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authorHans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>2005-10-17 20:39:45 +0000
committerHans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>2005-10-17 20:39:45 +0000
commitb239e954e4cddc9af4688d927ca090d75f43875c (patch)
tree8a2a1f88d5029481be0a6ff7c8ffe3dd7ae55588 /gcc/doc
parent7ed0ec16a74aeb766b61f9d8072118e22c1cbe68 (diff)
PR target/23424
* md.texi (Modifiers) <%>: Clarify that % doesn't work after register allocation. git-svn-id: https://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@105517 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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@@ -1552,7 +1552,10 @@ instruction is defined:
GCC can only handle one commutative pair in an asm; if you use more,
the compiler may fail. Note that you need not use the modifier if
the two alternatives are strictly identical; this would only waste
-time in the reload pass.
+time in the reload pass. The modifier is not operational after
+register allocation, so the result of @code{define_peephole2}
+and @code{define_split}s performed after reload cannot rely on
+@samp{%} to make the intended insn match.
@cindex @samp{#} in constraint
@item #