[llvm] r247497 - Clean up: Refactoring the hardcoded value of 6 for FindAvailableLoadedValue()'s parameter MaxInstsToScan.

Daniel Berlin via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Sep 15 11:00:28 PDT 2015


On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Larisse Voufo via llvm-commits
<llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please see r247497 below for context.
>
> Could anyone please shed some light on the specific reasons why
> MaxInstsToScan is set to '6'?
> I need to increase the value, at least to '8' on the call of
> FindAvailableLoadedValue() from InstCombiner::visitLoadInst();

Why 8?
Why is this the right solution to this problem?

> and I would like to know that this is a non-destructive change to make.
> I am unable to access emails on the mailing list that go as far back as
> r60148 (Nov 26, 2008) to dig up the reasons.
>
> Thanks,
> -- Larisse.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 6:41 PM, Larisse Voufo via llvm-commits
> <llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>
>> Author: lvoufo
>> Date: Fri Sep 11 20:41:55 2015
>> New Revision: 247497
>>
>> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=247497&view=rev
>> Log:
>> Clean up: Refactoring the hardcoded value of 6 for
>> FindAvailableLoadedValue()'s parameter MaxInstsToScan.
>>
>> Modified:
>>     llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Analysis/Loads.h
>>     llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/Lint.cpp
>>     llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineLoadStoreAlloca.cpp
>>     llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp
>>
>> Modified: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Analysis/Loads.h
>> URL:
>> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Analysis/Loads.h?rev=247497&r1=247496&r2=247497&view=diff
>>
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Analysis/Loads.h (original)
>> +++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Analysis/Loads.h Fri Sep 11 20:41:55 2015
>> @@ -29,15 +29,28 @@ class MDNode;
>>  bool isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value *V, Instruction *ScanFrom,
>>                                   unsigned Align);
>>
>> +/// DEF_MAX_INSTS_TO_SCAN - the default number of maximum instructions
>> +/// to scan in the block, used by FindAvailableLoadedValue().
>> +/// FindAvailableLoadedValue() was introduced in r60148, to improve jump
>> +/// threading in part by eliminating partially redundant loads.
>> +/// At that point, the value of MaxInstsToScan was already set to '6'
>> +/// without documented explanation.
>> +/// FIXME: Ask r60148 author for details, and complete this
>> documentation.
>> +/// NOTE: As of now, every use of FindAvailableLoadedValue() uses this
>> default
>> +/// value of '6'.
>> +#ifndef DEF_MAX_INSTS_TO_SCAN
>> +#define DEF_MAX_INSTS_TO_SCAN 6
>> +#endif
>> +
>>  /// FindAvailableLoadedValue - Scan the ScanBB block backwards (starting
>> at
>>  /// the instruction before ScanFrom) checking to see if we have the value
>> at
>>  /// the memory address *Ptr locally available within a small number of
>>  ///  instructions. If the value is available, return it.
>>  ///
>> -/// If not, return the iterator for the last validated instruction that
>> the
>> +/// If not, return the iterator for the last validated instruction that
>> the
>>  /// value would be live through.  If we scanned the entire block and
>> didn't
>>  /// find something that invalidates *Ptr or provides it, ScanFrom would
>> be
>> -/// left at begin() and this returns null.  ScanFrom could also be left
>> +/// left at begin() and this returns null.  ScanFrom could also be left
>>  ///
>>  /// MaxInstsToScan specifies the maximum instructions to scan in the
>> block.
>>  /// If it is set to 0, it will scan the whole block. You can also
>> optionally
>> @@ -48,7 +61,7 @@ bool isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value *
>>  /// is found, it is left unmodified.
>>  Value *FindAvailableLoadedValue(Value *Ptr, BasicBlock *ScanBB,
>>                                  BasicBlock::iterator &ScanFrom,
>> -                                unsigned MaxInstsToScan = 6,
>> +                                unsigned MaxInstsToScan =
>> DEF_MAX_INSTS_TO_SCAN,
>>                                  AliasAnalysis *AA = nullptr,
>>                                  AAMDNodes *AATags = nullptr);
>>
>>
>> Modified: llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/Lint.cpp
>> URL:
>> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/Lint.cpp?rev=247497&r1=247496&r2=247497&view=diff
>>
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/Lint.cpp (original)
>> +++ llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/Lint.cpp Fri Sep 11 20:41:55 2015
>> @@ -829,8 +829,9 @@ Value *Lint::findValueImpl(Value *V, boo
>>      for (;;) {
>>        if (!VisitedBlocks.insert(BB).second)
>>          break;
>> -      if (Value *U = FindAvailableLoadedValue(L->getPointerOperand(),
>> -                                              BB, BBI, 6, AA))
>> +      if (Value *U =
>> +          FindAvailableLoadedValue(L->getPointerOperand(),
>> +                                   BB, BBI, DEF_MAX_INSTS_TO_SCAN, AA))
>>          return findValueImpl(U, OffsetOk, Visited);
>>        if (BBI != BB->begin()) break;
>>        BB = BB->getUniquePredecessor();
>>
>> Modified:
>> llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineLoadStoreAlloca.cpp
>> URL:
>> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineLoadStoreAlloca.cpp?rev=247497&r1=247496&r2=247497&view=diff
>>
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineLoadStoreAlloca.cpp
>> (original)
>> +++ llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineLoadStoreAlloca.cpp
>> Fri Sep 11 20:41:55 2015
>> @@ -750,8 +750,9 @@ Instruction *InstCombiner::visitLoadInst
>>    // separated by a few arithmetic operations.
>>    BasicBlock::iterator BBI = &LI;
>>    AAMDNodes AATags;
>> -  if (Value *AvailableVal = FindAvailableLoadedValue(Op, LI.getParent(),
>> BBI,
>> -                                                     6, AA, &AATags)) {
>> +  if (Value *AvailableVal =
>> +      FindAvailableLoadedValue(Op, LI.getParent(), BBI,
>> +                               DEF_MAX_INSTS_TO_SCAN, AA, &AATags)) {
>>      if (LoadInst *NLI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(AvailableVal)) {
>>        unsigned KnownIDs[] = {
>>          LLVMContext::MD_tbaa,
>> @@ -822,7 +823,7 @@ Instruction *InstCombiner::visitLoadInst
>>        }
>>
>>        // load (select (cond, null, P)) -> load P
>> -      if (isa<ConstantPointerNull>(SI->getOperand(1)) &&
>> +      if (isa<ConstantPointerNull>(SI->getOperand(1)) &&
>>            LI.getPointerAddressSpace() == 0) {
>>          LI.setOperand(0, SI->getOperand(2));
>>          return &LI;
>>
>> Modified: llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp
>> URL:
>> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp?rev=247497&r1=247496&r2=247497&view=diff
>>
>> ==============================================================================
>> --- llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp (original)
>> +++ llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp Fri Sep 11 20:41:55
>> 2015
>> @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ bool JumpThreading::ProcessBlock(BasicBl
>>      // If we're branching on a conditional, LVI might be able to
>> determine
>>      // it's value at the branch instruction.  We only handle comparisons
>>      // against a constant at this time.
>> -    // TODO: This should be extended to handle switches as well.
>> +    // TODO: This should be extended to handle switches as well.
>>      BranchInst *CondBr = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(BB->getTerminator());
>>      Constant *CondConst = dyn_cast<Constant>(CondCmp->getOperand(1));
>>      if (CondBr && CondConst && CondBr->isConditional()) {
>> @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ bool JumpThreading::SimplifyPartiallyRed
>>    BasicBlock::iterator BBIt = LI;
>>
>>    if (Value *AvailableVal =
>> -        FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadedPtr, LoadBB, BBIt, 6)) {
>> +        FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadedPtr, LoadBB, BBIt)) {
>>      // If the value if the load is locally available within the block,
>> just use
>>      // it.  This frequently occurs for reg2mem'd allocas.
>>      //cerr << "LOAD ELIMINATED:\n" << *BBIt << *LI << "\n";
>> @@ -922,7 +922,8 @@ bool JumpThreading::SimplifyPartiallyRed
>>      // Scan the predecessor to see if the value is available in the pred.
>>      BBIt = PredBB->end();
>>      AAMDNodes ThisAATags;
>> -    Value *PredAvailable = FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadedPtr, PredBB,
>> BBIt, 6,
>> +    Value *PredAvailable = FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadedPtr, PredBB,
>> BBIt,
>> +
>> DEF_MAX_INSTS_TO_SCAN,
>>                                                      nullptr,
>> &ThisAATags);
>>      if (!PredAvailable) {
>>        OneUnavailablePred = PredBB;
>>
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