[llvm-dev] [SCEV] Why is backedge-taken count <nsw> instead of <nuw>?
Friedman, Eli via llvm-dev
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Wed Aug 15 14:40:35 PDT 2018
On 8/15/2018 2:27 PM, Alexandre Isoard wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the poison/undef/UB distinctions.
>
> But on this example:
>
> define i32 @func(i1 zeroext %b, i32 %x, i32 %y) {
> entry:
> %adds = add nsw i32 %x, %y
> %addu = add nuw i32 %x, %y
> %cond = select i1 %b, i32 %adds, i32 %addu
> ret i32 %cond
> }
>
>
> It is important to not propagate the nsw/nuw between the two SCEV
> expressions (which unification would do today, can I consider that a
> bug or is it a feature?).
It's an intentional design choice.
> So we work-around it by not informing SCEV of the flags:
>
> Printing analysis 'Scalar Evolution Analysis' for function 'func':
> Classifying expressions for: @func
> %adds = add nsw i32 %x, %y
> --> (%x + %y) U: full-set S: full-set
> %addu = add nuw i32 %x, %y
> --> (%x + %y) U: full-set S: full-set
> %cond = select i1 %b, i32 %adds, i32 %addu
> --> %cond U: full-set S: full-set
> Determining loop execution counts for: @func
>
>
> Would there be problems if we properly considered nuw/nsw flags when
> unifying SCEVs?
There would be other consequences. For example, `(%x + %y)<nsw>` and
`(%x + %y)<nuw>` wouldn't compare equal for other simplifications, and
all the places that call setNoWrapFlags would have to be rewritten.
It's probably possible to come up with some workable design, but nobody
has actually tried it, so it's not clear how much work it would be to
implement, or whether it would improve the generated code overall.
-Eli
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 1:59 PM Friedman, Eli <efriedma at codeaurora.org
> <mailto:efriedma at codeaurora.org>> wrote:
>
> On 8/15/2018 1:31 PM, Alexandre Isoard wrote:
>> Is that why we do not deduce +<nsw> from "add nsw" either?
>
> Essentially, yes.
>
>> Is that an intrinsic limitation of creating a context-invariant
>> expressions from a Value* or is that a limitation of our
>> implementation (our unification not considering the nsw flags)?
>
> It's a consequence of unification not considering nsw. (nsw on an
> instruction is naturally invariant because violating nsw produces
> poison, not UB.)
>
> -Eli
>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:39 PM Friedman, Eli
>> <efriedma at codeaurora.org <mailto:efriedma at codeaurora.org>> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/15/2018 12:21 PM, Alexandre Isoard via llvm-dev wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> If I run clang on the following code:
>>>
>>> void func(unsigned n) {
>>> for (unsigned long x = 1; x < n; ++x)
>>> dummy(x);
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> I get the following llvm ir:
>>>
>>> define void @func(i32 %n) {
>>> entry:
>>> %conv = zext i32 %n to i64
>>> %cmp5 = icmp ugt i32 %n, 1
>>> br i1 %cmp5, label %for.body, label %for.cond.cleanup
>>> for.cond.cleanup: ; preds = %for.body, %entry
>>> ret void
>>> for.body: ; preds = %entry, %for.body
>>> %x.06 = phi i64 [ %inc, %for.body ], [ 1, %entry ]
>>> tail call void @dummy(i64 %x.06) #2
>>> %inc = add nuw nsw i64 %x.06, 1
>>> %exitcond = icmp eq i64 %inc, %conv
>>> br i1 %exitcond, label %for.cond.cleanup, label %for.body
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>> Over which, SCEV will provide the following analysis:
>>>
>>> Printing analysis 'Scalar Evolution Analysis' for
>>> function 'func':
>>> Classifying expressions for: @func
>>> %conv = zext i32 %n to i64
>>> --> (zext i32 %n to i64) U: [0,4294967296) S:
>>> [0,4294967296)
>>> %x.06 = phi i64 [ %inc, %for.body ], [ 1, %entry ]
>>> --> {1,+,1}<nuw><nsw><%for.body> U:
>>> [1,-9223372036854775808) S:
>>> [1,-9223372036854775808)Exits: (-1 + (zext i32 %n to
>>> i64))LoopDispositions: { %for.body: Computable }
>>> %inc = add nuw nsw i64 %x.06, 1
>>> --> {2,+,1}<nuw><%for.body> U: [2,0) S: [2,0)Exits:
>>> (zext i32 %n to i64)LoopDispositions: { %for.body:
>>> Computable }
>>> Determining loop execution counts for: @func
>>> Loop %for.body: backedge-taken count is (-2 + (zext i32
>>> %n to i64))<nsw>
>>> Loop %for.body: max backedge-taken count is -2
>>> Loop %for.body: Predicated backedge-taken count is (-2 +
>>> (zext i32 %n to i64))<nsw>
>>> Predicates:
>>> Loop %for.body: Trip multiple is 1
>>>
>>>
>>> Now, I was surprised by the max backedge-taken count being
>>> -2, and I suspect it is due to the backedge-taken count
>>> being marked as <nsw> instead of <nuw>.
>>>
>>> Is that on purpose, is that a bug, or is my analysis
>>> incorrect? I am not sure where to fix that issue.
>>
>> The backedge-taken count isn't nuw because nsw/nuw markings
>> aren't flow-sensitive: there isn't any way to mark the trip
>> count as nuw without marking every computation of `(long)n-2`
>> as nuw.
>>
>> There's some code in ScalarEvolution::howFarToZero to try to
>> refine the max backedge-taken count in some cases, but it
>> isn't very general. See https://reviews.llvm.org/D28536 .
>>
>> -Eli
>>
>> --
>> Employee of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
>> Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Alexandre Isoard*
>
>
> --
> Employee of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
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>
>
>
> --
> *Alexandre Isoard*
--
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