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1 //===- LowerExpectIntrinsic.cpp - Lower expect intrinsic ------------------===//
2 //
3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
4 //
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
7 //
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 //
10 // This pass lowers the 'expect' intrinsic to LLVM metadata.
11 //
12 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
13 
14 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/LowerExpectIntrinsic.h"
15 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
16 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
17 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
18 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
19 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
20 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
21 #include "llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
23 #include "llvm/IR/MDBuilder.h"
24 #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h"
25 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
26 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
27 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
28 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
29 
30 using namespace llvm;
31 
32 #define DEBUG_TYPE "lower-expect-intrinsic"
33 
34 STATISTIC(ExpectIntrinsicsHandled,
35           "Number of 'expect' intrinsic instructions handled");
36 
37 static cl::opt<uint32_t>
38 LikelyBranchWeight("likely-branch-weight", cl::Hidden, cl::init(64),
39                    cl::desc("Weight of the branch likely to be taken (default = 64)"));
40 static cl::opt<uint32_t>
41 UnlikelyBranchWeight("unlikely-branch-weight", cl::Hidden, cl::init(4),
42                    cl::desc("Weight of the branch unlikely to be taken (default = 4)"));
43 
handleSwitchExpect(SwitchInst & SI)44 static bool handleSwitchExpect(SwitchInst &SI) {
45   CallInst *CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(SI.getCondition());
46   if (!CI)
47     return false;
48 
49   Function *Fn = CI->getCalledFunction();
50   if (!Fn || Fn->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect)
51     return false;
52 
53   Value *ArgValue = CI->getArgOperand(0);
54   ConstantInt *ExpectedValue = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(CI->getArgOperand(1));
55   if (!ExpectedValue)
56     return false;
57 
58   SwitchInst::CaseIt Case = SI.findCaseValue(ExpectedValue);
59   unsigned n = SI.getNumCases(); // +1 for default case.
60   SmallVector<uint32_t, 16> Weights(n + 1, UnlikelyBranchWeight);
61 
62   if (Case == SI.case_default())
63     Weights[0] = LikelyBranchWeight;
64   else
65     Weights[Case.getCaseIndex() + 1] = LikelyBranchWeight;
66 
67   SI.setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof,
68                  MDBuilder(CI->getContext()).createBranchWeights(Weights));
69 
70   SI.setCondition(ArgValue);
71   return true;
72 }
73 
handleBranchExpect(BranchInst & BI)74 static bool handleBranchExpect(BranchInst &BI) {
75   if (BI.isUnconditional())
76     return false;
77 
78   // Handle non-optimized IR code like:
79   //   %expval = call i64 @llvm.expect.i64(i64 %conv1, i64 1)
80   //   %tobool = icmp ne i64 %expval, 0
81   //   br i1 %tobool, label %if.then, label %if.end
82   //
83   // Or the following simpler case:
84   //   %expval = call i1 @llvm.expect.i1(i1 %cmp, i1 1)
85   //   br i1 %expval, label %if.then, label %if.end
86 
87   CallInst *CI;
88 
89   ICmpInst *CmpI = dyn_cast<ICmpInst>(BI.getCondition());
90   if (!CmpI) {
91     CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(BI.getCondition());
92   } else {
93     if (CmpI->getPredicate() != CmpInst::ICMP_NE)
94       return false;
95     CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(CmpI->getOperand(0));
96   }
97 
98   if (!CI)
99     return false;
100 
101   Function *Fn = CI->getCalledFunction();
102   if (!Fn || Fn->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect)
103     return false;
104 
105   Value *ArgValue = CI->getArgOperand(0);
106   ConstantInt *ExpectedValue = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(CI->getArgOperand(1));
107   if (!ExpectedValue)
108     return false;
109 
110   MDBuilder MDB(CI->getContext());
111   MDNode *Node;
112 
113   // If expect value is equal to 1 it means that we are more likely to take
114   // branch 0, in other case more likely is branch 1.
115   if (ExpectedValue->isOne())
116     Node = MDB.createBranchWeights(LikelyBranchWeight, UnlikelyBranchWeight);
117   else
118     Node = MDB.createBranchWeights(UnlikelyBranchWeight, LikelyBranchWeight);
119 
120   BI.setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof, Node);
121 
122   if (CmpI)
123     CmpI->setOperand(0, ArgValue);
124   else
125     BI.setCondition(ArgValue);
126   return true;
127 }
128 
lowerExpectIntrinsic(Function & F)129 static bool lowerExpectIntrinsic(Function &F) {
130   bool Changed = false;
131 
132   for (BasicBlock &BB : F) {
133     // Create "block_weights" metadata.
134     if (BranchInst *BI = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(BB.getTerminator())) {
135       if (handleBranchExpect(*BI))
136         ExpectIntrinsicsHandled++;
137     } else if (SwitchInst *SI = dyn_cast<SwitchInst>(BB.getTerminator())) {
138       if (handleSwitchExpect(*SI))
139         ExpectIntrinsicsHandled++;
140     }
141 
142     // Remove llvm.expect intrinsics.
143     for (BasicBlock::iterator BI = BB.begin(), BE = BB.end(); BI != BE;) {
144       CallInst *CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(BI++);
145       if (!CI)
146         continue;
147 
148       Function *Fn = CI->getCalledFunction();
149       if (Fn && Fn->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::expect) {
150         Value *Exp = CI->getArgOperand(0);
151         CI->replaceAllUsesWith(Exp);
152         CI->eraseFromParent();
153         Changed = true;
154       }
155     }
156   }
157 
158   return Changed;
159 }
160 
run(Function & F)161 PreservedAnalyses LowerExpectIntrinsicPass::run(Function &F) {
162   if (lowerExpectIntrinsic(F))
163     return PreservedAnalyses::none();
164 
165   return PreservedAnalyses::all();
166 }
167 
168 namespace {
169 /// \brief Legacy pass for lowering expect intrinsics out of the IR.
170 ///
171 /// When this pass is run over a function it uses expect intrinsics which feed
172 /// branches and switches to provide branch weight metadata for those
173 /// terminators. It then removes the expect intrinsics from the IR so the rest
174 /// of the optimizer can ignore them.
175 class LowerExpectIntrinsic : public FunctionPass {
176 public:
177   static char ID;
LowerExpectIntrinsic()178   LowerExpectIntrinsic() : FunctionPass(ID) {
179     initializeLowerExpectIntrinsicPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
180   }
181 
runOnFunction(Function & F)182   bool runOnFunction(Function &F) override { return lowerExpectIntrinsic(F); }
183 };
184 }
185 
186 char LowerExpectIntrinsic::ID = 0;
187 INITIALIZE_PASS(LowerExpectIntrinsic, "lower-expect",
188                 "Lower 'expect' Intrinsics", false, false)
189 
createLowerExpectIntrinsicPass()190 FunctionPass *llvm::createLowerExpectIntrinsicPass() {
191   return new LowerExpectIntrinsic();
192 }
193