[llvm] [LV] Add initial legality checks for ee loops with stores (PR #145663)

Graham Hunter via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Jun 25 03:28:40 PDT 2025


https://github.com/huntergr-arm created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/145663

Separating out the next piece of EE-with-stores

>From 0555fe6d663f76fa48d15764d3cba489ff994690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Graham Hunter <graham.hunter at arm.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:13:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [LV] Add initial legality checks for ee loops with stores

---
 .../Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.h     |  18 +++
 .../Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.cpp   | 137 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../Transforms/LoopVectorize/control-flow.ll  |   2 +-
 .../early_exit_store_legality.ll              |  20 +--
 4 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.h
index d654ac3ec9273..aa34daf596b6b 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.h
@@ -407,6 +407,14 @@ class LoopVectorizationLegality {
     return hasUncountableEarlyExit() ? getUncountableEdge()->second : nullptr;
   }
 
+  /// Returns true if this is an early exit loop containing a store.
+  bool isConditionCopyRequired() const { return EarlyExitLoad.has_value(); }
+
+  /// Returns the load instruction, if any, directly used for an exit comparison
+  /// in and early exit loop containing state-changing or potentially-faulting
+  /// operations.
+  std::optional<LoadInst *> getEarlyExitLoad() const { return EarlyExitLoad; }
+
   /// Return true if there is store-load forwarding dependencies.
   bool isSafeForAnyStoreLoadForwardDistances() const {
     return LAI->getDepChecker().isSafeForAnyStoreLoadForwardDistances();
@@ -536,6 +544,12 @@ class LoopVectorizationLegality {
   /// additional cases safely.
   bool isVectorizableEarlyExitLoop();
 
+  /// Clears any current early exit data gathered if a check failed.
+  void clearEarlyExitData() {
+    UncountableEdge = std::nullopt;
+    EarlyExitLoad = std::nullopt;
+  }
+
   /// Return true if all of the instructions in the block can be speculatively
   /// executed, and record the loads/stores that require masking.
   /// \p SafePtrs is a list of addresses that are known to be legal and we know
@@ -654,6 +668,10 @@ class LoopVectorizationLegality {
   /// Keep track of the loop edge to an uncountable exit, comprising a pair
   /// of (Exiting, Exit) blocks, if there is exactly one early exit.
   std::optional<std::pair<BasicBlock *, BasicBlock *>> UncountableEdge;
+
+  /// Keep track of the load used for early exits where state-changing or
+  /// potentially faulting operations occur inside the loop.
+  std::optional<LoadInst *> EarlyExitLoad;
 };
 
 } // namespace llvm
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.cpp
index 969d225c6ef2e..eec660e5958ca 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorizationLegality.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/Loads.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/LoopInfo.h"
+#include "llvm/Analysis/MustExecute.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/OptimizationRemarkEmitter.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/TargetLibraryInfo.h"
@@ -1207,8 +1208,42 @@ bool LoopVectorizationLegality::canVectorizeMemory() {
     });
   }
 
-  if (!LAI->canVectorizeMemory())
-    return canVectorizeIndirectUnsafeDependences();
+  if (LAI->canVectorizeMemory()) {
+    // FIXME: Remove or reduce this restriction. We're in a bit of an odd spot
+    //        since we're (potentially) doing the load out of its normal order
+    //        in the loop and that may throw off dependency checking.
+    //        A forward dependency should be fine, but a backwards dep may not
+    //        be even if LAA thinks it is due to performing the load for the
+    //        vector iteration i+1 in vector iteration i.
+    if (isConditionCopyRequired()) {
+      const MemoryDepChecker &DepChecker = LAI->getDepChecker();
+      const auto *Deps = DepChecker.getDependences();
+
+      for (const MemoryDepChecker::Dependence &Dep : *Deps) {
+        if (Dep.getDestination(DepChecker) == EarlyExitLoad ||
+            Dep.getSource(DepChecker) == EarlyExitLoad) {
+          // Refine language a little? This currently only applies when a store
+          // is present in the early exit loop.
+          reportVectorizationFailure(
+              "No dependencies allowed for early exit condition load",
+              "Early exit condition loads may not have a dependence with "
+              "another"
+              " memory operation.",
+              "CantVectorizeStoreToLoopInvariantAddress", ORE, TheLoop);
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (!isConditionCopyRequired())
+      return canVectorizeIndirectUnsafeDependences();
+    reportVectorizationFailure(
+        "Cannot vectorize unsafe dependencies in state-changing early exit "
+        "loop.",
+        "Unable to vectorize memory in an early exit loop with store",
+        "CantVectorizeUnsafeDependencyForEELoopWithStore", ORE, TheLoop);
+    return false;
+  }
 
   if (LAI->hasLoadStoreDependenceInvolvingLoopInvariantAddress()) {
     reportVectorizationFailure("We don't allow storing to uniform addresses",
@@ -1747,16 +1782,31 @@ bool LoopVectorizationLegality::isVectorizableEarlyExitLoop() {
     }
   };
 
+  bool HasStore = false;
   for (auto *BB : TheLoop->blocks())
     for (auto &I : *BB) {
+      if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(&I)) {
+        HasStore = true;
+        if (SI->isSimple())
+          continue;
+
+        reportVectorizationFailure(
+            "Complex writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops",
+            "Cannot vectorize early exit loop with complex writes to memory",
+            "WritesInEarlyExitLoop", ORE, TheLoop);
+        return false;
+      }
+
       if (I.mayWriteToMemory()) {
         // We don't support writes to memory.
         reportVectorizationFailure(
-            "Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops",
-            "Cannot vectorize early exit loop with writes to memory",
+            "Complex writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops",
+            "Cannot vectorize early exit loop with complex writes to memory",
             "WritesInEarlyExitLoop", ORE, TheLoop);
         return false;
-      } else if (!IsSafeOperation(&I)) {
+      }
+
+      if (!IsSafeOperation(&I)) {
         reportVectorizationFailure("Early exit loop contains operations that "
                                    "cannot be speculatively executed",
                                    "UnsafeOperationsEarlyExitLoop", ORE,
@@ -1771,13 +1821,65 @@ bool LoopVectorizationLegality::isVectorizableEarlyExitLoop() {
 
   // TODO: Handle loops that may fault.
   Predicates.clear();
-  if (!isDereferenceableReadOnlyLoop(TheLoop, PSE.getSE(), DT, AC,
-                                     &Predicates)) {
-    reportVectorizationFailure(
-        "Loop may fault",
-        "Cannot vectorize potentially faulting early exit loop",
-        "PotentiallyFaultingEarlyExitLoop", ORE, TheLoop);
-    return false;
+  if (HasStore) {
+    // Record load for analysis by isDereferenceableAndAlignedInLoop
+    // and later by dependence analysis.
+    if (BranchInst *Br = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(
+            SingleUncountableEdge->first->getTerminator())) {
+      // FIXME: Handle exit conditions with multiple users, more complex exit
+      //        conditions than br(icmp(load, loop_inv)).
+      ICmpInst *Cmp = dyn_cast<ICmpInst>(Br->getCondition());
+      if (Cmp && Cmp->hasOneUse() &&
+          TheLoop->isLoopInvariant(Cmp->getOperand(1))) {
+        LoadInst *Load = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(Cmp->getOperand(0));
+        if (Load && Load->hasOneUse() && !TheLoop->isLoopInvariant(Load)) {
+          if (isDereferenceableAndAlignedInLoop(Load, TheLoop, *PSE.getSE(),
+                                                *DT, AC, &Predicates)) {
+            ICFLoopSafetyInfo SafetyInfo;
+            SafetyInfo.computeLoopSafetyInfo(TheLoop);
+            // FIXME: We may have multiple levels of conditional loads, so will
+            //        need to improve on outright rejection at some point.
+            if (SafetyInfo.isGuaranteedToExecute(*Load, DT, TheLoop)) {
+              EarlyExitLoad = Load;
+            } else {
+              reportVectorizationFailure(
+                  "Early exit condition load not guaranteed to execute",
+                  "Cannot vectorize early exit loop when condition load is not "
+                  "guaranteed to execute",
+                  "EarlyExitLoadNotGuaranteed", ORE, TheLoop);
+            }
+          } else {
+            reportVectorizationFailure(
+                "Uncounted loop condition not known safe",
+                "Cannot vectorize early exit loop with "
+                "possibly unsafe condition load",
+                "PotentiallyFaultingEarlyExitLoop", ORE, TheLoop);
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!EarlyExitLoad) {
+      reportVectorizationFailure(
+          "Early exit loop with store but no condition load",
+          "Cannot vectorize early exit loop with store but no condition load",
+          "NoConditionLoadForEarlyExitLoop", ORE, TheLoop);
+      return false;
+    }
+  } else {
+    // Read-only loop.
+    // FIXME: as with the loops with stores, only the loads contributing to
+    //        the loop condition need to be guaranteed dereferenceable and
+    //        aligned.
+    if (!isDereferenceableReadOnlyLoop(TheLoop, PSE.getSE(), DT, AC,
+                                       &Predicates)) {
+      reportVectorizationFailure(
+          "Loop may fault",
+          "Cannot vectorize potentially faulting early exit loop",
+          "PotentiallyFaultingEarlyExitLoop", ORE, TheLoop);
+      return false;
+    }
   }
 
   [[maybe_unused]] const SCEV *SymbolicMaxBTC =
@@ -1861,7 +1963,7 @@ bool LoopVectorizationLegality::canVectorize(bool UseVPlanNativePath) {
         return false;
     } else {
       if (!isVectorizableEarlyExitLoop()) {
-        UncountableEdge = std::nullopt;
+        clearEarlyExitData();
         if (DoExtraAnalysis)
           Result = false;
         else
@@ -1879,6 +1981,15 @@ bool LoopVectorizationLegality::canVectorize(bool UseVPlanNativePath) {
       return false;
   }
 
+  // Bail out for state-changing EE loops for now.
+  if (EarlyExitLoad) {
+    reportVectorizationFailure(
+        "Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops",
+        "Cannot vectorize early exit loop with writes to memory",
+        "WritesInEarlyExitLoop", ORE, TheLoop);
+    return false;
+  }
+
   if (Result) {
     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "LV: We can vectorize this loop"
                       << (LAI->getRuntimePointerChecking()->Need
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/control-flow.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/control-flow.ll
index 3a8aec34dfe43..2578260fe878d 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/control-flow.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/control-flow.ll
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 ;   return 0;
 ; }
 
-; CHECK: remark: source.cpp:5:9: loop not vectorized: Cannot vectorize early exit loop with writes to memory
+; CHECK: remark: source.cpp:5:9: loop not vectorized: Cannot vectorize early exit loop with possibly unsafe condition load
 ; CHECK: remark: source.cpp:5:9: loop not vectorized
 
 ; CHECK: _Z4testPii
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/early_exit_store_legality.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/early_exit_store_legality.ll
index 7c80dad006952..6724c703e4940 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/early_exit_store_legality.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/early_exit_store_legality.ll
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 define i64 @loop_contains_store(ptr %dest) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: LV: Checking a loop in 'loop_contains_store'
-; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops
+; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Early exit loop with store but no condition load.
 entry:
   %p1 = alloca [1024 x i8]
   call void @init_mem(ptr %p1, i64 1024)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ exit:
 
 define void @loop_contains_store_ee_condition_is_invariant(ptr dereferenceable(40) noalias %array, i16 %ee.val) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: LV: Checking a loop in 'loop_contains_store_ee_condition_is_invariant'
-; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops.
+; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Early exit loop with store but no condition load.
 entry:
   br label %for.body
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ exit:
 
 define void @loop_contains_store_fcmp_condition(ptr dereferenceable(40) noalias %array, ptr align 2 dereferenceable(40) readonly %pred) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: LV: Checking a loop in 'loop_contains_store_fcmp_condition'
-; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops.
+; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Early exit loop with store but no condition load.
 entry:
   br label %for.body
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ exit:
 
 define void @loop_contains_store_safe_dependency(ptr dereferenceable(40) noalias %array, ptr align 2 dereferenceable(96) %pred) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: LV: Checking a loop in 'loop_contains_store_safe_dependency'
-; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops.
+; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: No dependencies allowed for early exit condition load.
 entry:
   %pred.plus.8 = getelementptr inbounds nuw i16, ptr %pred, i64 8
   br label %for.body
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ exit:
 
 define void @loop_contains_store_unsafe_dependency(ptr dereferenceable(40) noalias %array, ptr align 2 dereferenceable(80) readonly %pred) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: LV: Checking a loop in 'loop_contains_store_unsafe_dependency'
-; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops.
+; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Uncounted loop condition not known safe.
 entry:
   %unknown.offset = call i64 @get_an_unknown_offset()
   %unknown.cmp = icmp ult i64 %unknown.offset, 20
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ for.body:
   %data = load i16, ptr %st.addr, align 2
   %inc = add nsw i16 %data, 1
   store i16 %inc, ptr %st.addr, align 2
-  %ee.addr = getelementptr inbounds nuw i16, ptr %pred, i64 %iv
+  %ee.addr = getelementptr inbounds nuw i16, ptr %unknown.base, i64 %iv
   %ee.val = load i16, ptr %ee.addr, align 2
   %ee.cond = icmp sgt i16 %ee.val, 500
-  %some.addr = getelementptr inbounds nuw i16, ptr %unknown.base, i64 %iv
+  %some.addr = getelementptr inbounds nuw i16, ptr %pred, i64 %iv
   store i16 42, ptr %some.addr, align 2
   br i1 %ee.cond, label %exit, label %for.inc
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ exit:
 
 define void @loop_contains_store_unknown_bounds(ptr align 2 dereferenceable(100) noalias %array, ptr align 2 dereferenceable(100) readonly %pred, i64 %n) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: LV: Checking a loop in 'loop_contains_store_unknown_bounds'
-; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops.
+; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Uncounted loop condition not known safe.
 entry:
   br label %for.body
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ exit:
 
 define void @loop_contains_store_volatile(ptr dereferenceable(40) noalias %array, ptr align 2 dereferenceable(40) readonly %pred) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: LV: Checking a loop in 'loop_contains_store_volatile'
-; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops.
+; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Complex writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops.
 entry:
   br label %for.body
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ exit:
 
 define void @loop_contains_store_condition_load_is_chained(ptr dereferenceable(40) noalias %array, ptr align 8 dereferenceable(160) readonly %offsets, ptr align 2 dereferenceable(40) readonly %pred) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: LV: Checking a loop in 'loop_contains_store_condition_load_is_chained'
-; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Writes to memory unsupported in early exit loops.
+; CHECK:       LV: Not vectorizing: Uncounted loop condition not known safe.
 entry:
   br label %for.body
 



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