[llvm] r250527 - This is a follow-up to the discussion in D12882.

Sanjay Patel via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Oct 16 10:02:09 PDT 2015


A better title for this commit:
[CGP] transform select instructions into branches and sink expensive
operands

I missed the headline when copying the text from the phab review.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Sanjay Patel via llvm-commits <
llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Author: spatel
> Date: Fri Oct 16 11:54:30 2015
> New Revision: 250527
>
> URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=250527&view=rev
> Log:
> This is a follow-up to the discussion in D12882.
>
> Ideally, we would like SimplifyCFG to be able to form select instructions
> even when the operands
> are expensive (as defined by the TTI cost model) because that may expose
> further optimizations.
> However, we would then like a later pass like CodeGenPrepare to undo that
> transformation if the
> target would likely benefit from not speculatively executing an expensive
> op (this patch).
>
> Once we have this safety mechanism in place, we can adjust SimplifyCFG to
> restore its
> select-formation behavior that changed with r248439.
>
> Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D13297
>
>
> Added:
>     llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/CodeGenPrepare/select.ll
> Modified:
>     llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp
>
> Modified: llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp
> URL:
> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp?rev=250527&r1=250526&r2=250527&view=diff
>
> ==============================================================================
> --- llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp (original)
> +++ llvm/trunk/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp Fri Oct 16 11:54:30 2015
> @@ -3846,8 +3846,20 @@ bool CodeGenPrepare::optimizeExtUses(Ins
>    return MadeChange;
>  }
>
> +/// Check if V (an operand of a select instruction) is an expensive
> instruction
> +/// that is only used once.
> +static bool sinkSelectOperand(const TargetTransformInfo *TTI, Value *V) {
> +  auto *I = dyn_cast<Instruction>(V);
> +  if (I && I->hasOneUse() &&
> +      TTI->getUserCost(I) == TargetTransformInfo::TCC_Expensive)
> +    return true;
> +
> +  return false;
> +}
> +
>  /// Returns true if a SelectInst should be turned into an explicit branch.
> -static bool isFormingBranchFromSelectProfitable(SelectInst *SI) {
> +static bool isFormingBranchFromSelectProfitable(const TargetTransformInfo
> *TTI,
> +                                                SelectInst *SI) {
>    // FIXME: This should use the same heuristics as IfConversion to
> determine
>    // whether a select is better represented as a branch.  This requires
> that
>    // branch probability metadata is preserved for the select, which is
> not the
> @@ -3868,8 +3880,17 @@ static bool isFormingBranchFromSelectPro
>    // on a load from memory. But if the load is used more than once, do not
>    // change the select to a branch because the load is probably needed
>    // regardless of whether the branch is taken or not.
> -  return ((isa<LoadInst>(CmpOp0) && CmpOp0->hasOneUse()) ||
> -          (isa<LoadInst>(CmpOp1) && CmpOp1->hasOneUse()));
> +  if ((isa<LoadInst>(CmpOp0) && CmpOp0->hasOneUse()) ||
> +      (isa<LoadInst>(CmpOp1) && CmpOp1->hasOneUse()))
> +    return true;
> +
> +  // If either operand of the select is expensive and only needed on one
> side
> +  // of the select, we should form a branch.
> +  if (sinkSelectOperand(TTI, SI->getTrueValue()) ||
> +      sinkSelectOperand(TTI, SI->getFalseValue()))
> +    return true;
> +
> +  return false;
>  }
>
>
> @@ -3895,34 +3916,97 @@ bool CodeGenPrepare::optimizeSelectInst(
>      // We have efficient codegen support for the select instruction.
>      // Check if it is profitable to keep this 'select'.
>      if (!TLI->isPredictableSelectExpensive() ||
> -        !isFormingBranchFromSelectProfitable(SI))
> +        !isFormingBranchFromSelectProfitable(TTI, SI))
>        return false;
>    }
>
>    ModifiedDT = true;
>
> +  // Transform a sequence like this:
> +  //    start:
> +  //       %cmp = cmp uge i32 %a, %b
> +  //       %sel = select i1 %cmp, i32 %c, i32 %d
> +  //
> +  // Into:
> +  //    start:
> +  //       %cmp = cmp uge i32 %a, %b
> +  //       br i1 %cmp, label %select.true, label %select.false
> +  //    select.true:
> +  //       br label %select.end
> +  //    select.false:
> +  //       br label %select.end
> +  //    select.end:
> +  //       %sel = phi i32 [ %c, %select.true ], [ %d, %select.false ]
> +  //
> +  // In addition, we may sink instructions that produce %c or %d from
> +  // the entry block into the destination(s) of the new branch.
> +  // If the true or false blocks do not contain a sunken instruction, that
> +  // block and its branch may be optimized away. In that case, one side
> of the
> +  // first branch will point directly to select.end, and the
> corresponding PHI
> +  // predecessor block will be the start block.
> +
>    // First, we split the block containing the select into 2 blocks.
>    BasicBlock *StartBlock = SI->getParent();
>    BasicBlock::iterator SplitPt = ++(BasicBlock::iterator(SI));
> -  BasicBlock *NextBlock = StartBlock->splitBasicBlock(SplitPt,
> "select.end");
> -
> -  // Create a new block serving as the landing pad for the branch.
> -  BasicBlock *SmallBlock = BasicBlock::Create(SI->getContext(),
> "select.mid",
> -                                             NextBlock->getParent(),
> NextBlock);
> +  BasicBlock *EndBlock = StartBlock->splitBasicBlock(SplitPt,
> "select.end");
>
> -  // Move the unconditional branch from the block with the select in it
> into our
> -  // landing pad block.
> +  // Delete the unconditional branch that was just created by the split.
>    StartBlock->getTerminator()->eraseFromParent();
> -  BranchInst::Create(NextBlock, SmallBlock);
> +
> +  // These are the new basic blocks for the conditional branch.
> +  // At least one will become an actual new basic block.
> +  BasicBlock *TrueBlock = nullptr;
> +  BasicBlock *FalseBlock = nullptr;
> +
> +  // Sink expensive instructions into the conditional blocks to avoid
> executing
> +  // them speculatively.
> +  if (sinkSelectOperand(TTI, SI->getTrueValue())) {
> +    TrueBlock = BasicBlock::Create(SI->getContext(), "select.true.sink",
> +                                   EndBlock->getParent(), EndBlock);
> +    auto *TrueBranch = BranchInst::Create(EndBlock, TrueBlock);
> +    auto *TrueInst = cast<Instruction>(SI->getTrueValue());
> +    TrueInst->moveBefore(TrueBranch);
> +  }
> +  if (sinkSelectOperand(TTI, SI->getFalseValue())) {
> +    FalseBlock = BasicBlock::Create(SI->getContext(), "select.false.sink",
> +                                    EndBlock->getParent(), EndBlock);
> +    auto *FalseBranch = BranchInst::Create(EndBlock, FalseBlock);
> +    auto *FalseInst = cast<Instruction>(SI->getFalseValue());
> +    FalseInst->moveBefore(FalseBranch);
> +  }
> +
> +  // If there was nothing to sink, then arbitrarily choose the 'false'
> side
> +  // for a new input value to the PHI.
> +  if (TrueBlock == FalseBlock) {
> +    assert(TrueBlock == nullptr &&
> +           "Unexpected basic block transform while optimizing select");
> +
> +    FalseBlock = BasicBlock::Create(SI->getContext(), "select.false",
> +                                    EndBlock->getParent(), EndBlock);
> +    BranchInst::Create(EndBlock, FalseBlock);
> +  }
>
>    // Insert the real conditional branch based on the original condition.
> -  BranchInst::Create(NextBlock, SmallBlock, SI->getCondition(), SI);
> +  // If we did not create a new block for one of the 'true' or 'false'
> paths
> +  // of the condition, it means that side of the branch goes to the end
> block
> +  // directly and the path originates from the start block from the point
> of
> +  // view of the new PHI.
> +  if (TrueBlock == nullptr) {
> +    BranchInst::Create(EndBlock, FalseBlock, SI->getCondition(), SI);
> +    TrueBlock = StartBlock;
> +  } else if (FalseBlock == nullptr) {
> +    BranchInst::Create(TrueBlock, EndBlock, SI->getCondition(), SI);
> +    FalseBlock = StartBlock;
> +  } else {
> +    BranchInst::Create(TrueBlock, FalseBlock, SI->getCondition(), SI);
> +  }
>
>    // The select itself is replaced with a PHI Node.
> -  PHINode *PN = PHINode::Create(SI->getType(), 2, "",
> &NextBlock->front());
> +  PHINode *PN = PHINode::Create(SI->getType(), 2, "", &EndBlock->front());
>    PN->takeName(SI);
> -  PN->addIncoming(SI->getTrueValue(), StartBlock);
> -  PN->addIncoming(SI->getFalseValue(), SmallBlock);
> +  PN->addIncoming(SI->getTrueValue(), TrueBlock);
> +  PN->addIncoming(SI->getFalseValue(), FalseBlock);
> +
>    SI->replaceAllUsesWith(PN);
>    SI->eraseFromParent();
>
>
> Added: llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/CodeGenPrepare/select.ll
> URL:
> http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/CodeGenPrepare/select.ll?rev=250527&view=auto
>
> ==============================================================================
> --- llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/CodeGenPrepare/select.ll (added)
> +++ llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/CodeGenPrepare/select.ll Fri Oct 16
> 11:54:30 2015
> @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
> +; RUN: opt -codegenprepare -S < %s | FileCheck %s
> +
> +target triple = "x86_64-unknown-unknown"
> +
> +; Nothing to sink here, but this gets converted to a branch to
> +; avoid stalling an out-of-order CPU on a predictable branch.
> +
> +define i32 @no_sink(double %a, double* %b, i32 %x, i32 %y)  {
> +entry:
> +  %load = load double, double* %b, align 8
> +  %cmp = fcmp olt double %load, %a
> +  %sel = select i1 %cmp, i32 %x, i32 %y
> +  ret i32 %sel
> +
> +; CHECK-LABEL: @no_sink(
> +; CHECK:    %load = load double, double* %b, align 8
> +; CHECK:    %cmp = fcmp olt double %load, %a
> +; CHECK:    br i1 %cmp, label %select.end, label %select.false
> +; CHECK:  select.false:
> +; CHECK:    br label %select.end
> +; CHECK:  select.end:
> +; CHECK:    %sel = phi i32 [ %x, %entry ], [ %y, %select.false ]
> +; CHECK:    ret i32 %sel
> +}
> +
> +
> +; An 'fdiv' is expensive, so sink it rather than speculatively execute it.
> +
> +define float @fdiv_true_sink(float %a, float %b) {
> +entry:
> +  %div = fdiv float %a, %b
> +  %cmp = fcmp ogt float %a, 1.0
> +  %sel = select i1 %cmp, float %div, float 2.0
> +  ret float %sel
> +
> +; CHECK-LABEL: @fdiv_true_sink(
> +; CHECK:    %cmp = fcmp ogt float %a, 1.0
> +; CHECK:    br i1 %cmp, label %select.true.sink, label %select.end
> +; CHECK:  select.true.sink:
> +; CHECK:    %div = fdiv float %a, %b
> +; CHECK:    br label %select.end
> +; CHECK:  select.end:
> +; CHECK:    %sel = phi float [ %div, %select.true.sink ], [ 2.000000e+00,
> %entry ]
> +; CHECK:    ret float %sel
> +}
> +
> +define float @fdiv_false_sink(float %a, float %b) {
> +entry:
> +  %div = fdiv float %a, %b
> +  %cmp = fcmp ogt float %a, 3.0
> +  %sel = select i1 %cmp, float 4.0, float %div
> +  ret float %sel
> +
> +; CHECK-LABEL: @fdiv_false_sink(
> +; CHECK:    %cmp = fcmp ogt float %a, 3.0
> +; CHECK:    br i1 %cmp, label %select.end, label %select.false.sink
> +; CHECK:  select.false.sink:
> +; CHECK:    %div = fdiv float %a, %b
> +; CHECK:    br label %select.end
> +; CHECK:  select.end:
> +; CHECK:    %sel = phi float [ 4.000000e+00, %entry ], [ %div,
> %select.false.sink ]
> +; CHECK:    ret float %sel
> +}
> +
> +define float @fdiv_both_sink(float %a, float %b) {
> +entry:
> +  %div1 = fdiv float %a, %b
> +  %div2 = fdiv float %b, %a
> +  %cmp = fcmp ogt float %a, 5.0
> +  %sel = select i1 %cmp, float %div1, float %div2
> +  ret float %sel
> +
> +; CHECK-LABEL: @fdiv_both_sink(
> +; CHECK:    %cmp = fcmp ogt float %a, 5.0
> +; CHECK:    br i1 %cmp, label %select.true.sink, label %select.false.sink
> +; CHECK:  select.true.sink:
> +; CHECK:    %div1 = fdiv float %a, %b
> +; CHECK:    br label %select.end
> +; CHECK:  select.false.sink:
> +; CHECK:    %div2 = fdiv float %b, %a
> +; CHECK:    br label %select.end
> +; CHECK:  select.end:
> +; CHECK:    %sel = phi float [ %div1, %select.true.sink ], [ %div2,
> %select.false.sink ]
> +; CHECK:    ret float %sel
> +}
> +
> +; An 'fadd' is not too expensive, so it's ok to speculate.
> +
> +define float @fadd_no_sink(float %a, float %b) {
> +  %add = fadd float %a, %b
> +  %cmp = fcmp ogt float 6.0, %a
> +  %sel = select i1 %cmp, float %add, float 7.0
> +  ret float %sel
> +
> +; CHECK-LABEL: @fadd_no_sink(
> +; CHECK:  %sel = select i1 %cmp, float %add, float 7.0
> +}
> +
> +; Possible enhancement: sinkability is only calculated with the direct
> +; operand of the select, so we don't try to sink this. The fdiv cost is
> not
> +; taken into account.
> +
> +define float @fdiv_no_sink(float %a, float %b) {
> +entry:
> +  %div = fdiv float %a, %b
> +  %add = fadd float %div, %b
> +  %cmp = fcmp ogt float %a, 1.0
> +  %sel = select i1 %cmp, float %add, float 8.0
> +  ret float %sel
> +
> +; CHECK-LABEL: @fdiv_no_sink(
> +; CHECK:  %sel = select i1 %cmp, float %add, float 8.0
> +}
> +
>
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