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Commit 095c3a80 authored by Alkis Evlogimenos's avatar Alkis Evlogimenos
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Change the way we choose a free register: instead of picking the first

free allocatable register, we prefer the a free one with the most uses
of inactive intervals. This causes less spills and performes a bit
better compared to gcc:

Program                 | GCC/LLC (Before)| GCC/LLC (After)
164.gzip/164.gzip       | 0.59            | 0.60
175.vpr/175.vpr         | 0.57            | 0.58
176.gcc/176.gcc         | 0.59            | 0.61
181.mcf/181.mcf         | 0.94            | 0.95
186.crafty/186.crafty   | 0.62            | 0.62
197.parser/197.parser   | 0.89            | 0.88
252.eon/252.eon         | 0.61            | 0.66
253.perlbmk/253.perlbmk | 0.79            | 0.84
254.gap/254.gap         | 0.81            | 0.81
255.vortex/255.vortex   | 0.92            | 0.93
256.bzip2/256.bzip2     | 0.69            | 0.69
300.twolf/300.twolf     | 0.91            | 0.90

llvm-svn: 16147
parent d672a3db
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