//==- llvm/CodeGen/BreakFalseDeps.cpp - Break False Dependency Fix -*- C++ -*==// // // 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 // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // /// \file Break False Dependency pass. /// /// Some instructions have false dependencies which cause unnecessary stalls. /// For example, instructions may write part of a register and implicitly /// need to read the other parts of the register. This may cause unwanted /// stalls preventing otherwise unrelated instructions from executing in /// parallel in an out-of-order CPU. /// This pass is aimed at identifying and avoiding these dependencies. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #include "llvm/CodeGen/LivePhysRegs.h" #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunctionPass.h" #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineRegisterInfo.h" #include "llvm/CodeGen/ReachingDefAnalysis.h" #include "llvm/CodeGen/RegisterClassInfo.h" #include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h" #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h" #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h" using namespace llvm; namespace llvm { class BreakFalseDeps : public MachineFunctionPass { private: MachineFunction *MF; const TargetInstrInfo *TII; const TargetRegisterInfo *TRI; RegisterClassInfo RegClassInfo; /// List of undefined register reads in this block in forward order. std::vector> UndefReads; /// Storage for register unit liveness. LivePhysRegs LiveRegSet; ReachingDefAnalysis *RDA; public: static char ID; // Pass identification, replacement for typeid BreakFalseDeps() : MachineFunctionPass(ID) { initializeBreakFalseDepsPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry()); } void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override { AU.setPreservesAll(); AU.addRequired(); MachineFunctionPass::getAnalysisUsage(AU); } bool runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) override; MachineFunctionProperties getRequiredProperties() const override { return MachineFunctionProperties().set( MachineFunctionProperties::Property::NoVRegs); } private: /// Process he given basic block. void processBasicBlock(MachineBasicBlock *MBB); /// Update def-ages for registers defined by MI. /// Also break dependencies on partial defs and undef uses. void processDefs(MachineInstr *MI); /// Helps avoid false dependencies on undef registers by updating the /// machine instructions' undef operand to use a register that the instruction /// is truly dependent on, or use a register with clearance higher than Pref. /// Returns true if it was able to find a true dependency, thus not requiring /// a dependency breaking instruction regardless of clearance. bool pickBestRegisterForUndef(MachineInstr *MI, unsigned OpIdx, unsigned Pref); /// Return true to if it makes sense to break dependence on a partial /// def or undef use. bool shouldBreakDependence(MachineInstr *, unsigned OpIdx, unsigned Pref); /// Break false dependencies on undefined register reads. /// Walk the block backward computing precise liveness. This is expensive, so /// we only do it on demand. Note that the occurrence of undefined register /// reads that should be broken is very rare, but when they occur we may have /// many in a single block. void processUndefReads(MachineBasicBlock *); }; } // namespace llvm #define DEBUG_TYPE "break-false-deps" char BreakFalseDeps::ID = 0; INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(BreakFalseDeps, DEBUG_TYPE, "BreakFalseDeps", false, false) INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(ReachingDefAnalysis) INITIALIZE_PASS_END(BreakFalseDeps, DEBUG_TYPE, "BreakFalseDeps", false, false) FunctionPass *llvm::createBreakFalseDeps() { return new BreakFalseDeps(); } bool BreakFalseDeps::pickBestRegisterForUndef(MachineInstr *MI, unsigned OpIdx, unsigned Pref) { // We can't change tied operands. if (MI->isRegTiedToDefOperand(OpIdx)) return false; MachineOperand &MO = MI->getOperand(OpIdx); assert(MO.isUndef() && "Expected undef machine operand"); // We can't change registers that aren't renamable. if (!MO.isRenamable()) return false; MCRegister OriginalReg = MO.getReg().asMCReg(); // Update only undef operands that have reg units that are mapped to one root. for (MCRegUnitIterator Unit(OriginalReg, TRI); Unit.isValid(); ++Unit) { unsigned NumRoots = 0; for (MCRegUnitRootIterator Root(*Unit, TRI); Root.isValid(); ++Root) { NumRoots++; if (NumRoots > 1) return false; } } // Get the undef operand's register class const TargetRegisterClass *OpRC = TII->getRegClass(MI->getDesc(), OpIdx, TRI, *MF); // If the instruction has a true dependency, we can hide the false depdency // behind it. for (MachineOperand &CurrMO : MI->operands()) { if (!CurrMO.isReg() || CurrMO.isDef() || CurrMO.isUndef() || !OpRC->contains(CurrMO.getReg())) continue; // We found a true dependency - replace the undef register with the true // dependency. MO.setReg(CurrMO.getReg()); return true; } // Go over all registers in the register class and find the register with // max clearance or clearance higher than Pref. unsigned MaxClearance = 0; unsigned MaxClearanceReg = OriginalReg; ArrayRef Order = RegClassInfo.getOrder(OpRC); for (MCPhysReg Reg : Order) { unsigned Clearance = RDA->getClearance(MI, Reg); if (Clearance <= MaxClearance) continue; MaxClearance = Clearance; MaxClearanceReg = Reg; if (MaxClearance > Pref) break; } // Update the operand if we found a register with better clearance. if (MaxClearanceReg != OriginalReg) MO.setReg(MaxClearanceReg); return false; } bool BreakFalseDeps::shouldBreakDependence(MachineInstr *MI, unsigned OpIdx, unsigned Pref) { MCRegister Reg = MI->getOperand(OpIdx).getReg().asMCReg(); unsigned Clearance = RDA->getClearance(MI, Reg); LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Clearance: " << Clearance << ", want " << Pref); if (Pref > Clearance) { LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << ": Break dependency.\n"); return true; } LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << ": OK .\n"); return false; } void BreakFalseDeps::processDefs(MachineInstr *MI) { assert(!MI->isDebugInstr() && "Won't process debug values"); const MCInstrDesc &MCID = MI->getDesc(); // Break dependence on undef uses. Do this before updating LiveRegs below. // This can remove a false dependence with no additional instructions. for (unsigned i = MCID.getNumDefs(), e = MCID.getNumOperands(); i != e; ++i) { MachineOperand &MO = MI->getOperand(i); if (!MO.isReg() || !MO.getReg() || !MO.isUse() || !MO.isUndef()) continue; unsigned Pref = TII->getUndefRegClearance(*MI, i, TRI); if (Pref) { bool HadTrueDependency = pickBestRegisterForUndef(MI, i, Pref); // We don't need to bother trying to break a dependency if this // instruction has a true dependency on that register through another // operand - we'll have to wait for it to be available regardless. if (!HadTrueDependency && shouldBreakDependence(MI, i, Pref)) UndefReads.push_back(std::make_pair(MI, i)); } } // The code below allows the target to create a new instruction to break the // dependence. That opposes the goal of minimizing size, so bail out now. if (MF->getFunction().hasMinSize()) return; for (unsigned i = 0, e = MI->isVariadic() ? MI->getNumOperands() : MCID.getNumDefs(); i != e; ++i) { MachineOperand &MO = MI->getOperand(i); if (!MO.isReg() || !MO.getReg()) continue; if (MO.isUse()) continue; // Check clearance before partial register updates. unsigned Pref = TII->getPartialRegUpdateClearance(*MI, i, TRI); if (Pref && shouldBreakDependence(MI, i, Pref)) TII->breakPartialRegDependency(*MI, i, TRI); } } void BreakFalseDeps::processUndefReads(MachineBasicBlock *MBB) { if (UndefReads.empty()) return; // The code below allows the target to create a new instruction to break the // dependence. That opposes the goal of minimizing size, so bail out now. if (MF->getFunction().hasMinSize()) return; // Collect this block's live out register units. LiveRegSet.init(*TRI); // We do not need to care about pristine registers as they are just preserved // but not actually used in the function. LiveRegSet.addLiveOutsNoPristines(*MBB); MachineInstr *UndefMI = UndefReads.back().first; unsigned OpIdx = UndefReads.back().second; for (MachineInstr &I : llvm::reverse(*MBB)) { // Update liveness, including the current instruction's defs. LiveRegSet.stepBackward(I); if (UndefMI == &I) { if (!LiveRegSet.contains(UndefMI->getOperand(OpIdx).getReg())) TII->breakPartialRegDependency(*UndefMI, OpIdx, TRI); UndefReads.pop_back(); if (UndefReads.empty()) return; UndefMI = UndefReads.back().first; OpIdx = UndefReads.back().second; } } } void BreakFalseDeps::processBasicBlock(MachineBasicBlock *MBB) { UndefReads.clear(); // If this block is not done, it makes little sense to make any decisions // based on clearance information. We need to make a second pass anyway, // and by then we'll have better information, so we can avoid doing the work // to try and break dependencies now. for (MachineInstr &MI : *MBB) { if (!MI.isDebugInstr()) processDefs(&MI); } processUndefReads(MBB); } bool BreakFalseDeps::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &mf) { if (skipFunction(mf.getFunction())) return false; MF = &mf; TII = MF->getSubtarget().getInstrInfo(); TRI = MF->getSubtarget().getRegisterInfo(); RDA = &getAnalysis(); RegClassInfo.runOnMachineFunction(mf); LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "********** BREAK FALSE DEPENDENCIES **********\n"); // Traverse the basic blocks. for (MachineBasicBlock &MBB : mf) { processBasicBlock(&MBB); } return false; }