[llvm-dev] Tuning CSRCost for shrink-wrapping

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Hi,

I often observed missing shrink-wrapping opportunities. For example, 
when compiling below C code with -O3 for AArach64, I saw that Clang 
placed the spills of CSRs in the entry block, while GCC shrink-wrapped 
the spills of CSRs from the entry block.

int getI(int i);

int foo(int *P, int i) {
   if (i>0)
     return P[i];

   i = getI(i);
   return P[i];
}

I believe this is because the current CSRCost fixed in RegAllocGreedy is 
too conservative. In most cases we allocate a CSR rather than splitting 
ranges when the live range is across a call. In 
https://reviews.llvm.org/D34608, I tried to increase the CSRCost to 
defer the allocation of CSR with the hope of more shrink-wrapping. 
However, I'm not convinced it's really right approach to handle the 
problem. If you have any thoughts on this issue, I would love to hear 
your feedback.

Thanks,
Jun

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