r260618 - in /trunk/gcc: ChangeLog config/aarch...

[luisgpm at gcc dot gnu dot org]

Author: luisgpm
Date: Wed May 23 16:23:11 2018
New Revision: 260618

URL: https://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs?rev=260618&root=gcc&view=rev
Log:
[Patch 02/02] Introduce prefetch-dynamic-strides option

The following patch adds an option to control software prefetching of memory
references with non-constant/unknown strides.

Currently we prefetch these references if the pass thinks there is benefit to
doing so. But, since this is all based on heuristics, it's not always the case
that we end up with better performance.

For Falkor there is also the problem of conflicts with the hardware prefetcher,
so we need to be more conservative in terms of what we issue software prefetch
hints for.

This also aligns GCC with what LLVM does for Falkor.

Similarly to the previous patch, the defaults guarantee no change in behavior
for other targets and architectures.

gcc/ChangeLog:

2018-05-23  Luis Machado  <luis.machado@linaro.org>

	* config/aarch64/aarch64-protos.h (cpu_prefetch_tune)
	<prefetch_dynamic_strides>: New const bool field.
	* config/aarch64/aarch64.c (generic_prefetch_tune): Update to include
	prefetch_dynamic_strides.
	(exynosm1_prefetch_tune): Likewise.
	(thunderxt88_prefetch_tune): Likewise.
	(thunderx_prefetch_tune): Likewise.
	(thunderx2t99_prefetch_tune): Likewise.
	(qdf24xx_prefetch_tune): Likewise. Set prefetch_dynamic_strides to
	false.
	(aarch64_override_options_internal): Update to set
	PARAM_PREFETCH_DYNAMIC_STRIDES.
	* doc/invoke.texi (prefetch-dynamic-strides): Document new option.
	* params.def (PARAM_PREFETCH_DYNAMIC_STRIDES): New.
	* params.h (PARAM_PREFETCH_DYNAMIC_STRIDES): Define.
	* tree-ssa-loop-prefetch.c (should_issue_prefetch_p): Account for
	prefetch-dynamic-strides setting.

Modified:
    trunk/gcc/ChangeLog
    trunk/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-protos.h
    trunk/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.c
    trunk/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
    trunk/gcc/params.def
    trunk/gcc/params.h
    trunk/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-prefetch.c