[llvm] [AArch64] Add flag to conditionally write FPMR (PR #203911)

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https://github.com/CarolineConcatto updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/203911

>From 34497376f114d475a3b0d6367581ec022f14cef8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CarolineConcatto <caroline.concatto at arm.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:13:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [AArch64] Add flag to conditionally write FPMR

Add a AArch64 codegen flag to make llvm.aarch64.set.fpmr avoid
writing FPMR when it already contains the requested value.

By default, llvm.aarch64.set.fpmr continues to lower directly to an
MSR FPMR instruction. With -aarch64-conditional-fpmr-write, the backend
lowers the intrinsic to an MRS/MSR conditional branch sequence.

This is based on the initial implementation from:
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/114248

However this PR  keeps the conditional FPMR write sequence behind n
codegen flag. One of the reason to change the codegen lowering
is because GCC emits the conditional branch sequence unconditionally.
LLVM preserves the existing direct MSR lowering by default.
---
 llvm/lib/CodeGen/LivePhysRegs.cpp             |  2 +-
 .../Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.cpp    | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
 llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.h |  3 +
 llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.td   |  3 +-
 llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/arm64-fpenv.ll      | 24 +++++---
 5 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LivePhysRegs.cpp b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LivePhysRegs.cpp
index 5c8f060c09e5f..ea44fb432f854 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LivePhysRegs.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/LivePhysRegs.cpp
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ void llvm::addLiveIns(MachineBasicBlock &MBB, const LivePhysRegs &LiveRegs) {
   const MachineRegisterInfo &MRI = MF.getRegInfo();
   const TargetRegisterInfo &TRI = *MRI.getTargetRegisterInfo();
   for (MCPhysReg Reg : LiveRegs) {
-    if (MRI.isReserved(Reg))
+    if (TRI.getReservedRegs(MF).test(Reg))
       continue;
     // Skip the register if we are about to add one of its super registers.
     if (any_of(TRI.superregs(Reg), [&](MCPhysReg SReg) {
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.cpp
index faf102f300659..0d5993d6ca142 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.cpp
@@ -163,6 +163,14 @@ static cl::opt<bool> UseFEATCPACodegen(
              "SelectionDAG for FEAT_CPA"),
     cl::init(false));
 
+// Reduce FPMR writes when they are hidden inside calls or inline assembly,
+// where LICM and alias analysis cannot eliminate redundant writes.
+static cl::opt<bool> UseConditionalFPMRWrite(
+    "aarch64-use-conditional-fpmr-write", cl::Hidden,
+    cl::desc("Only write FPMR when the requested value differs from the "
+             "current value"),
+    cl::init(false));
+
 /// Value type used for condition codes.
 constexpr MVT CondCodeVT = MVT::i32;
 
@@ -3161,6 +3169,55 @@ MachineBasicBlock *AArch64TargetLowering::EmitLoweredCatchRet(
   return BB;
 }
 
+MachineBasicBlock *
+AArch64TargetLowering::EmitLoweredSetFpmr(MachineInstr &MI,
+                                          MachineBasicBlock *MBB) const {
+  MachineFunction *MF = MBB->getParent();
+  const TargetInstrInfo *TII = Subtarget->getInstrInfo();
+  DebugLoc DL = MI.getDebugLoc();
+  Register NewFpmrVal = MI.getOperand(0).getReg();
+
+  if (!UseConditionalFPMRWrite) {
+    BuildMI(*MBB, MI, DL, TII->get(AArch64::MSR))
+        .addImm(0xda22)
+        .addReg(NewFpmrVal)
+        .addDef(AArch64::FPMR, RegState::Implicit);
+    MI.eraseFromParent();
+    return MBB;
+  }
+
+  const BasicBlock *LLVM_BB = MBB->getBasicBlock();
+
+  Register OldFpmrVal =
+      MF->getRegInfo().createVirtualRegister(&AArch64::GPR64RegClass);
+  BuildMI(*MBB, MI, DL, TII->get(AArch64::MRS), OldFpmrVal)
+      .addImm(0xda22)
+      .addUse(AArch64::FPMR, RegState::Implicit);
+  BuildMI(*MBB, MI, DL, TII->get(AArch64::SUBSXrs), AArch64::XZR)
+      .addReg(OldFpmrVal)
+      .addReg(NewFpmrVal)
+      .addImm(0);
+
+  MachineBasicBlock *MsrBB = MF->CreateMachineBasicBlock(LLVM_BB);
+  MachineBasicBlock *EndBB = MBB->splitAt(MI);
+  MF->insert(++MBB->getIterator(), MsrBB);
+
+  BuildMI(*MBB, MI, DL, TII->get(AArch64::Bcc))
+      .addImm(AArch64CC::EQ)
+      .addMBB(EndBB);
+
+  BuildMI(*MsrBB, MsrBB->begin(), DL, TII->get(AArch64::MSR))
+      .addImm(0xda22)
+      .addReg(NewFpmrVal)
+      .addDef(AArch64::FPMR, RegState::Implicit);
+
+  MBB->addSuccessor(MsrBB);
+  MsrBB->addSuccessor(EndBB);
+
+  MI.eraseFromParent();
+  return EndBB;
+}
+
 MachineBasicBlock *
 AArch64TargetLowering::EmitDynamicProbedAlloc(MachineInstr &MI,
                                               MachineBasicBlock *MBB) const {
@@ -3533,6 +3590,8 @@ MachineBasicBlock *AArch64TargetLowering::EmitInstrWithCustomInserter(
     return EmitZTInstr(MI, BB, AArch64::ZERO_T, /*Op0IsDef=*/true);
   case AArch64::MOVT_TIZ_PSEUDO:
     return EmitZTInstr(MI, BB, AArch64::MOVT_TIZ, /*Op0IsDef=*/true);
+  case AArch64::MSR_FPMR:
+    return EmitLoweredSetFpmr(MI, BB);
 
   case AArch64::PAC:
     fixupPtrauthDiscriminator(MI, BB, MI.getOperand(3), MI.getOperand(4),
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.h b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.h
index 7e4c4e1ba25ff..89fc89f0e5482 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64ISelLowering.h
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ class AArch64TargetLowering : public TargetLowering {
   MachineBasicBlock *EmitLoweredCatchRet(MachineInstr &MI,
                                            MachineBasicBlock *BB) const;
 
+  MachineBasicBlock *EmitLoweredSetFpmr(MachineInstr &MI,
+                                        MachineBasicBlock *MBB) const;
+
   MachineBasicBlock *EmitDynamicProbedAlloc(MachineInstr &MI,
                                             MachineBasicBlock *MBB) const;
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.td b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.td
index 493f11ac13484..98e55a947fe6c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.td
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/AArch64/AArch64InstrInfo.td
@@ -2539,10 +2539,9 @@ def MSR_FPSR : Pseudo<(outs), (ins GPR64:$val),
                PseudoInstExpansion<(MSR 0xda21, GPR64:$val)>,
                Sched<[WriteSys]>;
 
-let Defs = [FPMR] in
+let Uses = [FPMR], Defs = [FPMR, NZCV], usesCustomInserter = 1 in
 def MSR_FPMR : Pseudo<(outs), (ins GPR64:$val),
                       [(int_aarch64_set_fpmr i64:$val)]>,
-               PseudoInstExpansion<(MSR 0xda22, GPR64:$val)>,
                Sched<[WriteSys]>;
 
 // Generic system instructions
diff --git a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/arm64-fpenv.ll b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/arm64-fpenv.ll
index 412f89ae67439..0c47dd3298bed 100644
--- a/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/arm64-fpenv.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/CodeGen/AArch64/arm64-fpenv.ll
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ; NOTE: Assertions have been autogenerated by utils/update_llc_test_checks.py UTC_ARGS: --version 4
-; RUN: llc -mtriple=aarch64 -verify-machineinstrs < %s | FileCheck %s
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=aarch64 -verify-machineinstrs < %s | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK,DIRECT
+; RUN: llc -mtriple=aarch64 -verify-machineinstrs -aarch64-use-conditional-fpmr-write < %s | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK,COND
 
 define i64 @get_fpcr() #0 {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: get_fpcr:
@@ -38,12 +39,21 @@ define void @set_fpsr(i64 %sr) {
 }
 
 define void @set_fpmr(i64 %sr) {
-; CHECK-LABEL: set_fpmr:
-; CHECK:       // %bb.0:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    msr FPMR, x0
-; CHECK-NEXT:    ret
-    call void @llvm.aarch64.set.fpmr(i64 %sr)
-    ret void
+; DIRECT-LABEL: set_fpmr:
+; DIRECT:       // %bb.0:
+; DIRECT-NEXT:    msr FPMR, x0
+; DIRECT-NEXT:    ret
+; COND-LABEL: set_fpmr:
+; COND:       // %bb.0:
+; COND-NEXT:    mrs x8, FPMR
+; COND-NEXT:    cmp x8, x0
+; COND-NEXT:    b.eq .LBB4_2
+; COND-NEXT:  // %bb.1:
+; COND-NEXT:    msr FPMR, x0
+; COND-NEXT:  .LBB4_2:
+; COND-NEXT:    ret
+  call void @llvm.aarch64.set.fpmr(i64 %sr)
+  ret void
 }
 
 declare i64 @llvm.aarch64.get.fpcr()



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