Re: Register allocation

Dan <dany42NOSPAM@free.fr>
21 Jul 2003 21:42:22 -0400

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From: Dan <dany42NOSPAM@free.fr>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 21 Jul 2003 21:42:22 -0400
Organization: Definitively none
References: 03-07-058 03-07-097 03-07-140
Keywords: registers
Posted-Date: 21 Jul 2003 21:42:22 EDT

Rob Thorpe <robert.thorpe@antenova.com> writes:


> As far as I know GCC compiles on a per file basis at present. So it
> can't make decisions like placing globals into registers. It's not a
> particularly useful optimization anyway, unless there are many
> registers.


If you want more infos about how register allocation is processed in
GCC you can read Michael Matz paper: «Design and implementation of the
graph coloring register allocator for GCC».


It is avaible at the following url:
http://www.linux.org.uk/~ajh/gcc/gccsummit-2003-proceedings.pdf


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