[llvm] [AArch64] Resolve FIXME: Use scavengeRegisterBackwards to find the best unused register (PR #78910)
Matt Arsenault via llvm-commits
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Thu Feb 8 03:19:47 PST 2024
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@@ -296,17 +296,9 @@ bool AArch64SpeculationHardening::instrumentControlFlow(
// The RegScavenger represents registers available *after* the MI
// instruction pointed to by RS.getCurrentPosition().
// We need to have a register that is available *before* the MI is executed.
- if (I == MBB.begin())
- RS.enterBasicBlock(MBB);
- else
- RS.backward(I);
- // FIXME: The below just finds *a* unused register. Maybe code could be
- // optimized more if this looks for the register that isn't used for the
- // longest time around this place, to enable more scheduling freedom. Not
- // sure if that would actually result in a big performance difference
- // though. Maybe RegisterScavenger::findSurvivorBackwards has some logic
- // already to do this - but it's unclear if that could easily be used here.
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arsenm wrote:
This comment should probably be reserved, fundamentally the scavenge is still doing the same thing and not finding a "nicer" register
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/78910
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