Re: Static branch prediction

Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:56:09 +0100

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From: Markus Armbruster <armbru@pond.sub.org>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:56:09 +0100
Organization: Arcor
References: 08-03-010
Keywords: optimize
Posted-Date: 04 Mar 2008 10:58:57 EST

Tim Frink <plfriko@yahoo.de> writes:


> Some processors use a static branch prediction. The predicted outcome
[Reordering basic blocks to avoid static branch mispredictions]
> This idea is probably not new, so I wonder if you know any
> compilers/optimizers that apply this technique? Do you have own
> experiences or know any papers/reports where any results are
> presented?


Off hand:


K. Pettis and R. C. Hansen, "Profile Guided Code Positioning"
Proceedings of the SIGPLAN Conference on Programming Language Design
and Implementation, pp. 16--27, June 1990.


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