//===- FunctionSpecialization.cpp - Function Specialization ---------------===// // // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // // This specialises functions with constant parameters (e.g. functions, // globals). Constant parameters like function pointers and constant globals // are propagated to the callee by specializing the function. // // Current limitations: // - It does not handle specialization of recursive functions, // - It does not yet handle integer ranges. // - Only 1 argument per function is specialised, // - The cost-model could be further looked into, // - We are not yet caching analysis results. // // Ideas: // - With a function specialization attribute for arguments, we could have // a direct way to steer function specialization, avoiding the cost-model, // and thus control compile-times / code-size. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/AssumptionCache.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/CodeMetrics.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/DomTreeUpdater.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/InlineCost.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/LoopInfo.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/TargetLibraryInfo.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/TargetTransformInfo.h" #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/SCCP.h" #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/Cloning.h" #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/SizeOpts.h" #include using namespace llvm; #define DEBUG_TYPE "function-specialization" STATISTIC(NumFuncSpecialized, "Number of functions specialized"); static cl::opt ForceFunctionSpecialization( "force-function-specialization", cl::init(false), cl::Hidden, cl::desc("Force function specialization for every call site with a " "constant argument")); static cl::opt FuncSpecializationMaxIters( "func-specialization-max-iters", cl::Hidden, cl::desc("The maximum number of iterations function specialization is run"), cl::init(1)); static cl::opt MaxConstantsThreshold( "func-specialization-max-constants", cl::Hidden, cl::desc("The maximum number of clones allowed for a single function " "specialization"), cl::init(3)); static cl::opt AvgLoopIterationCount("func-specialization-avg-iters-cost", cl::Hidden, cl::desc("Average loop iteration count cost"), cl::init(10)); static cl::opt EnableSpecializationForLiteralConstant( "function-specialization-for-literal-constant", cl::init(false), cl::Hidden, cl::desc("Make function specialization available for literal constant.")); // Helper to check if \p LV is either overdefined or a constant int. static bool isOverdefined(const ValueLatticeElement &LV) { return !LV.isUnknownOrUndef() && !LV.isConstant(); } class FunctionSpecializer { /// The IPSCCP Solver. SCCPSolver &Solver; /// Analyses used to help determine if a function should be specialized. std::function GetAC; std::function GetTTI; std::function GetTLI; SmallPtrSet SpecializedFuncs; public: FunctionSpecializer(SCCPSolver &Solver, std::function GetAC, std::function GetTTI, std::function GetTLI) : Solver(Solver), GetAC(GetAC), GetTTI(GetTTI), GetTLI(GetTLI) {} /// Attempt to specialize functions in the module to enable constant /// propagation across function boundaries. /// /// \returns true if at least one function is specialized. bool specializeFunctions(SmallVectorImpl &FuncDecls, SmallVectorImpl &CurrentSpecializations) { // Attempt to specialize the argument-tracked functions. bool Changed = false; for (auto *F : FuncDecls) { if (specializeFunction(F, CurrentSpecializations)) { Changed = true; LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Can specialize this func.\n"); } else { LLVM_DEBUG( dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Cannot specialize this func.\n"); } } for (auto *SpecializedFunc : CurrentSpecializations) { SpecializedFuncs.insert(SpecializedFunc); // TODO: If we want to support specializing specialized functions, // initialize here the state of the newly created functions, marking // them argument-tracked and executable. // Replace the function arguments for the specialized functions. for (Argument &Arg : SpecializedFunc->args()) if (!Arg.use_empty() && tryToReplaceWithConstant(&Arg)) LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Replaced constant argument: " << Arg.getName() << "\n"); } NumFuncSpecialized += NbFunctionsSpecialized; return Changed; } bool tryToReplaceWithConstant(Value *V) { if (!V->getType()->isSingleValueType() || isa(V) || V->user_empty()) return false; const ValueLatticeElement &IV = Solver.getLatticeValueFor(V); if (isOverdefined(IV)) return false; auto *Const = IV.isConstant() ? Solver.getConstant(IV) : UndefValue::get(V->getType()); V->replaceAllUsesWith(Const); // TODO: Update the solver here if we want to specialize specialized // functions. return true; } private: // The number of functions specialised, used for collecting statistics and // also in the cost model. unsigned NbFunctionsSpecialized = 0; /// This function decides whether to specialize function \p F based on the /// known constant values its arguments can take on. Specialization is /// performed on the first interesting argument. Specializations based on /// additional arguments will be evaluated on following iterations of the /// main IPSCCP solve loop. \returns true if the function is specialized and /// false otherwise. bool specializeFunction(Function *F, SmallVectorImpl &Specializations) { // Do not specialize the cloned function again. if (SpecializedFuncs.contains(F)) { return false; } // If we're optimizing the function for size, we shouldn't specialize it. if (F->hasOptSize() || shouldOptimizeForSize(F, nullptr, nullptr, PGSOQueryType::IRPass)) return false; // Exit if the function is not executable. There's no point in specializing // a dead function. if (!Solver.isBlockExecutable(&F->getEntryBlock())) return false; LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Try function: " << F->getName() << "\n"); // Determine if we should specialize the function based on the values the // argument can take on. If specialization is not profitable, we continue // on to the next argument. for (Argument &A : F->args()) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Analysing arg: " << A.getName() << "\n"); // True if this will be a partial specialization. We will need to keep // the original function around in addition to the added specializations. bool IsPartial = true; // Determine if this argument is interesting. If we know the argument can // take on any constant values, they are collected in Constants. If the // argument can only ever equal a constant value in Constants, the // function will be completely specialized, and the IsPartial flag will // be set to false by isArgumentInteresting (that function only adds // values to the Constants list that are deemed profitable). SmallVector Constants; if (!isArgumentInteresting(&A, Constants, IsPartial)) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Argument is not interesting\n"); continue; } assert(!Constants.empty() && "No constants on which to specialize"); LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Argument is interesting!\n" << "FnSpecialization: Specializing '" << F->getName() << "' on argument: " << A << "\n" << "FnSpecialization: Constants are:\n\n"; for (unsigned I = 0; I < Constants.size(); ++I) dbgs() << *Constants[I] << "\n"; dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: End of constants\n\n"); // Create a version of the function in which the argument is marked // constant with the given value. for (auto *C : Constants) { // Clone the function. We leave the ValueToValueMap empty to allow // IPSCCP to propagate the constant arguments. ValueToValueMapTy EmptyMap; Function *Clone = CloneFunction(F, EmptyMap); Argument *ClonedArg = Clone->arg_begin() + A.getArgNo(); // Rewrite calls to the function so that they call the clone instead. rewriteCallSites(F, Clone, *ClonedArg, C); // Initialize the lattice state of the arguments of the function clone, // marking the argument on which we specialized the function constant // with the given value. Solver.markArgInFuncSpecialization(F, ClonedArg, C); // Mark all the specialized functions Specializations.push_back(Clone); NbFunctionsSpecialized++; } // TODO: if we want to support specialize specialized functions, and if // the function has been completely specialized, the original function is // no longer needed, so we would need to mark it unreachable here. // FIXME: Only one argument per function. return true; } return false; } /// Compute the cost of specializing function \p F. InstructionCost getSpecializationCost(Function *F) { // Compute the code metrics for the function. SmallPtrSet EphValues; CodeMetrics::collectEphemeralValues(F, &(GetAC)(*F), EphValues); CodeMetrics Metrics; for (BasicBlock &BB : *F) Metrics.analyzeBasicBlock(&BB, (GetTTI)(*F), EphValues); // If the code metrics reveal that we shouldn't duplicate the function, we // shouldn't specialize it. Set the specialization cost to Invalid. if (Metrics.notDuplicatable) { InstructionCost C{}; C.setInvalid(); return C; } // Otherwise, set the specialization cost to be the cost of all the // instructions in the function and penalty for specializing more functions. unsigned Penalty = NbFunctionsSpecialized + 1; return Metrics.NumInsts * InlineConstants::InstrCost * Penalty; } InstructionCost getUserBonus(User *U, llvm::TargetTransformInfo &TTI, LoopInfo &LI) { auto *I = dyn_cast_or_null(U); // If not an instruction we do not know how to evaluate. // Keep minimum possible cost for now so that it doesnt affect // specialization. if (!I) return std::numeric_limits::min(); auto Cost = TTI.getUserCost(U, TargetTransformInfo::TCK_SizeAndLatency); // Traverse recursively if there are more uses. // TODO: Any other instructions to be added here? if (I->mayReadFromMemory() || I->isCast()) for (auto *User : I->users()) Cost += getUserBonus(User, TTI, LI); // Increase the cost if it is inside the loop. auto LoopDepth = LI.getLoopDepth(I->getParent()); Cost *= std::pow((double)AvgLoopIterationCount, LoopDepth); return Cost; } /// Compute a bonus for replacing argument \p A with constant \p C. InstructionCost getSpecializationBonus(Argument *A, Constant *C) { Function *F = A->getParent(); DominatorTree DT(*F); LoopInfo LI(DT); auto &TTI = (GetTTI)(*F); LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Analysing bonus for: " << *A << "\n"); InstructionCost TotalCost = 0; for (auto *U : A->users()) { TotalCost += getUserBonus(U, TTI, LI); LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: User cost "; TotalCost.print(dbgs()); dbgs() << " for: " << *U << "\n"); } // The below heuristic is only concerned with exposing inlining // opportunities via indirect call promotion. If the argument is not a // function pointer, give up. if (!isa(A->getType()) || !isa(A->getType()->getPointerElementType())) return TotalCost; // Since the argument is a function pointer, its incoming constant values // should be functions or constant expressions. The code below attempts to // look through cast expressions to find the function that will be called. Value *CalledValue = C; while (isa(CalledValue) && cast(CalledValue)->isCast()) CalledValue = cast(CalledValue)->getOperand(0); Function *CalledFunction = dyn_cast(CalledValue); if (!CalledFunction) return TotalCost; // Get TTI for the called function (used for the inline cost). auto &CalleeTTI = (GetTTI)(*CalledFunction); // Look at all the call sites whose called value is the argument. // Specializing the function on the argument would allow these indirect // calls to be promoted to direct calls. If the indirect call promotion // would likely enable the called function to be inlined, specializing is a // good idea. int Bonus = 0; for (User *U : A->users()) { if (!isa(U) && !isa(U)) continue; auto *CS = cast(U); if (CS->getCalledOperand() != A) continue; // Get the cost of inlining the called function at this call site. Note // that this is only an estimate. The called function may eventually // change in a way that leads to it not being inlined here, even though // inlining looks profitable now. For example, one of its called // functions may be inlined into it, making the called function too large // to be inlined into this call site. // // We apply a boost for performing indirect call promotion by increasing // the default threshold by the threshold for indirect calls. auto Params = getInlineParams(); Params.DefaultThreshold += InlineConstants::IndirectCallThreshold; InlineCost IC = getInlineCost(*CS, CalledFunction, Params, CalleeTTI, GetAC, GetTLI); // We clamp the bonus for this call to be between zero and the default // threshold. if (IC.isAlways()) Bonus += Params.DefaultThreshold; else if (IC.isVariable() && IC.getCostDelta() > 0) Bonus += IC.getCostDelta(); } return TotalCost + Bonus; } /// Determine if we should specialize a function based on the incoming values /// of the given argument. /// /// This function implements the goal-directed heuristic. It determines if /// specializing the function based on the incoming values of argument \p A /// would result in any significant optimization opportunities. If /// optimization opportunities exist, the constant values of \p A on which to /// specialize the function are collected in \p Constants. If the values in /// \p Constants represent the complete set of values that \p A can take on, /// the function will be completely specialized, and the \p IsPartial flag is /// set to false. /// /// \returns true if the function should be specialized on the given /// argument. bool isArgumentInteresting(Argument *A, SmallVectorImpl &Constants, bool &IsPartial) { Function *F = A->getParent(); // For now, don't attempt to specialize functions based on the values of // composite types. if (!A->getType()->isSingleValueType() || A->user_empty()) return false; // If the argument isn't overdefined, there's nothing to do. It should // already be constant. if (!Solver.getLatticeValueFor(A).isOverdefined()) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: nothing to do, arg is already " << "constant?\n"); return false; } // Collect the constant values that the argument can take on. If the // argument can't take on any constant values, we aren't going to // specialize the function. While it's possible to specialize the function // based on non-constant arguments, there's likely not much benefit to // constant propagation in doing so. // // TODO 1: currently it won't specialize if there are over the threshold of // calls using the same argument, e.g foo(a) x 4 and foo(b) x 1, but it // might be beneficial to take the occurrences into account in the cost // model, so we would need to find the unique constants. // // TODO 2: this currently does not support constants, i.e. integer ranges. // SmallVector PossibleConstants; bool AllConstant = getPossibleConstants(A, PossibleConstants); if (PossibleConstants.empty()) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: no possible constants found\n"); return false; } if (PossibleConstants.size() > MaxConstantsThreshold) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: number of constants found exceed " << "the maximum number of constants threshold.\n"); return false; } // Determine if it would be profitable to create a specialization of the // function where the argument takes on the given constant value. If so, // add the constant to Constants. auto FnSpecCost = getSpecializationCost(F); if (!FnSpecCost.isValid()) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Invalid specialisation cost.\n"); return false; } LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: func specialisation cost: "; FnSpecCost.print(dbgs()); dbgs() << "\n"); for (auto *C : PossibleConstants) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Constant: " << *C << "\n"); if (ForceFunctionSpecialization) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Forced!\n"); Constants.push_back(C); continue; } if (getSpecializationBonus(A, C) > FnSpecCost) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: profitable!\n"); Constants.push_back(C); } else { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: not profitable\n"); } } // None of the constant values the argument can take on were deemed good // candidates on which to specialize the function. if (Constants.empty()) return false; // This will be a partial specialization if some of the constants were // rejected due to their profitability. IsPartial = !AllConstant || PossibleConstants.size() != Constants.size(); return true; } /// Collect in \p Constants all the constant values that argument \p A can /// take on. /// /// \returns true if all of the values the argument can take on are constant /// (e.g., the argument's parent function cannot be called with an /// overdefined value). bool getPossibleConstants(Argument *A, SmallVectorImpl &Constants) { Function *F = A->getParent(); bool AllConstant = true; // Iterate over all the call sites of the argument's parent function. for (User *U : F->users()) { if (!isa(U) && !isa(U)) continue; auto &CS = *cast(U); // If the parent of the call site will never be executed, we don't need // to worry about the passed value. if (!Solver.isBlockExecutable(CS.getParent())) continue; auto *V = CS.getArgOperand(A->getArgNo()); // TrackValueOfGlobalVariable only tracks scalar global variables. if (auto *GV = dyn_cast(V)) { if (!GV->getValueType()->isSingleValueType()) { return false; } } if (isa(V) && (Solver.getLatticeValueFor(V).isConstant() || EnableSpecializationForLiteralConstant)) Constants.push_back(cast(V)); else AllConstant = false; } // If the argument can only take on constant values, AllConstant will be // true. return AllConstant; } /// Rewrite calls to function \p F to call function \p Clone instead. /// /// This function modifies calls to function \p F whose argument at index \p /// ArgNo is equal to constant \p C. The calls are rewritten to call function /// \p Clone instead. void rewriteCallSites(Function *F, Function *Clone, Argument &Arg, Constant *C) { unsigned ArgNo = Arg.getArgNo(); SmallVector CallSitesToRewrite; for (auto *U : F->users()) { if (!isa(U) && !isa(U)) continue; auto &CS = *cast(U); if (!CS.getCalledFunction() || CS.getCalledFunction() != F) continue; CallSitesToRewrite.push_back(&CS); } for (auto *CS : CallSitesToRewrite) { if ((CS->getFunction() == Clone && CS->getArgOperand(ArgNo) == &Arg) || CS->getArgOperand(ArgNo) == C) { CS->setCalledFunction(Clone); Solver.markOverdefined(CS); } } } }; /// Function to clean up the left over intrinsics from SCCP util. static void cleanup(Module &M) { for (Function &F : M) { for (BasicBlock &BB : F) { for (BasicBlock::iterator BI = BB.begin(), E = BB.end(); BI != E;) { Instruction *Inst = &*BI++; if (auto *II = dyn_cast(Inst)) { if (II->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::ssa_copy) { Value *Op = II->getOperand(0); Inst->replaceAllUsesWith(Op); Inst->eraseFromParent(); } } } } } } bool llvm::runFunctionSpecialization( Module &M, const DataLayout &DL, std::function GetTLI, std::function GetTTI, std::function GetAC, function_ref GetAnalysis) { SCCPSolver Solver(DL, GetTLI, M.getContext()); FunctionSpecializer FS(Solver, GetAC, GetTTI, GetTLI); bool Changed = false; // Loop over all functions, marking arguments to those with their addresses // taken or that are external as overdefined. for (Function &F : M) { if (F.isDeclaration()) continue; if (F.hasFnAttribute(Attribute::NoDuplicate)) continue; LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "\nFnSpecialization: Analysing decl: " << F.getName() << "\n"); Solver.addAnalysis(F, GetAnalysis(F)); // Determine if we can track the function's arguments. If so, add the // function to the solver's set of argument-tracked functions. if (canTrackArgumentsInterprocedurally(&F)) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Can track arguments\n"); Solver.addArgumentTrackedFunction(&F); continue; } else { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Can't track arguments!\n" << "FnSpecialization: Doesn't have local linkage, or " << "has its address taken\n"); } // Assume the function is called. Solver.markBlockExecutable(&F.front()); // Assume nothing about the incoming arguments. for (Argument &AI : F.args()) Solver.markOverdefined(&AI); } // Determine if we can track any of the module's global variables. If so, add // the global variables we can track to the solver's set of tracked global // variables. for (GlobalVariable &G : M.globals()) { G.removeDeadConstantUsers(); if (canTrackGlobalVariableInterprocedurally(&G)) Solver.trackValueOfGlobalVariable(&G); } // Solve for constants. auto RunSCCPSolver = [&](auto &WorkList) { bool ResolvedUndefs = true; while (ResolvedUndefs) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Running solver\n"); Solver.solve(); LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Resolving undefs\n"); ResolvedUndefs = false; for (Function *F : WorkList) if (Solver.resolvedUndefsIn(*F)) ResolvedUndefs = true; } for (auto *F : WorkList) { for (BasicBlock &BB : *F) { if (!Solver.isBlockExecutable(&BB)) continue; for (auto &I : make_early_inc_range(BB)) FS.tryToReplaceWithConstant(&I); } } }; auto &TrackedFuncs = Solver.getArgumentTrackedFunctions(); SmallVector FuncDecls(TrackedFuncs.begin(), TrackedFuncs.end()); #ifndef NDEBUG LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: Worklist fn decls:\n"); for (auto *F : FuncDecls) LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "FnSpecialization: *) " << F->getName() << "\n"); #endif // Initially resolve the constants in all the argument tracked functions. RunSCCPSolver(FuncDecls); SmallVector CurrentSpecializations; unsigned I = 0; while (FuncSpecializationMaxIters != I++ && FS.specializeFunctions(FuncDecls, CurrentSpecializations)) { // TODO: run the solver here for the specialized functions only if we want // to specialize recursively. CurrentSpecializations.clear(); Changed = true; } // Clean up the IR by removing ssa_copy intrinsics. cleanup(M); return Changed; }