tree 365157739d9b4f6ebde359c4023714c05bf77894
parent b13eebe0cee4f0883c11bd98e2fe9be03a344c0a
author Taewook Oh <twoh@fb.com> 1498777884 +0000
committer Taewook Oh <twoh@fb.com> 1498777884 +0000

Remove redundant copy in recurrences

Summary:
If there is a chain of instructions formulating a recurrence, commuting operands can help removing a redundant copy. In the following example code,

```
BB#1: ; Loop Header
  %vreg0<def> = COPY %vreg13<kill>; GR32:%vreg0,%vreg13
  ...

BB#6: ; Loop Latch
  %vreg2<def> = COPY %vreg15<kill>; GR32:%vreg2,%vreg15
  %vreg10<def,tied1> = ADD32rr %vreg1<kill,tied0>, %vreg0<kill>, %EFLAGS<imp-def,dead>; GR32:%vreg10,%vreg1,%vreg0
  %vreg3<def,tied1> = ADD32rr %vreg2<kill,tied0>, %vreg10<kill>, %EFLAGS<imp-def,dead>; GR32:%vreg3,%vreg2,%vreg10
  CMP32ri8 %vreg3, 10, %EFLAGS<imp-def>; GR32:%vreg3
  %vreg13<def> = COPY %vreg3<kill>; GR32:%vreg13,%vreg3
  JL_1 <BB#1>, %EFLAGS<imp-use,kill>
```

Existing two-address generation pass generates following code:

```
BB#1:
  %vreg0<def> = COPY %vreg13<kill>; GR32:%vreg0,%vreg13
  ...

BB#6:
    Predecessors according to CFG: BB#5 BB#4
  %vreg2<def> = COPY %vreg15<kill>; GR32:%vreg2,%vreg15
  %vreg10<def> = COPY %vreg1<kill>; GR32:%vreg10,%vreg1
  %vreg10<def,tied1> = ADD32rr %vreg10<tied0>, %vreg0<kill>, %EFLAGS<imp-def,dead>; GR32:%vreg10,%vreg0
  %vreg3<def> = COPY %vreg10<kill>; GR32:%vreg3,%vreg10
  %vreg3<def,tied1> = ADD32rr %vreg3<tied0>, %vreg2<kill>, %EFLAGS<imp-def,dead>; GR32:%vreg3,%vreg2
  CMP32ri8 %vreg3, 10, %EFLAGS<imp-def>; GR32:%vreg3
  %vreg13<def> = COPY %vreg3<kill>; GR32:%vreg13,%vreg3
  JL_1 <BB#1>, %EFLAGS<imp-use,kill>
  JMP_1 <BB#7>
```

This is suboptimal because the assembly code generated has a redundant copy at the end of #BB6 to feed %vreg13 to BB#1:

```
.LBB0_6:
  addl  %esi, %edi
  addl  %ebx, %edi
  cmpl  $10, %edi
  movl  %edi, %esi
  jl  .LBB0_1
```

This redundant copy can be elimiated by making instructions in the recurrence chain to compute the value "into" the register that actually holds the feedback value. In this example, this can be achieved by commuting %vreg0 and %vreg1 to compute %vreg10. With that change, code after two-address generation becomes

```
BB#1:
  %vreg0<def> = COPY %vreg13<kill>; GR32:%vreg0,%vreg13
  ...

BB#6: derived from LLVM BB %bb7
    Predecessors according to CFG: BB#5 BB#4
  %vreg2<def> = COPY %vreg15<kill>; GR32:%vreg2,%vreg15
  %vreg10<def> = COPY %vreg0<kill>; GR32:%vreg10,%vreg0
  %vreg10<def,tied1> = ADD32rr %vreg10<tied0>, %vreg1<kill>, %EFLAGS<imp-def,dead>; GR32:%vreg10,%vreg1
  %vreg3<def> = COPY %vreg10<kill>; GR32:%vreg3,%vreg10
  %vreg3<def,tied1> = ADD32rr %vreg3<tied0>, %vreg2<kill>, %EFLAGS<imp-def,dead>; GR32:%vreg3,%vreg2
  CMP32ri8 %vreg3, 10, %EFLAGS<imp-def>; GR32:%vreg3
  %vreg13<def> = COPY %vreg3<kill>; GR32:%vreg13,%vreg3
  JL_1 <BB#1>, %EFLAGS<imp-use,kill>
  JMP_1 <BB#7>
```

and the final assembly does not have redundant copy:

```
.LBB0_6:
  addl  %edi, %eax
  addl  %ebx, %eax
  cmpl  $10, %eax
  jl  .LBB0_1
```

Reviewers: qcolombet, MatzeB, wmi

Reviewed By: wmi

Subscribers: llvm-commits

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D31821

llvm-svn: 306758