[llvm] [RISCV] Add further constraints on vsetvli intrinsics range (PR #219417)

Luke Lau via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Aug 28 02:35:59 PDT 2026


https://github.com/lukel97 updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/219417

>From f29494ceedb8047d5d10804122336878960eee20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Lau <luke at igalia.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:38:21 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [RISCV] Add further constraints on vsetvli intrinsics
 range
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The spec also mandates:

- `ceil(AVL / 2) ≤ vl ≤ VLMAX if AVL < (2 * VLMAX)`
- `vl = VLMAX if AVL ≥ (2 * VLMAX)`

This also reworks the constraints to be based on ConstantRange so `vl = AVL if AVL ≤ VLMAX` is no longer restricted to constants.
---
 .../Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp | 40 +++++++++++++------
 .../InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll  | 19 +++++----
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp
index f51e47895c4bb..55129d1e87dfc 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp
@@ -3786,21 +3786,35 @@ RISCVTTIImpl::instCombineIntrinsic(InstCombiner &IC, IntrinsicInst &II) const {
     // only the VLMAX upper bound is sound.
     ConstantRange VLRange = VLMAXRange;
     if (HasAVL) {
-      APInt MaxVL = VLMAXRange.getUnsignedMax();
+      // vl ≤ VLMAX
+      VLRange =
+          ConstantRange::makeAllowedICmpRegion(CmpInst::ICMP_ULE, VLMAXRange);
+
       Value *AVL = II.getArgOperand(0);
+      ConstantRange AVLRange =
+          computeConstantRangeIncludingKnownBits(AVL, false, DL);
+
+      // vl = AVL if AVL ≤ VLMAX
+      if (AVLRange.icmp(CmpInst::ICMP_ULE, VLMAXRange))
+        return IC.replaceInstUsesWith(II, AVL);
+
+      // vl ≤ AVL
+      VLRange = VLRange.umin(AVLRange.getUnsignedMax());
+
       // vl > 0 if AVL > 0
-      APInt MinVL = APInt(BitWidth, isKnownNonZero(AVL, DL) ? 1 : 0);
-      if (auto *AVLC = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(AVL)) {
-        const APInt &C = AVLC->getValue();
-        // A constant AVL not exceeding the smallest possible VLMAX means vl is
-        // exactly AVL, so replace the intrinsic with that constant.
-        if (C.ule(VLMAXRange.getUnsignedMin()))
-          return IC.replaceInstUsesWith(II, ConstantInt::get(II.getType(), C));
-        VLRange =
-            ConstantRange::getNonEmpty(MinVL, APIntOps::umin(C, MaxVL) + 1);
-      } else {
-        VLRange = ConstantRange::getNonEmpty(MinVL, MaxVL + 1);
-      }
+      if (AVLRange.icmp(CmpInst::ICMP_UGT, APInt::getZero(BitWidth)))
+        VLRange = VLRange.umax(APInt(BitWidth, 1));
+
+      // vl = VLMAX if AVL ≥ (2 * VLMAX)
+      ConstantRange TwoVLMAX = VLMAXRange.multiply(APInt(BitWidth, 2));
+      if (AVLRange.icmp(CmpInst::ICMP_UGE, TwoVLMAX))
+        VLRange = VLRange.intersectWith(VLMAXRange);
+
+      // ceil(AVL / 2) ≤ vl ≤ VLMAX if AVL < (2 * VLMAX)
+      if (AVLRange.icmp(CmpInst::ICMP_ULT, TwoVLMAX))
+        VLRange = VLRange.umax(APIntOps::RoundingUDiv(AVLRange.getUnsignedMin(),
+                                                      APInt(BitWidth, 2),
+                                                      APInt::Rounding::UP));
     }
 
     ConstantRange OldRange =
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll
index 837ae6a9eb702..63e6c40cbf4b4 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ define i64 @vsetvli_const_avl_at_min128() {
 }
 
 ; AVL == 20 sits in (MinVLMAX, ...) at VLEN128, so vl is only known to be
-; [0, 20]; at VLEN512 it is still below VLMAX (64), so vl == 20 folds.
+; [10, 20]; at VLEN512 it is still below VLMAX (64), so vl == 20 folds.
 define i64 @vsetvli_const_avl_mid() {
 ; VLEN128-LABEL: define i64 @vsetvli_const_avl_mid(
 ; VLEN128-SAME: ) #[[ATTR0]] {
-; VLEN128-NEXT:    [[VL:%.*]] = call range(i64 1, 21) i64 @llvm.riscv.vsetvli.i64(i64 20, i64 0, i64 0)
+; VLEN128-NEXT:    [[VL:%.*]] = call range(i64 10, 21) i64 @llvm.riscv.vsetvli.i64(i64 20, i64 0, i64 0)
 ; VLEN128-NEXT:    ret i64 [[VL]]
 ;
 ; VLEN512-LABEL: define i64 @vsetvli_const_avl_mid(
@@ -50,12 +50,17 @@ define i64 @vsetvli_const_avl_mid() {
 }
 
 ; AVL far above the largest VLMAX (8192): vl is capped by VLMAX, giving the
-; VLEN-independent range [0, 8192].
+; VLEN-independent range [MinVLMAX, 8192].
 define i64 @vsetvli_const_avl_above_max() {
-; CHECK-LABEL: define i64 @vsetvli_const_avl_above_max(
-; CHECK-SAME: ) #[[ATTR0]] {
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[VL:%.*]] = call range(i64 1, 8193) i64 @llvm.riscv.vsetvli.i64(i64 100000, i64 0, i64 0)
-; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i64 [[VL]]
+; VLEN128-LABEL: define i64 @vsetvli_const_avl_above_max(
+; VLEN128-SAME: ) #[[ATTR0]] {
+; VLEN128-NEXT:    [[VL:%.*]] = call range(i64 16, 8193) i64 @llvm.riscv.vsetvli.i64(i64 100000, i64 0, i64 0)
+; VLEN128-NEXT:    ret i64 [[VL]]
+;
+; VLEN512-LABEL: define i64 @vsetvli_const_avl_above_max(
+; VLEN512-SAME: ) #[[ATTR0]] {
+; VLEN512-NEXT:    [[VL:%.*]] = call range(i64 64, 8193) i64 @llvm.riscv.vsetvli.i64(i64 100000, i64 0, i64 0)
+; VLEN512-NEXT:    ret i64 [[VL]]
 ;
   %vl = call i64 @llvm.riscv.vsetvli.i64(i64 100000, i64 0, i64 0)
   ret i64 %vl

>From b2aa3232cd18df332dda92a200a2f68f0cf6aaf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Lau <luke at igalia.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:35:09 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Pass full simplifyquery, add a test for a non-constant
 avl <= vlmax

---
 llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp |  4 ++--
 .../InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll       | 14 +++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp
index 55129d1e87dfc..902cf875de1df 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/RISCV/RISCVTargetTransformInfo.cpp
@@ -3791,8 +3791,8 @@ RISCVTTIImpl::instCombineIntrinsic(InstCombiner &IC, IntrinsicInst &II) const {
           ConstantRange::makeAllowedICmpRegion(CmpInst::ICMP_ULE, VLMAXRange);
 
       Value *AVL = II.getArgOperand(0);
-      ConstantRange AVLRange =
-          computeConstantRangeIncludingKnownBits(AVL, false, DL);
+      ConstantRange AVLRange = computeConstantRangeIncludingKnownBits(
+          AVL, false, IC.getSimplifyQuery().getWithInstruction(&II));
 
       // vl = AVL if AVL ≤ VLMAX
       if (AVLRange.icmp(CmpInst::ICMP_ULE, VLMAXRange))
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll
index 63e6c40cbf4b4..f74ec414077ab 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/RISCV/riscv-vsetvli-range.ll
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ define i1 @vsetvli_runtime_avl_gt_max_folds(i64 %avl) {
   ret i1 %c
 }
 
-; vl known > 0, so range must be > 0
+; avl known > 0, so range must be > 0
 define i64 @vsetvli_vl_known_nonzero(i64 %x) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: define i64 @vsetvli_vl_known_nonzero(
 ; CHECK-SAME: i64 [[X:%.*]]) #[[ATTR0]] {
@@ -141,3 +141,15 @@ define i64 @vsetvli_vl_known_nonzero(i64 %x) {
   %vl = call i64 @llvm.riscv.vsetvli.i64(i64 %avl, i64 0, i64 0)
   ret i64 %vl
 }
+
+; avl known <= vlmax, so vl = avl
+define i64 @vsetvli_avl_known_lt_vlmax(i64 %x) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define i64 @vsetvli_avl_known_lt_vlmax(
+; CHECK-SAME: i64 [[X:%.*]]) #[[ATTR0]] {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[VL:%.*]] = and i64 [[X]], 7
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i64 [[VL]]
+;
+  %avl = and i64 %x, 7
+  %vl = call i64 @llvm.riscv.vsetvli.i64(i64 %avl, i64 0, i64 0)
+  ret i64 %vl
+}



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