llvm/tools/llvm-exegesis/lib/BenchmarkRunner.h

//===-- BenchmarkRunner.h ---------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
//
//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
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// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
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//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
///
/// \file
/// Defines the abstract BenchmarkRunner class for measuring a certain execution
/// property of instructions (e.g. latency).
///
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#ifndef LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_EXEGESIS_BENCHMARKRUNNER_H
#define LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_EXEGESIS_BENCHMARKRUNNER_H

#include "Assembler.h"
#include "BenchmarkResult.h"
#include "LlvmState.h"
#include "MCInstrDescView.h"
#include "RegisterAliasing.h"
#include "llvm/MC/MCInst.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Error.h"
#include <vector>

namespace exegesis {

// A class representing failures that happened during Benchmark, they are used
// to report informations to the user.
class BenchmarkFailure : public llvm::StringError {
public:
  BenchmarkFailure(const llvm::Twine &S);
};

// A collection of instructions that are to be assembled, executed and measured.
struct BenchmarkConfiguration {
  // This code is run before the Snippet is iterated. Since it is part of the
  // measurement it should be as short as possible. It is usually used to setup
  // the content of the Registers.
  struct Setup {
    std::vector<unsigned> RegsToDef;
  };
  Setup SnippetSetup;

  // The sequence of instructions that are to be repeated.
  std::vector<llvm::MCInst> Snippet;

  // Informations about how this configuration was built.
  std::string Info;
};

// Common code for all benchmark modes.
class BenchmarkRunner {
public:
  explicit BenchmarkRunner(const LLVMState &State, InstructionBenchmark::ModeE Mode);

  virtual ~BenchmarkRunner();

  llvm::Expected<std::vector<InstructionBenchmark>>
  run(unsigned Opcode, unsigned NumRepetitions);

  // Given a snippet, computes which registers the setup code needs to define.
  std::vector<unsigned>
  computeRegsToDef(const std::vector<InstructionInstance> &Snippet) const;

protected:
  const LLVMState &State;
  const RegisterAliasingTrackerCache RATC;

  llvm::Expected<SnippetPrototype> generateSelfAliasingPrototype(
      const Instruction &Instr) const;

private:
  // API to be implemented by subclasses.
  virtual llvm::Expected<SnippetPrototype>
    generatePrototype(unsigned Opcode) const = 0;

  virtual std::vector<BenchmarkMeasure>
    runMeasurements(const ExecutableFunction &EF,
                    const unsigned NumRepetitions) const = 0;

  // Internal helpers.
  InstructionBenchmark runOne(const BenchmarkConfiguration &Configuration,
                              unsigned Opcode, unsigned NumRepetitions) const;

  // Calls generatePrototype and expands the SnippetPrototype into one or more
  // BenchmarkConfiguration.
  llvm::Expected<std::vector<BenchmarkConfiguration>>
  generateConfigurations(unsigned Opcode) const;


  llvm::Expected<std::string>
  writeObjectFile(const BenchmarkConfiguration::Setup &Setup,
                  llvm::ArrayRef<llvm::MCInst> Code) const;

  const InstructionBenchmark::ModeE Mode;
};

} // namespace exegesis

#endif // LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_EXEGESIS_BENCHMARKRUNNER_H