provides a mechanism for optimizing compilers to select the different Register configuration.

src/mips/macro-assembler-mips.cc

 
 // Copyright 2012 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include <limits.h>  // For LONG_MIN, LONG_MAX.
 
 #if V8_TARGET_ARCH_MIPS
 
 #include "src/base/bits.h"
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                                    Register reg5,
                                    Register reg6) {
   RegList regs = 0;
   if (reg1.is_valid()) regs |= reg1.bit();
   if (reg2.is_valid()) regs |= reg2.bit();
   if (reg3.is_valid()) regs |= reg3.bit();
   if (reg4.is_valid()) regs |= reg4.bit();
   if (reg5.is_valid()) regs |= reg5.bit();
   if (reg6.is_valid()) regs |= reg6.bit();
 
-  const RegisterConfiguration* config = RegisterConfiguration::ArchDefault();
+  const RegisterConfiguration* config =
+      RegisterConfiguration::ArchDefault(RegisterConfiguration::CRANKSHAFT);
   for (int i = 0; i < config->num_allocatable_general_registers(); ++i) {
     int code = config->GetAllocatableGeneralCode(i);
     Register candidate = Register::from_code(code);
     if (regs & candidate.bit()) continue;
     return candidate;
   }
   UNREACHABLE();
   return no_reg;
 }
 
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   if (mag.shift > 0) sra(result, result, mag.shift);
   srl(at, dividend, 31);
   Addu(result, result, Operand(at));
 }
 
 
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace v8
 
 #endif  // V8_TARGET_ARCH_MIPS