[llvm] [CodeGen] Avoid potential sideeffects from XOR (PR #67193)

Bill Wendling via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Sep 22 13:47:37 PDT 2023


https://github.com/bwendling created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/67193

XOR may change flag values (e.g. for X86 gprs). In the case where that's not desirable, specify that buildClearRegister() should use MOV instead.

>From 6db37f7f76347a7821d9a95c0fdac4e250df2e78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bill Wendling <morbo at google.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:35:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [CodeGen] Avoid potential sideeffects from XOR

XOR may change flag values (e.g. for X86 gprs). In the case where that's
not desirable, specify that buildClearRegister() should use MOV instead.
---
 llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h  |  7 +++--
 llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.cpp | 14 +++++----
 llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.h   |  4 +--
 llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp         | 31 +++++++++++++-------
 llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h           |  4 +--
 5 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h
index 04859a50d6fdeb4..7c2bd83d1d623ef 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h
@@ -2057,10 +2057,13 @@ class TargetInstrInfo : public MCInstrInfo {
         "Target didn't implement TargetInstrInfo::insertOutlinedCall!");
   }
 
-  /// Insert an architecture-specific instruction to clear a register.
+  /// Insert an architecture-specific instruction to clear a register. If you
+  /// need to avoid sideeffects (e.g. XOR on x86), set \p NoSideEffects to \p
+  /// true.
   virtual void buildClearRegister(Register Reg, MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
                                   MachineBasicBlock::iterator Iter,
-                                  DebugLoc &DL) const {
+                                  DebugLoc &DL,
+                                  bool NoSideEffects = false) const {
     llvm_unreachable(
         "Target didn't implement TargetInstrInfo::buildClearRegister!");
   }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.cpp
index a1e6a8177c10013..3b1e301e576a1b1 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.cpp
@@ -8337,21 +8337,23 @@ bool AArch64InstrInfo::shouldOutlineFromFunctionByDefault(
 
 void AArch64InstrInfo::buildClearRegister(Register Reg, MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
                                           MachineBasicBlock::iterator Iter,
-                                          DebugLoc &DL) const {
+                                          DebugLoc &DL,
+                                          bool NoSideEffects) const {
   const MachineFunction &MF = *MBB.getParent();
   const AArch64Subtarget &STI = MF.getSubtarget<AArch64Subtarget>();
   const AArch64RegisterInfo &TRI = *STI.getRegisterInfo();
 
   if (TRI.isGeneralPurposeRegister(MF, Reg)) {
-    BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(AArch64::MOVi64imm), Reg)
-      .addImm(0);
+    BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(AArch64::MOVZXi), Reg)
+        .addImm(0)
+        .addImm(0);
   } else if (STI.hasSVE()) {
     BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(AArch64::DUP_ZI_D), Reg)
-      .addImm(0)
-      .addImm(0);
+        .addImm(0)
+        .addImm(0);
   } else {
     BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(AArch64::MOVIv2d_ns), Reg)
-      .addImm(0);
+        .addImm(0);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.h b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.h
index 4a4d87c1b1f6ba5..5c5e7e4fe39068a 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.h
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ class AArch64InstrInfo final : public AArch64GenInstrInfo {
   bool shouldOutlineFromFunctionByDefault(MachineFunction &MF) const override;
 
   void buildClearRegister(Register Reg, MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
-                          MachineBasicBlock::iterator Iter,
-                          DebugLoc &DL) const override;
+                          MachineBasicBlock::iterator Iter, DebugLoc &DL,
+                          bool NoSideEffects = false) const override;
 
   /// Returns the vector element size (B, H, S or D) of an SVE opcode.
   uint64_t getElementSizeForOpcode(unsigned Opc) const;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
index 73675a868239ea1..24a7d632f951385 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.cpp
@@ -9796,27 +9796,34 @@ X86InstrInfo::insertOutlinedCall(Module &M, MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
   return It;
 }
 
-void X86InstrInfo::buildClearRegister(Register Reg,
-                                      MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
+void X86InstrInfo::buildClearRegister(Register Reg, MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
                                       MachineBasicBlock::iterator Iter,
-                                      DebugLoc &DL) const {
+                                      DebugLoc &DL, bool NoSideEffects) const {
   const MachineFunction &MF = *MBB.getParent();
   const X86Subtarget &ST = MF.getSubtarget<X86Subtarget>();
   const TargetRegisterInfo &TRI = getRegisterInfo();
 
   if (ST.hasMMX() && X86::VR64RegClass.contains(Reg))
-    // FIXME: Ignore MMX registers?
+    // FIXME: Should we ignore MMX registers?
     return;
 
   if (TRI.isGeneralPurposeRegister(MF, Reg)) {
-    BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(X86::XOR32rr), Reg)
-      .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef)
-      .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef);
+    // Convert register to the 32-bit version.
+    Reg = getX86SubSuperRegister(Reg, 32);
+
+    if (NoSideEffects)
+      // XOR affects flags, so use a MOV instead.
+      BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(X86::MOV32ri), Reg).addImm(0);
+    else
+      BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(X86::XOR32rr), Reg)
+          .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef)
+          .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef);
   } else if (X86::VR128RegClass.contains(Reg)) {
     // XMM#
     if (!ST.hasSSE1())
       return;
 
+    // PXOR is safe to use because it doesn't affect flags.
     BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(X86::PXORrr), Reg)
       .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef)
       .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef);
@@ -9825,6 +9832,7 @@ void X86InstrInfo::buildClearRegister(Register Reg,
     if (!ST.hasAVX())
       return;
 
+    // VPXOR is safe to use because it doesn't affect flags.
     BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(X86::VPXORrr), Reg)
       .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef)
       .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef);
@@ -9833,6 +9841,7 @@ void X86InstrInfo::buildClearRegister(Register Reg,
     if (!ST.hasAVX512())
       return;
 
+    // VPXORY is safe to use because it doesn't affect flags.
     BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(X86::VPXORYrr), Reg)
       .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef)
       .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef);
@@ -9844,9 +9853,11 @@ void X86InstrInfo::buildClearRegister(Register Reg,
     if (!ST.hasVLX())
       return;
 
-    BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(ST.hasBWI() ? X86::KXORQrr : X86::KXORWrr), Reg)
-      .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef)
-      .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef);
+    // KXOR is safe to use because it doesn't affect flags.
+    unsigned Op = ST.hasBWI() ? X86::KXORQrr : X86::KXORWrr;
+    BuildMI(MBB, Iter, DL, get(Op), Reg)
+        .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef)
+        .addReg(Reg, RegState::Undef);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h
index 8119302f73e8b36..a5ad618ef4b6415 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/X86InstrInfo.h
@@ -574,8 +574,8 @@ class X86InstrInfo final : public X86GenInstrInfo {
                      outliner::Candidate &C) const override;
 
   void buildClearRegister(Register Reg, MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
-                          MachineBasicBlock::iterator Iter,
-                          DebugLoc &DL) const override;
+                          MachineBasicBlock::iterator Iter, DebugLoc &DL,
+                          bool NoSideEffects = false) const override;
 
   bool verifyInstruction(const MachineInstr &MI,
                          StringRef &ErrInfo) const override;



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