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| author | Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> | 2001-10-25 18:25:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeff Law <law@gcc.gnu.org> | 2001-10-25 12:25:08 -0600 |
| commit | 8feb4e2800a89088c50e7c31ba89cb501bbcd04c (patch) | |
| tree | dd18c13d63fa12373a99eb06b0aa0920e61c9890 /gcc/doc/md.texi | |
| parent | 37207ee73dce7e537637606d3b4e7fc9852522d3 (diff) | |
| download | gcc-8feb4e2800a89088c50e7c31ba89cb501bbcd04c.tar.gz | |
md.texi (movMM): Clarify semantics of storing into a non-paradoxical SUBREG.
* doc/md.texi (movMM): Clarify semantics of storing into a
non-paradoxical SUBREG.
From-SVN: r46494
Diffstat (limited to 'gcc/doc/md.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/doc/md.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/doc/md.texi b/gcc/doc/md.texi index 7a62eaf25c0..0d9bf915908 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/md.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/md.texi @@ -2024,7 +2024,9 @@ This instruction pattern moves data with that machine mode from operand If operand 0 is a @code{subreg} with mode @var{m} of a register whose own mode is wider than @var{m}, the effect of this instruction is to store the specified value in the part of the register that corresponds -to mode @var{m}. The effect on the rest of the register is undefined. +to mode @var{m}. Bits outside of @var{m}, but which are within the +same target word as the @code{subreg} are undefined. Bits which are +outside the target word are left unchanged. This class of patterns is special in several ways. First of all, each of these names up to and including full word size @emph{must} be defined, |