/// information. Please note that initial frequency is equal to 1024. It means
/// that we should not rely on the value itself, but only on the comparison to
/// the other block frequencies. We do this to avoid using of floating points.
- ///
+ /// For example, to get the frequency of a block relative to the entry block,
+ /// divide the integral value returned by this function (the
+ /// BlockFrequency::getFrequency() value) by getEntryFreq().
BlockFrequency getBlockFreq(const MachineBasicBlock *MBB) const;
+ /// Compute the frequency of the block, relative to the entry block.
+ /// This API assumes getEntryFreq() is non-zero.
+ float getBlockFreqRelativeToEntryBlock(const MachineBasicBlock *MBB) const {
+ return getBlockFreq(MBB).getFrequency() * (1.0f / getEntryFreq());
+ }
+
Optional<uint64_t> getBlockProfileCount(const MachineBasicBlock *MBB) const;
Optional<uint64_t> getProfileCountFromFreq(uint64_t Freq) const;
const MachineFunction *getFunction() const;
const MachineBranchProbabilityInfo *getMBPI() const;
+
+ /// Pop up a ghostview window with the current block frequency propagation
+ /// rendered using dot.
void view(const Twine &Name, bool isSimple = true) const;
// Print the block frequency Freq to OS using the current functions entry
raw_ostream &printBlockFreq(raw_ostream &OS,
const MachineBasicBlock *MBB) const;
+ /// Divide a block's BlockFrequency::getFrequency() value by this value to
+ /// obtain the entry block - relative frequency of said block.
uint64_t getEntryFreq() const;
};
float LiveIntervals::getSpillWeight(bool isDef, bool isUse,
const MachineBlockFrequencyInfo *MBFI,
const MachineBasicBlock *MBB) {
- BlockFrequency Freq = MBFI->getBlockFreq(MBB);
- const float Scale = 1.0f / MBFI->getEntryFreq();
- return (isDef + isUse) * (Freq.getFrequency() * Scale);
+ return (isDef + isUse) * MBFI->getBlockFreqRelativeToEntryBlock(MBB);
}
LiveRange::Segment
unsigned DstReg = CP.getDstReg();
unsigned SrcReg = CP.getSrcReg();
- const float Scale = 1.0f / MBFI.getEntryFreq();
- PBQP::PBQPNum CBenefit = MBFI.getBlockFreq(&MBB).getFrequency() * Scale;
+ PBQP::PBQPNum CBenefit = MBFI.getBlockFreqRelativeToEntryBlock(&MBB);
if (CP.isPhys()) {
if (!MF.getRegInfo().isAllocatable(DstReg))