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Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +00001Target Independent Opportunities:
2
3//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
4
5With the recent changes to make the implicit def/use set explicit in
6machineinstrs, we should change the target descriptions for 'call' instructions
7so that the .td files don't list all the call-clobbered registers as implicit
8defs. Instead, these should be added by the code generator (e.g. on the dag).
9
10This has a number of uses:
11
121. PPC32/64 and X86 32/64 can avoid having multiple copies of call instructions
13 for their different impdef sets.
142. Targets with multiple calling convs (e.g. x86) which have different clobber
15 sets don't need copies of call instructions.
163. 'Interprocedural register allocation' can be done to reduce the clobber sets
17 of calls.
18
19//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
20
21Make the PPC branch selector target independant
22
23//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
24
25Get the C front-end to expand hypot(x,y) -> llvm.sqrt(x*x+y*y) when errno and
Chris Lattner5ae3f3d2008-12-10 01:30:48 +000026precision don't matter (ffastmath). Misc/mandel will like this. :) This isn't
27safe in general, even on darwin. See the libm implementation of hypot for
28examples (which special case when x/y are exactly zero to get signed zeros etc
29right).
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +000030
31//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
32
33Solve this DAG isel folding deficiency:
34
35int X, Y;
36
37void fn1(void)
38{
39 X = X | (Y << 3);
40}
41
42compiles to
43
44fn1:
45 movl Y, %eax
46 shll $3, %eax
47 orl X, %eax
48 movl %eax, X
49 ret
50
51The problem is the store's chain operand is not the load X but rather
52a TokenFactor of the load X and load Y, which prevents the folding.
53
54There are two ways to fix this:
55
561. The dag combiner can start using alias analysis to realize that y/x
57 don't alias, making the store to X not dependent on the load from Y.
582. The generated isel could be made smarter in the case it can't
59 disambiguate the pointers.
60
61Number 1 is the preferred solution.
62
63This has been "fixed" by a TableGen hack. But that is a short term workaround
64which will be removed once the proper fix is made.
65
66//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
67
68On targets with expensive 64-bit multiply, we could LSR this:
69
70for (i = ...; ++i) {
71 x = 1ULL << i;
72
73into:
74 long long tmp = 1;
75 for (i = ...; ++i, tmp+=tmp)
76 x = tmp;
77
78This would be a win on ppc32, but not x86 or ppc64.
79
80//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
81
82Shrink: (setlt (loadi32 P), 0) -> (setlt (loadi8 Phi), 0)
83
84//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
85
86Reassociate should turn: X*X*X*X -> t=(X*X) (t*t) to eliminate a multiply.
87
88//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
89
90Interesting? testcase for add/shift/mul reassoc:
91
92int bar(int x, int y) {
93 return x*x*x+y+x*x*x*x*x*y*y*y*y;
94}
95int foo(int z, int n) {
96 return bar(z, n) + bar(2*z, 2*n);
97}
98
99Reassociate should handle the example in GCC PR16157.
100
101//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
102
103These two functions should generate the same code on big-endian systems:
104
105int g(int *j,int *l) { return memcmp(j,l,4); }
106int h(int *j, int *l) { return *j - *l; }
107
108this could be done in SelectionDAGISel.cpp, along with other special cases,
109for 1,2,4,8 bytes.
110
111//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
112
113It would be nice to revert this patch:
114http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20060213/031986.html
115
116And teach the dag combiner enough to simplify the code expanded before
117legalize. It seems plausible that this knowledge would let it simplify other
118stuff too.
119
120//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
121
122For vector types, TargetData.cpp::getTypeInfo() returns alignment that is equal
123to the type size. It works but can be overly conservative as the alignment of
124specific vector types are target dependent.
125
126//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
127
Dan Gohman71e4f772009-05-11 18:51:16 +0000128We should produce an unaligned load from code like this:
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000129
130v4sf example(float *P) {
131 return (v4sf){P[0], P[1], P[2], P[3] };
132}
133
134//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
135
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000136Add support for conditional increments, and other related patterns. Instead
137of:
138
139 movl 136(%esp), %eax
140 cmpl $0, %eax
141 je LBB16_2 #cond_next
142LBB16_1: #cond_true
143 incl _foo
144LBB16_2: #cond_next
145
146emit:
147 movl _foo, %eax
148 cmpl $1, %edi
149 sbbl $-1, %eax
150 movl %eax, _foo
151
152//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
153
154Combine: a = sin(x), b = cos(x) into a,b = sincos(x).
155
156Expand these to calls of sin/cos and stores:
157 double sincos(double x, double *sin, double *cos);
158 float sincosf(float x, float *sin, float *cos);
159 long double sincosl(long double x, long double *sin, long double *cos);
160
161Doing so could allow SROA of the destination pointers. See also:
162http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17687
163
Chris Lattner5ae3f3d2008-12-10 01:30:48 +0000164This is now easily doable with MRVs. We could even make an intrinsic for this
165if anyone cared enough about sincos.
166
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000167//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
168
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000169Turn this into a single byte store with no load (the other 3 bytes are
170unmodified):
171
Dan Gohman95df9622009-05-11 18:04:52 +0000172define void @test(i32* %P) {
173 %tmp = load i32* %P
174 %tmp14 = or i32 %tmp, 3305111552
175 %tmp15 = and i32 %tmp14, 3321888767
176 store i32 %tmp15, i32* %P
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000177 ret void
178}
179
180//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
181
182dag/inst combine "clz(x)>>5 -> x==0" for 32-bit x.
183
184Compile:
185
186int bar(int x)
187{
188 int t = __builtin_clz(x);
189 return -(t>>5);
190}
191
192to:
193
194_bar: addic r3,r3,-1
195 subfe r3,r3,r3
196 blr
197
198//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
199
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000200quantum_sigma_x in 462.libquantum contains the following loop:
201
202 for(i=0; i<reg->size; i++)
203 {
204 /* Flip the target bit of each basis state */
205 reg->node[i].state ^= ((MAX_UNSIGNED) 1 << target);
206 }
207
208Where MAX_UNSIGNED/state is a 64-bit int. On a 32-bit platform it would be just
209so cool to turn it into something like:
210
211 long long Res = ((MAX_UNSIGNED) 1 << target);
212 if (target < 32) {
213 for(i=0; i<reg->size; i++)
214 reg->node[i].state ^= Res & 0xFFFFFFFFULL;
215 } else {
216 for(i=0; i<reg->size; i++)
217 reg->node[i].state ^= Res & 0xFFFFFFFF00000000ULL
218 }
219
220... which would only do one 32-bit XOR per loop iteration instead of two.
221
222It would also be nice to recognize the reg->size doesn't alias reg->node[i], but
223alas...
224
225//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
226
Chris Lattner909c72c2008-10-05 02:16:12 +0000227This isn't recognized as bswap by instcombine (yes, it really is bswap):
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000228
229unsigned long reverse(unsigned v) {
230 unsigned t;
231 t = v ^ ((v << 16) | (v >> 16));
232 t &= ~0xff0000;
233 v = (v << 24) | (v >> 8);
234 return v ^ (t >> 8);
235}
236
237//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
238
Chris Lattner200ca612008-10-15 16:02:15 +0000239These idioms should be recognized as popcount (see PR1488):
240
241unsigned countbits_slow(unsigned v) {
242 unsigned c;
243 for (c = 0; v; v >>= 1)
244 c += v & 1;
245 return c;
246}
247unsigned countbits_fast(unsigned v){
248 unsigned c;
249 for (c = 0; v; c++)
250 v &= v - 1; // clear the least significant bit set
251 return c;
252}
253
254BITBOARD = unsigned long long
255int PopCnt(register BITBOARD a) {
256 register int c=0;
257 while(a) {
258 c++;
259 a &= a - 1;
260 }
261 return c;
262}
263unsigned int popcount(unsigned int input) {
264 unsigned int count = 0;
265 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < 4 * 8; i++)
266 count += (input >> i) & i;
267 return count;
268}
269
270//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
271
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000272These should turn into single 16-bit (unaligned?) loads on little/big endian
273processors.
274
275unsigned short read_16_le(const unsigned char *adr) {
276 return adr[0] | (adr[1] << 8);
277}
278unsigned short read_16_be(const unsigned char *adr) {
279 return (adr[0] << 8) | adr[1];
280}
281
282//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
283
284-instcombine should handle this transform:
285 icmp pred (sdiv X / C1 ), C2
286when X, C1, and C2 are unsigned. Similarly for udiv and signed operands.
287
288Currently InstCombine avoids this transform but will do it when the signs of
289the operands and the sign of the divide match. See the FIXME in
290InstructionCombining.cpp in the visitSetCondInst method after the switch case
291for Instruction::UDiv (around line 4447) for more details.
292
293The SingleSource/Benchmarks/Shootout-C++/hash and hash2 tests have examples of
294this construct.
295
296//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
297
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000298viterbi speeds up *significantly* if the various "history" related copy loops
299are turned into memcpy calls at the source level. We need a "loops to memcpy"
300pass.
301
302//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
303
304Consider:
305
306typedef unsigned U32;
307typedef unsigned long long U64;
308int test (U32 *inst, U64 *regs) {
309 U64 effective_addr2;
310 U32 temp = *inst;
311 int r1 = (temp >> 20) & 0xf;
312 int b2 = (temp >> 16) & 0xf;
313 effective_addr2 = temp & 0xfff;
314 if (b2) effective_addr2 += regs[b2];
315 b2 = (temp >> 12) & 0xf;
316 if (b2) effective_addr2 += regs[b2];
317 effective_addr2 &= regs[4];
318 if ((effective_addr2 & 3) == 0)
319 return 1;
320 return 0;
321}
322
323Note that only the low 2 bits of effective_addr2 are used. On 32-bit systems,
324we don't eliminate the computation of the top half of effective_addr2 because
325we don't have whole-function selection dags. On x86, this means we use one
326extra register for the function when effective_addr2 is declared as U64 than
327when it is declared U32.
328
329//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
330
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000331LSR should know what GPR types a target has. This code:
332
333volatile short X, Y; // globals
334
335void foo(int N) {
336 int i;
337 for (i = 0; i < N; i++) { X = i; Y = i*4; }
338}
339
340produces two identical IV's (after promotion) on PPC/ARM:
341
342LBB1_1: @bb.preheader
343 mov r3, #0
344 mov r2, r3
345 mov r1, r3
346LBB1_2: @bb
347 ldr r12, LCPI1_0
348 ldr r12, [r12]
349 strh r2, [r12]
350 ldr r12, LCPI1_1
351 ldr r12, [r12]
352 strh r3, [r12]
353 add r1, r1, #1 <- [0,+,1]
354 add r3, r3, #4
355 add r2, r2, #1 <- [0,+,1]
356 cmp r1, r0
357 bne LBB1_2 @bb
358
359
360//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
361
362Tail call elim should be more aggressive, checking to see if the call is
363followed by an uncond branch to an exit block.
364
365; This testcase is due to tail-duplication not wanting to copy the return
366; instruction into the terminating blocks because there was other code
367; optimized out of the function after the taildup happened.
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000368; RUN: llvm-as < %s | opt -tailcallelim | llvm-dis | not grep call
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000369
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000370define i32 @t4(i32 %a) {
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000371entry:
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000372 %tmp.1 = and i32 %a, 1 ; <i32> [#uses=1]
373 %tmp.2 = icmp ne i32 %tmp.1, 0 ; <i1> [#uses=1]
374 br i1 %tmp.2, label %then.0, label %else.0
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000375
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000376then.0: ; preds = %entry
377 %tmp.5 = add i32 %a, -1 ; <i32> [#uses=1]
378 %tmp.3 = call i32 @t4( i32 %tmp.5 ) ; <i32> [#uses=1]
379 br label %return
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000380
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000381else.0: ; preds = %entry
382 %tmp.7 = icmp ne i32 %a, 0 ; <i1> [#uses=1]
383 br i1 %tmp.7, label %then.1, label %return
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000384
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000385then.1: ; preds = %else.0
386 %tmp.11 = add i32 %a, -2 ; <i32> [#uses=1]
387 %tmp.9 = call i32 @t4( i32 %tmp.11 ) ; <i32> [#uses=1]
388 br label %return
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000389
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000390return: ; preds = %then.1, %else.0, %then.0
391 %result.0 = phi i32 [ 0, %else.0 ], [ %tmp.3, %then.0 ],
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000392 [ %tmp.9, %then.1 ]
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000393 ret i32 %result.0
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000394}
395
396//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
397
Chris Lattner00159fc2007-10-03 06:10:59 +0000398Tail recursion elimination is not transforming this function, because it is
399returning n, which fails the isDynamicConstant check in the accumulator
400recursion checks.
401
402long long fib(const long long n) {
403 switch(n) {
404 case 0:
405 case 1:
406 return n;
407 default:
408 return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2);
409 }
410}
411
412//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
413
Chris Lattner7be8ac22008-08-10 00:47:21 +0000414Tail recursion elimination should handle:
415
416int pow2m1(int n) {
417 if (n == 0)
418 return 0;
419 return 2 * pow2m1 (n - 1) + 1;
420}
421
422Also, multiplies can be turned into SHL's, so they should be handled as if
423they were associative. "return foo() << 1" can be tail recursion eliminated.
424
425//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
426
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000427Argument promotion should promote arguments for recursive functions, like
428this:
429
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000430; RUN: llvm-as < %s | opt -argpromotion | llvm-dis | grep x.val
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000431
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000432define internal i32 @foo(i32* %x) {
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000433entry:
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000434 %tmp = load i32* %x ; <i32> [#uses=0]
435 %tmp.foo = call i32 @foo( i32* %x ) ; <i32> [#uses=1]
436 ret i32 %tmp.foo
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000437}
438
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000439define i32 @bar(i32* %x) {
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000440entry:
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000441 %tmp3 = call i32 @foo( i32* %x ) ; <i32> [#uses=1]
442 ret i32 %tmp3
Dan Gohmanf17a25c2007-07-18 16:29:46 +0000443}
444
Chris Lattner421a7332007-12-05 23:05:06 +0000445//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattner072ab752007-12-28 04:42:05 +0000446
447"basicaa" should know how to look through "or" instructions that act like add
448instructions. For example in this code, the x*4+1 is turned into x*4 | 1, and
449basicaa can't analyze the array subscript, leading to duplicated loads in the
450generated code:
451
452void test(int X, int Y, int a[]) {
453int i;
454 for (i=2; i<1000; i+=4) {
455 a[i+0] = a[i-1+0]*a[i-2+0];
456 a[i+1] = a[i-1+1]*a[i-2+1];
457 a[i+2] = a[i-1+2]*a[i-2+2];
458 a[i+3] = a[i-1+3]*a[i-2+3];
459 }
460}
461
Chris Lattner5ae3f3d2008-12-10 01:30:48 +0000462BasicAA also doesn't do this for add. It needs to know that &A[i+1] != &A[i].
463
Chris Lattnerfe7fe912007-12-28 22:30:05 +0000464//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattner072ab752007-12-28 04:42:05 +0000465
Chris Lattnerfe7fe912007-12-28 22:30:05 +0000466We should investigate an instruction sinking pass. Consider this silly
467example in pic mode:
468
469#include <assert.h>
470void foo(int x) {
471 assert(x);
472 //...
473}
474
475we compile this to:
476_foo:
477 subl $28, %esp
478 call "L1$pb"
479"L1$pb":
480 popl %eax
481 cmpl $0, 32(%esp)
482 je LBB1_2 # cond_true
483LBB1_1: # return
484 # ...
485 addl $28, %esp
486 ret
487LBB1_2: # cond_true
488...
489
490The PIC base computation (call+popl) is only used on one path through the
491code, but is currently always computed in the entry block. It would be
492better to sink the picbase computation down into the block for the
493assertion, as it is the only one that uses it. This happens for a lot of
494code with early outs.
495
Chris Lattnerbe9fe9d2007-12-29 01:05:01 +0000496Another example is loads of arguments, which are usually emitted into the
497entry block on targets like x86. If not used in all paths through a
498function, they should be sunk into the ones that do.
499
Chris Lattnerfe7fe912007-12-28 22:30:05 +0000500In this case, whole-function-isel would also handle this.
Chris Lattner072ab752007-12-28 04:42:05 +0000501
502//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattner8551f192008-01-07 21:38:14 +0000503
504Investigate lowering of sparse switch statements into perfect hash tables:
505http://burtleburtle.net/bob/hash/perfect.html
506
507//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattnerdc089f02008-01-09 00:17:57 +0000508
509We should turn things like "load+fabs+store" and "load+fneg+store" into the
510corresponding integer operations. On a yonah, this loop:
511
512double a[256];
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000513void foo() {
514 int i, b;
515 for (b = 0; b < 10000000; b++)
516 for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
517 a[i] = -a[i];
518}
Chris Lattnerdc089f02008-01-09 00:17:57 +0000519
520is twice as slow as this loop:
521
522long long a[256];
Chris Lattnerd78823e2008-02-18 18:46:39 +0000523void foo() {
524 int i, b;
525 for (b = 0; b < 10000000; b++)
526 for (i = 0; i < 256; i++)
527 a[i] ^= (1ULL << 63);
528}
Chris Lattnerdc089f02008-01-09 00:17:57 +0000529
530and I suspect other processors are similar. On X86 in particular this is a
531big win because doing this with integers allows the use of read/modify/write
532instructions.
533
534//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattnera909d312008-01-10 18:25:41 +0000535
536DAG Combiner should try to combine small loads into larger loads when
537profitable. For example, we compile this C++ example:
538
539struct THotKey { short Key; bool Control; bool Shift; bool Alt; };
540extern THotKey m_HotKey;
541THotKey GetHotKey () { return m_HotKey; }
542
543into (-O3 -fno-exceptions -static -fomit-frame-pointer):
544
545__Z9GetHotKeyv:
546 pushl %esi
547 movl 8(%esp), %eax
548 movb _m_HotKey+3, %cl
549 movb _m_HotKey+4, %dl
550 movb _m_HotKey+2, %ch
551 movw _m_HotKey, %si
552 movw %si, (%eax)
553 movb %ch, 2(%eax)
554 movb %cl, 3(%eax)
555 movb %dl, 4(%eax)
556 popl %esi
557 ret $4
558
559GCC produces:
560
561__Z9GetHotKeyv:
562 movl _m_HotKey, %edx
563 movl 4(%esp), %eax
564 movl %edx, (%eax)
565 movzwl _m_HotKey+4, %edx
566 movw %dx, 4(%eax)
567 ret $4
568
569The LLVM IR contains the needed alignment info, so we should be able to
570merge the loads and stores into 4-byte loads:
571
572 %struct.THotKey = type { i16, i8, i8, i8 }
573define void @_Z9GetHotKeyv(%struct.THotKey* sret %agg.result) nounwind {
574...
575 %tmp2 = load i16* getelementptr (@m_HotKey, i32 0, i32 0), align 8
576 %tmp5 = load i8* getelementptr (@m_HotKey, i32 0, i32 1), align 2
577 %tmp8 = load i8* getelementptr (@m_HotKey, i32 0, i32 2), align 1
578 %tmp11 = load i8* getelementptr (@m_HotKey, i32 0, i32 3), align 2
579
580Alternatively, we should use a small amount of base-offset alias analysis
581to make it so the scheduler doesn't need to hold all the loads in regs at
582once.
583
584//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattner71538b52008-01-11 06:17:47 +0000585
Nate Begemana3c7ba32008-02-18 18:39:23 +0000586We should add an FRINT node to the DAG to model targets that have legal
587implementations of ceil/floor/rint.
Chris Lattnera672d3d2008-02-28 05:34:27 +0000588
589//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
590
Chris Lattner61075f32008-02-28 17:21:27 +0000591This GCC bug: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34043
592contains a testcase that compiles down to:
593
594 %struct.XMM128 = type { <4 x float> }
595..
596 %src = alloca %struct.XMM128
597..
598 %tmp6263 = bitcast %struct.XMM128* %src to <2 x i64>*
599 %tmp65 = getelementptr %struct.XMM128* %src, i32 0, i32 0
600 store <2 x i64> %tmp5899, <2 x i64>* %tmp6263, align 16
601 %tmp66 = load <4 x float>* %tmp65, align 16
602 %tmp71 = add <4 x float> %tmp66, %tmp66
603
604If the mid-level optimizer turned the bitcast of pointer + store of tmp5899
605into a bitcast of the vector value and a store to the pointer, then the
606store->load could be easily removed.
607
608//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
609
Chris Lattnera672d3d2008-02-28 05:34:27 +0000610Consider:
611
612int test() {
613 long long input[8] = {1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1};
614 foo(input);
615}
616
617We currently compile this into a memcpy from a global array since the
618initializer is fairly large and not memset'able. This is good, but the memcpy
619gets lowered to load/stores in the code generator. This is also ok, except
620that the codegen lowering for memcpy doesn't handle the case when the source
621is a constant global. This gives us atrocious code like this:
622
623 call "L1$pb"
624"L1$pb":
625 popl %eax
626 movl _C.0.1444-"L1$pb"+32(%eax), %ecx
627 movl %ecx, 40(%esp)
628 movl _C.0.1444-"L1$pb"+20(%eax), %ecx
629 movl %ecx, 28(%esp)
630 movl _C.0.1444-"L1$pb"+36(%eax), %ecx
631 movl %ecx, 44(%esp)
632 movl _C.0.1444-"L1$pb"+44(%eax), %ecx
633 movl %ecx, 52(%esp)
634 movl _C.0.1444-"L1$pb"+40(%eax), %ecx
635 movl %ecx, 48(%esp)
636 movl _C.0.1444-"L1$pb"+12(%eax), %ecx
637 movl %ecx, 20(%esp)
638 movl _C.0.1444-"L1$pb"+4(%eax), %ecx
639...
640
641instead of:
642 movl $1, 16(%esp)
643 movl $0, 20(%esp)
644 movl $1, 24(%esp)
645 movl $0, 28(%esp)
646 movl $1, 32(%esp)
647 movl $0, 36(%esp)
648 ...
649
650//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattnera709d332008-03-02 02:51:40 +0000651
652http://llvm.org/PR717:
653
654The following code should compile into "ret int undef". Instead, LLVM
655produces "ret int 0":
656
657int f() {
658 int x = 4;
659 int y;
660 if (x == 3) y = 0;
661 return y;
662}
663
664//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattnere9c68442008-03-02 19:29:42 +0000665
666The loop unroller should partially unroll loops (instead of peeling them)
667when code growth isn't too bad and when an unroll count allows simplification
668of some code within the loop. One trivial example is:
669
670#include <stdio.h>
671int main() {
672 int nRet = 17;
673 int nLoop;
674 for ( nLoop = 0; nLoop < 1000; nLoop++ ) {
675 if ( nLoop & 1 )
676 nRet += 2;
677 else
678 nRet -= 1;
679 }
680 return nRet;
681}
682
683Unrolling by 2 would eliminate the '&1' in both copies, leading to a net
684reduction in code size. The resultant code would then also be suitable for
685exit value computation.
686
687//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattner962a7d52008-03-17 01:47:51 +0000688
689We miss a bunch of rotate opportunities on various targets, including ppc, x86,
690etc. On X86, we miss a bunch of 'rotate by variable' cases because the rotate
691matching code in dag combine doesn't look through truncates aggressively
692enough. Here are some testcases reduces from GCC PR17886:
693
694unsigned long long f(unsigned long long x, int y) {
695 return (x << y) | (x >> 64-y);
696}
697unsigned f2(unsigned x, int y){
698 return (x << y) | (x >> 32-y);
699}
700unsigned long long f3(unsigned long long x){
701 int y = 9;
702 return (x << y) | (x >> 64-y);
703}
704unsigned f4(unsigned x){
705 int y = 10;
706 return (x << y) | (x >> 32-y);
707}
708unsigned long long f5(unsigned long long x, unsigned long long y) {
709 return (x << 8) | ((y >> 48) & 0xffull);
710}
711unsigned long long f6(unsigned long long x, unsigned long long y, int z) {
712 switch(z) {
713 case 1:
714 return (x << 8) | ((y >> 48) & 0xffull);
715 case 2:
716 return (x << 16) | ((y >> 40) & 0xffffull);
717 case 3:
718 return (x << 24) | ((y >> 32) & 0xffffffull);
719 case 4:
720 return (x << 32) | ((y >> 24) & 0xffffffffull);
721 default:
722 return (x << 40) | ((y >> 16) & 0xffffffffffull);
723 }
724}
725
Dan Gohman2896a4e2008-10-17 21:39:27 +0000726On X86-64, we only handle f2/f3/f4 right. On x86-32, a few of these
Chris Lattner962a7d52008-03-17 01:47:51 +0000727generate truly horrible code, instead of using shld and friends. On
728ARM, we end up with calls to L___lshrdi3/L___ashldi3 in f, which is
729badness. PPC64 misses f, f5 and f6. CellSPU aborts in isel.
730
731//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattner38c4a152008-03-20 04:46:13 +0000732
733We do a number of simplifications in simplify libcalls to strength reduce
734standard library functions, but we don't currently merge them together. For
735example, it is useful to merge memcpy(a,b,strlen(b)) -> strcpy. This can only
736be done safely if "b" isn't modified between the strlen and memcpy of course.
737
738//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
739
Chris Lattner40a68642008-07-14 00:19:59 +0000740Reassociate should turn things like:
741
742int factorial(int X) {
743 return X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X;
744}
745
746into llvm.powi calls, allowing the code generator to produce balanced
747multiplication trees.
748
749//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
750
Chris Lattner16e192f2008-08-10 01:14:08 +0000751We generate a horrible libcall for llvm.powi. For example, we compile:
752
753#include <cmath>
754double f(double a) { return std::pow(a, 4); }
755
756into:
757
758__Z1fd:
759 subl $12, %esp
760 movsd 16(%esp), %xmm0
761 movsd %xmm0, (%esp)
762 movl $4, 8(%esp)
763 call L___powidf2$stub
764 addl $12, %esp
765 ret
766
767GCC produces:
768
769__Z1fd:
770 subl $12, %esp
771 movsd 16(%esp), %xmm0
772 mulsd %xmm0, %xmm0
773 mulsd %xmm0, %xmm0
774 movsd %xmm0, (%esp)
775 fldl (%esp)
776 addl $12, %esp
777 ret
778
779//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
780
781We compile this program: (from GCC PR11680)
782http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=4487
783
784Into code that runs the same speed in fast/slow modes, but both modes run 2x
785slower than when compile with GCC (either 4.0 or 4.2):
786
787$ llvm-g++ perf.cpp -O3 -fno-exceptions
788$ time ./a.out fast
7891.821u 0.003s 0:01.82 100.0% 0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w
790
791$ g++ perf.cpp -O3 -fno-exceptions
792$ time ./a.out fast
7930.821u 0.001s 0:00.82 100.0% 0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w
794
795It looks like we are making the same inlining decisions, so this may be raw
796codegen badness or something else (haven't investigated).
797
798//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
799
800We miss some instcombines for stuff like this:
801void bar (void);
802void foo (unsigned int a) {
803 /* This one is equivalent to a >= (3 << 2). */
804 if ((a >> 2) >= 3)
805 bar ();
806}
807
808A few other related ones are in GCC PR14753.
809
810//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
811
812Divisibility by constant can be simplified (according to GCC PR12849) from
813being a mulhi to being a mul lo (cheaper). Testcase:
814
815void bar(unsigned n) {
816 if (n % 3 == 0)
817 true();
818}
819
820I think this basically amounts to a dag combine to simplify comparisons against
821multiply hi's into a comparison against the mullo.
822
823//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattnerc10e07a2008-08-19 06:22:16 +0000824
Chris Lattner92f97832008-10-15 16:06:03 +0000825Better mod/ref analysis for scanf would allow us to eliminate the vtable and a
826bunch of other stuff from this example (see PR1604):
827
828#include <cstdio>
829struct test {
830 int val;
831 virtual ~test() {}
832};
833
834int main() {
835 test t;
836 std::scanf("%d", &t.val);
837 std::printf("%d\n", t.val);
838}
839
840//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
841
Chris Lattner74da9112008-10-15 16:33:52 +0000842Instcombine will merge comparisons like (x >= 10) && (x < 20) by producing (x -
84310) u< 10, but only when the comparisons have matching sign.
844
845This could be converted with a similiar technique. (PR1941)
846
847define i1 @test(i8 %x) {
848 %A = icmp uge i8 %x, 5
849 %B = icmp slt i8 %x, 20
850 %C = and i1 %A, %B
851 ret i1 %C
852}
853
854//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Nick Lewycky8ef52e22008-11-27 22:12:22 +0000855
Nick Lewycky728f8742008-11-27 22:41:45 +0000856These functions perform the same computation, but produce different assembly.
Nick Lewycky8ef52e22008-11-27 22:12:22 +0000857
858define i8 @select(i8 %x) readnone nounwind {
859 %A = icmp ult i8 %x, 250
860 %B = select i1 %A, i8 0, i8 1
861 ret i8 %B
862}
863
864define i8 @addshr(i8 %x) readnone nounwind {
865 %A = zext i8 %x to i9
866 %B = add i9 %A, 6 ;; 256 - 250 == 6
867 %C = lshr i9 %B, 8
868 %D = trunc i9 %C to i8
869 ret i8 %D
870}
871
872//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Eli Friedman8e59f062008-11-30 07:36:04 +0000873
874From gcc bug 24696:
875int
876f (unsigned long a, unsigned long b, unsigned long c)
877{
878 return ((a & (c - 1)) != 0) || ((b & (c - 1)) != 0);
879}
880int
881f (unsigned long a, unsigned long b, unsigned long c)
882{
883 return ((a & (c - 1)) != 0) | ((b & (c - 1)) != 0);
884}
885Both should combine to ((a|b) & (c-1)) != 0. Currently not optimized with
886"clang -emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
887
888//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
889
890From GCC Bug 20192:
891#define PMD_MASK (~((1UL << 23) - 1))
892void clear_pmd_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
893{
894 if (!(start & ~PMD_MASK) && !(end & ~PMD_MASK))
895 f();
896}
897The expression should optimize to something like
898"!((start|end)&~PMD_MASK). Currently not optimized with "clang
899-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
900
901//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
902
903From GCC Bug 15241:
904unsigned int
905foo (unsigned int a, unsigned int b)
906{
907 if (a <= 7 && b <= 7)
908 baz ();
909}
910Should combine to "(a|b) <= 7". Currently not optimized with "clang
911-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
912
913//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
914
915From GCC Bug 3756:
916int
917pn (int n)
918{
919 return (n >= 0 ? 1 : -1);
920}
921Should combine to (n >> 31) | 1. Currently not optimized with "clang
922-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts | llc".
923
924//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
925
926From GCC Bug 28685:
927int test(int a, int b)
928{
929 int lt = a < b;
930 int eq = a == b;
931
932 return (lt || eq);
933}
934Should combine to "a <= b". Currently not optimized with "clang
935-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts | llc".
936
937//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
938
939void a(int variable)
940{
941 if (variable == 4 || variable == 6)
942 bar();
943}
944This should optimize to "if ((variable | 2) == 6)". Currently not
945optimized with "clang -emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts | llc".
946
947//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
948
949unsigned int f(unsigned int i, unsigned int n) {++i; if (i == n) ++i; return
950i;}
951unsigned int f2(unsigned int i, unsigned int n) {++i; i += i == n; return i;}
952These should combine to the same thing. Currently, the first function
953produces better code on X86.
954
955//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
956
Eli Friedman8e59f062008-11-30 07:36:04 +0000957From GCC Bug 15784:
958#define abs(x) x>0?x:-x
959int f(int x, int y)
960{
961 return (abs(x)) >= 0;
962}
963This should optimize to x == INT_MIN. (With -fwrapv.) Currently not
964optimized with "clang -emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
965
966//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
967
968From GCC Bug 14753:
969void
970rotate_cst (unsigned int a)
971{
972 a = (a << 10) | (a >> 22);
973 if (a == 123)
974 bar ();
975}
976void
977minus_cst (unsigned int a)
978{
979 unsigned int tem;
980
981 tem = 20 - a;
982 if (tem == 5)
983 bar ();
984}
985void
986mask_gt (unsigned int a)
987{
988 /* This is equivalent to a > 15. */
989 if ((a & ~7) > 8)
990 bar ();
991}
992void
993rshift_gt (unsigned int a)
994{
995 /* This is equivalent to a > 23. */
996 if ((a >> 2) > 5)
997 bar ();
998}
999All should simplify to a single comparison. All of these are
1000currently not optimized with "clang -emit-llvm-bc | opt
1001-std-compile-opts".
1002
1003//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1004
1005From GCC Bug 32605:
1006int c(int* x) {return (char*)x+2 == (char*)x;}
1007Should combine to 0. Currently not optimized with "clang
1008-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts" (although llc can optimize it).
1009
1010//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1011
1012int a(unsigned char* b) {return *b > 99;}
1013There's an unnecessary zext in the generated code with "clang
1014-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1015
1016//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1017
Eli Friedman8e59f062008-11-30 07:36:04 +00001018int a(unsigned b) {return ((b << 31) | (b << 30)) >> 31;}
1019Should be combined to "((b >> 1) | b) & 1". Currently not optimized
1020with "clang -emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1021
1022//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1023
1024unsigned a(unsigned x, unsigned y) { return x | (y & 1) | (y & 2);}
1025Should combine to "x | (y & 3)". Currently not optimized with "clang
1026-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1027
1028//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1029
1030unsigned a(unsigned a) {return ((a | 1) & 3) | (a & -4);}
1031Should combine to "a | 1". Currently not optimized with "clang
1032-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1033
1034//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1035
Eli Friedman8e59f062008-11-30 07:36:04 +00001036int a(int a, int b, int c) {return (~a & c) | ((c|a) & b);}
1037Should fold to "(~a & c) | (a & b)". Currently not optimized with
1038"clang -emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1039
1040//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1041
1042int a(int a,int b) {return (~(a|b))|a;}
1043Should fold to "a|~b". Currently not optimized with "clang
1044-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1045
1046//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1047
1048int a(int a, int b) {return (a&&b) || (a&&!b);}
1049Should fold to "a". Currently not optimized with "clang -emit-llvm-bc
1050| opt -std-compile-opts".
1051
1052//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1053
1054int a(int a, int b, int c) {return (a&&b) || (!a&&c);}
1055Should fold to "a ? b : c", or at least something sane. Currently not
1056optimized with "clang -emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1057
1058//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1059
1060int a(int a, int b, int c) {return (a&&b) || (a&&c) || (a&&b&&c);}
1061Should fold to a && (b || c). Currently not optimized with "clang
1062-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1063
1064//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1065
1066int a(int x) {return x | ((x & 8) ^ 8);}
1067Should combine to x | 8. Currently not optimized with "clang
1068-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1069
1070//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1071
1072int a(int x) {return x ^ ((x & 8) ^ 8);}
1073Should also combine to x | 8. Currently not optimized with "clang
1074-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1075
1076//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1077
1078int a(int x) {return (x & 8) == 0 ? -1 : -9;}
1079Should combine to (x | -9) ^ 8. Currently not optimized with "clang
1080-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1081
1082//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1083
1084int a(int x) {return (x & 8) == 0 ? -9 : -1;}
1085Should combine to x | -9. Currently not optimized with "clang
1086-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1087
1088//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1089
1090int a(int x) {return ((x | -9) ^ 8) & x;}
1091Should combine to x & -9. Currently not optimized with "clang
1092-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1093
1094//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1095
1096unsigned a(unsigned a) {return a * 0x11111111 >> 28 & 1;}
1097Should combine to "a * 0x88888888 >> 31". Currently not optimized
1098with "clang -emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1099
1100//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1101
1102unsigned a(char* x) {if ((*x & 32) == 0) return b();}
1103There's an unnecessary zext in the generated code with "clang
1104-emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1105
1106//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1107
1108unsigned a(unsigned long long x) {return 40 * (x >> 1);}
1109Should combine to "20 * (((unsigned)x) & -2)". Currently not
1110optimized with "clang -emit-llvm-bc | opt -std-compile-opts".
1111
1112//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Bill Wendlingd0a76ee2008-12-02 05:12:47 +00001113
Chris Lattner8cbcc3a2008-12-02 06:32:34 +00001114This was noticed in the entryblock for grokdeclarator in 403.gcc:
1115
1116 %tmp = icmp eq i32 %decl_context, 4
1117 %decl_context_addr.0 = select i1 %tmp, i32 3, i32 %decl_context
1118 %tmp1 = icmp eq i32 %decl_context_addr.0, 1
1119 %decl_context_addr.1 = select i1 %tmp1, i32 0, i32 %decl_context_addr.0
1120
1121tmp1 should be simplified to something like:
1122 (!tmp || decl_context == 1)
1123
1124This allows recursive simplifications, tmp1 is used all over the place in
1125the function, e.g. by:
1126
1127 %tmp23 = icmp eq i32 %decl_context_addr.1, 0 ; <i1> [#uses=1]
1128 %tmp24 = xor i1 %tmp1, true ; <i1> [#uses=1]
1129 %or.cond8 = and i1 %tmp23, %tmp24 ; <i1> [#uses=1]
1130
1131later.
1132
Chris Lattnerb37c3a42008-12-06 19:28:22 +00001133//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1134
1135Store sinking: This code:
1136
1137void f (int n, int *cond, int *res) {
1138 int i;
1139 *res = 0;
1140 for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
1141 if (*cond)
1142 *res ^= 234; /* (*) */
1143}
1144
1145On this function GVN hoists the fully redundant value of *res, but nothing
1146moves the store out. This gives us this code:
1147
1148bb: ; preds = %bb2, %entry
1149 %.rle = phi i32 [ 0, %entry ], [ %.rle6, %bb2 ]
1150 %i.05 = phi i32 [ 0, %entry ], [ %indvar.next, %bb2 ]
1151 %1 = load i32* %cond, align 4
1152 %2 = icmp eq i32 %1, 0
1153 br i1 %2, label %bb2, label %bb1
1154
1155bb1: ; preds = %bb
1156 %3 = xor i32 %.rle, 234
1157 store i32 %3, i32* %res, align 4
1158 br label %bb2
1159
1160bb2: ; preds = %bb, %bb1
1161 %.rle6 = phi i32 [ %3, %bb1 ], [ %.rle, %bb ]
1162 %indvar.next = add i32 %i.05, 1
1163 %exitcond = icmp eq i32 %indvar.next, %n
1164 br i1 %exitcond, label %return, label %bb
1165
1166DSE should sink partially dead stores to get the store out of the loop.
1167
Chris Lattner7d675ed2008-12-06 22:52:12 +00001168Here's another partial dead case:
1169http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12395
1170
Chris Lattnerb37c3a42008-12-06 19:28:22 +00001171//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1172
1173Scalar PRE hoists the mul in the common block up to the else:
1174
1175int test (int a, int b, int c, int g) {
1176 int d, e;
1177 if (a)
1178 d = b * c;
1179 else
1180 d = b - c;
1181 e = b * c + g;
1182 return d + e;
1183}
1184
1185It would be better to do the mul once to reduce codesize above the if.
1186This is GCC PR38204.
1187
1188//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1189
1190GCC PR37810 is an interesting case where we should sink load/store reload
1191into the if block and outside the loop, so we don't reload/store it on the
1192non-call path.
1193
1194for () {
1195 *P += 1;
1196 if ()
1197 call();
1198 else
1199 ...
1200->
1201tmp = *P
1202for () {
1203 tmp += 1;
1204 if () {
1205 *P = tmp;
1206 call();
1207 tmp = *P;
1208 } else ...
1209}
1210*P = tmp;
1211
Chris Lattnera8ff4242008-12-15 07:49:24 +00001212We now hoist the reload after the call (Transforms/GVN/lpre-call-wrap.ll), but
1213we don't sink the store. We need partially dead store sinking.
1214
Chris Lattnerb37c3a42008-12-06 19:28:22 +00001215//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1216
Chris Lattnera8ff4242008-12-15 07:49:24 +00001217[PHI TRANSLATE GEPs]
1218
Chris Lattnerb37c3a42008-12-06 19:28:22 +00001219GCC PR37166: Sinking of loads prevents SROA'ing the "g" struct on the stack
1220leading to excess stack traffic. This could be handled by GVN with some crazy
1221symbolic phi translation. The code we get looks like (g is on the stack):
1222
1223bb2: ; preds = %bb1
1224..
1225 %9 = getelementptr %struct.f* %g, i32 0, i32 0
1226 store i32 %8, i32* %9, align bel %bb3
1227
1228bb3: ; preds = %bb1, %bb2, %bb
1229 %c_addr.0 = phi %struct.f* [ %g, %bb2 ], [ %c, %bb ], [ %c, %bb1 ]
1230 %b_addr.0 = phi %struct.f* [ %b, %bb2 ], [ %g, %bb ], [ %b, %bb1 ]
1231 %10 = getelementptr %struct.f* %c_addr.0, i32 0, i32 0
1232 %11 = load i32* %10, align 4
1233
1234%11 is fully redundant, an in BB2 it should have the value %8.
1235
Chris Lattner7d675ed2008-12-06 22:52:12 +00001236GCC PR33344 is a similar case.
1237
Chris Lattnerb37c3a42008-12-06 19:28:22 +00001238//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1239
Chris Lattner7d675ed2008-12-06 22:52:12 +00001240There are many load PRE testcases in testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loadpre* in the
1241GCC testsuite. There are many pre testcases as ssa-pre-*.c
1242
Chris Lattnerfaf145c2008-12-15 08:32:28 +00001243//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1244
1245There are some interesting cases in testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/pred-comm* in the
1246GCC testsuite. For example, predcom-1.c is:
1247
1248 for (i = 2; i < 1000; i++)
1249 fib[i] = (fib[i-1] + fib[i - 2]) & 0xffff;
1250
1251which compiles into:
1252
1253bb1: ; preds = %bb1, %bb1.thread
1254 %indvar = phi i32 [ 0, %bb1.thread ], [ %0, %bb1 ]
1255 %i.0.reg2mem.0 = add i32 %indvar, 2
1256 %0 = add i32 %indvar, 1 ; <i32> [#uses=3]
1257 %1 = getelementptr [1000 x i32]* @fib, i32 0, i32 %0
1258 %2 = load i32* %1, align 4 ; <i32> [#uses=1]
1259 %3 = getelementptr [1000 x i32]* @fib, i32 0, i32 %indvar
1260 %4 = load i32* %3, align 4 ; <i32> [#uses=1]
1261 %5 = add i32 %4, %2 ; <i32> [#uses=1]
1262 %6 = and i32 %5, 65535 ; <i32> [#uses=1]
1263 %7 = getelementptr [1000 x i32]* @fib, i32 0, i32 %i.0.reg2mem.0
1264 store i32 %6, i32* %7, align 4
1265 %exitcond = icmp eq i32 %0, 998 ; <i1> [#uses=1]
1266 br i1 %exitcond, label %return, label %bb1
1267
1268This is basically:
1269 LOAD fib[i+1]
1270 LOAD fib[i]
1271 STORE fib[i+2]
1272
1273instead of handling this as a loop or other xform, all we'd need to do is teach
1274load PRE to phi translate the %0 add (i+1) into the predecessor as (i'+1+1) =
1275(i'+2) (where i' is the previous iteration of i). This would find the store
1276which feeds it.
1277
1278predcom-2.c is apparently the same as predcom-1.c
1279predcom-3.c is very similar but needs loads feeding each other instead of
1280store->load.
1281predcom-4.c seems the same as the rest.
1282
1283
1284//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1285
Chris Lattner7d675ed2008-12-06 22:52:12 +00001286Other simple load PRE cases:
Chris Lattnera8ff4242008-12-15 07:49:24 +00001287http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35287 [LPRE crit edge splitting]
1288
1289http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34677 (licm does this, LPRE crit edge)
1290 llvm-gcc t2.c -S -o - -O0 -emit-llvm | llvm-as | opt -mem2reg -simplifycfg -gvn | llvm-dis
1291
Chris Lattnerfaf145c2008-12-15 08:32:28 +00001292//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1293
1294Type based alias analysis:
Chris Lattner7d675ed2008-12-06 22:52:12 +00001295http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14705
1296
1297//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1298
1299When GVN/PRE finds a store of float* to a must aliases pointer when expecting
1300an int*, it should turn it into a bitcast. This is a nice generalization of
Chris Lattnere3a64972008-12-07 00:15:10 +00001301the SROA hack that would apply to other cases, e.g.:
1302
1303int foo(int C, int *P, float X) {
1304 if (C) {
1305 bar();
1306 *P = 42;
1307 } else
1308 *(float*)P = X;
1309
1310 return *P;
1311}
1312
Chris Lattner7d675ed2008-12-06 22:52:12 +00001313
1314One example (that requires crazy phi translation) is:
Chris Lattnerfaf145c2008-12-15 08:32:28 +00001315http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16799 [BITCAST PHI TRANS]
Chris Lattner7d675ed2008-12-06 22:52:12 +00001316
1317//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1318
1319A/B get pinned to the stack because we turn an if/then into a select instead
1320of PRE'ing the load/store. This may be fixable in instcombine:
1321http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=37892
1322
Chris Lattnerfaf145c2008-12-15 08:32:28 +00001323
1324
Chris Lattner7d675ed2008-12-06 22:52:12 +00001325Interesting missed case because of control flow flattening (should be 2 loads):
1326http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26629
Chris Lattnerfaf145c2008-12-15 08:32:28 +00001327With: llvm-gcc t2.c -S -o - -O0 -emit-llvm | llvm-as |
1328 opt -mem2reg -gvn -instcombine | llvm-dis
1329we miss it because we need 1) GEP PHI TRAN, 2) CRIT EDGE 3) MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
1330VALS PRODUCED BY ONE BLOCK OVER DIFFERENT PATHS
Chris Lattner7d675ed2008-12-06 22:52:12 +00001331
1332//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1333
1334http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19633
1335We could eliminate the branch condition here, loading from null is undefined:
1336
1337struct S { int w, x, y, z; };
1338struct T { int r; struct S s; };
1339void bar (struct S, int);
1340void foo (int a, struct T b)
1341{
1342 struct S *c = 0;
1343 if (a)
1344 c = &b.s;
1345 bar (*c, a);
1346}
1347
1348//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattner8cbcc3a2008-12-02 06:32:34 +00001349
Chris Lattnerb36ace92008-12-23 20:52:52 +00001350simplifylibcalls should do several optimizations for strspn/strcspn:
1351
1352strcspn(x, "") -> strlen(x)
1353strcspn("", x) -> 0
1354strspn("", x) -> 0
1355strspn(x, "") -> strlen(x)
1356strspn(x, "a") -> strchr(x, 'a')-x
1357
1358strcspn(x, "a") -> inlined loop for up to 3 letters (similarly for strspn):
1359
1360size_t __strcspn_c3 (__const char *__s, int __reject1, int __reject2,
1361 int __reject3) {
1362 register size_t __result = 0;
1363 while (__s[__result] != '\0' && __s[__result] != __reject1 &&
1364 __s[__result] != __reject2 && __s[__result] != __reject3)
1365 ++__result;
1366 return __result;
1367}
1368
1369This should turn into a switch on the character. See PR3253 for some notes on
1370codegen.
1371
1372456.hmmer apparently uses strcspn and strspn a lot. 471.omnetpp uses strspn.
1373
1374//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattner107d30a2008-12-31 00:54:13 +00001375
1376"gas" uses this idiom:
1377 else if (strchr ("+-/*%|&^:[]()~", *intel_parser.op_string))
1378..
1379 else if (strchr ("<>", *intel_parser.op_string)
1380
1381Those should be turned into a switch.
1382
1383//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattnera146bc52009-01-08 06:52:57 +00001384
1385252.eon contains this interesting code:
1386
1387 %3072 = getelementptr [100 x i8]* %tempString, i32 0, i32 0
1388 %3073 = call i8* @strcpy(i8* %3072, i8* %3071) nounwind
1389 %strlen = call i32 @strlen(i8* %3072) ; uses = 1
1390 %endptr = getelementptr [100 x i8]* %tempString, i32 0, i32 %strlen
1391 call void @llvm.memcpy.i32(i8* %endptr,
1392 i8* getelementptr ([5 x i8]* @"\01LC42", i32 0, i32 0), i32 5, i32 1)
1393 %3074 = call i32 @strlen(i8* %endptr) nounwind readonly
1394
1395This is interesting for a couple reasons. First, in this:
1396
1397 %3073 = call i8* @strcpy(i8* %3072, i8* %3071) nounwind
1398 %strlen = call i32 @strlen(i8* %3072)
1399
1400The strlen could be replaced with: %strlen = sub %3072, %3073, because the
1401strcpy call returns a pointer to the end of the string. Based on that, the
1402endptr GEP just becomes equal to 3073, which eliminates a strlen call and GEP.
1403
1404Second, the memcpy+strlen strlen can be replaced with:
1405
1406 %3074 = call i32 @strlen([5 x i8]* @"\01LC42") nounwind readonly
1407
1408Because the destination was just copied into the specified memory buffer. This,
1409in turn, can be constant folded to "4".
1410
1411In other code, it contains:
1412
1413 %endptr6978 = bitcast i8* %endptr69 to i32*
1414 store i32 7107374, i32* %endptr6978, align 1
1415 %3167 = call i32 @strlen(i8* %endptr69) nounwind readonly
1416
1417Which could also be constant folded. Whatever is producing this should probably
1418be fixed to leave this as a memcpy from a string.
1419
1420Further, eon also has an interesting partially redundant strlen call:
1421
1422bb8: ; preds = %_ZN18eonImageCalculatorC1Ev.exit
1423 %682 = getelementptr i8** %argv, i32 6 ; <i8**> [#uses=2]
1424 %683 = load i8** %682, align 4 ; <i8*> [#uses=4]
1425 %684 = load i8* %683, align 1 ; <i8> [#uses=1]
1426 %685 = icmp eq i8 %684, 0 ; <i1> [#uses=1]
1427 br i1 %685, label %bb10, label %bb9
1428
1429bb9: ; preds = %bb8
1430 %686 = call i32 @strlen(i8* %683) nounwind readonly
1431 %687 = icmp ugt i32 %686, 254 ; <i1> [#uses=1]
1432 br i1 %687, label %bb10, label %bb11
1433
1434bb10: ; preds = %bb9, %bb8
1435 %688 = call i32 @strlen(i8* %683) nounwind readonly
1436
1437This could be eliminated by doing the strlen once in bb8, saving code size and
1438improving perf on the bb8->9->10 path.
1439
1440//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattner9c044632009-01-08 07:34:55 +00001441
1442I see an interesting fully redundant call to strlen left in 186.crafty:InputMove
1443which looks like:
1444 %movetext11 = getelementptr [128 x i8]* %movetext, i32 0, i32 0
1445
1446
1447bb62: ; preds = %bb55, %bb53
1448 %promote.0 = phi i32 [ %169, %bb55 ], [ 0, %bb53 ]
1449 %171 = call i32 @strlen(i8* %movetext11) nounwind readonly align 1
1450 %172 = add i32 %171, -1 ; <i32> [#uses=1]
1451 %173 = getelementptr [128 x i8]* %movetext, i32 0, i32 %172
1452
1453... no stores ...
1454 br i1 %or.cond, label %bb65, label %bb72
1455
1456bb65: ; preds = %bb62
1457 store i8 0, i8* %173, align 1
1458 br label %bb72
1459
1460bb72: ; preds = %bb65, %bb62
1461 %trank.1 = phi i32 [ %176, %bb65 ], [ -1, %bb62 ]
1462 %177 = call i32 @strlen(i8* %movetext11) nounwind readonly align 1
1463
1464Note that on the bb62->bb72 path, that the %177 strlen call is partially
1465redundant with the %171 call. At worst, we could shove the %177 strlen call
1466up into the bb65 block moving it out of the bb62->bb72 path. However, note
1467that bb65 stores to the string, zeroing out the last byte. This means that on
1468that path the value of %177 is actually just %171-1. A sub is cheaper than a
1469strlen!
1470
1471This pattern repeats several times, basically doing:
1472
1473 A = strlen(P);
1474 P[A-1] = 0;
1475 B = strlen(P);
1476 where it is "obvious" that B = A-1.
1477
1478//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1479
1480186.crafty contains this interesting pattern:
1481
1482%77 = call i8* @strstr(i8* getelementptr ([6 x i8]* @"\01LC5", i32 0, i32 0),
1483 i8* %30)
1484%phitmp648 = icmp eq i8* %77, getelementptr ([6 x i8]* @"\01LC5", i32 0, i32 0)
1485br i1 %phitmp648, label %bb70, label %bb76
1486
1487bb70: ; preds = %OptionMatch.exit91, %bb69
1488 %78 = call i32 @strlen(i8* %30) nounwind readonly align 1 ; <i32> [#uses=1]
1489
1490This is basically:
1491 cststr = "abcdef";
1492 if (strstr(cststr, P) == cststr) {
1493 x = strlen(P);
1494 ...
1495
1496The strstr call would be significantly cheaper written as:
1497
1498cststr = "abcdef";
1499if (memcmp(P, str, strlen(P)))
1500 x = strlen(P);
1501
1502This is memcmp+strlen instead of strstr. This also makes the strlen fully
1503redundant.
1504
1505//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1506
1507186.crafty also contains this code:
1508
1509%1906 = call i32 @strlen(i8* getelementptr ([32 x i8]* @pgn_event, i32 0,i32 0))
1510%1907 = getelementptr [32 x i8]* @pgn_event, i32 0, i32 %1906
1511%1908 = call i8* @strcpy(i8* %1907, i8* %1905) nounwind align 1
1512%1909 = call i32 @strlen(i8* getelementptr ([32 x i8]* @pgn_event, i32 0,i32 0))
1513%1910 = getelementptr [32 x i8]* @pgn_event, i32 0, i32 %1909
1514
1515The last strlen is computable as 1908-@pgn_event, which means 1910=1908.
1516
1517//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1518
1519186.crafty has this interesting pattern with the "out.4543" variable:
1520
1521call void @llvm.memcpy.i32(
1522 i8* getelementptr ([10 x i8]* @out.4543, i32 0, i32 0),
1523 i8* getelementptr ([7 x i8]* @"\01LC28700", i32 0, i32 0), i32 7, i32 1)
1524%101 = call@printf(i8* ... @out.4543, i32 0, i32 0)) nounwind
1525
1526It is basically doing:
1527
1528 memcpy(globalarray, "string");
1529 printf(..., globalarray);
1530
1531Anyway, by knowing that printf just reads the memory and forward substituting
1532the string directly into the printf, this eliminates reads from globalarray.
1533Since this pattern occurs frequently in crafty (due to the "DisplayTime" and
1534other similar functions) there are many stores to "out". Once all the printfs
1535stop using "out", all that is left is the memcpy's into it. This should allow
1536globalopt to remove the "stored only" global.
1537
1538//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1539
Dan Gohmana3401022009-01-20 01:07:33 +00001540This code:
1541
1542define inreg i32 @foo(i8* inreg %p) nounwind {
1543 %tmp0 = load i8* %p
1544 %tmp1 = ashr i8 %tmp0, 5
1545 %tmp2 = sext i8 %tmp1 to i32
1546 ret i32 %tmp2
1547}
1548
1549could be dagcombine'd to a sign-extending load with a shift.
1550For example, on x86 this currently gets this:
1551
1552 movb (%eax), %al
1553 sarb $5, %al
1554 movsbl %al, %eax
1555
1556while it could get this:
1557
1558 movsbl (%eax), %eax
1559 sarl $5, %eax
1560
1561//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Chris Lattnered047e92009-01-22 07:16:03 +00001562
1563GCC PR31029:
1564
1565int test(int x) { return 1-x == x; } // --> return false
1566int test2(int x) { return 2-x == x; } // --> return x == 1 ?
1567
1568Always foldable for odd constants, what is the rule for even?
1569
1570//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1571
edwin331eef22009-01-24 19:30:25 +00001572PR 3381: GEP to field of size 0 inside a struct could be turned into GEP
1573for next field in struct (which is at same address).
1574
1575For example: store of float into { {{}}, float } could be turned into a store to
1576the float directly.
1577
Edwin Török13ede9c2009-02-20 18:42:06 +00001578//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Nick Lewycky7ff62412009-02-25 06:52:48 +00001579
Edwin Török13ede9c2009-02-20 18:42:06 +00001580#include <math.h>
1581double foo(double a) { return sin(a); }
1582
1583This compiles into this on x86-64 Linux:
1584foo:
1585 subq $8, %rsp
1586 call sin
1587 addq $8, %rsp
1588 ret
1589vs:
1590
1591foo:
1592 jmp sin
1593
Nick Lewycky7ff62412009-02-25 06:52:48 +00001594//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1595
Chris Lattnerb1f817f2009-05-11 17:41:40 +00001596The arg promotion pass should make use of nocapture to make its alias analysis
1597stuff much more precise.
1598
1599//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1600
1601The following functions should be optimized to use a select instead of a
1602branch (from gcc PR40072):
1603
1604char char_int(int m) {if(m>7) return 0; return m;}
1605int int_char(char m) {if(m>7) return 0; return m;}
1606
1607//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1608
Nick Lewycky7ff62412009-02-25 06:52:48 +00001609Instcombine should replace the load with a constant in:
1610
1611 static const char x[4] = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'};
1612
1613 unsigned int y(void) {
1614 return *(unsigned int *)x;
1615 }
1616
1617It currently only does this transformation when the size of the constant
1618is the same as the size of the integer (so, try x[5]) and the last byte
1619is a null (making it a C string). There's no need for these restrictions.
1620
1621//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
1622
Chris Lattnerfd62ccc2009-05-11 17:36:33 +00001623InstCombine's "turn load from constant into constant" optimization should be
1624more aggressive in the presence of bitcasts. For example, because of unions,
1625this code:
1626
1627union vec2d {
1628 double e[2];
1629 double v __attribute__((vector_size(16)));
1630};
1631typedef union vec2d vec2d;
1632
1633static vec2d a={{1,2}}, b={{3,4}};
1634
1635vec2d foo () {
1636 return (vec2d){ .v = a.v + b.v * (vec2d){{5,5}}.v };
1637}
1638
1639Compiles into:
1640
1641@a = internal constant %0 { [2 x double]
1642 [double 1.000000e+00, double 2.000000e+00] }, align 16
1643@b = internal constant %0 { [2 x double]
1644 [double 3.000000e+00, double 4.000000e+00] }, align 16
1645...
1646define void @foo(%struct.vec2d* noalias nocapture sret %agg.result) nounwind {
1647entry:
1648 %0 = load <2 x double>* getelementptr (%struct.vec2d*
1649 bitcast (%0* @a to %struct.vec2d*), i32 0, i32 0), align 16
1650 %1 = load <2 x double>* getelementptr (%struct.vec2d*
1651 bitcast (%0* @b to %struct.vec2d*), i32 0, i32 0), align 16
1652
1653
1654Instcombine should be able to optimize away the loads (and thus the globals).
1655
Chris Lattner9105aa92009-09-14 16:49:26 +00001656See also PR4973
Chris Lattnerfd62ccc2009-05-11 17:36:33 +00001657
1658//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Nick Lewyckye07a5352009-07-09 04:03:30 +00001659
1660I saw this constant expression in real code after llvm-g++ -O2:
1661
1662declare extern_weak i32 @0(i64)
1663
1664define void @foo() {
1665 br i1 icmp eq (i32 zext (i1 icmp ne (i32 (i64)* @0, i32 (i64)* null) to i32),
1666i32 0), label %cond_true, label %cond_false
1667cond_true:
1668 ret void
1669cond_false:
1670 ret void
1671}
1672
1673That branch expression should be reduced to:
1674
1675 i1 icmp eq (i32 (i64)* @0, i32 (i64)* null)
1676
1677It's probably not a perf issue, I just happened to see it while examining
1678something else and didn't want to forget about it.
1679
1680//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//