[llvm] 1f2fb8e - [AArch64] Tune unrolling prefs for more patterns on Apple CPUs (#149358)

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Author: Ahmad Yasin
Date: 2025-08-13T11:16:54+01:00
New Revision: 1f2fb8e979adfb92b6408d3c3c7cfb5e95052ab4

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/1f2fb8e979adfb92b6408d3c3c7cfb5e95052ab4
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/1f2fb8e979adfb92b6408d3c3c7cfb5e95052ab4.diff

LOG: [AArch64] Tune unrolling prefs for more patterns on Apple CPUs (#149358)

Enhance the heuristics in `getAppleRuntimeUnrollPreferences` to let a
bit more loops to be unrolled.

Specifically, this patch adjusts two checks:
I. Tune the loop size budget from 8 to 10
II. Include immediate in-loop users of loaded values in the load/stores
dependencies predicate

---------

Co-authored-by: Florian Hahn <flo at fhahn.com>

PR: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/149358

Added: 
    

Modified: 
    llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64TargetTransformInfo.cpp
    llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/AArch64/apple-unrolling.ll

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64TargetTransformInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64TargetTransformInfo.cpp
index 24ef92f5835fe..4523c659dd398 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64TargetTransformInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64TargetTransformInfo.cpp
@@ -4893,16 +4893,18 @@ getAppleRuntimeUnrollPreferences(Loop *L, ScalarEvolution &SE,
   // Limit to loops with trip counts that are cheap to expand.
   UP.SCEVExpansionBudget = 1;
 
-  // Try to unroll small, single block loops, if they have load/store
-  // dependencies, to expose more parallel memory access streams.
+  // Try to unroll small loops, of few-blocks with low budget, if they have
+  // load/store dependencies, to expose more parallel memory access streams,
+  // or if they do little work inside a block (i.e. load -> X -> store pattern).
   BasicBlock *Header = L->getHeader();
   if (Header == L->getLoopLatch()) {
     // Estimate the size of the loop.
     unsigned Size;
-    if (!isLoopSizeWithinBudget(L, TTI, 8, &Size))
+    unsigned Width = 10;
+    if (!isLoopSizeWithinBudget(L, TTI, Width, &Size))
       return;
 
-    SmallPtrSet<Value *, 8> LoadedValues;
+    SmallPtrSet<Value *, 8> LoadedValuesPlus;
     SmallVector<StoreInst *> Stores;
     for (auto *BB : L->blocks()) {
       for (auto &I : *BB) {
@@ -4912,9 +4914,13 @@ getAppleRuntimeUnrollPreferences(Loop *L, ScalarEvolution &SE,
         const SCEV *PtrSCEV = SE.getSCEV(Ptr);
         if (SE.isLoopInvariant(PtrSCEV, L))
           continue;
-        if (isa<LoadInst>(&I))
-          LoadedValues.insert(&I);
-        else
+        if (isa<LoadInst>(&I)) {
+          LoadedValuesPlus.insert(&I);
+          // Include in-loop 1st users of loaded values.
+          for (auto *U : I.users())
+            if (L->contains(cast<Instruction>(U)))
+              LoadedValuesPlus.insert(U);
+        } else
           Stores.push_back(cast<StoreInst>(&I));
       }
     }
@@ -4937,8 +4943,8 @@ getAppleRuntimeUnrollPreferences(Loop *L, ScalarEvolution &SE,
       UC++;
     }
 
-    if (BestUC == 1 || none_of(Stores, [&LoadedValues](StoreInst *SI) {
-          return LoadedValues.contains(SI->getOperand(0));
+    if (BestUC == 1 || none_of(Stores, [&LoadedValuesPlus](StoreInst *SI) {
+          return LoadedValuesPlus.contains(SI->getOperand(0));
         }))
       return;
 

diff  --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/AArch64/apple-unrolling.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/AArch64/apple-unrolling.ll
index 0b78beea54aa9..a62e45d27a5c5 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/AArch64/apple-unrolling.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/AArch64/apple-unrolling.ll
@@ -165,6 +165,204 @@ exit:
   ret void
 }
 
+define void @load_op_store_loop(ptr %src, ptr %dst, i64 %N, i64 %scale, float %k) {
+; APPLE-LABEL: define void @load_op_store_loop(
+; APPLE-SAME: ptr [[SRC:%.*]], ptr [[DST:%.*]], i64 [[N:%.*]], i64 [[SCALE:%.*]], float [[K:%.*]]) #[[ATTR0]] {
+; APPLE-NEXT:  [[ENTRY:.*]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[TMP0:%.*]] = add i64 [[N]], -1
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[XTRAITER:%.*]] = and i64 [[N]], 1
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = icmp ult i64 [[TMP0]], 1
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br i1 [[TMP1]], label %[[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA:.*]], label %[[ENTRY_NEW:.*]]
+; APPLE:       [[ENTRY_NEW]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[UNROLL_ITER:%.*]] = sub i64 [[N]], [[XTRAITER]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br label %[[LOOP:.*]]
+; APPLE:       [[LOOP]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[IV:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY_NEW]] ], [ [[IV_NEXT_1:%.*]], %[[LOOP]] ]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[NITER:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY_NEW]] ], [ [[NITER_NEXT_1:%.*]], %[[LOOP]] ]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[SCALED_IV:%.*]] = mul nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], [[SCALE]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[GEP_SRC:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[SRC]], i64 [[SCALED_IV]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[L:%.*]] = load float, ptr [[GEP_SRC]], align 4
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[O:%.*]] = fadd float [[L]], [[K]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[GEP_DST:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    store float [[O]], ptr [[GEP_DST]], align 4
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[IV_NEXT:%.*]] = add nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], 1
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[SCALED_IV_1:%.*]] = mul nuw nsw i64 [[IV_NEXT]], [[SCALE]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[GEP_SRC_1:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[SRC]], i64 [[SCALED_IV_1]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[L_1:%.*]] = load float, ptr [[GEP_SRC_1]], align 4
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[O_1:%.*]] = fadd float [[L_1]], [[K]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[GEP_DST_1:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV_NEXT]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    store float [[O_1]], ptr [[GEP_DST_1]], align 4
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[IV_NEXT_1]] = add nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], 2
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[NITER_NEXT_1]] = add i64 [[NITER]], 2
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[NITER_NCMP_1:%.*]] = icmp eq i64 [[NITER_NEXT_1]], [[UNROLL_ITER]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br i1 [[NITER_NCMP_1]], label %[[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA_LOOPEXIT:.*]], label %[[LOOP]]
+; APPLE:       [[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA_LOOPEXIT]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[IV_UNR_PH:%.*]] = phi i64 [ [[IV_NEXT_1]], %[[LOOP]] ]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br label %[[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA]]
+; APPLE:       [[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[IV_UNR:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY]] ], [ [[IV_UNR_PH]], %[[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA_LOOPEXIT]] ]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[LCMP_MOD:%.*]] = icmp ne i64 [[XTRAITER]], 0
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br i1 [[LCMP_MOD]], label %[[LOOP_EPIL_PREHEADER:.*]], label %[[EXIT:.*]]
+; APPLE:       [[LOOP_EPIL_PREHEADER]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br label %[[LOOP_EPIL:.*]]
+; APPLE:       [[LOOP_EPIL]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[SCALED_IV_EPIL:%.*]] = mul nuw nsw i64 [[IV_UNR]], [[SCALE]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[GEP_SRC_EPIL:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[SRC]], i64 [[SCALED_IV_EPIL]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[L_EPIL:%.*]] = load float, ptr [[GEP_SRC_EPIL]], align 4
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[O_EPIL:%.*]] = fadd float [[L_EPIL]], [[K]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[GEP_DST_EPIL:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV_UNR]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    store float [[O_EPIL]], ptr [[GEP_DST_EPIL]], align 4
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br label %[[EXIT]]
+; APPLE:       [[EXIT]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+; OTHER-LABEL: define void @load_op_store_loop(
+; OTHER-SAME: ptr [[SRC:%.*]], ptr [[DST:%.*]], i64 [[N:%.*]], i64 [[SCALE:%.*]], float [[K:%.*]]) #[[ATTR0]] {
+; OTHER-NEXT:  [[ENTRY:.*]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[TMP0:%.*]] = add i64 [[N]], -1
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[XTRAITER:%.*]] = and i64 [[N]], 1
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = icmp ult i64 [[TMP0]], 1
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br i1 [[TMP1]], label %[[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA:.*]], label %[[ENTRY_NEW:.*]]
+; OTHER:       [[ENTRY_NEW]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[UNROLL_ITER:%.*]] = sub i64 [[N]], [[XTRAITER]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br label %[[LOOP:.*]]
+; OTHER:       [[LOOP]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[IV:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY_NEW]] ], [ [[IV_NEXT_1:%.*]], %[[LOOP]] ]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[NITER:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY_NEW]] ], [ [[NITER_NEXT_1:%.*]], %[[LOOP]] ]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[SCALED_IV:%.*]] = mul nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], [[SCALE]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[GEP_SRC:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[SRC]], i64 [[SCALED_IV]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[L:%.*]] = load float, ptr [[GEP_SRC]], align 4
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[O:%.*]] = fadd float [[L]], [[K]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[GEP_DST:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    store float [[O]], ptr [[GEP_DST]], align 4
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[IV_NEXT:%.*]] = add nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], 1
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[SCALED_IV_1:%.*]] = mul nuw nsw i64 [[IV_NEXT]], [[SCALE]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[GEP_SRC_1:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[SRC]], i64 [[SCALED_IV_1]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[L_1:%.*]] = load float, ptr [[GEP_SRC_1]], align 4
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[O_1:%.*]] = fadd float [[L_1]], [[K]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[GEP_DST_1:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV_NEXT]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    store float [[O_1]], ptr [[GEP_DST_1]], align 4
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[IV_NEXT_1]] = add nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], 2
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[NITER_NEXT_1]] = add i64 [[NITER]], 2
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[NITER_NCMP_1:%.*]] = icmp eq i64 [[NITER_NEXT_1]], [[UNROLL_ITER]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br i1 [[NITER_NCMP_1]], label %[[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA_LOOPEXIT:.*]], label %[[LOOP]]
+; OTHER:       [[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA_LOOPEXIT]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[IV_UNR_PH:%.*]] = phi i64 [ [[IV_NEXT_1]], %[[LOOP]] ]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br label %[[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA]]
+; OTHER:       [[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[IV_UNR:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY]] ], [ [[IV_UNR_PH]], %[[EXIT_UNR_LCSSA_LOOPEXIT]] ]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[LCMP_MOD:%.*]] = icmp ne i64 [[XTRAITER]], 0
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br i1 [[LCMP_MOD]], label %[[LOOP_EPIL_PREHEADER:.*]], label %[[EXIT:.*]]
+; OTHER:       [[LOOP_EPIL_PREHEADER]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br label %[[LOOP_EPIL:.*]]
+; OTHER:       [[LOOP_EPIL]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[SCALED_IV_EPIL:%.*]] = mul nuw nsw i64 [[IV_UNR]], [[SCALE]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[GEP_SRC_EPIL:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[SRC]], i64 [[SCALED_IV_EPIL]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[L_EPIL:%.*]] = load float, ptr [[GEP_SRC_EPIL]], align 4
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[O_EPIL:%.*]] = fadd float [[L_EPIL]], [[K]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[GEP_DST_EPIL:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV_UNR]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    store float [[O_EPIL]], ptr [[GEP_DST_EPIL]], align 4
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br label %[[EXIT]]
+; OTHER:       [[EXIT]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+entry:
+  br label %loop
+
+loop:
+  %iv = phi i64 [ 0, %entry ], [ %iv.next, %loop ]
+  %scaled.iv = mul nuw nsw i64 %iv, %scale
+  %gep.src = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr %src, i64 %scaled.iv
+  %l = load float, ptr %gep.src, align 4
+  %o = fadd float %l, %k
+  %gep.dst = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr %dst, i64 %iv
+  store float %o, ptr %gep.dst, align 4
+  %iv.next = add nuw nsw i64 %iv, 1
+  %ec = icmp eq i64 %iv.next, %N
+  br i1 %ec, label %exit, label %loop
+
+exit:
+  ret void
+}
+
+define void @load_op_store_loop_multiblock(ptr %src, ptr %dst, i64 %N, i64 %scale, float %k) {
+; APPLE-LABEL: define void @load_op_store_loop_multiblock(
+; APPLE-SAME: ptr [[SRC:%.*]], ptr [[DST:%.*]], i64 [[N:%.*]], i64 [[SCALE:%.*]], float [[K:%.*]]) #[[ATTR0]] {
+; APPLE-NEXT:  [[ENTRY:.*]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br label %[[LOOP:.*]]
+; APPLE:       [[LOOP]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[IV:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY]] ], [ [[IV_NEXT:%.*]], %[[LOOPCONT:.*]] ]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[SCALED_IV:%.*]] = mul nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], [[SCALE]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[GEP_SRC:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[SRC]], i64 [[SCALED_IV]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[L:%.*]] = load float, ptr [[GEP_SRC]], align 4
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[AND:%.*]] = and i64 [[IV]], 1
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[ODD:%.*]] = icmp eq i64 [[AND]], 1
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br i1 [[ODD]], label %[[LOOPODD:.*]], label %[[LOOPCONT]]
+; APPLE:       [[LOOPCONT]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[D:%.*]] = phi float [ [[L2:%.*]], %[[LOOPODD]] ], [ [[L]], %[[LOOP]] ]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[O:%.*]] = fadd float [[D]], [[K]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[GEP_DST:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    store float [[O]], ptr [[GEP_DST]], align 4
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[IV_NEXT]] = add nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], 1
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[EC:%.*]] = icmp eq i64 [[IV_NEXT]], [[N]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br i1 [[EC]], label %[[EXIT:.*]], label %[[LOOP]]
+; APPLE:       [[LOOPODD]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    [[L2]] = fneg float [[L]]
+; APPLE-NEXT:    br label %[[LOOPCONT]]
+; APPLE:       [[EXIT]]:
+; APPLE-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+; OTHER-LABEL: define void @load_op_store_loop_multiblock(
+; OTHER-SAME: ptr [[SRC:%.*]], ptr [[DST:%.*]], i64 [[N:%.*]], i64 [[SCALE:%.*]], float [[K:%.*]]) #[[ATTR0]] {
+; OTHER-NEXT:  [[ENTRY:.*]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br label %[[LOOP:.*]]
+; OTHER:       [[LOOP]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[IV:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY]] ], [ [[IV_NEXT:%.*]], %[[LOOPCONT:.*]] ]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[SCALED_IV:%.*]] = mul nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], [[SCALE]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[GEP_SRC:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[SRC]], i64 [[SCALED_IV]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[L:%.*]] = load float, ptr [[GEP_SRC]], align 4
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[AND:%.*]] = and i64 [[IV]], 1
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[ODD:%.*]] = icmp eq i64 [[AND]], 1
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br i1 [[ODD]], label %[[LOOPODD:.*]], label %[[LOOPCONT]]
+; OTHER:       [[LOOPCONT]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[D:%.*]] = phi float [ [[L2:%.*]], %[[LOOPODD]] ], [ [[L]], %[[LOOP]] ]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[O:%.*]] = fadd float [[D]], [[K]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[GEP_DST:%.*]] = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    store float [[O]], ptr [[GEP_DST]], align 4
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[IV_NEXT]] = add nuw nsw i64 [[IV]], 1
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[EC:%.*]] = icmp eq i64 [[IV_NEXT]], [[N]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br i1 [[EC]], label %[[EXIT:.*]], label %[[LOOP]]
+; OTHER:       [[LOOPODD]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    [[L2]] = fneg float [[L]]
+; OTHER-NEXT:    br label %[[LOOPCONT]]
+; OTHER:       [[EXIT]]:
+; OTHER-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+entry:
+  br label %loop
+loop:
+  %iv = phi i64 [ 0, %entry ], [ %iv.next, %loopcont ]
+  %scaled.iv = mul nuw nsw i64 %iv, %scale
+  %gep.src = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr %src, i64 %scaled.iv
+  %l1 = load float, ptr %gep.src, align 4
+  %and = and i64 %iv, 1
+  %odd = icmp eq i64 %and, 1
+  br i1 %odd, label %loopodd, label %loopcont
+loopcont:
+  %d = phi float [ %l2, %loopodd ], [ %l1, %loop]
+  %o = fadd float %d, %k
+  %gep.dst = getelementptr inbounds float, ptr %dst, i64 %iv
+  store float %o, ptr %gep.dst, align 4
+  %iv.next = add nuw nsw i64 %iv, 1
+  %ec = icmp eq i64 %iv.next, %N
+  br i1 %ec, label %exit, label %loop
+loopodd:
+  %l2 = fneg float %l1
+  br label %loopcont
+exit:
+  ret void
+}
+
 @A = external constant [9 x i8], align 1
 @B = external constant [8 x i32], align 4
 @C = external constant [8 x i32], align 4


        


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