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authorrakdver <rakdver@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2005-07-13 09:38:44 +0000
committerrakdver <rakdver@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2005-07-13 09:38:44 +0000
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downloadgcc-90f1c56314fedb54eee70729cc5b0741749b3d40.tar.gz
PR rtl-optimization/20376
* toplev.c (process_options): Enable -fweb and -frename-registers when unrolling. * doc/invoke.texi: Update the information about when -fweb and -frename-registers are enabled. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@101961 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
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+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -5017,8 +5017,7 @@ the loop is entered. This usually makes programs run more slowly.
@opindex -fsplit-ivs-in-unroller
Enables expressing of values of induction variables in later iterations
of the unrolled loop using the value in the first iteration. This breaks
-long dependency chains, thus improving efficiency of the scheduling passes
-(for best results, @option{-fweb} should be used as well).
+long dependency chains, thus improving efficiency of the scheduling passes.
Combination of @option{-fweb} and CSE is often sufficient to obtain the
same effect. However in cases the loop body is more complicated than
@@ -5260,9 +5259,7 @@ passes, such as CSE, loop optimizer and trivial dead code remover. It can,
however, make debugging impossible, since variables will no longer stay in a
``home register''.
-Enabled at levels @option{-O2}, @option{-O3}, @option{-Os},
-on targets where the default format for debugging information supports
-variable tracking.
+Enabled by default with @option{-funroll-loops}.
@item -fwhole-program
@opindex fwhole-program
@@ -5524,7 +5521,7 @@ debug information format adopted by the target, however, it can
make debugging impossible, since variables will no longer stay in
a ``home register''.
-Not enabled by default at any level because it has known bugs.
+Enabled by default with @option{-funroll-loops}.
@item -ftracer
@opindex ftracer
@@ -5538,9 +5535,10 @@ Enabled with @option{-fprofile-use}.
@opindex funroll-loops
Unroll loops whose number of iterations can be determined at compile time or
upon entry to the loop. @option{-funroll-loops} implies
-@option{-frerun-cse-after-loop}. It also turns on complete loop peeling
-(i.e.@: complete removal of loops with small constant number of iterations).
-This option makes code larger, and may or may not make it run faster.
+@option{-frerun-cse-after-loop}, @option{-fweb} and @option{-frename-registers}.
+It also turns on complete loop peeling (i.e.@: complete removal of loops with
+small constant number of iterations). This option makes code larger, and may
+or may not make it run faster.
Enabled with @option{-fprofile-use}.