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diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.h index 323af98..0a9dc07 100644 --- a/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.h +++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/LoopAccessAnalysis.h @@ -86,6 +86,210 @@ struct VectorizerParams { static unsigned RuntimeMemoryCheckThreshold; }; +/// \brief Checks memory dependences among accesses to the same underlying +/// object to determine whether there vectorization is legal or not (and at +/// which vectorization factor). +/// +/// Note: This class will compute a conservative dependence for access to +/// different underlying pointers. Clients, such as the loop vectorizer, will +/// sometimes deal these potential dependencies by emitting runtime checks. +/// +/// We use the ScalarEvolution framework to symbolically evalutate access +/// functions pairs. Since we currently don't restructure the loop we can rely +/// on the program order of memory accesses to determine their safety. +/// At the moment we will only deem accesses as safe for: +/// * A negative constant distance assuming program order. +/// +/// Safe: tmp = a[i + 1]; OR a[i + 1] = x; +/// a[i] = tmp; y = a[i]; +/// +/// The latter case is safe because later checks guarantuee that there can't +/// be a cycle through a phi node (that is, we check that "x" and "y" is not +/// the same variable: a header phi can only be an induction or a reduction, a +/// reduction can't have a memory sink, an induction can't have a memory +/// source). This is important and must not be violated (or we have to +/// resort to checking for cycles through memory). +/// +/// * A positive constant distance assuming program order that is bigger +/// than the biggest memory access. +/// +/// tmp = a[i] OR b[i] = x +/// a[i+2] = tmp y = b[i+2]; +/// +/// Safe distance: 2 x sizeof(a[0]), and 2 x sizeof(b[0]), respectively. +/// +/// * Zero distances and all accesses have the same size. +/// +class MemoryDepChecker { +public: + typedef PointerIntPair<Value *, 1, bool> MemAccessInfo; + typedef SmallPtrSet<MemAccessInfo, 8> MemAccessInfoSet; + /// \brief Set of potential dependent memory accesses. + typedef EquivalenceClasses<MemAccessInfo> DepCandidates; + + /// \brief Dependece between memory access instructions. + struct Dependence { + /// \brief The type of the dependence. + enum DepType { + // No dependence. + NoDep, + // We couldn't determine the direction or the distance. + Unknown, + // Lexically forward. + Forward, + // Forward, but if vectorized, is likely to prevent store-to-load + // forwarding. + ForwardButPreventsForwarding, + // Lexically backward. + Backward, + // Backward, but the distance allows a vectorization factor of + // MaxSafeDepDistBytes. + BackwardVectorizable, + // Same, but may prevent store-to-load forwarding. + BackwardVectorizableButPreventsForwarding + }; + + /// \brief String version of the types. + static const char *DepName[]; + + /// \brief Index of the source of the dependence in the InstMap vector. + unsigned Source; + /// \brief Index of the destination of the dependence in the InstMap vector. + unsigned Destination; + /// \brief The type of the dependence. + DepType Type; + + Dependence(unsigned Source, unsigned Destination, DepType Type) + : Source(Source), Destination(Destination), Type(Type) {} + + /// \brief Dependence types that don't prevent vectorization. + static bool isSafeForVectorization(DepType Type); + + /// \brief Dependence types that can be queried from the analysis. + static bool isInterestingDependence(DepType Type); + + /// \brief Lexically backward dependence types. + bool isPossiblyBackward() const; + + /// \brief Print the dependence. \p Instr is used to map the instruction + /// indices to instructions. + void print(raw_ostream &OS, unsigned Depth, + const SmallVectorImpl<Instruction *> &Instrs) const; + }; + + MemoryDepChecker(ScalarEvolution *Se, const Loop *L) + : SE(Se), InnermostLoop(L), AccessIdx(0), + ShouldRetryWithRuntimeCheck(false), SafeForVectorization(true), + RecordInterestingDependences(true) {} + + /// \brief Register the location (instructions are given increasing numbers) + /// of a write access. + void addAccess(StoreInst *SI) { + Value *Ptr = SI->getPointerOperand(); + Accesses[MemAccessInfo(Ptr, true)].push_back(AccessIdx); + InstMap.push_back(SI); + ++AccessIdx; + } + + /// \brief Register the location (instructions are given increasing numbers) + /// of a write access. + void addAccess(LoadInst *LI) { + Value *Ptr = LI->getPointerOperand(); + Accesses[MemAccessInfo(Ptr, false)].push_back(AccessIdx); + InstMap.push_back(LI); + ++AccessIdx; + } + + /// \brief Check whether the dependencies between the accesses are safe. + /// + /// Only checks sets with elements in \p CheckDeps. + bool areDepsSafe(DepCandidates &AccessSets, MemAccessInfoSet &CheckDeps, + const ValueToValueMap &Strides); + + /// \brief No memory dependence was encountered that would inhibit + /// vectorization. + bool isSafeForVectorization() const { return SafeForVectorization; } + + /// \brief The maximum number of bytes of a vector register we can vectorize + /// the accesses safely with. + unsigned getMaxSafeDepDistBytes() { return MaxSafeDepDistBytes; } + + /// \brief In same cases when the dependency check fails we can still + /// vectorize the loop with a dynamic array access check. + bool shouldRetryWithRuntimeCheck() { return ShouldRetryWithRuntimeCheck; } + + /// \brief Returns the interesting dependences. If null is returned we + /// exceeded the MaxInterestingDependence threshold and this information is + /// not available. + const SmallVectorImpl<Dependence> *getInterestingDependences() const { + return RecordInterestingDependences ? &InterestingDependences : nullptr; + } + + /// \brief The vector of memory access instructions. The indices are used as + /// instruction identifiers in the Dependence class. + const SmallVectorImpl<Instruction *> &getMemoryInstructions() const { + return InstMap; + } + + /// \brief Find the set of instructions that read or write via \p Ptr. + SmallVector<Instruction *, 4> getInstructionsForAccess(Value *Ptr, + bool isWrite) const; + +private: + ScalarEvolution *SE; + const Loop *InnermostLoop; + + /// \brief Maps access locations (ptr, read/write) to program order. + DenseMap<MemAccessInfo, std::vector<unsigned> > Accesses; + + /// \brief Memory access instructions in program order. + SmallVector<Instruction *, 16> InstMap; + + /// \brief The program order index to be used for the next instruction. + unsigned AccessIdx; + + // We can access this many bytes in parallel safely. + unsigned MaxSafeDepDistBytes; + + /// \brief If we see a non-constant dependence distance we can still try to + /// vectorize this loop with runtime checks. + bool ShouldRetryWithRuntimeCheck; + + /// \brief No memory dependence was encountered that would inhibit + /// vectorization. + bool SafeForVectorization; + + //// \brief True if InterestingDependences reflects the dependences in the + //// loop. If false we exceeded MaxInterestingDependence and + //// InterestingDependences is invalid. + bool RecordInterestingDependences; + + /// \brief Interesting memory dependences collected during the analysis as + /// defined by isInterestingDependence. Only valid if + /// RecordInterestingDependences is true. + SmallVector<Dependence, 8> InterestingDependences; + + /// \brief Check whether there is a plausible dependence between the two + /// accesses. + /// + /// Access \p A must happen before \p B in program order. The two indices + /// identify the index into the program order map. + /// + /// This function checks whether there is a plausible dependence (or the + /// absence of such can't be proved) between the two accesses. If there is a + /// plausible dependence but the dependence distance is bigger than one + /// element access it records this distance in \p MaxSafeDepDistBytes (if this + /// distance is smaller than any other distance encountered so far). + /// Otherwise, this function returns true signaling a possible dependence. + Dependence::DepType isDependent(const MemAccessInfo &A, unsigned AIdx, + const MemAccessInfo &B, unsigned BIdx, + const ValueToValueMap &Strides); + + /// \brief Check whether the data dependence could prevent store-load + /// forwarding. + bool couldPreventStoreLoadForward(unsigned Distance, unsigned TypeByteSize); +}; + /// \brief Drive the analysis of memory accesses in the loop /// /// This class is responsible for analyzing the memory accesses of a loop. It @@ -128,10 +332,20 @@ public: /// \brief Decide whether we need to issue a run-time check for pointer at /// index \p I and \p J to prove their independence. - bool needsChecking(unsigned I, unsigned J) const; + /// + /// If \p PtrPartition is set, it contains the partition number for + /// pointers (-1 if the pointer belongs to multiple partitions). In this + /// case omit checks between pointers belonging to the same partition. + bool needsChecking(unsigned I, unsigned J, + const SmallVectorImpl<int> *PtrPartition) const; /// \brief Print the list run-time memory checks necessary. - void print(raw_ostream &OS, unsigned Depth = 0) const; + /// + /// If \p PtrPartition is set, it contains the partition number for + /// pointers (-1 if the pointer belongs to multiple partitions). In this + /// case omit checks between pointers belonging to the same partition. + void print(raw_ostream &OS, unsigned Depth = 0, + const SmallVectorImpl<int> *PtrPartition = nullptr) const; /// This flag indicates if we need to add the runtime check. bool Need; @@ -150,7 +364,7 @@ public: SmallVector<unsigned, 2> AliasSetId; }; - LoopAccessInfo(Loop *L, ScalarEvolution *SE, const DataLayout *DL, + LoopAccessInfo(Loop *L, ScalarEvolution *SE, const DataLayout &DL, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI, AliasAnalysis *AA, DominatorTree *DT, const ValueToValueMap &Strides); @@ -162,6 +376,10 @@ public: return &PtrRtCheck; } + /// \brief Number of memchecks required to prove independence of otherwise + /// may-alias pointers. + unsigned getNumRuntimePointerChecks() const { return NumComparisons; } + /// Return true if the block BB needs to be predicated in order for the loop /// to be vectorized. static bool blockNeedsPredication(BasicBlock *BB, Loop *TheLoop, @@ -179,13 +397,29 @@ public: /// Returns a pair of instructions where the first element is the first /// instruction generated in possibly a sequence of instructions and the /// second value is the final comparator value or NULL if no check is needed. + /// + /// If \p PtrPartition is set, it contains the partition number for pointers + /// (-1 if the pointer belongs to multiple partitions). In this case omit + /// checks between pointers belonging to the same partition. std::pair<Instruction *, Instruction *> - addRuntimeCheck(Instruction *Loc) const; + addRuntimeCheck(Instruction *Loc, + const SmallVectorImpl<int> *PtrPartition = nullptr) const; /// \brief The diagnostics report generated for the analysis. E.g. why we /// couldn't analyze the loop. const Optional<LoopAccessReport> &getReport() const { return Report; } + /// \brief the Memory Dependence Checker which can determine the + /// loop-independent and loop-carried dependences between memory accesses. + const MemoryDepChecker &getDepChecker() const { return DepChecker; } + + /// \brief Return the list of instructions that use \p Ptr to read or write + /// memory. + SmallVector<Instruction *, 4> getInstructionsForAccess(Value *Ptr, + bool isWrite) const { + return DepChecker.getInstructionsForAccess(Ptr, isWrite); + } + /// \brief Print the information about the memory accesses in the loop. void print(raw_ostream &OS, unsigned Depth = 0) const; @@ -207,9 +441,18 @@ private: /// We need to check that all of the pointers in this list are disjoint /// at runtime. RuntimePointerCheck PtrRtCheck; + + /// \brief the Memory Dependence Checker which can determine the + /// loop-independent and loop-carried dependences between memory accesses. + MemoryDepChecker DepChecker; + + /// \brief Number of memchecks required to prove independence of otherwise + /// may-alias pointers + unsigned NumComparisons; + Loop *TheLoop; ScalarEvolution *SE; - const DataLayout *DL; + const DataLayout &DL; const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI; AliasAnalysis *AA; DominatorTree *DT; @@ -280,7 +523,6 @@ private: // The used analysis passes. ScalarEvolution *SE; - const DataLayout *DL; const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI; AliasAnalysis *AA; DominatorTree *DT; |