One unusual feature of the z architecture is that the result of a
previous load can be reused indefinitely for subsequent loads, even if
a cache-coherent store to that location is performed by another CPU.
A special serializing instruction must be used if you want to force
a load to be reattempted.
Since volatile loads are not supposed to be omitted in this way,
we should insert a serializing instruction before each such load.
The same goes for atomic loads.
The patch implements this at the IR->DAG boundary, in a similar way
to atomic fences. It is a no-op for targets other than SystemZ.
llvm-svn: 196905
This patch adds support for the CRJ and CGRJ instructions. Support for
the immediate forms will be a separate patch.
The architecture has a large number of comparison instructions. I think
it's generally better to concentrate on using the "best" comparison
instruction first and foremost, then only use something like CRJ if
CR really was the natual choice of comparison instruction. The patch
therefore opportunistically converts separate CR and BRC instructions
into a single CRJ while emitting instructions in ISelLowering.
llvm-svn: 182764
Richard Sandiford