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1 //===-------- X86PadShortFunction.cpp - pad short functions -----------===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 //
9 // This file defines the pass which will pad short functions to prevent
10 // a stall if a function returns before the return address is ready. This
11 // is needed for some Intel Atom processors.
12 //
13 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
14 
15 
16 #include "X86.h"
17 #include "X86InstrInfo.h"
18 #include "X86Subtarget.h"
19 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
20 #include "llvm/Analysis/ProfileSummaryInfo.h"
21 #include "llvm/CodeGen/LazyMachineBlockFrequencyInfo.h"
22 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunctionPass.h"
23 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstrBuilder.h"
24 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineSizeOpts.h"
25 #include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
26 #include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetSchedule.h"
27 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
28 
29 using namespace llvm;
30 
31 #define DEBUG_TYPE "x86-pad-short-functions"
32 
33 STATISTIC(NumBBsPadded, "Number of basic blocks padded");
34 
35 namespace {
36   struct VisitedBBInfo {
37     // HasReturn - Whether the BB contains a return instruction
38     bool HasReturn = false;
39 
40     // Cycles - Number of cycles until return if HasReturn is true, otherwise
41     // number of cycles until end of the BB
42     unsigned int Cycles = 0;
43 
44     VisitedBBInfo() = default;
45     VisitedBBInfo(bool HasReturn, unsigned int Cycles)
46       : HasReturn(HasReturn), Cycles(Cycles) {}
47   };
48 
49   struct PadShortFunc : public MachineFunctionPass {
50     static char ID;
51     PadShortFunc() : MachineFunctionPass(ID) {}
52 
53     bool runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) override;
54 
55     void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override {
56       AU.addRequired<ProfileSummaryInfoWrapperPass>();
57       AU.addRequired<LazyMachineBlockFrequencyInfoPass>();
58       AU.addPreserved<LazyMachineBlockFrequencyInfoPass>();
59       MachineFunctionPass::getAnalysisUsage(AU);
60     }
61 
62     MachineFunctionProperties getRequiredProperties() const override {
63       return MachineFunctionProperties().set(
64           MachineFunctionProperties::Property::NoVRegs);
65     }
66 
67     StringRef getPassName() const override {
68       return "X86 Atom pad short functions";
69     }
70 
71   private:
72     void findReturns(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
73                      unsigned int Cycles = 0);
74 
75     bool cyclesUntilReturn(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
76                            unsigned int &Cycles);
77 
78     void addPadding(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
79                     MachineBasicBlock::iterator &MBBI,
80                     unsigned int NOOPsToAdd);
81 
82     const unsigned int Threshold = 4;
83 
84     // ReturnBBs - Maps basic blocks that return to the minimum number of
85     // cycles until the return, starting from the entry block.
86     DenseMap<MachineBasicBlock*, unsigned int> ReturnBBs;
87 
88     // VisitedBBs - Cache of previously visited BBs.
89     DenseMap<MachineBasicBlock*, VisitedBBInfo> VisitedBBs;
90 
91     TargetSchedModel TSM;
92   };
93 
94   char PadShortFunc::ID = 0;
95 }
96 
97 FunctionPass *llvm::createX86PadShortFunctions() {
98   return new PadShortFunc();
99 }
100 
101 /// runOnMachineFunction - Loop over all of the basic blocks, inserting
102 /// NOOP instructions before early exits.
103 bool PadShortFunc::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) {
104   if (skipFunction(MF.getFunction()))
105     return false;
106 
107   if (MF.getFunction().hasOptSize())
108     return false;
109 
110   if (!MF.getSubtarget<X86Subtarget>().padShortFunctions())
111     return false;
112 
113   TSM.init(&MF.getSubtarget());
114 
115   auto *PSI =
116       &getAnalysis<ProfileSummaryInfoWrapperPass>().getPSI();
117   auto *MBFI = (PSI && PSI->hasProfileSummary()) ?
118                &getAnalysis<LazyMachineBlockFrequencyInfoPass>().getBFI() :
119                nullptr;
120 
121   // Search through basic blocks and mark the ones that have early returns
122   ReturnBBs.clear();
123   VisitedBBs.clear();
124   findReturns(&MF.front());
125 
126   bool MadeChange = false;
127 
128   // Pad the identified basic blocks with NOOPs
129   for (const auto &ReturnBB : ReturnBBs) {
130     MachineBasicBlock *MBB = ReturnBB.first;
131     unsigned Cycles = ReturnBB.second;
132 
133     if (llvm::shouldOptimizeForSize(MBB, PSI, MBFI))
134       continue;
135 
136     if (Cycles < Threshold) {
137       // BB ends in a return. Skip over any DBG_VALUE instructions
138       // trailing the terminator.
139       assert(MBB->size() > 0 &&
140              "Basic block should contain at least a RET but is empty");
141       MachineBasicBlock::iterator ReturnLoc = --MBB->end();
142 
143       while (ReturnLoc->isDebugInstr())
144         --ReturnLoc;
145       assert(ReturnLoc->isReturn() && !ReturnLoc->isCall() &&
146              "Basic block does not end with RET");
147 
148       addPadding(MBB, ReturnLoc, Threshold - Cycles);
149       NumBBsPadded++;
150       MadeChange = true;
151     }
152   }
153 
154   return MadeChange;
155 }
156 
157 /// findReturn - Starting at MBB, follow control flow and add all
158 /// basic blocks that contain a return to ReturnBBs.
159 void PadShortFunc::findReturns(MachineBasicBlock *MBB, unsigned int Cycles) {
160   // If this BB has a return, note how many cycles it takes to get there.
161   bool hasReturn = cyclesUntilReturn(MBB, Cycles);
162   if (Cycles >= Threshold)
163     return;
164 
165   if (hasReturn) {
166     ReturnBBs[MBB] = std::max(ReturnBBs[MBB], Cycles);
167     return;
168   }
169 
170   // Follow branches in BB and look for returns
171   for (MachineBasicBlock *Succ : MBB->successors())
172     if (Succ != MBB)
173       findReturns(Succ, Cycles);
174 }
175 
176 /// cyclesUntilReturn - return true if the MBB has a return instruction,
177 /// and return false otherwise.
178 /// Cycles will be incremented by the number of cycles taken to reach the
179 /// return or the end of the BB, whichever occurs first.
180 bool PadShortFunc::cyclesUntilReturn(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
181                                      unsigned int &Cycles) {
182   // Return cached result if BB was previously visited
183   DenseMap<MachineBasicBlock*, VisitedBBInfo>::iterator it
184     = VisitedBBs.find(MBB);
185   if (it != VisitedBBs.end()) {
186     VisitedBBInfo BBInfo = it->second;
187     Cycles += BBInfo.Cycles;
188     return BBInfo.HasReturn;
189   }
190 
191   unsigned int CyclesToEnd = 0;
192 
193   for (MachineInstr &MI : *MBB) {
194     // Mark basic blocks with a return instruction. Calls to other
195     // functions do not count because the called function will be padded,
196     // if necessary.
197     if (MI.isReturn() && !MI.isCall()) {
198       VisitedBBs[MBB] = VisitedBBInfo(true, CyclesToEnd);
199       Cycles += CyclesToEnd;
200       return true;
201     }
202 
203     CyclesToEnd += TSM.computeInstrLatency(&MI);
204   }
205 
206   VisitedBBs[MBB] = VisitedBBInfo(false, CyclesToEnd);
207   Cycles += CyclesToEnd;
208   return false;
209 }
210 
211 /// addPadding - Add the given number of NOOP instructions to the function
212 /// just prior to the return at MBBI
213 void PadShortFunc::addPadding(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
214                               MachineBasicBlock::iterator &MBBI,
215                               unsigned int NOOPsToAdd) {
216   const DebugLoc &DL = MBBI->getDebugLoc();
217   unsigned IssueWidth = TSM.getIssueWidth();
218 
219   for (unsigned i = 0, e = IssueWidth * NOOPsToAdd; i != e; ++i)
220     BuildMI(*MBB, MBBI, DL, TSM.getInstrInfo()->get(X86::NOOP));
221 }
222