On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:40:32PM +0200, Hans-Christian Egtvedt wrote:
> Probably found the reason why we want to use sub with the signed 21-bit
> limit, it uses one less register than the add instruction that can add up to
> 32-bit values.
>
> Both instructions are 32-bit, to use a 16-bit instruction the immediate is
> very small; 4 bit.
>
> sub 32-bit, type IV, takes a register and subtracts a 21-bit immediate.
> add 32-bit, type II, adds two register values together.
>
> So by simplifying you loose this optimization.
OK, let me try if I can come up with anything sane for this.
Re, adding atomic_{or,and,xor}() those should all use the same bits as
add, right, except for the special case using sub.
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