Robert P. J. DAY says:
According to Mike Frysinger, this patch was removed from Gentoo in the
2.3.x series and didn't seem to cause any adverse effects. So toss it
from the patch directories for glibc 2.5 and up.
1 diff -durN gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/arm.c gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
2 --- gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/arm.c 2005-10-01 15:31:38.000000000 +0200
3 +++ gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/arm.c 2007-08-15 22:54:59.000000000 +0200
5 *load_offset = unsorted_offsets[order[0]];
8 + /* For XScale a two-word LDM is a performance loss, so only do this if
9 + size is more important. See comments in arm_gen_load_multiple. */
10 + if (nops == 2 && arm_tune_xscale && !optimize_size)
13 if (unsorted_offsets[order[0]] == 0)
16 @@ -5083,6 +5088,11 @@
17 *load_offset = unsorted_offsets[order[0]];
20 + /* For XScale a two-word LDM is a performance loss, so only do this if
21 + size is more important. See comments in arm_gen_load_multiple. */
22 + if (nops == 2 && arm_tune_xscale && !optimize_size)
25 if (unsorted_offsets[order[0]] == 0)
28 diff -durN gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/arm.md gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/arm.md
29 --- gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/config/arm/arm.md 2005-10-01 15:31:38.000000000 +0200
30 +++ gcc-3.4.6/gcc/config/arm/arm.md 2007-08-15 22:54:59.000000000 +0200
31 @@ -8811,13 +8811,16 @@
32 (set_attr "length" "4,8,8")]
35 +; Try to convert LDR+LDR+arith into [add+]LDM+arith
36 +; On XScale, LDM is always slower than two LDRs, so only do this if
37 +; optimising for size.
38 (define_insn "*arith_adjacentmem"
39 [(set (match_operand:SI 0 "s_register_operand" "=r")
40 (match_operator:SI 1 "shiftable_operator"
41 [(match_operand:SI 2 "memory_operand" "m")
42 (match_operand:SI 3 "memory_operand" "m")]))
43 (clobber (match_scratch:SI 4 "=r"))]
44 - "TARGET_ARM && adjacent_mem_locations (operands[2], operands[3])"
45 + "TARGET_ARM && (!arm_tune_xscale || optimize_size) && adjacent_mem_locations (operands[2], operands[3])"
53 + /* This would be a loss on a Harvard core, but adjacent_mem_locations()
54 + will prevent it from happening. */
56 ldm[0] = ops[0] = operands[4];
57 ops[1] = XEXP (XEXP (operands[2], 0), 0);
58 diff -durN gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/genpeep.c gcc-3.4.6/gcc/genpeep.c
59 --- gcc-3.4.6.orig/gcc/genpeep.c 2003-07-05 07:27:22.000000000 +0200
60 +++ gcc-3.4.6/gcc/genpeep.c 2007-08-15 22:54:59.000000000 +0200
62 printf ("#include \"recog.h\"\n");
63 printf ("#include \"except.h\"\n\n");
64 printf ("#include \"function.h\"\n\n");
65 + printf ("#include \"flags.h\"\n\n");
67 printf ("#ifdef HAVE_peephole\n");
68 printf ("extern rtx peep_operand[];\n\n");