[PATCH] D140337: Propagate branchweight through phi values when ExpectedValue is unlikely in LowerExpectIntrinsic

Zhi Zhuang via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Dec 21 09:00:04 PST 2022


LukeZhuang added inline comments.


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Comment at: llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LowerExpectIntrinsic.cpp:137
+    double TrueProb = Confidence->getValueAPF().convertToDouble();
+    ExpectedValueIsLikely = (TrueProb > 0.5);
+  }
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davidxl wrote:
> This should probably be made more biased.
Hi David, thanks for the comment! May I ask is "more biased" meant by a higher threshold of considering a branch likely/unlikely? Or could you give an example of which it ought to behave differently than this code(and why)? Thanks!


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