RegAllocBasic.cpp

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//===-- RegAllocBasic.cpp - Basic Register Allocator ----------------------===//
//
// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file defines the RABasic function pass, which provides a minimal
// implementation of the basic register allocator.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
#include "AllocationOrder.h"
#include "LiveDebugVariables.h"
#include "RegAllocBase.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/CalcSpillWeights.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/LiveIntervals.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/LiveRangeEdit.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/LiveRegMatrix.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/LiveStacks.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineBlockFrequencyInfo.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunctionPass.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineLoopInfo.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineRegisterInfo.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/RegAllocRegistry.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/Spiller.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/VirtRegMap.h"
#include "llvm/Pass.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
#include <cstdlib>
#include <queue>
 
using namespace llvm;
 
#define DEBUG_TYPE "regalloc"
 
static RegisterRegAlloc basicRegAlloc("basic", "basic register allocator",
                                      createBasicRegisterAllocator);
 
namespace {
  struct CompSpillWeight {
    bool operator()(LiveInterval *A, LiveInterval *B) const {
      return A->weight() < B->weight();
    }
  };
}
 
namespace {
/// RABasic provides a minimal implementation of the basic register allocation
/// algorithm. It prioritizes live virtual registers by spill weight and spills
/// whenever a register is unavailable. This is not practical in production but
/// provides a useful baseline both for measuring other allocators and comparing
/// the speed of the basic algorithm against other styles of allocators.
class RABasic : public MachineFunctionPass,
                public RegAllocBase,
                private LiveRangeEdit::Delegate {
  // context
  MachineFunction *MF;
 
  // state
  std::unique_ptr<Spiller> SpillerInstance;
  std::priority_queue<LiveInterval*, std::vector<LiveInterval*>,
                      CompSpillWeight> Queue;
 
  // Scratch space.  Allocated here to avoid repeated malloc calls in
  // selectOrSplit().
  BitVector UsableRegs;
 
  bool LRE_CanEraseVirtReg(Register) override;
  void LRE_WillShrinkVirtReg(Register) override;
 
public:
  RABasic(const RegClassFilterFunc F = allocateAllRegClasses);
 
  /// Return the pass name.
  StringRef getPassName() const override { return "Basic Register Allocator"; }
 
  /// RABasic analysis usage.
  void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override;
 
  void releaseMemory() override;
 
  Spiller &spiller() override { return *SpillerInstance; }
 
  void enqueueImpl(LiveInterval *LI) override {
    Queue.push(LI);
  }
 
  LiveInterval *dequeue() override {
    if (Queue.empty())
      return nullptr;
    LiveInterval *LI = Queue.top();
    Queue.pop();
    return LI;
  }
 
  MCRegister selectOrSplit(LiveInterval &VirtReg,
                           SmallVectorImpl<Register> &SplitVRegs) override;
 
  /// Perform register allocation.
  bool runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &mf) override;
 
  MachineFunctionProperties getRequiredProperties() const override {
    return MachineFunctionProperties().set(
        MachineFunctionProperties::Property::NoPHIs);
  }
 
  MachineFunctionProperties getClearedProperties() const override {
    return MachineFunctionProperties().set(
      MachineFunctionProperties::Property::IsSSA);
  }
 
  // Helper for spilling all live virtual registers currently unified under preg
  // that interfere with the most recently queried lvr.  Return true if spilling
  // was successful, and append any new spilled/split intervals to splitLVRs.
  bool spillInterferences(LiveInterval &VirtReg, MCRegister PhysReg,
                          SmallVectorImpl<Register> &SplitVRegs);
 
  static char ID;
};
 
char RABasic::ID = 0;
 
} // end anonymous namespace
 
char &llvm::RABasicID = RABasic::ID;
 
INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(RABasic, "regallocbasic", "Basic Register Allocator",
                      false, false)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(LiveDebugVariables)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(SlotIndexes)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(LiveIntervals)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(RegisterCoalescer)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(MachineScheduler)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(LiveStacks)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(MachineDominatorTree)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(MachineLoopInfo)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(VirtRegMap)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(LiveRegMatrix)
INITIALIZE_PASS_END(RABasic, "regallocbasic", "Basic Register Allocator", false,
                    false)
 
bool RABasic::LRE_CanEraseVirtReg(Register VirtReg) {
  LiveInterval &LI = LIS->getInterval(VirtReg);
  if (VRM->hasPhys(VirtReg)) {
    Matrix->unassign(LI);
    aboutToRemoveInterval(LI);
    return true;
  }
  // Unassigned virtreg is probably in the priority queue.
  // RegAllocBase will erase it after dequeueing.
  // Nonetheless, clear the live-range so that the debug
  // dump will show the right state for that VirtReg.
  LI.clear();
  return false;
}
 
void RABasic::LRE_WillShrinkVirtReg(Register VirtReg) {
  if (!VRM->hasPhys(VirtReg))
    return;
 
  // Register is assigned, put it back on the queue for reassignment.
  LiveInterval &LI = LIS->getInterval(VirtReg);
  Matrix->unassign(LI);
  enqueue(&LI);
}
 
RABasic::RABasic(RegClassFilterFunc F):
  MachineFunctionPass(ID),
  RegAllocBase(F) {
}
 
void RABasic::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
  AU.setPreservesCFG();
  AU.addRequired<AAResultsWrapperPass>();
  AU.addPreserved<AAResultsWrapperPass>();
  AU.addRequired<LiveIntervals>();
  AU.addPreserved<LiveIntervals>();
  AU.addPreserved<SlotIndexes>();
  AU.addRequired<LiveDebugVariables>();
  AU.addPreserved<LiveDebugVariables>();
  AU.addRequired<LiveStacks>();
  AU.addPreserved<LiveStacks>();
  AU.addRequired<MachineBlockFrequencyInfo>();
  AU.addPreserved<MachineBlockFrequencyInfo>();
  AU.addRequiredID(MachineDominatorsID);
  AU.addPreservedID(MachineDominatorsID);
  AU.addRequired<MachineLoopInfo>();
  AU.addPreserved<MachineLoopInfo>();
  AU.addRequired<VirtRegMap>();
  AU.addPreserved<VirtRegMap>();
  AU.addRequired<LiveRegMatrix>();
  AU.addPreserved<LiveRegMatrix>();
  MachineFunctionPass::getAnalysisUsage(AU);
}
 
void RABasic::releaseMemory() {
  SpillerInstance.reset();
}
 
 
// Spill or split all live virtual registers currently unified under PhysReg
// that interfere with VirtReg. The newly spilled or split live intervals are
// returned by appending them to SplitVRegs.
bool RABasic::spillInterferences(LiveInterval &VirtReg, MCRegister PhysReg,
                                 SmallVectorImpl<Register> &SplitVRegs) {
  // Record each interference and determine if all are spillable before mutating
  // either the union or live intervals.
  SmallVector<LiveInterval*, 8> Intfs;
 
  // Collect interferences assigned to any alias of the physical register.
  for (MCRegUnitIterator Units(PhysReg, TRI); Units.isValid(); ++Units) {
    LiveIntervalUnion::Query &Q = Matrix->query(VirtReg, *Units);
    for (auto *Intf : reverse(Q.interferingVRegs())) {
      if (!Intf->isSpillable() || Intf->weight() > VirtReg.weight())
        return false;
      Intfs.push_back(Intf);
    }
  }
  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "spilling " << printReg(PhysReg, TRI)
                    << " interferences with " << VirtReg << "\n");
  assert(!Intfs.empty() && "expected interference");
 
  // Spill each interfering vreg allocated to PhysReg or an alias.
  for (unsigned i = 0, e = Intfs.size(); i != e; ++i) {
    LiveInterval &Spill = *Intfs[i];
 
    // Skip duplicates.
    if (!VRM->hasPhys(Spill.reg()))
      continue;
 
    // Deallocate the interfering vreg by removing it from the union.
    // A LiveInterval instance may not be in a union during modification!
    Matrix->unassign(Spill);
 
    // Spill the extracted interval.
    LiveRangeEdit LRE(&Spill, SplitVRegs, *MF, *LIS, VRM, this, &DeadRemats);
    spiller().spill(LRE);
  }
  return true;
}
 
// Driver for the register assignment and splitting heuristics.
// Manages iteration over the LiveIntervalUnions.
//
// This is a minimal implementation of register assignment and splitting that
// spills whenever we run out of registers.
//
// selectOrSplit can only be called once per live virtual register. We then do a
// single interference test for each register the correct class until we find an
// available register. So, the number of interference tests in the worst case is
// |vregs| * |machineregs|. And since the number of interference tests is
// minimal, there is no value in caching them outside the scope of
// selectOrSplit().
MCRegister RABasic::selectOrSplit(LiveInterval &VirtReg,
                                  SmallVectorImpl<Register> &SplitVRegs) {
  // Populate a list of physical register spill candidates.
  SmallVector<MCRegister, 8> PhysRegSpillCands;
 
  // Check for an available register in this class.
  auto Order =
      AllocationOrder::create(VirtReg.reg(), *VRM, RegClassInfo, Matrix);
  for (MCRegister PhysReg : Order) {
    assert(PhysReg.isValid());
    // Check for interference in PhysReg
    switch (Matrix->checkInterference(VirtReg, PhysReg)) {
    case LiveRegMatrix::IK_Free:
      // PhysReg is available, allocate it.
      return PhysReg;
 
    case LiveRegMatrix::IK_VirtReg:
      // Only virtual registers in the way, we may be able to spill them.
      PhysRegSpillCands.push_back(PhysReg);
      continue;
 
    default:
      // RegMask or RegUnit interference.
      continue;
    }
  }
 
  // Try to spill another interfering reg with less spill weight.
  for (MCRegister &PhysReg : PhysRegSpillCands) {
    if (!spillInterferences(VirtReg, PhysReg, SplitVRegs))
      continue;
 
    assert(!Matrix->checkInterference(VirtReg, PhysReg) &&
           "Interference after spill.");
    // Tell the caller to allocate to this newly freed physical register.
    return PhysReg;
  }
 
  // No other spill candidates were found, so spill the current VirtReg.
  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "spilling: " << VirtReg << '\n');
  if (!VirtReg.isSpillable())
    return ~0u;
  LiveRangeEdit LRE(&VirtReg, SplitVRegs, *MF, *LIS, VRM, this, &DeadRemats);
  spiller().spill(LRE);
 
  // The live virtual register requesting allocation was spilled, so tell
  // the caller not to allocate anything during this round.
  return 0;
}
 
bool RABasic::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &mf) {
  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "********** BASIC REGISTER ALLOCATION **********\n"
                    << "********** Function: " << mf.getName() << '\n');
 
  MF = &mf;
  RegAllocBase::init(getAnalysis<VirtRegMap>(),
                     getAnalysis<LiveIntervals>(),
                     getAnalysis<LiveRegMatrix>());
  VirtRegAuxInfo VRAI(*MF, *LIS, *VRM, getAnalysis<MachineLoopInfo>(),
                      getAnalysis<MachineBlockFrequencyInfo>());
  VRAI.calculateSpillWeightsAndHints();
 
  SpillerInstance.reset(createInlineSpiller(*this, *MF, *VRM, VRAI));
 
  allocatePhysRegs();
  postOptimization();
 
  // Diagnostic output before rewriting
  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Post alloc VirtRegMap:\n" << *VRM << "\n");
 
  releaseMemory();
  return true;
}
 
FunctionPass* llvm::createBasicRegisterAllocator() {
  return new RABasic();
}
 
FunctionPass* llvm::createBasicRegisterAllocator(RegClassFilterFunc F) {
  return new RABasic(F);
}