[llvm-dev] RFC: Pass Execution Instrumentation interface
Zhizhou Yang via llvm-dev
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Thu Jun 7 23:12:08 PDT 2018
Hi Fedor,
Thanks for replying my questions about porting the OptBisecting to new PM.
This thread looks like a great improvement on what we currently have.
Though we are also trying to make opt-bisect more granular.
In particular, we think it would be helpful if we could have opt-bisect
work on a per-optimization level rather than per-pass level.
I believe this will be a more invasive change and we would like to do this
as a follow-up to this thread.
How difficult do you think it would be to support this use-case with your
design?
Thank you!
Zhizhou
On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 5:00 PM Fedor Sergeev via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> TL;DR
> ====
>
> This RFC suggests an API to enable customizable instrumentation of pass
> execution.
> The intent is to have a common machinery to implement all the
> pass-execution-debugging
> features mentioned here.
>
> Prime target of the interface is the new pass manager.
> The overall approach and most of the implementation details should be
> equially applicable
> to the legacy one though.
>
>
> Background
> ==========
>
> There are quite a few important debugging facilities in LLVM that affect
> pass execution sequence:
>
> -print-after/-print-before[-all]
> execute IR-print pass before or after a particularly
> insteresting pass
> (or all passes)
>
> -verify-each
> execute verifier pass after each
>
> -opt-bisect-limit
> execute passes only up to a selected "pass-counter"
>
> -time-passes
> track execution time for each pass
>
> There are also quite a few similar ideas floating around, i.e:
> -git-commit-after-all
> -debugify-each
>
> All these facilities essentially require instrumentation of pass
> execution points
> in the pass manager, each being implemented in a legacy pass manager
> through their
> own custom way, e.g:
> * -time-passes has a bunch of dedicated code in each of the pass
> managers
>
> * -print-before/after/verify-each insert additional passes before/after
> the passes in the pipeline
>
> And there is no implementation of any of these features for the new pass
> manager,
> which obviously is a problem for new pass manager transition.
>
> Proposal
> ========
>
> Main idea:
> - introduce an API that allows to instrument points of pass execution
> - access through LLVM Context (allows to control life-time and scope
> in multi-context execution)
> - wrap it into an analysis for easier access from pass managers
>
>
> Details:
> 1. introduce llvm::PassInstrumentation
>
> This is the main interface that handles the customization and
> provides instrumentation calls
>
> - resides in IR
> - is accessible through LLVMContext::getPassInstrumentation()
> (with context owning this object).
>
> 2. every single point of Pass execution in the (new) PassManager(s)
> will query
> this analysis and run instrumentation call specific to a
> particular point.
>
> Instrumentation points:
>
> bool BeforePass (PassID, PassExecutionCounter);
> void AfterPass (PassID, PassExecutionCounter);
>
> Run before/after a particular pass execution
> BeforePass instrumentation call returns true if this
> execution is allowed to run.
>
> 'PassID'
> certain unique identifier for a pass (pass name?).
>
> 'PassExecutionCounter'
> a number that uniquely identifies this particular pass
> execution
> in current pipeline, as tracked by Pass Manager.
>
> void StartPipeline()
> void EndPipeline()
>
> Run at the start/end of a pass pipeline execution.
> (useful for initialization/finalization purposes)
>
>
> 3. custom callbacks are registered with
> PassInstrumentation::register* interfaces
>
> A sequence of registered callbacks is called at each
> instrumentation point as appropriate.
>
> 4. introduce llvm::ExecutionCounter to track execution of passes
>
> (akin to DebugCounter, yet enabled in Release mode as well?)
>
> Note: it is somewhat nontrivial to uniquely track pass executions
> with counters in new pass
> manager as its pipeline schedule can be dynamic. Ideas are welcome
> on how to efficiently
> implement unique execution tracking that does not break in
> presence of fixed-point iteration
> passes like RepeatedPass/DevirtSCCRepeatedPass
>
> Also, the intent is for execution counters to be able provide
> thread-safety in multi-threaded
> pipeline execution (though no work planned for it yet).
>
> 5. introduce a new analysis llvm::PassInstrumentationAnalysis
>
> This is a convenience wrapper to provide an access to
> PassInstrumentation via analysis framework.
> If using analysis is not convenient (?legacy) then
> PassInstrumentation can be queried
> directly from LLVMContext.
>
>
> Additional goals
> ================
>
> - layering problem
> Currently OptBisect/OptPassGate has layering issue - interface
> dependencies on all the "IR units",
> even those that are analyses - Loop, CallGraphSCC.
>
> Generic PassInstrumentation facilitiy allows to inject arbitrary
> call-backs in run-time,
> removing any compile-time interface dependencies on internals of
> those callbacks,
> effectively solving this layering issue.
>
> - life-time/scope control for multi-context execution
>
> Currently there are issues with multi-context execution of, say,
> -time-passes which store
> their data in global maps.
>
> With LLVMContext owning PassInstrumentation there should be no
> problem with multi-context execution
> (callbacks can be made owning the instrumentation data).
>
> Open Questions
> ==============
>
> - whats the best way to handle ownership of PassInstrumentation
>
> Any problems with owning by LLVMContext?
> Something similar to TargetLibraryInfo (owned by
> TargetLibraryAnalysis/TargetLibraryInfoWrapperPass)?
>
> - using PassInstrumentationAnalysis or directly querying LLVMContext
>
> PassInstrumentationAnalysis appeared to be a nice idea, only until
> I tried querying it
> in new pass manager framework, and amount of hooplas to jump over
> makes me shiver a bit...
>
> Querying LLVMContext is plain and straightforward, but we do not
> have a generic way to access LLVMContext
> from a PassManager template (need to introduce generic
> IRUnit::getContext?)
>
> Implementation
> ==============
>
> PassInstrumentationAnalysis proof-of-concept unfinished prototype
> implementation:
> (Heavily under construction, do not enter without wearing a hard hat...)
>
> https://reviews.llvm.org/D47858
>
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