0.9.10.9:

	Another try at the COPY-MORE-ARGS microoptimization, which was
	in fact reverted inadvertantly by the ppc/gencgc merge.
	... this time, schedule the instructions by hand to try to
		avoid a stall.
	... (whitespace.  *sigh*.)

diff --git a/src/compiler/ppc/call.lisp b/src/compiler/ppc/call.lisp
index 8468f3f..a67ea18 100644 (file)
--- a/src/compiler/ppc/call.lisp
+++ b/src/compiler/ppc/call.lisp
@@ -1043,11 +1043,9 @@ default-value-8
 
       (emit-label loop)
       ;; *--dst = *--src, --count
-      (inst addi src src (- n-word-bytes))
+      (inst lwzu temp src (- n-word-bytes))
       (inst addic. count count (- (fixnumize 1)))
-      (loadw temp src)
-      (inst addi dst dst (- n-word-bytes))
-      (storew temp dst)
+      (inst stwu temp dst (- n-word-bytes))
       (inst bgt loop)
 
       (emit-label do-regs)

diff --git a/src/runtime/gc-common.c b/src/runtime/gc-common.c
index 37555f9..40d5547 100644 (file)
--- a/src/runtime/gc-common.c
+++ b/src/runtime/gc-common.c
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ scavenge(lispobj *start, long n_words)
             }
         }
 #if !defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86) && !defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86_64)
-       /* This workaround is probably not needed for those ports
-          which don't have a partitioned register set (and therefore
-          scan the stack conservatively for roots). */
+        /* This workaround is probably not needed for those ports
+           which don't have a partitioned register set (and therefore
+           scan the stack conservatively for roots). */
         else if (n_words == 1) {
             /* there are some situations where an other-immediate may
                end up in a descriptor register.  I'm not sure whether

diff --git a/version.lisp-expr b/version.lisp-expr
index 87a3031..c3afb39 100644 (file)
--- a/version.lisp-expr
+++ b/version.lisp-expr
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 ;;; checkins which aren't released. (And occasionally for internal
 ;;; versions, especially for internal versions off the main CVS
 ;;; branch, it gets hairier, e.g. "0.pre7.14.flaky4.13".)
-"0.9.10.8"
+"0.9.10.9"