Limit the search space in RAGreedy::tryEvict().

When tryEvict() is looking for a cheaper register in the allocation
order, skip the tail of too expensive registers when possible.

llvm-svn: 172281

llvm/lib/CodeGen/AllocationOrder.h

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ public:
                   const VirtRegMap &VRM,
                   const RegisterClassInfo &RegClassInfo);
 
+  /// Get the allocation order without reordered hints.
+  ArrayRef<MCPhysReg> getOrder() const { return Order; }
+
   /// Return the next physical register in the allocation order, or 0.
   /// It is safe to call next() again after it returned 0, it will keep
   /// returning 0 until rewind() is called.
@@ -53,6 +56,18 @@ public:
     return 0;
   }
 
+  /// As next(), but allow duplicates to be returned, and stop before the
+  /// Limit'th register in the RegisterClassInfo allocation order.
+  ///
+  /// This can produce more than Limit registers if there are hints.
+  unsigned nextWithDups(unsigned Limit) {
+    if (Pos < 0)
+      return Hints.end()[Pos++];
+    if (Pos < int(Limit))
+      return Order[Pos++];
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   /// Start over from the beginning.
   void rewind() { Pos = -int(Hints.size()); }
 

llvm/lib/CodeGen/RegAllocGreedy.cpp

@@ -632,16 +632,33 @@ unsigned RAGreedy::tryEvict(LiveInterval &VirtReg,
   // Keep track of the cheapest interference seen so far.
   EvictionCost BestCost(~0u);
   unsigned BestPhys = 0;
+  unsigned OrderLimit = Order.getOrder().size();
 
   // When we are just looking for a reduced cost per use, don't break any
   // hints, and only evict smaller spill weights.
   if (CostPerUseLimit < ~0u) {
     BestCost.BrokenHints = 0;
     BestCost.MaxWeight = VirtReg.weight;
+
+    // Check of any registers in RC are below CostPerUseLimit.
+    const TargetRegisterClass *RC = MRI->getRegClass(VirtReg.reg);
+    unsigned MinCost = RegClassInfo.getMinCost(RC);
+    if (MinCost >= CostPerUseLimit) {
+      DEBUG(dbgs() << RC->getName() << " minimum cost = " << MinCost
+                   << ", no cheaper registers to be found.\n");
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    // It is normal for register classes to have a long tail of registers with
+    // the same cost. We don't need to look at them if they're too expensive.
+    if (TRI->getCostPerUse(Order.getOrder().back()) >= CostPerUseLimit) {
+      OrderLimit = RegClassInfo.getLastCostChange(RC);
+      DEBUG(dbgs() << "Only trying the first " << OrderLimit << " regs.\n");
+    }
   }
 
   Order.rewind();
-  while (unsigned PhysReg = Order.next()) {
+  while (unsigned PhysReg = Order.nextWithDups(OrderLimit)) {
     if (TRI->getCostPerUse(PhysReg) >= CostPerUseLimit)
       continue;
     // The first use of a callee-saved register in a function has cost 1.