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1 //===-- MachineFunctionSplitter.cpp - Split machine 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 // \file
10 // Uses profile information to split out cold blocks.
11 //
12 // This pass splits out cold machine basic blocks from the parent function. This
13 // implementation leverages the basic block section framework. Blocks marked
14 // cold by this pass are grouped together in a separate section prefixed with
15 // ".text.unlikely.*". The linker can then group these together as a cold
16 // section. The split part of the function is a contiguous region identified by
17 // the symbol "foo.cold". Grouping all cold blocks across functions together
18 // decreases fragmentation and improves icache and itlb utilization. Note that
19 // the overall changes to the binary size are negligible; only a small number of
20 // additional jump instructions may be introduced.
21 //
22 // For the original RFC of this pass please see
23 // https://groups.google.com/d/msg/llvm-dev/RUegaMg-iqc/wFAVxa6fCgAJ
24 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
25 
26 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
27 #include "llvm/Analysis/ProfileSummaryInfo.h"
28 #include "llvm/CodeGen/BasicBlockSectionUtils.h"
29 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.h"
30 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineBlockFrequencyInfo.h"
31 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunction.h"
32 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunctionPass.h"
33 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineModuleInfo.h"
34 #include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
35 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
36 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
37 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
38 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
39 
40 using namespace llvm;
41 
42 // FIXME: This cutoff value is CPU dependent and should be moved to
43 // TargetTransformInfo once we consider enabling this on other platforms.
44 // The value is expressed as a ProfileSummaryInfo integer percentile cutoff.
45 // Defaults to 999950, i.e. all blocks colder than 99.995 percentile are split.
46 // The default was empirically determined to be optimal when considering cutoff
47 // values between 99%-ile to 100%-ile with respect to iTLB and icache metrics on
48 // Intel CPUs.
49 static cl::opt<unsigned>
50     PercentileCutoff("mfs-psi-cutoff",
51                      cl::desc("Percentile profile summary cutoff used to "
52                               "determine cold blocks. Unused if set to zero."),
53                      cl::init(999950), cl::Hidden);
54 
55 static cl::opt<unsigned> ColdCountThreshold(
56     "mfs-count-threshold",
57     cl::desc(
58         "Minimum number of times a block must be executed to be retained."),
59     cl::init(1), cl::Hidden);
60 
61 namespace {
62 
63 class MachineFunctionSplitter : public MachineFunctionPass {
64 public:
65   static char ID;
MachineFunctionSplitter()66   MachineFunctionSplitter() : MachineFunctionPass(ID) {
67     initializeMachineFunctionSplitterPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
68   }
69 
getPassName() const70   StringRef getPassName() const override {
71     return "Machine Function Splitter Transformation";
72   }
73 
74   void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override;
75 
76   bool runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &F) override;
77 };
78 } // end anonymous namespace
79 
isColdBlock(MachineBasicBlock & MBB,const MachineBlockFrequencyInfo * MBFI,ProfileSummaryInfo * PSI)80 static bool isColdBlock(MachineBasicBlock &MBB,
81                         const MachineBlockFrequencyInfo *MBFI,
82                         ProfileSummaryInfo *PSI) {
83   Optional<uint64_t> Count = MBFI->getBlockProfileCount(&MBB);
84   if (!Count.hasValue())
85     return true;
86 
87   if (PercentileCutoff > 0) {
88     return PSI->isColdCountNthPercentile(PercentileCutoff, *Count);
89   }
90   return (*Count < ColdCountThreshold);
91 }
92 
runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction & MF)93 bool MachineFunctionSplitter::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) {
94   // TODO: We only target functions with profile data. Static information may
95   // also be considered but we don't see performance improvements yet.
96   if (!MF.getFunction().hasProfileData())
97     return false;
98 
99   // TODO: We don't split functions where a section attribute has been set
100   // since the split part may not be placed in a contiguous region. It may also
101   // be more beneficial to augment the linker to ensure contiguous layout of
102   // split functions within the same section as specified by the attribute.
103   if (!MF.getFunction().getSection().empty())
104     return false;
105 
106   // We don't want to proceed further for cold functions
107   // or functions of unknown hotness. Lukewarm functions have no prefix.
108   Optional<StringRef> SectionPrefix = MF.getFunction().getSectionPrefix();
109   if (SectionPrefix.hasValue() &&
110       (SectionPrefix.getValue().equals("unlikely") ||
111        SectionPrefix.getValue().equals("unknown"))) {
112     return false;
113   }
114 
115   // Renumbering blocks here preserves the order of the blocks as
116   // sortBasicBlocksAndUpdateBranches uses the numeric identifier to sort
117   // blocks. Preserving the order of blocks is essential to retaining decisions
118   // made by prior passes such as MachineBlockPlacement.
119   MF.RenumberBlocks();
120   MF.setBBSectionsType(BasicBlockSection::Preset);
121   auto *MBFI = &getAnalysis<MachineBlockFrequencyInfo>();
122   auto *PSI = &getAnalysis<ProfileSummaryInfoWrapperPass>().getPSI();
123 
124   for (auto &MBB : MF) {
125     // FIXME: We retain the entry block and conservatively keep all landing pad
126     // blocks as part of the original function. Once D73739 is submitted, we can
127     // improve the handling of ehpads.
128     if ((MBB.pred_empty() || MBB.isEHPad()))
129       continue;
130     if (isColdBlock(MBB, MBFI, PSI))
131       MBB.setSectionID(MBBSectionID::ColdSectionID);
132   }
133 
134   auto Comparator = [](const MachineBasicBlock &X, const MachineBasicBlock &Y) {
135     return X.getSectionID().Type < Y.getSectionID().Type;
136   };
137   llvm::sortBasicBlocksAndUpdateBranches(MF, Comparator);
138 
139   return true;
140 }
141 
getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage & AU) const142 void MachineFunctionSplitter::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
143   AU.addRequired<MachineModuleInfoWrapperPass>();
144   AU.addRequired<MachineBlockFrequencyInfo>();
145   AU.addRequired<ProfileSummaryInfoWrapperPass>();
146 }
147 
148 char MachineFunctionSplitter::ID = 0;
149 INITIALIZE_PASS(MachineFunctionSplitter, "machine-function-splitter",
150                 "Split machine functions using profile information", false,
151                 false)
152 
createMachineFunctionSplitterPass()153 MachineFunctionPass *llvm::createMachineFunctionSplitterPass() {
154   return new MachineFunctionSplitter();
155 }
156