Summary:
InstCombine unfolds expressions of the form `zext(or(icmp, icmp))` to `or(zext(icmp), zext(icmp))` such that in a later iteration of InstCombine the exposed `zext(icmp)` instructions can be optimized. We now combine this unfolding and the subsequent `zext(icmp)` optimization to be performed together. Since the unfolding doesn't happen separately anymore, we also again enable the folding of `logic(cast(icmp), cast(icmp))` expressions to `cast(logic(icmp, icmp))` which had been disabled due to its interference with the unfolding transformation.
Tested via `make check` and `lnt`.
Background
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For a better understanding on how it came to this change we subsequently summarize its history. In commit r275989 we've already tried to enable the folding of `logic(cast(icmp), cast(icmp))` to `cast(logic(icmp, icmp))` which had to be reverted in r276106 because it could lead to an endless loop in InstCombine (also see http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20160718/374347.html). The root of this problem is that in `visitZExt()` in InstCombineCasts.cpp there also exists a reverse of the above folding transformation, that unfolds `zext(or(icmp, icmp))` to `or(zext(icmp), zext(icmp))` in order to expose `zext(icmp)` operations which would then possibly be eliminated by subsequent iterations of InstCombine. However, before these `zext(icmp)` would be eliminated the folding from r275989 could kick in and cause InstCombine to endlessly switch back and forth between the folding and the unfolding transformation. This is the reason why we now combine the `zext`-unfolding and the elimination of the exposed `zext(icmp)` to happen at one go because this enables us to still allow the cast-folding in `logic(cast(icmp), cast(icmp))` without entering an endless loop again.
Details on the submitted changes
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- In `visitZExt()` we combine the unfolding and optimization of `zext` instructions.
- In `transformZExtICmp()` we have to use `Builder->CreateIntCast()` instead of `CastInst::CreateIntegerCast()` to make sure that the new `CastInst` is inserted in a `BasicBlock`. The new calls to `transformZExtICmp()` that we introduce in `visitZExt()` would otherwise cause according assertions to be triggered (in our case this happend, for example, with lnt for the MultiSource/Applications/sqlite3 and SingleSource/Regression/C++/EH/recursive-throw tests). The subsequent usage of `replaceInstUsesWith()` is necessary to ensure that the new `CastInst` replaces the `ZExtInst` accordingly.
- In InstCombineAndOrXor.cpp we again allow the folding of casts on `icmp` instructions.
- The instruction order in the optimized IR for the zext-or-icmp.ll test case is different with the introduced changes.
- The test cases in zext.ll have been adopted from the reverted commits r275989 and r276105.
Reviewers: grosser, majnemer, spatel
Subscribers: eli.friedman, majnemer, llvm-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D22864
Contributed-by: Matthias Reisinger <d412vv1n@gmail.com>
llvm-svn: 277635
Summary: In r275989 we enabled the folding of `logic(cast(icmp), cast(icmp))` to `cast(logic(icmp, icmp))`. Here we add more test cases to assure this folding works for all logical operations `and`/`or`/`xor`.
Reviewers: grosser
Subscribers: llvm-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D22561
Contributed-by: Matthias Reisinger
llvm-svn: 276105
Summary:
Currently, InstCombine is already able to fold expressions of the form `logic(cast(A), cast(B))` to the simpler form `cast(logic(A, B))`, where logic designates one of `and`/`or`/`xor`. This transformation is implemented in `foldCastedBitwiseLogic()` in InstCombineAndOrXor.cpp. However, this optimization will not be performed if both `A` and `B` are `icmp` instructions. The decision to preclude casts of `icmp` instructions originates in r48715 in combination with r261707, and can be best understood by the title of the former one:
> Transform (zext (or (icmp), (icmp))) to (or (zext (cimp), (zext icmp))) if at least one of the (zext icmp) can be transformed to eliminate an icmp.
Apparently, it introduced a transformation that is a reverse of the transformation that is done in `foldCastedBitwiseLogic()`. Its purpose is to expose pairs of `zext icmp` that would subsequently be optimized by `transformZExtICmp()` in InstCombineCasts.cpp. Therefore, in order to avoid an endless loop of switching back and forth between these two transformations, the one in `foldCastedBitwiseLogic()` has been restricted to exclude `icmp` instructions which is mirrored in the responsible check:
`if ((!isa<ICmpInst>(Cast0Src) || !isa<ICmpInst>(Cast1Src)) && ...`
This check seems to sort out more cases than necessary because:
- the reverse transformation is obviously done for `or` instructions only
- and also not every `zext icmp` pair is necessarily the result of this reverse transformation
Therefore we now remove this check and replace it by a more finegrained one in `shouldOptimizeCast()` that now rejects only those `logic(zext(icmp), zext(icmp))` that would be able to be optimized by `transformZExtICmp()`, which also avoids the mentioned endless loop. That means we are now able to also simplify expressions of the form `logic(cast(icmp), cast(icmp))` to `cast(logic(icmp, icmp))` (`cast` being an arbitrary `CastInst`).
As an example, consider the following IR snippet
```
%1 = icmp sgt i64 %a, %b
%2 = zext i1 %1 to i8
%3 = icmp slt i64 %a, %c
%4 = zext i1 %3 to i8
%5 = and i8 %2, %4
```
which would now be transformed to
```
%1 = icmp sgt i64 %a, %b
%2 = icmp slt i64 %a, %c
%3 = and i1 %1, %2
%4 = zext i1 %3 to i8
```
This issue became apparent when experimenting with the programming language Julia, which makes use of LLVM. Currently, Julia lowers its `Bool` datatype to LLVM's `i8` (also see https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/17225). In fact, the above IR example is the lowered form of the Julia snippet `(a > b) & (a < c)`. Like shown above, this may introduce `zext` operations, casting between `i1` and `i8`, which could for example hinder ScalarEvolution and Polly on certain code.
Reviewers: grosser, vtjnash, majnemer
Subscribers: majnemer, llvm-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D22511
Contributed-by: Matthias Reisinger
llvm-svn: 275989
input filename so that opt doesn't print the input filename in the
output so that grep lines in the tests don't unintentionally match
strings in the input filename.
llvm-svn: 81537
