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      1 //===-------- X86PadShortFunction.cpp - pad short functions -----------===//
      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 file defines the pass which will pad short functions to prevent
     11 // a stall if a function returns before the return address is ready. This
     12 // is needed for some Intel Atom processors.
     13 //
     14 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     15 
     16 #include <algorithm>
     17 
     18 #include "X86.h"
     19 #include "X86InstrInfo.h"
     20 #include "X86Subtarget.h"
     21 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
     22 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunctionPass.h"
     23 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstrBuilder.h"
     24 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineRegisterInfo.h"
     25 #include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
     26 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
     27 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
     28 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
     29 #include "llvm/Target/TargetInstrInfo.h"
     30 
     31 using namespace llvm;
     32 
     33 #define DEBUG_TYPE "x86-pad-short-functions"
     34 
     35 STATISTIC(NumBBsPadded, "Number of basic blocks padded");
     36 
     37 namespace {
     38   struct VisitedBBInfo {
     39     // HasReturn - Whether the BB contains a return instruction
     40     bool HasReturn;
     41 
     42     // Cycles - Number of cycles until return if HasReturn is true, otherwise
     43     // number of cycles until end of the BB
     44     unsigned int Cycles;
     45 
     46     VisitedBBInfo() : HasReturn(false), Cycles(0) {}
     47     VisitedBBInfo(bool HasReturn, unsigned int Cycles)
     48       : HasReturn(HasReturn), Cycles(Cycles) {}
     49   };
     50 
     51   struct PadShortFunc : public MachineFunctionPass {
     52     static char ID;
     53     PadShortFunc() : MachineFunctionPass(ID)
     54                    , Threshold(4), STI(nullptr), TII(nullptr) {}
     55 
     56     bool runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) override;
     57 
     58     const char *getPassName() const override {
     59       return "X86 Atom pad short functions";
     60     }
     61 
     62   private:
     63     void findReturns(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
     64                      unsigned int Cycles = 0);
     65 
     66     bool cyclesUntilReturn(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
     67                            unsigned int &Cycles);
     68 
     69     void addPadding(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
     70                     MachineBasicBlock::iterator &MBBI,
     71                     unsigned int NOOPsToAdd);
     72 
     73     const unsigned int Threshold;
     74 
     75     // ReturnBBs - Maps basic blocks that return to the minimum number of
     76     // cycles until the return, starting from the entry block.
     77     DenseMap<MachineBasicBlock*, unsigned int> ReturnBBs;
     78 
     79     // VisitedBBs - Cache of previously visited BBs.
     80     DenseMap<MachineBasicBlock*, VisitedBBInfo> VisitedBBs;
     81 
     82     const X86Subtarget *STI;
     83     const TargetInstrInfo *TII;
     84   };
     85 
     86   char PadShortFunc::ID = 0;
     87 }
     88 
     89 FunctionPass *llvm::createX86PadShortFunctions() {
     90   return new PadShortFunc();
     91 }
     92 
     93 /// runOnMachineFunction - Loop over all of the basic blocks, inserting
     94 /// NOOP instructions before early exits.
     95 bool PadShortFunc::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &MF) {
     96   if (MF.getFunction()->optForSize()) {
     97     return false;
     98   }
     99 
    100   STI = &MF.getSubtarget<X86Subtarget>();
    101   if (!STI->padShortFunctions())
    102     return false;
    103 
    104   TII = STI->getInstrInfo();
    105 
    106   // Search through basic blocks and mark the ones that have early returns
    107   ReturnBBs.clear();
    108   VisitedBBs.clear();
    109   findReturns(&MF.front());
    110 
    111   bool MadeChange = false;
    112 
    113   MachineBasicBlock *MBB;
    114   unsigned int Cycles = 0;
    115 
    116   // Pad the identified basic blocks with NOOPs
    117   for (DenseMap<MachineBasicBlock*, unsigned int>::iterator I = ReturnBBs.begin();
    118        I != ReturnBBs.end(); ++I) {
    119     MBB = I->first;
    120     Cycles = I->second;
    121 
    122     if (Cycles < Threshold) {
    123       // BB ends in a return. Skip over any DBG_VALUE instructions
    124       // trailing the terminator.
    125       assert(MBB->size() > 0 &&
    126              "Basic block should contain at least a RET but is empty");
    127       MachineBasicBlock::iterator ReturnLoc = --MBB->end();
    128 
    129       while (ReturnLoc->isDebugValue())
    130         --ReturnLoc;
    131       assert(ReturnLoc->isReturn() && !ReturnLoc->isCall() &&
    132              "Basic block does not end with RET");
    133 
    134       addPadding(MBB, ReturnLoc, Threshold - Cycles);
    135       NumBBsPadded++;
    136       MadeChange = true;
    137     }
    138   }
    139 
    140   return MadeChange;
    141 }
    142 
    143 /// findReturn - Starting at MBB, follow control flow and add all
    144 /// basic blocks that contain a return to ReturnBBs.
    145 void PadShortFunc::findReturns(MachineBasicBlock *MBB, unsigned int Cycles) {
    146   // If this BB has a return, note how many cycles it takes to get there.
    147   bool hasReturn = cyclesUntilReturn(MBB, Cycles);
    148   if (Cycles >= Threshold)
    149     return;
    150 
    151   if (hasReturn) {
    152     ReturnBBs[MBB] = std::max(ReturnBBs[MBB], Cycles);
    153     return;
    154   }
    155 
    156   // Follow branches in BB and look for returns
    157   for (MachineBasicBlock::succ_iterator I = MBB->succ_begin();
    158        I != MBB->succ_end(); ++I) {
    159     if (*I == MBB)
    160       continue;
    161     findReturns(*I, Cycles);
    162   }
    163 }
    164 
    165 /// cyclesUntilReturn - return true if the MBB has a return instruction,
    166 /// and return false otherwise.
    167 /// Cycles will be incremented by the number of cycles taken to reach the
    168 /// return or the end of the BB, whichever occurs first.
    169 bool PadShortFunc::cyclesUntilReturn(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
    170                                      unsigned int &Cycles) {
    171   // Return cached result if BB was previously visited
    172   DenseMap<MachineBasicBlock*, VisitedBBInfo>::iterator it
    173     = VisitedBBs.find(MBB);
    174   if (it != VisitedBBs.end()) {
    175     VisitedBBInfo BBInfo = it->second;
    176     Cycles += BBInfo.Cycles;
    177     return BBInfo.HasReturn;
    178   }
    179 
    180   unsigned int CyclesToEnd = 0;
    181 
    182   for (MachineBasicBlock::iterator MBBI = MBB->begin();
    183         MBBI != MBB->end(); ++MBBI) {
    184     MachineInstr *MI = MBBI;
    185     // Mark basic blocks with a return instruction. Calls to other
    186     // functions do not count because the called function will be padded,
    187     // if necessary.
    188     if (MI->isReturn() && !MI->isCall()) {
    189       VisitedBBs[MBB] = VisitedBBInfo(true, CyclesToEnd);
    190       Cycles += CyclesToEnd;
    191       return true;
    192     }
    193 
    194     CyclesToEnd += TII->getInstrLatency(STI->getInstrItineraryData(), MI);
    195   }
    196 
    197   VisitedBBs[MBB] = VisitedBBInfo(false, CyclesToEnd);
    198   Cycles += CyclesToEnd;
    199   return false;
    200 }
    201 
    202 /// addPadding - Add the given number of NOOP instructions to the function
    203 /// just prior to the return at MBBI
    204 void PadShortFunc::addPadding(MachineBasicBlock *MBB,
    205                               MachineBasicBlock::iterator &MBBI,
    206                               unsigned int NOOPsToAdd) {
    207   DebugLoc DL = MBBI->getDebugLoc();
    208 
    209   while (NOOPsToAdd-- > 0) {
    210     BuildMI(*MBB, MBBI, DL, TII->get(X86::NOOP));
    211     BuildMI(*MBB, MBBI, DL, TII->get(X86::NOOP));
    212   }
    213 }
    214