On 03/09/14 02:31, Cherry Vanc wrote: > I cannot seem to pin down the scope of the keyword "unspec" in the > machine description files. From the MIPS backend files, I see the word > "unspec" being used in two ways : > > 1. names of constants (UNSPEC_LOAD_LOW, UNSPEC_LOAD_HIGH, .. so on) : > I understand that these are just names, but Why UNSPEC_ preceding each > name ? > 2. some define_insn patterns have the "unspec" rtl expression. What > does "unspec" precisely mean here - unspecified operation ? How does > that work in the RTL generation pass ? E.g. : > > (define_insn "<u>mulsidi3_64bit_hilo" > [(set (match_operand:TI 0 "register_operand" "=x") > (unspec:TI > [(mult:DI > (any_extend:DI (match_operand:SI 1 "register_operand" "d")) > (any_extend:DI (match_operand:SI 2 "register_operand" "d")))] > UNSPEC_SET_HILO))] > "TARGET_64BIT && !TARGET_FIX_R4000" > "mult<u>\t%1,%2" > [(set_attr "type" "imul") > (set_attr "mode" "SI")]) Look at (define_expand "<u>mulsidi3_64bit_split" [(set (match_operand:DI 0 "register_operand") (mult:DI (any_extend:DI (match_operand:SI 1 "register_operand")) (any_extend:DI (match_operand:SI 2 "register_operand")))) (clobber (match_operand:DI 3 "register_operand"))] "" { rtx hilo; hilo = gen_rtx_REG (TImode, MD_REG_FIRST); emit_insn (gen_<u>mulsidi3_64bit_hilo (hilo, operands[1], operands[2])); ... Andrew.