[llvm-dev] Forcing loop optimization

[Johannes Doerfert via llvm-dev]

On 6/15/21 5:36 AM, Sudakshina Dutta wrote:
> Dear Prof. Johannes Doerfert,
>
Just Johannes.


> Sorry to disturb you again. The code LLVM IR that you have shared is not
> only the result of applying x86-64 clang 12.0.0 applied with -emit-llvm
> -Xclang -disable-O0-optnone options. You might have applied some other
> options. The reason I am asking is that the LLVM IR code which is shared
> has a header and footer which generally do not appear if a code is
> subjected to godbolt explorer. If the LLVM IR code generated by applying
> x86-64 clang 12.0.0 applied with -emit-llvm -Xclang -disable-O0-optnone
> options is subjected to opt with -sroa -loop-unroll -unroll-count=3
> options, some error is shown. I am very new to compiler explorer. I shall
> be grateful if you kindly reply.

Godbold has a "filter" function. Look for "Filter" in the clang tab
and disable what you don't want. You should be able to do all of
this locally as well. There are multiple good tutorials on how to
compile and use the tools like opt on youtube.

~ Johannes


>
> Thanks,
> Sudakshina
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 9:01 AM Sudakshina Dutta <sudakshina at iitgoa.ac.in>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks a lot Mr. Johannes Doerfert.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 8:07 PM Johannes Doerfert <
>> johannesdoerfert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sudakshina,
>>>
>>> Add -sroa (or mem2reg) to your second command to simplify the IR in a
>>> way loop unroll can deal with:
>>>
>>> https://godbolt.org/z/refxnMcf3
>>>
>>> I removed options that are not needed in the link above.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps,
>>>     Johannes
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/14/21 8:23 AM, Sudakshina Dutta via llvm-dev wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Good day to you. Is it possible to have forced application of loop
>>>> unrolling or any other loop optimization ? I have tried applying loop
>>>> unrolling on the following code. However, the optimization has not been
>>>> applied by Clang.
>>>>
>>>> *Code (code.c)*
>>>> int main()
>>>> {
>>>>       int i1, i2, N;
>>>>       int In[50], A[50], D[50];
>>>>
>>>>       N = 25;
>>>>       A[0] = In[0] + 5;
>>>>       #pragma clang loop unroll (enable)
>>>>       for(i1 = 1; i1 <= 25; i1++)
>>>>       {
>>>>               A[i1] = In[i1];
>>>>               D[i1] = A[i1];
>>>>       }
>>>>       return D[N];
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> *The applied commands*
>>>>
>>>>      1. clang -S -emit-llvm code.c  -o code.ll -Xclang -disable-O0-optnon
>>>>      2. opt -loop-unroll -S code.ll -o code-opt.ll -opt-bisect-limit=300
>>>>      -unroll-count=3 -print-after=loop-unroll
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Sudakshina
>>>>
>>>>
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