[llvm] r290833 - Make sure total loop body weight is preserved in loop peeling

Xin Tong via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Mon Jan 2 12:27:23 PST 2017


Author: trentxintong
Date: Mon Jan  2 14:27:23 2017
New Revision: 290833

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=290833&view=rev
Log:
Make sure total loop body weight is preserved in loop peeling

Summary:
Regardless how the loop body weight is distributed, we should preserve
total loop body weight. i.e. we should have same weight reaching the body of the loop
or its duplicates in peeled and unpeeled case.

Reviewers: mkuper, davidxl, anemet

Subscribers: llvm-commits

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D28179

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Utils/LoopUnrollPeel.cpp
    llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/peel-loop-pgo.ll

Modified: llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Utils/LoopUnrollPeel.cpp
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Utils/LoopUnrollPeel.cpp?rev=290833&r1=290832&r2=290833&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Utils/LoopUnrollPeel.cpp (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/Transforms/Utils/LoopUnrollPeel.cpp Mon Jan  2 14:27:23 2017
@@ -335,10 +335,12 @@ bool llvm::peelLoop(Loop *L, unsigned Pe
   unsigned HeaderIdx = (LatchBR->getSuccessor(0) == Header ? 0 : 1);
 
   uint64_t TrueWeight, FalseWeight;
-  uint64_t ExitWeight = 0, BackEdgeWeight = 0;
+  uint64_t ExitWeight = 0, CurHeaderWeight = 0;
   if (LatchBR->extractProfMetadata(TrueWeight, FalseWeight)) {
     ExitWeight = HeaderIdx ? TrueWeight : FalseWeight;
-    BackEdgeWeight = HeaderIdx ? FalseWeight : TrueWeight;
+    // The # of times the loop body executes is the sum of the exit block
+    // weight and the # of times the backedges are taken.
+    CurHeaderWeight = TrueWeight + FalseWeight;
   }
 
   // For each peeled-off iteration, make a copy of the loop.
@@ -346,15 +348,14 @@ bool llvm::peelLoop(Loop *L, unsigned Pe
     SmallVector<BasicBlock *, 8> NewBlocks;
     ValueToValueMapTy VMap;
 
-    // The exit weight of the previous iteration is the header entry weight
-    // of the current iteration. So this is exactly how many dynamic iterations
-    // the current peeled-off static iteration uses up.
+    // Subtract the exit weight from the current header weight -- the exit
+    // weight is exactly the weight of the previous iteration's header.
     // FIXME: due to the way the distribution is constructed, we need a
     // guard here to make sure we don't end up with non-positive weights.
-    if (ExitWeight < BackEdgeWeight)
-      BackEdgeWeight -= ExitWeight;
+    if (ExitWeight < CurHeaderWeight)
+      CurHeaderWeight -= ExitWeight;
     else
-      BackEdgeWeight = 1;
+      CurHeaderWeight = 1;
 
     cloneLoopBlocks(L, Iter, InsertTop, InsertBot, Exit,
                     NewBlocks, LoopBlocks, VMap, LVMap, LI);
@@ -388,6 +389,14 @@ bool llvm::peelLoop(Loop *L, unsigned Pe
 
   // Adjust the branch weights on the loop exit.
   if (ExitWeight) {
+    // The backedge count is the difference of current header weight and
+    // current loop exit weight. If the current header weight is smaller than
+    // the current loop exit weight, we mark the loop backedge weight as 1.
+    uint64_t BackEdgeWeight = 0;
+    if (ExitWeight < CurHeaderWeight)
+      BackEdgeWeight = CurHeaderWeight - ExitWeight;
+    else
+      BackEdgeWeight = 1;
     MDBuilder MDB(LatchBR->getContext());
     MDNode *WeightNode =
         HeaderIdx ? MDB.createBranchWeights(ExitWeight, BackEdgeWeight)

Modified: llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/peel-loop-pgo.ll
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/peel-loop-pgo.ll?rev=290833&r1=290832&r2=290833&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/peel-loop-pgo.ll (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/peel-loop-pgo.ll Mon Jan  2 14:27:23 2017
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ for.end:
 ;CHECK: !1 = !{!"branch_weights", i32 900, i32 101}
 ;CHECK: !2 = !{!"branch_weights", i32 540, i32 360}
 ;CHECK: !3 = !{!"branch_weights", i32 162, i32 378}
-;CHECK: !4 = !{!"branch_weights", i32 560, i32 162}
+;CHECK: !4 = !{!"branch_weights", i32 1399, i32 162}
 




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