Is there anyone can help? I am curious about how the insv pattern can be used in the compiling process. Otherwise, I have to write inline assembly code. Thanks very much! 2009/12/16 fanqifei <fanqifei@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hello, > I am tring to compile a small c file using gcc4.1.2. > The source code: > struct test_foo { > unsigned int a:18; > unsigned int b:2; > unsigned int c:12; > }; > > struct test_foo x; > unsigned int foo() > { > unsigned int a=x.b; > x.b=2; > return a; > } > > the command: mipsel-linux-gcc -mips32r2 -O2 -c -Wall foo.c -o foo.o > > The corresponding disassembly code: > foo.o: file format elf32-tradlittlemips > Disassembly of section .text: > 00000000 <foo>: > 0: 3c1c0000 lui gp,0x0 > 4: 279c0000 addiu gp,gp,0 > 8: 0399e021 addu gp,gp,t9 > c: 8f850000 lw a1,0(gp) > 10: 3c03fff3 lui v1,0xfff3 > 14: 3463ffff ori v1,v1,0xffff > 18: 8ca20000 lw v0,0(a1) > 1c: 3c040008 lui a0,0x8 > 20: 00431824 and v1,v0,v1 > 24: 00641825 or v1,v1,a0 > 28: 7c420c80 ext v0,v0,0x12,0x2 > 2c: 03e00008 jr ra > 30: aca30000 sw v1,0(a1) > The statement x.b=2 can be simply translated to lb and ins instructions( ins > is in mips32r2). > > I wonder how ins instrution can be produced. > More specifically, how can gcc generates the insv pattern in RTL? > Is it related to the coding style -- using bit filed or logical > operations(shift, and ...)? > Thanks. > Qifei > > -- Qifei Fan