[PATCH] arm: Fix multiple inheritance thunks for thumb-1 with -mpure-code

Richard Earnshaw Richard.Earnshaw@foss.arm.com
Wed Oct 21 17:36:47 GMT 2020


On 21/10/2020 17:11, Christophe Lyon via Gcc-patches wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 18:07, Richard Earnshaw
> <Richard.Earnshaw@foss.arm.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 21/10/2020 16:49, Christophe Lyon via Gcc-patches wrote:
>>> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 13:25, Richard Earnshaw
>>> <Richard.Earnshaw@foss.arm.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 20/10/2020 12:22, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
>>>>> On 19/10/2020 17:32, Christophe Lyon via Gcc-patches wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 at 16:39, Richard Earnshaw
>>>>>> <Richard.Earnshaw@foss.arm.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 12/10/2020 08:59, Christophe Lyon via Gcc-patches wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 at 11:58, Richard Earnshaw
>>>>>>>> <Richard.Earnshaw@foss.arm.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 08/10/2020 10:07, Christophe Lyon via Gcc-patches wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 at 18:02, Richard Earnshaw
>>>>>>>>>> <Richard.Earnshaw@foss.arm.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 29/09/2020 20:50, Christophe Lyon via Gcc-patches wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> When mi_delta is > 255 and -mpure-code is used, we cannot load delta
>>>>>>>>>>>> from code memory (like we do without -mpure-code).
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> This patch builds the value of mi_delta into r3 with a series of
>>>>>>>>>>>> movs/adds/lsls.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> We also do some cleanup by not emitting the function address and delta
>>>>>>>>>>>> via .word directives at the end of the thunk since we don't use them
>>>>>>>>>>>> with -mpure-code.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> No need for new testcases, this bug was already identified by
>>>>>>>>>>>> eg. pr46287-3.C
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 2020-09-29  Christophe Lyon  <christophe.lyon@linaro.org>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>       gcc/
>>>>>>>>>>>>       * config/arm/arm.c (arm_thumb1_mi_thunk): Build mi_delta in r3 and
>>>>>>>>>>>>       do not emit function address and delta when -mpure-code is used.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Richard,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your comments.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There are some optimizations you can make to this code.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Firstly, for values between 256 and 510 (inclusive), it would be better
>>>>>>>>>>> to just expand a mov of 255 followed by an add.
>>>>>>>>>> I now see the splitted for the "Pe" constraint which I hadn't noticed
>>>>>>>>>> before, so I can write something similar indeed.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> However, I'm note quite sure to understand the benefit in the split
>>>>>>>>>> when -mpure-code is NOT used.
>>>>>>>>>> Consider:
>>>>>>>>>> int f3_1 (void) { return 510; }
>>>>>>>>>> int f3_2 (void) { return 511; }
>>>>>>>>>> Compile with -O2 -mcpu=cortex-m0:
>>>>>>>>>> f3_1:
>>>>>>>>>>         movs    r0, #255
>>>>>>>>>>         lsls    r0, r0, #1
>>>>>>>>>>         bx      lr
>>>>>>>>>> f3_2:
>>>>>>>>>>         ldr     r0, .L4
>>>>>>>>>>         bx      lr
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The splitter makes the code bigger, does it "compensate" for this by
>>>>>>>>>> not having to load the constant?
>>>>>>>>>> Actually the constant uses 4 more bytes, which should be taken into
>>>>>>>>>> account when comparing code size,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Yes, the size of the literal pool entry needs to be taken into account.
>>>>>>>>>  It might happen that the entry could be shared with another use of that
>>>>>>>>> literal, but in general that's rare.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> so f3_1 uses 6 bytes, and f3_2 uses 8, so as you say below three
>>>>>>>>>> thumb1 instructions would be equivalent in size compared to loading
>>>>>>>>>> from the literal pool. Should the 256-510 range be extended?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It's a bit borderline at three instructions when literal pools are not
>>>>>>>>> expensive to use, but in thumb1 literal pools tend to be quite small due
>>>>>>>>> to the limited pc offsets we can use.  I think on balance we probably
>>>>>>>>> want to use the instruction sequence unless optimizing for size.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is also true for
>>>>>>>>>>> the literal pools alternative as well, so should be handled before all
>>>>>>>>>>> this.
>>>>>>>>>> I am not sure what you mean: with -mpure-code, the above sample is compiled as:
>>>>>>>>>> f3_1:
>>>>>>>>>>         movs    r0, #255
>>>>>>>>>>         lsls    r0, r0, #1
>>>>>>>>>>         bx      lr
>>>>>>>>>> f3_2:
>>>>>>>>>>         movs    r0, #1
>>>>>>>>>>         lsls    r0, r0, #8
>>>>>>>>>>         adds    r0, r0, #255
>>>>>>>>>>         bx      lr
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> so the "return 510" case is already handled as without -mpure-code.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I was thinking specifically of the thunk sequence where you seem to be
>>>>>>>>> emitting instructions directly rather than generating RTL.  The examples
>>>>>>>>> you show here are not thunks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> OK thanks for the clarification.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here is an updated version, split into 3 patches to hopefully make
>>>>>>>> review easier.
>>>>>>>> They apply on top of my other mpure-code patches for PR96967 and PR96770:
>>>>>>>> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2020-September/554956.html
>>>>>>>> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2020-September/554957.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I kept it this way to make incremental changes easier to understand.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Patch 1: With the hope to avoid confusion and make maintenance easier,
>>>>>>>> I have updated thumb1_gen_const_int() so that it can generate either RTL or
>>>>>>>> asm. This way, all the code used to build thumb-1 constants is in the
>>>>>>>> same place,
>>>>>>>>  in case we need to improve/fix it later. We now generate shorter sequences in
>>>>>>>> several cases matching your comments.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Patch 2: Removes the equivalent loop from thumb1_movsi_insn pattern and
>>>>>>>> calls thumb1_gen_const_int.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Patch 3: Update of the original patch in this thread, now calls
>>>>>>>> thumb1_gen_const_int.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yuk!  Those changes to thumb1_gen_const_int are horrible.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I think we should be able to leverage the fact that the compiler can use
>>>>>>> C++ now to do much better than that, for example by making that function
>>>>>>> a template.  For example (and this is just a sketch):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Indeed! I didn't think about it since there is no other use of
>>>>>> templates in arm.c yet.
>>>>>> I'll send an update soon.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Other than that, does the approach look OK to you?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I think this is heading in the right direction.  Bringing the two
>>>>> immediate generating operations into a single function can only be a
>>>>> good thing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking again at your example constant sequences, I see:
>>>>>
>>>>> 0x1000010:
>>>>>         movs    r3, #16
>>>>>         lsls    r3, #16
>>>>>         adds    r3, #1
>>>>>         lsls    r3, #4
>>>>> 0x1000011:
>>>>>         movs    r3, #1
>>>>>         lsls    r3, #24
>>>>>         adds    r3, #17
>>>>>
>>>>> The first of these looks odd, given the second sequence.  Why doesn't
>>>>> the first expand to
>>>>>
>>>>> 0x1000010:
>>>>>         movs    r3, #16
>>>>>         lsls    r3, #16
>>>>>         adds    r3, #16
>>>>>
>>>> Err, I mean to:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 0x1000010:
>>>>         movs    r3, #1
>>>>         lsls    r3, #24
>>>>         adds    r3, #16
>>>>
>>>> ?
>>>
>>> Because I first try to right-shift the constant, hoping to reduce its
>>> range and need less instructions to build the higher part, then
>>> left-shift back.
>>>
>>> In this particular case, we'd need to realize that there are many
>>> zeros "inside" the constant.
>>>
>>> If I remove the part that tries to reduce the range, I do get that
>>> sequence, but for 764 I now generate
>>> movs    r3, #2
>>> lsls    r3, #8
>>> adds    r3, #252
>>> instead of
>>> movs    r3, #191
>>> lsls    r3, #2
>>>
>>> A possibility would be to try both approaches and keep the shortest one.
>>
>> Lets leave that for now, it's not important to fixing the main issue;
>> but we should remember we need to come back to it at some point.
>>
> Thanks, that's what I was thinking too.
> 
>> There are other tricks as well, such as
>>
>>   0xffffff
>>
>> can be done as
>>
>>   0x1000000 - 1
>>
>> and
>>
>>   0xfffffd
>>
>> as
>>
>>   0x1000000 - 3
>>
>> but these can wait as well.
>>
> 
> Didn't we already need to handle such tricks? I'm surprised this
> wasn't needed earlier.
> 

I don't think we ever worried about them.  Most of them need at least 3
instructions so aren't a code size saving over using a literal pool entry.

R.

> 
>>
>> R.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> R.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Christophe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> class t1_rtl
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>  public:
>>>>>>>   void ashift(int a) { gen_rtx_ASHIFT(a); }
>>>>>>>   void rshift(int b) { gen_rtx_SHIFTRT(b); }
>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> class t1_print
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>  public:
>>>>>>>   t1_print (FILE *f) : t_file(f) {}
>>>>>>>   void ashift (int a) { fprintf (t_file, "a shift %d\n", a); }
>>>>>>>   void rshift (int b) { fprintf (t_file, "r shift %d\n", b); }
>>>>>>>  private:
>>>>>>>   FILE *t_file;
>>>>>>> };
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> template <class T>
>>>>>>> void thumb1_gen_const_int(T t, int f)
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>   // Expansion of thumb1_gen_const_int ...
>>>>>>>   t.ashift(f);
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> // Usage...
>>>>>>> void f1()
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>   // Use the RTL expander
>>>>>>>   t1_rtl g;
>>>>>>>   thumb1_gen_const_int (g, 3);
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> void f2()
>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>   // Use the printf expander writing to stdout
>>>>>>>   t1_print g(stdout);
>>>>>>>   thumb1_gen_const_int (g, 3);
>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With this you can write thumb1_gen_const_int without having to worry
>>>>>>> about which expander is being used in each instance and the template
>>>>>>> expansion will use the right version.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> R.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  I also suspect (but haven't check) that the base adjustment will
>>>>>>>>>>> most commonly be a multiple of the machine word size (ie 4).  If that is
>>>>>>>>>>> the case then you could generate n/4 and then shift it left by 2 for an
>>>>>>>>>>> even greater range of literals.
>>>>>>>>>> I can see there is provision for this in the !TARGET_THUMB1_ONLY case,
>>>>>>>>>> I'll update my patch.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>  More generally, any sequence of up to
>>>>>>>>>>> three thumb1 instructions will be no larger, and probably as fast as the
>>>>>>>>>>> existing literal pool fall back.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Secondly, if the value is, for example, 65536 (0x10000), your code will
>>>>>>>>>>> emit a mov followed by two shift-by-8 instructions; the two shifts could
>>>>>>>>>>> be merged into a single shift-by-16.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Right, I'll try to make use of thumb_shiftable_const.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Finally, I'd really like to see some executable tests for this, if at
>>>>>>>>>>> all possible.
>>>>>>>>>> I mentioned pr46287-3.C, but that's not the only existing testcase
>>>>>>>>>> that showed the problem. There are also:
>>>>>>>>>> g++.dg/opt/thunk1.C
>>>>>>>>>> g++.dg/ipa/pr46984.C
>>>>>>>>>> g++.dg/torture/pr46287.C
>>>>>>>>>> g++.dg/torture/pr45699.C
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you want that I copy one of these in the arm subdir and add
>>>>>>>>>> -mpure-code in dg-options?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On reflection, probably not - that just makes things more complicated
>>>>>>>>> with all the dg-options mess (I'm worried about interactions with other
>>>>>>>>> sets of options on the command line and the fall-out from that).  If
>>>>>>>>> someone cares about pure-code they should be doing full testsuite runs
>>>>>>>>> with it enabled and that should be sufficient.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, that's what I am doing manually, it's a bit tricky, and I use a
>>>>>>>> modified simulator.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Christophe
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> R.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Christophe
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> R.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> k#   (use "git pull" to merge the remote branch into yours)
>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>>  gcc/config/arm/arm.c | 91 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>>>>>>>>>>>>  1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
>>>>>>>>>>>> index ceeb91f..62abeb5 100644
>>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -28342,9 +28342,43 @@ arm_thumb1_mi_thunk (FILE *file, tree, HOST_WIDE_INT delta,
>>>>>>>>>>>>      {
>>>>>>>>>>>>        if (mi_delta > 255)
>>>>>>>>>>>>       {
>>>>>>>>>>>> -       fputs ("\tldr\tr3, ", file);
>>>>>>>>>>>> -       assemble_name (file, label);
>>>>>>>>>>>> -       fputs ("+4\n", file);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +       /* With -mpure-code, we cannot load delta from the constant
>>>>>>>>>>>> +          pool: we build it explicitly.  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> +       if (target_pure_code)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +         {
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           bool mov_done_p = false;
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           int i;
>>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           /* Emit upper 3 bytes if needed.  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +             {
>>>>>>>>>>>> +               int byte = (mi_delta >> (8 * (3 - i))) & 0xff;
>>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>> +               if (byte)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                 {
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   if (mov_done_p)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                     asm_fprintf (file, "\tadds\tr3, #%d\n", byte);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   else
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                     asm_fprintf (file, "\tmovs\tr3, #%d\n", byte);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                   mov_done_p = true;
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                 }
>>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>> +               if (mov_done_p)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                 asm_fprintf (file, "\tlsls\tr3, #8\n");
>>>>>>>>>>>> +             }
>>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           /* Emit lower byte if needed.  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           if (!mov_done_p)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +             asm_fprintf (file, "\tmovs\tr3, #%d\n", mi_delta & 0xff);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           else if (mi_delta & 0xff)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +             asm_fprintf (file, "\tadds\tr3, #%d\n", mi_delta & 0xff);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +         }
>>>>>>>>>>>> +       else
>>>>>>>>>>>> +         {
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           fputs ("\tldr\tr3, ", file);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           assemble_name (file, label);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           fputs ("+4\n", file);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +         }
>>>>>>>>>>>>         asm_fprintf (file, "\t%ss\t%r, %r, r3\n",
>>>>>>>>>>>>                      mi_op, this_regno, this_regno);
>>>>>>>>>>>>       }
>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -28380,30 +28414,37 @@ arm_thumb1_mi_thunk (FILE *file, tree, HOST_WIDE_INT delta,
>>>>>>>>>>>>       fputs ("\tpop\t{r3}\n", file);
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>        fprintf (file, "\tbx\tr12\n");
>>>>>>>>>>>> -      ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGN (file, 2);
>>>>>>>>>>>> -      assemble_name (file, label);
>>>>>>>>>>>> -      fputs (":\n", file);
>>>>>>>>>>>> -      if (flag_pic)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>> +      /* With -mpure-code, we don't need to emit literals for the
>>>>>>>>>>>> +      function address and delta since we emitted code to build
>>>>>>>>>>>> +      them.  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> +      if (!target_pure_code)
>>>>>>>>>>>>       {
>>>>>>>>>>>> -       /* Output ".word .LTHUNKn-[3,7]-.LTHUNKPCn".  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> -       rtx tem = XEXP (DECL_RTL (function), 0);
>>>>>>>>>>>> -       /* For TARGET_THUMB1_ONLY the thunk is in Thumb mode, so the PC
>>>>>>>>>>>> -          pipeline offset is four rather than eight.  Adjust the offset
>>>>>>>>>>>> -          accordingly.  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> -       tem = plus_constant (GET_MODE (tem), tem,
>>>>>>>>>>>> -                            TARGET_THUMB1_ONLY ? -3 : -7);
>>>>>>>>>>>> -       tem = gen_rtx_MINUS (GET_MODE (tem),
>>>>>>>>>>>> -                            tem,
>>>>>>>>>>>> -                            gen_rtx_SYMBOL_REF (Pmode,
>>>>>>>>>>>> -                                                ggc_strdup (labelpc)));
>>>>>>>>>>>> -       assemble_integer (tem, 4, BITS_PER_WORD, 1);
>>>>>>>>>>>> -     }
>>>>>>>>>>>> -      else
>>>>>>>>>>>> -     /* Output ".word .LTHUNKn".  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> -     assemble_integer (XEXP (DECL_RTL (function), 0), 4, BITS_PER_WORD, 1);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +       ASM_OUTPUT_ALIGN (file, 2);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +       assemble_name (file, label);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +       fputs (":\n", file);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +       if (flag_pic)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +         {
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           /* Output ".word .LTHUNKn-[3,7]-.LTHUNKPCn".  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           rtx tem = XEXP (DECL_RTL (function), 0);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           /* For TARGET_THUMB1_ONLY the thunk is in Thumb mode, so the PC
>>>>>>>>>>>> +              pipeline offset is four rather than eight.  Adjust the offset
>>>>>>>>>>>> +              accordingly.  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           tem = plus_constant (GET_MODE (tem), tem,
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                                TARGET_THUMB1_ONLY ? -3 : -7);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           tem = gen_rtx_MINUS (GET_MODE (tem),
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                                tem,
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                                gen_rtx_SYMBOL_REF (Pmode,
>>>>>>>>>>>> +                                                    ggc_strdup (labelpc)));
>>>>>>>>>>>> +           assemble_integer (tem, 4, BITS_PER_WORD, 1);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +         }
>>>>>>>>>>>> +       else
>>>>>>>>>>>> +         /* Output ".word .LTHUNKn".  */
>>>>>>>>>>>> +         assemble_integer (XEXP (DECL_RTL (function), 0), 4, BITS_PER_WORD, 1);
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> -      if (TARGET_THUMB1_ONLY && mi_delta > 255)
>>>>>>>>>>>> -     assemble_integer (GEN_INT(mi_delta), 4, BITS_PER_WORD, 1);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +       if (TARGET_THUMB1_ONLY && mi_delta > 255)
>>>>>>>>>>>> +         assemble_integer (GEN_INT(mi_delta), 4, BITS_PER_WORD, 1);
>>>>>>>>>>>> +     }
>>>>>>>>>>>>      }
>>>>>>>>>>>>    else
>>>>>>>>>>>>      {
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>



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