GNU Cauldron 2012, Prague, talk16: Part 1/2

The Local Register Allocator Project

Presenter: Vladimir Makarov

The Local Register Allocator (LRA) project is focused on replacing famous GCC reload pass. The project history, motivation and goals, and the different considered approaches to LRA implementation are discussed. LRA overview and structure, tasks solved by LRA, the current state of the project including SPEC2000 bechmark results on some major platforms are given.

The future of LRA project and possible new RA optimizations which utilize new CPU features could be implemented on the base LRA are discussed.

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