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      1 /* Register note definitions.
      2    Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
      3 
      4 This file is part of GCC.
      5 
      6 GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
      7 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
      8 Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
      9 version.
     10 
     11 GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
     12 WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
     13 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
     14 for more details.
     15 
     16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     17 along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
     18 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
     19 
     20 /* This file defines all the codes that may appear on individual
     21    EXPR_LIST rtxes in the REG_NOTES chain of an insn.  The codes are
     22    stored in the mode field of the EXPR_LIST.  Source files define
     23    DEF_REG_NOTE appropriately before including this file.  */
     24 
     25 /* Shorthand.  */
     26 #define REG_NOTE(NAME) DEF_REG_NOTE (REG_##NAME)
     27 
     28 /* REG_DEP_TRUE is used in scheduler dependencies lists to represent a
     29    read-after-write dependency (i.e. a true data dependency).  This is
     30    here, not grouped with REG_DEP_ANTI and REG_DEP_OUTPUT, because some
     31    passes use a literal 0 for it.  */
     32 REG_NOTE (DEP_TRUE)
     33 
     34 /* The value in REG dies in this insn (i.e., it is not needed past
     35    this insn).  If REG is set in this insn, the REG_DEAD note may,
     36    but need not, be omitted.  */
     37 REG_NOTE (DEAD)
     38 
     39 /* The REG is autoincremented or autodecremented in this insn.  */
     40 REG_NOTE (INC)
     41 
     42 /* Describes the insn as a whole; it says that the insn sets a
     43    register to a constant value or to be equivalent to a memory
     44    address.  If the register is spilled to the stack then the constant
     45    value should be substituted for it.  The contents of the REG_EQUIV
     46    is the constant value or memory address, which may be different
     47    from the source of the SET although it has the same value.  A
     48    REG_EQUIV note may also appear on an insn which copies a register
     49    parameter to a pseudo-register, if there is a memory address which
     50    could be used to hold that pseudo-register throughout the function.  */
     51 REG_NOTE (EQUIV)
     52 
     53 /* Like REG_EQUIV except that the destination is only momentarily
     54    equal to the specified rtx.  Therefore, it cannot be used for
     55    substitution; but it can be used for cse.  */
     56 REG_NOTE (EQUAL)
     57 
     58 /* The register is always nonnegative during the containing loop.
     59    This is used in branches so that decrement and branch instructions
     60    terminating on zero can be matched.  There must be an insn pattern
     61    in the md file named `decrement_and_branch_until_zero' or else this
     62    will never be added to any instructions.  */
     63 REG_NOTE (NONNEG)
     64 
     65 /* Identifies a register set in this insn and never used.  */
     66 REG_NOTE (UNUSED)
     67 
     68 /* REG_CC_SETTER and REG_CC_USER link a pair of insns that set and use
     69    CC0, respectively.  Normally, these are required to be consecutive
     70    insns, but we permit putting a cc0-setting insn in the delay slot
     71    of a branch as long as only one copy of the insn exists.  In that
     72    case, these notes point from one to the other to allow code
     73    generation to determine what any require information and to
     74    properly update CC_STATUS.  These notes are INSN_LISTs.  */
     75 REG_NOTE (CC_SETTER)
     76 REG_NOTE (CC_USER)
     77 
     78 /* Points to a CODE_LABEL.  Used by JUMP_INSNs to say that the CODE_LABEL
     79    contained in the REG_LABEL_TARGET note is a possible jump target of
     80    this insn.  This note is an INSN_LIST.  */
     81 REG_NOTE (LABEL_TARGET)
     82 
     83 /* Points to a CODE_LABEL.  Used by any insn to say that the CODE_LABEL
     84    contained in the REG_LABEL_OPERAND note is used by the insn, but as an
     85    operand, not as a jump target (though it may indirectly be a jump
     86    target for a later jump insn).  This note is an INSN_LIST.  */
     87 REG_NOTE (LABEL_OPERAND)
     88 
     89 /* REG_DEP_OUTPUT and REG_DEP_ANTI are used in scheduler dependencies lists
     90    to represent write-after-write and write-after-read dependencies
     91    respectively.  */
     92 REG_NOTE (DEP_OUTPUT)
     93 REG_NOTE (DEP_ANTI)
     94 
     95 /* REG_BR_PROB is attached to JUMP_INSNs and CALL_INSNs.  It has an
     96    integer value.  For jumps, it is the probability that this is a
     97    taken branch.  For calls, it is the probability that this call
     98    won't return.  */
     99 REG_NOTE (BR_PROB)
    100 
    101 /* REG_VALUE_PROFILE is attached when the profile is read in to an
    102    insn before that the code to profile the value is inserted.  It
    103    contains the results of profiling.  */
    104 REG_NOTE (VALUE_PROFILE)
    105 
    106 /* Attached to a call insn; indicates that the call is malloc-like and
    107    that the pointer returned cannot alias anything else.  */
    108 REG_NOTE (NOALIAS)
    109 
    110 /* REG_BR_PRED is attached to JUMP_INSNs and CALL_INSNSs.  It contains
    111    CONCAT of two integer value.  First specifies the branch predictor
    112    that added the note, second specifies the predicted hitrate of
    113    branch in the same format as REG_BR_PROB note uses.  */
    114 REG_NOTE (BR_PRED)
    115 
    116 /* Attached to insns that are RTX_FRAME_RELATED_P, but are too complex
    117    for DWARF to interpret what they imply.  The attached rtx is used
    118    instead of intuition.  */
    119 REG_NOTE (FRAME_RELATED_EXPR)
    120 
    121 /* Attached to insns that are RTX_FRAME_RELATED_P, but are too complex
    122    for FRAME_RELATED_EXPR intuition.  The insn's first pattern must be
    123    a SET, and the destination must be the CFA register.  The attached
    124    rtx is an expression that defines the CFA.  In the simplest case, the
    125    rtx could be just the stack_pointer_rtx; more common would be a PLUS
    126    with a base register and a constant offset.  In the most complicated
    127    cases, this will result in a DW_CFA_def_cfa_expression with the rtx
    128    expression rendered in a dwarf location expression.  */
    129 REG_NOTE (CFA_DEF_CFA)
    130 
    131 /* Attached to insns that are RTX_FRAME_RELATED_P, but are too complex
    132    for FRAME_RELATED_EXPR intuition.  This note adjusts the expression
    133    from which the CFA is computed.  The attached rtx defines a new CFA
    134    expression, relative to the old CFA expression.  This rtx must be of
    135    the form (SET new-cfa-reg (PLUS old-cfa-reg const_int)).  If the note
    136    rtx is NULL, we use the first SET of the insn.  */
    137 REG_NOTE (CFA_ADJUST_CFA)
    138 
    139 /* Similar to FRAME_RELATED_EXPR, with the additional information that
    140    this is a save to memory, i.e. will result in DW_CFA_offset or the
    141    like.  The pattern or the insn should be a simple store relative to
    142    the CFA.  */
    143 REG_NOTE (CFA_OFFSET)
    144 
    145 /* Similar to FRAME_RELATED_EXPR, with the additional information that this
    146    is a save to a register, i.e. will result in DW_CFA_register.  The insn
    147    or the pattern should be simple reg-reg move.  */
    148 REG_NOTE (CFA_REGISTER)
    149 
    150 /* Attached to insns that are RTX_FRAME_RELATED_P, with the information
    151    that this is a restore operation, i.e. will result in DW_CFA_restore
    152    or the like.  Either the attached rtx, or the destination of the insn's
    153    first pattern is the register to be restored.  */
    154 REG_NOTE (CFA_RESTORE)
    155 
    156 /* Indicates that REG holds the exception context for the function.
    157    This context is shared by inline functions, so the code to acquire
    158    the real exception context is delayed until after inlining.  */
    159 REG_NOTE (EH_CONTEXT)
    160 
    161 /* Indicates what exception region an INSN belongs in.  This is used
    162    to indicate what region to which a call may throw.  REGION 0
    163    indicates that a call cannot throw at all.  REGION -1 indicates
    164    that it cannot throw, nor will it execute a non-local goto.  */
    165 REG_NOTE (EH_REGION)
    166 
    167 /* Used by haifa-sched to save NOTE_INSN notes across scheduling.  */
    168 REG_NOTE (SAVE_NOTE)
    169 
    170 /* Indicates that a call does not return.  */
    171 REG_NOTE (NORETURN)
    172 
    173 /* Indicates that an indirect jump is a non-local goto instead of a
    174    computed goto.  */
    175 REG_NOTE (NON_LOCAL_GOTO)
    176 
    177 /* Indicates that a jump crosses between hot and cold sections in a
    178    (partitioned) assembly or .o file, and therefore should not be
    179    reduced to a simpler jump by optimizations.  */
    180 REG_NOTE (CROSSING_JUMP)
    181 
    182 /* This kind of note is generated at each to `setjmp', and similar
    183    functions that can return twice.  */
    184 REG_NOTE (SETJMP)
    185