[llvm] [PowerPC] Lower ucmp using subtractions (PR #146446)

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https://github.com/AZero13 created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/146446

Source: Hacker's delight, page 21.

Using the carry, we can use contractions to use the ucmp.

>From e3791b95dc77ab6594264c8a1f39edc49a4164ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rose <gfunni234 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:55:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [PowerPC] Lower ucmp using subtractions

Source: Hacker's delight, page 21.

Using the carry, we can use contractions to use the ucmp.
---
 .../PowerPC/GISel/PPCInstructionSelector.cpp  | 52 +++++++++++++
 .../Target/PowerPC/GISel/PPCLegalizerInfo.cpp |  5 ++
 llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp   | 39 ++++++++++
 llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.h     |  1 +
 llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/memcmp.ll           | 20 +++--
 llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/ucmp.ll             | 74 +++++++------------
 6 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/GISel/PPCInstructionSelector.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/GISel/PPCInstructionSelector.cpp
index 3283a5bb69404..8f2e570299b3b 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/GISel/PPCInstructionSelector.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/GISel/PPCInstructionSelector.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ class PPCInstructionSelector : public InstructionSelector {
   bool selectI64Imm(MachineInstr &I, MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
                     MachineRegisterInfo &MRI) const;
 
+  bool selectUCMP(MachineInstr &I, MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
+                  MachineRegisterInfo &MRI) const;
+
   const PPCTargetMachine &TM;
   const PPCSubtarget &STI;
   const PPCInstrInfo &TII;
@@ -705,6 +708,53 @@ bool PPCInstructionSelector::selectConstantPool(
   return constrainSelectedInstRegOperands(*MI, TII, TRI, RBI);
 }
 
+bool PPCInstructionSelector::selectUCMP(MachineInstr &I, MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
+                                        MachineRegisterInfo &MRI) const {
+  const DebugLoc &DbgLoc = I.getDebugLoc();
+  Register DstReg = I.getOperand(0).getReg();
+  Register LHS = I.getOperand(1).getReg();
+  Register RHS = I.getOperand(2).getReg();
+
+  LLT Ty = MRI.getType(LHS);
+  bool Is64Bit = Ty.getSizeInBits() == 64;
+
+  // Select appropriate opcodes based on operand size
+  unsigned SubfOp = Is64Bit ? PPC::SUBF8 : PPC::SUBF;
+  unsigned SubfcOp = Is64Bit ? PPC::SUBFC8 : PPC::SUBFC;
+  unsigned SubfeOp = Is64Bit ? PPC::SUBFE8 : PPC::SUBFE;
+
+  const TargetRegisterClass *RC =
+      Is64Bit ? &PPC::G8RCRegClass : &PPC::GPRCRegClass;
+
+  // diff = LHS - RHS (subf RHS, LHS -> LHS - RHS)
+  Register DiffReg = MRI.createVirtualRegister(RC);
+  auto Diff =
+      BuildMI(MBB, I, DbgLoc, TII.get(SubfOp), DiffReg).addReg(RHS).addReg(LHS);
+
+  // t1 = RHS - LHS, set carry (subfc LHS, RHS -> RHS - LHS)
+  Register T1Reg = MRI.createVirtualRegister(RC);
+  auto T1 =
+      BuildMI(MBB, I, DbgLoc, TII.get(SubfcOp), T1Reg).addReg(LHS).addReg(RHS);
+
+  // t2 = LHS - RHS + carry (subfe RHS, LHS -> LHS - RHS + CA)
+  Register T2Reg = MRI.createVirtualRegister(RC);
+  auto T2 =
+      BuildMI(MBB, I, DbgLoc, TII.get(SubfeOp), T2Reg).addReg(RHS).addReg(LHS);
+
+  // result = diff - t2 + carry (subfe T2Reg, DiffReg -> diff - t2 + CA)
+  auto Result = BuildMI(MBB, I, DbgLoc, TII.get(SubfeOp), DstReg)
+                    .addReg(T2Reg)
+                    .addReg(DiffReg);
+
+  I.eraseFromParent();
+
+  // Constrain registers
+  return constrainSelectedInstRegOperands(*Diff, TII, TRI, RBI) &&
+         constrainSelectedInstRegOperands(*T1, TII, TRI, RBI) &&
+         constrainSelectedInstRegOperands(*T2, TII, TRI, RBI) &&
+         constrainSelectedInstRegOperands(*Result, TII, TRI, RBI);
+}
+
 bool PPCInstructionSelector::select(MachineInstr &I) {
   auto &MBB = *I.getParent();
   auto &MF = *MBB.getParent();
@@ -775,6 +825,8 @@ bool PPCInstructionSelector::select(MachineInstr &I) {
     return selectI64Imm(I, MBB, MRI);
   case TargetOpcode::G_CONSTANT_POOL:
     return selectConstantPool(I, MBB, MRI);
+  case TargetOpcode::G_UCMP:
+    return selectUCMP(I, MBB, MRI);
   }
   return false;
 }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/GISel/PPCLegalizerInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/GISel/PPCLegalizerInfo.cpp
index afc8f6bbde1b7..9f48333b5be8d 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/GISel/PPCLegalizerInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/GISel/PPCLegalizerInfo.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ PPCLegalizerInfo::PPCLegalizerInfo(const PPCSubtarget &ST) {
   getActionDefinitionsBuilder(G_FCMP).legalForCartesianProduct({S1},
                                                                {S32, S64});
 
+  // Add unsigned 3-way comparison support
+  getActionDefinitionsBuilder(G_UCMP)
+      .legalFor({S32, S64})
+      .clampScalar(0, S32, S64);
+
   getActionDefinitionsBuilder({G_FPTOSI, G_FPTOUI})
       .legalForCartesianProduct({S64}, {S32, S64});
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
index 5a4a63469ad6e..b70ef182a2a72 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
@@ -1409,6 +1409,11 @@ PPCTargetLowering::PPCTargetLowering(const PPCTargetMachine &TM,
 
   setStackPointerRegisterToSaveRestore(isPPC64 ? PPC::X1 : PPC::R1);
 
+  // Custom handling for PowerPC ucmp instruction
+  setOperationAction(ISD::UCMP, MVT::i32, Custom);
+  if (Subtarget.isPPC64())
+    setOperationAction(ISD::UCMP, MVT::i64, Custom);
+
   // We have target-specific dag combine patterns for the following nodes:
   setTargetDAGCombine({ISD::AND, ISD::ADD, ISD::SHL, ISD::SRA, ISD::SRL,
                        ISD::MUL, ISD::FMA, ISD::SINT_TO_FP, ISD::BUILD_VECTOR});
@@ -12470,6 +12475,38 @@ SDValue PPCTargetLowering::LowerSSUBO(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const {
   return DAG.getMergeValues({Sub, OverflowTrunc}, dl);
 }
 
+// Lower unsigned 3-way compare producing -1/0/1.
+SDValue PPCTargetLowering::LowerUCMP(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const {
+  SDLoc DL(Op);
+  SDValue A = Op.getOperand(0);
+  SDValue B = Op.getOperand(1);
+  EVT OpVT = A.getValueType();   // operand type (i32 or i64)
+  EVT ResVT = Op.getValueType(); // result type (should be i32)
+
+  // First compute diff = A - B (will become subf).
+  SDValue Diff = DAG.getNode(ISD::SUB, DL, OpVT, A, B);
+
+  // Generate B - A using SUBC to capture carry.
+  SDVTList VTs = DAG.getVTList(OpVT, MVT::i32);
+  SDValue SubC = DAG.getNode(PPCISD::SUBC, DL, VTs, B, A);
+  SDValue CA0 = SubC.getValue(1);
+
+  // t2 = A - B + CA0 using SUBE.
+  SDValue SubE1 = DAG.getNode(PPCISD::SUBE, DL, VTs, A, B, CA0);
+  SDValue CA1 = SubE1.getValue(1);
+
+  // res = diff - t2 + CA1 using SUBE (produces desired -1/0/1).
+  SDValue ResPair = DAG.getNode(PPCISD::SUBE, DL, VTs, Diff, SubE1, CA1);
+
+  // Extract the first result and truncate to result type if needed
+  SDValue Result = ResPair.getValue(0);
+  if (OpVT != ResVT) {
+    Result = DAG.getNode(ISD::TRUNCATE, DL, ResVT, Result);
+  }
+
+  return Result;
+}
+
 /// LowerOperation - Provide custom lowering hooks for some operations.
 ///
 SDValue PPCTargetLowering::LowerOperation(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const {
@@ -12574,6 +12611,8 @@ SDValue PPCTargetLowering::LowerOperation(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const {
   case ISD::UADDO_CARRY:
   case ISD::USUBO_CARRY:
     return LowerADDSUBO_CARRY(Op, DAG);
+  case ISD::UCMP:
+    return LowerUCMP(Op, DAG);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.h b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.h
index 4c88bd372b106..7e8dd166ad724 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.h
@@ -1329,6 +1329,7 @@ namespace llvm {
     SDValue LowerIS_FPCLASS(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const;
     SDValue LowerADDSUBO_CARRY(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const;
     SDValue LowerADDSUBO(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const;
+    SDValue LowerUCMP(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const;
     SDValue lowerToLibCall(const char *LibCallName, SDValue Op,
                            SelectionDAG &DAG) const;
     SDValue lowerLibCallBasedOnType(const char *LibCallFloatName,
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/memcmp.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/memcmp.ll
index 39f9269997315..4998d87cf397b 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/memcmp.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/memcmp.ll
@@ -6,12 +6,10 @@ define signext i32 @memcmp8(ptr nocapture readonly %buffer1, ptr nocapture reado
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    ldbrx 3, 0, 3
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    ldbrx 4, 0, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    cmpld 3, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 3, 4, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    li 4, -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    neg 3, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    isellt 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 6, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 3, 5
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    extsw 3, 3
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
   %call = tail call signext i32 @memcmp(ptr %buffer1, ptr %buffer2, i64 8)
@@ -23,11 +21,11 @@ define signext i32 @memcmp4(ptr nocapture readonly %buffer1, ptr nocapture reado
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    lwbrx 3, 0, 3
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    lwbrx 4, 0, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    cmplw 3, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 4, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    li 3, -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    rldicl 5, 5, 1, 63
-; CHECK-NEXT:    isellt 3, 3, 5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 6, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 3, 5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    extsw 3, 3
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
   %call = tail call signext i32 @memcmp(ptr %buffer1, ptr %buffer2, i64 4)
   ret i32 %call
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/ucmp.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/ucmp.ll
index d2dff6e7e05c8..4d393dd00e3db 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/ucmp.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/PowerPC/ucmp.ll
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@
 define i8 @ucmp_8_8(i8 zeroext %x, i8 zeroext %y) nounwind {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: ucmp_8_8:
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    cmplw 3, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 4, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    li 3, -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    rldicl 5, 5, 1, 63
-; CHECK-NEXT:    rldic 3, 3, 0, 32
-; CHECK-NEXT:    isellt 3, 3, 5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 6, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 3, 5
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
   %1 = call i8 @llvm.ucmp(i8 %x, i8 %y)
   ret i8 %1
@@ -18,12 +16,10 @@ define i8 @ucmp_8_8(i8 zeroext %x, i8 zeroext %y) nounwind {
 define i8 @ucmp_8_16(i16 zeroext %x, i16 zeroext %y) nounwind {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: ucmp_8_16:
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    cmplw 3, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 4, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    li 3, -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    rldicl 5, 5, 1, 63
-; CHECK-NEXT:    rldic 3, 3, 0, 32
-; CHECK-NEXT:    isellt 3, 3, 5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 6, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 3, 5
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
   %1 = call i8 @llvm.ucmp(i16 %x, i16 %y)
   ret i8 %1
@@ -32,14 +28,10 @@ define i8 @ucmp_8_16(i16 zeroext %x, i16 zeroext %y) nounwind {
 define i8 @ucmp_8_32(i32 %x, i32 %y) nounwind {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: ucmp_8_32:
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    clrldi 5, 4, 32
-; CHECK-NEXT:    clrldi 6, 3, 32
-; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 5, 6
-; CHECK-NEXT:    cmplw 3, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    li 3, -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    rldic 3, 3, 0, 32
-; CHECK-NEXT:    rldicl 5, 5, 1, 63
-; CHECK-NEXT:    isellt 3, 3, 5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 6, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 3, 5
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
   %1 = call i8 @llvm.ucmp(i32 %x, i32 %y)
   ret i8 %1
@@ -48,12 +40,10 @@ define i8 @ucmp_8_32(i32 %x, i32 %y) nounwind {
 define i8 @ucmp_8_64(i64 %x, i64 %y) nounwind {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: ucmp_8_64:
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    cmpld 3, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 3, 4, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    li 4, -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    neg 3, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    isellt 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 6, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 3, 5
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
   %1 = call i8 @llvm.ucmp(i64 %x, i64 %y)
   ret i8 %1
@@ -82,14 +72,10 @@ define i8 @ucmp_8_128(i128 %x, i128 %y) nounwind {
 define i32 @ucmp_32_32(i32 %x, i32 %y) nounwind {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: ucmp_32_32:
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    clrldi 5, 4, 32
-; CHECK-NEXT:    clrldi 6, 3, 32
-; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 5, 6
-; CHECK-NEXT:    cmplw 3, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    li 3, -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    rldic 3, 3, 0, 32
-; CHECK-NEXT:    rldicl 5, 5, 1, 63
-; CHECK-NEXT:    isellt 3, 3, 5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 6, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 3, 5
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
   %1 = call i32 @llvm.ucmp(i32 %x, i32 %y)
   ret i32 %1
@@ -98,12 +84,10 @@ define i32 @ucmp_32_32(i32 %x, i32 %y) nounwind {
 define i32 @ucmp_32_64(i64 %x, i64 %y) nounwind {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: ucmp_32_64:
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    cmpld 3, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 3, 4, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    li 4, -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    neg 3, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    isellt 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 6, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 3, 5
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
   %1 = call i32 @llvm.ucmp(i64 %x, i64 %y)
   ret i32 %1
@@ -112,12 +96,10 @@ define i32 @ucmp_32_64(i64 %x, i64 %y) nounwind {
 define i64 @ucmp_64_64(i64 %x, i64 %y) nounwind {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: ucmp_64_64:
 ; CHECK:       # %bb.0:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 5, 4, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    cmpld 3, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    li 3, -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 5, 4, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    neg 5, 5
-; CHECK-NEXT:    isellt 3, 3, 5
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subc 6, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    sub 5, 3, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 4, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    subfe 3, 3, 5
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    blr
   %1 = call i64 @llvm.ucmp(i64 %x, i64 %y)
   ret i64 %1



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