A
     typical reason why you might need this pattern is if some value,
     such as a pointer to a global table, must be restored after
     control flow is branched to the handler of an exception.  There
     are no arguments.

`builtin_setjmp_setup'
     This pattern, if defined, contains additional code needed to
     initialize the `jmp_buf'.  You will not normally need to define
     this pattern.  A typical reason why you might need this pattern is
     if some value, such as a pointer to a global table, must be
     restored.  Though it is preferred that the pointer value be
     recalculated if possible (given the address of a label for
     instance).  The single argument is a pointer to the `jmp_buf'.
     Note that the buffer is five words long and that the first three
     are normally used by the generic mechanism.

`builtin_setjmp_receiver'
     This pattern, if defined, contains code needed at the site of an
     builtin setjmp that isn't needed at the site of a nonlocal goto.
     You will not normally need to define this pattern.  A typical
     reason why you might need this pattern is if some value, such as a
     pointer to a global table, must be restored.  It takes one
     argument, which is the label to which builtin_longjmp transfered
     control; this pattern may be emitted at a small offset from that
     label.

`builtin_longjmp'
     This pattern, if defined, performs the entire action of the
     longjmp.  You will not normally need to define this pattern unless
     you also define `builtin_setjmp_setup'.  The single argument is a
     pointer to the `jmp_buf'.

`eh_epilogue'
     This pattern, if defined, affects the way `__builtin_eh_return',
     and thence `__throw' are built.  It is intended to allow
     communication between the exception handling machinery and the
     normal epilogue code for the target.

     The pattern takes three arguments.  The first is the exception
     context pointer.  This will have already been copied to the
     function return register appropriate for a pointer; normally this
     can be ignored.  The second argument is an offset to be added to
     the stack pointer.  It will have been copied to some arbitrary
     call-clobbered hard reg so that it will survive until after reload
     to when the normal epilogue is generated.  The final argument is
     the address of the exception handler to which the function should
     return.  This will normally need to copied by the pattern to some
     special register.

     This pattern must be defined if `RETURN_ADDR_RTX' does not yield
     something that can be reliably and permanently modified, i.e. a
     fixed hard register or a stack memory reference.

`prologue'
     This pattern, if defined, emits RTL for entry to a function.  The
     function entry is resposible for setting up the stack frame,
     initializing the frame pointer register, saving callee saved
     registers, etc.

     Using a prologue pattern is generally preferred over defining
     `FUNCTION_PROLOGUE' to emit assembly code for the prologue.

     The `prologue' pattern is particularly useful for targets which
     perform instruction scheduling.

`epilogue'
     This pattern, if defined, emits RTL for exit from a function.  The
     function exit is resposible for deallocating the stack frame,
     restoring callee saved registers and emitting the return
     instruction.

     Using an epilogue pattern is generally preferred over defining
     `FUNCTION_EPILOGUE' to emit assembly code for the prologue.

     The `epilogue' pattern is particularly useful for targets which
     perform instruction scheduling or which have delay slots for their
     return instruction.

`sibcall_epilogue'
     This pattern, if defined, emits RTL for exit from a function
     without the final branch back to the calling function.  This
     pattern will be emitted before any sibling call (aka tail call)
     sites.

     The `sibcall_epilogue' pattern must not clobber any arguments used
     for parameter passing or any stack slots for arguments passed to
     the current function.


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When the Order of Patterns Matters
==================================

   Sometimes an insn can match more than one instruction pattern.  Then
the pattern that appears first in the machine description is the one
used.  Therefore, more specific patterns (patterns that will match
fewer things) and faster instructions (those that will produce better
code when they do match) should usually go first in the description.

   In some cases the effect of ordering the patterns can be used to hide
a pattern when it is not valid.  For example, the 68000 has an
instruction for converting a fullword to floating point and another for
converting a byte to floating point.  An instruction converting an
integer to floating point could match either one.  We put the pattern
to convert the fullword first to make sure that one will be used rather
than the other.  (Otherwise a large integer might be generated as a
single-byte immediate quantity, which would not work.)  Instead of
using this pattern ordering it would be possible to make the pattern
for convert-a-byte smart enough to deal properly with any constant
value.

