This patch introduces a new pass that computes the safe point to insert the
prologue and epilogue of the function.
The interest is to find safe points that are cheaper than the entry and exits
blocks.
As an example and to avoid regressions to be introduce, this patch also
implements the required bits to enable the shrink-wrapping pass for AArch64.
** Context **
Currently we insert the prologue and epilogue of the method/function in the
entry and exits blocks. Although this is correct, we can do a better job when
those are not immediately required and insert them at less frequently executed
places.
The job of the shrink-wrapping pass is to identify such places.
** Motivating example **
Let us consider the following function that perform a call only in one branch of
a if:
define i32 @f(i32 %a, i32 %b) {
%tmp = alloca i32, align 4
%tmp2 = icmp slt i32 %a, %b
br i1 %tmp2, label %true, label %false
true:
store i32 %a, i32* %tmp, align 4
%tmp4 = call i32 @doSomething(i32 0, i32* %tmp)
br label %false
false:
%tmp.0 = phi i32 [ %tmp4, %true ], [ %a, %0 ]
ret i32 %tmp.0
}
On AArch64 this code generates (removing the cfi directives to ease
readabilities):
_f: ; @f
; BB#0:
stp x29, x30, [sp, #-16]!
mov x29, sp
sub sp, sp, #16 ; =16
cmp w0, w1
b.ge LBB0_2
; BB#1: ; %true
stur w0, [x29, #-4]
sub x1, x29, #4 ; =4
mov w0, wzr
bl _doSomething
LBB0_2: ; %false
mov sp, x29
ldp x29, x30, [sp], #16
ret
With shrink-wrapping we could generate:
_f: ; @f
; BB#0:
cmp w0, w1
b.ge LBB0_2
; BB#1: ; %true
stp x29, x30, [sp, #-16]!
mov x29, sp
sub sp, sp, #16 ; =16
stur w0, [x29, #-4]
sub x1, x29, #4 ; =4
mov w0, wzr
bl _doSomething
add sp, x29, #16 ; =16
ldp x29, x30, [sp], #16
LBB0_2: ; %false
ret
Therefore, we would pay the overhead of setting up/destroying the frame only if
we actually do the call.
** Proposed Solution **
This patch introduces a new machine pass that perform the shrink-wrapping
analysis (See the comments at the beginning of ShrinkWrap.cpp for more details).
It then stores the safe save and restore point into the MachineFrameInfo
attached to the MachineFunction.
This information is then used by the PrologEpilogInserter (PEI) to place the
related code at the right place. This pass runs right before the PEI.
Unlike the original paper of Chow from PLDI’88, this implementation of
shrink-wrapping does not use expensive data-flow analysis and does not need hack
to properly avoid frequently executed point. Instead, it relies on dominance and
loop properties.
The pass is off by default and each target can opt-in by setting the
EnableShrinkWrap boolean to true in their derived class of TargetPassConfig.
This setting can also be overwritten on the command line by using
-enable-shrink-wrap.
Before you try out the pass for your target, make sure you properly fix your
emitProlog/emitEpilog/adjustForXXX method to cope with basic blocks that are not
necessarily the entry block.
** Design Decisions **
1. ShrinkWrap is its own pass right now. It could frankly be merged into PEI but
for debugging and clarity I thought it was best to have its own file.
2. Right now, we only support one save point and one restore point. At some
point we can expand this to several save point and restore point, the impacted
component would then be:
- The pass itself: New algorithm needed.
- MachineFrameInfo: Hold a list or set of Save/Restore point instead of one
pointer.
- PEI: Should loop over the save point and restore point.
Anyhow, at least for this first iteration, I do not believe this is interesting
to support the complex cases. We should revisit that when we motivating
examples.
Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D9210
<rdar://problem/3201744>
llvm-svn: 236507
per-function subtarget.
Currently, code-gen passes the default or generic subtarget to the constructors
of MCInstPrinter subclasses (see LLVMTargetMachine::addPassesToEmitFile), which
enables some targets (AArch64, ARM, and X86) to change their instprinter's
behavior based on the subtarget feature bits. Since the backend can now use
different subtargets for each function, instprinter has to be changed to use the
per-function subtarget rather than the default subtarget.
This patch takes the first step towards enabling instprinter to change its
behavior based on the per-function subtarget. It adds a bit "PassSubtarget" to
AsmWriter which tells table-gen to pass a reference to MCSubtargetInfo to the
various print methods table-gen auto-generates.
I will follow up with changes to instprinters of AArch64, ARM, and X86.
llvm-svn: 233411
Expose bpf pseudo load instruction via intrinsic. It is used by front-ends that
can encode file descriptors directly into IR instead of relying on relocations.
llvm-svn: 233396
TargetMachine::getSubtargetImpl routines.
This keeps the target independent code free of bare subtarget
calls while the remainder of the backends are migrated, or not
if they don't wish to support per-function subtargets as would
be needed for function multiversioning or LTO of disparate
cpu subarchitecture types, e.g.
clang -msse4.2 -c foo.c -emit-llvm -o foo.bc
clang -c bar.c -emit-llvm -o bar.bc
llvm-link foo.bc bar.bc -o baz.bc
llc baz.bc
and get appropriate code for what the command lines requested.
llvm-svn: 232885
Summary:
I don't know why every singled backend had to redeclare its own DataLayout.
There was a virtual getDataLayout() on the common base TargetMachine, the
default implementation returned nullptr. It was not clear from this that
we could assume at call site that a DataLayout will be available with
each Target.
Now getDataLayout() is no longer virtual and return a pointer to the
DataLayout member of the common base TargetMachine. I plan to turn it into
a reference in a future patch.
The only backend that didn't have a DataLayout previsouly was the CPPBackend.
It now initializes the default DataLayout. This commit is NFC for all the
other backends.
Test Plan: clang+llvm ninja check-all
Reviewers: echristo
Subscribers: jfb, jholewinski, llvm-commits
Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D8243
From: Mehdi Amini <mehdi.amini@apple.com>
llvm-svn: 231987
time. The target independent code was passing in one all the
time and targets weren't checking validity before using. Update
a few calls to pass in a MachineFunction where necessary.
llvm-svn: 231970
This required plumbing a TargetRegisterInfo through computeRegisterProperties
and into findRepresentativeClass which uses it for register class
iteration. This required passing a subtarget into a few target specific
initializations of TargetLowering.
llvm-svn: 230583
LLVM's include tree and the use of using declarations to hide the
'legacy' namespace for the old pass manager.
This undoes the primary modules-hostile change I made to keep
out-of-tree targets building. I sent an email inquiring about whether
this would be reasonable to do at this phase and people seemed fine with
it, so making it a reality. This should allow us to start bootstrapping
with modules to a certain extent along with making it easier to mix and
match headers in general.
The updates to any code for users of LLVM are very mechanical. Switch
from including "llvm/PassManager.h" to "llvm/IR/LegacyPassManager.h".
Qualify the types which now produce compile errors with "legacy::". The
most common ones are "PassManager", "PassManagerBase", and
"FunctionPassManager".
llvm-svn: 229094
Summary:
Hi Eric,
this patch cleans up the layering violation that you're fixing across backends.
Anything else I need to fix on bpf backend side?
Thanks
Reviewers: echristo
Reviewed By: echristo
Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D7355
llvm-svn: 227865
Summary:
V8->V9:
- cleanup tests
V7->V8:
- addressed feedback from David:
- switched to range-based 'for' loops
- fixed formatting of tests
V6->V7:
- rebased and adjusted AsmPrinter args
- CamelCased .td, fixed formatting, cleaned up names, removed unused patterns
- diffstat: 3 files changed, 203 insertions(+), 227 deletions(-)
V5->V6:
- addressed feedback from Chandler:
- reinstated full verbose standard banner in all files
- fixed variables that were not in CamelCase
- fixed names of #ifdef in header files
- removed redundant braces in if/else chains with single statements
- fixed comments
- removed trailing empty line
- dropped debug annotations from tests
- diffstat of these changes:
46 files changed, 456 insertions(+), 469 deletions(-)
V4->V5:
- fix setLoadExtAction() interface
- clang-formated all where it made sense
V3->V4:
- added CODE_OWNERS entry for BPF backend
V2->V3:
- fix metadata in tests
V1->V2:
- addressed feedback from Tom and Matt
- removed top level change to configure (now everything via 'experimental-backend')
- reworked error reporting via DiagnosticInfo (similar to R600)
- added few more tests
- added cmake build
- added Triple::bpf
- tested on linux and darwin
V1 cover letter:
---------------------
recently linux gained "universal in-kernel virtual machine" which is called
eBPF or extended BPF. The name comes from "Berkeley Packet Filter", since
new instruction set is based on it.
This patch adds a new backend that emits extended BPF instruction set.
The concept and development are covered by the following articles:
http://lwn.net/Articles/599755/http://lwn.net/Articles/575531/http://lwn.net/Articles/603983/http://lwn.net/Articles/606089/http://lwn.net/Articles/612878/
One of use cases: dtrace/systemtap alternative.
bpf syscall manpage:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b4fc1a460f3017e958e6a8ea560ea0afd91bf6fe
instruction set description and differences vs classic BPF:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
Short summary of instruction set:
- 64-bit registers
R0 - return value from in-kernel function, and exit value for BPF program
R1 - R5 - arguments from BPF program to in-kernel function
R6 - R9 - callee saved registers that in-kernel function will preserve
R10 - read-only frame pointer to access stack
- two-operand instructions like +, -, *, mov, load/store
- implicit prologue/epilogue (invisible stack pointer)
- no floating point, no simd
Short history of extended BPF in kernel:
interpreter in 3.15, x64 JIT in 3.16, arm64 JIT, verifier, bpf syscall in 3.18, more to come in the future.
It's a very small and simple backend.
There is no support for global variables, arbitrary function calls, floating point, varargs,
exceptions, indirect jumps, arbitrary pointer arithmetic, alloca, etc.
From C front-end point of view it's very restricted. It's done on purpose, since kernel
rejects all programs that it cannot prove safe. It rejects programs with loops
and with memory accesses via arbitrary pointers. When kernel accepts the program it is
guaranteed that program will terminate and will not crash the kernel.
This patch implements all 'must have' bits. There are several things on TODO list,
so this is not the end of development.
Most of the code is a boiler plate code, copy-pasted from other backends.
Only odd things are lack or < and <= instructions, specialized load_byte intrinsics
and 'compare and goto' as single instruction.
Current instruction set is fixed, but more instructions can be added in the future.
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Subscribers: majnemer, chandlerc, echristo, joerg, pete, rengolin, kristof.beyls, arsenm, t.p.northover, tstellarAMD, aemerson, llvm-commits
Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D6494
llvm-svn: 227008
