[LLVMdev] default operation action

[Tom Stellard]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 12:00:41PM -0500, kewuzhang wrote:
> Hi Guys, 
> 
> I noticed that the operation actions( promote/expand/custom) are set per operation basis.
> Wondering if we can set it up globally?
> 
> For example,  I have native supported 32 bits registers,  to handle  8 bits value operations, I want to do promote.
> and to support 64 bit operations, I want to expand.
> 

This will happen automatically if you don't declare i8 as a legal type.
Do you have something like addRegisterClass(MVT::i8, SomeRegClass) in
your TargetLowering constructor?  If so, then remove it and see what
happens.

-Tom

> If I can set up the operation actions for the same type globally, then I can avoid to list all the operations with the same action . 
> like
> 
> // expand type MVT::i64 to MVT::i32 for all the operations
> 
>  instead of  
> “
> 	setOperationAction( ISD::ADD,  MVT::i64, Expand);
> 	setOperationAction( ISD::SUB,  MVT::i64, Expand);
> 	setOperationAction( ISD::MUL,  MVT::i64, Expand);
> …..
> “
> Or LLVM is smart enough to do it buy default?
> 
> best
> 
> kevin
> 	
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