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authorEvan Cheng <evan.cheng@apple.com>2006-02-28 23:38:49 +0000
committerEvan Cheng <evan.cheng@apple.com>2006-02-28 23:38:49 +0000
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diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
index 6c9a235ebbb..c85477c1a68 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
@@ -517,3 +517,19 @@ It would be better to emit "cmp %al, 1" than a xor and test.
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Enable X86InstrInfo::convertToThreeAddress().
+
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+Investigate whether it is better to codegen the following
+
+ %tmp.1 = mul int %x, 9
+to
+
+ movl 4(%esp), %eax
+ leal (%eax,%eax,8), %eax
+
+as opposed to what llc is currently generating:
+
+ imull $9, 4(%esp), %eax
+
+Currently the load folding imull has a higher complexity than the LEA32 pattern.
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