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15
16 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/llvm_ir/alias_analysis.h"
17
18 #include <map>
19
20 #include "llvm/IR/MDBuilder.h"
21 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/llvm_ir/llvm_util.h"
22 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/service/logical_buffer.h"
23 #include "tensorflow/compiler/xla/types.h"
24
25 namespace xla {
26 namespace llvm_ir {
27
28 // Sentry allocation used to represent parameters of the entry computation in
29 // alias_scope_metadata_ and noalias_metadata_.
30 static const BufferAllocation* kParameterAllocation = new BufferAllocation(
31 /*index=*/-1, /*size=*/0, LogicalBuffer::Color(0));
32
AddAliasingInformationToIrArray(const HloInstruction & hlo,llvm_ir::IrArray * array,const ShapeIndex & index)33 void AliasAnalysis::AddAliasingInformationToIrArray(const HloInstruction& hlo,
34 llvm_ir::IrArray* array,
35 const ShapeIndex& index) {
36 BufferAllocation::Slice buffer_slice;
37 if (hlo.opcode() == HloOpcode::kParameter &&
38 hlo.parent() == hlo.parent()->parent()->entry_computation()) {
39 // Entry computation parameters may alias with each other but may not alias
40 // with our temporary buffers.
41 buffer_slice = BufferAllocation::Slice(kParameterAllocation, 0, 0);
42 } else {
43 const std::set<BufferAllocation::Slice> slices =
44 assignment_.GetAllSlices(&hlo, index);
45 if (slices.empty() || slices.size() > 1) {
46 // Skip HLOs which don't have a buffer assigned or for which the
47 // buffer can't be determined statically. We cannot determine their
48 // aliasing properties in these cases.
49 return;
50 }
51 buffer_slice = *slices.begin();
52 }
53
54 if (module_.config().debug_options().xla_llvm_enable_alias_scope_metadata()) {
55 llvm::MDNode*& alias_scope_md = alias_scope_metadata_[buffer_slice];
56 if (alias_scope_md == nullptr) {
57 alias_scope_md =
58 GetAliasScopeMetadataForBuffer(buffer_slice, GetAliasDomain());
59 }
60 if (alias_scope_md != nullptr) {
61 array->AddAliasScopeMetadata(alias_scope_md);
62 }
63 }
64
65 if (module_.config().debug_options().xla_llvm_enable_noalias_metadata()) {
66 llvm::MDNode*& noalias_md = noalias_metadata_[buffer_slice];
67 if (noalias_md == nullptr) {
68 noalias_md = GetNoaliasMetadataForBuffer(buffer_slice, GetAliasDomain(),
69 assignment_, hlo);
70 }
71 if (noalias_md != nullptr) {
72 array->AddNoaliasMetadata(noalias_md);
73 }
74 }
75
76 if (module_.config()
77 .debug_options()
78 .xla_llvm_enable_invariant_load_metadata()) {
79 // Parameters of the entry computation are never stored to, loading from a
80 // parameter pointer should always return the same result within a loop.
81 if (hlo.opcode() == HloOpcode::kParameter) {
82 const std::vector<HloInstruction*>& parameter_instructions =
83 module_.entry_computation()->parameter_instructions();
84 if (absl::c_linear_search(parameter_instructions, &hlo)) {
85 array->MarkInvariantOverWholeProgram(context_);
86 }
87 }
88 }
89 }
90
GetAliasDomain()91 llvm::MDNode* AliasAnalysis::GetAliasDomain() {
92 llvm::MDBuilder metadata_builder(*context_);
93 if (alias_domain_ == nullptr) {
94 // We use createAliasScopeDomain rather than createAnonymousAliasScopeDomain
95 // so that when functions get inlined, we continue using the one domain,
96 // rather than duplicating it (and thus having two AA domains in one
97 // function).
98 //
99 // A side-effect of this is that if you ever compile two HLO modules in the
100 // same LLVM module, they'll have the same alias scope domain. This isn't a
101 // problem because the two HLO modules will never interact with one another.
102 alias_domain_ =
103 metadata_builder.createAliasScopeDomain("XLA global AA domain");
104 }
105 return alias_domain_;
106 }
107
GetAliasScopeMetadataForBuffer(const BufferAllocation::Slice & buffer_slice,llvm::MDNode * domain)108 llvm::MDNode* AliasAnalysis::GetAliasScopeMetadataForBuffer(
109 const BufferAllocation::Slice& buffer_slice, llvm::MDNode* domain) {
110 // While we could synthesize an alias.scope, doing so is not more profitable
111 // than LLVM's default behavior.
112 if (buffer_slice.allocation() == kParameterAllocation) {
113 return nullptr;
114 }
115
116 llvm::MDBuilder metadata_builder(domain->getContext());
117 llvm::MDNode* scope = metadata_builder.createAliasScope(
118 "buffer: " + buffer_slice.ToString(), domain);
119 llvm::MDNode* scope_list = llvm::MDNode::get(domain->getContext(), scope);
120 return scope_list;
121 }
122
GetNoaliasMetadataForBuffer(const BufferAllocation::Slice & buffer_slice,llvm::MDNode * domain,const BufferAssignment & assignment,const HloInstruction & hlo)123 llvm::MDNode* AliasAnalysis::GetNoaliasMetadataForBuffer(
124 const BufferAllocation::Slice& buffer_slice, llvm::MDNode* domain,
125 const BufferAssignment& assignment, const HloInstruction& hlo) {
126 // We want to construct a list of buffers which:
127 //
128 // 1. Do not alias the given buffer.
129 // 2. Will plausibly be used in the vicinity of the given buffer.
130 //
131 // Making the noalias set overly large will result in either a massive
132 // slowdown in LLVM or LLVM will just ignore the noalias set.
133 //
134 // A plausible list of instructions are:
135 // 1. Users of the given hlo.
136 // 2. Operands of users of the given hlo.
137 // 3. Operands of the given hlo.
138 //
139 // This set can be increased as we need.
140 std::vector<const LogicalBuffer*> worklist;
141 auto add_buffers_to_worklist =
142 [&worklist, &assignment](const HloInstruction* instruction) {
143 ShapeUtil::ForEachSubshape(
144 instruction->shape(),
145 [&](const Shape& /*shape*/, const ShapeIndex& index) {
146 for (const LogicalBuffer* buffer :
147 assignment.GetSourceBuffers(instruction, index)) {
148 worklist.push_back(buffer);
149 }
150 });
151 };
152
153 for (HloInstruction* user : hlo.users()) {
154 add_buffers_to_worklist(user);
155 for (HloInstruction* operand : user->operands()) {
156 add_buffers_to_worklist(operand);
157 }
158 }
159
160 add_buffers_to_worklist(&hlo);
161 for (HloInstruction* operand : hlo.operands()) {
162 add_buffers_to_worklist(operand);
163 }
164
165 std::set<BufferAllocation::Slice> buffers;
166 for (const LogicalBuffer* buffer : worklist) {
167 // Skip buffers which cannot be added to the noalias set.
168 if (!assignment.HasAllocation(*buffer) ||
169 buffer->instruction()->opcode() == HloOpcode::kParameter) {
170 continue;
171 }
172 const BufferAllocation::Slice noalias_slice =
173 assignment.GetAssignedAllocation(*buffer).GetSlice(*buffer);
174 // Our buffer must not overlap with the noalias slice.
175 if (!buffer_slice.OverlapsWith(noalias_slice)) {
176 buffers.insert(noalias_slice);
177 // Some instructions have too many operands, causing the noalias set to be
178 // too large. To reduce compilation time (b/31901575), truncate noalias
179 // sets to at most 500 elements.
180 //
181 // Future work: improvements to LLVM's scoped AA that avoid creating a
182 // MDNode set for every alias query can help to reduce the compilation
183 // time as well.
184 constexpr int kMaxNoAliasSetSize = 500;
185 if (buffers.size() >= kMaxNoAliasSetSize) {
186 break;
187 }
188 }
189 }
190
191 // Don't bother constructing a noalias metadata node if it would be empty.
192 if (buffers.empty()) {
193 return nullptr;
194 }
195
196 llvm::MDBuilder metadata_builder(domain->getContext());
197 std::vector<llvm::Metadata*> scopes;
198 for (const BufferAllocation::Slice noalias_slice : buffers) {
199 llvm::MDNode* scope = metadata_builder.createAliasScope(
200 "buffer: " + noalias_slice.ToString(), domain);
201 scopes.push_back(scope);
202 }
203 llvm::MDNode* noalias_list =
204 llvm::MDNode::get(domain->getContext(), AsArrayRef(scopes));
205 return noalias_list;
206 }
207
208 } // namespace llvm_ir
209 } // namespace xla
210