[llvm-dev] trouble hoisting GlobalValues

[Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev]

Hi,

Is it exactly the same question as what we discussed a few days ago in this thread https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/llvm-dev/08EXrCDPboo ?

CC Preston who will be feel less lonely maybe.
— 
Mehdi

> On Dec 11, 2015, at 1:53 PM, Steve King via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello LLVM,
> To reduce the code-size cost of relocations, I'm trying to hoist
> GlobalValues that are used many times.  A new pass hides each hoisted
> GV behind a BITCAST in the dominating BB.  The pass then updates users
> with the output of the BITCAST.  This pass works properly AFAICT.
> 
> The problems come in instruction selection.
> SelectionDAGBuilder::visitBitCast() treats the BITCAST as a no-op and
> eventually users of the GV fold the relocation as if hoisting never
> happened.  Experiments turning the BITCAST into a copytoreg failed and
> anyway I feel like I'm just shooting in the dark.
> 
> Can anyone can suggest a strategy for lowering a hoisted GV?  The end
> result should be that the GV materializes as a simple move-immediate
> to register.
> 
> Thanks,
> -steve
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