[llvm-branch-commits] [llvm] [nfc][InstrProfiling]For comdat setting helper function, move comment closer to the code (PR #83757)

Mingming Liu via llvm-branch-commits llvm-branch-commits at lists.llvm.org
Sun Mar 3 19:07:34 PST 2024


https://github.com/minglotus-6 updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/83757

>From 13099c90449036731b834e27aa8fb1c238ab8669 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mingmingl <mingmingl at google.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2024 19:02:09 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [nfc][InstrProfiling]For comdat setting helper function,
 move comment closer to the code

---
 .../Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp        | 53 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
index d5d55dec6382fb..84c6aef4c998a7 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ class InstrLowerer final {
   const bool IsCS;
 
   std::function<const TargetLibraryInfo &(Function &F)> GetTLI;
-
   const bool DataReferencedByCode;
+
   struct PerFunctionProfileData {
     uint32_t NumValueSites[IPVK_Last + 1] = {};
     GlobalVariable *RegionCounters = nullptr;
@@ -1193,18 +1193,42 @@ static bool needsRuntimeRegistrationOfSectionRange(const Triple &TT) {
 }
 
 void InstrLowerer::maybeSetComdat(GlobalVariable *GV, Function *Fn,
-                                  StringRef VarName) {
+                                  StringRef CounterGroupName) {
+  // Place lowered global variables in a comdat group if the associated function
+  // is a COMDAT. This will make sure that only one copy of global variable
+  // (e.g. function counters) of the COMDAT function will be emitted after
+  // linking.
   bool NeedComdat = needsComdatForCounter(*Fn, M);
+
   bool UseComdat = (NeedComdat || TT.isOSBinFormatELF());
 
   if (!UseComdat)
     return;
 
-  StringRef GroupName =
-      TT.isOSBinFormatCOFF() && DataReferencedByCode ? GV->getName() : VarName;
+  // Keep in mind that this pass may run before the inliner, so we need to
+  // create a new comdat group (for counters, profiling data, etc). If we use
+  // the comdat of the parent function, that will result in relocations against
+  // discarded sections.
+  //
+  // If the data variable is referenced by code, non-counter variables (notably
+  // profiling data) and counters have to be in different comdats for COFF
+  // because the Visual C++ linker will report duplicate symbol errors if there
+  // are multiple external symbols with the same name marked
+  // IMAGE_COMDAT_SELECT_ASSOCIATIVE.
+  StringRef GroupName = TT.isOSBinFormatCOFF() && DataReferencedByCode
+                            ? GV->getName()
+                            : CounterGroupName;
   Comdat *C = M.getOrInsertComdat(GroupName);
-  if (!NeedComdat)
+
+  if (!NeedComdat) {
+    // Object file format must be ELF since `UseComdat && !NeedComdat` is true.
+    //
+    // For ELF, when not using COMDAT, put counters, data and values into a
+    // nodeduplicate COMDAT which is lowered to a zero-flag section group. This
+    // allows -z start-stop-gc to discard the entire group when the function is
+    // discarded.
     C->setSelectionKind(Comdat::NoDeduplicate);
+  }
   GV->setComdat(C);
   // COFF doesn't allow the comdat group leader to have private linkage, so
   // upgrade private linkage to internal linkage to produce a symbol table
@@ -1238,23 +1262,7 @@ GlobalVariable *InstrLowerer::setupProfileSection(InstrProfInstBase *Inc,
     Linkage = GlobalValue::PrivateLinkage;
     Visibility = GlobalValue::DefaultVisibility;
   }
-  // Move the name variable to the right section. Place them in a COMDAT group
-  // if the associated function is a COMDAT. This will make sure that only one
-  // copy of counters of the COMDAT function will be emitted after linking. Keep
-  // in mind that this pass may run before the inliner, so we need to create a
-  // new comdat group for the counters and profiling data. If we use the comdat
-  // of the parent function, that will result in relocations against discarded
-  // sections.
-  //
-  // If the data variable is referenced by code,  counters and data have to be
-  // in different comdats for COFF because the Visual C++ linker will report
-  // duplicate symbol errors if there are multiple external symbols with the
-  // same name marked IMAGE_COMDAT_SELECT_ASSOCIATIVE.
-  //
-  // For ELF, when not using COMDAT, put counters, data and values into a
-  // nodeduplicate COMDAT which is lowered to a zero-flag section group. This
-  // allows -z start-stop-gc to discard the entire group when the function is
-  // discarded.
+  // Move the name variable to the right section.
   bool Renamed;
   GlobalVariable *Ptr;
   StringRef VarPrefix;
@@ -1524,6 +1532,7 @@ void InstrLowerer::createDataVariable(InstrProfCntrInstBase *Inc) {
   Data->setSection(
       getInstrProfSectionName(DataSectionKind, TT.getObjectFormat()));
   Data->setAlignment(Align(INSTR_PROF_DATA_ALIGNMENT));
+
   maybeSetComdat(Data, Fn, CntsVarName);
 
   PD.DataVar = Data;

>From 28301273f25dac0219f591dd1ee18ef587ccec24 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mingmingl <mingmingl at google.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2024 19:07:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] make blank lines consistent

---
 llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
index 84c6aef4c998a7..c42c53edd51190 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Instrumentation/InstrProfiling.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ class InstrLowerer final {
   const bool IsCS;
 
   std::function<const TargetLibraryInfo &(Function &F)> GetTLI;
+
   const bool DataReferencedByCode;
 
   struct PerFunctionProfileData {
@@ -1199,7 +1200,6 @@ void InstrLowerer::maybeSetComdat(GlobalVariable *GV, Function *Fn,
   // (e.g. function counters) of the COMDAT function will be emitted after
   // linking.
   bool NeedComdat = needsComdatForCounter(*Fn, M);
-
   bool UseComdat = (NeedComdat || TT.isOSBinFormatELF());
 
   if (!UseComdat)
@@ -1532,7 +1532,6 @@ void InstrLowerer::createDataVariable(InstrProfCntrInstBase *Inc) {
   Data->setSection(
       getInstrProfSectionName(DataSectionKind, TT.getObjectFormat()));
   Data->setAlignment(Align(INSTR_PROF_DATA_ALIGNMENT));
-
   maybeSetComdat(Data, Fn, CntsVarName);
 
   PD.DataVar = Data;



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