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-rw-r--r--gcc/predict.c13
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index fbab640..a1312d23 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Thu May 4 14:37:23 2000 Jeffrey A Law (law@cygnus.com)
+
+ * predict.c (estimate_probability): If no prediction was found, then
+ predict the successor that is the next physical block (if such a
+ successor exists).
+
2000-05-04 Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com>
* config/alpha/t-alpha (LIB2FUNCS_EXTRA): Use qrrnd.asm in place.
diff --git a/gcc/predict.c b/gcc/predict.c
index b957e5f6..148d46b 100644
--- a/gcc/predict.c
+++ b/gcc/predict.c
@@ -202,6 +202,19 @@ estimate_probability (loops_info)
break;
}
+ /* If one of the blocks already directly follows the current
+ block, then predict it as the taken path. This reduces
+ random block movement. */
+ for (e = BASIC_BLOCK (i)->succ; e; e = e->succ_next)
+ if (e->dest->index == i + 1)
+ {
+ if (e->flags & EDGE_FALLTHRU)
+ prob = 0;
+ else
+ prob = REG_BR_PROB_BASE;
+ goto emitnote;
+ }
+
/* If we havn't chosen something by now, predict 50-50. */
prob = REG_BR_PROB_BASE / 2;