[PATCH] D28536: [SCEV] Make howFarToZero max backedge-taken count check for precondition

Eli Friedman via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Jan 10 14:29:15 PST 2017


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Refines max backedge-taken count if a loop like "for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i) { /* body */ }" is rotated.


Repository:
  rL LLVM

https://reviews.llvm.org/D28536

Files:
  lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
  test/Analysis/ScalarEvolution/max-trip-count.ll


Index: test/Analysis/ScalarEvolution/max-trip-count.ll
===================================================================
--- test/Analysis/ScalarEvolution/max-trip-count.ll
+++ test/Analysis/ScalarEvolution/max-trip-count.ll
@@ -242,9 +242,8 @@
   ret i32 0
 }
 
-; TODO: Improve count based on guard.
 ; CHECK-LABEL: @ne_max_trip_count_3
-; CHECK: Loop %for.body: max backedge-taken count is -1
+; CHECK: Loop %for.body: max backedge-taken count is 6
 define i32 @ne_max_trip_count_3(i32 %n) {
 entry:
   %masked = and i32 %n, 7
@@ -267,9 +266,8 @@
   ret i32 0
 }
 
-; TODO: Improve count based on guard.
 ; CHECK-LABEL: @ne_max_trip_count_4
-; CHECK: Loop %for.body: max backedge-taken count is -1
+; CHECK: Loop %for.body: max backedge-taken count is -2
 define i32 @ne_max_trip_count_4(i32 %n) {
 entry:
   %guard = icmp eq i32 %n, 0
Index: lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
+++ lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
@@ -7207,6 +7207,25 @@
   //   N = Distance (as unsigned)
   if (StepC->getValue()->equalsInt(1) || StepC->getValue()->isAllOnesValue()) {
     APInt MaxBECount = getUnsignedRange(Distance).getUnsignedMax();
+
+    // When a loop like "for (int i = 0; i != n; ++i) { /* body */ }" is rotated,
+    // we end up with a loop whose backedge-taken count is n - 1.  Detect this
+    // case, and see if we can improve the bound.
+    //
+    // Explicitly handling this here is necessary because getUnsignedRange
+    // isn't context-sensitive; it doesn't know that we only care about the
+    // range inside the loop.
+    const SCEV *Zero = getZero(Distance->getType());
+    const SCEV *One = getOne(Distance->getType());
+    const SCEV *DistancePlusOne = getAddExpr(Distance, One);
+    if (isLoopEntryGuardedByCond(L, ICmpInst::ICMP_NE, DistancePlusOne, Zero)) {
+      // If Distance + 1 doesn't overflow, we can compute the maximum distance
+      // as "unsigned_max(Distance + 1) - 1".
+      ConstantRange CR = getUnsignedRange(DistancePlusOne);
+      APInt NewMaxBECount = CR.getUnsignedMax() - 1;
+      if (NewMaxBECount.ult(MaxBECount))
+        MaxBECount = NewMaxBECount;
+    }
     return ExitLimit(Distance, getConstant(MaxBECount), false, Predicates);
   }
 


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