//===- LowerExpectIntrinsic.cpp - Lower expect intrinsic ------------------===// // // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // // This pass lowers the 'expect' intrinsic to LLVM metadata. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/LowerExpectIntrinsic.h" #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h" #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h" #include "llvm/ADT/iterator_range.h" #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h" #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h" #include "llvm/IR/Function.h" #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h" #include "llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h" #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h" #include "llvm/IR/MDBuilder.h" #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h" #include "llvm/Pass.h" #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h" #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h" #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h" using namespace llvm; #define DEBUG_TYPE "lower-expect-intrinsic" STATISTIC(ExpectIntrinsicsHandled, "Number of 'expect' intrinsic instructions handled"); // These default values are chosen to represent an extremely skewed outcome for // a condition, but they leave some room for interpretation by later passes. // // If the documentation for __builtin_expect() was made explicit that it should // only be used in extreme cases, we could make this ratio higher. As it stands, // programmers may be using __builtin_expect() / llvm.expect to annotate that a // branch is likely or unlikely to be taken. // // There is a known dependency on this ratio in CodeGenPrepare when transforming // 'select' instructions. It may be worthwhile to hoist these values to some // shared space, so they can be used directly by other passes. static cl::opt LikelyBranchWeight( "likely-branch-weight", cl::Hidden, cl::init(2000), cl::desc("Weight of the branch likely to be taken (default = 2000)")); static cl::opt UnlikelyBranchWeight( "unlikely-branch-weight", cl::Hidden, cl::init(1), cl::desc("Weight of the branch unlikely to be taken (default = 1)")); static bool handleSwitchExpect(SwitchInst &SI) { CallInst *CI = dyn_cast(SI.getCondition()); if (!CI) return false; Function *Fn = CI->getCalledFunction(); if (!Fn || Fn->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect) return false; Value *ArgValue = CI->getArgOperand(0); ConstantInt *ExpectedValue = dyn_cast(CI->getArgOperand(1)); if (!ExpectedValue) return false; SwitchInst::CaseHandle Case = *SI.findCaseValue(ExpectedValue); unsigned n = SI.getNumCases(); // +1 for default case. SmallVector Weights(n + 1, UnlikelyBranchWeight); if (Case == *SI.case_default()) Weights[0] = LikelyBranchWeight; else Weights[Case.getCaseIndex() + 1] = LikelyBranchWeight; SI.setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof, MDBuilder(CI->getContext()).createBranchWeights(Weights)); SI.setCondition(ArgValue); return true; } /// Handler for PHINodes that define the value argument to an /// @llvm.expect call. /// /// If the operand of the phi has a constant value and it 'contradicts' /// with the expected value of phi def, then the corresponding incoming /// edge of the phi is unlikely to be taken. Using that information, /// the branch probability info for the originating branch can be inferred. static void handlePhiDef(CallInst *Expect) { Value &Arg = *Expect->getArgOperand(0); ConstantInt *ExpectedValue = dyn_cast(Expect->getArgOperand(1)); if (!ExpectedValue) return; const APInt &ExpectedPhiValue = ExpectedValue->getValue(); // Walk up in backward a list of instructions that // have 'copy' semantics by 'stripping' the copies // until a PHI node or an instruction of unknown kind // is reached. Negation via xor is also handled. // // C = PHI(...); // B = C; // A = B; // D = __builtin_expect(A, 0); // Value *V = &Arg; SmallVector Operations; while (!isa(V)) { if (ZExtInst *ZExt = dyn_cast(V)) { V = ZExt->getOperand(0); Operations.push_back(ZExt); continue; } if (SExtInst *SExt = dyn_cast(V)) { V = SExt->getOperand(0); Operations.push_back(SExt); continue; } BinaryOperator *BinOp = dyn_cast(V); if (!BinOp || BinOp->getOpcode() != Instruction::Xor) return; ConstantInt *CInt = dyn_cast(BinOp->getOperand(1)); if (!CInt) return; V = BinOp->getOperand(0); Operations.push_back(BinOp); } // Executes the recorded operations on input 'Value'. auto ApplyOperations = [&](const APInt &Value) { APInt Result = Value; for (auto Op : llvm::reverse(Operations)) { switch (Op->getOpcode()) { case Instruction::Xor: Result ^= cast(Op->getOperand(1))->getValue(); break; case Instruction::ZExt: Result = Result.zext(Op->getType()->getIntegerBitWidth()); break; case Instruction::SExt: Result = Result.sext(Op->getType()->getIntegerBitWidth()); break; default: llvm_unreachable("Unexpected operation"); } } return Result; }; auto *PhiDef = dyn_cast(V); // Get the first dominating conditional branch of the operand // i's incoming block. auto GetDomConditional = [&](unsigned i) -> BranchInst * { BasicBlock *BB = PhiDef->getIncomingBlock(i); BranchInst *BI = dyn_cast(BB->getTerminator()); if (BI && BI->isConditional()) return BI; BB = BB->getSinglePredecessor(); if (!BB) return nullptr; BI = dyn_cast(BB->getTerminator()); if (!BI || BI->isUnconditional()) return nullptr; return BI; }; // Now walk through all Phi operands to find phi oprerands with values // conflicting with the expected phi output value. Any such operand // indicates the incoming edge to that operand is unlikely. for (unsigned i = 0, e = PhiDef->getNumIncomingValues(); i != e; ++i) { Value *PhiOpnd = PhiDef->getIncomingValue(i); ConstantInt *CI = dyn_cast(PhiOpnd); if (!CI) continue; // Not an interesting case when IsUnlikely is false -- we can not infer // anything useful when the operand value matches the expected phi // output. if (ExpectedPhiValue == ApplyOperations(CI->getValue())) continue; BranchInst *BI = GetDomConditional(i); if (!BI) continue; MDBuilder MDB(PhiDef->getContext()); // There are two situations in which an operand of the PhiDef comes // from a given successor of a branch instruction BI. // 1) When the incoming block of the operand is the successor block; // 2) When the incoming block is BI's enclosing block and the // successor is the PhiDef's enclosing block. // // Returns true if the operand which comes from OpndIncomingBB // comes from outgoing edge of BI that leads to Succ block. auto *OpndIncomingBB = PhiDef->getIncomingBlock(i); auto IsOpndComingFromSuccessor = [&](BasicBlock *Succ) { if (OpndIncomingBB == Succ) // If this successor is the incoming block for this // Phi operand, then this successor does lead to the Phi. return true; if (OpndIncomingBB == BI->getParent() && Succ == PhiDef->getParent()) // Otherwise, if the edge is directly from the branch // to the Phi, this successor is the one feeding this // Phi operand. return true; return false; }; if (IsOpndComingFromSuccessor(BI->getSuccessor(1))) BI->setMetadata( LLVMContext::MD_prof, MDB.createBranchWeights(LikelyBranchWeight, UnlikelyBranchWeight)); else if (IsOpndComingFromSuccessor(BI->getSuccessor(0))) BI->setMetadata( LLVMContext::MD_prof, MDB.createBranchWeights(UnlikelyBranchWeight, LikelyBranchWeight)); } } // Handle both BranchInst and SelectInst. template static bool handleBrSelExpect(BrSelInst &BSI) { // Handle non-optimized IR code like: // %expval = call i64 @llvm.expect.i64(i64 %conv1, i64 1) // %tobool = icmp ne i64 %expval, 0 // br i1 %tobool, label %if.then, label %if.end // // Or the following simpler case: // %expval = call i1 @llvm.expect.i1(i1 %cmp, i1 1) // br i1 %expval, label %if.then, label %if.end CallInst *CI; ICmpInst *CmpI = dyn_cast(BSI.getCondition()); CmpInst::Predicate Predicate; ConstantInt *CmpConstOperand = nullptr; if (!CmpI) { CI = dyn_cast(BSI.getCondition()); Predicate = CmpInst::ICMP_NE; } else { Predicate = CmpI->getPredicate(); if (Predicate != CmpInst::ICMP_NE && Predicate != CmpInst::ICMP_EQ) return false; CmpConstOperand = dyn_cast(CmpI->getOperand(1)); if (!CmpConstOperand) return false; CI = dyn_cast(CmpI->getOperand(0)); } if (!CI) return false; uint64_t ValueComparedTo = 0; if (CmpConstOperand) { if (CmpConstOperand->getBitWidth() > 64) return false; ValueComparedTo = CmpConstOperand->getZExtValue(); } Function *Fn = CI->getCalledFunction(); if (!Fn || Fn->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect) return false; Value *ArgValue = CI->getArgOperand(0); ConstantInt *ExpectedValue = dyn_cast(CI->getArgOperand(1)); if (!ExpectedValue) return false; MDBuilder MDB(CI->getContext()); MDNode *Node; if ((ExpectedValue->getZExtValue() == ValueComparedTo) == (Predicate == CmpInst::ICMP_EQ)) Node = MDB.createBranchWeights(LikelyBranchWeight, UnlikelyBranchWeight); else Node = MDB.createBranchWeights(UnlikelyBranchWeight, LikelyBranchWeight); BSI.setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof, Node); if (CmpI) CmpI->setOperand(0, ArgValue); else BSI.setCondition(ArgValue); return true; } static bool handleBranchExpect(BranchInst &BI) { if (BI.isUnconditional()) return false; return handleBrSelExpect(BI); } static bool lowerExpectIntrinsic(Function &F) { bool Changed = false; for (BasicBlock &BB : F) { // Create "block_weights" metadata. if (BranchInst *BI = dyn_cast(BB.getTerminator())) { if (handleBranchExpect(*BI)) ExpectIntrinsicsHandled++; } else if (SwitchInst *SI = dyn_cast(BB.getTerminator())) { if (handleSwitchExpect(*SI)) ExpectIntrinsicsHandled++; } // Remove llvm.expect intrinsics. Iterate backwards in order // to process select instructions before the intrinsic gets // removed. for (auto BI = BB.rbegin(), BE = BB.rend(); BI != BE;) { Instruction *Inst = &*BI++; CallInst *CI = dyn_cast(Inst); if (!CI) { if (SelectInst *SI = dyn_cast(Inst)) { if (handleBrSelExpect(*SI)) ExpectIntrinsicsHandled++; } continue; } Function *Fn = CI->getCalledFunction(); if (Fn && Fn->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::expect) { // Before erasing the llvm.expect, walk backward to find // phi that define llvm.expect's first arg, and // infer branch probability: handlePhiDef(CI); Value *Exp = CI->getArgOperand(0); CI->replaceAllUsesWith(Exp); CI->eraseFromParent(); Changed = true; } } } return Changed; } PreservedAnalyses LowerExpectIntrinsicPass::run(Function &F, FunctionAnalysisManager &) { if (lowerExpectIntrinsic(F)) return PreservedAnalyses::none(); return PreservedAnalyses::all(); } namespace { /// Legacy pass for lowering expect intrinsics out of the IR. /// /// When this pass is run over a function it uses expect intrinsics which feed /// branches and switches to provide branch weight metadata for those /// terminators. It then removes the expect intrinsics from the IR so the rest /// of the optimizer can ignore them. class LowerExpectIntrinsic : public FunctionPass { public: static char ID; LowerExpectIntrinsic() : FunctionPass(ID) { initializeLowerExpectIntrinsicPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry()); } bool runOnFunction(Function &F) override { return lowerExpectIntrinsic(F); } }; } char LowerExpectIntrinsic::ID = 0; INITIALIZE_PASS(LowerExpectIntrinsic, "lower-expect", "Lower 'expect' Intrinsics", false, false) FunctionPass *llvm::createLowerExpectIntrinsicPass() { return new LowerExpectIntrinsic(); }