Ping: [PATCH] Hoist adjacent pointer loads

William J. Schmidt wschmidt@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed May 16 19:47:00 GMT 2012


Ping.

Thanks,
Bill

On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 09:33 -0500, William J. Schmidt wrote:
> This patch was posted for comment back in February during stage 4.  It
> addresses a performance issue noted in the EEMBC routelookup benchmark
> on a common idiom:
> 
>   if (...)
>     x = y->left;
>   else
>     x = y->right;
> 
> If the two loads can be hoisted out of the if/else, the if/else can be
> replaced by a conditional move instruction on architectures that support
> one.  Because this speculates one of the loads, the patch constrains the
> optimization to avoid introducing page faults.
> 
> Bootstrapped and regression tested on powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu with no
> new failures.  The patch provides significant improvement to the
> routelookup benchmark, and is neutral on SPEC cpu2000/cpu2006.
> 
> One question is what optimization level should be required for this.
> Because of the speculation, -O3 might be in order.  I don't believe
> -Ofast is required as there is no potential correctness issue involved.
> Right now the patch doesn't check the optimization level (like the rest
> of the phi-opt transforms), which is likely a poor choice.
> 
> Ok for trunk?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill
> 
> 
> 2012-05-03  Bill Schmidt  <wschmidt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> 	* tree-ssa-phiopt.c (tree_ssa_phiopt_worker): Add argument to forward
> 	declaration.
> 	(hoist_adjacent_loads, gate_hoist_loads): New forward declarations.
> 	(tree_ssa_phiopt): Call gate_hoist_loads.
> 	(tree_ssa_cs_elim): Add parm to tree_ssa_phiopt_worker call.
> 	(tree_ssa_phiopt_worker): Add do_hoist_loads to formal arg list; call
> 	hoist_adjacent_loads.
> 	(local_reg_dependence): New function.
> 	(local_mem_dependence): Likewise.
> 	(hoist_adjacent_loads): Likewise.
> 	(gate_hoist_loads): Likewise.
> 	* common.opt (fhoist-adjacent-loads): New switch.
> 	* Makefile.in (tree-ssa-phiopt.o): Added dependencies.
> 	* params.def (PARAM_MIN_CMOVE_STRUCT_ALIGN): New param.
> 
> 
> Index: gcc/tree-ssa-phiopt.c
> ===================================================================
> --- gcc/tree-ssa-phiopt.c	(revision 187057)
> +++ gcc/tree-ssa-phiopt.c	(working copy)
> @@ -37,9 +37,17 @@ along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
>  #include "cfgloop.h"
>  #include "tree-data-ref.h"
>  #include "tree-pretty-print.h"
> +#include "gimple-pretty-print.h"
> +#include "insn-config.h"
> +#include "expr.h"
> +#include "optabs.h"
> 
> +#ifndef HAVE_conditional_move
> +#define HAVE_conditional_move (0)
> +#endif
> +
>  static unsigned int tree_ssa_phiopt (void);
> -static unsigned int tree_ssa_phiopt_worker (bool);
> +static unsigned int tree_ssa_phiopt_worker (bool, bool);
>  static bool conditional_replacement (basic_block, basic_block,
>  				     edge, edge, gimple, tree, tree);
>  static int value_replacement (basic_block, basic_block,
> @@ -53,6 +61,9 @@ static bool cond_store_replacement (basic_block, b
>  static bool cond_if_else_store_replacement (basic_block, basic_block, basic_block);
>  static struct pointer_set_t * get_non_trapping (void);
>  static void replace_phi_edge_with_variable (basic_block, edge, gimple, tree);
> +static void hoist_adjacent_loads (basic_block, basic_block,
> +				  basic_block, basic_block);
> +static bool gate_hoist_loads (void);
> 
>  /* This pass tries to replaces an if-then-else block with an
>     assignment.  We have four kinds of transformations.  Some of these
> @@ -138,12 +149,56 @@ static void replace_phi_edge_with_variable (basic_
>       bb2:
>         x = PHI <x' (bb0), ...>;
> 
> -   A similar transformation is done for MAX_EXPR.  */
> +   A similar transformation is done for MAX_EXPR.
> 
> +
> +   This pass also performs a fifth transformation of a slightly different
> +   flavor.
> +
> +   Adjacent Load Hoisting
> +   ----------------------
> +   
> +   This transformation replaces
> +
> +     bb0:
> +       if (...) goto bb2; else goto bb1;
> +     bb1:
> +       x1 = (<expr>).field1;
> +       goto bb3;
> +     bb2:
> +       x2 = (<expr>).field2;
> +     bb3:
> +       # x = PHI <x1, x2>;
> +
> +   with
> +
> +     bb0:
> +       x1 = (<expr>).field1;
> +       x2 = (<expr>).field2;
> +       if (...) goto bb2; else goto bb1;
> +     bb1:
> +       goto bb3;
> +     bb2:
> +     bb3:
> +       # x = PHI <x1, x2>;
> +
> +   The purpose of this transformation is to enable generation of conditional
> +   move instructions such as Intel CMOVE or PowerPC ISEL.  Because one of
> +   the loads is speculative, the transformation is restricted to very
> +   specific cases to avoid introducing a page fault.  We are looking for
> +   the common idiom:
> +
> +     if (...)
> +       x = y->left;
> +     else
> +       x = y->right;
> +
> +   where left and right are typically adjacent pointers in a tree structure.  */
> +
>  static unsigned int
>  tree_ssa_phiopt (void)
>  {
> -  return tree_ssa_phiopt_worker (false);
> +  return tree_ssa_phiopt_worker (false, gate_hoist_loads ());
>  }
> 
>  /* This pass tries to transform conditional stores into unconditional
> @@ -190,7 +245,7 @@ tree_ssa_phiopt (void)
>  static unsigned int
>  tree_ssa_cs_elim (void)
>  {
> -  return tree_ssa_phiopt_worker (true);
> +  return tree_ssa_phiopt_worker (true, false);
>  }
> 
>  /* Return the singleton PHI in the SEQ of PHIs for edges E0 and E1. */
> @@ -227,9 +282,11 @@ static tree condstoretemp;
>  /* The core routine of conditional store replacement and normal
>     phi optimizations.  Both share much of the infrastructure in how
>     to match applicable basic block patterns.  DO_STORE_ELIM is true
> -   when we want to do conditional store replacement, false otherwise.  */
> +   when we want to do conditional store replacement, false otherwise.
> +   DO_HOIST_LOADS is true when we want to hoist adjacent loads out 
> +   of diamond control flow patterns, false otherwise.  */
>  static unsigned int
> -tree_ssa_phiopt_worker (bool do_store_elim)
> +tree_ssa_phiopt_worker (bool do_store_elim, bool do_hoist_loads)
>  {
>    basic_block bb;
>    basic_block *bb_order;
> @@ -312,6 +369,20 @@ static unsigned int
>  	    cfgchanged = true;
>  	  continue;
>  	}
> +      else if (do_hoist_loads
> +		 && EDGE_SUCC (bb1, 0)->dest == EDGE_SUCC (bb2, 0)->dest)
> +	{
> +	  basic_block bb3 = EDGE_SUCC (bb1, 0)->dest;
> +
> +	  if (single_succ_p (bb1)
> +	      && single_succ_p (bb2)
> +	      && single_pred_p (bb1)
> +	      && single_pred_p (bb2)
> +	      && EDGE_COUNT (bb->succs) == 2
> +	      && EDGE_COUNT (bb3->preds) == 2)
> +	    hoist_adjacent_loads (bb, bb1, bb2, bb3);
> +	  continue;
> +	}
>        else
>  	continue;      
> 
> @@ -1707,6 +1778,220 @@ cond_if_else_store_replacement (basic_block then_b
>    return ok;
>  }
> 
> +/* Return TRUE iff EXPR contains any SSA names that are defined in BB.  */
> +
> +static bool
> +local_reg_dependence (tree expr, basic_block bb)
> +{
> +  int i;
> +
> +  if (TREE_CODE (expr) == SSA_NAME)
> +    {
> +      if (SSA_NAME_IS_DEFAULT_DEF (expr))
> +	return false;
> +      else
> +	return (gimple_bb (SSA_NAME_DEF_STMT (expr)) == bb);
> +    }
> +
> +  for (i = 0; i < TREE_OPERAND_LENGTH (expr); i++)
> +    if (TREE_OPERAND (expr, i)
> +	&& local_reg_dependence (TREE_OPERAND (expr, i), bb))
> +      return true;
> +
> +  return false;
> +}
> +
> +/* Return TRUE if STMT has a VUSE whose corresponding VDEF is in BB.  */
> +
> +static bool
> +local_mem_dependence (gimple stmt, basic_block bb)
> +{
> +  tree vuse = gimple_vuse (stmt);
> +  gimple def;
> +
> +  if (!vuse)
> +    return false;
> +
> +  def = SSA_NAME_DEF_STMT (vuse);
> +  return (def && gimple_bb (def) == bb);
> +}
> +
> +/* Given a "diamond" control-flow pattern where BB0 tests a condition,
> +   BB1 and BB2 are "then" and "else" blocks dependent on this test,
> +   and BB3 rejoins control flow following BB1 and BB2, look for 
> +   opportunities to hoist loads as follows.  If BB3 contains a PHI of
> +   two loads, one each occurring in BB1 and BB2, and the loads are
> +   provably of adjacent fields in the same structure, then move both
> +   loads into BB0.  Of course this can only be done if there are no
> +   dependencies preventing such motion.
> +
> +   One of the hoisted loads will always be speculative, so the
> +   transformation is currently conservative:
> +
> +    - The fields must be strictly adjacent.
> +    - Hoisting is only done on aligned pointer fields.
> +    - The two fields must occupy a single memory block that is
> +      guaranteed to not cross a page boundary.
> +
> +    The last is difficult to prove, as such memory blocks should be
> +    aligned on the minimum of the stack alignment boundary and the
> +    alignment guaranteed by heap allocation interfaces.  Thus we rely
> +    on a parameter for the alignment value.
> +
> +    Provided a good value is used for the last case, the first two
> +    restrictions can probably be relaxed.  */
> +
> +static void
> +hoist_adjacent_loads (basic_block bb0, basic_block bb1,
> +		      basic_block bb2, basic_block bb3)
> +{
> +  int param_align = PARAM_VALUE (PARAM_MIN_CMOVE_STRUCT_ALIGN);
> +  gimple_stmt_iterator gsi;
> +
> +  /* Walk the phis in bb3 looking for an opportunity.  We are looking
> +     for phis of two SSA names, one each of which is defined in bb1 and
> +     bb2.  */
> +  for (gsi = gsi_start_phis (bb3); !gsi_end_p (gsi); gsi_next (&gsi))
> +    {
> +      gimple phi_stmt = gsi_stmt (gsi);
> +      gimple def1, def2;
> +      tree arg1, arg2, ref1, ref2, field1, field2;
> +      tree tree_offset1, tree_offset2, tree_size1, tree_size2;
> +      int offset1, offset2, size1, size2, block_offset;
> +      unsigned align1, align2;
> +      gimple_stmt_iterator gsi2;
> +
> +      if (gimple_phi_num_args (phi_stmt) != 2)
> +	continue;
> +
> +      arg1 = gimple_phi_arg_def (phi_stmt, 0);
> +      arg2 = gimple_phi_arg_def (phi_stmt, 1);
> +      
> +      if (TREE_CODE (arg1) != SSA_NAME
> +	  || TREE_CODE (arg2) != SSA_NAME
> +	  || SSA_NAME_IS_DEFAULT_DEF (arg1)
> +	  || SSA_NAME_IS_DEFAULT_DEF (arg2)
> +	  /* FORNOW: Only do this optimization for pointer types.  */
> +	  || !POINTER_TYPE_P (TREE_TYPE (arg1)))
> +	continue;
> +
> +      def1 = SSA_NAME_DEF_STMT (arg1);
> +      def2 = SSA_NAME_DEF_STMT (arg2);
> +
> +      if ((gimple_bb (def1) != bb1 || gimple_bb (def2) != bb2)
> +	  && (gimple_bb (def2) != bb1 || gimple_bb (def1) != bb2))
> +	continue;
> +
> +      /* Unless -fhoist-adjacent-loads was specified, check the mode
> +	 of the arguments to be sure a conditional move can be generated
> +	 for it.  */
> +      if (flag_hoist_adjacent_loads != 1
> +	  && !optab_handler (cmov_optab, TYPE_MODE (TREE_TYPE (arg1))))
> +	continue;
> +
> +      /* Both statements must be assignments whose RHS is a COMPONENT_REF.  */
> +      if (!gimple_assign_single_p (def1)
> +	  || !gimple_assign_single_p (def2))
> +	continue;
> +
> +      ref1 = gimple_assign_rhs1 (def1);
> +      ref2 = gimple_assign_rhs1 (def2);
> +
> +      if (TREE_CODE (ref1) != COMPONENT_REF
> +	  || TREE_CODE (ref2) != COMPONENT_REF)
> +	continue;
> +
> +      /* The zeroth operand of the two component references must be
> +	 identical.  It is not sufficient to compare get_base_address of
> +	 the two references, because this could allow for different
> +	 elements of the same array in the two trees.  It is not safe to
> +	 assume that the existence of one array element implies the
> +	 existence of a different one.  */
> +      if (!operand_equal_p (TREE_OPERAND (ref1, 0), TREE_OPERAND (ref2, 0), 0))
> +	continue;
> +
> +      field1 = TREE_OPERAND (ref1, 1);
> +      field2 = TREE_OPERAND (ref2, 1);
> +
> +      tree_offset1 = DECL_FIELD_BIT_OFFSET (field1);
> +      tree_offset2 = DECL_FIELD_BIT_OFFSET (field2);
> +      tree_size1 = DECL_SIZE_UNIT (field1);
> +      tree_size2 = DECL_SIZE_UNIT (field2);
> +
> +      if (TREE_CODE (tree_offset1) != INTEGER_CST
> +	  || TREE_CODE (tree_offset2) != INTEGER_CST
> +	  || TREE_CODE (tree_size1) != INTEGER_CST
> +	  || TREE_CODE (tree_size2) != INTEGER_CST)
> +	continue;
> +
> +      /* FORNOW: The two field references must be byte-aligned, naturally
> +	 aligned within the record, and adjacent.  */
> +      offset1 = TREE_INT_CST_LOW (tree_offset1);
> +      offset2 = TREE_INT_CST_LOW (tree_offset2);
> +      size1 = TREE_INT_CST_LOW (tree_size1);
> +      size2 = TREE_INT_CST_LOW (tree_size2);
> +      align1 = TYPE_ALIGN (TREE_TYPE (arg1));
> +      align2 = TYPE_ALIGN (TREE_TYPE (arg2));
> +
> +      if (offset1 % BITS_PER_UNIT != 0
> +	  || offset2 % BITS_PER_UNIT != 0
> +	  || offset1 % align1 != 0
> +	  || offset2 % align2 != 0)
> +	continue;
> +
> +      offset1 /= BITS_PER_UNIT;
> +      offset2 /= BITS_PER_UNIT;
> +
> +      if (offset1 + size1 != offset2
> +	  && offset2 + size2 != offset1)
> +	continue;
> +
> +      /* The two field references must fit within a block of memory that
> +	 is guaranteed to be on the same page.  */
> +      block_offset = MIN (offset1, offset2) % param_align;
> +
> +      if (block_offset + size1 + size2 > param_align)
> +	continue;
> +
> +      /* The two expressions cannot be dependent upon SSA names
> +	 or vdefs defined in bb1/bb2.  */
> +      if (local_reg_dependence (TREE_OPERAND (ref1, 0), bb1)
> +	  || local_reg_dependence (TREE_OPERAND (ref2, 0), bb2)
> +	  || local_mem_dependence (def1, bb1)
> +	  || local_mem_dependence (def2, bb2))
> +	continue;
> +
> +      /* The conditions are satisfied; hoist the loads from bb1 and bb2 into
> +	 bb0.  */
> +      gsi2 = gsi_for_stmt (def1);
> +      gsi_move_to_bb_end (&gsi2, bb0);
> +      gsi2 = gsi_for_stmt (def2);
> +      gsi_move_to_bb_end (&gsi2, bb0);
> +
> +      if (dump_file && (dump_flags & TDF_DETAILS))
> +	{
> +	  fprintf (dump_file,
> +		   "\nHoisting adjacent loads from %d and %d into %d: \n",
> +		   bb1->index, bb2->index, bb0->index);
> +	  print_gimple_stmt (dump_file, def1, 0, TDF_VOPS|TDF_MEMSYMS);
> +	  print_gimple_stmt (dump_file, def2, 0, TDF_VOPS|TDF_MEMSYMS);
> +	}
> +    }
> +}
> +
> +/* Determine whether we should attempt to hoist adjacent loads out of
> +   diamond patterns in pass_phiopt.  Always hoist loads if
> +   -fhoist-adjacent-loads is specified, or if the target machine has
> +   a conditional move instruction and -fno-hoist-adjacent-loads is
> +   not specified.  */
> +
> +static bool
> +gate_hoist_loads (void)
> +{
> +  return (flag_hoist_adjacent_loads == 1
> +	  || (HAVE_conditional_move && flag_hoist_adjacent_loads != 0));
> +}
> +
>  /* Always do these optimizations if we have SSA
>     trees to work on.  */
>  static bool
> Index: gcc/common.opt
> ===================================================================
> --- gcc/common.opt	(revision 187057)
> +++ gcc/common.opt	(working copy)
> @@ -1186,6 +1186,11 @@ fgraphite-identity
>  Common Report Var(flag_graphite_identity) Optimization
>  Enable Graphite Identity transformation
> 
> +fhoist-adjacent-loads
> +Common Report Var(flag_hoist_adjacent_loads) Init(-1) Optimization
> +Enable hoisting adjacent loads to encourage generating conditional move
> +instructions
> +
>  floop-parallelize-all
>  Common Report Var(flag_loop_parallelize_all) Optimization
>  Mark all loops as parallel
> Index: gcc/Makefile.in
> ===================================================================
> --- gcc/Makefile.in	(revision 187057)
> +++ gcc/Makefile.in	(working copy)
> @@ -2351,7 +2351,8 @@ tree-ssa-phiopt.o : tree-ssa-phiopt.c $(CONFIG_H)
>     $(TM_H) $(GGC_H) $(TREE_H) $(TM_P_H) $(BASIC_BLOCK_H) \
>     $(TREE_FLOW_H) $(TREE_PASS_H) $(TREE_DUMP_H) langhooks.h $(FLAGS_H) \
>     $(DIAGNOSTIC_H) $(TIMEVAR_H) pointer-set.h domwalk.h $(CFGLOOP_H) \
> -   $(TREE_DATA_REF_H) tree-pretty-print.h
> +   $(TREE_DATA_REF_H) tree-pretty-print.h gimple-pretty-print.h \
> +   insn-config.h $(EXPR_H) $(OPTABS_H)
>  tree-nrv.o : tree-nrv.c $(CONFIG_H) $(SYSTEM_H) coretypes.h \
>     $(TM_H) $(TREE_H) $(FUNCTION_H) $(BASIC_BLOCK_H) $(FLAGS_H) \
>     $(DIAGNOSTIC_H) $(TREE_FLOW_H) $(TIMEVAR_H) $(TREE_DUMP_H) $(TREE_PASS_H) \
> Index: gcc/params.def
> ===================================================================
> --- gcc/params.def	(revision 187057)
> +++ gcc/params.def	(working copy)
> @@ -979,6 +979,13 @@ DEFPARAM (PARAM_MAX_TRACKED_STRLENS,
>  	  "track string lengths",
>  	  1000, 0, 0)
> 
> +/* For adjacent load hoisting transformation in tree-ssa-phiopt.c.  */
> +DEFPARAM (PARAM_MIN_CMOVE_STRUCT_ALIGN,
> +	  "min-cmove-struct-align",
> +	  "Minimum byte alignment to assume for structures in the stack "
> +	  "or heap when considering load hoisting for conditional moves",
> +	  16, 8, 256)
> +
>  /*
>  Local variables:
>  mode:c
> 
> 



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