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1/* Definitions for the branch prediction routines in the GNU compiler.
2   Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4This file is part of GCC.
5
6GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
7the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
8Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
9version.
10
11GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
12WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
13FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
14for more details.
15
16You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
18<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
19
20/* Before including this file, you should define a macro:
21
22     DEF_PREDICTOR (ENUM, NAME, HITRATE)
23
24   This macro will be called once for each predictor.  The ENUM will
25   be of type `enum predictor', and will enumerate all supported
26   predictors.  The order of DEF_PREDICTOR calls is important, as
27   in the first match combining heuristics, the predictor appearing
28   first in this file will win.
29
30   NAME is used in the debugging output to determine predictor type.
31
32   HITRATE is the probability that edge predicted by predictor as taken
33   will be really taken (so it should be always above
34   REG_BR_PROB_BASE / 2).  */
35
36
37/* A value used as final outcome of all heuristics.  */
38DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COMBINED, "combined", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
39
40/* An outcome estimated by Dempster-Shaffer theory.  */
41DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_DS_THEORY, "DS theory", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
42
43/* A combined heuristics using probability determined by first
44   matching heuristics from this list.  */
45DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FIRST_MATCH, "first match", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
46
47/* Heuristic applying when no heuristic below applies.  */
48DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NO_PREDICTION, "no prediction", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
49
50/* Mark unconditional jump as taken.  */
51DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_UNCONDITIONAL, "unconditional jump", PROB_ALWAYS,
52	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
53
54/* Use number of loop iterations determined by # of iterations
55   analysis to set probability.  We don't want to use Dempster-Shaffer
56   theory here, as the predictions is exact.  */
57DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_ITERATIONS, "loop iterations", PROB_ALWAYS,
58	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
59
60/* Assume that any given atomic operation has low contention,
61   and thus the compare-and-swap operation succeeds. */
62DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COMPARE_AND_SWAP, "compare and swap", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
63	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
64
65/* Hints dropped by user via __builtin_expect feature.  Note: the
66   probability of PROB_VERY_LIKELY is now overwritten by param
67   builtin_expect_probability with a default value of HITRATE(90).
68   Refer to param.def for details.  */
69DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_BUILTIN_EXPECT, "__builtin_expect", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
70	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
71
72/* Use number of loop iterations guessed by the contents of the loop.  */
73DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_ITERATIONS_GUESSED, "guessed loop iterations",
74	       PROB_ALWAYS, PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
75
76/* Use number of loop iterations guessed by the contents of the loop.  */
77DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_ITERATIONS_MAX, "guessed loop iterations",
78	       PROB_ALWAYS, PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
79
80/* Branch containing goto is probably not taken.  */
81DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_CONTINUE, "continue", HITRATE (67), 0)
82
83/* Branch to basic block containing call marked by noreturn attribute.  */
84DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NORETURN, "noreturn call", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
85	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
86
87/* Branch to basic block containing call marked by cold function attribute.  */
88DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COLD_FUNCTION, "cold function call", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
89	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
90
91/* Edge causing loop to terminate is probably not taken.  */
92DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_EXIT, "loop exit", HITRATE (85),
93	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
94
95/* Same as LOOP_EXIT but for loops containing recursive call.  */
96DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_EXIT_WITH_RECURSION, "loop exit with recursion",
97	       HITRATE (72), PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
98
99/* Edge causing loop to terminate by computing value used by later
100   conditional.  */
101DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_EXTRA_EXIT, "extra loop exit", HITRATE (83),
102	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
103
104/* Pointers are usually not NULL.  */
105DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_POINTER, "pointer", HITRATE (70), 0)
106DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_POINTER, "pointer (on trees)", HITRATE (70), 0)
107
108/* NE is probable, EQ not etc...  */
109DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_OPCODE_POSITIVE, "opcode values positive", HITRATE (64), 0)
110DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_OPCODE_NONEQUAL, "opcode values nonequal", HITRATE (66), 0)
111DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FPOPCODE, "fp_opcode", HITRATE (90), 0)
112DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_OPCODE_POSITIVE, "opcode values positive (on trees)",
113	       HITRATE (64), 0)
114DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_OPCODE_NONEQUAL, "opcode values nonequal (on trees)",
115	       HITRATE (66), 0)
116DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_FPOPCODE, "fp_opcode (on trees)", HITRATE (90), 0)
117
118/* Branch guarding call is probably taken.  */
119DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_CALL, "call", HITRATE (67), 0)
120
121/* PRED_CALL is not very reliable predictor and it turns out to be even
122   less reliable for indirect calls and polymorphic calls.  For spec2k6
123   the predictio nis slightly in the direction of taking the call.  */
124DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_INDIR_CALL, "indirect call", HITRATE (86), 0)
125DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_POLYMORPHIC_CALL, "polymorphic call", HITRATE (59), 0)
126
127/* Recursive calls are usually not taken or the function will recurse
128   indefinitely.  */
129DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_RECURSIVE_CALL, "recursive call", HITRATE (75), 0)
130
131/* Branch causing function to terminate is probably not taken.
132   FIXME: early return currently predicts code:
133   int foo (int a)
134   {
135      if (a)
136	bar();
137      else
138	bar2();
139   }
140   even though there is no return statement involved.  We probably want to track
141   this from FE or retire the predictor.  */
142DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_EARLY_RETURN, "early return (on trees)", HITRATE (54), 0)
143
144/* Branch containing goto is probably not taken.
145   FIXME: Currently not used.  */
146DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_GOTO, "goto", HITRATE (70), 0)
147
148/* Branch ending with return constant is probably not taken.  */
149DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_CONST_RETURN, "const return", HITRATE (69), 0)
150
151/* Branch ending with return negative constant is probably not taken.  */
152DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NEGATIVE_RETURN, "negative return", HITRATE (98), 0)
153
154/* Branch ending with return; is probably not taken */
155DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NULL_RETURN, "null return", HITRATE (91), 0)
156
157/* Branches to compare induction variable to a loop bound is
158   extremely likely.  */
159DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_IV_COMPARE_GUESS, "guess loop iv compare",
160	       HITRATE (98), 0)
161
162/* Use number of loop iterations determined by # of iterations analysis
163   to set probability of branches that compares IV to loop bound variable.  */
164DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_IV_COMPARE, "loop iv compare", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
165	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
166
167/* In the following code
168   for (loop1)
169     if (cond)
170       for (loop2)
171	 body;
172   guess that cond is unlikely.  */
173DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_GUARD, "loop guard", HITRATE (66), 0)
174
175/* Same but for loops containing recursion.  */
176DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_GUARD_WITH_RECURSION, "loop guard with recursion",
177	       HITRATE (85), 0)
178
179/* Branches to hot labels are likely.  */
180DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_HOT_LABEL, "hot label", HITRATE (85), 0)
181
182/* Branches to cold labels are extremely unlikely.  */
183DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COLD_LABEL, "cold label", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
184	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
185
186
187/* The following predictors are used in Fortran. */
188
189/* Branch leading to an integer overflow are extremely unlikely.  */
190DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_OVERFLOW, "Fortran overflow", PROB_ALWAYS,
191	       PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
192
193/* Branch leading to a failure status are unlikely.  This can occur for out
194   of memory.  This predictor only occurs when the user explicitly asked
195   for a return status.  By default, the code aborts,
196   which is handled via PRED_NORETURN.  */
197DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_FAIL_ALLOC, "Fortran fail alloc", PROB_VERY_LIKELY, 0)
198
199/* Predictor is used for an allocation of an already allocated memory or
200   deallocating an already deallocated allocatable.  */
201DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_REALLOC, \
202	       "Fortran repeated allocation/deallocation", PROB_LIKELY, 0)
203
204/* Branch leading to an I/O failure status are unlikely.  This predictor is
205   used for I/O failures such as for invalid unit numbers.  This predictor
206   only occurs when the user explicitly asked for a return status.  By default,
207   the code aborts, which is handled via PRED_NORETURN.  */
208DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_FAIL_IO, "Fortran fail IO", HITRATE (85), 0)
209
210/* Branch leading to a run-time warning message which is printed only once
211   are unlikely.  The print-warning branch itself can be likely or unlikely.  */
212DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_WARN_ONCE, "Fortran warn once", HITRATE (75), 0)
213
214/* Branch belonging to a zero-sized array.  */
215DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_SIZE_ZERO, "Fortran zero-sized array", \
216	       HITRATE (99), 0)
217
218/* Branch belonging to an invalid bound index, in a context where it is
219   standard conform and well defined but rather pointless and, hence, rather
220   unlikely to occur.  */
221DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_INVALID_BOUND, "Fortran invalid bound", \
222	       HITRATE (90), 0)
223
224/* Branch belonging to the handling of absent optional arguments.  This
225   predictor is used when an optional dummy argument, associated with an
226   absent argument, is passed on as actual argument to another procedure,
227   which in turn has an optional argument.  */
228DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_ABSENT_DUMMY, "Fortran absent dummy", \
229	       HITRATE (60), 0)
230
231/* Fortran DO statement generates a pre-header guard:
232   empty = (step > 0 ? to < from : to > from), which can be predicted
233   to be very likely.  */
234DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_LOOP_PREHEADER, "Fortran loop preheader", \
235	       HITRATE (99), 0)
236