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2@c This is part of the GCC manual.
3@c For copying conditions, see the file gcc.texi.
4
5@node Source Tree
6@chapter Source Tree Structure and Build System
7
8This chapter describes the structure of the GCC source tree, and how
9GCC is built. The user documentation for building and installing GCC
10is in a separate manual (@uref{https://gcc.gnu.org/install/}), with
11which it is presumed that you are familiar.
12
13@menu
14* Configure Terms:: Configuration terminology and history.
15* Top Level:: The top level source directory.
16* gcc Directory:: The @file{gcc} subdirectory.
17@end menu
18
19@include configterms.texi
20
21@node Top Level
22@section Top Level Source Directory
23
24The top level source directory in a GCC distribution contains several
25files and directories that are shared with other software
26distributions such as that of GNU Binutils. It also contains several
27subdirectories that contain parts of GCC and its runtime libraries:
28
29@table @file
30@item c++tools
31Contains the sources for the g++-mapper-server, a tool used with
32C++ modules.
33
34@item config
35Autoconf macros and Makefile fragments used throughout the tree.
36
37@item contrib
38Contributed scripts that may be found useful in conjunction with GCC@.
39One of these, @file{contrib/texi2pod.pl}, is used to generate man
40pages from Texinfo manuals as part of the GCC build process.
41
42@item fixincludes
43The support for fixing system headers to work with GCC@. See
44@file{fixincludes/README} for more information. The headers fixed by
45this mechanism are installed in @file{@var{libsubdir}/include-fixed}.
46Along with those headers, @file{README-fixinc} is also installed, as
47@file{@var{libsubdir}/include-fixed/README}.
48
49@item gcc
50The main sources of GCC itself (except for runtime libraries),
51including optimizers, support for different target architectures,
52language front ends, and testsuites. @xref{gcc Directory, , The
53@file{gcc} Subdirectory}, for details.
54
55@item gnattools
56Support tools for GNAT.
57
58@item gotools
59Support tools for Go.
60
61@item include
62Headers for the @code{libiberty} library.
63
64@item intl
65GNU @code{libintl}, from GNU @code{gettext}, for systems which do not
66include it in @code{libc}.
67
68@item libada
69The Ada runtime library.
70
71@item libatomic
72The runtime support library for atomic operations (e.g.@: for @code{__sync}
73and @code{__atomic}).
74
75@item libbacktrace
41c3d02f 76A library that allows GCC to produce backtraces when it crashes.
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78@item libcc1
41c3d02f 79A library that allows GDB to make use of the compiler.
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81@item libcody
82A compiler dynamism library to allow communication between compilers and
83build systems, for purposes such as C++ modules.
84
85@item libcpp
86The C preprocessor library.
87
88@item libdecnumber
89The Decimal Float support library.
90
91@item libffi
92The @code{libffi} library, used as part of the Go runtime library.
93
94@item libgcc
95The GCC runtime library.
96
97@item libgfortran
98The Fortran runtime library.
99
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101The Modula-2 runtime library.
102
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103@item libgo
104The Go runtime library. The bulk of this library is mirrored from the
105@uref{https://github.com/@/golang/go, master Go repository}.
106
107@item libgomp
108The GNU Offloading and Multi Processing Runtime Library.
109
110@item libiberty
111The @code{libiberty} library, used for portability and for some
112generally useful data structures and algorithms. @xref{Top, ,
113Introduction, libiberty, @sc{gnu} libiberty}, for more information
114about this library.
115
116@item libitm
117The runtime support library for transactional memory.
118
119@item libobjc
120The Objective-C and Objective-C++ runtime library.
121
122@item libphobos
123The D standard and runtime library. The bulk of this library is mirrored
124from the @uref{https://github.com/@/dlang, master D repositories}.
125
126@item libquadmath
127The runtime support library for quad-precision math operations.
128
129@item libsanitizer
130Libraries for various sanitizers. The bulk of this directory is mirrored
131from the @uref{https://github.com/google/sanitizers, Google sanitizers
132repositories}.
133
134@item libssp
135The Stack protector runtime library.
136
137@item libstdc++-v3
138The C++ runtime library.
139
140@item libvtv
141The vtable verification library.
142
143@item lto-plugin
144Plugin used by the linker if link-time optimizations are enabled.
145
146@item maintainer-scripts
147Scripts used by the @code{gccadmin} account on @code{gcc.gnu.org}.
148
149@item zlib
150The @code{zlib} compression library, used for compressing and
151uncompressing GCC's intermediate language in LTO object files.
152@end table
153
154The build system in the top level directory, including how recursion
155into subdirectories works and how building runtime libraries for
156multilibs is handled, is documented in a separate manual, included
157with GNU Binutils. @xref{Top, , GNU configure and build system,
158configure, The GNU configure and build system}, for details.
159
160@node gcc Directory
161@section The @file{gcc} Subdirectory
162
163The @file{gcc} directory contains many files that are part of the C
164sources of GCC, other files used as part of the configuration and
165build process, and subdirectories including documentation and a
166testsuite. The files that are sources of GCC are documented in a
167separate chapter. @xref{Passes, , Passes and Files of the Compiler}.
168
169@menu
170* Subdirectories:: Subdirectories of @file{gcc}.
171* Configuration:: The configuration process, and the files it uses.
172* Build:: The build system in the @file{gcc} directory.
173* Makefile:: Targets in @file{gcc/Makefile}.
174* Library Files:: Library source files and headers under @file{gcc/}.
175* Headers:: Headers installed by GCC.
176* Documentation:: Building documentation in GCC.
177* Front End:: Anatomy of a language front end.
178* Back End:: Anatomy of a target back end.
179@end menu
180
181@node Subdirectories
182@subsection Subdirectories of @file{gcc}
183
184The @file{gcc} directory contains the following subdirectories:
185
186@table @file
187@item @var{language}
188Subdirectories for various languages. Directories containing a file
189@file{config-lang.in} are language subdirectories. The contents of
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191(for Modula-2),
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193and @file{lto} (for LTO) are documented in this
194manual (@pxref{Passes, , Passes and Files of the Compiler});
195those for other languages are not. @xref{Front End, ,
196Anatomy of a Language Front End}, for details of the files in these
197directories.
198
199@item common
200Source files shared between the compiler drivers (such as
201@command{gcc}) and the compilers proper (such as @file{cc1}). If an
202architecture defines target hooks shared between those places, it also
203has a subdirectory in @file{common/config}. @xref{Target Structure}.
204
205@item config
206Configuration files for supported architectures and operating
207systems. @xref{Back End, , Anatomy of a Target Back End}, for
208details of the files in this directory.
209
210@item doc
211Texinfo documentation for GCC, together with automatically generated
212man pages and support for converting the installation manual to
213HTML@. @xref{Documentation}.
214
215@item ginclude
216System headers installed by GCC, mainly those required by the C
217standard of freestanding implementations. @xref{Headers, , Headers
218Installed by GCC}, for details of when these and other headers are
219installed.
220
221@item po
222Message catalogs with translations of messages produced by GCC into
223various languages, @file{@var{language}.po}. This directory also
224contains @file{gcc.pot}, the template for these message catalogues,
225@file{exgettext}, a wrapper around @command{gettext} to extract the
226messages from the GCC sources and create @file{gcc.pot}, which is run
227by @samp{make gcc.pot}, and @file{EXCLUDES}, a list of files from
228which messages should not be extracted.
229
230@item testsuite
231The GCC testsuites (except for those for runtime libraries).
232@xref{Testsuites}.
233@end table
234
235@node Configuration
236@subsection Configuration in the @file{gcc} Directory
237
238The @file{gcc} directory is configured with an Autoconf-generated
239script @file{configure}. The @file{configure} script is generated
240from @file{configure.ac} and @file{aclocal.m4}. From the files
241@file{configure.ac} and @file{acconfig.h}, Autoheader generates the
242file @file{config.in}. The file @file{cstamp-h.in} is used as a
243timestamp.
244
245@menu
246* Config Fragments:: Scripts used by @file{configure}.
247* System Config:: The @file{config.build}, @file{config.host}, and
248 @file{config.gcc} files.
249* Configuration Files:: Files created by running @file{configure}.
250@end menu
251
252@node Config Fragments
253@subsubsection Scripts Used by @file{configure}
254
255@file{configure} uses some other scripts to help in its work:
256
257@itemize @bullet
258@item The standard GNU @file{config.sub} and @file{config.guess}
259files, kept in the top level directory, are used.
260
261@item The file @file{config.gcc} is used to handle configuration
262specific to the particular target machine. The file
263@file{config.build} is used to handle configuration specific to the
264particular build machine. The file @file{config.host} is used to handle
265configuration specific to the particular host machine. (In general,
266these should only be used for features that cannot reasonably be tested in
267Autoconf feature tests.)
268@xref{System Config, , The @file{config.build}; @file{config.host};
269and @file{config.gcc} Files}, for details of the contents of these files.
270
271@item Each language subdirectory has a file
272@file{@var{language}/config-lang.in} that is used for
273front-end-specific configuration. @xref{Front End Config, , The Front
274End @file{config-lang.in} File}, for details of this file.
275
276@item A helper script @file{configure.frag} is used as part of
277creating the output of @file{configure}.
278@end itemize
279
280@node System Config
281@subsubsection The @file{config.build}; @file{config.host}; and @file{config.gcc} Files
282
283The @file{config.build} file contains specific rules for particular systems
284which GCC is built on. This should be used as rarely as possible, as the
285behavior of the build system can always be detected by autoconf.
286
287The @file{config.host} file contains specific rules for particular systems
288which GCC will run on. This is rarely needed.
289
290The @file{config.gcc} file contains specific rules for particular systems
291which GCC will generate code for. This is usually needed.
292
293Each file has a list of the shell variables it sets, with descriptions, at the
294top of the file.
295
296FIXME: document the contents of these files, and what variables should
297be set to control build, host and target configuration.
298
299@include configfiles.texi
300
301@node Build
302@subsection Build System in the @file{gcc} Directory
303
304FIXME: describe the build system, including what is built in what
305stages. Also list the various source files that are used in the build
306process but aren't source files of GCC itself and so aren't documented
307below (@pxref{Passes}).
308
309@include makefile.texi
310
311@node Library Files
312@subsection Library Source Files and Headers under the @file{gcc} Directory
313
314FIXME: list here, with explanation, all the C source files and headers
315under the @file{gcc} directory that aren't built into the GCC
316executable but rather are part of runtime libraries and object files,
317such as @file{crtstuff.c} and @file{unwind-dw2.c}. @xref{Headers, ,
318Headers Installed by GCC}, for more information about the
319@file{ginclude} directory.
320
321@node Headers
322@subsection Headers Installed by GCC
323
324In general, GCC expects the system C library to provide most of the
325headers to be used with it. However, GCC will fix those headers if
326necessary to make them work with GCC, and will install some headers
327required of freestanding implementations. These headers are installed
328in @file{@var{libsubdir}/include}. Headers for non-C runtime
329libraries are also installed by GCC; these are not documented here.
330(FIXME: document them somewhere.)
331
332Several of the headers GCC installs are in the @file{ginclude}
333directory. These headers, @file{iso646.h},
334@file{stdarg.h}, @file{stdbool.h}, and @file{stddef.h},
335are installed in @file{@var{libsubdir}/include},
336unless the target Makefile fragment (@pxref{Target Fragment})
337overrides this by setting @code{USER_H}.
338
339In addition to these headers and those generated by fixing system
340headers to work with GCC, some other headers may also be installed in
341@file{@var{libsubdir}/include}. @file{config.gcc} may set
342@code{extra_headers}; this specifies additional headers under
343@file{config} to be installed on some systems.
344
345GCC installs its own version of @code{<float.h>}, from @file{ginclude/float.h}.
346This is done to cope with command-line options that change the
347representation of floating point numbers.
348
349GCC also installs its own version of @code{<limits.h>}; this is generated
350from @file{glimits.h}, together with @file{limitx.h} and
351@file{limity.h} if the system also has its own version of
352@code{<limits.h>}. (GCC provides its own header because it is
353required of ISO C freestanding implementations, but needs to include
354the system header from its own header as well because other standards
355such as POSIX specify additional values to be defined in
356@code{<limits.h>}.) The system's @code{<limits.h>} header is used via
357@file{@var{libsubdir}/include/syslimits.h}, which is copied from
358@file{gsyslimits.h} if it does not need fixing to work with GCC; if it
359needs fixing, @file{syslimits.h} is the fixed copy.
360
361GCC can also install @code{<tgmath.h>}. It will do this when
362@file{config.gcc} sets @code{use_gcc_tgmath} to @code{yes}.
363
364@node Documentation
365@subsection Building Documentation
366
367The main GCC documentation is in the form of manuals in Texinfo
368format. These are installed in Info format; DVI versions may be
369generated by @samp{make dvi}, PDF versions by @samp{make pdf}, and
370HTML versions by @samp{make html}. In addition, some man pages are
371generated from the Texinfo manuals, there are some other text files
372with miscellaneous documentation, and runtime libraries have their own
373documentation outside the @file{gcc} directory. FIXME: document the
374documentation for runtime libraries somewhere.
375
376@menu
377* Texinfo Manuals:: GCC manuals in Texinfo format.
378* Man Page Generation:: Generating man pages from Texinfo manuals.
379* Miscellaneous Docs:: Miscellaneous text files with documentation.
380@end menu
381
382@node Texinfo Manuals
383@subsubsection Texinfo Manuals
384
385The manuals for GCC as a whole, and the C and C++ front ends, are in
386files @file{doc/*.texi}. Other front ends have their own manuals in
387files @file{@var{language}/*.texi}. Common files
388@file{doc/include/*.texi} are provided which may be included in
389multiple manuals; the following files are in @file{doc/include}:
390
391@table @file
392@item fdl.texi
393The GNU Free Documentation License.
394@item funding.texi
395The section ``Funding Free Software''.
396@item gcc-common.texi
397Common definitions for manuals.
398@item gpl_v3.texi
399The GNU General Public License.
400@item texinfo.tex
401A copy of @file{texinfo.tex} known to work with the GCC manuals.
402@end table
403
404DVI-formatted manuals are generated by @samp{make dvi}, which uses
405@command{texi2dvi} (via the Makefile macro @code{$(TEXI2DVI)}).
406PDF-formatted manuals are generated by @samp{make pdf}, which uses
407@command{texi2pdf} (via the Makefile macro @code{$(TEXI2PDF)}). HTML
408formatted manuals are generated by @samp{make html}. Info
409manuals are generated by @samp{make info} (which is run as part of
410a bootstrap); this generates the manuals in the source directory,
411using @command{makeinfo} via the Makefile macro @code{$(MAKEINFO)},
412and they are included in release distributions.
413
414Manuals are also provided on the GCC web site, in both HTML and
415PostScript forms. This is done via the script
416@file{maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs_git}. Each manual to be
417provided online must be listed in the definition of @code{MANUALS} in
418that file; a file @file{@var{name}.texi} must only appear once in the
419source tree, and the output manual must have the same name as the
420source file. (However, other Texinfo files, included in manuals but
421not themselves the root files of manuals, may have names that appear
422more than once in the source tree.) The manual file
423@file{@var{name}.texi} should only include other files in its own
424directory or in @file{doc/include}. HTML manuals will be generated by
425@samp{makeinfo --html}, PostScript manuals by @command{texi2dvi}
426and @command{dvips}, and PDF manuals by @command{texi2pdf}.
427All Texinfo files that are parts of manuals must
428be version-controlled, even if they are generated files, for the
429generation of online manuals to work.
430
431The installation manual, @file{doc/install.texi}, is also provided on
432the GCC web site. The HTML version is generated by the script
433@file{doc/install.texi2html}.
434
435@node Man Page Generation
436@subsubsection Man Page Generation
437
438Because of user demand, in addition to full Texinfo manuals, man pages
439are provided which contain extracts from those manuals. These man
440pages are generated from the Texinfo manuals using
441@file{contrib/texi2pod.pl} and @command{pod2man}. (The man page for
442@command{g++}, @file{cp/g++.1}, just contains a @samp{.so} reference
443to @file{gcc.1}, but all the other man pages are generated from
444Texinfo manuals.)
445
446Because many systems may not have the necessary tools installed to
447generate the man pages, they are only generated if the
448@file{configure} script detects that recent enough tools are
449installed, and the Makefiles allow generating man pages to fail
450without aborting the build. Man pages are also included in release
451distributions. They are generated in the source directory.
452
453Magic comments in Texinfo files starting @samp{@@c man} control what
454parts of a Texinfo file go into a man page. Only a subset of Texinfo
455is supported by @file{texi2pod.pl}, and it may be necessary to add
456support for more Texinfo features to this script when generating new
457man pages. To improve the man page output, some special Texinfo
458macros are provided in @file{doc/include/gcc-common.texi} which
459@file{texi2pod.pl} understands:
460
461@table @code
462@item @@gcctabopt
463Use in the form @samp{@@table @@gcctabopt} for tables of options,
464where for printed output the effect of @samp{@@code} is better than
465that of @samp{@@option} but for man page output a different effect is
466wanted.
467@item @@gccoptlist
468Use for summary lists of options in manuals.
469@item @@gol
470Use at the end of each line inside @samp{@@gccoptlist}. This is
471necessary to avoid problems with differences in how the
472@samp{@@gccoptlist} macro is handled by different Texinfo formatters.
473@end table
474
475FIXME: describe the @file{texi2pod.pl} input language and magic
476comments in more detail.
477
478@node Miscellaneous Docs
479@subsubsection Miscellaneous Documentation
480
481In addition to the formal documentation that is installed by GCC,
482there are several other text files in the @file{gcc} subdirectory
483with miscellaneous documentation:
484
485@table @file
486@item ABOUT-GCC-NLS
487Notes on GCC's Native Language Support. FIXME: this should be part of
488this manual rather than a separate file.
489@item ABOUT-NLS
490Notes on the Free Translation Project.
491@item COPYING
492@itemx COPYING3
493The GNU General Public License, Versions 2 and 3.
494@item COPYING.LIB
495@itemx COPYING3.LIB
496The GNU Lesser General Public License, Versions 2.1 and 3.
497@item *ChangeLog*
498@itemx */ChangeLog*
499Change log files for various parts of GCC@.
500@item LANGUAGES
501Details of a few changes to the GCC front-end interface. FIXME: the
502information in this file should be part of general documentation of
503the front-end interface in this manual.
504@item ONEWS
505Information about new features in old versions of GCC@. (For recent
506versions, the information is on the GCC web site.)
507@item README.Portability
508Information about portability issues when writing code in GCC@. FIXME:
509why isn't this part of this manual or of the GCC Coding Conventions?
510@end table
511
512FIXME: document such files in subdirectories, at least @file{config},
513@file{c}, @file{cp}, @file{objc}, @file{testsuite}.
514
515@node Front End
516@subsection Anatomy of a Language Front End
517
518A front end for a language in GCC has the following parts:
519
520@itemize @bullet
521@item
522A directory @file{@var{language}} under @file{gcc} containing source
523files for that front end. @xref{Front End Directory, , The Front End
524@file{@var{language}} Directory}, for details.
525@item
526A mention of the language in the list of supported languages in
527@file{gcc/doc/install.texi}.
528@item
529A mention of the name under which the language's runtime library is
530recognized by @option{--enable-shared=@var{package}} in the
531documentation of that option in @file{gcc/doc/install.texi}.
532@item
533A mention of any special prerequisites for building the front end in
534the documentation of prerequisites in @file{gcc/doc/install.texi}.
535@item
536Details of contributors to that front end in
537@file{gcc/doc/contrib.texi}. If the details are in that front end's
538own manual then there should be a link to that manual's list in
539@file{contrib.texi}.
540@item
541Information about support for that language in
542@file{gcc/doc/frontends.texi}.
543@item
544Information about standards for that language, and the front end's
545support for them, in @file{gcc/doc/standards.texi}. This may be a
546link to such information in the front end's own manual.
547@item
548Details of source file suffixes for that language and @option{-x
549@var{lang}} options supported, in @file{gcc/doc/invoke.texi}.
550@item
551Entries in @code{default_compilers} in @file{gcc.cc} for source file
552suffixes for that language.
553@item
554Preferably testsuites, which may be under @file{gcc/testsuite} or
555runtime library directories. FIXME: document somewhere how to write
556testsuite harnesses.
557@item
558Probably a runtime library for the language, outside the @file{gcc}
559directory. FIXME: document this further.
560@item
561Details of the directories of any runtime libraries in
562@file{gcc/doc/sourcebuild.texi}.
563@item
564Check targets in @file{Makefile.def} for the top-level @file{Makefile}
565to check just the compiler or the compiler and runtime library for the
566language.
567@end itemize
568
569If the front end is added to the official GCC source repository, the
570following are also necessary:
571
572@itemize @bullet
573@item
574At least one Bugzilla component for bugs in that front end and runtime
575libraries. This category needs to be added to the Bugzilla database.
576@item
577Normally, one or more maintainers of that front end listed in
578@file{MAINTAINERS}.
579@item
580Mentions on the GCC web site in @file{index.html} and
581@file{frontends.html}, with any relevant links on
582@file{readings.html}. (Front ends that are not an official part of
583GCC may also be listed on @file{frontends.html}, with relevant links.)
584@item
585A news item on @file{index.html}, and possibly an announcement on the
586@email{gcc-announce@@gcc.gnu.org} mailing list.
587@item
588The front end's manuals should be mentioned in
589@file{maintainer-scripts/update_web_docs_git} (@pxref{Texinfo Manuals})
590and the online manuals should be linked to from
591@file{onlinedocs/index.html}.
592@item
593Any old releases or CVS repositories of the front end, before its
594inclusion in GCC, should be made available on the GCC web site at
595@uref{https://gcc.gnu.org/pub/gcc/old-releases/}.
596@item
597The release and snapshot script @file{maintainer-scripts/gcc_release}
598should be updated to generate appropriate tarballs for this front end.
599@item
600If this front end includes its own version files that include the
601current date, @file{maintainer-scripts/update_version} should be
602updated accordingly.
603@end itemize
604
605@menu
606* Front End Directory:: The front end @file{@var{language}} directory.
607* Front End Config:: The front end @file{config-lang.in} file.
608* Front End Makefile:: The front end @file{Make-lang.in} file.
609@end menu
610
611@node Front End Directory
612@subsubsection The Front End @file{@var{language}} Directory
613
614A front end @file{@var{language}} directory contains the source files
615of that front end (but not of any runtime libraries, which should be
616outside the @file{gcc} directory). This includes documentation, and
617possibly some subsidiary programs built alongside the front end.
618Certain files are special and other parts of the compiler depend on
619their names:
620
621@table @file
622@item config-lang.in
623This file is required in all language subdirectories. @xref{Front End
624Config, , The Front End @file{config-lang.in} File}, for details of
625its contents
626@item Make-lang.in
627This file is required in all language subdirectories. @xref{Front End
628Makefile, , The Front End @file{Make-lang.in} File}, for details of its
629contents.
630@item lang.opt
631This file registers the set of switches that the front end accepts on
632the command line, and their @option{--help} text. @xref{Options}.
633@item lang-specs.h
634This file provides entries for @code{default_compilers} in
635@file{gcc.cc} which override the default of giving an error that a
636compiler for that language is not installed.
637@item @var{language}-tree.def
638This file, which need not exist, defines any language-specific tree
639codes.
640@end table
641
642@node Front End Config
643@subsubsection The Front End @file{config-lang.in} File
644
645Each language subdirectory contains a @file{config-lang.in} file.
646This file is a shell script that may define some variables describing
647the language:
648
649@table @code
650@item language
651This definition must be present, and gives the name of the language
652for some purposes such as arguments to @option{--enable-languages}.
653@item lang_requires
654If defined, this variable lists (space-separated) language front ends
655other than C that this front end requires to be enabled (with the
656names given being their @code{language} settings). For example, the
657Obj-C++ front end depends on the C++ and ObjC front ends, so sets
658@samp{lang_requires="objc c++"}.
659@item subdir_requires
660If defined, this variable lists (space-separated) front end directories
661other than C that this front end requires to be present. For example,
662the Objective-C++ front end uses source files from the C++ and
663Objective-C front ends, so sets @samp{subdir_requires="cp objc"}.
664@item target_libs
665If defined, this variable lists (space-separated) targets in the top
666level @file{Makefile} to build the runtime libraries for this
667language, such as @code{target-libobjc}.
668@item lang_dirs
669If defined, this variable lists (space-separated) top level
670directories (parallel to @file{gcc}), apart from the runtime libraries,
671that should not be configured if this front end is not built.
672@item build_by_default
673If defined to @samp{no}, this language front end is not built unless
674enabled in a @option{--enable-languages} argument. Otherwise, front
675ends are built by default, subject to any special logic in
676@file{configure.ac} (as is present to disable the Ada front end if the
677Ada compiler is not already installed).
678@item boot_language
679If defined to @samp{yes}, this front end is built in stage1 of the
680bootstrap. This is only relevant to front ends written in their own
681languages.
682@item compilers
683If defined, a space-separated list of compiler executables that will
684be run by the driver. The names here will each end
685with @samp{\$(exeext)}.
686@item outputs
687If defined, a space-separated list of files that should be generated
688by @file{configure} substituting values in them. This mechanism can
689be used to create a file @file{@var{language}/Makefile} from
690@file{@var{language}/Makefile.in}, but this is deprecated, building
691everything from the single @file{gcc/Makefile} is preferred.
692@item gtfiles
693If defined, a space-separated list of files that should be scanned by
694@file{gengtype.cc} to generate the garbage collection tables and routines for
695this language. This excludes the files that are common to all front
696ends. @xref{Type Information}.
697
698@end table
699
700@node Front End Makefile
701@subsubsection The Front End @file{Make-lang.in} File
702
703Each language subdirectory contains a @file{Make-lang.in} file. It contains
704targets @code{@var{lang}.@var{hook}} (where @code{@var{lang}} is the
705setting of @code{language} in @file{config-lang.in}) for the following
706values of @code{@var{hook}}, and any other Makefile rules required to
707build those targets (which may if necessary use other Makefiles
708specified in @code{outputs} in @file{config-lang.in}, although this is
709deprecated). It also adds any testsuite targets that can use the
710standard rule in @file{gcc/Makefile.in} to the variable
711@code{lang_checks}.
712
713@table @code
714@item all.cross
715@itemx start.encap
716@itemx rest.encap
717FIXME: exactly what goes in each of these targets?
718@item tags
719Build an @command{etags} @file{TAGS} file in the language subdirectory
720in the source tree.
721@item info
722Build info documentation for the front end, in the build directory.
723This target is only called by @samp{make bootstrap} if a suitable
724version of @command{makeinfo} is available, so does not need to check
725for this, and should fail if an error occurs.
726@item dvi
727Build DVI documentation for the front end, in the build directory.
728This should be done using @code{$(TEXI2DVI)}, with appropriate
729@option{-I} arguments pointing to directories of included files.
730@item pdf
731Build PDF documentation for the front end, in the build directory.
732This should be done using @code{$(TEXI2PDF)}, with appropriate
733@option{-I} arguments pointing to directories of included files.
734@item html
735Build HTML documentation for the front end, in the build directory.
736@item man
737Build generated man pages for the front end from Texinfo manuals
738(@pxref{Man Page Generation}), in the build directory. This target
739is only called if the necessary tools are available, but should ignore
740errors so as not to stop the build if errors occur; man pages are
741optional and the tools involved may be installed in a broken way.
742@item install-common
743Install everything that is part of the front end, apart from the
744compiler executables listed in @code{compilers} in
745@file{config-lang.in}.
746@item install-info
747Install info documentation for the front end, if it is present in the
748source directory. This target should have dependencies on info files
749that should be installed.
750@item install-man
751Install man pages for the front end. This target should ignore
752errors.
753@item install-plugin
754Install headers needed for plugins.
755@item srcextra
756Copies its dependencies into the source directory. This generally should
757be used for generated files such as Bison output files which are not
758version-controlled, but should be included in any release tarballs. This
759target will be executed during a bootstrap if
760@samp{--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir} was specified as a
761@file{configure} option.
762@item srcinfo
763@itemx srcman
764Copies its dependencies into the source directory. These targets will be
765executed during a bootstrap if @samp{--enable-generated-files-in-srcdir}
766was specified as a @file{configure} option.
767@item uninstall
768Uninstall files installed by installing the compiler. This is
769currently documented not to be supported, so the hook need not do
770anything.
771@item mostlyclean
772@itemx clean
773@itemx distclean
774@itemx maintainer-clean
775The language parts of the standard GNU
776@samp{*clean} targets. @xref{Standard Targets, , Standard Targets for
777Users, standards, GNU Coding Standards}, for details of the standard
778targets. For GCC, @code{maintainer-clean} should delete
779all generated files in the source directory that are not version-controlled,
780but should not delete anything that is.
781@end table
782
783@file{Make-lang.in} must also define a variable @code{@var{lang}_OBJS}
784to a list of host object files that are used by that language.
785
786@node Back End
787@subsection Anatomy of a Target Back End
788
789A back end for a target architecture in GCC has the following parts:
790
791@itemize @bullet
792@item
793A directory @file{@var{machine}} under @file{gcc/config}, containing a
794machine description @file{@var{machine}.md} file (@pxref{Machine Desc,
795, Machine Descriptions}), header files @file{@var{machine}.h} and
796@file{@var{machine}-protos.h} and a source file @file{@var{machine}.c}
797(@pxref{Target Macros, , Target Description Macros and Functions}),
798possibly a target Makefile fragment @file{t-@var{machine}}
799(@pxref{Target Fragment, , The Target Makefile Fragment}), and maybe
800some other files. The names of these files may be changed from the
801defaults given by explicit specifications in @file{config.gcc}.
802@item
803If necessary, a file @file{@var{machine}-modes.def} in the
804@file{@var{machine}} directory, containing additional machine modes to
805represent condition codes. @xref{Condition Code}, for further details.
806@item
807An optional @file{@var{machine}.opt} file in the @file{@var{machine}}
808directory, containing a list of target-specific options. You can also
809add other option files using the @code{extra_options} variable in
810@file{config.gcc}. @xref{Options}.
811@item
812Entries in @file{config.gcc} (@pxref{System Config, , The
813@file{config.gcc} File}) for the systems with this target
814architecture.
815@item
816Documentation in @file{gcc/doc/invoke.texi} for any command-line
817options supported by this target (@pxref{Run-time Target, , Run-time
818Target Specification}). This means both entries in the summary table
819of options and details of the individual options.
820@item
821Documentation in @file{gcc/doc/extend.texi} for any target-specific
822attributes supported (@pxref{Target Attributes, , Defining
823target-specific uses of @code{__attribute__}}), including where the
824same attribute is already supported on some targets, which are
825enumerated in the manual.
826@item
827Documentation in @file{gcc/doc/extend.texi} for any target-specific
828pragmas supported.
829@item
830Documentation in @file{gcc/doc/extend.texi} of any target-specific
831built-in functions supported.
832@item
833Documentation in @file{gcc/doc/extend.texi} of any target-specific
834format checking styles supported.
835@item
836Documentation in @file{gcc/doc/md.texi} of any target-specific
837constraint letters (@pxref{Machine Constraints, , Constraints for
838Particular Machines}).
839@item
840A note in @file{gcc/doc/contrib.texi} under the person or people who
841contributed the target support.
842@item
843Entries in @file{gcc/doc/install.texi} for all target triplets
844supported with this target architecture, giving details of any special
845notes about installation for this target, or saying that there are no
846special notes if there are none.
847@item
848Possibly other support outside the @file{gcc} directory for runtime
849libraries. FIXME: reference docs for this. The @code{libstdc++} porting
850manual needs to be installed as info for this to work, or to be a
851chapter of this manual.
852@end itemize
853
854The @file{@var{machine}.h} header is included very early in GCC's
855standard sequence of header files, while @file{@var{machine}-protos.h}
856is included late in the sequence. Thus @file{@var{machine}-protos.h}
857can include declarations referencing types that are not defined when
858@file{@var{machine}.h} is included, specifically including those from
859@file{rtl.h} and @file{tree.h}. Since both RTL and tree types may not
860be available in every context where @file{@var{machine}-protos.h} is
861included, in this file you should guard declarations using these types
862inside appropriate @code{#ifdef RTX_CODE} or @code{#ifdef TREE_CODE}
863conditional code segments.
864
865If the backend uses shared data structures that require @code{GTY} markers
866for garbage collection (@pxref{Type Information}), you must declare those
867in @file{@var{machine}.h} rather than @file{@var{machine}-protos.h}.
868Any definitions required for building libgcc must also go in
869@file{@var{machine}.h}.
870
871GCC uses the macro @code{IN_TARGET_CODE} to distinguish between
872machine-specific @file{.c} and @file{.cc} files and
873machine-independent @file{.c} and @file{.cc} files. Machine-specific
874files should use the directive:
875
876@example
877#define IN_TARGET_CODE 1
878@end example
879
880before including @code{config.h}.
881
882If the back end is added to the official GCC source repository, the
883following are also necessary:
884
885@itemize @bullet
886@item
887An entry for the target architecture in @file{readings.html} on the
888GCC web site, with any relevant links.
889@item
890Details of the properties of the back end and target architecture in
891@file{backends.html} on the GCC web site.
892@item
893A news item about the contribution of support for that target
894architecture, in @file{index.html} on the GCC web site.
895@item
896Normally, one or more maintainers of that target listed in
897@file{MAINTAINERS}. Some existing architectures may be unmaintained,
898but it would be unusual to add support for a target that does not have
899a maintainer when support is added.
900@item
901Target triplets covering all @file{config.gcc} stanzas for the target,
902in the list in @file{contrib/config-list.mk}.
903@end itemize
904
905@node Testsuites
906@chapter Testsuites
907
908GCC contains several testsuites to help maintain compiler quality.
909Most of the runtime libraries and language front ends in GCC have
910testsuites. Currently only the C language testsuites are documented
911here; FIXME: document the others.
912
913@menu
914* Test Idioms:: Idioms used in testsuite code.
915* Test Directives:: Directives used within DejaGnu tests.
916* Ada Tests:: The Ada language testsuites.
917* C Tests:: The C language testsuites.
918* LTO Testing:: Support for testing link-time optimizations.
919* gcov Testing:: Support for testing gcov.
920* profopt Testing:: Support for testing profile-directed optimizations.
921* compat Testing:: Support for testing binary compatibility.
922* Torture Tests:: Support for torture testing using multiple options.
923* GIMPLE Tests:: Support for testing GIMPLE passes.
924* RTL Tests:: Support for testing RTL passes.
925@end menu
926
927@node Test Idioms
928@section Idioms Used in Testsuite Code
929
930In general, C testcases have a trailing @file{-@var{n}.c}, starting
931with @file{-1.c}, in case other testcases with similar names are added
932later. If the test is a test of some well-defined feature, it should
933have a name referring to that feature such as
934@file{@var{feature}-1.c}. If it does not test a well-defined feature
935but just happens to exercise a bug somewhere in the compiler, and a
936bug report has been filed for this bug in the GCC bug database,
937@file{pr@var{bug-number}-1.c} is the appropriate form of name.
938Otherwise (for miscellaneous bugs not filed in the GCC bug database),
939and previously more generally, test cases are named after the date on
940which they were added. This allows people to tell at a glance whether
941a test failure is because of a recently found bug that has not yet
942been fixed, or whether it may be a regression, but does not give any
943other information about the bug or where discussion of it may be
944found. Some other language testsuites follow similar conventions.
945
946In the @file{gcc.dg} testsuite, it is often necessary to test that an
947error is indeed a hard error and not just a warning---for example,
948where it is a constraint violation in the C standard, which must
949become an error with @option{-pedantic-errors}. The following idiom,
950where the first line shown is line @var{line} of the file and the line
951that generates the error, is used for this:
952
953@smallexample
954/* @{ dg-bogus "warning" "warning in place of error" @} */
955/* @{ dg-error "@var{regexp}" "@var{message}" @{ target *-*-* @} @var{line} @} */
956@end smallexample
957
958It may be necessary to check that an expression is an integer constant
959expression and has a certain value. To check that @code{@var{E}} has
960value @code{@var{V}}, an idiom similar to the following is used:
961
962@smallexample
963char x[((E) == (V) ? 1 : -1)];
964@end smallexample
965
966In @file{gcc.dg} tests, @code{__typeof__} is sometimes used to make
967assertions about the types of expressions. See, for example,
968@file{gcc.dg/c99-condexpr-1.c}. The more subtle uses depend on the
969exact rules for the types of conditional expressions in the C
970standard; see, for example, @file{gcc.dg/c99-intconst-1.c}.
971
972It is useful to be able to test that optimizations are being made
973properly. This cannot be done in all cases, but it can be done where
974the optimization will lead to code being optimized away (for example,
975where flow analysis or alias analysis should show that certain code
976cannot be called) or to functions not being called because they have
977been expanded as built-in functions. Such tests go in
978@file{gcc.c-torture/execute}. Where code should be optimized away, a
979call to a nonexistent function such as @code{link_failure ()} may be
980inserted; a definition
981
982@smallexample
983#ifndef __OPTIMIZE__
984void
985link_failure (void)
986@{
987 abort ();
988@}
989#endif
990@end smallexample
991
992@noindent
993will also be needed so that linking still succeeds when the test is
994run without optimization. When all calls to a built-in function
995should have been optimized and no calls to the non-built-in version of
996the function should remain, that function may be defined as
997@code{static} to call @code{abort ()} (although redeclaring a function
998as static may not work on all targets).
999
1000All testcases must be portable. Target-specific testcases must have
1001appropriate code to avoid causing failures on unsupported systems;
1002unfortunately, the mechanisms for this differ by directory.
1003
1004FIXME: discuss non-C testsuites here.
1005
1006@node Test Directives
1007@section Directives used within DejaGnu tests
1008
1009@menu
1010* Directives:: Syntax and descriptions of test directives.
1011* Selectors:: Selecting targets to which a test applies.
1012* Effective-Target Keywords:: Keywords describing target attributes.
1013* Add Options:: Features for @code{dg-add-options}
1014* Require Support:: Variants of @code{dg-require-@var{support}}
1015* Final Actions:: Commands for use in @code{dg-final}
1016@end menu
1017
1018@node Directives
1019@subsection Syntax and Descriptions of test directives
1020
1021Test directives appear within comments in a test source file and begin
1022with @code{dg-}. Some of these are defined within DejaGnu and others
1023are local to the GCC testsuite.
1024
1025The order in which test directives appear in a test can be important:
1026directives local to GCC sometimes override information used by the
1027DejaGnu directives, which know nothing about the GCC directives, so the
1028DejaGnu directives must precede GCC directives.
1029
1030Several test directives include selectors (@pxref{Selectors, , })
1031which are usually preceded by the keyword @code{target} or @code{xfail}.
1032
1033@subsubsection Specify how to build the test
1034
1035@table @code
1036@item @{ dg-do @var{do-what-keyword} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}] @}
1037@var{do-what-keyword} specifies how the test is compiled and whether
1038it is executed. It is one of:
1039
1040@table @code
1041@item preprocess
1042Compile with @option{-E} to run only the preprocessor.
1043@item compile
1044Compile with @option{-S} to produce an assembly code file.
1045@item assemble
1046Compile with @option{-c} to produce a relocatable object file.
1047@item link
1048Compile, assemble, and link to produce an executable file.
1049@item run
1050Produce and run an executable file, which is expected to return
1051an exit code of 0.
1052@end table
1053
1054The default is @code{compile}. That can be overridden for a set of
1055tests by redefining @code{dg-do-what-default} within the @code{.exp}
1056file for those tests.
1057
1058If the directive includes the optional @samp{@{ target @var{selector} @}}
1059then the test is skipped unless the target system matches the
1060@var{selector}.
1061
1062If @var{do-what-keyword} is @code{run} and the directive includes
1063the optional @samp{@{ xfail @var{selector} @}} and the selector is met
1064then the test is expected to fail. The @code{xfail} clause is ignored
1065for other values of @var{do-what-keyword}; those tests can use
1066directive @code{dg-xfail-if}.
1067@end table
1068
1069@subsubsection Specify additional compiler options
1070
1071@table @code
1072@item @{ dg-options @var{options} [@{ target @var{selector} @}] @}
1073This DejaGnu directive provides a list of compiler options, to be used
1074if the target system matches @var{selector}, that replace the default
1075options used for this set of tests.
1076
1077@item @{ dg-add-options @var{feature} @dots{} @}
1078Add any compiler options that are needed to access certain features.
1079This directive does nothing on targets that enable the features by
1080default, or that don't provide them at all. It must come after
1081all @code{dg-options} directives.
1082For supported values of @var{feature} see @ref{Add Options, ,}.
1083
1084@item @{ dg-additional-options @var{options} [@{ target @var{selector} @}] @}
1085This directive provides a list of compiler options, to be used
1086if the target system matches @var{selector}, that are added to the default
1087options used for this set of tests.
1088@end table
1089
1090@subsubsection Modify the test timeout value
1091
1092The normal timeout limit, in seconds, is found by searching the
1093following in order:
1094
1095@itemize @bullet
1096@item the value defined by an earlier @code{dg-timeout} directive in
1097the test
1098
1099@item variable @var{tool_timeout} defined by the set of tests
1100
1101@item @var{gcc},@var{timeout} set in the target board
1102
1103@item 300
1104@end itemize
1105
1106@table @code
1107@item @{ dg-timeout @var{n} [@{target @var{selector} @}] @}
1108Set the time limit for the compilation and for the execution of the test
1109to the specified number of seconds.
1110
1111@item @{ dg-timeout-factor @var{x} [@{ target @var{selector} @}] @}
1112Multiply the normal time limit for compilation and execution of the test
1113by the specified floating-point factor.
1114@end table
1115
1116@subsubsection Skip a test for some targets
1117
1118@table @code
1119@item @{ dg-skip-if @var{comment} @{ @var{selector} @} [@{ @var{include-opts} @} [@{ @var{exclude-opts} @}]] @}
1120Arguments @var{include-opts} and @var{exclude-opts} are lists in which
1121each element is a string of zero or more GCC options.
1122Skip the test if all of the following conditions are met:
1123@itemize @bullet
1124@item the test system is included in @var{selector}
1125
1126@item for at least one of the option strings in @var{include-opts},
1127every option from that string is in the set of options with which
1128the test would be compiled; use @samp{"*"} for an @var{include-opts} list
1129that matches any options; that is the default if @var{include-opts} is
1130not specified
1131
1132@item for each of the option strings in @var{exclude-opts}, at least one
1133option from that string is not in the set of options with which the test
1134would be compiled; use @samp{""} for an empty @var{exclude-opts} list;
1135that is the default if @var{exclude-opts} is not specified
1136@end itemize
1137
1138For example, to skip a test if option @code{-Os} is present:
1139
1140@smallexample
1141/* @{ dg-skip-if "" @{ *-*-* @} @{ "-Os" @} @{ "" @} @} */
1142@end smallexample
1143
1144To skip a test if both options @code{-O2} and @code{-g} are present:
1145
1146@smallexample
1147/* @{ dg-skip-if "" @{ *-*-* @} @{ "-O2 -g" @} @{ "" @} @} */
1148@end smallexample
1149
1150To skip a test if either @code{-O2} or @code{-O3} is present:
1151
1152@smallexample
1153/* @{ dg-skip-if "" @{ *-*-* @} @{ "-O2" "-O3" @} @{ "" @} @} */
1154@end smallexample
1155
1156To skip a test unless option @code{-Os} is present:
1157
1158@smallexample
1159/* @{ dg-skip-if "" @{ *-*-* @} @{ "*" @} @{ "-Os" @} @} */
1160@end smallexample
1161
1162To skip a test if either @code{-O2} or @code{-O3} is used with @code{-g}
1163but not if @code{-fpic} is also present:
1164
1165@smallexample
1166/* @{ dg-skip-if "" @{ *-*-* @} @{ "-O2 -g" "-O3 -g" @} @{ "-fpic" @} @} */
1167@end smallexample
1168
1169@item @{ dg-require-effective-target @var{keyword} [@{ target @var{selector} @}] @}
1170Skip the test if the test target, including current multilib flags,
1171is not covered by the effective-target keyword.
1172If the directive includes the optional @samp{@{ @var{selector} @}}
1173then the effective-target test is only performed if the target system
1174matches the @var{selector}.
1175This directive must appear after any @code{dg-do} directive in the test
1176and before any @code{dg-additional-sources} directive.
1177@xref{Effective-Target Keywords, , }.
1178
1179@item @{ dg-require-@var{support} args @}
1180Skip the test if the target does not provide the required support.
1181These directives must appear after any @code{dg-do} directive in the test
1182and before any @code{dg-additional-sources} directive.
1183They require at least one argument, which can be an empty string if the
1184specific procedure does not examine the argument.
1185@xref{Require Support, , }, for a complete list of these directives.
1186@end table
1187
1188@subsubsection Expect a test to fail for some targets
1189
1190@table @code
1191@item @{ dg-xfail-if @var{comment} @{ @var{selector} @} [@{ @var{include-opts} @} [@{ @var{exclude-opts} @}]] @}
1192Expect the test to fail if the conditions (which are the same as for
1193@code{dg-skip-if}) are met. This does not affect the execute step.
1194
1195@item @{ dg-xfail-run-if @var{comment} @{ @var{selector} @} [@{ @var{include-opts} @} [@{ @var{exclude-opts} @}]] @}
1196Expect the execute step of a test to fail if the conditions (which are
1197the same as for @code{dg-skip-if}) are met.
1198@end table
1199
1200@subsubsection Expect the compiler to crash
1201
1202@table @code
1203@item @{ dg-ice @var{comment} [@{ @var{selector} @} [@{ @var{include-opts} @} [@{ @var{exclude-opts} @}]]] @}
1204Expect the compiler to crash with an internal compiler error and return
1205a nonzero exit status if the conditions (which are the same as for
1206@code{dg-skip-if}) are met. Used for tests that test bugs that have not been
1207fixed yet.
1208@end table
1209
1210@subsubsection Expect the test executable to fail
1211
1212@table @code
1213@item @{ dg-shouldfail @var{comment} [@{ @var{selector} @} [@{ @var{include-opts} @} [@{ @var{exclude-opts} @}]]] @}
1214Expect the test executable to return a nonzero exit status if the
1215conditions (which are the same as for @code{dg-skip-if}) are met.
1216@end table
1217
1218@subsubsection Verify compiler messages
1219Where @var{line} is an accepted argument for these commands, a value of @samp{0}
1220can be used if there is no line associated with the message.
1221
1222@table @code
1223@item @{ dg-error @var{regexp} [@var{comment} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @} [@var{line}] ]] @}
1224This DejaGnu directive appears on a source line that is expected to get
1225an error message, or else specifies the source line associated with the
1226message. If there is no message for that line or if the text of that
1227message is not matched by @var{regexp} then the check fails and
1228@var{comment} is included in the @code{FAIL} message. The check does
1229not look for the string @samp{error} unless it is part of @var{regexp}.
1230
1231@item @{ dg-warning @var{regexp} [@var{comment} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @} [@var{line}] ]] @}
1232This DejaGnu directive appears on a source line that is expected to get
1233a warning message, or else specifies the source line associated with the
1234message. If there is no message for that line or if the text of that
1235message is not matched by @var{regexp} then the check fails and
1236@var{comment} is included in the @code{FAIL} message. The check does
1237not look for the string @samp{warning} unless it is part of @var{regexp}.
1238
1239@item @{ dg-message @var{regexp} [@var{comment} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @} [@var{line}] ]] @}
1240The line is expected to get a message other than an error or warning.
1241If there is no message for that line or if the text of that message is
1242not matched by @var{regexp} then the check fails and @var{comment} is
1243included in the @code{FAIL} message.
1244
1245@item @{ dg-note @var{regexp} [@var{comment} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @} [@var{line}] ]] @}
1246The line is expected to get a @samp{note} message.
1247If there is no message for that line or if the text of that message is
1248not matched by @var{regexp} then the check fails and @var{comment} is
1249included in the @code{FAIL} message.
1250
1251By default, any @emph{excess} @samp{note} messages are pruned, meaning
1252their appearance doesn't trigger @emph{excess errors}.
1253However, if @samp{dg-note} is used at least once in a testcase,
1254they're not pruned and instead must @emph{all} be handled explicitly.
1255Thus, if looking for just single instances of messages with
1256@samp{note: } prefixes without caring for all of them, use
1257@samp{dg-message "note: [@dots{}]"} instead of @samp{dg-note}, or use
1258@samp{dg-note} together with @samp{dg-prune-output "note: "}.
1259
1260@item @{ dg-bogus @var{regexp} [@var{comment} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @} [@var{line}] ]] @}
1261This DejaGnu directive appears on a source line that should not get a
1262message matching @var{regexp}, or else specifies the source line
1263associated with the bogus message. It is usually used with @samp{xfail}
1264to indicate that the message is a known problem for a particular set of
1265targets.
1266
1267@item @{ dg-line @var{linenumvar} @}
1268This DejaGnu directive sets the variable @var{linenumvar} to the line number of
1269the source line. The variable @var{linenumvar} can then be used in subsequent
1270@code{dg-error}, @code{dg-warning}, @code{dg-message}, @code{dg-note}
1271and @code{dg-bogus}
1272directives. For example:
1273
1274@smallexample
1275int a; /* @{ dg-line first_def_a @} */
1276float a; /* @{ dg-error "conflicting types of" @} */
1277/* @{ dg-message "previous declaration of" "" @{ target *-*-* @} first_def_a @} */
1278@end smallexample
1279
1280@item @{ dg-excess-errors @var{comment} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}] @}
1281This DejaGnu directive indicates that the test is expected to fail due
1282to compiler messages that are not handled by @samp{dg-error},
1283@samp{dg-warning}, @code{dg-message}, @samp{dg-note} or
1284@samp{dg-bogus}.
1285For this directive @samp{xfail}
1286has the same effect as @samp{target}.
1287
1288@item @{ dg-prune-output @var{regexp} @}
1289Prune messages matching @var{regexp} from the test output.
1290@end table
1291
1292@subsubsection Verify output of the test executable
1293
1294@table @code
1295@item @{ dg-output @var{regexp} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}] @}
1296This DejaGnu directive compares @var{regexp} to the combined output
1297that the test executable writes to @file{stdout} and @file{stderr}.
1298@end table
1299
1300@subsubsection Specify environment variables for a test
1301
1302@table @code
1303@item @{ dg-set-compiler-env-var @var{var_name} "@var{var_value}" @}
1304Specify that the environment variable @var{var_name} needs to be set
1305to @var{var_value} before invoking the compiler on the test file.
1306
1307@item @{ dg-set-target-env-var @var{var_name} "@var{var_value}" @}
1308Specify that the environment variable @var{var_name} needs to be set
1309to @var{var_value} before execution of the program created by the test.
1310@end table
1311
1312@subsubsection Specify additional files for a test
1313
1314@table @code
1315@item @{ dg-additional-files "@var{filelist}" @}
1316Specify additional files, other than source files, that must be copied
1317to the system where the compiler runs.
1318
1319@item @{ dg-additional-sources "@var{filelist}" @}
1320Specify additional source files to appear in the compile line
1321following the main test file.
1322@end table
1323
1324@subsubsection Add checks at the end of a test
1325
1326@table @code
1327@item @{ dg-final @{ @var{local-directive} @} @}
1328This DejaGnu directive is placed within a comment anywhere in the
1329source file and is processed after the test has been compiled and run.
1330Multiple @samp{dg-final} commands are processed in the order in which
1331they appear in the source file. @xref{Final Actions, , }, for a list
1332of directives that can be used within @code{dg-final}.
1333@end table
1334
1335@node Selectors
1336@subsection Selecting targets to which a test applies
1337
1338Several test directives include @var{selector}s to limit the targets
1339for which a test is run or to declare that a test is expected to fail
1340on particular targets.
1341
1342A selector is:
1343@itemize @bullet
1344@item one or more target triplets, possibly including wildcard characters;
1345use @samp{*-*-*} to match any target
1346@item a single effective-target keyword (@pxref{Effective-Target Keywords})
1347@item a list of compiler options that should be included or excluded
1348(as described in more detail below)
1349@item a logical expression
1350@end itemize
1351
1352Depending on the context, the selector specifies whether a test is
1353skipped and reported as unsupported or is expected to fail. A context
1354that allows either @samp{target} or @samp{xfail} also allows
1355@samp{@{ target @var{selector1} xfail @var{selector2} @}}
1356to skip the test for targets that don't match @var{selector1} and the
1357test to fail for targets that match @var{selector2}.
1358
1359A selector expression appears within curly braces and uses a single
1360logical operator: one of @samp{!}, @samp{&&}, or @samp{||}. An
1361operand is one of the following:
1362
1363@itemize @bullet
1364@item
1365another selector expression, in curly braces
1366
1367@item
1368an effective-target keyword, such as @code{lp64}
1369
1370@item
1371a single target triplet
1372
1373@item
1374a list of target triplets within quotes or curly braces
1375
1376@item
1377one of the following:
1378
1379@table @samp
1380@item @{ any-opts @var{opt1} @dots{} @var{optn} @}
1381Each of @var{opt1} to @var{optn} is a space-separated list of option globs.
1382The selector expression evaluates to true if, for one of these strings,
1383every glob in the string matches an option that was passed to the compiler.
1384For example:
1385
1386@smallexample
1387@{ any-opts "-O3 -flto" "-O[2g]" @}
1388@end smallexample
1389
1390is true if any of the following are true:
1391
1392@itemize @bullet
1393@item
1394@option{-O2} was passed to the compiler
1395
1396@item
1397@option{-Og} was passed to the compiler
1398
1399@item
1400both @option{-O3} and @option{-flto} were passed to the compiler
1401@end itemize
1402
1403This kind of selector can only be used within @code{dg-final} directives.
1404Use @code{dg-skip-if}, @code{dg-xfail-if} or @code{dg-xfail-run-if} to
1405skip whole tests based on options, or to mark them as expected to fail
1406with certain options.
1407
1408@item @{ no-opts @var{opt1} @dots{} @var{optn} @}
1409As for @code{any-opts} above, each of @var{opt1} to @var{optn} is a
1410space-separated list of option globs. The selector expression
1411evaluates to true if, for all of these strings, there is at least
1412one glob that does not match an option that was passed to the compiler.
1413It is shorthand for:
1414
1415@smallexample
1416@{ ! @{ any-opts @var{opt1} @dots{} @var{optn} @} @}
1417@end smallexample
1418
1419For example:
1420
1421@smallexample
1422@{ no-opts "-O3 -flto" "-O[2g]" @}
1423@end smallexample
1424
1425is true if all of the following are true:
1426
1427@itemize @bullet
1428@item
1429@option{-O2} was not passed to the compiler
1430
1431@item
1432@option{-Og} was not passed to the compiler
1433
1434@item
1435at least one of @option{-O3} or @option{-flto} was not passed to the compiler
1436@end itemize
1437
1438Like @code{any-opts}, this kind of selector can only be used within
1439@code{dg-final} directives.
1440
1441@end table
1442@end itemize
1443
1444Here are some examples of full target selectors:
1445
1446@smallexample
1447@{ target @{ ! "hppa*-*-* ia64*-*-*" @} @}
1448@{ target @{ powerpc*-*-* && lp64 @} @}
1449@{ xfail @{ lp64 || vect_no_align @} @}
1450@{ xfail @{ aarch64*-*-* && @{ any-opts "-O2" @} @} @}
1451@end smallexample
1452
1453@node Effective-Target Keywords
1454@subsection Keywords describing target attributes
1455
1456Effective-target keywords identify sets of targets that support
1457particular functionality. They are used to limit tests to be run only
1458for particular targets, or to specify that particular sets of targets
1459are expected to fail some tests.
1460
1461Effective-target keywords are defined in @file{lib/target-supports.exp} in
1462the GCC testsuite, with the exception of those that are documented as
1463being local to a particular test directory.
1464
1465The @samp{effective target} takes into account all of the compiler options
1466with which the test will be compiled, including the multilib options.
1467By convention, keywords ending in @code{_nocache} can also include options
1468specified for the particular test in an earlier @code{dg-options} or
1469@code{dg-add-options} directive.
1470
1471@subsubsection Endianness
1472
1473@table @code
1474@item be
1475Target uses big-endian memory order for multi-byte and multi-word data.
1476
1477@item le
1478Target uses little-endian memory order for multi-byte and multi-word data.
1479@end table
1480
1481@subsubsection Data type sizes
1482
1483@table @code
1484@item ilp32
1485Target has 32-bit @code{int}, @code{long}, and pointers.
1486
1487@item lp64
1488Target has 32-bit @code{int}, 64-bit @code{long} and pointers.
1489
1490@item llp64
1491Target has 32-bit @code{int} and @code{long}, 64-bit @code{long long}
1492and pointers.
1493
1494@item double64
1495Target has 64-bit @code{double}.
1496
1497@item double64plus
1498Target has @code{double} that is 64 bits or longer.
1499
1500@item longdouble128
1501Target has 128-bit @code{long double}.
1502
1503@item int32plus
1504Target has @code{int} that is at 32 bits or longer.
1505
1506@item int16
1507Target has @code{int} that is 16 bits or shorter.
1508
1509@item longlong64
1510Target has 64-bit @code{long long}.
1511
1512@item long_neq_int
1513Target has @code{int} and @code{long} with different sizes.
1514
1515@item short_eq_int
1516Target has @code{short} and @code{int} with the same size.
1517
1518@item ptr_eq_short
1519Target has pointers (@code{void *}) and @code{short} with the same size.
1520
1521@item int_eq_float
1522Target has @code{int} and @code{float} with the same size.
1523
1524@item ptr_eq_long
1525Target has pointers (@code{void *}) and @code{long} with the same size.
1526
1527@item large_double
1528Target supports @code{double} that is longer than @code{float}.
1529
1530@item large_long_double
1531Target supports @code{long double} that is longer than @code{double}.
1532
1533@item ptr32plus
1534Target has pointers that are 32 bits or longer.
1535
1536@item size20plus
1537Target has a 20-bit or larger address space, so supports at least
153816-bit array and structure sizes.
1539
1540@item size24plus
1541Target has a 24-bit or larger address space, so supports at least
154220-bit array and structure sizes.
1543
1544@item size32plus
1545Target has a 32-bit or larger address space, so supports at least
154624-bit array and structure sizes.
1547
1548@item 4byte_wchar_t
1549Target has @code{wchar_t} that is at least 4 bytes.
1550
1551@item float@var{n}
1552Target has the @code{_Float@var{n}} type.
1553
1554@item float@var{n}x
1555Target has the @code{_Float@var{n}x} type.
1556
1557@item float@var{n}_runtime
1558Target has the @code{_Float@var{n}} type, including runtime support
1559for any options added with @code{dg-add-options}.
1560
1561@item float@var{n}x_runtime
1562Target has the @code{_Float@var{n}x} type, including runtime support
1563for any options added with @code{dg-add-options}.
1564
1565@item floatn_nx_runtime
1566Target has runtime support for any options added with
1567@code{dg-add-options} for any @code{_Float@var{n}} or
1568@code{_Float@var{n}x} type.
1569
1570@item inf
1571Target supports floating point infinite (@code{inf}) for type
1572@code{double}.
1573
1574@item inff
1575Target supports floating point infinite (@code{inf}) for type
1576@code{float}.
1577@end table
1578@subsubsection Fortran-specific attributes
1579
1580@table @code
1581@item fortran_integer_16
1582Target supports Fortran @code{integer} that is 16 bytes or longer.
1583
1584@item fortran_real_10
1585Target supports Fortran @code{real} that is 10 bytes or longer.
1586
1587@item fortran_real_16
1588Target supports Fortran @code{real} that is 16 bytes or longer.
1589
1590@item fortran_large_int
1591Target supports Fortran @code{integer} kinds larger than @code{integer(8)}.
1592
1593@item fortran_large_real
1594Target supports Fortran @code{real} kinds larger than @code{real(8)}.
1595@end table
1596
1597@subsubsection Vector-specific attributes
1598
1599@table @code
1600@item vect_align_stack_vars
1601The target's ABI allows stack variables to be aligned to the preferred
1602vector alignment.
1603
1604@item vect_avg_qi
1605Target supports both signed and unsigned averaging operations on vectors
1606of bytes.
1607
1608@item vect_mulhrs_hi
1609Target supports both signed and unsigned multiply-high-with-round-and-scale
1610operations on vectors of half-words.
1611
1612@item vect_sdiv_pow2_si
1613Target supports signed division by constant power-of-2 operations
1614on vectors of 4-byte integers.
1615
1616@item vect_condition
1617Target supports vector conditional operations.
1618
1619@item vect_cond_mixed
1620Target supports vector conditional operations where comparison operands
1621have different type from the value operands.
1622
1623@item vect_double
1624Target supports hardware vectors of @code{double}.
1625
1626@item vect_double_cond_arith
1627Target supports conditional addition, subtraction, multiplication,
1628division, minimum and maximum on vectors of @code{double}, via the
1629@code{cond_} optabs.
1630
1631@item vect_element_align_preferred
1632The target's preferred vector alignment is the same as the element
1633alignment.
1634
1635@item vect_float
1636Target supports hardware vectors of @code{float} when
1637@option{-funsafe-math-optimizations} is in effect.
1638
1639@item vect_float_strict
1640Target supports hardware vectors of @code{float} when
1641@option{-funsafe-math-optimizations} is not in effect.
1642This implies @code{vect_float}.
1643
1644@item vect_int
1645Target supports hardware vectors of @code{int}.
1646
1647@item vect_long
1648Target supports hardware vectors of @code{long}.
1649
1650@item vect_long_long
1651Target supports hardware vectors of @code{long long}.
1652
1653@item vect_check_ptrs
1654Target supports the @code{check_raw_ptrs} and @code{check_war_ptrs}
1655optabs on vectors.
1656
1657@item vect_fully_masked
1658Target supports fully-masked (also known as fully-predicated) loops,
1659so that vector loops can handle partial as well as full vectors.
1660
1661@item vect_masked_load
1662Target supports vector masked loads.
1663
1664@item vect_masked_store
1665Target supports vector masked stores.
1666
1667@item vect_gather_load_ifn
1668Target supports vector gather loads using internal functions
1669(rather than via built-in functions or emulation).
1670
1671@item vect_scatter_store
1672Target supports vector scatter stores.
1673
1674@item vect_aligned_arrays
1675Target aligns arrays to vector alignment boundary.
1676
1677@item vect_hw_misalign
1678Target supports a vector misalign access.
1679
1680@item vect_no_align
1681Target does not support a vector alignment mechanism.
1682
1683@item vect_peeling_profitable
1684Target might require to peel loops for alignment purposes.
1685
1686@item vect_no_int_min_max
1687Target does not support a vector min and max instruction on @code{int}.
1688
1689@item vect_no_int_add
1690Target does not support a vector add instruction on @code{int}.
1691
1692@item vect_no_bitwise
1693Target does not support vector bitwise instructions.
1694
1695@item vect_bool_cmp
1696Target supports comparison of @code{bool} vectors for at least one
1697vector length.
1698
1699@item vect_char_add
1700Target supports addition of @code{char} vectors for at least one
1701vector length.
1702
1703@item vect_char_mult
1704Target supports @code{vector char} multiplication.
1705
1706@item vect_short_mult
1707Target supports @code{vector short} multiplication.
1708
1709@item vect_int_mult
1710Target supports @code{vector int} multiplication.
1711
1712@item vect_long_mult
1713Target supports 64 bit @code{vector long} multiplication.
1714
1715@item vect_extract_even_odd
1716Target supports vector even/odd element extraction.
1717
1718@item vect_extract_even_odd_wide
1719Target supports vector even/odd element extraction of vectors with elements
1720@code{SImode} or larger.
1721
1722@item vect_interleave
1723Target supports vector interleaving.
1724
1725@item vect_strided
1726Target supports vector interleaving and extract even/odd.
1727
1728@item vect_strided_wide
1729Target supports vector interleaving and extract even/odd for wide
1730element types.
1731
1732@item vect_perm
1733Target supports vector permutation.
1734
1735@item vect_perm_byte
1736Target supports permutation of vectors with 8-bit elements.
1737
1738@item vect_perm_short
1739Target supports permutation of vectors with 16-bit elements.
1740
1741@item vect_perm3_byte
1742Target supports permutation of vectors with 8-bit elements, and for the
1743default vector length it is possible to permute:
1744@example
1745@{ a0, a1, a2, b0, b1, b2, @dots{} @}
1746@end example
1747to:
1748@example
1749@{ a0, a0, a0, b0, b0, b0, @dots{} @}
1750@{ a1, a1, a1, b1, b1, b1, @dots{} @}
1751@{ a2, a2, a2, b2, b2, b2, @dots{} @}
1752@end example
1753using only two-vector permutes, regardless of how long the sequence is.
1754
1755@item vect_perm3_int
1756Like @code{vect_perm3_byte}, but for 32-bit elements.
1757
1758@item vect_perm3_short
1759Like @code{vect_perm3_byte}, but for 16-bit elements.
1760
1761@item vect_shift
1762Target supports a hardware vector shift operation.
1763
1764@item vect_unaligned_possible
1765Target prefers vectors to have an alignment greater than element
1766alignment, but also allows unaligned vector accesses in some
1767circumstances.
1768
1769@item vect_variable_length
1770Target has variable-length vectors.
1771
1772@item vect64
1773Target supports vectors of 64 bits.
1774
1775@item vect32
1776Target supports vectors of 32 bits.
1777
1778@item vect_widen_sum_hi_to_si
1779Target supports a vector widening summation of @code{short} operands
1780into @code{int} results, or can promote (unpack) from @code{short}
1781to @code{int}.
1782
1783@item vect_widen_sum_qi_to_hi
1784Target supports a vector widening summation of @code{char} operands
1785into @code{short} results, or can promote (unpack) from @code{char}
1786to @code{short}.
1787
1788@item vect_widen_sum_qi_to_si
1789Target supports a vector widening summation of @code{char} operands
1790into @code{int} results.
1791
1792@item vect_widen_mult_qi_to_hi
1793Target supports a vector widening multiplication of @code{char} operands
1794into @code{short} results, or can promote (unpack) from @code{char} to
1795@code{short} and perform non-widening multiplication of @code{short}.
1796
1797@item vect_widen_mult_hi_to_si
1798Target supports a vector widening multiplication of @code{short} operands
1799into @code{int} results, or can promote (unpack) from @code{short} to
1800@code{int} and perform non-widening multiplication of @code{int}.
1801
1802@item vect_widen_mult_si_to_di_pattern
1803Target supports a vector widening multiplication of @code{int} operands
1804into @code{long} results.
1805
1806@item vect_sdot_qi
1807Target supports a vector dot-product of @code{signed char}.
1808
1809@item vect_udot_qi
1810Target supports a vector dot-product of @code{unsigned char}.
1811
1812@item vect_usdot_qi
1813Target supports a vector dot-product where one operand of the multiply is
1814@code{signed char} and the other of @code{unsigned char}.
1815
1816@item vect_sdot_hi
1817Target supports a vector dot-product of @code{signed short}.
1818
1819@item vect_udot_hi
1820Target supports a vector dot-product of @code{unsigned short}.
1821
1822@item vect_pack_trunc
1823Target supports a vector demotion (packing) of @code{short} to @code{char}
1824and from @code{int} to @code{short} using modulo arithmetic.
1825
1826@item vect_unpack
1827Target supports a vector promotion (unpacking) of @code{char} to @code{short}
1828and from @code{char} to @code{int}.
1829
1830@item vect_intfloat_cvt
1831Target supports conversion from @code{signed int} to @code{float}.
1832
1833@item vect_uintfloat_cvt
1834Target supports conversion from @code{unsigned int} to @code{float}.
1835
1836@item vect_floatint_cvt
1837Target supports conversion from @code{float} to @code{signed int}.
1838
1839@item vect_floatuint_cvt
1840Target supports conversion from @code{float} to @code{unsigned int}.
1841
1842@item vect_intdouble_cvt
1843Target supports conversion from @code{signed int} to @code{double}.
1844
1845@item vect_doubleint_cvt
1846Target supports conversion from @code{double} to @code{signed int}.
1847
1848@item vect_max_reduc
1849Target supports max reduction for vectors.
1850
1851@item vect_sizes_16B_8B
1852Target supports 16- and 8-bytes vectors.
1853
1854@item vect_sizes_32B_16B
1855Target supports 32- and 16-bytes vectors.
1856
1857@item vect_logical_reduc
1858Target supports AND, IOR and XOR reduction on vectors.
1859
1860@item vect_fold_extract_last
1861Target supports the @code{fold_extract_last} optab.
1862
1863@item vect_len_load_store
1864Target supports the @code{len_load} and @code{len_store} optabs.
1865
1866@item vect_partial_vectors_usage_1
1867Target supports loop vectorization with partial vectors and
1868@code{vect-partial-vector-usage} is set to 1.
1869
1870@item vect_partial_vectors_usage_2
1871Target supports loop vectorization with partial vectors and
1872@code{vect-partial-vector-usage} is set to 2.
1873
1874@item vect_partial_vectors
1875Target supports loop vectorization with partial vectors and
1876@code{vect-partial-vector-usage} is nonzero.
1877
1878@item vect_slp_v2qi_store_align
1879Target supports vectorization of 2-byte char stores with 2-byte aligned
1880address at plain @option{-O2}.
1881
1882@item vect_slp_v4qi_store_align
1883Target supports vectorization of 4-byte char stores with 4-byte aligned
1884address at plain @option{-O2}.
1885
1886@item vect_slp_v4qi_store_unalign
1887Target supports vectorization of 4-byte char stores with unaligned address
1888at plain @option{-O2}.
1889
1890@item struct_4char_block_move
1891Target supports block move for 8-byte aligned 4-byte size struct initialization.
1892
1893@item vect_slp_v4qi_store_unalign_1
1894Target supports vectorization of 4-byte char stores with unaligned address
1895or store them with constant pool at plain @option{-O2}.
1896
1897@item struct_8char_block_move
1898Target supports block move for 8-byte aligned 8-byte size struct initialization.
1899
1900@item vect_slp_v8qi_store_unalign_1
1901Target supports vectorization of 8-byte char stores with unaligned address
1902or store them with constant pool at plain @option{-O2}.
1903
1904@item struct_16char_block_move
1905Target supports block move for 8-byte aligned 16-byte size struct
1906initialization.
1907
1908@item vect_slp_v16qi_store_unalign_1
1909Target supports vectorization of 16-byte char stores with unaligned address
1910or store them with constant pool at plain @option{-O2}.
1911
1912@item vect_slp_v2hi_store_align
1913Target supports vectorization of 4-byte short stores with 4-byte aligned
1914addressat plain @option{-O2}.
1915
1916@item vect_slp_v2hi_store_unalign
1917Target supports vectorization of 4-byte short stores with unaligned address
1918at plain @option{-O2}.
1919
1920@item vect_slp_v4hi_store_unalign
1921Target supports vectorization of 8-byte short stores with unaligned address
1922at plain @option{-O2}.
1923
1924@item vect_slp_v2si_store_align
1925Target supports vectorization of 8-byte int stores with 8-byte aligned address
1926at plain @option{-O2}.
1927
1928@item vect_slp_v4si_store_unalign
1929Target supports vectorization of 16-byte int stores with unaligned address
1930at plain @option{-O2}.
1931@end table
1932
1933@subsubsection Thread Local Storage attributes
1934
1935@table @code
1936@item tls
1937Target supports thread-local storage.
1938
1939@item tls_native
1940Target supports native (rather than emulated) thread-local storage.
1941
1942@item tls_runtime
1943Test system supports executing TLS executables.
1944@end table
1945
1946@subsubsection Decimal floating point attributes
1947
1948@table @code
1949@item dfp
1950Targets supports compiling decimal floating point extension to C.
1951
1952@item dfp_nocache
1953Including the options used to compile this particular test, the
1954target supports compiling decimal floating point extension to C.
1955
1956@item dfprt
1957Test system can execute decimal floating point tests.
1958
1959@item dfprt_nocache
1960Including the options used to compile this particular test, the
1961test system can execute decimal floating point tests.
1962
1963@item hard_dfp
1964Target generates decimal floating point instructions with current options.
1965
1966@item dfp_bid
1967Target uses the BID format for decimal floating point.
1968@end table
1969
1970@subsubsection ARM-specific attributes
1971
1972@table @code
1973@item arm32
1974ARM target generates 32-bit code.
1975
1976@item arm_little_endian
1977ARM target that generates little-endian code.
1978
1979@item arm_eabi
1980ARM target adheres to the ABI for the ARM Architecture.
1981
1982@item arm_fp_ok
1983@anchor{arm_fp_ok}
1984ARM target defines @code{__ARM_FP} using @code{-mfloat-abi=softfp} or
1985equivalent options. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these
1986options.
1987
1988@item arm_fp_dp_ok
1989@anchor{arm_fp_dp_ok}
1990ARM target defines @code{__ARM_FP} with double-precision support using
1991@code{-mfloat-abi=softfp} or equivalent options. Some multilibs may
1992be incompatible with these options.
1993
1994@item arm_hf_eabi
1995ARM target adheres to the VFP and Advanced SIMD Register Arguments
1996variant of the ABI for the ARM Architecture (as selected with
1997@code{-mfloat-abi=hard}).
1998
1999@item arm_softfloat
2000ARM target uses emulated floating point operations.
2001
2002@item arm_hard_vfp_ok
2003ARM target supports @code{-mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=hard}.
2004Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2005
2006@item arm_iwmmxt_ok
2007ARM target supports @code{-mcpu=iwmmxt}.
2008Some multilibs may be incompatible with this option.
2009
2010@item arm_neon
2011ARM target supports generating NEON instructions.
2012
2013@item arm_tune_string_ops_prefer_neon
2014Test CPU tune supports inlining string operations with NEON instructions.
2015
2016@item arm_neon_hw
2017Test system supports executing NEON instructions.
2018
2019@item arm_neonv2_hw
2020Test system supports executing NEON v2 instructions.
2021
2022@item arm_neon_ok
2023@anchor{arm_neon_ok}
2024ARM Target supports @code{-mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=softfp} or compatible
2025options. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2026
2027@item arm_neon_ok_no_float_abi
2028@anchor{arm_neon_ok_no_float_abi}
2029ARM Target supports NEON with @code{-mfpu=neon}, but without any
2030-mfloat-abi= option. Some multilibs may be incompatible with this
2031option.
2032
2033@item arm_neonv2_ok
2034@anchor{arm_neonv2_ok}
2035ARM Target supports @code{-mfpu=neon-vfpv4 -mfloat-abi=softfp} or compatible
2036options. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2037
2038@item arm_fp16_ok
2039@anchor{arm_fp16_ok}
2040Target supports options to generate VFP half-precision floating-point
2041instructions. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these
2042options. This test is valid for ARM only.
2043
2044@item arm_fp16_hw
2045Target supports executing VFP half-precision floating-point
2046instructions. This test is valid for ARM only.
2047
2048@item arm_neon_fp16_ok
2049@anchor{arm_neon_fp16_ok}
2050ARM Target supports @code{-mfpu=neon-fp16 -mfloat-abi=softfp} or compatible
2051options, including @code{-mfp16-format=ieee} if necessary to obtain the
2052@code{__fp16} type. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2053
2054@item arm_neon_fp16_hw
2055Test system supports executing Neon half-precision float instructions.
2056(Implies previous.)
2057
2058@item arm_fp16_alternative_ok
2059ARM target supports the ARM FP16 alternative format. Some multilibs
2060may be incompatible with the options needed.
2061
2062@item arm_fp16_none_ok
2063ARM target supports specifying none as the ARM FP16 format.
2064
2065@item arm_thumb1_ok
2066ARM target generates Thumb-1 code for @code{-mthumb}.
2067
2068@item arm_thumb2_ok
2069ARM target generates Thumb-2 code for @code{-mthumb}.
2070
2071@item arm_nothumb
2072ARM target that is not using Thumb.
2073
2074@item arm_vfp_ok
2075ARM target supports @code{-mfpu=vfp -mfloat-abi=softfp}.
2076Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2077
2078@item arm_vfp3_ok
2079@anchor{arm_vfp3_ok}
2080ARM target supports @code{-mfpu=vfp3 -mfloat-abi=softfp}.
2081Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2082
2083@item arm_arch_v8a_hard_ok
2084@anchor{arm_arch_v8a_hard_ok}
2085The compiler is targeting @code{arm*-*-*} and can compile and assemble code
2086using the options @code{-march=armv8-a -mfpu=neon-fp-armv8 -mfloat-abi=hard}.
2087This is not enough to guarantee that linking works.
2088
2089@item arm_arch_v8a_hard_multilib
2090The compiler is targeting @code{arm*-*-*} and can build programs using
2091the options @code{-march=armv8-a -mfpu=neon-fp-armv8 -mfloat-abi=hard}.
2092The target can also run the resulting binaries.
2093
2094@item arm_v8_vfp_ok
2095ARM target supports @code{-mfpu=fp-armv8 -mfloat-abi=softfp}.
2096Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2097
2098@item arm_v8_neon_ok
2099ARM target supports @code{-mfpu=neon-fp-armv8 -mfloat-abi=softfp}.
2100Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2101
2102@item arm_v8_1a_neon_ok
2103@anchor{arm_v8_1a_neon_ok}
2104ARM target supports options to generate ARMv8.1-A Adv.SIMD instructions.
2105Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2106
2107@item arm_v8_1a_neon_hw
2108ARM target supports executing ARMv8.1-A Adv.SIMD instructions. Some
2109multilibs may be incompatible with the options needed. Implies
2110arm_v8_1a_neon_ok.
2111
2112@item arm_acq_rel
2113ARM target supports acquire-release instructions.
2114
2115@item arm_v8_2a_fp16_scalar_ok
2116@anchor{arm_v8_2a_fp16_scalar_ok}
2117ARM target supports options to generate instructions for ARMv8.2-A and
2118scalar instructions from the FP16 extension. Some multilibs may be
2119incompatible with these options.
2120
2121@item arm_v8_2a_fp16_scalar_hw
2122ARM target supports executing instructions for ARMv8.2-A and scalar
2123instructions from the FP16 extension. Some multilibs may be
2124incompatible with these options. Implies arm_v8_2a_fp16_neon_ok.
2125
2126@item arm_v8_2a_fp16_neon_ok
2127@anchor{arm_v8_2a_fp16_neon_ok}
2128ARM target supports options to generate instructions from ARMv8.2-A with
2129the FP16 extension. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these
2130options. Implies arm_v8_2a_fp16_scalar_ok.
2131
2132@item arm_v8_2a_fp16_neon_hw
2133ARM target supports executing instructions from ARMv8.2-A with the FP16
2134extension. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2135Implies arm_v8_2a_fp16_neon_ok and arm_v8_2a_fp16_scalar_hw.
2136
2137@item arm_v8_2a_dotprod_neon_ok
2138@anchor{arm_v8_2a_dotprod_neon_ok}
2139ARM target supports options to generate instructions from ARMv8.2-A with
2140the Dot Product extension. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these
2141options.
2142
2143@item arm_v8_2a_dotprod_neon_hw
2144ARM target supports executing instructions from ARMv8.2-A with the Dot
2145Product extension. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2146Implies arm_v8_2a_dotprod_neon_ok.
2147
2148@item arm_v8_2a_i8mm_neon_hw
2149ARM target supports executing instructions from ARMv8.2-A with the 8-bit
2150Matrix Multiply extension. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these
2151options. Implies arm_v8_2a_i8mm_ok.
2152
2153@item arm_fp16fml_neon_ok
2154@anchor{arm_fp16fml_neon_ok}
2155ARM target supports extensions to generate the @code{VFMAL} and @code{VFMLS}
2156half-precision floating-point instructions available from ARMv8.2-A and
2157onwards. Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2158
2159@item arm_v8_2a_bf16_neon_ok
2160ARM target supports options to generate instructions from ARMv8.2-A with
2161the BFloat16 extension (bf16). Some multilibs may be incompatible with these
2162options.
2163
2164@item arm_v8_2a_i8mm_ok
2165ARM target supports options to generate instructions from ARMv8.2-A with
2166the 8-Bit Integer Matrix Multiply extension (i8mm). Some multilibs may be
2167incompatible with these options.
2168
2169@item arm_v8_1m_mve_ok
2170ARM target supports options to generate instructions from ARMv8.1-M with
2171the M-Profile Vector Extension (MVE). Some multilibs may be incompatible
2172with these options.
2173
2174@item arm_v8_1m_mve_fp_ok
2175ARM target supports options to generate instructions from ARMv8.1-M with
2176the Half-precision floating-point instructions (HP), Floating-point Extension
2177(FP) along with M-Profile Vector Extension (MVE). Some multilibs may be
2178incompatible with these options.
2179
2180@item arm_mve_hw
2181Test system supports executing MVE instructions.
2182
2183@item arm_v8m_main_cde
2184ARM target supports options to generate instructions from ARMv8-M with
2185the Custom Datapath Extension (CDE). Some multilibs may be incompatible
2186with these options.
2187
2188@item arm_v8m_main_cde_fp
2189ARM target supports options to generate instructions from ARMv8-M with
2190the Custom Datapath Extension (CDE) and floating-point (VFP).
2191Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2192
2193@item arm_v8_1m_main_cde_mve
2194ARM target supports options to generate instructions from ARMv8.1-M with
2195the Custom Datapath Extension (CDE) and M-Profile Vector Extension (MVE).
2196Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2197
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2198@item arm_pacbti_hw
2199Test system supports executing Pointer Authentication and Branch Target
2200Identification instructions.
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2202@item arm_prefer_ldrd_strd
2203ARM target prefers @code{LDRD} and @code{STRD} instructions over
2204@code{LDM} and @code{STM} instructions.
2205
2206@item arm_thumb1_movt_ok
2207ARM target generates Thumb-1 code for @code{-mthumb} with @code{MOVW}
2208and @code{MOVT} instructions available.
2209
2210@item arm_thumb1_cbz_ok
2211ARM target generates Thumb-1 code for @code{-mthumb} with
2212@code{CBZ} and @code{CBNZ} instructions available.
2213
2214@item arm_divmod_simode
2215ARM target for which divmod transform is disabled, if it supports hardware
2216div instruction.
2217
2218@item arm_cmse_ok
2219ARM target supports ARMv8-M Security Extensions, enabled by the @code{-mcmse}
2220option.
2221
2222@item arm_cmse_hw
2223Test system supports executing CMSE instructions.
2224
2225@item arm_coproc1_ok
2226@anchor{arm_coproc1_ok}
2227ARM target supports the following coprocessor instructions: @code{CDP},
2228@code{LDC}, @code{STC}, @code{MCR} and @code{MRC}.
2229
2230@item arm_coproc2_ok
2231@anchor{arm_coproc2_ok}
2232ARM target supports all the coprocessor instructions also listed as supported
2233in @ref{arm_coproc1_ok} in addition to the following: @code{CDP2}, @code{LDC2},
2234@code{LDC2l}, @code{STC2}, @code{STC2l}, @code{MCR2} and @code{MRC2}.
2235
2236@item arm_coproc3_ok
2237@anchor{arm_coproc3_ok}
2238ARM target supports all the coprocessor instructions also listed as supported
2239in @ref{arm_coproc2_ok} in addition the following: @code{MCRR} and @code{MRRC}.
2240
2241@item arm_coproc4_ok
2242ARM target supports all the coprocessor instructions also listed as supported
2243in @ref{arm_coproc3_ok} in addition the following: @code{MCRR2} and @code{MRRC2}.
2244
2245@item arm_simd32_ok
2246@anchor{arm_simd32_ok}
2247ARM Target supports options suitable for accessing the SIMD32 intrinsics from
2248@code{arm_acle.h}.
2249Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2250
2251@item arm_sat_ok
2252@anchor{arm_sat_ok}
2253ARM Target supports options suitable for accessing the saturation
2254intrinsics from @code{arm_acle.h}.
2255Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2256
2257@item arm_dsp_ok
2258@anchor{arm_dsp_ok}
2259ARM Target supports options suitable for accessing the DSP intrinsics
2260from @code{arm_acle.h}.
2261Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2262
2263@item arm_softfp_ok
2264@anchor{arm_softfp_ok}
2265ARM target supports the @code{-mfloat-abi=softfp} option.
2266
2267@item arm_hard_ok
2268@anchor{arm_hard_ok}
2269ARM target supports the @code{-mfloat-abi=hard} option.
2270
2271@item arm_mve
2272@anchor{arm_mve}
2273ARM target supports generating MVE instructions.
2274
2275@item arm_v8_1_lob_ok
2276@anchor{arm_v8_1_lob_ok}
2277ARM Target supports executing the Armv8.1-M Mainline Low Overhead Loop
2278instructions @code{DLS} and @code{LE}.
2279Some multilibs may be incompatible with these options.
2280
2281@item arm_thumb2_no_arm_v8_1_lob
2282ARM target where Thumb-2 is used without options but does not support
2283executing the Armv8.1-M Mainline Low Overhead Loop instructions
2284@code{DLS} and @code{LE}.
2285
2286@item arm_thumb2_ok_no_arm_v8_1_lob
2287ARM target generates Thumb-2 code for @code{-mthumb} but does not
2288support executing the Armv8.1-M Mainline Low Overhead Loop
2289instructions @code{DLS} and @code{LE}.
2290
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2291@item mbranch_protection_ok
2292ARM target supporting @code{-mbranch-protection=standard}.
2293
2294@item arm_pacbti_hw
2295Test system supports for executing non nop pacbti instructions.
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2298
2299@subsubsection AArch64-specific attributes
2300
2301@table @code
2302@item aarch64_asm_<ext>_ok
2303AArch64 assembler supports the architecture extension @code{ext} via the
2304@code{.arch_extension} pseudo-op.
2305@item aarch64_tiny
2306AArch64 target which generates instruction sequences for tiny memory model.
2307@item aarch64_small
2308AArch64 target which generates instruction sequences for small memory model.
2309@item aarch64_large
2310AArch64 target which generates instruction sequences for large memory model.
2311@item aarch64_little_endian
2312AArch64 target which generates instruction sequences for little endian.
2313@item aarch64_big_endian
2314AArch64 target which generates instruction sequences for big endian.
2315@item aarch64_small_fpic
2316Binutils installed on test system supports relocation types required by -fpic
2317for AArch64 small memory model.
2318@item aarch64_sve_hw
2319AArch64 target that is able to generate and execute SVE code (regardless of
2320whether it does so by default).
2321@item aarch64_sve128_hw
2322@itemx aarch64_sve256_hw
2323@itemx aarch64_sve512_hw
2324@itemx aarch64_sve1024_hw
2325@itemx aarch64_sve2048_hw
2326Like @code{aarch64_sve_hw}, but also test for an exact hardware vector length.
2327
2328@item aarch64_fjcvtzs_hw
2329AArch64 target that is able to generate and execute armv8.3-a FJCVTZS
2330instruction.
2331@end table
2332
2333@subsubsection MIPS-specific attributes
2334
2335@table @code
2336@item mips64
2337MIPS target supports 64-bit instructions.
2338
2339@item nomips16
2340MIPS target does not produce MIPS16 code.
2341
2342@item mips16_attribute
2343MIPS target can generate MIPS16 code.
2344
2345@item mips_loongson
2346MIPS target is a Loongson-2E or -2F target using an ABI that supports
2347the Loongson vector modes.
2348
2349@item mips_msa
2350MIPS target supports @code{-mmsa}, MIPS SIMD Architecture (MSA).
2351
2352@item mips_newabi_large_long_double
2353MIPS target supports @code{long double} larger than @code{double}
2354when using the new ABI.
2355
2356@item mpaired_single
2357MIPS target supports @code{-mpaired-single}.
2358@end table
2359
2360@subsubsection MSP430-specific attributes
2361
2362@table @code
2363@item msp430_small
2364MSP430 target has the small memory model enabled (@code{-msmall}).
2365
2366@item msp430_large
2367MSP430 target has the large memory model enabled (@code{-mlarge}).
2368@end table
2369
2370@subsubsection PowerPC-specific attributes
2371
2372@table @code
2373
2374@item dfp_hw
2375PowerPC target supports executing hardware DFP instructions.
2376
2377@item p8vector_hw
2378PowerPC target supports executing VSX instructions (ISA 2.07).
2379
2380@item powerpc64
2381Test system supports executing 64-bit instructions.
2382
2383@item powerpc_altivec
2384PowerPC target supports AltiVec.
2385
2386@item powerpc_altivec_ok
2387PowerPC target supports @code{-maltivec}.
2388
2389@item powerpc_eabi_ok
2390PowerPC target supports @code{-meabi}.
2391
2392@item powerpc_elfv2
2393PowerPC target supports @code{-mabi=elfv2}.
2394
2395@item powerpc_fprs
2396PowerPC target supports floating-point registers.
2397
2398@item powerpc_hard_double
2399PowerPC target supports hardware double-precision floating-point.
2400
2401@item powerpc_htm_ok
2402PowerPC target supports @code{-mhtm}
2403
2404@item powerpc_p8vector_ok
2405PowerPC target supports @code{-mpower8-vector}
2406
2407@item powerpc_popcntb_ok
2408PowerPC target supports the @code{popcntb} instruction, indicating
2409that this target supports @code{-mcpu=power5}.
2410
2411@item powerpc_ppu_ok
2412PowerPC target supports @code{-mcpu=cell}.
2413
2414@item powerpc_spe
2415PowerPC target supports PowerPC SPE.
2416
2417@item powerpc_spe_nocache
2418Including the options used to compile this particular test, the
2419PowerPC target supports PowerPC SPE.
2420
2421@item powerpc_spu
2422PowerPC target supports PowerPC SPU.
2423
2424@item powerpc_vsx_ok
2425PowerPC target supports @code{-mvsx}.
2426
2427@item powerpc_405_nocache
2428Including the options used to compile this particular test, the
2429PowerPC target supports PowerPC 405.
2430
2431@item ppc_recip_hw
2432PowerPC target supports executing reciprocal estimate instructions.
2433
2434@item vmx_hw
2435PowerPC target supports executing AltiVec instructions.
2436
2437@item vsx_hw
2438PowerPC target supports executing VSX instructions (ISA 2.06).
2439
2440@item has_arch_pwr5
2441PowerPC target pre-defines macro _ARCH_PWR5 which means the @code{-mcpu}
2442setting is Power5 or later.
2443
2444@item has_arch_pwr6
2445PowerPC target pre-defines macro _ARCH_PWR6 which means the @code{-mcpu}
2446setting is Power6 or later.
2447
2448@item has_arch_pwr7
2449PowerPC target pre-defines macro _ARCH_PWR7 which means the @code{-mcpu}
2450setting is Power7 or later.
2451
2452@item has_arch_pwr8
2453PowerPC target pre-defines macro _ARCH_PWR8 which means the @code{-mcpu}
2454setting is Power8 or later.
2455
2456@item has_arch_pwr9
2457PowerPC target pre-defines macro _ARCH_PWR9 which means the @code{-mcpu}
2458setting is Power9 or later.
2459@end table
2460
2461@subsubsection RISC-V specific attributes
2462
2463@table @code
2464
2465@item rv32
2466Test system has an integer register width of 32 bits.
2467
2468@item rv64
2469Test system has an integer register width of 64 bits.
2470
2471@end table
2472
2473@subsubsection Other hardware attributes
2474
2475@c Please keep this table sorted alphabetically.
2476@table @code
2477@item autoincdec
2478Target supports autoincrement/decrement addressing.
2479
2480@item avx
2481Target supports compiling @code{avx} instructions.
2482
2483@item avx_runtime
2484Target supports the execution of @code{avx} instructions.
2485
2486@item avx2
2487Target supports compiling @code{avx2} instructions.
2488
2489@item avx2_runtime
2490Target supports the execution of @code{avx2} instructions.
2491
2492@item avxvnni
2493Target supports the execution of @code{avxvnni} instructions.
2494
2495@item avx512f
2496Target supports compiling @code{avx512f} instructions.
2497
2498@item avx512f_runtime
2499Target supports the execution of @code{avx512f} instructions.
2500
2501@item avx512vp2intersect
2502Target supports the execution of @code{avx512vp2intersect} instructions.
2503
2504@item avxifma
2505Target supports the execution of @code{avxifma} instructions.
2506
2507@item avxneconvert
2508Target supports the execution of @code{avxneconvert} instructions.
2509
2510@item avxvnniint8
2511Target supports the execution of @code{avxvnniint8} instructions.
2512
2513@item amx_tile
2514Target supports the execution of @code{amx-tile} instructions.
2515
2516@item amx_int8
2517Target supports the execution of @code{amx-int8} instructions.
2518
2519@item amx_bf16
2520Target supports the execution of @code{amx-bf16} instructions.
2521
2522@item amx_fp16
2523Target supports the execution of @code{amx-fp16} instructions.
2524
2525@item cell_hw
2526Test system can execute AltiVec and Cell PPU instructions.
2527
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2528@item clz
2529Target supports a clz optab on int.
2530
2531@item clzl
2532Target supports a clz optab on long.
2533
2534@item clzll
2535Target supports a clz optab on long long.
2536
2537@item ctz
2538Target supports a ctz optab on int.
2539
2540@item ctzl
2541Target supports a ctz optab on long.
2542
2543@item ctzll
2544Target supports a ctz optab on long long.
2545
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2546@item cmpccxadd
2547Target supports the execution of @code{cmpccxadd} instructions.
2548
2549@item coldfire_fpu
2550Target uses a ColdFire FPU.
2551
2552@item divmod
2553Target supporting hardware divmod insn or divmod libcall.
2554
2555@item divmod_simode
2556Target supporting hardware divmod insn or divmod libcall for SImode.
2557
2558@item hard_float
2559Target supports FPU instructions.
2560
2561@item non_strict_align
2562Target does not require strict alignment.
2563
2564@item pie_copyreloc
2565The x86-64 target linker supports PIE with copy reloc.
2566
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2567@item popcount
2568Target supports a popcount optab on int.
2569
2570@item popcountl
2571Target supports a popcount optab on long.
2572
2573@item popcountll
2574Target supports a popcount optab on long long.
2575
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2576@item prefetchi
2577Target supports the execution of @code{prefetchi} instructions.
2578
2579@item raoint
2580Target supports the execution of @code{raoint} instructions.
2581
2582@item rdrand
2583Target supports x86 @code{rdrand} instruction.
2584
2585@item sqrt_insn
2586Target has a square root instruction that the compiler can generate.
2587
2588@item sse
2589Target supports compiling @code{sse} instructions.
2590
2591@item sse_runtime
2592Target supports the execution of @code{sse} instructions.
2593
2594@item sse2
2595Target supports compiling @code{sse2} instructions.
2596
2597@item sse2_runtime
2598Target supports the execution of @code{sse2} instructions.
2599
2600@item sync_char_short
2601Target supports atomic operations on @code{char} and @code{short}.
2602
2603@item sync_int_long
2604Target supports atomic operations on @code{int} and @code{long}.
2605
2606@item ultrasparc_hw
2607Test environment appears to run executables on a simulator that
2608accepts only @code{EM_SPARC} executables and chokes on @code{EM_SPARC32PLUS}
2609or @code{EM_SPARCV9} executables.
2610
2611@item vect_cmdline_needed
2612Target requires a command line argument to enable a SIMD instruction set.
2613
2614@item xorsign
2615Target supports the xorsign optab expansion.
2616
2617@end table
2618
2619@subsubsection Environment attributes
2620
2621@table @code
2622@item c
2623The language for the compiler under test is C.
2624
2625@item c++
2626The language for the compiler under test is C++.
2627
2628@item c99_runtime
2629Target provides a full C99 runtime.
2630
2631@item correct_iso_cpp_string_wchar_protos
2632Target @code{string.h} and @code{wchar.h} headers provide C++ required
2633overloads for @code{strchr} etc. functions.
2634
2635@item d_runtime
2636Target provides the D runtime.
2637
2638@item d_runtime_has_std_library
2639Target provides the D standard library (Phobos).
2640
2641@item dummy_wcsftime
2642Target uses a dummy @code{wcsftime} function that always returns zero.
2643
2644@item fd_truncate
2645Target can truncate a file from a file descriptor, as used by
2646@file{libgfortran/io/unix.c:fd_truncate}; i.e.@: @code{ftruncate} or
2647@code{chsize}.
2648
2649@item fenv
2650Target provides @file{fenv.h} include file.
2651
2652@item fenv_exceptions
2653Target supports @file{fenv.h} with all the standard IEEE exceptions
2654and floating-point exceptions are raised by arithmetic operations.
2655
2656@item fenv_exceptions_dfp
2657Target supports @file{fenv.h} with all the standard IEEE exceptions
2658and floating-point exceptions are raised by arithmetic operations for
2659decimal floating point.
2660
2661@item fileio
2662Target offers such file I/O library functions as @code{fopen},
2663@code{fclose}, @code{tmpnam}, and @code{remove}. This is a link-time
2664requirement for the presence of the functions in the library; even if
2665they fail at runtime, the requirement is still regarded as satisfied.
2666
2667@item freestanding
2668Target is @samp{freestanding} as defined in section 4 of the C99 standard.
2669Effectively, it is a target which supports no extra headers or libraries
2670other than what is considered essential.
2671
2672@item gettimeofday
2673Target supports @code{gettimeofday}.
2674
2675@item init_priority
2676Target supports constructors with initialization priority arguments.
2677
2678@item inttypes_types
2679Target has the basic signed and unsigned types in @code{inttypes.h}.
2680This is for tests that GCC's notions of these types agree with those
2681in the header, as some systems have only @code{inttypes.h}.
2682
2683@item lax_strtofp
2684Target might have errors of a few ULP in string to floating-point
2685conversion functions and overflow is not always detected correctly by
2686those functions.
2687
2688@item mempcpy
2689Target provides @code{mempcpy} function.
2690
2691@item mmap
2692Target supports @code{mmap}.
2693
2694@item newlib
2695Target supports Newlib.
2696
2697@item newlib_nano_io
2698GCC was configured with @code{--enable-newlib-nano-formatted-io}, which reduces
2699the code size of Newlib formatted I/O functions.
2700
2701@item pow10
2702Target provides @code{pow10} function.
2703
2704@item pthread
2705Target can compile using @code{pthread.h} with no errors or warnings.
2706
2707@item pthread_h
2708Target has @code{pthread.h}.
2709
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2710@item sockets
2711Target can compile using @code{sys/socket.h} with no errors or warnings.
2712
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2713@item run_expensive_tests
2714Expensive testcases (usually those that consume excessive amounts of CPU
2715time) should be run on this target. This can be enabled by setting the
2716@env{GCC_TEST_RUN_EXPENSIVE} environment variable to a non-empty string.
2717
2718@item simulator
2719Test system runs executables on a simulator (i.e.@: slowly) rather than
2720hardware (i.e.@: fast).
2721
2722@item signal
2723Target has @code{signal.h}.
2724
2725@item stabs
2726Target supports the stabs debugging format.
2727
2728@item stdint_types
2729Target has the basic signed and unsigned C types in @code{stdint.h}.
2730This will be obsolete when GCC ensures a working @code{stdint.h} for
2731all targets.
2732
2733@item stdint_types_mbig_endian
2734Target accepts the option @option{-mbig-endian} and @code{stdint.h}
2735can be included without error when @option{-mbig-endian} is passed.
2736
2737@item stpcpy
2738Target provides @code{stpcpy} function.
2739
2740@item sysconf
2741Target supports @code{sysconf}.
2742
2743@item trampolines
2744Target supports trampolines.
2745
2746@item two_plus_gigs
2747Target supports linking programs with 2+GiB of data.
2748
2749@item uclibc
2750Target supports uClibc.
2751
2752@item unwrapped
2753Target does not use a status wrapper.
2754
2755@item vxworks_kernel
2756Target is a VxWorks kernel.
2757
2758@item vxworks_rtp
2759Target is a VxWorks RTP.
2760
2761@item wchar
2762Target supports wide characters.
2763@end table
2764
2765@subsubsection Other attributes
2766
2767@table @code
2768@item R_flag_in_section
2769Target supports the 'R' flag in .section directive in assembly inputs.
2770
2771@item automatic_stack_alignment
2772Target supports automatic stack alignment.
2773
2774@item branch_cost
2775Target supports @option{-branch-cost=N}.
2776
2777@item cxa_atexit
2778Target uses @code{__cxa_atexit}.
2779
2780@item default_packed
2781@anchor{default_packed}
2782Target has packed layout of structure members by default.
2783
2784@item exceptions
2785Target supports exceptions.
2786
2787@item exceptions_enabled
2788Target supports exceptions and they are enabled in the current
2789testing configuration.
2790
2791@item fgraphite
2792Target supports Graphite optimizations.
2793
2794@item fixed_point
2795Target supports fixed-point extension to C.
2796
2797@item fopenacc
2798Target supports OpenACC via @option{-fopenacc}.
2799
2800@item fopenmp
2801Target supports OpenMP via @option{-fopenmp}.
2802
2803@item fpic
2804Target supports @option{-fpic} and @option{-fPIC}.
2805
2806@item freorder
2807Target supports @option{-freorder-blocks-and-partition}.
2808
2809@item fstack_protector
2810Target supports @option{-fstack-protector}.
2811
2812@item gas
2813Target uses GNU @command{as}.
2814
2815@item gc_sections
2816Target supports @option{--gc-sections}.
2817
2818@item gld
2819Target uses GNU @command{ld}.
2820
2821@item keeps_null_pointer_checks
2822Target keeps null pointer checks, either due to the use of
2823@option{-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks} or hardwired into the target.
2824
2825@item llvm_binutils
2826Target is using an LLVM assembler and/or linker, instead of GNU Binutils.
2827
2828@item lra
2829Target supports local register allocator (LRA).
2830
2831@item lto
2832Compiler has been configured to support link-time optimization (LTO).
2833
2834@item lto_incremental
2835Compiler and linker support link-time optimization relocatable linking
2836with @option{-r} and @option{-flto} options.
2837
2838@item naked_functions
2839Target supports the @code{naked} function attribute.
2840
2841@item named_sections
2842Target supports named sections.
2843
2844@item natural_alignment_32
2845Target uses natural alignment (aligned to type size) for types of
284632 bits or less.
2847
2848@item target_natural_alignment_64
2849Target uses natural alignment (aligned to type size) for types of
285064 bits or less.
2851
2852@item no_alignment_constraints
2853Target defines __BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT__=1. Hence target imposes
2854no alignment constraints. This is similar, but not necessarily
2855the same as @ref{default_packed}. Although @code{BIGGEST_FIELD_ALIGNMENT}
2856defaults to @code{BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT} for most targets, it is possible
2857for a target to set those two with different values and have different
2858alignment constraints for aggregate and non-aggregate types.
2859
2860@item noinit
2861Target supports the @code{noinit} variable attribute.
2862
2863@item nonpic
2864Target does not generate PIC by default.
2865
2866@item o_flag_in_section
2867Target supports the 'o' flag in .section directive in assembly inputs.
2868
2869@item offload_gcn
2870Target has been configured for OpenACC/OpenMP offloading on AMD GCN.
2871
2872@item persistent
2873Target supports the @code{persistent} variable attribute.
2874
2875@item pie_enabled
2876Target generates PIE by default.
2877
2878@item pcc_bitfield_type_matters
2879Target defines @code{PCC_BITFIELD_TYPE_MATTERS}.
2880
2881@item pe_aligned_commons
2882Target supports @option{-mpe-aligned-commons}.
2883
2884@item pie
2885Target supports @option{-pie}, @option{-fpie} and @option{-fPIE}.
2886
2887@item rdynamic
2888Target supports @option{-rdynamic}.
2889
2890@item scalar_all_fma
2891Target supports all four fused multiply-add optabs for both @code{float}
2892and @code{double}. These optabs are: @code{fma_optab}, @code{fms_optab},
2893@code{fnma_optab} and @code{fnms_optab}.
2894
2895@item section_anchors
2896Target supports section anchors.
2897
2898@item short_enums
2899Target defaults to short enums.
2900
2901@item stack_size
2902@anchor{stack_size_et}
2903Target has limited stack size. The stack size limit can be obtained using the
2904STACK_SIZE macro defined by @ref{stack_size_ao,,@code{dg-add-options} feature
2905@code{stack_size}}.
2906
2907@item static
2908Target supports @option{-static}.
2909
2910@item static_libgfortran
2911Target supports statically linking @samp{libgfortran}.
2912
2913@item string_merging
2914Target supports merging string constants at link time.
2915
2916@item ucn
2917Target supports compiling and assembling UCN.
2918
2919@item ucn_nocache
2920Including the options used to compile this particular test, the
2921target supports compiling and assembling UCN.
2922
2923@item unaligned_stack
2924Target does not guarantee that its @code{STACK_BOUNDARY} is greater than
2925or equal to the required vector alignment.
2926
2927@item vector_alignment_reachable
2928Vector alignment is reachable for types of 32 bits or less.
2929
2930@item vector_alignment_reachable_for_64bit
2931Vector alignment is reachable for types of 64 bits or less.
2932
2933@item vma_equals_lma
2934Target generates executable with VMA equal to LMA for .data section.
2935
2936@item wchar_t_char16_t_compatible
2937Target supports @code{wchar_t} that is compatible with @code{char16_t}.
2938
2939@item wchar_t_char32_t_compatible
2940Target supports @code{wchar_t} that is compatible with @code{char32_t}.
2941
2942@item comdat_group
2943Target uses comdat groups.
2944
2945@item indirect_calls
2946Target supports indirect calls, i.e. calls where the target is not
2947constant.
2948
2949@item lgccjit
2950Target supports -lgccjit, i.e. libgccjit.so can be linked into jit tests.
2951
2952@item __OPTIMIZE__
2953Optimizations are enabled (@code{__OPTIMIZE__}) per the current
2954compiler flags.
2955@end table
2956
2957@subsubsection Local to tests in @code{gcc.target/i386}
2958
2959@table @code
2960@item 3dnow
2961Target supports compiling @code{3dnow} instructions.
2962
2963@item aes
2964Target supports compiling @code{aes} instructions.
2965
2966@item fma4
2967Target supports compiling @code{fma4} instructions.
2968
2969@item mfentry
2970Target supports the @code{-mfentry} option that alters the
2971position of profiling calls such that they precede the prologue.
2972
2973@item ms_hook_prologue
2974Target supports attribute @code{ms_hook_prologue}.
2975
2976@item pclmul
2977Target supports compiling @code{pclmul} instructions.
2978
2979@item sse3
2980Target supports compiling @code{sse3} instructions.
2981
2982@item sse4
2983Target supports compiling @code{sse4} instructions.
2984
2985@item sse4a
2986Target supports compiling @code{sse4a} instructions.
2987
2988@item ssse3
2989Target supports compiling @code{ssse3} instructions.
2990
2991@item vaes
2992Target supports compiling @code{vaes} instructions.
2993
2994@item vpclmul
2995Target supports compiling @code{vpclmul} instructions.
2996
2997@item xop
2998Target supports compiling @code{xop} instructions.
2999@end table
3000
3001@subsubsection Local to tests in @code{gcc.test-framework}
3002
3003@table @code
3004@item no
3005Always returns 0.
3006
3007@item yes
3008Always returns 1.
3009@end table
3010
3011@node Add Options
3012@subsection Features for @code{dg-add-options}
3013
3014The supported values of @var{feature} for directive @code{dg-add-options}
3015are:
3016
3017@table @code
3018@item arm_fp
3019@code{__ARM_FP} definition. Only ARM targets support this feature, and only then
3020in certain modes; see the @ref{arm_fp_ok,,arm_fp_ok effective target
3021keyword}.
3022
3023@item arm_fp_dp
3024@code{__ARM_FP} definition with double-precision support. Only ARM
3025targets support this feature, and only then in certain modes; see the
3026@ref{arm_fp_dp_ok,,arm_fp_dp_ok effective target keyword}.
3027
3028@item arm_neon
3029NEON support. Only ARM targets support this feature, and only then
3030in certain modes; see the @ref{arm_neon_ok,,arm_neon_ok effective target
3031keyword}.
3032
3033@item arm_fp16
3034VFP half-precision floating point support. This does not select the
3035FP16 format; for that, use @ref{arm_fp16_ieee,,arm_fp16_ieee} or
3036@ref{arm_fp16_alternative,,arm_fp16_alternative} instead. This
3037feature is only supported by ARM targets and then only in certain
3038modes; see the @ref{arm_fp16_ok,,arm_fp16_ok effective target
3039keyword}.
3040
3041@item arm_fp16_ieee
3042@anchor{arm_fp16_ieee}
3043ARM IEEE 754-2008 format VFP half-precision floating point support.
3044This feature is only supported by ARM targets and then only in certain
3045modes; see the @ref{arm_fp16_ok,,arm_fp16_ok effective target
3046keyword}.
3047
3048@item arm_fp16_alternative
3049@anchor{arm_fp16_alternative}
3050ARM Alternative format VFP half-precision floating point support.
3051This feature is only supported by ARM targets and then only in certain
3052modes; see the @ref{arm_fp16_ok,,arm_fp16_ok effective target
3053keyword}.
3054
3055@item arm_neon_fp16
3056NEON and half-precision floating point support. Only ARM targets
3057support this feature, and only then in certain modes; see
3058the @ref{arm_neon_fp16_ok,,arm_neon_fp16_ok effective target keyword}.
3059
3060@item arm_vfp3
3061arm vfp3 floating point support; see
3062the @ref{arm_vfp3_ok,,arm_vfp3_ok effective target keyword}.
3063
3064@item arm_arch_v8a_hard
3065Add options for ARMv8-A and the hard-float variant of the AAPCS,
3066if this is supported by the compiler; see the
3067@ref{arm_arch_v8a_hard_ok,,arm_arch_v8a_hard_ok} effective target keyword.
3068
3069@item arm_v8_1a_neon
3070Add options for ARMv8.1-A with Adv.SIMD support, if this is supported
3071by the target; see the @ref{arm_v8_1a_neon_ok,,arm_v8_1a_neon_ok}
3072effective target keyword.
3073
3074@item arm_v8_2a_fp16_scalar
3075Add options for ARMv8.2-A with scalar FP16 support, if this is
3076supported by the target; see the
3077@ref{arm_v8_2a_fp16_scalar_ok,,arm_v8_2a_fp16_scalar_ok} effective
3078target keyword.
3079
3080@item arm_v8_2a_fp16_neon
3081Add options for ARMv8.2-A with Adv.SIMD FP16 support, if this is
3082supported by the target; see the
3083@ref{arm_v8_2a_fp16_neon_ok,,arm_v8_2a_fp16_neon_ok} effective target
3084keyword.
3085
3086@item arm_v8_2a_dotprod_neon
3087Add options for ARMv8.2-A with Adv.SIMD Dot Product support, if this is
3088supported by the target; see the
3089@ref{arm_v8_2a_dotprod_neon_ok} effective target keyword.
3090
3091@item arm_fp16fml_neon
3092Add options to enable generation of the @code{VFMAL} and @code{VFMSL}
3093instructions, if this is supported by the target; see the
3094@ref{arm_fp16fml_neon_ok} effective target keyword.
3095
3096@item arm_dsp
3097Add options for ARM DSP intrinsics support, if this is supported by
3098the target; see the @ref{arm_dsp_ok,,arm_dsp_ok effective target
3099keyword}.
3100
3101@item bind_pic_locally
3102Add the target-specific flags needed to enable functions to bind
3103locally when using pic/PIC passes in the testsuite.
3104
3105@item float@var{n}
3106Add the target-specific flags needed to use the @code{_Float@var{n}} type.
3107
3108@item float@var{n}x
3109Add the target-specific flags needed to use the @code{_Float@var{n}x} type.
3110
3111@item ieee
3112Add the target-specific flags needed to enable full IEEE
3113compliance mode.
3114
3115@item mips16_attribute
3116@code{mips16} function attributes.
3117Only MIPS targets support this feature, and only then in certain modes.
3118
3119@item stack_size
3120@anchor{stack_size_ao}
3121Add the flags needed to define macro STACK_SIZE and set it to the stack size
3122limit associated with the @ref{stack_size_et,,@code{stack_size} effective
3123target}.
3124
3125@item sqrt_insn
3126Add the target-specific flags needed to enable hardware square root
3127instructions, if any.
3128
3129@item tls
3130Add the target-specific flags needed to use thread-local storage.
3131@end table
3132
3133@node Require Support
3134@subsection Variants of @code{dg-require-@var{support}}
3135
3136A few of the @code{dg-require} directives take arguments.
3137
3138@table @code
3139@item dg-require-iconv @var{codeset}
3140Skip the test if the target does not support iconv. @var{codeset} is
3141the codeset to convert to.
3142
3143@item dg-require-profiling @var{profopt}
3144Skip the test if the target does not support profiling with option
3145@var{profopt}.
3146
3147@item dg-require-stack-check @var{check}
3148Skip the test if the target does not support the @code{-fstack-check}
3149option. If @var{check} is @code{""}, support for @code{-fstack-check}
3150is checked, for @code{-fstack-check=("@var{check}")} otherwise.
3151
3152@item dg-require-stack-size @var{size}
3153Skip the test if the target does not support a stack size of @var{size}.
3154
3155@item dg-require-visibility @var{vis}
3156Skip the test if the target does not support the @code{visibility} attribute.
3157If @var{vis} is @code{""}, support for @code{visibility("hidden")} is
3158checked, for @code{visibility("@var{vis}")} otherwise.
3159@end table
3160
3161The original @code{dg-require} directives were defined before there
3162was support for effective-target keywords. The directives that do not
3163take arguments could be replaced with effective-target keywords.
3164
3165@table @code
3166@item dg-require-alias ""
3167Skip the test if the target does not support the @samp{alias} attribute.
3168
3169@item dg-require-ascii-locale ""
3170Skip the test if the host does not support an ASCII locale.
3171
3172@item dg-require-compat-dfp ""
3173Skip this test unless both compilers in a @file{compat} testsuite
3174support decimal floating point.
3175
3176@item dg-require-cxa-atexit ""
3177Skip the test if the target does not support @code{__cxa_atexit}.
3178This is equivalent to @code{dg-require-effective-target cxa_atexit}.
3179
3180@item dg-require-dll ""
3181Skip the test if the target does not support DLL attributes.
3182
3183@item dg-require-dot ""
3184Skip the test if the host does not have @command{dot}.
3185
3186@item dg-require-fork ""
3187Skip the test if the target does not support @code{fork}.
3188
3189@item dg-require-gc-sections ""
3190Skip the test if the target's linker does not support the
3191@code{--gc-sections} flags.
3192This is equivalent to @code{dg-require-effective-target gc-sections}.
3193
3194@item dg-require-host-local ""
3195Skip the test if the host is remote, rather than the same as the build
3196system. Some tests are incompatible with DejaGnu's handling of remote
3197hosts, which involves copying the source file to the host and compiling
3198it with a relative path and "@code{-o a.out}".
3199
3200@item dg-require-mkfifo ""
3201Skip the test if the target does not support @code{mkfifo}.
3202
3203@item dg-require-named-sections ""
3204Skip the test is the target does not support named sections.
3205This is equivalent to @code{dg-require-effective-target named_sections}.
3206
3207@item dg-require-weak ""
3208Skip the test if the target does not support weak symbols.
3209
3210@item dg-require-weak-override ""
3211Skip the test if the target does not support overriding weak symbols.
3212@end table
3213
3214@node Final Actions
3215@subsection Commands for use in @code{dg-final}
3216
3217The GCC testsuite defines the following directives to be used within
3218@code{dg-final}.
3219
3220@subsubsection Scan a particular file
3221
3222@table @code
3223@item scan-file @var{filename} @var{regexp} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3224Passes if @var{regexp} matches text in @var{filename}.
3225@item scan-file-not @var{filename} @var{regexp} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3226Passes if @var{regexp} does not match text in @var{filename}.
3227@item scan-module @var{module} @var{regexp} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3228Passes if @var{regexp} matches in Fortran module @var{module}.
3229@item dg-check-dot @var{filename}
3230Passes if @var{filename} is a valid @file{.dot} file (by running
3231@code{dot -Tpng} on it, and verifying the exit code is 0).
3232@item scan-sarif-file @var{regexp} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3233Passes if @var{regexp} matches text in the file generated by
3234@option{-fdiagnostics-format=sarif-file}.
3235@item scan-sarif-file-not @var{regexp} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3236Passes if @var{regexp} does not match text in the file generated by
3237@option{-fdiagnostics-format=sarif-file}.
3238@end table
3239
3240@subsubsection Scan the assembly output
3241
3242@table @code
3243@item scan-assembler @var{regex} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3244Passes if @var{regex} matches text in the test's assembler output.
3245
3246@item scan-assembler-not @var{regex} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3247Passes if @var{regex} does not match text in the test's assembler output.
3248
3249@item scan-assembler-times @var{regex} @var{num} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3250Passes if @var{regex} is matched exactly @var{num} times in the test's
3251assembler output.
3252
3253@item scan-assembler-dem @var{regex} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3254Passes if @var{regex} matches text in the test's demangled assembler output.
3255
3256@item scan-assembler-dem-not @var{regex} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3257Passes if @var{regex} does not match text in the test's demangled assembler
3258output.
3259
3260@item scan-assembler-symbol-section @var{functions} @var{section} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3261Passes if @var{functions} are all in @var{section}. The caller needs to
3262allow for @code{USER_LABEL_PREFIX} and different section name conventions.
3263
3264@item scan-symbol-section @var{filename} @var{functions} @var{section} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3265Passes if @var{functions} are all in @var{section}in @var{filename}.
3266The same caveats as for @code{scan-assembler-symbol-section} apply.
3267
3268@item scan-hidden @var{symbol} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3269Passes if @var{symbol} is defined as a hidden symbol in the test's
3270assembly output.
3271
3272@item scan-not-hidden @var{symbol} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3273Passes if @var{symbol} is not defined as a hidden symbol in the test's
3274assembly output.
3275
3276@item check-function-bodies @var{prefix} @var{terminator} [@var{options} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]]
3277Looks through the source file for comments that give the expected assembly
3278output for selected functions. Each line of expected output starts with the
3279prefix string @var{prefix} and the expected output for a function as a whole
3280is followed by a line that starts with the string @var{terminator}.
3281Specifying an empty terminator is equivalent to specifying @samp{"*/"}.
3282
3283@var{options}, if specified, is a list of regular expressions, each of
3284which matches a full command-line option. A non-empty list prevents
3285the test from running unless all of the given options are present on the
3286command line. This can help if a source file is compiled both with
3287and without optimization, since it is rarely useful to check the full
3288function body for unoptimized code.
3289
3290The first line of the expected output for a function @var{fn} has the form:
3291
3292@smallexample
3293@var{prefix} @var{fn}: [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3294@end smallexample
3295
3296Subsequent lines of the expected output also start with @var{prefix}.
3297In both cases, whitespace after @var{prefix} is not significant.
3298
3299The test discards assembly directives such as @code{.cfi_startproc}
3300and local label definitions such as @code{.LFB0} from the compiler's
3301assembly output. It then matches the result against the expected
3302output for a function as a single regular expression. This means that
3303later lines can use backslashes to refer back to @samp{(@dots{})}
3304captures on earlier lines. For example:
3305
3306@smallexample
3307/* @{ dg-final @{ check-function-bodies "**" "" "-DCHECK_ASM" @} @} */
3308@dots{}
3309/*
3310** add_w0_s8_m:
3311** mov (z[0-9]+\.b), w0
3312** add z0\.b, p0/m, z0\.b, \1
3313** ret
3314*/
3315svint8_t add_w0_s8_m (@dots{}) @{ @dots{} @}
3316@dots{}
3317/*
3318** add_b0_s8_m:
3319** mov (z[0-9]+\.b), b0
3320** add z1\.b, p0/m, z1\.b, \1
3321** ret
3322*/
3323svint8_t add_b0_s8_m (@dots{}) @{ @dots{} @}
3324@end smallexample
3325
3326checks whether the implementations of @code{add_w0_s8_m} and
3327@code{add_b0_s8_m} match the regular expressions given. The test only
3328runs when @samp{-DCHECK_ASM} is passed on the command line.
3329
3330It is possible to create non-capturing multi-line regular expression
3331groups of the form @samp{(@var{a}|@var{b}|@dots{})} by putting the
3332@samp{(}, @samp{|} and @samp{)} on separate lines (each still using
3333@var{prefix}). For example:
3334
3335@smallexample
3336/*
3337** cmple_f16_tied:
3338** (
3339** fcmge p0\.h, p0/z, z1\.h, z0\.h
3340** |
3341** fcmle p0\.h, p0/z, z0\.h, z1\.h
3342** )
3343** ret
3344*/
3345svbool_t cmple_f16_tied (@dots{}) @{ @dots{} @}
3346@end smallexample
3347
3348checks whether @code{cmple_f16_tied} is implemented by the
3349@code{fcmge} instruction followed by @code{ret} or by the
3350@code{fcmle} instruction followed by @code{ret}. The test is
3351still a single regular rexpression.
3352
3353A line containing just:
3354
3355@smallexample
3356@var{prefix} ...
3357@end smallexample
3358
3359stands for zero or more unmatched lines; the whitespace after
3360@var{prefix} is again not significant.
3361
3362@end table
3363
3364@subsubsection Scan optimization dump files
3365
3366These commands are available for @var{kind} of @code{tree}, @code{ltrans-tree},
3367@code{offload-tree}, @code{rtl}, @code{offload-rtl}, @code{ipa}, and
3368@code{wpa-ipa}.
3369
3370@table @code
3371@item scan-@var{kind}-dump @var{regex} @var{suffix} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3372Passes if @var{regex} matches text in the dump file with suffix @var{suffix}.
3373
3374@item scan-@var{kind}-dump-not @var{regex} @var{suffix} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3375Passes if @var{regex} does not match text in the dump file with suffix
3376@var{suffix}.
3377
3378@item scan-@var{kind}-dump-times @var{regex} @var{num} @var{suffix} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3379Passes if @var{regex} is found exactly @var{num} times in the dump file
3380with suffix @var{suffix}.
3381
3382@item scan-@var{kind}-dump-dem @var{regex} @var{suffix} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3383Passes if @var{regex} matches demangled text in the dump file with
3384suffix @var{suffix}.
3385
3386@item scan-@var{kind}-dump-dem-not @var{regex} @var{suffix} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3387Passes if @var{regex} does not match demangled text in the dump file with
3388suffix @var{suffix}.
3389@end table
3390
3391The @var{suffix} argument which describes the dump file to be scanned
3392may contain a glob pattern that must expand to exactly one file
3393name. This is useful if, e.g., different pass instances are executed
3394depending on torture testing command-line flags, producing dump files
3395whose names differ only in their pass instance number suffix. For
3396example, to scan instances 1, 2, 3 of a tree pass ``mypass'' for
3397occurrences of the string ``code has been optimized'', use:
3398@smallexample
3399/* @{ dg-options "-fdump-tree-mypass" @} */
3400/* @{ dg-final @{ scan-tree-dump "code has been optimized" "mypass\[1-3\]" @} @} */
3401@end smallexample
3402
3403
3404@subsubsection Check for output files
3405
3406@table @code
3407@item output-exists [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3408Passes if compiler output file exists.
3409
3410@item output-exists-not [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3411Passes if compiler output file does not exist.
3412
3413@item scan-symbol @var{regexp} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3414Passes if the pattern is present in the final executable.
3415
3416@item scan-symbol-not @var{regexp} [@{ target/xfail @var{selector} @}]
3417Passes if the pattern is absent from the final executable.
3418@end table
3419
3420@subsubsection Checks for @command{gcov} tests
3421
3422@table @code
3423@item run-gcov @var{sourcefile}
3424Check line counts in @command{gcov} tests.
3425
3426@item run-gcov [branches] [calls] @{ @var{opts} @var{sourcefile} @}
3427Check branch and/or call counts, in addition to line counts, in
3428@command{gcov} tests.
3429
3430@item run-gcov-pytest @{ @var{sourcefile} @var{pytest_file} @}
3431Check output of @command{gcov} intermediate format with a pytest
3432script.
3433@end table
3434
3435@subsubsection Clean up generated test files
3436
3437Usually the test-framework removes files that were generated during
3438testing. If a testcase, for example, uses any dumping mechanism to
3439inspect a passes dump file, the testsuite recognized the dump option
3440passed to the tool and schedules a final cleanup to remove these files.
3441
3442There are, however, following additional cleanup directives that can be
3443used to annotate a testcase "manually".
3444@table @code
3445@item cleanup-coverage-files
3446Removes coverage data files generated for this test.
3447
3448@item cleanup-modules "@var{list-of-extra-modules}"
3449Removes Fortran module files generated for this test, excluding the
3450module names listed in keep-modules.
3451Cleaning up module files is usually done automatically by the testsuite
3452by looking at the source files and removing the modules after the test
3453has been executed.
3454@smallexample
3455module MoD1
3456end module MoD1
3457module Mod2
3458end module Mod2
3459module moD3
3460end module moD3
3461module mod4
3462end module mod4
3463! @{ dg-final @{ cleanup-modules "mod1 mod2" @} @} ! redundant
3464! @{ dg-final @{ keep-modules "mod3 mod4" @} @}
3465@end smallexample
3466
3467@item keep-modules "@var{list-of-modules-not-to-delete}"
3468Whitespace separated list of module names that should not be deleted by
3469cleanup-modules.
3470If the list of modules is empty, all modules defined in this file are kept.
3471@smallexample
3472module maybe_unneeded
3473end module maybe_unneeded
3474module keep1
3475end module keep1
3476module keep2
3477end module keep2
3478! @{ dg-final @{ keep-modules "keep1 keep2" @} @} ! just keep these two
3479! @{ dg-final @{ keep-modules "" @} @} ! keep all
3480@end smallexample
3481
3482@item dg-keep-saved-temps "@var{list-of-suffixes-not-to-delete}"
3483Whitespace separated list of suffixes that should not be deleted
3484automatically in a testcase that uses @option{-save-temps}.
3485@smallexample
3486// @{ dg-options "-save-temps -fpch-preprocess -I." @}
3487int main() @{ return 0; @}
3488// @{ dg-keep-saved-temps ".s" @} ! just keep assembler file
3489// @{ dg-keep-saved-temps ".s" ".i" @} ! ... and .i
3490// @{ dg-keep-saved-temps ".ii" ".o" @} ! or just .ii and .o
3491@end smallexample
3492
3493@item cleanup-profile-file
3494Removes profiling files generated for this test.
3495
3496@end table
3497
3498@node Ada Tests
3499@section Ada Language Testsuites
3500
3501The Ada testsuite includes executable tests from the ACATS
3502testsuite, publicly available at
3503@uref{http://www.ada-auth.org/acats.html}.
3504
3505These tests are integrated in the GCC testsuite in the
3506@file{ada/acats} directory, and
3507enabled automatically when running @code{make check}, assuming
3508the Ada language has been enabled when configuring GCC@.
3509
3510You can also run the Ada testsuite independently, using
3511@code{make check-ada}, or run a subset of the tests by specifying which
3512chapter to run, e.g.:
3513
3514@smallexample
3515$ make check-ada CHAPTERS="c3 c9"
3516@end smallexample
3517
3518The tests are organized by directory, each directory corresponding to
3519a chapter of the Ada Reference Manual. So for example, @file{c9} corresponds
3520to chapter 9, which deals with tasking features of the language.
3521
3522The tests are run using two @command{sh} scripts: @file{run_acats} and
3523@file{run_all.sh}. To run the tests using a simulator or a cross
3524target, see the small
3525customization section at the top of @file{run_all.sh}.
3526
3527These tests are run using the build tree: they can be run without doing
3528a @code{make install}.
3529
3530@node C Tests
3531@section C Language Testsuites
3532
3533GCC contains the following C language testsuites, in the
3534@file{gcc/testsuite} directory:
3535
3536@table @file
3537@item gcc.dg
3538This contains tests of particular features of the C compiler, using the
3539more modern @samp{dg} harness. Correctness tests for various compiler
3540features should go here if possible.
3541
3542Magic comments determine whether the file
3543is preprocessed, compiled, linked or run. In these tests, error and warning
3544message texts are compared against expected texts or regular expressions
3545given in comments. These tests are run with the options @samp{-ansi -pedantic}
3546unless other options are given in the test. Except as noted below they
3547are not run with multiple optimization options.
3548@item gcc.dg/compat
3549This subdirectory contains tests for binary compatibility using
3550@file{lib/compat.exp}, which in turn uses the language-independent support
3551(@pxref{compat Testing, , Support for testing binary compatibility}).
3552@item gcc.dg/cpp
3553This subdirectory contains tests of the preprocessor.
3554@item gcc.dg/debug
3555This subdirectory contains tests for debug formats. Tests in this
3556subdirectory are run for each debug format that the compiler supports.
3557@item gcc.dg/format
3558This subdirectory contains tests of the @option{-Wformat} format
3559checking. Tests in this directory are run with and without
3560@option{-DWIDE}.
3561@item gcc.dg/noncompile
3562This subdirectory contains tests of code that should not compile and
3563does not need any special compilation options. They are run with
3564multiple optimization options, since sometimes invalid code crashes
3565the compiler with optimization.
3566@item gcc.dg/special
3567FIXME: describe this.
3568
3569@item gcc.c-torture
3570This contains particular code fragments which have historically broken easily.
3571These tests are run with multiple optimization options, so tests for features
3572which only break at some optimization levels belong here. This also contains
3573tests to check that certain optimizations occur. It might be worthwhile to
3574separate the correctness tests cleanly from the code quality tests, but
3575it hasn't been done yet.
3576
3577@item gcc.c-torture/compat
3578FIXME: describe this.
3579
3580This directory should probably not be used for new tests.
3581@item gcc.c-torture/compile
3582This testsuite contains test cases that should compile, but do not
3583need to link or run. These test cases are compiled with several
3584different combinations of optimization options. All warnings are
3585disabled for these test cases, so this directory is not suitable if
3586you wish to test for the presence or absence of compiler warnings.
3587While special options can be set, and tests disabled on specific
3588platforms, by the use of @file{.x} files, mostly these test cases
3589should not contain platform dependencies. FIXME: discuss how defines
3590such as @code{STACK_SIZE} are used.
3591@item gcc.c-torture/execute
3592This testsuite contains test cases that should compile, link and run;
3593otherwise the same comments as for @file{gcc.c-torture/compile} apply.
3594@item gcc.c-torture/execute/ieee
3595This contains tests which are specific to IEEE floating point.
3596@item gcc.c-torture/unsorted
3597FIXME: describe this.
3598
3599This directory should probably not be used for new tests.
3600@item gcc.misc-tests
3601This directory contains C tests that require special handling. Some
3602of these tests have individual expect files, and others share
3603special-purpose expect files:
3604
3605@table @file
3606@item @code{bprob*.c}
3607Test @option{-fbranch-probabilities} using
3608@file{gcc.misc-tests/bprob.exp}, which
3609in turn uses the generic, language-independent framework
3610(@pxref{profopt Testing, , Support for testing profile-directed
3611optimizations}).
3612
3613@item @code{gcov*.c}
3614Test @command{gcov} output using @file{gcov.exp}, which in turn uses the
3615language-independent support (@pxref{gcov Testing, , Support for testing gcov}).
3616
3617@item @code{i386-pf-*.c}
3618Test i386-specific support for data prefetch using @file{i386-prefetch.exp}.
3619@end table
3620
3621@item gcc.test-framework
3622@table @file
3623@item @code{dg-*.c}
3624Test the testsuite itself using @file{gcc.test-framework/test-framework.exp}.
3625@end table
3626
3627@end table
3628
3629FIXME: merge in @file{testsuite/README.gcc} and discuss the format of
3630test cases and magic comments more.
3631
3632@node LTO Testing
3633@section Support for testing link-time optimizations
3634
3635Tests for link-time optimizations usually require multiple source files
3636that are compiled separately, perhaps with different sets of options.
3637There are several special-purpose test directives used for these tests.
3638
3639@table @code
3640@item @{ dg-lto-do @var{do-what-keyword} @}
3641@var{do-what-keyword} specifies how the test is compiled and whether
3642it is executed. It is one of:
3643
3644@table @code
3645@item assemble
3646Compile with @option{-c} to produce a relocatable object file.
3647@item link
3648Compile, assemble, and link to produce an executable file.
3649@item run
3650Produce and run an executable file, which is expected to return
3651an exit code of 0.
3652@end table
3653
3654The default is @code{assemble}. That can be overridden for a set of
3655tests by redefining @code{dg-do-what-default} within the @code{.exp}
3656file for those tests.
3657
3658Unlike @code{dg-do}, @code{dg-lto-do} does not support an optional
3659@samp{target} or @samp{xfail} list. Use @code{dg-skip-if},
3660@code{dg-xfail-if}, or @code{dg-xfail-run-if}.
3661
3662@item @{ dg-lto-options @{ @{ @var{options} @} [@{ @var{options} @}] @} [@{ target @var{selector} @}]@}
3663This directive provides a list of one or more sets of compiler options
3664to override @var{LTO_OPTIONS}. Each test will be compiled and run with
3665each of these sets of options.
3666
3667@item @{ dg-extra-ld-options @var{options} [@{ target @var{selector} @}]@}
3668This directive adds @var{options} to the linker options used.
3669
3670@item @{ dg-suppress-ld-options @var{options} [@{ target @var{selector} @}]@}
3671This directive removes @var{options} from the set of linker options used.
3672@end table
3673
3674@node gcov Testing
3675@section Support for testing @command{gcov}
3676
3677Language-independent support for testing @command{gcov}, and for checking
3678that branch profiling produces expected values, is provided by the
3679expect file @file{lib/gcov.exp}. @command{gcov} tests also rely on procedures
3680in @file{lib/gcc-dg.exp} to compile and run the test program. A typical
3681@command{gcov} test contains the following DejaGnu commands within comments:
3682
3683@smallexample
3684@{ dg-options "--coverage" @}
3685@{ dg-do run @{ target native @} @}
3686@{ dg-final @{ run-gcov sourcefile @} @}
3687@end smallexample
3688
3689Checks of @command{gcov} output can include line counts, branch percentages,
3690and call return percentages. All of these checks are requested via
3691commands that appear in comments in the test's source file.
3692Commands to check line counts are processed by default.
3693Commands to check branch percentages and call return percentages are
3694processed if the @command{run-gcov} command has arguments @code{branches}
3695or @code{calls}, respectively. For example, the following specifies
3696checking both, as well as passing @option{-b} to @command{gcov}:
3697
3698@smallexample
3699@{ dg-final @{ run-gcov branches calls @{ -b sourcefile @} @} @}
3700@end smallexample
3701
3702A line count command appears within a comment on the source line
3703that is expected to get the specified count and has the form
3704@code{count(@var{cnt})}. A test should only check line counts for
3705lines that will get the same count for any architecture.
3706
3707Commands to check branch percentages (@code{branch}) and call
3708return percentages (@code{returns}) are very similar to each other.
3709A beginning command appears on or before the first of a range of
3710lines that will report the percentage, and the ending command
3711follows that range of lines. The beginning command can include a
3712list of percentages, all of which are expected to be found within
3713the range. A range is terminated by the next command of the same
3714kind. A command @code{branch(end)} or @code{returns(end)} marks
3715the end of a range without starting a new one. For example:
3716
3717@smallexample
3718if (i > 10 && j > i && j < 20) /* @r{branch(27 50 75)} */
3719 /* @r{branch(end)} */
3720 foo (i, j);
3721@end smallexample
3722
3723For a call return percentage, the value specified is the
3724percentage of calls reported to return. For a branch percentage,
3725the value is either the expected percentage or 100 minus that
3726value, since the direction of a branch can differ depending on the
3727target or the optimization level.
3728
3729Not all branches and calls need to be checked. A test should not
3730check for branches that might be optimized away or replaced with
3731predicated instructions. Don't check for calls inserted by the
3732compiler or ones that might be inlined or optimized away.
3733
3734A single test can check for combinations of line counts, branch
3735percentages, and call return percentages. The command to check a
3736line count must appear on the line that will report that count, but
3737commands to check branch percentages and call return percentages can
3738bracket the lines that report them.
3739
3740@node profopt Testing
3741@section Support for testing profile-directed optimizations
3742
3743The file @file{profopt.exp} provides language-independent support for
3744checking correct execution of a test built with profile-directed
3745optimization. This testing requires that a test program be built and
3746executed twice. The first time it is compiled to generate profile
3747data, and the second time it is compiled to use the data that was
3748generated during the first execution. The second execution is to
3749verify that the test produces the expected results.
3750
3751To check that the optimization actually generated better code, a
3752test can be built and run a third time with normal optimizations to
3753verify that the performance is better with the profile-directed
3754optimizations. @file{profopt.exp} has the beginnings of this kind
3755of support.
3756
3757@file{profopt.exp} provides generic support for profile-directed
3758optimizations. Each set of tests that uses it provides information
3759about a specific optimization:
3760
3761@table @code
3762@item tool
3763tool being tested, e.g., @command{gcc}
3764
3765@item profile_option
3766options used to generate profile data
3767
3768@item feedback_option
3769options used to optimize using that profile data
3770
3771@item prof_ext
3772suffix of profile data files
3773
3774@item PROFOPT_OPTIONS
3775list of options with which to run each test, similar to the lists for
3776torture tests
3777
3778@item @{ dg-final-generate @{ @var{local-directive} @} @}
3779This directive is similar to @code{dg-final}, but the
3780@var{local-directive} is run after the generation of profile data.
3781
3782@item @{ dg-final-use @{ @var{local-directive} @} @}
3783The @var{local-directive} is run after the profile data have been
3784used.
3785@end table
3786
3787@node compat Testing
3788@section Support for testing binary compatibility
3789
3790The file @file{compat.exp} provides language-independent support for
3791binary compatibility testing. It supports testing interoperability of
3792two compilers that follow the same ABI, or of multiple sets of
3793compiler options that should not affect binary compatibility. It is
3794intended to be used for testsuites that complement ABI testsuites.
3795
3796A test supported by this framework has three parts, each in a
3797separate source file: a main program and two pieces that interact
3798with each other to split up the functionality being tested.
3799
3800@table @file
3801@item @var{testname}_main.@var{suffix}
3802Contains the main program, which calls a function in file
3803@file{@var{testname}_x.@var{suffix}}.
3804
3805@item @var{testname}_x.@var{suffix}
3806Contains at least one call to a function in
3807@file{@var{testname}_y.@var{suffix}}.
3808
3809@item @var{testname}_y.@var{suffix}
3810Shares data with, or gets arguments from,
3811@file{@var{testname}_x.@var{suffix}}.
3812@end table
3813
3814Within each test, the main program and one functional piece are
3815compiled by the GCC under test. The other piece can be compiled by
3816an alternate compiler. If no alternate compiler is specified,
3817then all three source files are all compiled by the GCC under test.
3818You can specify pairs of sets of compiler options. The first element
3819of such a pair specifies options used with the GCC under test, and the
3820second element of the pair specifies options used with the alternate
3821compiler. Each test is compiled with each pair of options.
3822
3823@file{compat.exp} defines default pairs of compiler options.
3824These can be overridden by defining the environment variable
3825@env{COMPAT_OPTIONS} as:
3826
3827@smallexample
3828COMPAT_OPTIONS="[list [list @{@var{tst1}@} @{@var{alt1}@}]
3829 @dots{}[list @{@var{tstn}@} @{@var{altn}@}]]"
3830@end smallexample
3831
3832where @var{tsti} and @var{alti} are lists of options, with @var{tsti}
3833used by the compiler under test and @var{alti} used by the alternate
3834compiler. For example, with
3835@code{[list [list @{-g -O0@} @{-O3@}] [list @{-fpic@} @{-fPIC -O2@}]]},
3836the test is first built with @option{-g -O0} by the compiler under
3837test and with @option{-O3} by the alternate compiler. The test is
3838built a second time using @option{-fpic} by the compiler under test
3839and @option{-fPIC -O2} by the alternate compiler.
3840
3841An alternate compiler is specified by defining an environment
3842variable to be the full pathname of an installed compiler; for C
3843define @env{ALT_CC_UNDER_TEST}, and for C++ define
3844@env{ALT_CXX_UNDER_TEST}. These will be written to the
3845@file{site.exp} file used by DejaGnu. The default is to build each
3846test with the compiler under test using the first of each pair of
3847compiler options from @env{COMPAT_OPTIONS}. When
3848@env{ALT_CC_UNDER_TEST} or
3849@env{ALT_CXX_UNDER_TEST} is @code{same}, each test is built using
3850the compiler under test but with combinations of the options from
3851@env{COMPAT_OPTIONS}.
3852
3853To run only the C++ compatibility suite using the compiler under test
3854and another version of GCC using specific compiler options, do the
3855following from @file{@var{objdir}/gcc}:
3856
3857@smallexample
3858rm site.exp
3859make -k \
3860 ALT_CXX_UNDER_TEST=$@{alt_prefix@}/bin/g++ \
3861 COMPAT_OPTIONS="@var{lists as shown above}" \
3862 check-c++ \
3863 RUNTESTFLAGS="compat.exp"
3864@end smallexample
3865
3866A test that fails when the source files are compiled with different
3867compilers, but passes when the files are compiled with the same
3868compiler, demonstrates incompatibility of the generated code or
3869runtime support. A test that fails for the alternate compiler but
3870passes for the compiler under test probably tests for a bug that was
3871fixed in the compiler under test but is present in the alternate
3872compiler.
3873
3874The binary compatibility tests support a small number of test framework
3875commands that appear within comments in a test file.
3876
3877@table @code
3878@item dg-require-*
3879These commands can be used in @file{@var{testname}_main.@var{suffix}}
3880to skip the test if specific support is not available on the target.
3881
3882@item dg-options
3883The specified options are used for compiling this particular source
3884file, appended to the options from @env{COMPAT_OPTIONS}. When this
3885command appears in @file{@var{testname}_main.@var{suffix}} the options
3886are also used to link the test program.
3887
3888@item dg-xfail-if
3889This command can be used in a secondary source file to specify that
3890compilation is expected to fail for particular options on particular
3891targets.
3892@end table
3893
3894@node Torture Tests
3895@section Support for torture testing using multiple options
3896
3897Throughout the compiler testsuite there are several directories whose
3898tests are run multiple times, each with a different set of options.
3899These are known as torture tests.
3900@file{lib/torture-options.exp} defines procedures to
3901set up these lists:
3902
3903@table @code
3904@item torture-init
3905Initialize use of torture lists.
3906@item set-torture-options
3907Set lists of torture options to use for tests with and without loops.
3908Optionally combine a set of torture options with a set of other
3909options, as is done with Objective-C runtime options.
3910@item torture-finish
3911Finalize use of torture lists.
3912@end table
3913
3914The @file{.exp} file for a set of tests that use torture options must
3915include calls to these three procedures if:
3916
3917@itemize @bullet
3918@item It calls @code{gcc-dg-runtest} and overrides @var{DG_TORTURE_OPTIONS}.
3919
3920@item It calls @var{$@{tool@}}@code{-torture} or
3921@var{$@{tool@}}@code{-torture-execute}, where @var{tool} is @code{c},
3922@code{fortran}, or @code{objc}.
3923
3924@item It calls @code{dg-pch}.
3925@end itemize
3926
3927It is not necessary for a @file{.exp} file that calls @code{gcc-dg-runtest}
3928to call the torture procedures if the tests should use the list in
3929@var{DG_TORTURE_OPTIONS} defined in @file{gcc-dg.exp}.
3930
3931Most uses of torture options can override the default lists by defining
3932@var{TORTURE_OPTIONS} or add to the default list by defining
3933@var{ADDITIONAL_TORTURE_OPTIONS}. Define these in a @file{.dejagnurc}
3934file or add them to the @file{site.exp} file; for example
3935
3936@smallexample
3937set ADDITIONAL_TORTURE_OPTIONS [list \
3938 @{ -O2 -ftree-loop-linear @} \
3939 @{ -O2 -fpeel-loops @} ]
3940@end smallexample
3941
3942@node GIMPLE Tests
3943@section Support for testing GIMPLE passes
3944
3945As of gcc 7, C functions can be tagged with @code{__GIMPLE} to indicate
3946that the function body will be GIMPLE, rather than C. The compiler requires
3947the option @option{-fgimple} to enable this functionality. For example:
3948
3949@smallexample
3950/* @{ dg-do compile @} */
3951/* @{ dg-options "-O -fgimple" @} */
3952
3953void __GIMPLE (startwith ("dse2")) foo ()
3954@{
3955 int a;
3956
3957bb_2:
3958 if (a > 4)
3959 goto bb_3;
3960 else
3961 goto bb_4;
3962
3963bb_3:
3964 a_2 = 10;
3965 goto bb_5;
3966
3967bb_4:
3968 a_3 = 20;
3969
3970bb_5:
3971 a_1 = __PHI (bb_3: a_2, bb_4: a_3);
3972 a_4 = a_1 + 4;
3973
3974 return;
3975@}
3976@end smallexample
3977
3978The @code{startwith} argument indicates at which pass to begin.
3979
3980Use the dump modifier @code{-gimple} (e.g.@: @option{-fdump-tree-all-gimple})
3981to make tree dumps more closely follow the format accepted by the GIMPLE
3982parser.
3983
3984Example DejaGnu tests of GIMPLE can be seen in the source tree at
3985@file{gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/gimplefe-*.c}.
3986
3987The @code{__GIMPLE} parser is integrated with the C tokenizer and
3988preprocessor, so it should be possible to use macros to build out
3989test coverage.
3990
3991@node RTL Tests
3992@section Support for testing RTL passes
3993
3994As of gcc 7, C functions can be tagged with @code{__RTL} to indicate that the
3995function body will be RTL, rather than C. For example:
3996
3997@smallexample
3998double __RTL (startwith ("ira")) test (struct foo *f, const struct bar *b)
3999@{
4000 (function "test"
4001 [...snip; various directives go in here...]
4002 ) ;; function "test"
4003@}
4004@end smallexample
4005
4006The @code{startwith} argument indicates at which pass to begin.
4007
4008The parser expects the RTL body to be in the format emitted by this
4009dumping function:
4010
4011@smallexample
4012DEBUG_FUNCTION void
4013print_rtx_function (FILE *outfile, function *fn, bool compact);
4014@end smallexample
4015
4016when "compact" is true. So you can capture RTL in the correct format
4017from the debugger using:
4018
4019@smallexample
4020(gdb) print_rtx_function (stderr, cfun, true);
4021@end smallexample
4022
4023and copy and paste the output into the body of the C function.
4024
4025Example DejaGnu tests of RTL can be seen in the source tree under
4026@file{gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/rtl}.
4027
4028The @code{__RTL} parser is not integrated with the C tokenizer or
4029preprocessor, and works simply by reading the relevant lines within
4030the braces. In particular, the RTL body must be on separate lines from
4031the enclosing braces, and the preprocessor is not usable within it.