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      1 //===--- BranchProbabilityInfo.h - Branch Probability Analysis --*- C++ -*-===//
      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 is used to evaluate branch probabilties.
     11 //
     12 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     13 
     14 #ifndef LLVM_ANALYSIS_BRANCHPROBABILITYINFO_H
     15 #define LLVM_ANALYSIS_BRANCHPROBABILITYINFO_H
     16 
     17 #include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
     18 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"
     19 #include "llvm/IR/CFG.h"
     20 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
     21 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
     22 #include "llvm/Support/BranchProbability.h"
     23 
     24 namespace llvm {
     25 class LoopInfo;
     26 class raw_ostream;
     27 
     28 /// \brief Analysis pass providing branch probability information.
     29 ///
     30 /// This is a function analysis pass which provides information on the relative
     31 /// probabilities of each "edge" in the function's CFG where such an edge is
     32 /// defined by a pair (PredBlock and an index in the successors). The
     33 /// probability of an edge from one block is always relative to the
     34 /// probabilities of other edges from the block. The probabilites of all edges
     35 /// from a block sum to exactly one (100%).
     36 /// We use a pair (PredBlock and an index in the successors) to uniquely
     37 /// identify an edge, since we can have multiple edges from Src to Dst.
     38 /// As an example, we can have a switch which jumps to Dst with value 0 and
     39 /// value 10.
     40 class BranchProbabilityInfo : public FunctionPass {
     41 public:
     42   static char ID;
     43 
     44   BranchProbabilityInfo() : FunctionPass(ID) {
     45     initializeBranchProbabilityInfoPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
     46   }
     47 
     48   void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override;
     49   bool runOnFunction(Function &F) override;
     50   void print(raw_ostream &OS, const Module *M = nullptr) const override;
     51 
     52   /// \brief Get an edge's probability, relative to other out-edges of the Src.
     53   ///
     54   /// This routine provides access to the fractional probability between zero
     55   /// (0%) and one (100%) of this edge executing, relative to other edges
     56   /// leaving the 'Src' block. The returned probability is never zero, and can
     57   /// only be one if the source block has only one successor.
     58   BranchProbability getEdgeProbability(const BasicBlock *Src,
     59                                        unsigned IndexInSuccessors) const;
     60 
     61   /// \brief Get the probability of going from Src to Dst.
     62   ///
     63   /// It returns the sum of all probabilities for edges from Src to Dst.
     64   BranchProbability getEdgeProbability(const BasicBlock *Src,
     65                                        const BasicBlock *Dst) const;
     66 
     67   /// \brief Test if an edge is hot relative to other out-edges of the Src.
     68   ///
     69   /// Check whether this edge out of the source block is 'hot'. We define hot
     70   /// as having a relative probability >= 80%.
     71   bool isEdgeHot(const BasicBlock *Src, const BasicBlock *Dst) const;
     72 
     73   /// \brief Retrieve the hot successor of a block if one exists.
     74   ///
     75   /// Given a basic block, look through its successors and if one exists for
     76   /// which \see isEdgeHot would return true, return that successor block.
     77   BasicBlock *getHotSucc(BasicBlock *BB) const;
     78 
     79   /// \brief Print an edge's probability.
     80   ///
     81   /// Retrieves an edge's probability similarly to \see getEdgeProbability, but
     82   /// then prints that probability to the provided stream. That stream is then
     83   /// returned.
     84   raw_ostream &printEdgeProbability(raw_ostream &OS, const BasicBlock *Src,
     85                                     const BasicBlock *Dst) const;
     86 
     87   /// \brief Get the raw edge weight calculated for the edge.
     88   ///
     89   /// This returns the raw edge weight. It is guaranteed to fall between 1 and
     90   /// UINT32_MAX. Note that the raw edge weight is not meaningful in isolation.
     91   /// This interface should be very carefully, and primarily by routines that
     92   /// are updating the analysis by later calling setEdgeWeight.
     93   uint32_t getEdgeWeight(const BasicBlock *Src,
     94                          unsigned IndexInSuccessors) const;
     95 
     96   /// \brief Get the raw edge weight calculated for the block pair.
     97   ///
     98   /// This returns the sum of all raw edge weights from Src to Dst.
     99   /// It is guaranteed to fall between 1 and UINT32_MAX.
    100   uint32_t getEdgeWeight(const BasicBlock *Src, const BasicBlock *Dst) const;
    101 
    102   uint32_t getEdgeWeight(const BasicBlock *Src,
    103                          succ_const_iterator Dst) const;
    104 
    105   /// \brief Set the raw edge weight for a given edge.
    106   ///
    107   /// This allows a pass to explicitly set the edge weight for an edge. It can
    108   /// be used when updating the CFG to update and preserve the branch
    109   /// probability information. Read the implementation of how these edge
    110   /// weights are calculated carefully before using!
    111   void setEdgeWeight(const BasicBlock *Src, unsigned IndexInSuccessors,
    112                      uint32_t Weight);
    113 
    114 private:
    115   // Since we allow duplicate edges from one basic block to another, we use
    116   // a pair (PredBlock and an index in the successors) to specify an edge.
    117   typedef std::pair<const BasicBlock *, unsigned> Edge;
    118 
    119   // Default weight value. Used when we don't have information about the edge.
    120   // TODO: DEFAULT_WEIGHT makes sense during static predication, when none of
    121   // the successors have a weight yet. But it doesn't make sense when providing
    122   // weight to an edge that may have siblings with non-zero weights. This can
    123   // be handled various ways, but it's probably fine for an edge with unknown
    124   // weight to just "inherit" the non-zero weight of an adjacent successor.
    125   static const uint32_t DEFAULT_WEIGHT = 16;
    126 
    127   DenseMap<Edge, uint32_t> Weights;
    128 
    129   /// \brief Handle to the LoopInfo analysis.
    130   LoopInfo *LI;
    131 
    132   /// \brief Track the last function we run over for printing.
    133   Function *LastF;
    134 
    135   /// \brief Track the set of blocks directly succeeded by a returning block.
    136   SmallPtrSet<BasicBlock *, 16> PostDominatedByUnreachable;
    137 
    138   /// \brief Track the set of blocks that always lead to a cold call.
    139   SmallPtrSet<BasicBlock *, 16> PostDominatedByColdCall;
    140 
    141   /// \brief Get sum of the block successors' weights.
    142   uint32_t getSumForBlock(const BasicBlock *BB) const;
    143 
    144   bool calcUnreachableHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
    145   bool calcMetadataWeights(BasicBlock *BB);
    146   bool calcColdCallHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
    147   bool calcPointerHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
    148   bool calcLoopBranchHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
    149   bool calcZeroHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
    150   bool calcFloatingPointHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
    151   bool calcInvokeHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
    152 };
    153 
    154 }
    155 
    156 #endif
    157