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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 
     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 
     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 
    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 
    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;
    178   LowerExpectIntrinsic() : FunctionPass(ID) {
    179     initializeLowerExpectIntrinsicPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
    180   }
    181 
    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 
    190 FunctionPass *llvm::createLowerExpectIntrinsicPass() {
    191   return new LowerExpectIntrinsic();
    192 }
    193