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instead of 32+32+15+1) on all arches that have such long doubles (amd64, ia64 and i386). Large objects should be be accessed in large units, and the 32+32+15+1[+padding] decomposition asks for almost the opposite of that, sometimes resulting in very slow accesses depending on how well the compiler ignores what we ask for and converts to the best units for the given machine. E.g., on Athlons, there is a 10-20 cycle penalty for accessing the middle 32-bit word immediately after an 80-bit store. Whether actually using the alternative view is better is very machine- dependent. A 32+32+16 view is probably best with old 32-bit systems and gcc through 4.2.1. The compiler should mostly avoid the view and generate best accesses, but gcc-4.2.1 is far from doing that. I think 64+16 is best for now. Similarly for doubles -- they should be using 64+0 especially on 64-bit machines, but fdlibm uses 32+32 extensively for them. Fortunately, in 64-bit mode for doubles, gcc already ignores the 32+32-bit view and generates best accesses in many cases. |
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