[PATCH] D46130: [NVPTX] Turn on Loop/SLP vectorization

[Benjamin Kramer via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

bkramer added inline comments.


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Comment at: lib/Target/NVPTX/NVPTXTargetTransformInfo.h:53
+  // NVPTX has infinite registers of all kinds.
+  unsigned getNumberOfRegisters(bool Vector) const { return 1; }
+
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jlebar wrote:
> bkramer wrote:
> > jlebar wrote:
> > > Does 1 have specific meaning?  I don't see this in any of the comments, and that would be a pretty weird API...  (Like, did you mean -1?)
> > 1 is the default of the generic implementation, I just copied that and removed the check for vector. I'm not even sure if anyone ever checks the value or just compares it against zero.
> I see a few places using the actual value returned: LoopStrengthReduce, LoopVectorize...
Right, LoopStrengthReduce calls it with (false), which was returning '1' before and after :)

I'm not sure about LoopVectorize, but conservatively limiting its vectorization factor is probably a good thing.


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https://reviews.llvm.org/D46130