Compile-time improvement for if conversion.

Richard Biener richard.guenther@gmail.com
Mon Oct 17 11:53:00 GMT 2016


On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 2:07 PM, Yuri Rumyantsev <ysrumyan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Richard,
>
> Here is updated patch with the changes proposed by you.
>
> Bootstrapping and regression testing did not show any new failures.
> Is it OK for trunk?

Ok with dropping the free_dominance_info_for_region variant without
struct function argument and making the one with take struct function *
as _first_ argument.

Thanks,
Richard.

> ChangeLog:
> 2016-10-14  Yuri Rumyantsev  <ysrumyan@gmail.com>
>
> * dominance.c (dom_info::dom_info): Add new constructor for region
> presented by vector of basic blocks.
> (dom_init): New method to initialize members common for both
> constructors.
> (dom_info::dom_info): Invoke dom_init for partial initialization.
> (dom_info::get_idom): Add check to corner cases on basic blocks which
> are not in region.
> (dom_info::calc_dfs_tree): Check M_FAKE_EXIT_EDGE instead of M_REVERSE
> to detect unreachable bbs.
> (dom_info::calc_idoms): Likewise.
> (compute_dom_fast_query_in_region): New function.
> (calculate_dominance_info_for_region): Likewise.
> (free_dominance_info_for_region): Add couple functions to free
> dominance info for region.
> * dominance.h: Add prototypes for introduced region-based functions
> tree-if-conv.c: (build_region): New function.
> (if_convertible_loop_p_1): Invoke local version of post-dominators
> calculation before basic block predication with subsequent freeing
> post-dominator info.
> (tree_if_conversion): Remove free of post-dominator info
> (pass_if_conversion::execute): Delete detection of infinite loops
> and fake edges to exit block since post-dominator calculation is
> performed per if-converted loop only.
>
> 2016-10-13 13:15 GMT+03:00 Richard Biener <richard.guenther@gmail.com>:
>> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Yuri Rumyantsev <ysrumyan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Richard,
>>>
>>> Here is updated patch . I avoided creation of new entry/exit blocks
>>> but instead add check to border cases - do not consider also blocks
>>> which are out of region.
>>>
>>> Any comments will be appreciated.
>>
>> I mostly like it now.  Can you split out all the common parts from the
>> dom_info constructor
>> to a helper method please and just compute m_n_basic_blocks and a max_index and
>> do all the memory allocation in that common function?
>>
>> @@ -276,9 +334,10 @@ dom_info::calc_dfs_tree_nonrec (basic_block bb)
>>               bn = e->src;
>>
>>               /* If the next node BN is either already visited or a border
>> -                block the current edge is useless, and simply overwritten
>> -                with the next edge out of the current node.  */
>> -             if (bn == m_end_block || m_dfs_order[bn->index])
>> +                block or out of region the current edge is useless, and simply
>> +                overwritten with the next edge out of the current node.  */
>> +             if (bn == m_end_block || bn->dom[d_i] == NULL
>>
>> clever idea ;)  Just thinking if this means we support single entry,
>> multiple exit
>> regions for CDI_DOMINATORs and multiple entry, single exit regions for
>> CDI_POST_DOMINATORs.  I think so.  Please update the function comments
>> accordingly.
>>
>>
>> +  m_dfsnum = 1;
>> +  m_nodes = 0;
>> +  m_fake_exit_edge = NULL; /* Assume that region is SCC.  */
>>
>> you mean SESE rather than SCC?
>>
>> @@ -511,7 +573,7 @@ dom_info::calc_idoms ()
>>                                    : ei_start (bb->preds);
>>        edge_iterator einext;
>>
>> -      if (m_reverse)
>> +      if (m_reverse && !in_region)
>>         {
>>           /* If this block has a fake edge to exit, process that first.  */
>>           if (bitmap_bit_p (m_fake_exit_edge, bb->index))
>>
>> I think it's better to simply change the if (m_reverse) test to a if
>> (m_fake_exit_edge) test.
>>
>> I noticed you do not initialize n_bbs_in_dom_tree (just set it to
>> zero), it's not really used
>> anywhere (but in an assert).
>>
>> free_dominance_info_for_region needs a function level comment (per
>> coding guidelines).
>>
>> Please make free_dominance_info_for_region take a struct function * pointer.
>>
>>  @@ -1318,11 +1350,13 @@ if_convertible_loop_p_1 (struct loop *loop,
>> vec<data_reference_p> *refs)
>>  {
>>    unsigned int i;
>>    basic_block exit_bb = NULL;
>> +  vec<basic_block> region;
>>
>>    if (find_data_references_in_loop (loop, refs) == chrec_dont_know)
>>      return false;
>>
>> -  calculate_dominance_info (CDI_DOMINATORS);
>> +  if (dom_info_state (CDI_DOMINATORS) != DOM_OK)
>> +    calculate_dominance_info (CDI_DOMINATORS);
>>
>> This is a premature (unwanted) change.
>>
>> Other than that the only O(function-size) part left is the zeroing in
>>
>> +  /* Determine max basic block index in region.  */
>> +  int max_index = region[0]->index;
>> +  for (size_t i = 1; i < num; i++)
>> +    if (region[i]->index > max_index)
>> +      max_index = region[i]->index;
>> +  max_index += 1;
>> +  m_dfs_order = new_zero_array <TBB> (max_index + 1);
>> +  m_dfs_last = &m_dfs_order[max_index];
>>
>> I suppose we can try addressing this as followup.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for doing this.
>> Richard.
>>
>>> 2016-10-11 16:48 GMT+03:00 Richard Biener <richard.guenther@gmail.com>:
>>>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Yuri Rumyantsev <ysrumyan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Richard,
>>>>>
>>>>> I implemented this by passing callback function in_region which
>>>>> returns true if block belongs to region.
>>>>> I am testing it now
>>>>>
>>>>> I attach modified patch for your quick review.
>>>>
>>>> +  FOR_EACH_VEC_ELT (region, i, bb)
>>>> +    {
>>>> +      bb->dom[dir_index] = et_new_tree (bb);
>>>> +    }
>>>> +  /* Check that region is SESE region.  */
>>>> +  entry = region[0];
>>>> +  if ( EDGE_COUNT (entry->succs) > 1)
>>>> +    {
>>>> +      /* Create new entry block with the only successor.  */
>>>> +      basic_block succ = NULL;
>>>> +      bool found = false;
>>>> +      FOR_EACH_EDGE (e, ei, entry->succs)
>>>> +       if (in_region (region, e->dest))
>>>> +         {
>>>> +           gcc_assert (!found);
>>>>
>>>> is that check equal to e->dest->dom[dir_index] != NULL?  I think we
>>>> shouldn't need the callback.
>>>>
>>>> +    new_entry = create_empty_bb (entry);
>>>> +    unchecked_make_edge (new_entry, succ, 0);
>>>>
>>>> I still think this is somewhat gross and we should try to avoid it
>>>> somehow - at least it's well-hidden now ;)
>>>>
>>>> +    /* Put it to region as entry node.  */
>>>> +    region[0] = new_entry;
>>>>
>>>> so region[0] is overwritten now?
>>>>
>>>> As far as I understand calc_dfs_tree it should be possible to compute
>>>> the region on-the-fly
>>>> from calling calc_dfs_tree_nonrec on the entry/exit (also maybe
>>>> avoiding some of the still
>>>> "large" complexity of zeroing arrays in the constructor).
>>>>
>>>> And if we use that DFS walk directly we should be able to avoid
>>>> creating those fake entry/exit
>>>> blocks by using entry/exit edges instead... (somehow).
>>>>
>>>> Richard.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2016-10-11 13:33 GMT+03:00 Richard Biener <richard.guenther@gmail.com>:
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Yuri Rumyantsev <ysrumyan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Richard,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If "fake" exit or entry block is created in dominance how we can
>>>>>>> determine what is its the only  predecessor or successor without using
>>>>>>> a notion of loop?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The caller passes in an entry and exit edge instead of a block or loop.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Richard.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2016-10-10 15:00 GMT+03:00 Richard Biener <richard.guenther@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Yuri Rumyantsev <ysrumyan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Thanks Richard for your comments.
>>>>>>>>> I'd like to answer on your last comment regarding use split_edge()
>>>>>>>>> instead of creating fake post-header. I started with this splitting
>>>>>>>>> but it requires to fix-up closed ssa form by creating additional phi
>>>>>>>>> nodes, so I decided to use only cfg change without updating ssa form.
>>>>>>>>> Other changes look reasonable and will fix them.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ah.  In this case can you investigate what it takes to make the entry/exit
>>>>>>>> edges rather than BBs?  That is, introduce those "fakes" only internally
>>>>>>>> in dominance.c?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2016-10-10 12:52 GMT+03:00 Richard Biener <richard.guenther@gmail.com>:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 3:22 PM, Yuri Rumyantsev <ysrumyan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Here is implementation of Richard proposal:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> < For general infrastructure it would be nice to expose a (post-)dominator
>>>>>>>>>>> < compute for MESE (post-dominators) / SEME (dominators) regions.  I believe
>>>>>>>>>>> < what makes if-conversion expensive is the post-dom compute which happens
>>>>>>>>>>> < for each loop for the whole function.  It shouldn't be very difficult
>>>>>>>>>>> < to write this,
>>>>>>>>>>> < sharing as much as possible code with the current DOM code might need
>>>>>>>>>>> < quite some refactoring though.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I implemented this proposal by adding calculation of dominance info
>>>>>>>>>>> for SESE regions and incorporate this change to if conversion pass.
>>>>>>>>>>> SESE region is built by adding loop pre-header and possibly fake
>>>>>>>>>>> post-header blocks to loop body. Fake post-header is deleted after
>>>>>>>>>>> predication completion.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Bootstrapping and regression testing did not show any new failures.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Is it OK for trunk?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It's mostly reasonable but I have a few comments.  First, re-using
>>>>>>>>>> bb->dom[] for the dominator info is somewhat fragile but indeed
>>>>>>>>>> a requirement to make the patch reasonably small.  Please,
>>>>>>>>>> in calculate_dominance_info_for_region, make sure that
>>>>>>>>>> !dom_info_available_p (dir).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You pass loop * everywhere but require ->aux to be set up as
>>>>>>>>>> an array of BBs forming the region with special BBs at array ends.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Please instead pass in a vec<basic_block> which avoids using ->aux
>>>>>>>>>> and also allows other non-loop-based SESE regions to be used
>>>>>>>>>> (I couldn't spot anything that relies on this being a loop).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Adding a convenience wrapper for loop  * would be of course nice,
>>>>>>>>>> to cover the special pre/post-header code in tree-if-conv.c.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In theory a SESE region is fully specified by its entry end exit _edge_,
>>>>>>>>>> so you might want to see if it's possible to use such a pair of edges
>>>>>>>>>> to guard the dfs/idom walks to avoid the need to create fake blocks.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Btw, instead of using create_empty_bb, unchecked_make_edge, etc.
>>>>>>>>>> please use split_edge() of the entry/exit edges.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Richard.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ChangeLog:
>>>>>>>>>>> 2016-10-05  Yuri Rumyantsev  <ysrumyan@gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> * dominance.c : Include cfgloop.h for loop recognition.
>>>>>>>>>>> (dom_info): Add new functions and add boolean argument to recognize
>>>>>>>>>>> computation for loop region.
>>>>>>>>>>> (dom_info::dom_info): New function.
>>>>>>>>>>> (dom_info::calc_dfs_tree): Add boolean argument IN_REGION to not
>>>>>>>>>>> handle unvisited blocks.
>>>>>>>>>>> (dom_info::calc_idoms): Likewise.
>>>>>>>>>>> (compute_dom_fast_query_in_region): New function.
>>>>>>>>>>> (calculate_dominance_info): Invoke calc_dfs_tree and calc_idoms with
>>>>>>>>>>> false argument.
>>>>>>>>>>> (calculate_dominance_info_for_region): New function.
>>>>>>>>>>> (free_dominance_info_for_region): Likewise.
>>>>>>>>>>> (verify_dominators): Invoke calc_dfs_tree and calc_idoms with false
>>>>>>>>>>> argument.
>>>>>>>>>>> * dominance.h: Add prototype for introduced functions
>>>>>>>>>>> calculate_dominance_info_for_region and
>>>>>>>>>>> free_dominance_info_for_region.
>>>>>>>>>>> tree-if-conv.c: Add to local variables ifc_sese_bbs & fake_postheader.
>>>>>>>>>>> (build_sese_region): New function.
>>>>>>>>>>> (if_convertible_loop_p_1): Invoke local version of post-dominators
>>>>>>>>>>> calculation, free it after basic block predication and delete created
>>>>>>>>>>> fake post-header block if any.
>>>>>>>>>>> (tree_if_conversion): Delete call of free_dominance_info for
>>>>>>>>>>> post-dominators, free ifc_sese_bbs which represents SESE region.
>>>>>>>>>>> (pass_if_conversion::execute): Delete detection of infinite loops
>>>>>>>>>>> and fake edges to exit block since post-dominator calculation is
>>>>>>>>>>> performed per if-converted loop only.



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