The arm condition codes for GE is N==V (and for LT is N!=V). If the source of
flags cannot set V (overflow), such as a cmp against #0, then we can use the
simpler PL and MI conditions that only check N. As these PL/MI conditions are
simpler than GE/LT, other passes like the peephole optimiser can have a better
time optimising away the redundant CMPs.
The exception is the VSEL instruction, which cannot take the PL code, so there
the transform favours GE.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D64160
llvm-svn: 365117
Summary:
Expressions of the form x < 0 ? 0 : x; and x < -1 ? -1 : x can be lowered using bit-operations instead of branching or conditional moves
In thumb-mode this results in a two-instruction sequence, a shift followed by a bic or or while in ARM/thumb2 mode that has flexible second operand the shift can be folded into a single bic/or instructions. In most cases this results in smaller code and possibly less branches, and in no case larger than before.
Patch by Martin Svanfeldt
Reviewers: fhahn, pbarrio, rogfer01
Reviewed By: pbarrio, rogfer01
Subscribers: chrib, yroux, eugenis, efriedma, rogfer01, aemerson, javed.absar, kristof.beyls, llvm-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D42574
llvm-svn: 326333
Summary:
Expressions of the form x < 0 ? 0 : x; and x < -1 ? -1 : x can be lowered using bit-operations instead of branching or conditional moves
In thumb-mode this results in a two-instruction sequence, a shift followed by a bic or or while in ARM/thumb2 mode that has flexible second operand the shift can be folded into a single bic/or instructions. In most cases this results in smaller code and possibly less branches, and in no case larger than before.
Patch by Marten Svanfeldt.
Reviewers: fhahn, pbarrio
Reviewed By: pbarrio
Subscribers: efriedma, rogfer01, aemerson, javed.absar, kristof.beyls, llvm-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D42574
llvm-svn: 323869
David Green