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Previous: <a href="Front-End.html#Front-End" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Front End</a>, Up: <a href="gcc-Directory.html#gcc-Directory" accesskey="u" rel="up">gcc Directory</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Option-Index.html#Option-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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<h4 class="subsection">6.3.9 Anatomy of a Target Back End</h4>
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<p>A back end for a target architecture in GCC has the following parts:
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<li> A directory <samp><var>machine</var></samp> under <samp>gcc/config</samp>, containing a
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machine description <samp><var>machine</var>.md</samp> file (see <a href="Machine-Desc.html#Machine-Desc">Machine Descriptions</a>), header files <samp><var>machine</var>.h</samp> and
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(see <a href="Target-Macros.html#Target-Macros">Target Description Macros and Functions</a>),
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some other files. The names of these files may be changed from the
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directory, containing a list of target-specific options. You can also
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add other option files using the <code>extra_options</code> variable in
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<samp>config.gcc</samp>. See <a href="Options.html#Options">Options</a>.
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<samp>config.gcc</samp> File</a>) for the systems with this target
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architecture.
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Target Specification</a>). This means both entries in the summary table
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target-specific uses of <code>__attribute__</code></a>), including where the
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same attribute is already supported on some targets, which are
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enumerated in the manual.
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</li><li> Documentation in <samp>gcc/doc/extend.texi</samp> for any target-specific
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pragmas supported.
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format checking styles supported.
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constraint letters (see <a href="Machine-Constraints.html#Machine-Constraints">Constraints for
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Particular Machines</a>).
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</li><li> A note in <samp>gcc/doc/contrib.texi</samp> under the person or people who
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contributed the target support.
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</li><li> Entries in <samp>gcc/doc/install.texi</samp> for all target triplets
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supported with this target architecture, giving details of any special
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notes about installation for this target, or saying that there are no
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special notes if there are none.
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</li><li> Possibly other support outside the <samp>gcc</samp> directory for runtime
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libraries. FIXME: reference docs for this. The <code>libstdc++</code> porting
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manual needs to be installed as info for this to work, or to be a
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chapter of this manual.
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</li></ul>
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<p>The <samp><var>machine</var>.h</samp> header is included very early in GCC’s
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standard sequence of header files, while <samp><var>machine</var>-protos.h</samp>
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is included late in the sequence. Thus <samp><var>machine</var>-protos.h</samp>
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can include declarations referencing types that are not defined when
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<samp><var>machine</var>.h</samp> is included, specifically including those from
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<samp>rtl.h</samp> and <samp>tree.h</samp>. Since both RTL and tree types may not
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be available in every context where <samp><var>machine</var>-protos.h</samp> is
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included, in this file you should guard declarations using these types
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inside appropriate <code>#ifdef RTX_CODE</code> or <code>#ifdef TREE_CODE</code>
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conditional code segments.
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<p>If the backend uses shared data structures that require <code>GTY</code> markers
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for garbage collection (see <a href="Type-Information.html#Type-Information">Type Information</a>), you must declare those
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in <samp><var>machine</var>.h</samp> rather than <samp><var>machine</var>-protos.h</samp>.
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<samp><var>machine</var>.h</samp>.
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</p>
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<p>GCC uses the macro <code>IN_TARGET_CODE</code> to distinguish between
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machine-specific <samp>.c</samp> and <samp>.cc</samp> files and
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machine-independent <samp>.c</samp> and <samp>.cc</samp> files. Machine-specific
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files should use the directive:
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<pre class="example">#define IN_TARGET_CODE 1
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<p>before including <code>config.h</code>.
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</p>
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<p>If the back end is added to the official GCC source repository, the
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following are also necessary:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li> An entry for the target architecture in <samp>readings.html</samp> on the
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GCC web site, with any relevant links.
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</li><li> Details of the properties of the back end and target architecture in
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<samp>backends.html</samp> on the GCC web site.
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</li><li> A news item about the contribution of support for that target
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architecture, in <samp>index.html</samp> on the GCC web site.
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</li><li> Normally, one or more maintainers of that target listed in
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<samp>MAINTAINERS</samp>. Some existing architectures may be unmaintained,
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but it would be unusual to add support for a target that does not have
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a maintainer when support is added.
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</li><li> Target triplets covering all <samp>config.gcc</samp> stanzas for the target,
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in the list in <samp>contrib/config-list.mk</samp>.
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Previous: <a href="Front-End.html#Front-End" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Front End</a>, Up: <a href="gcc-Directory.html#gcc-Directory" accesskey="u" rel="up">gcc Directory</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Option-Index.html#Option-Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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