[llvm-dev] Error in v64i32 type in x86 backend

Craig Topper via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Thu Jul 6 22:03:33 PDT 2017


Yes, that error is from instruction selection. I think your legalization
changes worked fine.

~Craig

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 8:21 PM, hameeza ahmed via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> also i further run the following command;
> llc -debug filer-knl_o3.ll
>
> and its output is attached here. by looking at the output can we say that
> legalization runs fine and the error is due to instruction selection/
> pattern matching which is not yet implemented?
>
> so do i need to worry and try to correct it at this stage or should i move
> forward to implement instruction selection/ pattern matching?
>
> Please guide me.
>
> Thank You
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 8:00 AM, hameeza ahmed <hahmed2305 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank You. well i have seen these links. but they dont cover the problem
>> that i have mentioned. actually i am doing all the things step by step.
>>
>> so i havent yet worked with instruction selection phase/ files. rather
>> before that i am trying to do legalization by allowing vector elements>16
>> i.e 64xi32. here i have mainly worked with 2 files uptil now, i.e
>> registerinfo.td to define register class to be called in legalization.
>> and most importantly i am dealing with file X86ISelLowering.cpp.
>>
>> Now is there any relation in this and instruction selection. since
>> instruction selection comes after combine and legalize so i havent yet
>> worked on it.
>>
>>
>> Please correct me, I am stuck here.
>>
>> Thank You again
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 7:11 AM, Friedman, Eli <efriedma at codeaurora.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Have you read http://llvm.org/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html and
>>> http://llvm.org/docs/CodeGenerator.html ?
>>> http://llvm.org/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html#instruction-selector
>>> describes how to define a store instruction.
>>>
>>> -Eli
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/6/2017 6:51 PM, hameeza ahmed via llvm-dev wrote:
>>>
>>> Please correct me i m stuck at this point.
>>>
>>> On Jul 6, 2017 5:18 PM, "hameeza ahmed" <hahmed2305 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> i am experimenting with the increase in register/ vector width to 64
>>> elements of 32 bits instead of 16 in x86 backend.
>>> for eg.
>>> i have a loop with 65 iterations;
>>> if my IR generates v64i32 and 1 scalar, still the backend breaks the
>>> v64i32 into 4 v16i32. i want it to retain v64i32. like if there are 128
>>> elements in loop then it should break it into 2 v64i32 instructions.
>>>
>>> in order to do this i have made necessary changes in
>>> X86ISelLowering.cpp. and rebuild llvm. then when i use the
>>> command -view-dag-combine2-dags i get the required output in graph but
>>> the following error on console:
>>>
>>> LLVM ERROR: Cannot select: t10: ch = store<ST256[bitcast ([65 x i32]* @a
>>> to <64 x i32>*)](align=16)(tbaa=<0x30c5438>)> t9, t7, t12, undef:i64
>>>   t7: v64i32 = add t6, t4
>>>     t6: v64i32,ch = load<LD256[bitcast ([65 x i32]* @c to <64 x
>>> i32>*)](align=16)(tbaa=<0x30c5438>)(dereferenceable)> t0, t14, undef:i64
>>>       t14: i64 = X86ISD::Wrapper TargetGlobalAddress:i64<[65 x i32]* @c>
>>> 0
>>>         t13: i64 = TargetGlobalAddress<[65 x i32]* @c> 0
>>>       t3: i64 = undef
>>>     t4: v64i32,ch = load<LD256[bitcast ([65 x i32]* @b to <64 x
>>> i32>*)](align=16)(tbaa=<0x30c5438>)(dereferenceable)> t0, t16, undef:i64
>>>       t16: i64 = X86ISD::Wrapper TargetGlobalAddress:i64<[65 x i32]* @b>
>>> 0
>>>         t15: i64 = TargetGlobalAddress<[65 x i32]* @b> 0
>>>       t3: i64 = undef
>>>   t12: i64 = X86ISD::Wrapper TargetGlobalAddress:i64<[65 x i32]* @a> 0
>>>     t11: i64 = TargetGlobalAddress<[65 x i32]* @a> 0
>>>   t3: i64 = undef
>>> In function: foo
>>>
>>> The dag after legalization is also attached here.
>>>
>>> the source is vector sum of 65 elements.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kindly correct me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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