[Mlir-commits] [mlir] [MLIR][SCF] Sink scf.if from scf.while before region into after region. (PR #165216)

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Author: Ming Yan (NexMing)

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<summary>Changes</summary>

When an scf.if directly precedes an scf.condition in the before region of an scf.while and both share the same condition, move the if into the after region of the loop. This preserves semantics while simplifying the condition region and canonicalizing control flow for further optimizations.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/165216.diff


2 Files Affected:

- (modified) mlir/lib/Dialect/SCF/IR/SCF.cpp (+133-1) 
- (modified) mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/canonicalize.mlir (+37) 


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diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SCF/IR/SCF.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SCF/IR/SCF.cpp
index 9bd13f3236cfc..ddf8134d98776 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SCF/IR/SCF.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SCF/IR/SCF.cpp
@@ -3546,6 +3546,137 @@ LogicalResult scf::WhileOp::verify() {
 }
 
 namespace {
+/// Move an scf.if op that is directly before the scf.condition op in the while
+/// before region, and whose condition matches the condition of the
+/// scf.condition op, down into the while after region.
+///
+/// scf.while (..) : (...) -> ... {
+///  %additional_used_values = ...
+///  %cond = ...
+///  ...
+///  %res = scf.if %cond -> (...) {
+///    use(%additional_used_values)
+///    ... // then block
+///    scf.yield %then_value
+///  } else {
+///    scf.yield %else_value
+///  }
+///  scf.condition(%cond) %res, ...
+/// } do {
+/// ^bb0(%res_arg, ...):
+///    use(%res_arg)
+///    ...
+///
+/// becomes
+/// scf.while (..) : (...) -> ... {
+///  %additional_used_values = ...
+///  %cond = ...
+///  ...
+///  scf.condition(%cond) %else_value, ..., %additional_used_values
+/// } do {
+/// ^bb0(%res_arg ..., %additional_args): :
+///    use(%additional_args)
+///    ... // if then block
+///    use(%then_value)
+///    ...
+struct WhileMoveIfDown : public OpRewritePattern<WhileOp> {
+  using OpRewritePattern<WhileOp>::OpRewritePattern;
+
+  LogicalResult matchAndRewrite(WhileOp op,
+                                PatternRewriter &rewriter) const override {
+    auto conditionOp =
+        cast<scf::ConditionOp>(op.getBeforeBody()->getTerminator());
+    auto ifOp = dyn_cast_or_null<scf::IfOp>(conditionOp->getPrevNode());
+
+    // Check that the ifOp is directly before the conditionOp and that it
+    // matches the condition of the conditionOp. Also ensure that the ifOp has
+    // no else block with content, as that would complicate the transformation.
+    // TODO: support else blocks with content.
+    if (!ifOp || ifOp.getCondition() != conditionOp.getCondition() ||
+        (ifOp.elseBlock() && !ifOp.elseBlock()->without_terminator().empty()))
+      return failure();
+
+    assert(ifOp->use_empty() || (llvm::range_size(ifOp->getUsers()) == 1 &&
+                                 *ifOp->user_begin() == conditionOp) &&
+                                    "ifOp has unexpected uses");
+
+    Location loc = op.getLoc();
+
+    // Replace uses of ifOp results in the conditionOp with the yielded values
+    // from the ifOp branches.
+    for (auto [idx, arg] : llvm::enumerate(conditionOp.getArgs())) {
+      auto it = llvm::find(ifOp->getResults(), arg);
+      if (it != ifOp->getResults().end()) {
+        size_t ifOpIdx = it.getIndex();
+        Value thenValue = ifOp.thenYield()->getOperand(ifOpIdx);
+        Value elseValue = ifOp.elseYield()->getOperand(ifOpIdx);
+
+        rewriter.replaceAllUsesWith(it.getBase(), elseValue);
+        rewriter.replaceAllUsesWith(op.getAfterArguments()[idx], thenValue);
+      }
+    }
+
+    SmallVector<Value> additionalUsedValues;
+    auto isValueUsedInsideIf = [&](Value val) {
+      return llvm::any_of(val.getUsers(), [&](Operation *user) {
+        return ifOp.getThenRegion().isAncestor(user->getParentRegion());
+      });
+    };
+
+    // Collect additional used values from before region.
+    for (Operation *it = ifOp->getPrevNode(); it != nullptr;
+         it = it->getPrevNode())
+      llvm::copy_if(it->getResults(), std::back_inserter(additionalUsedValues),
+                    isValueUsedInsideIf);
+
+    llvm::copy_if(op.getBeforeArguments(),
+                  std::back_inserter(additionalUsedValues),
+                  isValueUsedInsideIf);
+
+    // Create new whileOp with additional used values as results.
+    auto additionalValueTypes = llvm::map_to_vector(
+        additionalUsedValues, [](Value val) { return val.getType(); });
+    size_t additionalValueSize = additionalUsedValues.size();
+    SmallVector<Type> newResultTypes(op.getResultTypes());
+    newResultTypes.append(additionalValueTypes);
+
+    auto newWhileOp =
+        scf::WhileOp::create(rewriter, loc, newResultTypes, op.getInits());
+
+    newWhileOp.getBefore().takeBody(op.getBefore());
+    newWhileOp.getAfter().takeBody(op.getAfter());
+    newWhileOp.getAfter().addArguments(
+        additionalValueTypes, SmallVector<Location>(additionalValueSize, loc));
+
+    SmallVector<Value> conditionArgs = conditionOp.getArgs();
+    llvm::append_range(conditionArgs, additionalUsedValues);
+
+    // Update conditionOp inside new whileOp before region.
+    rewriter.setInsertionPoint(conditionOp);
+    rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<scf::ConditionOp>(
+        conditionOp, conditionOp.getCondition(), conditionArgs);
+
+    // Replace uses of additional used values inside the ifOp then region with
+    // the whileOp after region arguments.
+    rewriter.replaceUsesWithIf(
+        additionalUsedValues,
+        newWhileOp.getAfterArguments().take_back(additionalValueSize),
+        [&](OpOperand &use) {
+          return ifOp.getThenRegion().isAncestor(
+              use.getOwner()->getParentRegion());
+        });
+
+    // Inline ifOp then region into new whileOp after region.
+    rewriter.eraseOp(ifOp.thenYield());
+    rewriter.inlineBlockBefore(ifOp.thenBlock(), newWhileOp.getAfterBody(),
+                               newWhileOp.getAfterBody()->begin());
+    rewriter.eraseOp(ifOp);
+    rewriter.replaceOp(op,
+                       newWhileOp->getResults().drop_back(additionalValueSize));
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
 /// Replace uses of the condition within the do block with true, since otherwise
 /// the block would not be evaluated.
 ///
@@ -4258,7 +4389,8 @@ void WhileOp::getCanonicalizationPatterns(RewritePatternSet &results,
   results.add<RemoveLoopInvariantArgsFromBeforeBlock,
               RemoveLoopInvariantValueYielded, WhileConditionTruth,
               WhileCmpCond, WhileUnusedResult, WhileRemoveDuplicatedResults,
-              WhileRemoveUnusedArgs, WhileOpAlignBeforeArgs>(context);
+              WhileRemoveUnusedArgs, WhileOpAlignBeforeArgs, WhileMoveIfDown>(
+      context);
 }
 
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/canonicalize.mlir b/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/canonicalize.mlir
index 2bec63672e783..cfae3b34305de 100644
--- a/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/canonicalize.mlir
+++ b/mlir/test/Dialect/SCF/canonicalize.mlir
@@ -974,6 +974,43 @@ func.func @replace_if_with_cond3(%arg0 : i1, %arg2: i64) -> (i32, i64) {
 
 // -----
 
+// CHECK-LABEL: @while_move_if_down
+func.func @while_move_if_down() -> i32 {
+  %0 = scf.while () : () -> (i32) {
+    %additional_used_value = "test.get_some_value1" () : () -> (i32)
+    %else_value = "test.get_some_value2" () : () -> (i32)
+    %condition = "test.condition"() : () -> i1
+    %res = scf.if %condition -> (i32) {
+      "test.use1" (%additional_used_value) : (i32) -> ()
+      %then_value = "test.get_some_value3" () : () -> (i32)
+      scf.yield %then_value : i32
+    } else {
+      scf.yield %else_value : i32
+    }
+    scf.condition(%condition) %res : i32
+  } do {
+  ^bb0(%res_arg: i32):
+    "test.use2" (%res_arg) : (i32) -> ()
+    scf.yield
+  }
+  return %0 : i32
+}
+// CHECK-NEXT:      %[[WHILE_0:.*]]:2 = scf.while : () -> (i32, i32) {
+// CHECK-NEXT:        %[[VAL_0:.*]] = "test.get_some_value1"() : () -> i32
+// CHECK-NEXT:        %[[VAL_1:.*]] = "test.get_some_value2"() : () -> i32
+// CHECK-NEXT:        %[[VAL_2:.*]] = "test.condition"() : () -> i1
+// CHECK-NEXT:        scf.condition(%[[VAL_2]]) %[[VAL_1]], %[[VAL_0]] : i32, i32
+// CHECK-NEXT:      } do {
+// CHECK-NEXT:      ^bb0(%[[VAL_3:.*]]: i32, %[[VAL_4:.*]]: i32):
+// CHECK-NEXT:        "test.use1"(%[[VAL_4]]) : (i32) -> ()
+// CHECK-NEXT:        %[[VAL_5:.*]] = "test.get_some_value3"() : () -> i32
+// CHECK-NEXT:        "test.use2"(%[[VAL_5]]) : (i32) -> ()
+// CHECK-NEXT:        scf.yield
+// CHECK-NEXT:      }
+// CHECK-NEXT:      return %[[VAL_6:.*]]#0 : i32
+
+// -----
+
 // CHECK-LABEL: @while_cond_true
 func.func @while_cond_true() -> i1 {
   %0 = scf.while () : () -> i1 {

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/165216


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