On Sat, Aug 03, 2019 at 03:27:47AM +0530, Akshat Garg wrote: > Hi all, > I am trying to understand how the target specifications are used in GCC > architecture. I am trying to know how the memory fences get added for power > architecture. Are they added after the final RTL pass or the barrier > instruction in the IR-RTL gets converted into one? > > Also, in which phase we identify that the instruction involves some memory > ordering for a particular target and we need to give some memory fencing > for it, i.e., during GIMPLE to RTL, RTL to RTL or RTL to assembly or > somewhere else? See gcc/optabs.c and gcc/config/rs6000/sync.md . Segher