[llvm] [VPlan] Expand AddRecs in Plan's entry (PR #209921)

Ramkumar Ramachandra via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Aug 27 14:50:22 PDT 2026


https://github.com/artagnon updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/209921

>From bf88aa9743504356edea03bf27d9b937b5061b47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon at tenstorrent.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 15:25:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [VPlan] Pre-commit expand-scev test

---
 .../LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll        | 42 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll
index be441dbbd2820..be6dc3e668131 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll
@@ -684,6 +684,48 @@ exit:
   ret void
 }
 
+define void @addrec_nonscevable(ptr %dst) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: VPlan for loop in 'addrec_nonscevable'
+; CHECK:  VPlan 'Final VPlan for VF={4},UF={1}' {
+; CHECK-NEXT:  Live-in ir<%2> = original trip-count
+; CHECK-EMPTY:
+; CHECK-NEXT:  ir-bb<outer>:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %fp.phi = phi float [ 0.000000e+00, %entry ], [ %fp.next, %outer.latch ]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %outer.iv = phi i64 [ 0, %entry ], [ %outer.iv.next, %outer.latch ]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %0 = add i64 %outer.iv, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %1 = udiv i64 %0, 3
+; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %2 = add nuw nsw i64 %1, 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<%min.iters.check> = icmp ult ir<%2>, ir<4>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT branch-on-cond vp<%min.iters.check>
+; CHECK-NEXT:  Successor(s): ir-bb<scalar.ph>, vector.ph
+;
+entry:
+  br label %outer
+
+outer:
+  %fp.phi = phi float [ 0.0, %entry ], [ %fp.next, %outer.latch ]
+  %outer.iv = phi i64 [ 0, %entry ], [ %outer.iv.next, %outer.latch ]
+  br label %inner
+
+inner:
+  %iv = phi i64 [ 0, %outer ], [ %iv.next, %inner ]
+  %gep = getelementptr i8, ptr %dst, i64 %iv
+  store float %fp.phi, ptr %gep
+  %iv.next = add nuw i64 %iv, 3
+  %bound = add i64 %outer.iv, 5
+  %ec.inner = icmp ult i64 %iv.next, %bound
+  br i1 %ec.inner, label %inner, label %outer.latch
+
+outer.latch:
+  %fp.next = fadd float %fp.phi, 1.0
+  %outer.iv.next = add nuw i64 %outer.iv, 1
+  %ec.outer = icmp ult i64 %outer.iv.next, 100
+  br i1 %ec.outer, label %outer, label %exit
+
+exit:
+  ret void
+}
+
 !0 = distinct !{!0, !1, !2}
 !1 = !{!"llvm.loop.vectorize.scalable.enable"}
 !2 = !{!"llvm.loop.vectorize.width", i32 4}

>From 8b6bccf91c0a428c19b1f6869a49185026e8064b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon at tenstorrent.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:14:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] [VPlan] Expand AddRecs in VPSCEVExpander

Extend VPSCEVExpander to expand AddRecs. In the general case, an
AddRec's loop header refers to a BasicBlock that is no longer in the
Plan, and we have to fall back to the IR SCEV expander. However, when an
identical BasicBlock is present in the Plan as a VPIRBasicBlock, and
when it has a canonical IV that we can re-use as a VPIRPhi, expand the
AddRec to VPInstructions. In particular it is impossible for an AddRec's
loop to correspond to the vector loop.
---
 llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h         |  2 +-
 llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanUtils.cpp  | 47 ++++++++++++++++---
 .../LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll        | 27 +++++------
 .../nested-loops-scev-expansion.ll            |  3 +-
 .../runtime-checks-difference.ll              |  3 +-
 5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h
index 7d2c2fa1bdd23..630f6036ea535 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ struct LLVM_ABI_FOR_TEST VPIRPhi : public VPIRInstruction,
     return R && classof(R);
   }
 
-  PHINode &getIRPhi() { return cast<PHINode>(getInstruction()); }
+  PHINode &getIRPhi() const { return cast<PHINode>(getInstruction()); }
 
   void execute(VPTransformState &State) override;
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanUtils.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanUtils.cpp
index b2a91b701fcaa..7774d4e568268 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanUtils.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanUtils.cpp
@@ -1047,13 +1047,48 @@ VPValue *VPSCEVExpander::expand(const SCEV *S) {
     return Result;
   }
   case scAddRecExpr: {
+    // AddRecs that can be expanded from within VPlan are exclusively those in
+    // the Plan's entry. Those outside this scope must be expanded via
+    // VPExpandSCEV.
+    auto *AR = cast<SCEVAddRecExpr>(S);
+    VPlan &Plan = Builder.getPlan();
     [[maybe_unused]] BasicBlock *PH =
-        cast<VPIRBasicBlock>(Builder.getPlan().getEntry())->getIRBasicBlock();
-    assert(
-        SE.DT.dominates(cast<SCEVAddRecExpr>(S)->getLoop()->getHeader(), PH) &&
-        "can only expand AddRecs for loops outside VPlan's scope");
-    // AddRecs outside VPlan's scope must be expanded via VPExpandSCEV.
-    return vputils::getOrCreateVPValueForSCEVExpr(Builder.getPlan(), S);
+        cast<VPIRBasicBlock>(Plan.getEntry())->getIRBasicBlock();
+    assert(SE.DT.dominates(AR->getLoop()->getHeader(), PH) &&
+           "can only expand AddRecs for loops outside VPlan's scope");
+
+    // We need a canonical IV to re-use in the Plan's entry: we cannot create
+    // a phi in the Plan's entry, which would be required in its absence or if
+    // AR is non-affine, because its predecessors are not modeled. A canonical
+    // IV has start 0, and step 1, and hence cannot be pointer type.
+    if (!AR->isAffine() || AR->getType()->isPointerTy())
+      return vputils::getOrCreateVPValueForSCEVExpr(Plan, S);
+    auto FoundCanIV =
+        find_if(Plan.getEntry()->phis(), [&](const VPRecipeBase &R) {
+          if (!SE.isSCEVable(cast<VPIRPhi>(R).getIRPhi().getType()))
+            return false;
+          const SCEV *Candidate = SE.getSCEV(&cast<VPIRPhi>(R).getIRPhi());
+          return match(Candidate,
+                       m_scev_AffineAddRec(m_scev_Zero(), m_scev_One(),
+                                           m_SpecificLoop(AR->getLoop()))) &&
+                 Candidate->getType() == AR->getType();
+        });
+    if (FoundCanIV == Plan.getEntry()->phis().end())
+      return vputils::getOrCreateVPValueForSCEVExpr(Plan, S);
+
+    // {Start, +, Step} --> Start + IV * Step, since the AddRec is affine.
+    // Compute Offset = IV * Step.
+    VPValue *Start = expand(AR->getStart());
+    Value *CanonicalIV = &cast<VPIRPhi>(FoundCanIV)->getIRPhi();
+    VPValue *Offset = expand(SE.getTruncateOrNoop(
+        SE.getMulExpr(SE.getUnknown(CanonicalIV),
+                      SE.getNoopOrAnyExtend(AR->getStepRecurrence(SE),
+                                            CanonicalIV->getType())),
+        AR->getType()));
+
+    // Compute Start + Offset with nuw from the AddRec.
+    return Builder.createAdd(Start, Offset, DL, "",
+                             {AR->hasNoUnsignedWrap(), false});
   }
   case scCouldNotCompute:
     llvm_unreachable("Attempt to expand a SCEVCouldNotCompute");
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll
index be6dc3e668131..5b4369e0db7d9 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/VPlan/expand-scev.ll
@@ -323,10 +323,10 @@ define void @scev_addrec_expanded(ptr %dst) {
 ; CHECK-EMPTY:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  ir-bb<outer>:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %outer.iv = phi i64 [ 0, %entry ], [ %outer.iv.next, %outer.latch ]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %0 = add i64 %outer.iv, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP2:%[0-9]+]]> = udiv ir<%0>, ir<3>
-; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP3:%[0-9]+]]> = add nuw nsw vp<[[VP2]]>, ir<1>
-; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<%min.iters.check> = icmp ult vp<[[VP3]]>, ir<4>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP2:%[0-9]+]]> = add nuw ir<4>, ir<%outer.iv>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP3:%[0-9]+]]> = udiv vp<[[VP2]]>, ir<3>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP4:%[0-9]+]]> = add nuw nsw vp<[[VP3]]>, ir<1>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<%min.iters.check> = icmp ult vp<[[VP4]]>, ir<4>
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT branch-on-cond vp<%min.iters.check>
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  Successor(s): ir-bb<scalar.ph>, vector.ph
 ;
@@ -526,13 +526,13 @@ define void @addrec_nuw_flags(ptr %dst) {
 ; CHECK-EMPTY:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  ir-bb<outer>:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %outer.iv = phi i64 [ 0, %entry ], [ %outer.iv.next, %outer.latch ]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %0 = shl nuw nsw i64 %outer.iv, 2
-; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %1 = add i64 %0, 4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %m = mul nuw i64 %outer.iv, 4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %bound = add nuw i64 %m, 5
-; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP2:%[0-9]+]]> = udiv ir<%1>, ir<3>
-; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP3:%[0-9]+]]> = add nuw nsw vp<[[VP2]]>, ir<1>
-; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<%min.iters.check> = icmp ult vp<[[VP3]]>, ir<4>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP2:%[0-9]+]]> = shl nuw nsw ir<%outer.iv>, ir<2>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP3:%[0-9]+]]> = add nuw ir<4>, vp<[[VP2]]>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP4:%[0-9]+]]> = udiv vp<[[VP3]]>, ir<3>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP5:%[0-9]+]]> = add nuw nsw vp<[[VP4]]>, ir<1>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<%min.iters.check> = icmp ult vp<[[VP5]]>, ir<4>
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT branch-on-cond vp<%min.iters.check>
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  Successor(s): ir-bb<scalar.ph>, vector.ph
 ;
@@ -687,15 +687,14 @@ exit:
 define void @addrec_nonscevable(ptr %dst) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: VPlan for loop in 'addrec_nonscevable'
 ; CHECK:  VPlan 'Final VPlan for VF={4},UF={1}' {
-; CHECK-NEXT:  Live-in ir<%2> = original trip-count
 ; CHECK-EMPTY:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  ir-bb<outer>:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %fp.phi = phi float [ 0.000000e+00, %entry ], [ %fp.next, %outer.latch ]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %outer.iv = phi i64 [ 0, %entry ], [ %outer.iv.next, %outer.latch ]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %0 = add i64 %outer.iv, 4
-; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %1 = udiv i64 %0, 3
-; CHECK-NEXT:    IR   %2 = add nuw nsw i64 %1, 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<%min.iters.check> = icmp ult ir<%2>, ir<4>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP2:%[0-9]+]]> = add nuw ir<4>, ir<%outer.iv>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP3:%[0-9]+]]> = udiv vp<[[VP2]]>, ir<3>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<[[VP4:%[0-9]+]]> = add nuw nsw vp<[[VP3]]>, ir<1>
+; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT vp<%min.iters.check> = icmp ult vp<[[VP4]]>, ir<4>
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    EMIT branch-on-cond vp<%min.iters.check>
 ; CHECK-NEXT:  Successor(s): ir-bb<scalar.ph>, vector.ph
 ;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/nested-loops-scev-expansion.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/nested-loops-scev-expansion.ll
index dbcd4f90fcc52..34b940bee6a1e 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/nested-loops-scev-expansion.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/nested-loops-scev-expansion.ll
@@ -323,9 +323,8 @@ define void @test_expand_secv_in_entry_before_gep(ptr %dst) {
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[OUTER_HEADER:.*]]
 ; CHECK:       [[OUTER_HEADER]]:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OUTER_IV:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY]] ], [ [[OUTER_IV_NEXT:%.*]], %[[OUTER_LATCH:.*]] ]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP0:%.*]] = mul i64 [[OUTER_IV]], -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = add i64 [[TMP0]], 112
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[GEP_M:%.*]] = getelementptr [36 x [36 x double]], ptr [[DST]], i64 0, i64 [[OUTER_IV]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = sub i64 112, [[OUTER_IV]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ult i64 [[TMP1]], 4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK]], label %[[SCALAR_PH:.*]], label %[[VECTOR_PH:.*]]
 ; CHECK:       [[VECTOR_PH]]:
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/runtime-checks-difference.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/runtime-checks-difference.ll
index 8bda68f620e21..e816b559bffe6 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/runtime-checks-difference.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/runtime-checks-difference.ll
@@ -526,13 +526,12 @@ define void @nested_loop_bound_needs_constant_correction(ptr %a, ptr %b, i64 %n)
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[OUTER_HEADER:.*]]
 ; CHECK:       [[OUTER_HEADER]]:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OUTER_IV:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[ENTRY]] ], [ [[OUTER_IV_NEXT:%.*]], [[OUTER_LATCH:%.*]] ]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP2:%.*]] = mul nsw i64 [[OUTER_IV]], -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP3:%.*]] = add i64 [[N]], [[TMP2]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP4:%.*]] = shl i64 [[OUTER_IV]], 2
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[SCEVGEP:%.*]] = getelementptr i8, ptr [[B]], i64 [[TMP4]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP5:%.*]] = shl i64 [[OUTER_IV]], 3
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP6:%.*]] = add i64 [[TMP5]], 4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[SCEVGEP2:%.*]] = getelementptr i8, ptr [[A]], i64 [[TMP6]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP3:%.*]] = sub i64 [[N]], [[OUTER_IV]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ult i64 [[TMP3]], 4
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK]], [[SCALAR_PH:label %.*]], label %[[VECTOR_MEMCHECK:.*]]
 ; CHECK:       [[VECTOR_MEMCHECK]]:



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