[LLVMdev] Implementing llvm.memory.barrier on PowerPC

Gary Benson gbenson at redhat.com
Thu Aug 21 06:38:04 PDT 2008


Dale Johannesen wrote:
> On Aug 19, 2008, at 7:18 AMPDT, Gary Benson wrote:
> > I'm trying to implement llvm.memory.barrier on PowerPC.  I've
> > modelled my patch (attached) on the implementation in X86, but
> > when I try and compile my test file (also attached) with llc I
> > get the error "Cannot yet select: 0x10fa4ad0: ch = MemBarrier
> > 0x10fa4828, 0x10fa4c68, 0x10fa4be0, 0x10fa4be0, 0x10fa4be0,
> > 0x10fa4be0".  This presumably means my "membarrier" pattern
> > isn't being found... but why?
> 
> Because the i1's in the .bc file get promoted to i32 on ppc,
> instead of i8.  I've forgotten why this is, there's a setting
> somewhere.  If you change the i8's in membarrier to i32's it
> works.

Thanks for that.  Attached is a working implementation of
llvm.memory.barrier.

> Thanks for doing this btw.

No problem, I need it! ;)

Cheers,
Gary

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Index: include/llvm/IntrinsicsPowerPC.td
===================================================================
--- include/llvm/IntrinsicsPowerPC.td	(revision 54985)
+++ include/llvm/IntrinsicsPowerPC.td	(working copy)
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
   def int_ppc_dcbtst: Intrinsic<[llvm_void_ty, llvm_ptr_ty], [IntrWriteMem]>;
   def int_ppc_dcbz  : Intrinsic<[llvm_void_ty, llvm_ptr_ty], [IntrWriteMem]>;
   def int_ppc_dcbzl : Intrinsic<[llvm_void_ty, llvm_ptr_ty], [IntrWriteMem]>;
+
+  // sync instruction
+  def int_ppc_sync : Intrinsic<[llvm_void_ty], [IntrWriteMem]>;
 }
 
 
Index: lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.td
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.td	(revision 54985)
+++ lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrInfo.td	(working copy)
@@ -773,6 +773,10 @@
                      [(store F8RC:$frS, xaddr:$dst)]>;
 }
 
+let isBarrier = 1 in
+def SYNC : XForm_24_sync<31, 598, (outs), (ins),
+                        "sync", LdStSync,
+                        [(int_ppc_sync)]>;
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // PPC32 Arithmetic Instructions.
@@ -1357,5 +1361,13 @@
 def : Pat<(extloadf32 xaddr:$src),
           (FMRSD (LFSX xaddr:$src))>;
 
+// Memory barriers
+def : Pat<(membarrier (i32 imm:$ll),
+                      (i32 imm:$ls),
+                      (i32 imm:$sl),
+                      (i32 imm:$ss),
+                      (i32 imm:$device)),
+           (SYNC)>;
+
 include "PPCInstrAltivec.td"
 include "PPCInstr64Bit.td"
Index: lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp	(revision 54985)
+++ lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@
   // from FP_ROUND:  that rounds to nearest, this rounds to zero.
   setOperationAction(ISD::FP_ROUND_INREG, MVT::ppcf128, Custom);
 
-  // PowerPC has no intrinsics for these particular operations
-  setOperationAction(ISD::MEMBARRIER, MVT::Other, Expand);
-
   // PowerPC has no SREM/UREM instructions
   setOperationAction(ISD::SREM, MVT::i32, Expand);
   setOperationAction(ISD::UREM, MVT::i32, Expand);
Index: lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrFormats.td
===================================================================
--- lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrFormats.td	(revision 54985)
+++ lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCInstrFormats.td	(working copy)
@@ -309,6 +309,17 @@
   let Inst{31}    = 0;
 }
 
+class XForm_24_sync<bits<6> opcode, bits<10> xo, dag OOL, dag IOL,
+               string asmstr, InstrItinClass itin, list<dag> pattern> 
+  : I<opcode, OOL, IOL, asmstr, itin> {
+  let Pattern = pattern;
+  let Inst{6-10}  = 0;
+  let Inst{11-15} = 0;
+  let Inst{16-20} = 0;
+  let Inst{21-30} = xo;
+  let Inst{31}    = 0;
+}
+
 class XForm_25<bits<6> opcode, bits<10> xo, dag OOL, dag IOL, string asmstr,
                InstrItinClass itin, list<dag> pattern> 
   : XForm_base_r3xo<opcode, xo, OOL, IOL, asmstr, itin, pattern> {


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