MergedLoadStoreMotion.cpp

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//===- MergedLoadStoreMotion.cpp - merge and hoist/sink load/stores -------===//
//
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// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
//! \file
//! This pass performs merges of loads and stores on both sides of a
//  diamond (hammock). It hoists the loads and sinks the stores.
//
// The algorithm iteratively hoists two loads to the same address out of a
// diamond (hammock) and merges them into a single load in the header. Similar
// it sinks and merges two stores to the tail block (footer). The algorithm
// iterates over the instructions of one side of the diamond and attempts to
// find a matching load/store on the other side. New tail/footer block may be
// insterted if the tail/footer block has more predecessors (not only the two
// predecessors that are forming the diamond). It hoists / sinks when it thinks
// it safe to do so.  This optimization helps with eg. hiding load latencies,
// triggering if-conversion, and reducing static code size.
//
// NOTE: This code no longer performs load hoisting, it is subsumed by GVNHoist.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
//
// Example:
// Diamond shaped code before merge:
//
//            header:
//                     br %cond, label %if.then, label %if.else
//                        +                    +
//                       +                      +
//                      +                        +
//            if.then:                         if.else:
//               %lt = load %addr_l               %le = load %addr_l
//               <use %lt>                        <use %le>
//               <...>                            <...>
//               store %st, %addr_s               store %se, %addr_s
//               br label %if.end                 br label %if.end
//                     +                         +
//                      +                       +
//                       +                     +
//            if.end ("footer"):
//                     <...>
//
// Diamond shaped code after merge:
//
//            header:
//                     %l = load %addr_l
//                     br %cond, label %if.then, label %if.else
//                        +                    +
//                       +                      +
//                      +                        +
//            if.then:                         if.else:
//               <use %l>                         <use %l>
//               <...>                            <...>
//               br label %if.end                 br label %if.end
//                      +                        +
//                       +                      +
//                        +                    +
//            if.end ("footer"):
//                     %s.sink = phi [%st, if.then], [%se, if.else]
//                     <...>
//                     store %s.sink, %addr_s
//                     <...>
//
//
//===----------------------- TODO -----------------------------------------===//
//
// 1) Generalize to regions other than diamonds
// 2) Be more aggressive merging memory operations
// Note that both changes require register pressure control
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
#include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/MergedLoadStoreMotion.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.h"
#include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
#include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
#include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
#include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.h"
 
using namespace llvm;
 
#define DEBUG_TYPE "mldst-motion"
 
namespace {
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//                         MergedLoadStoreMotion Pass
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
class MergedLoadStoreMotion {
  AliasAnalysis *AA = nullptr;
 
  // The mergeLoad/Store algorithms could have Size0 * Size1 complexity,
  // where Size0 and Size1 are the #instructions on the two sides of
  // the diamond. The constant chosen here is arbitrary. Compiler Time
  // Control is enforced by the check Size0 * Size1 < MagicCompileTimeControl.
  const int MagicCompileTimeControl = 250;
 
  const bool SplitFooterBB;
public:
  MergedLoadStoreMotion(bool SplitFooterBB) : SplitFooterBB(SplitFooterBB) {}
  bool run(Function &F, AliasAnalysis &AA);
 
private:
  BasicBlock *getDiamondTail(BasicBlock *BB);
  bool isDiamondHead(BasicBlock *BB);
  // Routines for sinking stores
  StoreInst *canSinkFromBlock(BasicBlock *BB, StoreInst *SI);
  PHINode *getPHIOperand(BasicBlock *BB, StoreInst *S0, StoreInst *S1);
  bool isStoreSinkBarrierInRange(const Instruction &Start,
                                 const Instruction &End, MemoryLocation Loc);
  bool canSinkStoresAndGEPs(StoreInst *S0, StoreInst *S1) const;
  void sinkStoresAndGEPs(BasicBlock *BB, StoreInst *SinkCand,
                         StoreInst *ElseInst);
  bool mergeStores(BasicBlock *BB);
};
} // end anonymous namespace
 
///
/// Return tail block of a diamond.
///
BasicBlock *MergedLoadStoreMotion::getDiamondTail(BasicBlock *BB) {
  assert(isDiamondHead(BB) && "Basic block is not head of a diamond");
  return BB->getTerminator()->getSuccessor(0)->getSingleSuccessor();
}
 
///
/// True when BB is the head of a diamond (hammock)
///
bool MergedLoadStoreMotion::isDiamondHead(BasicBlock *BB) {
  if (!BB)
    return false;
  auto *BI = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(BB->getTerminator());
  if (!BI || !BI->isConditional())
    return false;
 
  BasicBlock *Succ0 = BI->getSuccessor(0);
  BasicBlock *Succ1 = BI->getSuccessor(1);
 
  if (!Succ0->getSinglePredecessor())
    return false;
  if (!Succ1->getSinglePredecessor())
    return false;
 
  BasicBlock *Succ0Succ = Succ0->getSingleSuccessor();
  BasicBlock *Succ1Succ = Succ1->getSingleSuccessor();
  // Ignore triangles.
  if (!Succ0Succ || !Succ1Succ || Succ0Succ != Succ1Succ)
    return false;
  return true;
}
 
 
///
/// True when instruction is a sink barrier for a store
/// located in Loc
///
/// Whenever an instruction could possibly read or modify the
/// value being stored or protect against the store from
/// happening it is considered a sink barrier.
///
bool MergedLoadStoreMotion::isStoreSinkBarrierInRange(const Instruction &Start,
                                                      const Instruction &End,
                                                      MemoryLocation Loc) {
  for (const Instruction &Inst :
       make_range(Start.getIterator(), End.getIterator()))
    if (Inst.mayThrow())
      return true;
  return AA->canInstructionRangeModRef(Start, End, Loc, ModRefInfo::ModRef);
}
 
///
/// Check if \p BB contains a store to the same address as \p SI
///
/// \return The store in \p  when it is safe to sink. Otherwise return Null.
///
StoreInst *MergedLoadStoreMotion::canSinkFromBlock(BasicBlock *BB1,
                                                   StoreInst *Store0) {
  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "can Sink? : "; Store0->dump(); dbgs() << "\n");
  BasicBlock *BB0 = Store0->getParent();
  for (Instruction &Inst : reverse(*BB1)) {
    auto *Store1 = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(&Inst);
    if (!Store1)
      continue;
 
    MemoryLocation Loc0 = MemoryLocation::get(Store0);
    MemoryLocation Loc1 = MemoryLocation::get(Store1);
 
    if (AA->isMustAlias(Loc0, Loc1) &&
        !isStoreSinkBarrierInRange(*Store1->getNextNode(), BB1->back(), Loc1) &&
        !isStoreSinkBarrierInRange(*Store0->getNextNode(), BB0->back(), Loc0) &&
        Store0->hasSameSpecialState(Store1) &&
        CastInst::isBitOrNoopPointerCastable(
            Store0->getValueOperand()->getType(),
            Store1->getValueOperand()->getType(),
            Store0->getDataLayout()))
      return Store1;
  }
  return nullptr;
}
 
///
/// Create a PHI node in BB for the operands of S0 and S1
///
PHINode *MergedLoadStoreMotion::getPHIOperand(BasicBlock *BB, StoreInst *S0,
                                              StoreInst *S1) {
  // Create a phi if the values mismatch.
  Value *Opd1 = S0->getValueOperand();
  Value *Opd2 = S1->getValueOperand();
  if (Opd1 == Opd2)
    return nullptr;
 
  auto *NewPN = PHINode::Create(Opd1->getType(), 2, Opd2->getName() + ".sink");
  NewPN->insertBefore(BB->begin());
  NewPN->applyMergedLocation(S0->getDebugLoc(), S1->getDebugLoc());
  NewPN->addIncoming(Opd1, S0->getParent());
  NewPN->addIncoming(Opd2, S1->getParent());
  return NewPN;
}
 
///
/// Check if 2 stores can be sunk, optionally together with corresponding GEPs.
///
bool MergedLoadStoreMotion::canSinkStoresAndGEPs(StoreInst *S0,
                                                 StoreInst *S1) const {
  if (S0->getPointerOperand() == S1->getPointerOperand())
    return true;
  auto *GEP0 = dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(S0->getPointerOperand());
  auto *GEP1 = dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(S1->getPointerOperand());
  return GEP0 && GEP1 && GEP0->isIdenticalTo(GEP1) && GEP0->hasOneUse() &&
         (GEP0->getParent() == S0->getParent()) && GEP1->hasOneUse() &&
         (GEP1->getParent() == S1->getParent());
}
 
///
/// Merge two stores to same address and sink into \p BB
///
/// Optionally also sinks GEP instruction computing the store address
///
void MergedLoadStoreMotion::sinkStoresAndGEPs(BasicBlock *BB, StoreInst *S0,
                                              StoreInst *S1) {
  Value *Ptr0 = S0->getPointerOperand();
  Value *Ptr1 = S1->getPointerOperand();
  // Only one definition?
  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Sink Instruction into BB \n"; BB->dump();
             dbgs() << "Instruction Left\n"; S0->dump(); dbgs() << "\n";
             dbgs() << "Instruction Right\n"; S1->dump(); dbgs() << "\n");
  // Hoist the instruction.
  BasicBlock::iterator InsertPt = BB->getFirstInsertionPt();
  // Intersect optional metadata.
  S0->andIRFlags(S1);
  S0->dropUnknownNonDebugMetadata();
  S0->applyMergedLocation(S0->getDebugLoc(), S1->getDebugLoc());
  S0->mergeDIAssignID(S1);
 
  // Insert bitcast for conflicting typed stores (or just use original value if
  // same type).
  IRBuilder<> Builder(S0);
  auto Cast = Builder.CreateBitOrPointerCast(S0->getValueOperand(),
                                             S1->getValueOperand()->getType());
  S0->setOperand(0, Cast);
 
  // Create the new store to be inserted at the join point.
  StoreInst *SNew = cast<StoreInst>(S0->clone());
  SNew->insertBefore(InsertPt);
  // New PHI operand? Use it.
  if (PHINode *NewPN = getPHIOperand(BB, S0, S1))
    SNew->setOperand(0, NewPN);
  S0->eraseFromParent();
  S1->eraseFromParent();
 
  if (Ptr0 != Ptr1) {
    auto *GEP0 = cast<GetElementPtrInst>(Ptr0);
    auto *GEP1 = cast<GetElementPtrInst>(Ptr1);
    Instruction *GEPNew = GEP0->clone();
    GEPNew->insertBefore(SNew);
    GEPNew->applyMergedLocation(GEP0->getDebugLoc(), GEP1->getDebugLoc());
    SNew->setOperand(1, GEPNew);
    GEP0->replaceAllUsesWith(GEPNew);
    GEP0->eraseFromParent();
    GEP1->replaceAllUsesWith(GEPNew);
    GEP1->eraseFromParent();
  }
}
 
///
/// True when two stores are equivalent and can sink into the footer
///
/// Starting from a diamond head block, iterate over the instructions in one
/// successor block and try to match a store in the second successor.
///
bool MergedLoadStoreMotion::mergeStores(BasicBlock *HeadBB) {
 
  bool MergedStores = false;
  BasicBlock *TailBB = getDiamondTail(HeadBB);
  BasicBlock *SinkBB = TailBB;
  assert(SinkBB && "Footer of a diamond cannot be empty");
 
  succ_iterator SI = succ_begin(HeadBB);
  assert(SI != succ_end(HeadBB) && "Diamond head cannot have zero successors");
  BasicBlock *Pred0 = *SI;
  ++SI;
  assert(SI != succ_end(HeadBB) && "Diamond head cannot have single successor");
  BasicBlock *Pred1 = *SI;
  // tail block  of a diamond/hammock?
  if (Pred0 == Pred1)
    return false; // No.
  // bail out early if we can not merge into the footer BB
  if (!SplitFooterBB && TailBB->hasNPredecessorsOrMore(3))
    return false;
  // #Instructions in Pred1 for Compile Time Control
  auto InstsNoDbg = Pred1->instructionsWithoutDebug();
  int Size1 = std::distance(InstsNoDbg.begin(), InstsNoDbg.end());
  int NStores = 0;
 
  for (BasicBlock::reverse_iterator RBI = Pred0->rbegin(), RBE = Pred0->rend();
       RBI != RBE;) {
 
    Instruction *I = &*RBI;
    ++RBI;
 
    // Don't sink non-simple (atomic, volatile) stores.
    auto *S0 = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(I);
    if (!S0 || !S0->isSimple())
      continue;
 
    ++NStores;
    if (NStores * Size1 >= MagicCompileTimeControl)
      break;
    if (StoreInst *S1 = canSinkFromBlock(Pred1, S0)) {
      if (!canSinkStoresAndGEPs(S0, S1))
        // Don't attempt to sink below stores that had to stick around
        // But after removal of a store and some of its feeding
        // instruction search again from the beginning since the iterator
        // is likely stale at this point.
        break;
 
      if (SinkBB == TailBB && TailBB->hasNPredecessorsOrMore(3)) {
        // We have more than 2 predecessors. Insert a new block
        // postdominating 2 predecessors we're going to sink from.
        SinkBB = SplitBlockPredecessors(TailBB, {Pred0, Pred1}, ".sink.split");
        if (!SinkBB)
          break;
      }
 
      MergedStores = true;
      sinkStoresAndGEPs(SinkBB, S0, S1);
      RBI = Pred0->rbegin();
      RBE = Pred0->rend();
      LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Search again\n"; Instruction *I = &*RBI; I->dump());
    }
  }
  return MergedStores;
}
 
bool MergedLoadStoreMotion::run(Function &F, AliasAnalysis &AA) {
  this->AA = &AA;
 
  bool Changed = false;
  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Instruction Merger\n");
 
  // Merge unconditional branches, allowing PRE to catch more
  // optimization opportunities.
  // This loop doesn't care about newly inserted/split blocks 
  // since they never will be diamond heads.
  for (BasicBlock &BB : make_early_inc_range(F))
    // Hoist equivalent loads and sink stores
    // outside diamonds when possible
    if (isDiamondHead(&BB))
      Changed |= mergeStores(&BB);
  return Changed;
}
 
PreservedAnalyses
MergedLoadStoreMotionPass::run(Function &F, FunctionAnalysisManager &AM) {
  MergedLoadStoreMotion Impl(Options.SplitFooterBB);
  auto &AA = AM.getResult<AAManager>(F);
  if (!Impl.run(F, AA))
    return PreservedAnalyses::all();
 
  PreservedAnalyses PA;
  if (!Options.SplitFooterBB)
    PA.preserveSet<CFGAnalyses>();
  return PA;
}
 
void MergedLoadStoreMotionPass::printPipeline(
    raw_ostream &OS, function_ref<StringRef(StringRef)> MapClassName2PassName) {
  static_cast<PassInfoMixin<MergedLoadStoreMotionPass> *>(this)->printPipeline(
      OS, MapClassName2PassName);
  OS << '<';
  OS << (Options.SplitFooterBB ? "" : "no-") << "split-footer-bb";
  OS << '>';
}