1 //===- X86VZeroUpper.cpp - AVX vzeroupper instruction inserter ------------===//
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 // This file defines the pass which inserts x86 AVX vzeroupper instructions
10 // before calls to SSE encoded functions. This avoids transition latency
11 // penalty when transferring control between AVX encoded instructions and old
14 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
17 #include "X86InstrInfo.h"
18 #include "X86Subtarget.h"
19 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
20 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
21 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineBasicBlock.h"
22 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunction.h"
23 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunctionPass.h"
24 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h"
25 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstrBuilder.h"
26 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineOperand.h"
27 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineRegisterInfo.h"
28 #include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h"
29 #include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetRegisterInfo.h"
30 #include "llvm/IR/CallingConv.h"
31 #include "llvm/IR/DebugLoc.h"
32 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
33 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
34 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
35 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
40 #define DEBUG_TYPE "x86-vzeroupper"
42 STATISTIC(NumVZU
, "Number of vzeroupper instructions inserted");
46 class VZeroUpperInserter
: public MachineFunctionPass
{
48 VZeroUpperInserter() : MachineFunctionPass(ID
) {}
50 bool runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction
&MF
) override
;
52 MachineFunctionProperties
getRequiredProperties() const override
{
53 return MachineFunctionProperties().set(
54 MachineFunctionProperties::Property::NoVRegs
);
57 StringRef
getPassName() const override
{ return "X86 vzeroupper inserter"; }
60 void processBasicBlock(MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
);
61 void insertVZeroUpper(MachineBasicBlock::iterator I
,
62 MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
);
63 void addDirtySuccessor(MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
);
65 using BlockExitState
= enum { PASS_THROUGH
, EXITS_CLEAN
, EXITS_DIRTY
};
67 static const char* getBlockExitStateName(BlockExitState ST
);
69 // Core algorithm state:
70 // BlockState - Each block is either:
71 // - PASS_THROUGH: There are neither YMM/ZMM dirtying instructions nor
72 // vzeroupper instructions in this block.
73 // - EXITS_CLEAN: There is (or will be) a vzeroupper instruction in this
74 // block that will ensure that YMM/ZMM is clean on exit.
75 // - EXITS_DIRTY: An instruction in the block dirties YMM/ZMM and no
76 // subsequent vzeroupper in the block clears it.
78 // AddedToDirtySuccessors - This flag is raised when a block is added to the
79 // DirtySuccessors list to ensure that it's not
80 // added multiple times.
82 // FirstUnguardedCall - Records the location of the first unguarded call in
83 // each basic block that may need to be guarded by a
84 // vzeroupper. We won't know whether it actually needs
85 // to be guarded until we discover a predecessor that
88 BlockExitState ExitState
= PASS_THROUGH
;
89 bool AddedToDirtySuccessors
= false;
90 MachineBasicBlock::iterator FirstUnguardedCall
;
92 BlockState() = default;
95 using BlockStateMap
= SmallVector
<BlockState
, 8>;
96 using DirtySuccessorsWorkList
= SmallVector
<MachineBasicBlock
*, 8>;
98 BlockStateMap BlockStates
;
99 DirtySuccessorsWorkList DirtySuccessors
;
102 const TargetInstrInfo
*TII
;
107 } // end anonymous namespace
109 char VZeroUpperInserter::ID
= 0;
111 FunctionPass
*llvm::createX86IssueVZeroUpperPass() {
112 return new VZeroUpperInserter();
116 const char* VZeroUpperInserter::getBlockExitStateName(BlockExitState ST
) {
118 case PASS_THROUGH
: return "Pass-through";
119 case EXITS_DIRTY
: return "Exits-dirty";
120 case EXITS_CLEAN
: return "Exits-clean";
122 llvm_unreachable("Invalid block exit state.");
126 /// VZEROUPPER cleans state that is related to Y/ZMM0-15 only.
127 /// Thus, there is no need to check for Y/ZMM16 and above.
128 static bool isYmmOrZmmReg(unsigned Reg
) {
129 return (Reg
>= X86::YMM0
&& Reg
<= X86::YMM15
) ||
130 (Reg
>= X86::ZMM0
&& Reg
<= X86::ZMM15
);
133 static bool checkFnHasLiveInYmmOrZmm(MachineRegisterInfo
&MRI
) {
134 for (std::pair
<unsigned, unsigned> LI
: MRI
.liveins())
135 if (isYmmOrZmmReg(LI
.first
))
141 static bool clobbersAllYmmAndZmmRegs(const MachineOperand
&MO
) {
142 for (unsigned reg
= X86::YMM0
; reg
<= X86::YMM15
; ++reg
) {
143 if (!MO
.clobbersPhysReg(reg
))
146 for (unsigned reg
= X86::ZMM0
; reg
<= X86::ZMM15
; ++reg
) {
147 if (!MO
.clobbersPhysReg(reg
))
153 static bool hasYmmOrZmmReg(MachineInstr
&MI
) {
154 for (const MachineOperand
&MO
: MI
.operands()) {
155 if (MI
.isCall() && MO
.isRegMask() && !clobbersAllYmmAndZmmRegs(MO
))
161 if (isYmmOrZmmReg(MO
.getReg()))
167 /// Check if given call instruction has a RegMask operand.
168 static bool callHasRegMask(MachineInstr
&MI
) {
169 assert(MI
.isCall() && "Can only be called on call instructions.");
170 for (const MachineOperand
&MO
: MI
.operands()) {
177 /// Insert a vzeroupper instruction before I.
178 void VZeroUpperInserter::insertVZeroUpper(MachineBasicBlock::iterator I
,
179 MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
) {
180 DebugLoc dl
= I
->getDebugLoc();
181 BuildMI(MBB
, I
, dl
, TII
->get(X86::VZEROUPPER
));
183 EverMadeChange
= true;
186 /// Add MBB to the DirtySuccessors list if it hasn't already been added.
187 void VZeroUpperInserter::addDirtySuccessor(MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
) {
188 if (!BlockStates
[MBB
.getNumber()].AddedToDirtySuccessors
) {
189 DirtySuccessors
.push_back(&MBB
);
190 BlockStates
[MBB
.getNumber()].AddedToDirtySuccessors
= true;
194 /// Loop over all of the instructions in the basic block, inserting vzeroupper
195 /// instructions before function calls.
196 void VZeroUpperInserter::processBasicBlock(MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
) {
197 // Start by assuming that the block is PASS_THROUGH which implies no unguarded
199 BlockExitState CurState
= PASS_THROUGH
;
200 BlockStates
[MBB
.getNumber()].FirstUnguardedCall
= MBB
.end();
202 for (MachineInstr
&MI
: MBB
) {
203 bool IsCall
= MI
.isCall();
204 bool IsReturn
= MI
.isReturn();
205 bool IsControlFlow
= IsCall
|| IsReturn
;
207 // No need for vzeroupper before iret in interrupt handler function,
208 // epilogue will restore YMM/ZMM registers if needed.
209 if (IsX86INTR
&& IsReturn
)
212 // An existing VZERO* instruction resets the state.
213 if (MI
.getOpcode() == X86::VZEROALL
|| MI
.getOpcode() == X86::VZEROUPPER
) {
214 CurState
= EXITS_CLEAN
;
218 // Shortcut: don't need to check regular instructions in dirty state.
219 if (!IsControlFlow
&& CurState
== EXITS_DIRTY
)
222 if (hasYmmOrZmmReg(MI
)) {
223 // We found a ymm/zmm-using instruction; this could be an AVX/AVX512
224 // instruction, or it could be control flow.
225 CurState
= EXITS_DIRTY
;
229 // Check for control-flow out of the current function (which might
230 // indirectly execute SSE instructions).
234 // If the call has no RegMask, skip it as well. It usually happens on
235 // helper function calls (such as '_chkstk', '_ftol2') where standard
236 // calling convention is not used (RegMask is not used to mark register
237 // clobbered and register usage (def/implicit-def/use) is well-defined and
238 // explicitly specified.
239 if (IsCall
&& !callHasRegMask(MI
))
242 // The VZEROUPPER instruction resets the upper 128 bits of YMM0-YMM15
243 // registers. In addition, the processor changes back to Clean state, after
244 // which execution of SSE instructions or AVX instructions has no transition
245 // penalty. Add the VZEROUPPER instruction before any function call/return
246 // that might execute SSE code.
247 // FIXME: In some cases, we may want to move the VZEROUPPER into a
248 // predecessor block.
249 if (CurState
== EXITS_DIRTY
) {
250 // After the inserted VZEROUPPER the state becomes clean again, but
251 // other YMM/ZMM may appear before other subsequent calls or even before
252 // the end of the BB.
253 insertVZeroUpper(MI
, MBB
);
254 CurState
= EXITS_CLEAN
;
255 } else if (CurState
== PASS_THROUGH
) {
256 // If this block is currently in pass-through state and we encounter a
257 // call then whether we need a vzeroupper or not depends on whether this
258 // block has successors that exit dirty. Record the location of the call,
259 // and set the state to EXITS_CLEAN, but do not insert the vzeroupper yet.
260 // It will be inserted later if necessary.
261 BlockStates
[MBB
.getNumber()].FirstUnguardedCall
= MI
;
262 CurState
= EXITS_CLEAN
;
266 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "MBB #" << MBB
.getNumber() << " exit state: "
267 << getBlockExitStateName(CurState
) << '\n');
269 if (CurState
== EXITS_DIRTY
)
270 for (MachineBasicBlock::succ_iterator SI
= MBB
.succ_begin(),
273 addDirtySuccessor(**SI
);
275 BlockStates
[MBB
.getNumber()].ExitState
= CurState
;
278 /// Loop over all of the basic blocks, inserting vzeroupper instructions before
280 bool VZeroUpperInserter::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction
&MF
) {
281 const X86Subtarget
&ST
= MF
.getSubtarget
<X86Subtarget
>();
282 if (!ST
.hasAVX() || ST
.hasFastPartialYMMorZMMWrite())
284 TII
= ST
.getInstrInfo();
285 MachineRegisterInfo
&MRI
= MF
.getRegInfo();
286 EverMadeChange
= false;
287 IsX86INTR
= MF
.getFunction().getCallingConv() == CallingConv::X86_INTR
;
289 bool FnHasLiveInYmmOrZmm
= checkFnHasLiveInYmmOrZmm(MRI
);
291 // Fast check: if the function doesn't use any ymm/zmm registers, we don't
292 // need to insert any VZEROUPPER instructions. This is constant-time, so it
293 // is cheap in the common case of no ymm/zmm use.
294 bool YmmOrZmmUsed
= FnHasLiveInYmmOrZmm
;
295 for (auto *RC
: {&X86::VR256RegClass
, &X86::VR512_0_15RegClass
}) {
297 for (TargetRegisterClass::iterator i
= RC
->begin(), e
= RC
->end(); i
!= e
;
299 if (!MRI
.reg_nodbg_empty(*i
)) {
309 assert(BlockStates
.empty() && DirtySuccessors
.empty() &&
310 "X86VZeroUpper state should be clear");
311 BlockStates
.resize(MF
.getNumBlockIDs());
313 // Process all blocks. This will compute block exit states, record the first
314 // unguarded call in each block, and add successors of dirty blocks to the
315 // DirtySuccessors list.
316 for (MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
: MF
)
317 processBasicBlock(MBB
);
319 // If any YMM/ZMM regs are live-in to this function, add the entry block to
320 // the DirtySuccessors list
321 if (FnHasLiveInYmmOrZmm
)
322 addDirtySuccessor(MF
.front());
324 // Re-visit all blocks that are successors of EXITS_DIRTY blocks. Add
325 // vzeroupper instructions to unguarded calls, and propagate EXITS_DIRTY
326 // through PASS_THROUGH blocks.
327 while (!DirtySuccessors
.empty()) {
328 MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
= *DirtySuccessors
.back();
329 DirtySuccessors
.pop_back();
330 BlockState
&BBState
= BlockStates
[MBB
.getNumber()];
332 // MBB is a successor of a dirty block, so its first call needs to be
334 if (BBState
.FirstUnguardedCall
!= MBB
.end())
335 insertVZeroUpper(BBState
.FirstUnguardedCall
, MBB
);
337 // If this successor was a pass-through block, then it is now dirty. Its
338 // successors need to be added to the worklist (if they haven't been
340 if (BBState
.ExitState
== PASS_THROUGH
) {
341 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "MBB #" << MBB
.getNumber()
342 << " was Pass-through, is now Dirty-out.\n");
343 for (MachineBasicBlock
*Succ
: MBB
.successors())
344 addDirtySuccessor(*Succ
);
349 return EverMadeChange
;