[llvm-commits] [llvm] r142743 - in /llvm/trunk: lib/CodeGen/MachineBlockPlacement.cpp test/CodeGen/X86/block-placement.ll

Chandler Carruth chandlerc at gmail.com
Sun Oct 23 12:36:17 PDT 2011


On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 3:56 AM, Roman Divacky <rdivacky at freebsd.org> wrote:

> I enabled your MachineBlockPlacement pass by default and ran perlbench.
>
> Your pass gets perl from 94% (of gcc4.2.1 compiled one performance) to 96%.
> Great work!
>

That's actually rather surprising. The probabilities we're basing any of
this on are quite broken. But hey, I'm glad it's improving things. What
hardware? How stable were the numbers?


>
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 09:18:45AM -0000, Chandler Carruth wrote:
> > Author: chandlerc
> > Date: Sun Oct 23 04:18:45 2011
> > New Revision: 142743
> >
> > URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=142743&view=rev
> > Log:
> > Completely re-write the algorithm behind MachineBlockPlacement based on
> > discussions with Andy. Fundamentally, the previous algorithm is both
> > counter productive on several fronts and prioritizing things which
> > aren't necessarily the most important: static branch prediction.
> >
> > The new algorithm uses the existing loop CFG structure information to
> > walk through the CFG itself to layout blocks. It coalesces adjacent
> > blocks within the loop where the CFG allows based on the most likely
> > path taken. Finally, it topologically orders the block chains that have
> > been formed. This allows it to choose a (mostly) topologically valid
> > ordering which still priorizes fallthrough within the structural
> > constraints.
> >
> > As a final twist in the algorithm, it does violate the CFG when it
> > discovers a "hot" edge, that is an edge that is more than 4x hotter than
> > the competing edges in the CFG. These are forcibly merged into
> > a fallthrough chain.
> >
> > Future transformations that need te be added are rotation of loop exit
> > conditions to be fallthrough, and better isolation of cold block chains.
> > I'm also planning on adding statistics to model how well the algorithm
> > does at laying out blocks based on the probabilities it receives.
> >
> > The old tests mostly still pass, and I have some new tests to add, but
> > the nested loops are still behaving very strangely. This almost seems
> > like working-as-intended as it rotated the exit branch to be
> > fallthrough, but I'm not convinced this is actually the best layout. It
> > is well supported by the probabilities for loops we currently get, but
> > those are pretty broken for nested loops, so this may change later.
> >
> > Modified:
> >     llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/MachineBlockPlacement.cpp
> >     llvm/trunk/test/CodeGen/X86/block-placement.ll
> >
> > Modified: llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/MachineBlockPlacement.cpp
> > URL:
> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/MachineBlockPlacement.cpp?rev=142743&r1=142742&r2=142743&view=diff
> >
> ==============================================================================
> > --- llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/MachineBlockPlacement.cpp (original)
> > +++ llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/MachineBlockPlacement.cpp Sun Oct 23 04:18:45
> 2011
> > @@ -7,15 +7,21 @@
> >  //
> >
>  //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
> >  //
> > -// This file implements basic block placement transformations using
> branch
> > -// probability estimates. It is based around "Algo2" from Profile Guided
> Code
> > -// Positioning [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=989433].
> > +// This file implements basic block placement transformations using the
> CFG
> > +// structure and branch probability estimates.
> >  //
> > -// We combine the BlockFrequencyInfo with BranchProbabilityInfo to
> simulate
> > -// measured edge-weights. The BlockFrequencyInfo effectively summarizes
> the
> > -// probability of starting from any particular block, and the
> > -// BranchProbabilityInfo the probability of exiting the block via a
> particular
> > -// edge. Combined they form a function-wide ordering of the edges.
> > +// The pass strives to preserve the structure of the CFG (that is,
> retain
> > +// a topological ordering of basic blocks) in the absense of a *strong*
> signal
> > +// to the contrary from probabilities. However, within the CFG
> structure, it
> > +// attempts to choose an ordering which favors placing more likely
> sequences of
> > +// blocks adjacent to each other.
> > +//
> > +// The algorithm works from the inner-most loop within a function
> outward, and
> > +// at each stage walks through the basic blocks, trying to coalesce them
> into
> > +// sequential chains where allowed by the CFG (or demanded by heavy
> > +// probabilities). Finally, it walks the blocks in topological order,
> and the
> > +// first time it reaches a chain of basic blocks, it schedules them in
> the
> > +// function in-order.
> >  //
> >
>  //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
> >
> > @@ -29,8 +35,10 @@
> >  #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineModuleInfo.h"
> >  #include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
> >  #include "llvm/Support/Allocator.h"
> > +#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
> >  #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
> >  #include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
> > +#include "llvm/ADT/PostOrderIterator.h"
> >  #include "llvm/ADT/SCCIterator.h"
> >  #include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"
> >  #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
> > @@ -57,7 +65,7 @@
> >  }
> >
> >  namespace {
> > -struct BlockChain;
> > +class BlockChain;
> >  /// \brief Type for our function-wide basic block -> block chain
> mapping.
> >  typedef DenseMap<MachineBasicBlock *, BlockChain *> BlockToChainMapType;
> >  }
> > @@ -78,22 +86,12 @@
> >  /// The block chains also have support for calculating and caching
> probability
> >  /// information related to the chain itself versus other chains. This is
> used
> >  /// for ranking during the final layout of block chains.
> > -struct BlockChain {
> > -  class SuccIterator;
> > -
> > -  /// \brief The first and last basic block that from this chain.
> > -  ///
> > -  /// The chain is stored within the existing function ilist of basic
> blocks.
> > -  /// When merging chains or otherwise manipulating them, we splice the
> blocks
> > -  /// within this ilist, giving us very cheap storage here and constant
> time
> > -  /// merge operations.
> > +class BlockChain {
> > +  /// \brief The sequence of blocks belonging to this chain.
> >    ///
> > -  /// It is extremely important to note that LastBB is the iterator
> pointing
> > -  /// *at* the last basic block in the chain. That is, the chain
> consists of
> > -  /// the *closed* range [FirstBB, LastBB]. We cannot use half-open
> ranges
> > -  /// because the next basic block may get relocated to a different part
> of the
> > -  /// function at any time during the run of this pass.
> > -  MachineFunction::iterator FirstBB, LastBB;
> > +  /// This is the sequence of blocks for a particular chain. These will
> be laid
> > +  /// out in-order within the function.
> > +  SmallVector<MachineBasicBlock *, 4> Blocks;
> >
> >    /// \brief A handle to the function-wide basic block to block chain
> mapping.
> >    ///
> > @@ -103,158 +101,66 @@
> >    /// structure.
> >    BlockToChainMapType &BlockToChain;
> >
> > -  /// \brief The weight used to rank two block chains in the same SCC.
> > -  ///
> > -  /// This is used during SCC layout of block chains to cache and rank
> the
> > -  /// chains. It is supposed to represent the expected frequency with
> which
> > -  /// control reaches a block within this chain, has the option of
> branching to
> > -  /// a block in some other chain participating in the SCC, but instead
> > -  /// continues within this chain. The higher this is, the more costly
> we
> > -  /// expect mis-predicted branches between this chain and other chains
> within
> > -  /// the SCC to be. Thus, since we expect branches between chains to be
> > -  /// predicted when backwards and not predicted when forwards, the
> higher this
> > -  /// is the more important that this chain is laid out first among
> those
> > -  /// chains in the same SCC as it.
> > -  BlockFrequency InChainEdgeFrequency;
> > -
> > +public:
> >    /// \brief Construct a new BlockChain.
> >    ///
> >    /// This builds a new block chain representing a single basic block in
> the
> >    /// function. It also registers itself as the chain that block
> participates
> >    /// in with the BlockToChain mapping.
> >    BlockChain(BlockToChainMapType &BlockToChain, MachineBasicBlock *BB)
> > -    : FirstBB(BB), LastBB(BB), BlockToChain(BlockToChain) {
> > +    : Blocks(1, BB), BlockToChain(BlockToChain) {
> >      assert(BB && "Cannot create a chain with a null basic block");
> >      BlockToChain[BB] = this;
> >    }
> >
> > -  /// \brief Merge another block chain into this one.
> > +  /// \brief Iterator over blocks within the chain.
> > +  typedef SmallVectorImpl<MachineBasicBlock *>::const_iterator iterator;
> > +
> > +  /// \brief Beginning of blocks within the chain.
> > +  iterator begin() const { return Blocks.begin(); }
> > +
> > +  /// \brief End of blocks within the chain.
> > +  iterator end() const { return Blocks.end(); }
> > +
> > +  /// \brief Merge a block chain into this one.
> >    ///
> >    /// This routine merges a block chain into this one. It takes care of
> forming
> >    /// a contiguous sequence of basic blocks, updating the edge list, and
> >    /// updating the block -> chain mapping. It does not free or tear down
> the
> >    /// old chain, but the old chain's block list is no longer valid.
> > -  void merge(BlockChain *Chain) {
> > -    assert(Chain && "Cannot merge a null chain");
> > -    MachineFunction::iterator EndBB = llvm::next(LastBB);
> > -    MachineFunction::iterator ChainEndBB = llvm::next(Chain->LastBB);
> > -
> > -    // Update the incoming blocks to point to this chain.
> > -    for (MachineFunction::iterator BI = Chain->FirstBB, BE = ChainEndBB;
> > -         BI != BE; ++BI) {
> > -      assert(BlockToChain[BI] == Chain && "Incoming blocks not in
> chain");
> > -      BlockToChain[BI] = this;
> > +  void merge(MachineBasicBlock *BB, BlockChain *Chain) {
> > +    assert(BB);
> > +    assert(!Blocks.empty());
> > +    assert(Blocks.back()->isSuccessor(BB));
> > +
> > +    // Fast path in case we don't have a chain already.
> > +    if (!Chain) {
> > +      assert(!BlockToChain[BB]);
> > +      Blocks.push_back(BB);
> > +      BlockToChain[BB] = this;
> > +      return;
> >      }
> >
> > -    // We splice the blocks together within the function (unless they
> already
> > -    // are adjacent) so we can represent the new chain with a pair of
> pointers
> > -    // to basic blocks within the function. This is also useful as each
> chain
> > -    // of blocks will end up being laid out contiguously within the
> function.
> > -    if (EndBB != Chain->FirstBB)
> > -      FirstBB->getParent()->splice(EndBB, Chain->FirstBB, ChainEndBB);
> > -    LastBB = Chain->LastBB;
> > -  }
> > -};
> > -}
> > -
> > -namespace {
> > -/// \brief Successor iterator for BlockChains.
> > -///
> > -/// This is an iterator that walks over the successor block chains by
> looking
> > -/// through its blocks successors and mapping those back to block
> chains. This
> > -/// iterator is not a fully-functioning iterator, it is designed
> specifically
> > -/// to support the interface required by SCCIterator when forming and
> walking
> > -/// SCCs of BlockChains.
> > -///
> > -/// Note that this iterator cannot be used while the chains are still
> being
> > -/// formed and/or merged. Unlike the chains themselves, it does store
> end
> > -/// iterators which could be moved if the chains are re-ordered. Once we
> begin
> > -/// forming and iterating over an SCC of chains, the order of blocks
> within the
> > -/// function must not change until we finish using the SCC iterators.
> > -class BlockChain::SuccIterator
> > -    : public std::iterator<std::forward_iterator_tag,
> > -                           BlockChain *, ptrdiff_t> {
> > -  BlockChain *Chain;
> > -  MachineFunction::iterator BI, BE;
> > -  MachineBasicBlock::succ_iterator SI;
> > +    assert(BB == *Chain->begin());
> > +    assert(Chain->begin() != Chain->end());
> >
> > -public:
> > -  explicit SuccIterator(BlockChain *Chain)
> > -    : Chain(Chain), BI(Chain->FirstBB), BE(llvm::next(Chain->LastBB)),
> > -      SI(BI->succ_begin()) {
> > -    while (BI != BE && BI->succ_begin() == BI->succ_end())
> > -      ++BI;
> > -    if (BI != BE)
> > -      SI = BI->succ_begin();
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  /// \brief Helper function to create an end iterator for a particular
> chain.
> > -  ///
> > -  /// The "end" state is extremely arbitrary. We chose to have BI == BE,
> and SI
> > -  /// == Chain->FirstBB->succ_begin(). The value of SI doesn't really
> make any
> > -  /// sense, but rather than try to rationalize SI and our increment,
> when we
> > -  /// detect an "end" state, we just immediately call this function to
> build
> > -  /// the canonical end iterator.
> > -  static SuccIterator CreateEnd(BlockChain *Chain) {
> > -    SuccIterator It(Chain);
> > -    It.BI = It.BE;
> > -    return It;
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  bool operator==(const SuccIterator &RHS) const {
> > -    return (Chain == RHS.Chain && BI == RHS.BI && SI == RHS.SI);
> > -  }
> > -  bool operator!=(const SuccIterator &RHS) const {
> > -    return !operator==(RHS);
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  SuccIterator& operator++() {
> > -    assert(*this != CreateEnd(Chain) && "Cannot increment the end
> iterator");
> > -    // There may be null successor pointers, skip over them.
> > -    // FIXME: I don't understand *why* there are null successor
> pointers.
> > -    do {
> > -      ++SI;
> > -      if (SI != BI->succ_end() && *SI)
> > -        return *this;
> > -
> > -      // There may be a basic block without successors. Skip over them.
> > -      do {
> > -        ++BI;
> > -        if (BI == BE)
> > -          return *this = CreateEnd(Chain);
> > -      } while (BI->succ_begin() == BI->succ_end());
> > -      SI = BI->succ_begin();
> > -    } while (!*SI);
> > -    return *this;
> > -  }
> > -  SuccIterator operator++(int) {
> > -    SuccIterator tmp = *this;
> > -    ++*this;
> > -    return tmp;
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  BlockChain *operator*() const {
> > -    assert(Chain->BlockToChain.lookup(*SI) && "Missing chain");
> > -    return Chain->BlockToChain.lookup(*SI);
> > -  }
> > -};
> > -}
> > -
> > -namespace {
> > -/// \brief Sorter used with containers of BlockChain pointers.
> > -///
> > -/// Sorts based on the \see BlockChain::InChainEdgeFrequency -- see its
> > -/// comments for details on what this ordering represents.
> > -struct ChainPtrPrioritySorter {
> > -  bool operator()(const BlockChain *LHS, const BlockChain *RHS) const {
> > -    assert(LHS && RHS && "Null chain entry");
> > -    return LHS->InChainEdgeFrequency < RHS->InChainEdgeFrequency;
> > +    // Update the incoming blocks to point to this chain, and add them
> to the
> > +    // chain structure.
> > +    for (BlockChain::iterator BI = Chain->begin(), BE = Chain->end();
> > +         BI != BE; ++BI) {
> > +      Blocks.push_back(*BI);
> > +      assert(BlockToChain[*BI] == Chain && "Incoming blocks not in
> chain");
> > +      BlockToChain[*BI] = this;
> > +    }
> >    }
> >  };
> >  }
> >
> >  namespace {
> >  class MachineBlockPlacement : public MachineFunctionPass {
> > +  /// \brief A typedef for a block filter set.
> > +  typedef SmallPtrSet<MachineBasicBlock *, 16> BlockFilterSet;
> > +
> >    /// \brief A handle to the branch probability pass.
> >    const MachineBranchProbabilityInfo *MBPI;
> >
> > @@ -270,17 +176,6 @@
> >    /// \brief A handle to the target's lowering info.
> >    const TargetLowering *TLI;
> >
> > -  /// \brief A prioritized list of edges in the BB-graph.
> > -  ///
> > -  /// For each function, we insert all control flow edges between BBs,
> along
> > -  /// with their "global" frequency. The Frequency of an edge being
> taken is
> > -  /// defined as the frequency of entering the source BB (from MBFI)
> times the
> > -  /// probability of taking a particular branch out of that block (from
> MBPI).
> > -  ///
> > -  /// Once built, this list is sorted in ascending frequency, making the
> last
> > -  /// edge the hottest one in the function.
> > -  SmallVector<WeightedEdge, 64> Edges;
> > -
> >    /// \brief Allocator and owner of BlockChain structures.
> >    ///
> >    /// We build BlockChains lazily by merging together high probability
> BB
> > @@ -297,24 +192,12 @@
> >    /// between basic blocks.
> >    DenseMap<MachineBasicBlock *, BlockChain *> BlockToChain;
> >
> > -  /// \brief A prioritized sequence of chains.
> > -  ///
> > -  /// We build up the ideal sequence of basic block chains in reverse
> order
> > -  /// here, and then walk backwards to arrange the final function
> ordering.
> > -  SmallVector<BlockChain *, 16> PChains;
> > -
> > -#ifndef NDEBUG
> > -  /// \brief A set of active chains used to sanity-check the pass
> algorithm.
> > -  ///
> > -  /// All operations on this member should be wrapped in an assert or
> NDEBUG.
> > -  SmallPtrSet<BlockChain *, 16> ActiveChains;
> > -#endif
> > -
> >    BlockChain *CreateChain(MachineBasicBlock *BB);
> > -  void PrioritizeEdges(MachineFunction &F);
> > -  void BuildBlockChains();
> > -  void PrioritizeChains(MachineFunction &F);
> > -  void PlaceBlockChains(MachineFunction &F);
> > +  void mergeSuccessor(MachineBasicBlock *BB, BlockChain *Chain,
> > +                      BlockFilterSet *Filter = 0);
> > +  void buildLoopChains(MachineFunction &F, MachineLoop &L);
> > +  void buildCFGChains(MachineFunction &F);
> > +  void placeChainsTopologically(MachineFunction &F);
> >    void AlignLoops(MachineFunction &F);
> >
> >  public:
> > @@ -349,21 +232,30 @@
> >    return new MachineBlockPlacement();
> >  }
> >
> > -namespace llvm {
> > -/// \brief GraphTraits specialization for our BlockChain graph.
> > -template <> struct GraphTraits<BlockChain *> {
> > -  typedef BlockChain NodeType;
> > -  typedef BlockChain::SuccIterator ChildIteratorType;
> > -
> > -  static NodeType *getEntryNode(NodeType *N) { return N; }
> > -  static BlockChain::SuccIterator child_begin(NodeType *N) {
> > -    return BlockChain::SuccIterator(N);
> > -  }
> > -  static BlockChain::SuccIterator child_end(NodeType *N) {
> > -    return BlockChain::SuccIterator::CreateEnd(N);
> > -  }
> > -};
> > +#ifndef NDEBUG
> > +/// \brief Helper to print the name of a MBB.
> > +///
> > +/// Only used by debug logging.
> > +static std::string getBlockName(MachineBasicBlock *BB) {
> > +  std::string Result;
> > +  raw_string_ostream OS(Result);
> > +  OS << "BB#" << BB->getNumber()
> > +     << " (derived from LLVM BB '" << BB->getName() << "')";
> > +  OS.flush();
> > +  return Result;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/// \brief Helper to print the number of a MBB.
> > +///
> > +/// Only used by debug logging.
> > +static std::string getBlockNum(MachineBasicBlock *BB) {
> > +  std::string Result;
> > +  raw_string_ostream OS(Result);
> > +  OS << "BB#" << BB->getNumber();
> > +  OS.flush();
> > +  return Result;
> >  }
> > +#endif
> >
> >  /// \brief Helper to create a new chain for a single BB.
> >  ///
> > @@ -373,224 +265,168 @@
> >  BlockChain *MachineBlockPlacement::CreateChain(MachineBasicBlock *BB) {
> >    BlockChain *Chain =
> >      new (ChainAllocator.Allocate()) BlockChain(BlockToChain, BB);
> > -  assert(ActiveChains.insert(Chain));
> > +  //assert(ActiveChains.insert(Chain));
> >    return Chain;
> >  }
> >
> > -/// \brief Build a prioritized list of edges.
> > +/// \brief Merge a chain with any viable successor.
> >  ///
> > -/// The priority is determined by the product of the block frequency
> (how
> > -/// likely it is to arrive at a particular block) times the probability
> of
> > -/// taking this particular edge out of the block. This provides a
> function-wide
> > -/// ordering of the edges.
> > -void MachineBlockPlacement::PrioritizeEdges(MachineFunction &F) {
> > -  assert(Edges.empty() && "Already have an edge list");
> > -  SmallVector<MachineOperand, 4> Cond; // For AnalyzeBranch.
> > -  BlockChain *RequiredChain = 0;
> > -  for (MachineFunction::iterator FI = F.begin(), FE = F.end(); FI != FE;
> ++FI) {
> > -    MachineBasicBlock *From = &*FI;
> > -    // We only consider MBBs with analyzable branches. Even if the
> analysis
> > -    // fails, if there is no fallthrough, we can still work with the
> MBB.
> > -    MachineBasicBlock *TBB = 0, *FBB = 0;
> > -    Cond.clear();
> > -    if (TII->AnalyzeBranch(*From, TBB, FBB, Cond) &&
> From->canFallThrough()) {
> > -      // We push all unanalyzed blocks onto a chain eagerly to prevent
> them
> > -      // from being split later. Create the chain if needed, otherwise
> just
> > -      // keep track that these blocks reside on it.
> > -      if (!RequiredChain)
> > -        RequiredChain = CreateChain(From);
> > -      else
> > -        BlockToChain[From] = RequiredChain;
> > -    } else {
> > -      // As soon as we find an analyzable branch, add that block to and
> > -      // finalize any required chain that has been started. The required
> chain
> > -      // is only modeling potentially inexplicable fallthrough, so the
> first
> > -      // block to have analyzable fallthrough is a known-safe stopping
> point.
> > -      if (RequiredChain) {
> > -        BlockToChain[From] = RequiredChain;
> > -        RequiredChain->LastBB = FI;
> > -        RequiredChain = 0;
> > -      }
> > -    }
> > -
> > -    BlockFrequency BaseFrequency = MBFI->getBlockFreq(From);
> > -    for (MachineBasicBlock::succ_iterator SI = From->succ_begin(),
> > -                                          SE = From->succ_end();
> > -         SI != SE; ++SI) {
> > -      MachineBasicBlock *To = *SI;
> > -      WeightedEdge WE = { BaseFrequency * MBPI->getEdgeProbability(From,
> To),
> > -                          From, To };
> > -      Edges.push_back(WE);
> > -    }
> > -  }
> > -  assert(!RequiredChain && "Never found a terminator for a required
> chain");
> > -  std::stable_sort(Edges.begin(), Edges.end());
> > -}
> > +/// This routine walks the predecessors of the current block, looking
> for
> > +/// viable merge candidates. It has strict rules it uses to determine
> when
> > +/// a predecessor can be merged with the current block, which center
> around
> > +/// preserving the CFG structure. It performs the merge if any viable
> candidate
> > +/// is found.
> > +void MachineBlockPlacement::mergeSuccessor(MachineBasicBlock *BB,
> > +                                           BlockChain *Chain,
> > +                                           BlockFilterSet *Filter) {
> > +  assert(BB);
> > +  assert(Chain);
> > +
> > +  // If this block is not at the end of its chain, it cannot merge with
> any
> > +  // other chain.
> > +  if (Chain && *llvm::prior(Chain->end()) != BB)
> > +    return;
> >
> > -/// \brief Build chains of basic blocks along hot paths.
> > -///
> > -/// Build chains by trying to merge each pair of blocks from the mostly
> costly
> > -/// edge first. This is essentially "Algo2" from the Profile Guided Code
> > -/// Placement paper. While each node is considered a chain of one block,
> this
> > -/// routine lazily build the chain objects themselves so that when
> possible it
> > -/// can just merge a block into an existing chain.
> > -void MachineBlockPlacement::BuildBlockChains() {
> > -  for (SmallVectorImpl<WeightedEdge>::reverse_iterator EI =
> Edges.rbegin(),
> > -                                                       EE =
> Edges.rend();
> > -       EI != EE; ++EI) {
> > -    MachineBasicBlock *SourceB = EI->From, *DestB = EI->To;
> > -    if (SourceB == DestB) continue;
> > -
> > -    BlockChain *SourceChain = BlockToChain.lookup(SourceB);
> > -    if (!SourceChain) SourceChain = CreateChain(SourceB);
> > -    BlockChain *DestChain = BlockToChain.lookup(DestB);
> > -    if (!DestChain) DestChain = CreateChain(DestB);
> > -    if (SourceChain == DestChain)
> > +  // Walk through the successors looking for the highest probability
> edge.
> > +  // FIXME: This is an annoying way to do the comparison, but it's
> correct.
> > +  // Support should be added to BranchProbability to properly compare
> two.
> > +  MachineBasicBlock *Successor = 0;
> > +  BlockFrequency BestFreq;
> > +  DEBUG(dbgs() << "Attempting merge from: " << getBlockName(BB) <<
> "\n");
> > +  for (MachineBasicBlock::succ_iterator SI = BB->succ_begin(),
> > +                                        SE = BB->succ_end();
> > +       SI != SE; ++SI) {
> > +    if (BB == *SI || (Filter && !Filter->count(*SI)))
> >        continue;
> >
> > -    bool IsSourceTail =
> > -      SourceChain->LastBB == MachineFunction::iterator(SourceB);
> > -    bool IsDestHead =
> > -      DestChain->FirstBB == MachineFunction::iterator(DestB);
> > +    BlockFrequency SuccFreq(BlockFrequency::getEntryFrequency());
> > +    SuccFreq *= MBPI->getEdgeProbability(BB, *SI);
> > +    DEBUG(dbgs() << "    " << getBlockName(*SI) << " -> " << SuccFreq <<
> "\n");
> > +    if (!Successor || SuccFreq > BestFreq || (!(SuccFreq < BestFreq) &&
> > +
>  BB->isLayoutSuccessor(*SI))) {
> > +      Successor = *SI;
> > +      BestFreq = SuccFreq;
> > +    }
> > +  }
> > +  if (!Successor)
> > +    return;
> >
> > -    if (!IsSourceTail || !IsDestHead)
> > -      continue;
> > +  // Grab a chain if it exists already for this successor and make sure
> the
> > +  // successor is at the start of the chain as we can't merge mid-chain.
> Also,
> > +  // if the successor chain is the same as our chain, we're already
> merged.
> > +  BlockChain *SuccChain = BlockToChain[Successor];
> > +  if (SuccChain && (SuccChain == Chain || Successor !=
> *SuccChain->begin()))
> > +    return;
> >
> > -    SourceChain->merge(DestChain);
> > -    assert(ActiveChains.erase(DestChain));
> > +  // We only merge chains across a CFG merge when the desired merge path
> is
> > +  // significantly hotter than the incoming edge. We define a hot edge
> more
> > +  // strictly than the BranchProbabilityInfo does, as the two
> predecessor
> > +  // blocks may have dramatically different incoming probabilities we
> need to
> > +  // account for. Therefor we use the "global" edge weight which is the
> > +  // branch's probability times the block frequency of the predecessor.
> > +  BlockFrequency MergeWeight = MBFI->getBlockFreq(BB);
> > +  MergeWeight *= MBPI->getEdgeProbability(BB, Successor);
> > +  // We only want to consider breaking the CFG when the merge weight is
> much
> > +  // higher (80% vs. 20%), so multiply it by 1/4. This will require the
> merged
> > +  // edge to be 4x more likely before we disrupt the CFG. This number
> matches
> > +  // the definition of "hot" in BranchProbabilityAnalysis (80% vs. 20%).
> > +  MergeWeight *= BranchProbability(1, 4);
> > +  for (MachineBasicBlock::pred_iterator PI = Successor->pred_begin(),
> > +                                        PE = Successor->pred_end();
> > +       PI != PE; ++PI) {
> > +    if (BB == *PI || Successor == *PI) continue;
> > +    BlockFrequency PredWeight = MBFI->getBlockFreq(*PI);
> > +    PredWeight *= MBPI->getEdgeProbability(*PI, Successor);
> > +
> > +    // Return on the first predecessor we find which outstrips our merge
> weight.
> > +    if (MergeWeight < PredWeight)
> > +      return;
> > +    DEBUG(dbgs() << "Breaking CFG edge!\n"
> > +                 << "  Edge from " << getBlockNum(BB) << " to "
> > +                 << getBlockNum(Successor) << ": " << MergeWeight <<
> "\n"
> > +                 << "        vs. " << getBlockNum(BB) << " to "
> > +                 << getBlockNum(*PI) << ": " << PredWeight << "\n");
> > +  }
> > +
> > +  DEBUG(dbgs() << "Merging from " << getBlockNum(BB) << " to "
> > +               << getBlockNum(Successor) << "\n");
> > +  Chain->merge(Successor, SuccChain);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/// \brief Forms basic block chains from the natural loop structures.
> > +///
> > +/// These chains are designed to preserve the existing *structure* of
> the code
> > +/// as much as possible. We can then stitch the chains together in a way
> which
> > +/// both preserves the topological structure and minimizes taken
> conditional
> > +/// branches.
> > +void MachineBlockPlacement::buildLoopChains(MachineFunction &F,
> MachineLoop &L) {
> > +  // First recurse through any nested loops, building chains for those
> inner
> > +  // loops.
> > +  for (MachineLoop::iterator LI = L.begin(), LE = L.end(); LI != LE;
> ++LI)
> > +    buildLoopChains(F, **LI);
> > +
> > +  SmallPtrSet<MachineBasicBlock *, 16> LoopBlockSet(L.block_begin(),
> > +                                                    L.block_end());
> > +
> > +  // Begin building up a set of chains of blocks within this loop which
> should
> > +  // remain contiguous. Some of the blocks already belong to a chain
> which
> > +  // represents an inner loop.
> > +  for (MachineLoop::block_iterator BI = L.block_begin(), BE =
> L.block_end();
> > +       BI != BE; ++BI) {
> > +    MachineBasicBlock *BB = *BI;
> > +    BlockChain *Chain = BlockToChain[BB];
> > +    if (!Chain) Chain = CreateChain(BB);
> > +    mergeSuccessor(BB, Chain, &LoopBlockSet);
> > +  }
> > +}
> > +
> > +void MachineBlockPlacement::buildCFGChains(MachineFunction &F) {
> > +  // First build any loop-based chains.
> > +  for (MachineLoopInfo::iterator LI = MLI->begin(), LE = MLI->end(); LI
> != LE;
> > +       ++LI)
> > +    buildLoopChains(F, **LI);
> > +
> > +  // Now walk the blocks of the function forming chains where they don't
> > +  // violate any CFG structure.
> > +  for (MachineFunction::iterator BI = F.begin(), BE = F.end();
> > +       BI != BE; ++BI) {
> > +    MachineBasicBlock *BB = BI;
> > +    BlockChain *Chain = BlockToChain[BB];
> > +    if (!Chain) Chain = CreateChain(BB);
> > +    mergeSuccessor(BB, Chain);
> >    }
> >  }
> >
> > -/// \brief Prioritize the chains to minimize back-edges between chains.
> > -///
> > -/// This is the trickiest part of the placement algorithm. Each chain is
> > -/// a hot-path through a sequence of basic blocks, but there are
> conditional
> > -/// branches away from this hot path, and to some other chain. Hardware
> branch
> > -/// predictors favor back edges over forward edges, and so it is
> desirable to
> > -/// arrange the targets of branches away from a hot path and to some
> other
> > -/// chain to come later in the function, making them forward branches,
> and
> > -/// helping the branch predictor to predict fallthrough.
> > -///
> > -/// In some cases, this is easy. simply topologically walking from the
> entry
> > -/// chain through its successors in order would work if there were no
> cycles
> > -/// between the chains of blocks, but often there are. In such a case,
> we first
> > -/// need to identify the participants in the cycle, and then rank them
> so that
> > -/// the linearizing of the chains has the lowest *probability* of
> causing
> > -/// a mispredicted branch. To compute the correct rank for a chain, we
> take the
> > -/// complement of the branch probability for each branch leading away
> from the
> > -/// chain and multiply it by the frequency of the source block for that
> branch.
> > -/// This gives us the probability of that particular branch *not* being
> taken
> > -/// in this function. The sum of these probabilities for each chain is
> used as
> > -/// a rank, so that we order the chain with the highest such sum first.
> > -/// FIXME: This seems like a good approximation, but there is probably a
> known
> > -/// technique for ordering of an SCC given edge weights. It would be
> good to
> > -/// use that, or even use its code if possible.
> > -///
> > -/// Also notable is that we prioritize the chains from the bottom up,
> and so
> > -/// all of the "first" and "before" relationships end up inverted in the
> code.
> > -void MachineBlockPlacement::PrioritizeChains(MachineFunction &F) {
> > +void MachineBlockPlacement::placeChainsTopologically(MachineFunction &F)
> {
> >    MachineBasicBlock *EntryB = &F.front();
> >    BlockChain *EntryChain = BlockToChain[EntryB];
> >    assert(EntryChain && "Missing chain for entry block");
> > -  assert(EntryChain->FirstBB == F.begin() &&
> > +  assert(*EntryChain->begin() == EntryB &&
> >           "Entry block is not the head of the entry block chain");
> >
> > -  // Form an SCC and walk it from the bottom up.
> > -  SmallPtrSet<BlockChain *, 4> IsInSCC;
> > -  for (scc_iterator<BlockChain *> I = scc_begin(EntryChain);
> > -       !I.isAtEnd(); ++I) {
> > -    const std::vector<BlockChain *> &SCC = *I;
> > -    PChains.insert(PChains.end(), SCC.begin(), SCC.end());
> > -
> > -    // If there is only one chain in the SCC, it's trivially sorted so
> just
> > -    // bail out early. Sorting the SCC is expensive.
> > -    if (SCC.size() == 1)
> > +  // Walk the blocks in RPO, and insert each block for a chain in order
> the
> > +  // first time we see that chain.
> > +  MachineFunction::iterator InsertPos = F.begin();
> > +  SmallPtrSet<BlockChain *, 16> VisitedChains;
> > +  ReversePostOrderTraversal<MachineBasicBlock *> RPOT(EntryB);
> > +  typedef ReversePostOrderTraversal<MachineBasicBlock *>::rpo_iterator
> > +    rpo_iterator;
> > +  for (rpo_iterator I = RPOT.begin(), E = RPOT.end(); I != E; ++I) {
> > +    BlockChain *Chain = BlockToChain[*I];
> > +    assert(Chain);
> > +    if(!VisitedChains.insert(Chain))
> >        continue;
> > -
> > -    // We work strictly on the PChains range from here on out to
> maximize
> > -    // locality.
> > -    SmallVectorImpl<BlockChain *>::iterator SCCEnd = PChains.end(),
> > -                                            SCCBegin = SCCEnd -
> SCC.size();
> > -    IsInSCC.clear();
> > -    IsInSCC.insert(SCCBegin, SCCEnd);
> > -
> > -    // Compute the edge frequency of staying in a chain, despite the
> existency
> > -    // of an edge to some other chain within this SCC.
> > -    for (SmallVectorImpl<BlockChain *>::iterator SCCI = SCCBegin;
> > -         SCCI != SCCEnd; ++SCCI) {
> > -      BlockChain *Chain = *SCCI;
> > -
> > -      // Special case the entry chain. Regardless of the weights of
> other
> > -      // chains, the entry chain *must* come first, so move it to the
> end, and
> > -      // avoid processing that chain at all.
> > -      if (Chain == EntryChain) {
> > -        --SCCEnd;
> > -        if (SCCI == SCCEnd) break;
> > -        Chain = *SCCI = *SCCEnd;
> > -        *SCCEnd = EntryChain;
> > -      }
> > -
> > -      // Walk over every block in this chain looking for out-bound edges
> to
> > -      // other chains in this SCC.
> > -      for (MachineFunction::iterator BI = Chain->FirstBB,
> > -                                     BE = llvm::next(Chain->LastBB);
> > -           BI != BE; ++BI) {
> > -        MachineBasicBlock *From = &*BI;
> > -        for (MachineBasicBlock::succ_iterator SI = BI->succ_begin(),
> > -                                              SE = BI->succ_end();
> > -             SI != SE; ++SI) {
> > -          MachineBasicBlock *To = *SI;
> > -          if (!To || !IsInSCC.count(BlockToChain[To]))
> > -            continue;
> > -          BranchProbability ComplEdgeProb =
> > -            MBPI->getEdgeProbability(From, To).getCompl();
> > -          Chain->InChainEdgeFrequency +=
> > -            MBFI->getBlockFreq(From) * ComplEdgeProb;
> > -        }
> > -      }
> > +    for (BlockChain::iterator BI = Chain->begin(), BE = Chain->end(); BI
> != BE;
> > +         ++BI) {
> > +      DEBUG(dbgs() << (BI == Chain->begin() ? "Placing chain "
> > +                                            : "          ... ")
> > +                   << getBlockName(*BI) << "\n");
> > +      if (InsertPos != MachineFunction::iterator(*BI))
> > +        F.splice(InsertPos, *BI);
> > +      else
> > +        ++InsertPos;
> >      }
> > -
> > -    // Sort the chains within the SCC according to their edge
> frequencies,
> > -    // which should make the least costly chain of blocks to mis-place
> be
> > -    // ordered first in the prioritized sequence.
> > -    std::stable_sort(SCCBegin, SCCEnd, ChainPtrPrioritySorter());
> >    }
> > -}
> > -
> > -/// \brief Splice the function blocks together based on the chain
> priorities.
> > -///
> > -/// Each chain is already represented as a contiguous range of blocks in
> the
> > -/// function. Simply walk backwards down the prioritized chains and
> splice in
> > -/// any chains out of order. Note that the first chain we visit is
> necessarily
> > -/// the entry chain. It has no predecessors and so must be the top of
> the SCC.
> > -/// Also, we cannot splice any chain prior to the entry chain as we
> can't
> > -/// splice any blocks prior to the entry block.
> > -void MachineBlockPlacement::PlaceBlockChains(MachineFunction &F) {
> > -  assert(!PChains.empty() && "No chains were prioritized");
> > -  assert(PChains.back() == BlockToChain[&F.front()] &&
> > -         "The entry chain must always be the final chain");
> > -
> > -  MachineFunction::iterator InsertPos = F.begin();
> > -  for (SmallVectorImpl<BlockChain *>::reverse_iterator CI =
> PChains.rbegin(),
> > -                                                       CE =
> PChains.rend();
> > -       CI != CE; ++CI) {
> > -    BlockChain *Chain = *CI;
> > -    // Check that we process this chain only once for debugging.
> > -    assert(ActiveChains.erase(Chain) && "Processed a chain twice");
> > -
> > -    // If this chain is already in the right position, just skip past
> it.
> > -    // Otherwise, splice it into position.
> > -    if (InsertPos == Chain->FirstBB)
> > -      InsertPos = llvm::next(Chain->LastBB);
> > -    else
> > -      F.splice(InsertPos, Chain->FirstBB, llvm::next(Chain->LastBB));
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  // Note that we can't assert this is empty as there may be unreachable
> blocks
> > -  // in the function.
> > -#ifndef NDEBUG
> > -  ActiveChains.clear();
> > -#endif
> >
> >    // Now that every block is in its final position, update all of the
> >    // terminators.
> > @@ -638,21 +474,13 @@
> >    MLI = &getAnalysis<MachineLoopInfo>();
> >    TII = F.getTarget().getInstrInfo();
> >    TLI = F.getTarget().getTargetLowering();
> > -  assert(Edges.empty());
> >    assert(BlockToChain.empty());
> > -  assert(PChains.empty());
> > -  assert(ActiveChains.empty());
> >
> > -  PrioritizeEdges(F);
> > -  BuildBlockChains();
> > -  PrioritizeChains(F);
> > -  PlaceBlockChains(F);
> > +  buildCFGChains(F);
> > +  placeChainsTopologically(F);
> >    AlignLoops(F);
> >
> > -  Edges.clear();
> >    BlockToChain.clear();
> > -  PChains.clear();
> > -  ChainAllocator.DestroyAll();
> >
> >    // We always return true as we have no way to track whether the final
> order
> >    // differs from the original order.
> >
> > Modified: llvm/trunk/test/CodeGen/X86/block-placement.ll
> > URL:
> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/test/CodeGen/X86/block-placement.ll?rev=142743&r1=142742&r2=142743&view=diff
> >
> ==============================================================================
> > --- llvm/trunk/test/CodeGen/X86/block-placement.ll (original)
> > +++ llvm/trunk/test/CodeGen/X86/block-placement.ll Sun Oct 23 04:18:45
> 2011
> > @@ -105,11 +105,10 @@
> >  ; CHECK: test_nested_loop_align:
> >  ; CHECK: %entry
> >  ; CHECK: .align [[ALIGN]],
> > -; CHECK-NEXT: %loop.body.1
> > +; CHECK-NEXT: %loop.body.2
> >  ; CHECK: .align [[ALIGN]],
> >  ; CHECK-NEXT: %inner.loop.body
> >  ; CHECK-NOT: .align
> > -; CHECK: %loop.body.2
> >  ; CHECK: %exit
> >
> >  entry:
> >
> >
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