[llvm-dev] Question about Traversing Loops in forward or reverse program order on new pass manager

[Krzysztof Parzyszek via llvm-dev]

I think the traversal order may depend on the optimization.  I would actually propose to get rid of those fine-grained pass managers altogether.  I think they are abstractions taken too far, to the point of being counter-productive.  Instead, loop passes should visit a function at a time, and use utility functions (like iterators of various kinds) to visit loops in the order they want.

On the actual issue here, I think we should stick to the old traversal order for the time being.  This would reduce the potential for regressions and make it easier to fully transition to the NPM for everyone.

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From: llvm-dev <llvm-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org> On Behalf Of Arthur Eubanks via llvm-dev
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To: Jingu Kang <Jingu.Kang at arm.com>
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Subject: [EXT] Re: [llvm-dev] Question about Traversing Loops in forward or reverse program order on new pass manager

Ping on loop traversal order. Does anybody have any intuition about which way to traverse loops in a function?

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 12:36 PM Jingu Kang via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org<mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
Hi All,

I have seen performance regressions from new pass manager against legacy pass manager. One of the issues is the order of populating loops on pass manager. The legacy pass manager is traversing loops in reverse program order but the new pass manager is traversing in forward program order. It sometimes causes different output. I have created a review https://reviews.llvm.org/D99774 for reverse program order on new pass manager and had short discussion with Arthur on it. It is not easy to say the reverse order is better than the forward one or vice versa. I would like to share this issue with more people on llvm-dev. If you have idea or experience about this issue, please share it.

Thanks
JinGu Kang
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