This is a last fix for the corner case of PR32214. Actually this is not really corner case in general.
We should not do a loop rotation if we create an additional branch due to it.
Consider the case where we have a loop chain H, M, B, C , where
H is header with viable fallthrough from pre-header and exit from the loop
M - some middle block
B - backedge to Header but with exit from the loop also.
C - some cold block of the loop.
Let's H is determined as a best exit. If we do a loop rotation M, B, C, H we can introduce the extra branch.
Let's compute the change in number of branches:
+1 branch from pre-header to header
-1 branch from header to exit
+1 branch from header to middle block if there is such
-1 branch from cold bock to header if there is one
So if C is not a predecessor of H then we introduce extra branch.
This change actually prohibits rotation of the loop if both true
1) Best Exit has next element in chain as successor.
2) Last element in chain is not a predecessor of first element of chain.
Reviewers: iteratee, xur
Reviewed By: iteratee
Subscribers: llvm-commits
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D34271
llvm-svn: 306272
In the current BB placement algorithm, a loop chain always contains all loop blocks. This has a drawback that cold blocks in the loop may be inserted on a hot function path, hence increasing branch cost and also reducing icache locality.
Consider a simple example shown below:
A
|
B⇆C
|
D
When B->C is quite cold, the best BB-layout should be A,B,D,C. But the current implementation produces A,C,B,D.
This patch filters those cold blocks off from the loop chain by comparing the ratio:
LoopBBFreq / LoopFreq
to 20%: if it is less than 20%, we don't include this BB to the loop chain. Here LoopFreq is the frequency of the loop when we reduce the loop into a single node. In general we have more cold blocks when the loop has few iterations. And vice versa.
Differential revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D11662
llvm-svn: 251833
Serguei Katkov