Hi all, I am new to this porting gcc architecture field. I have a doubt. What i was trying is, In "movdi" pattern for some pairs of constraints like (r,r) or (m,r) i was letting movdi pattern to handle this while working over 64bit data. But for other constraints pair like (r,i) or (r,m) i was trying to make movsi handle this pair of constraints by diverting from movdi to movsi. I did it in this way: (define_expand "movdi" [(set (match_operand:DI 0 "general_operand" "") (match_operand:DI 1 "general_operand" ""))] "" " if(GET_CODE(operands[0])==MEM && GET_CODE(operands[1])!=REG) { if(can_create_pseudo_p()) { operands[1]=force_reg(DImode,operands[1]); } } " ) (define_insn_and_split "*movdi" [(set(match_operand: DI 0 "nonimmediate_operand" "=r,r,r,m") (match_operand: DI 1 "general_operand" "r,Di,m,r"))] "" "* switch (which_alternative) { case 0: return \"#\"; case 1: case 2: return divert_to_si(operands); case 3: return output_move_double (operands); }" "reload_completed" [(set (match_dup 0)(match_dup 1)) (set (match_dup 2)(match_dup 3))] "{ operands[2] = gen_highpart (SImode, operands[0]); operands[0] = gen_lowpart (SImode, operands[0]); operands[3] = gen_highpart (SImode, operands[1]); operands[1] = gen_lowpart (SImode, operands[1]); }" ) Here 'Di' is constraint for double integer range. And 'divert_to_si' is function i have written in '.c' file: void divert_to_si(rtx *operands) { printf("inside divert_to_si fxn\n"); emit_insn(gen_movsi(operands[0],operands[1])); } My doubts are: 1.Can we do this type of diversion? 2.To me its giving 'segmentation fault' for simple 64bit assignment. I am new, learning while practising. Please help me in this. Rajiv. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/shifting-among-patterns-tp27901006p27901006.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.