ipa: Adjust references to identify read-only globals
this patch has been motivated by SPEC 2017's 544.nab_r in which there is
a static variable which is never written to and so zero throughout the
run-time of the benchmark. However, it is passed by reference to a
function in which it is read and (after some multiplications) passed
into __builtin_exp which in turn unnecessarily consumes almost 10% of
the total benchmark run-time. The situation is illustrated by the added
testcase remref-3.c.
The patch adds a flag to ipa-prop descriptor of each parameter to mark
such parameters. IPA-CP and inling then take the effort to remove
IPA_REF_ADDR references in the caller and only add IPA_REF_LOAD
reference to the clone/overall inlined function. This is sufficient
for subsequent symbol table analysis code to identify the read-only
variable as such and optimize the code.
There are two changes from the RFC version posted to the list earlier.
First, three missing calls to get_base_address were added (there was
another one in an assert). Second, references are not stripped off
the callers if the cloned function cannot change the signature. The
second change reveals a real shortcoming stemming from the fact we
cannot adjust function prototypes with fnspecs. But that is a more
general problem.
gcc/ChangeLog:
2021-07-20 Martin Jambor <mjambor@suse.cz>
* cgraph.h (ipa_replace_map): New field force_load_ref.
* ipa-prop.h (ipa_param_descriptor): Reduce precision of move_cost,
aded new flag load_dereferenced, adjusted comments.
(ipa_get_param_dereferenced): New function.
(ipa_set_param_dereferenced): Likewise.
* cgraphclones.c (cgraph_node::create_virtual_clone): Follow it.
* ipa-cp.c: Include gimple.h.
(ipcp_discover_new_direct_edges): Take into account dereferenced flag.
(get_replacement_map): New parameter force_load_ref, set the
appropriate flag in ipa_replace_map if set.
(struct symbol_and_index_together): New type.
(adjust_refs_in_act_callers): New function.
(adjust_references_in_caller): Likewise.
(create_specialized_node): When appropriate, call
adjust_references_in_caller and force only load references.
* ipa-prop.c (load_from_dereferenced_name): New function.
(ipa_analyze_controlled_uses): Also detect loads from a
dereference, harden testing of call statements.
(ipa_write_node_info): Stream the dereferenced flag.
(ipa_read_node_info): Likewise.
(ipa_set_jf_constant): Also create refdesc when jump function
references a variable.
(cgraph_node_for_jfunc): Rename to symtab_node_for_jfunc, work
also on references of variables and return a symtab_node. Adjust
all callers.
(propagate_controlled_uses): Also remove references to VAR_DECLs.
gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2021-06-29 Martin Jambor <mjambor@suse.cz>
* gcc.dg/ipa/remref-3.c: New test.
* gcc.dg/ipa/remref-4.c: Likewise.
* gcc.dg/ipa/remref-5.c: Likewise.
* gcc.dg/ipa/remref-6.c: Likewise.