Set machine block placement hot prob threshold for both static and runtime profile.

Summary: With runtime profile, we have more confidence in branch probability, thus during basic block layout, we set a lower hot prob threshold so that blocks can be layouted optimally.

Reviewers: djasper, davidxl

Subscribers: llvm-commits

Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D20991

llvm-svn: 272729
This commit is contained in:
Dehao Chen 2016-06-14 22:27:17 +00:00
parent 9f3e96115c
commit 9f2bdfb40f
3 changed files with 100 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ BranchFoldPlacement("branch-fold-placement",
cl::init(true), cl::Hidden);
extern cl::opt<unsigned> StaticLikelyProb;
extern cl::opt<unsigned> ProfileLikelyProb;
namespace {
class BlockChain;
@ -520,13 +521,20 @@ bool MachineBlockPlacement::shouldPredBlockBeOutlined(
return false;
}
// FIXME (PGO handling)
// For now this method just returns a fixed threshold. It needs to be enhanced
// such that BB and Succ is passed in so that CFG shapes are examined such that
// the threshold is computed with more precise cost model when PGO is on.
static BranchProbability getLayoutSuccessorProbThreshold() {
BranchProbability HotProb(StaticLikelyProb, 100);
return HotProb;
// When profile is not present, return the StaticLikelyProb.
// When profile is available, we need to handle the triangle-shape CFG.
static BranchProbability getLayoutSuccessorProbThreshold(
MachineBasicBlock *BB) {
if (!BB->getParent()->getFunction()->getEntryCount())
return BranchProbability(StaticLikelyProb, 100);
if (BB->succ_size() == 2) {
const MachineBasicBlock *Succ1 = *BB->succ_begin();
const MachineBasicBlock *Succ2 = *(BB->succ_begin() + 1);
if (Succ1->isSuccessor(Succ2) || Succ2->isSuccessor(Succ1))
return BranchProbability(
200 - 2 * ProfileLikelyProb, 200 - ProfileLikelyProb);
}
return BranchProbability(ProfileLikelyProb, 100);
}
/// Checks to see if the layout candidate block \p Succ has a better layout
@ -593,7 +601,7 @@ bool MachineBlockPlacement::hasBetterLayoutPredecessor(
// edge: Prob(Succ->BB) needs to >= HotProb in order to be selected (without
// profile data).
BranchProbability HotProb = getLayoutSuccessorProbThreshold();
BranchProbability HotProb = getLayoutSuccessorProbThreshold(BB);
// Forward checking. For case 2, SuccProb will be 1.
if (SuccProb < HotProb) {

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@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ cl::opt<unsigned> StaticLikelyProb(
cl::desc("branch probability threshold to be considered very likely"),
cl::init(80), cl::Hidden);
cl::opt<unsigned> ProfileLikelyProb(
"profile-likely-prob",
cl::desc("branch probability threshold to be considered very likely "
"when profile is available"),
cl::init(51), cl::Hidden);
char MachineBranchProbabilityInfo::ID = 0;
void MachineBranchProbabilityInfo::anchor() {}

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@ -1207,4 +1207,82 @@ exit:
ret void
}
define void @test_hot_branch_profile(i32* %a) !prof !6 {
; Test that a hot branch that has a probability a little larger than 60% will
; break CFG constrains when doing block placement when profile is available.
; CHECK-LABEL: test_hot_branch_profile:
; CHECK: %entry
; CHECK: %then
; CHECK: %exit
; CHECK: %else
entry:
%gep1 = getelementptr i32, i32* %a, i32 1
%val1 = load i32, i32* %gep1
%cond1 = icmp ugt i32 %val1, 1
br i1 %cond1, label %then, label %else, !prof !5
then:
call void @hot_function()
br label %exit
else:
call void @cold_function()
br label %exit
exit:
call void @hot_function()
ret void
}
define void @test_hot_branch_triangle_profile(i32* %a) !prof !6 {
; Test that a hot branch that has a probability a little larger than 80% will
; break triangle shaped CFG constrains when doing block placement if profile
; is present.
; CHECK-LABEL: test_hot_branch_triangle_profile:
; CHECK: %entry
; CHECK: %exit
; CHECK: %then
entry:
%gep1 = getelementptr i32, i32* %a, i32 1
%val1 = load i32, i32* %gep1
%cond1 = icmp ugt i32 %val1, 1
br i1 %cond1, label %exit, label %then, !prof !5
then:
call void @hot_function()
br label %exit
exit:
call void @hot_function()
ret void
}
define void @test_hot_branch_triangle_profile_topology(i32* %a) !prof !6 {
; Test that a hot branch that has a probability between 50% and 66% will not
; break triangle shaped CFG constrains when doing block placement if profile
; is present.
; CHECK-LABEL: test_hot_branch_triangle_profile_topology:
; CHECK: %entry
; CHECK: %then
; CHECK: %exit
entry:
%gep1 = getelementptr i32, i32* %a, i32 1
%val1 = load i32, i32* %gep1
%cond1 = icmp ugt i32 %val1, 1
br i1 %cond1, label %exit, label %then, !prof !7
then:
call void @hot_function()
br label %exit
exit:
call void @hot_function()
ret void
}
!5 = !{!"branch_weights", i32 84, i32 16}
!6 = !{!"function_entry_count", i32 10}
!7 = !{!"branch_weights", i32 60, i32 40}