[llvm] [ValueTracking][KnownFPClass] Cover known no-infinity cases for powi (PR #191736)

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Author: Max Graey (MaxGraey)

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<summary>Changes</summary>

Teach `computeKnownFPClass` to infer non-infinity cass for `powi`.

Rules out `inf` for `powi(x, exp)` when:
- `x ?= inf` && `exp > 0`
- `x ?= +/-0` && `exp < 0`
- `x ?= finite` && `|exp| > 1`
- `x ?= subnormal` && `exp ?= -1`

where `?=` is maybe equal.

It's a bit conservative, and we could refine it further, but I'd take an iterative improvements.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/191736.diff


4 Files Affected:

- (modified) llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp (+13-4) 
- (modified) llvm/lib/Support/KnownFPClass.cpp (+33-1) 
- (modified) llvm/test/Transforms/Attributor/nofpclass-powi.ll (+42) 
- (modified) llvm/unittests/Analysis/ValueTrackingTest.cpp (+68) 


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diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
index 5b52efb9e1dc6..54e04eccc6613 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
@@ -5459,7 +5459,7 @@ void computeKnownFPClass(const Value *V, const APInt &DemandedElts,
       break;
     }
     case Intrinsic::powi: {
-      if ((InterestedClasses & fcNegative) == fcNone)
+      if ((InterestedClasses & (fcNan | fcInf | fcNegative)) == fcNone)
         break;
 
       const Value *Exp = II->getArgOperand(1);
@@ -5469,11 +5469,20 @@ void computeKnownFPClass(const Value *V, const APInt &DemandedElts,
       computeKnownBits(Exp, isa<VectorType>(ExpTy) ? DemandedElts : APInt(1, 1),
                        ExponentKnownBits, Q, Depth + 1);
 
+      FPClassTest InterestedSrcs = fcNone;
+      if (InterestedClasses & fcNan)
+        InterestedSrcs |= fcNan;
+      if (!ExponentKnownBits.isZero()) {
+        if (InterestedClasses & fcInf)
+          InterestedSrcs |= fcFinite | fcInf;
+        if ((InterestedClasses & fcNegative) && !ExponentKnownBits.isEven())
+          InterestedSrcs |= fcNegative;
+      }
+
       KnownFPClass KnownSrc;
-      if (ExponentKnownBits.isZero() || !ExponentKnownBits.isEven()) {
-        computeKnownFPClass(II->getArgOperand(0), DemandedElts, fcNegative,
+      if (InterestedSrcs != fcNone)
+        computeKnownFPClass(II->getArgOperand(0), DemandedElts, InterestedSrcs,
                             KnownSrc, Q, Depth + 1);
-      }
 
       Known = KnownFPClass::powi(KnownSrc, ExponentKnownBits);
       break;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Support/KnownFPClass.cpp b/llvm/lib/Support/KnownFPClass.cpp
index 96a1b26daf04d..6a33569ef9717 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Support/KnownFPClass.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Support/KnownFPClass.cpp
@@ -862,7 +862,6 @@ KnownFPClass KnownFPClass::ldexp(const KnownFPClass &KnownSrc,
   return Known;
 }
 
-// TODO: Detect no-infinity cases
 KnownFPClass KnownFPClass::powi(const KnownFPClass &KnownSrc,
                                 const KnownBits &ExponentKnownBits) {
   KnownFPClass Known;
@@ -880,6 +879,39 @@ KnownFPClass KnownFPClass::powi(const KnownFPClass &KnownSrc,
     return Known;
   }
 
+  // powi(x, exp) --> inf
+  // when:
+  //   * powi(inf, exp), exp > 0
+  //   * powi(+/-0, exp), exp < 0
+  //   * powi(finite, exp), |exp| > 1
+  //   * powi(subnormal, -1)
+  // TODO:
+  //   This simple all or nothing approach. We can do better
+  //   and cover sign/parity and exp > 1 vs exp < -1 separately.
+  {
+    APInt MinExp = ExponentKnownBits.getSignedMinValue();
+    APInt MaxExp = ExponentKnownBits.getSignedMaxValue();
+
+    // powi(inf, exp), exp > 0
+    bool MayInfSrc =
+        !KnownSrc.isKnownNever(fcInf) && MaxExp.isStrictlyPositive();
+
+    // powi(+/-0, exp), exp < 0
+    bool MayDivByZero = !KnownSrc.isKnownNever(fcZero) && MinExp.isNegative();
+
+    // powi(finite, exp), |exp| > 1
+    bool MayFinite = !KnownSrc.isKnownNever(fcNormal | fcSubnormal);
+    bool MayAbsExpGT1 = MinExp.slt(-1) || MaxExp.sgt(1);
+    bool MayFiniteOverflow = MayFinite && MayAbsExpGT1;
+
+    // powi(subnormal, -1)
+    bool MayBeNegOne = ExponentKnownBits.Zero.isZero();
+    bool MaySubnormInv = !KnownSrc.isKnownNever(fcSubnormal) && MayBeNegOne;
+
+    if (!MayInfSrc && !MayDivByZero && !MayFiniteOverflow && !MaySubnormInv)
+      Known.knownNot(fcInf);
+  }
+
   if (ExponentKnownBits.isEven()) {
     Known.knownNot(fcNegative);
     return Known;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/Attributor/nofpclass-powi.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/Attributor/nofpclass-powi.ll
index 476f2da040fda..66513435cd4bc 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/Attributor/nofpclass-powi.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/Attributor/nofpclass-powi.ll
@@ -157,6 +157,48 @@ define float @ret_powi_f32_no_inf(float nofpclass(inf) %arg0, i32 %arg1) #0 {
   ret float %call
 }
 
+define float @ret_powi_f32_finite_exp_one(float nofpclass(inf) %arg0) #0 {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define nofpclass(inf) float @ret_powi_f32_finite_exp_one
+; CHECK-SAME: (float nofpclass(inf) [[ARG0:%.*]]) #[[ATTR1]] {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CALL:%.*]] = call nofpclass(inf) float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float nofpclass(inf) [[ARG0]], i32 noundef 1) #[[ATTR6]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret float [[CALL]]
+;
+  %call = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %arg0, i32 1)
+  ret float %call
+}
+
+define float @ret_powi_f32_normal_exp_neg_one(float nofpclass(inf zero sub) %arg0) #0 {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define nofpclass(inf) float @ret_powi_f32_normal_exp_neg_one
+; CHECK-SAME: (float nofpclass(inf zero sub) [[ARG0:%.*]]) #[[ATTR1]] {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CALL:%.*]] = call nofpclass(inf) float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float nofpclass(inf zero sub) [[ARG0]], i32 noundef -1) #[[ATTR6]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret float [[CALL]]
+;
+  %call = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %arg0, i32 -1)
+  ret float %call
+}
+
+define float @ret_powi_f32_inf_or_nan_exp_neg_one(float nofpclass(zero norm sub) %arg0) #0 {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define nofpclass(inf) float @ret_powi_f32_inf_or_nan_exp_neg_one
+; CHECK-SAME: (float nofpclass(zero sub norm) [[ARG0:%.*]]) #[[ATTR1]] {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CALL:%.*]] = call nofpclass(inf) float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float nofpclass(zero sub norm) [[ARG0]], i32 noundef -1) #[[ATTR6]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret float [[CALL]]
+;
+  %call = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %arg0, i32 -1)
+  ret float %call
+}
+
+define float @ret_powi_f32_zero_or_nan_exp_nonnegative(float nofpclass(inf norm sub) %arg0, i32 %arg1) #0 {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define nofpclass(inf) float @ret_powi_f32_zero_or_nan_exp_nonnegative
+; CHECK-SAME: (float nofpclass(inf sub norm) [[ARG0:%.*]], i32 [[ARG1:%.*]]) #[[ATTR1]] {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[NONNEG:%.*]] = and i32 [[ARG1]], 2147483647
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CALL:%.*]] = call nofpclass(inf) float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float nofpclass(inf sub norm) [[ARG0]], i32 [[NONNEG]]) #[[ATTR6]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret float [[CALL]]
+;
+  %nonneg = and i32 %arg1, 2147483647
+  %call = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %arg0, i32 %nonneg)
+  ret float %call
+}
+
 define float @ret_powi_f32_no_nan_inf(float nofpclass(nan inf) %arg0, i32 %arg1) #0 {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: define nofpclass(nan) float @ret_powi_f32_no_nan_inf
 ; CHECK-SAME: (float nofpclass(nan inf) [[ARG0:%.*]], i32 [[ARG1:%.*]]) #[[ATTR1]] {
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Analysis/ValueTrackingTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/Analysis/ValueTrackingTest.cpp
index de481e39307cb..1d3c9a2724c45 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/Analysis/ValueTrackingTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Analysis/ValueTrackingTest.cpp
@@ -1913,6 +1913,74 @@ TEST_F(ComputeKnownFPClassTest, MaximumNumSignBit) {
   expectKnownFPClass(fcPositive, false, A7);
 }
 
+TEST_F(ComputeKnownFPClassTest, PowiInfFirst) {
+  parseAssembly(
+      "declare float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float, i32)\n"
+      "define float @test(i1 %cond, i32 %x, float %unknown,\n"
+      "                   float nofpclass(inf) %finite,\n"
+      "                   float nofpclass(zero sub inf) %normal,\n"
+      "                   float nofpclass(zero inf) %finite.may.sub,\n"
+      "                   float nofpclass(inf norm sub) %zero.or.nan) {\n"
+      "  %small = zext i1 %cond to i32\n"
+      "  %nonneg = and i32 %x, 2147483647\n"
+      "  %A = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %finite, i32 1)\n"
+      "  %A2 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %finite, i32 2)\n"
+      "  %A3 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %normal, i32 -1)\n"
+      "  %A4 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %finite, i32 %small)\n"
+      "  %A5 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %unknown, i32 %small)\n"
+      "  %A6 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %finite.may.sub, i32 -1)\n"
+      "  %A7 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %zero.or.nan, i32 %nonneg)\n"
+      "  ret float %A\n"
+      "}\n");
+  expectKnownFPClass(~fcInf, std::nullopt, A);
+  expectKnownFPClass(fcPositive | fcNan, std::nullopt, A2);
+  expectKnownFPClass(~fcInf, std::nullopt, A3);
+  expectKnownFPClass(~fcInf, std::nullopt, A4);
+  expectKnownFPClass(fcAllFlags, std::nullopt, A5);
+  expectKnownFPClass(fcAllFlags, std::nullopt, A6);
+  expectKnownFPClass(~fcInf, std::nullopt, A7);
+
+  auto ExpectKnownNeverInf = [&](Instruction *I, bool Expected) {
+    KnownFPClass Known = computeKnownFPClass(I, M->getDataLayout(), fcInf);
+    EXPECT_EQ(Expected, Known.isKnownNeverInfinity());
+  };
+
+  ExpectKnownNeverInf(A, true);
+  ExpectKnownNeverInf(A2, false);
+  ExpectKnownNeverInf(A3, true);
+  ExpectKnownNeverInf(A4, true);
+  ExpectKnownNeverInf(A5, false);
+  ExpectKnownNeverInf(A6, false);
+  ExpectKnownNeverInf(A7, true);
+}
+
+TEST_F(ComputeKnownFPClassTest, PowiInfSecond) {
+  parseAssembly(
+      "declare float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float, i32)\n"
+      "define float @test(i32 %x, float %unknown,\n"
+      "                   float nofpclass(inf) %finite,\n"
+      "                   float nofpclass(inf norm sub) %zero.or.nan,\n"
+      "                   float nofpclass(zero norm sub) %inf.or.nan) {\n"
+      "  %neg = or i32 %x, -2147483648\n"
+      "  %nonneg = and i32 %x, 2147483647\n"
+      "  %A = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %unknown, i32 0)\n"
+      "  %A2 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %finite, i32 -2)\n"
+      "  %A3 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %zero.or.nan, i32 -1)\n"
+      "  %A4 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %inf.or.nan, i32 -1)\n"
+      "  %A5 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %inf.or.nan, i32 %neg)\n"
+      "  %A6 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %finite, i32 %nonneg)\n"
+      "  %A7 = call float @llvm.powi.f32.i32(float %zero.or.nan, i32 %neg)\n"
+      "  ret float %A\n"
+      "}\n");
+  expectKnownFPClass(fcPosNormal | fcNan, std::nullopt, A);
+  expectKnownFPClass(fcPositive | fcNan, std::nullopt, A2);
+  expectKnownFPClass(fcAllFlags, std::nullopt, A3);
+  expectKnownFPClass(~fcInf, std::nullopt, A4);
+  expectKnownFPClass(~fcInf, std::nullopt, A5);
+  expectKnownFPClass(fcAllFlags, std::nullopt, A6);
+  expectKnownFPClass(fcAllFlags, std::nullopt, A7);
+}
+
 TEST_F(ComputeKnownFPClassTest, Phi) {
   parseAssembly(
       "define float @test(i1 %cond, float nofpclass(nan inf) %arg0, float nofpclass(nan) %arg1) {\n"

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/191736


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