[llvm] r290211 - [SCEV] Be less conservative when extending bitwidths for computing ranges.

Michael Zolotukhin via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Dec 20 15:03:42 PST 2016


Author: mzolotukhin
Date: Tue Dec 20 17:03:42 2016
New Revision: 290211

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=290211&view=rev
Log:
[SCEV] Be less conservative when extending bitwidths for computing ranges.

Summary:
In getRangeForAffineAR we compute ranges for affine exprs E = A + B*C,
where ranges for A, B, and C are known. To avoid overflow, we need to
operate on a bigger bitwidth, and originally we chose 2*x+1 for this
(x being the original bitwidth). However, it is safe to use just 2*x:

A+B*C <= (2^x - 1) + (2^x - 1)*(2^x - 1) =
       =  2^x - 1 + 2^2x - 2^x - 2^x + 1 =
       = 2^2x - 2^x <= 2^2x - 1

Unnecessary extending of bitwidths results in noticeable slowdowns: ranges
perform arithmetic operations using APInt, which are much slower when bitwidths
are bigger than 64.

Reviewers: sanjoy, majnemer, chandlerc

Subscribers: llvm-commits

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D27795

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp

Modified: llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp?rev=290211&r1=290210&r2=290211&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp Tue Dec 20 17:03:42 2016
@@ -4679,19 +4679,18 @@ ConstantRange ScalarEvolution::getRangeF
 
   MaxBECount = getNoopOrZeroExtend(MaxBECount, Start->getType());
   ConstantRange MaxBECountRange = getUnsignedRange(MaxBECount);
-  ConstantRange ZExtMaxBECountRange =
-      MaxBECountRange.zextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2 + 1);
+  ConstantRange ZExtMaxBECountRange = MaxBECountRange.zextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2);
 
   ConstantRange StepSRange = getSignedRange(Step);
-  ConstantRange SExtStepSRange = StepSRange.sextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2 + 1);
+  ConstantRange SExtStepSRange = StepSRange.sextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2);
 
   ConstantRange StartURange = getUnsignedRange(Start);
   ConstantRange EndURange =
       StartURange.add(MaxBECountRange.multiply(StepSRange));
 
   // Check for unsigned overflow.
-  ConstantRange ZExtStartURange = StartURange.zextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2 + 1);
-  ConstantRange ZExtEndURange = EndURange.zextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2 + 1);
+  ConstantRange ZExtStartURange = StartURange.zextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2);
+  ConstantRange ZExtEndURange = EndURange.zextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2);
   if (ZExtStartURange.add(ZExtMaxBECountRange.multiply(SExtStepSRange)) ==
       ZExtEndURange) {
     APInt Min = APIntOps::umin(StartURange.getUnsignedMin(),
@@ -4711,8 +4710,8 @@ ConstantRange ScalarEvolution::getRangeF
   // Check for signed overflow. This must be done with ConstantRange
   // arithmetic because we could be called from within the ScalarEvolution
   // overflow checking code.
-  ConstantRange SExtStartSRange = StartSRange.sextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2 + 1);
-  ConstantRange SExtEndSRange = EndSRange.sextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2 + 1);
+  ConstantRange SExtStartSRange = StartSRange.sextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2);
+  ConstantRange SExtEndSRange = EndSRange.sextOrTrunc(BitWidth * 2);
   if (SExtStartSRange.add(ZExtMaxBECountRange.multiply(SExtStepSRange)) ==
       SExtEndSRange) {
     APInt Min =




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