[llvm-dev] How to get started with VLIW scheduler?

[Krzysztof Parzyszek via llvm-dev]

The way we do it for Hexagon is that we have our own specialization of the MachineScheduler pass, followed by a packetizer pass.  Actually, we run two schedulers: machine scheduler, and post-RA scheduler, but that doesn’t change much conceptually.  In the scheduler passes we don’t form instruction packets, at least not explicitly.  We do some sort of a simulation of “what if we were forming packets right now” type of thing, maximizing packetization opportunities ahead of time, before the packetization itself, hoping that enough of it will prevail.

Finally, near the end of the post-RA passes we do run the DFAPacketizer pass which forms the actual packets (i.e. “bundles” in LLVM terminology).  The DFA packetizer relies on tables that are generated out of your target’s td files describing your processor’s resources (some of which the standard scheduler uses as well).

If you’re starting from scratch, I’d get the packetizer working first.

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From: llvm-dev <llvm-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org> On Behalf Of jeniffer lesley via llvm-dev
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Subject: [EXT] [llvm-dev] How to get started with VLIW scheduler?

Hi,
I am building a toy target to teach at a university but I am not well aware of LLVM's scheduler infrastructure. My target is VLIW, 1 Load, 1 Store and 2 ALUs. ALUs can perform almost all common mathematical operations.

Where do I start building a scheduler for it? I watched a couple of videos from the LLVM dev meeting but what is the current way of building a new scheduler? Is there a .rst page out there which I missed reading?

Thanks.
Jeni.
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