re PR driver/41179 (Documentation for "-fno-toplevel-reorder" is confusing (and wrong))

2018-11-09  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>

	PR driver/41179
	PR middle-end/65703

	gcc/
	* doc/invoke.texi (Optimize Options): Clarify default behavior
	for -fno-toplevel-reorder, -fno-defer-pop, and -fno-branch-count-reg.

From-SVN: r265993

diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 1535fe51b1524a2931649ae17e40ae0fdc893ced..f608a71551b6830eda9ee779dc1d2dfb2a2edcd7 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2018-11-09  Sandra Loosemore  <sandra@codesourcery.com>
+
+       PR driver/41179
+       PR middle-end/65703
+       * doc/invoke.texi (Optimize Options): Clarify default behavior
+       for -fno-toplevel-reorder, -fno-defer-pop, and -fno-branch-count-reg.
+
 2018-11-09  Bernd Edlinger  <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>
 
        PR tree-optimization/87940

diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index e071f125efe19d42ac0bd6d442325ad832f5f811..971f5fece618e5b41c9dd6e33657094d8b10ba11 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -8062,12 +8062,11 @@ optimizations to be performed is desired.
 @table @gcctabopt
 @item -fno-defer-pop
 @opindex fno-defer-pop
-Always pop the arguments to each function call as soon as that function
-returns.  For machines that must pop arguments after a function call,
-the compiler normally lets arguments accumulate on the stack for several
-function calls and pops them all at once.
-
-Disabled at levels @option{-O}, @option{-O2}, @option{-O3}, @option{-Os}.
+For machines that must pop arguments after a function call, always pop 
+the arguments as soon as each function returns.  
+At levels @option{-O1} and higher, @option{-fdefer-pop} is the default;
+this allows the compiler to let arguments accumulate on the stack for several
+function calls and pop them all at once.
 
 @item -fforward-propagate
 @opindex fforward-propagate
@@ -8284,18 +8283,16 @@ life-range analysis.  This option is effective only with
 
 @item -fno-branch-count-reg
 @opindex fno-branch-count-reg
-Avoid running a pass scanning for opportunities to use ``decrement and
-branch'' instructions on a count register instead of generating sequences
-of instructions that decrement a register, compare it against zero, and
+Disable the optimization pass that scans for opportunities to use 
+``decrement and branch'' instructions on a count register instead of
+instruction sequences that decrement a register, compare it against zero, and
 then branch based upon the result.  This option is only meaningful on
 architectures that support such instructions, which include x86, PowerPC,
 IA-64 and S/390.  Note that the @option{-fno-branch-count-reg} option
 doesn't remove the decrement and branch instructions from the generated
 instruction stream introduced by other optimization passes.
 
-Enabled by default at @option{-O1} and higher.
-
-The default is @option{-fbranch-count-reg}.
+The default is @option{-fbranch-count-reg} at @option{-O1} and higher.
 
 @item -fno-function-cse
 @opindex fno-function-cse
@@ -9684,9 +9681,10 @@ are not removed.  This option is intended to support existing code
 that relies on a particular ordering.  For new code, it is better to
 use attributes when possible.
 
-Enabled at level @option{-O0}.  When disabled explicitly, it also implies
-@option{-fno-section-anchors}, which is otherwise enabled at @option{-O0} on some
-targets.
+@option{-ftoplevel-reorder} is the default at @option{-O1} and higher, and
+also at @option{-O0} if @option{-fsection-anchors} is explicitly requested.
+Additionally @option{-fno-toplevel-reorder} implies
+@option{-fno-section-anchors}.
 
 @item -fweb
 @opindex fweb