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

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

>From a5edbe97386c83431289dff9732c8fb9c5708f28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rose <gfunni234 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:55:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [PowerPC] Lower ucmp using subtractions

Source: Hacker's delight, page 21.

Using the carry, we can use contractions to use the ucmp.
---
 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 ++++++++-------------
 4 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
index 459525ed4ee9a..6bb17cb053841 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
@@ -1411,6 +1411,11 @@ 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});
@@ -12521,6 +12526,38 @@ 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
+  EVT ResVT = Op.getValueType(); // result type
+
+  // 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.getSExtOrTrunc(Result, DL, ResVT);
+  }
+
+  return Result;
+}
+
 /// LowerOperation - Provide custom lowering hooks for some operations.
 ///
 SDValue PPCTargetLowering::LowerOperation(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const {
@@ -12625,6 +12662,8 @@ 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 124c7116dc3b5..deb2b3c1c08bd 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

>From ac901b1ac5e8c25cfc18c602f3c47fad856bc849 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AZero13 <gfunni234 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:09:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Fix mistakes

---
 llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp | 21 ++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
index 6bb17cb053841..3424b98521353 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
@@ -589,6 +589,10 @@ PPCTargetLowering::PPCTargetLowering(const PPCTargetMachine &TM,
   // We cannot sextinreg(i1).  Expand to shifts.
   setOperationAction(ISD::SIGN_EXTEND_INREG, MVT::i1, Expand);
 
+  // Custom handling for PowerPC ucmp instruction
+  setOperationAction(ISD::UCMP, MVT::i32, Custom);
+  setOperationAction(ISD::UCMP, MVT::i64, isPPC64 ? Custom : Expand);
+
   // NOTE: EH_SJLJ_SETJMP/_LONGJMP supported here is NOT intended to support
   // SjLj exception handling but a light-weight setjmp/longjmp replacement to
   // support continuation, user-level threading, and etc.. As a result, no
@@ -1411,11 +1415,6 @@ 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});
@@ -12526,11 +12525,12 @@ SDValue PPCTargetLowering::LowerSSUBO(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const {
   return DAG.getMergeValues({Sub, OverflowTrunc}, dl);
 }
 
+// Lower unsigned 3-way compare producing -1/0/1.
 // 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);
+  SDValue A = DAG.getFreeze(Op.getOperand(0));
+  SDValue B = DAG.getFreeze(Op.getOperand(1));
   EVT OpVT = A.getValueType();   // operand type
   EVT ResVT = Op.getValueType(); // result type
 
@@ -12550,12 +12550,7 @@ SDValue PPCTargetLowering::LowerUCMP(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const {
   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.getSExtOrTrunc(Result, DL, ResVT);
-  }
-
-  return Result;
+  return DAG.getSExtOrTrunc(ResPair.getValue(0), DL, ResVT);
 }
 
 /// LowerOperation - Provide custom lowering hooks for some operations.

>From 88aae695bcdbff333f30362d57bcda61cd29d3ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AZero13 <gfunni234 at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:10:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Duplicated comment removal

---
 llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
index 3424b98521353..6a5ea3e2bf21a 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/PowerPC/PPCISelLowering.cpp
@@ -12525,7 +12525,6 @@ SDValue PPCTargetLowering::LowerSSUBO(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const {
   return DAG.getMergeValues({Sub, OverflowTrunc}, dl);
 }
 
-// Lower unsigned 3-way compare producing -1/0/1.
 // Lower unsigned 3-way compare producing -1/0/1.
 SDValue PPCTargetLowering::LowerUCMP(SDValue Op, SelectionDAG &DAG) const {
   SDLoc DL(Op);



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