[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [mlir][ArmSME] Support filling liveness 'holes' in the tile allocator (PR #98350)

[Cullen Rhodes]

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@@ -488,76 +501,126 @@ coalesceTileLiveRanges(DenseMap<Value, LiveRange> &initialLiveRanges) {
   return std::move(coalescedLiveRanges);
 }
 
-/// Choose a live range to spill (via some heuristics). This picks either an
-/// active live range from `activeRanges` or the new live range `newRange`.
+/// Choose a live range to spill (via some heuristics). This picks either a live
+/// range from `activeRanges`, `inactiveRanges`, or the new live range
+/// `newRange`. Note: All live ranges in `activeRanges` and `inactiveRanges` are
+/// assumed to overlap with `newRange`.
 LiveRange *chooseSpillUsingHeuristics(ArrayRef<LiveRange *> activeRanges,
+                                      ArrayRef<LiveRange *> inactiveRanges,
                                       LiveRange *newRange) {
+  auto allOverlappingRanges =
+      llvm::concat<LiveRange>(llvm::make_pointee_range(activeRanges),
+                              llvm::make_pointee_range(inactiveRanges));
+
   // Heuristic: Spill trivially copyable operations (usually free).
-  auto isTrivialSpill = [&](LiveRange *allocatedRange) {
-    return isTileTypeGreaterOrEqual(allocatedRange->getTileType(),
+  auto isTrivialSpill = [&](LiveRange &allocatedRange) {
+    return isTileTypeGreaterOrEqual(allocatedRange.getTileType(),
                                     newRange->getTileType()) &&
-           allocatedRange->values.size() == 1 &&
+           allocatedRange.values.size() == 1 &&
            isTriviallyCloneableTileOp(
-               allocatedRange->values[0]
-                   .getDefiningOp<ArmSMETileOpInterface>());
+               allocatedRange.values[0].getDefiningOp<ArmSMETileOpInterface>());
   };
-  if (isTrivialSpill(newRange))
+  if (isTrivialSpill(*newRange))
     return newRange;
-  auto trivialSpill = llvm::find_if(activeRanges, isTrivialSpill);
-  if (trivialSpill != activeRanges.end())
-    return *trivialSpill;
+  auto trivialSpill = llvm::find_if(allOverlappingRanges, isTrivialSpill);
+  if (trivialSpill != allOverlappingRanges.end())
+    return &*trivialSpill;
 
   // Heuristic: Spill the range that ends last (with a compatible tile type).
-  auto isSmallerTileTypeOrEndsEarlier = [](LiveRange *a, LiveRange *b) {
-    return !isTileTypeGreaterOrEqual(a->getTileType(), b->getTileType()) ||
-           a->end() < b->end();
+  auto isSmallerTileTypeOrEndsEarlier = [](LiveRange &a, LiveRange &b) {
+    return !isTileTypeGreaterOrEqual(a.getTileType(), b.getTileType()) ||
+           a.end() < b.end();
   };
-  LiveRange *lastActiveLiveRange = *std::max_element(
-      activeRanges.begin(), activeRanges.end(), isSmallerTileTypeOrEndsEarlier);
-  if (!isSmallerTileTypeOrEndsEarlier(lastActiveLiveRange, newRange))
-    return lastActiveLiveRange;
+  LiveRange &lastActiveLiveRange = *std::max_element(
+      allOverlappingRanges.begin(), allOverlappingRanges.end(),
+      isSmallerTileTypeOrEndsEarlier);
+  if (!isSmallerTileTypeOrEndsEarlier(lastActiveLiveRange, *newRange))
+    return &lastActiveLiveRange;
   return newRange;
 }
 
 /// Greedily allocate tile IDs to live ranges. Spill using simple heuristics.
-/// Note: This does not attempt to fill holes in active live ranges.
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c-rhodes wrote:

nit: please consider keeping this comment but updating/expanding it. I can't see anywhere discussing "holes", the PR summary is really good and could be reused here?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/98350