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Quentin Colombet c82cc9dc57 [ShrinkWrap] Add (a simplified version) of shrink-wrapping.
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
2015-05-05 17:38:16 +00:00
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InstPrinter [MCInstPrinter] Enable MCInstPrinter to change its behavior based on the 2015-03-27 20:36:02 +00:00
MCTargetDesc Replace the MCSubtargetInfo parameter with a Triple when creating 2015-03-31 00:10:04 +00:00
TargetInfo
CMakeLists.txt
LLVMBuild.txt
Makefile
MSP430.h
MSP430.td
MSP430AsmPrinter.cpp [AsmPrinter] Make AsmPrinter's OutStreamer member a unique_ptr. 2015-04-24 19:11:51 +00:00
MSP430BranchSelector.cpp
MSP430CallingConv.td
MSP430FrameLowering.cpp [ShrinkWrap] Add (a simplified version) of shrink-wrapping. 2015-05-05 17:38:16 +00:00
MSP430FrameLowering.h [ShrinkWrap] Add (a simplified version) of shrink-wrapping. 2015-05-05 17:38:16 +00:00
MSP430InstrFormats.td
MSP430InstrInfo.cpp
MSP430InstrInfo.h
MSP430InstrInfo.td
MSP430ISelDAGToDAG.cpp Reapply r235977 "[DebugInfo] Add debug locations to constant SD nodes" 2015-04-28 14:05:47 +00:00
MSP430ISelLowering.cpp Reapply r235977 "[DebugInfo] Add debug locations to constant SD nodes" 2015-04-28 14:05:47 +00:00
MSP430ISelLowering.h [msp430] Only support the 'm' inline assembly memory constraint. NFC. 2015-04-15 12:51:28 +00:00
MSP430MachineFunctionInfo.cpp
MSP430MachineFunctionInfo.h
MSP430MCInstLower.cpp Remove more superfluous .str() and replace std::string concatenation with Twine. 2015-03-30 15:42:36 +00:00
MSP430MCInstLower.h
MSP430RegisterInfo.cpp
MSP430RegisterInfo.h Have getCalleeSavedRegs take a non-null MachineFunction all the 2015-03-11 21:41:28 +00:00
MSP430RegisterInfo.td
MSP430SelectionDAGInfo.cpp
MSP430SelectionDAGInfo.h
MSP430Subtarget.cpp 80-column fixup. 2015-03-03 17:54:39 +00:00
MSP430Subtarget.h Move DataLayout back to the TargetMachine from TargetSubtargetInfo 2015-01-26 19:03:15 +00:00
MSP430TargetMachine.cpp Move the DataLayout to the generic TargetMachine, making it mandatory. 2015-03-12 00:07:24 +00:00
MSP430TargetMachine.h Remove the target independent TargetMachine::getSubtarget and 2015-03-21 04:22:23 +00:00
README.txt Test commit to see if it triggers an email to llvm-commits. No change. 2015-02-06 21:33:08 +00:00

//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
// MSP430 backend.
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//

DISCLAIMER: Thid backend should be considered as highly experimental. I never
seen nor worked with this MCU, all information was gathered from datasheet
only. The original intention of making this backend was to write documentation
of form "How to write backend for dummies" :) Thes notes hopefully will be
available pretty soon.

Some things are incomplete / not implemented yet (this list surely is not
complete as well):

1. Verify, how stuff is handling implicit zext with 8 bit operands (this might
be modelled currently in improper way - should we need to mark the superreg as
def for every 8 bit instruction?).

2. Libcalls: multiplication, division, remainder. Note, that calling convention
for libcalls is incomptible with calling convention of libcalls of msp430-gcc
(these cannot be used though due to license restriction).

3. Implement multiplication / division by constant (dag combiner hook?).

4. Implement non-constant shifts.

5. Implement varargs stuff.

6. Verify and fix (if needed) how's stuff playing with i32 / i64.

7. Implement floating point stuff (softfp?)

8. Implement instruction encoding for (possible) direct code emission in the
future.

9. Since almost all instructions set flags - implement brcond / select in better
way (currently they emit explicit comparison).

10. Handle imm in comparisons in better way (see comment in MSP430InstrInfo.td)

11. Implement hooks for better memory op folding, etc.