From ecc5691d0f92cf557611a34feafee9ee58b7e337 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Greenhalgh <james.greenhalgh@arm.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:46:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Re: [Docs] Reword the documentation for -fdump-rtl-
gcc/
* doc/invoke.texi (fdump-rtl-@var{pass}): Clarify relationship
between pass numbering and execution order.
From-SVN: r229584
---
gcc/ChangeLog | 5 +++++
gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 22 ++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index c7e7fe1ef92f..4f1b882f7866 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-10-30 James Greenhalgh <james.greenhalgh@arm.com>
+
+ * doc/invoke.texi (fdump-rtl-@var{pass}): Clarify relationship
+ between pass numbering and execution order.
+
2015-10-30 Kyrylo Tkachov <kyrylo.tkachov@arm.com>
* config/arm/arm.c (cortex_a9_sched_adjust_cost): Use reg_set_p to
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 70dc5d0b1974..4fc7d887a72a 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -6666,17 +6666,19 @@ Says to make debugging dumps during compilation at times specified by
@var{letters}. This is used for debugging the RTL-based passes of the
compiler. The file names for most of the dumps are made by appending
a pass number and a word to the @var{dumpname}, and the files are
-created in the directory of the output file. In case of
+created in the directory of the output file. In case of
@option{=@var{filename}} option, the dump is output on the given file
-instead of the pass numbered dump files. Note that the pass number is
-computed statically as passes get registered into the pass manager.
-Thus the numbering is not related to the dynamic order of execution of
-passes. In particular, a pass installed by a plugin could have a
-number over 200 even if it executed quite early. @var{dumpname} is
-generated from the name of the output file, if explicitly specified
-and it is not an executable, otherwise it is the basename of the
-source file. These switches may have different effects when
-@option{-E} is used for preprocessing.
+instead of the pass numbered dump files. Note that the pass number is
+assigned as passes are registered into the pass manager. Most passes
+are registered in the order that they will execute and for these passes
+the number corresponds to the pass execution order. However, passes
+registered by plugins, passes specific to compilation targets, or
+passes that are otherwise registered after all the other passes are
+numbered higher than a pass named "final", even if they are executed
+earlier. @var{dumpname} is generated from the name of the output
+file if explicitly specified and not an executable, otherwise it is
+the basename of the source file. These switches may have different
+effects when @option{-E} is used for preprocessing.
Debug dumps can be enabled with a @option{-fdump-rtl} switch or some
@option{-d} option @var{letters}. Here are the possible
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