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30 changes: 14 additions & 16 deletions llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -8403,8 +8403,13 @@ void LoopVectorizationPlanner::buildVPlansWithVPRecipes(ElementCount MinVF,
LVer.prepareNoAliasMetadata();
}

// Create initial base VPlan0, to serve as common starting point for all
// candidates built later for specific VF ranges.
auto VPlan0 = VPlanTransforms::buildVPlan0(
OrigLoop, *LI, Legal->getWidestInductionType(),
getDebugLocFromInstOrOperands(Legal->getPrimaryInduction()), PSE);

auto MaxVFTimes2 = MaxVF * 2;
auto VPlan0 = VPlanTransforms::buildPlainCFG(OrigLoop, *LI);
for (ElementCount VF = MinVF; ElementCount::isKnownLT(VF, MaxVFTimes2);) {
VFRange SubRange = {VF, MaxVFTimes2};
if (auto Plan = tryToBuildVPlanWithVPRecipes(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -8645,22 +8650,14 @@ VPlanPtr LoopVectorizationPlanner::tryToBuildVPlanWithVPRecipes(
// visit each basic block after having visited its predecessor basic blocks.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

// Create initial VPlan skeleton, having a basic block for the pre-header
// which contains SCEV expansions that need to happen before the CFG is
// modified; a basic block for the vector pre-header, followed by a region for
// the vector loop, followed by the middle basic block. The skeleton vector
// loop region contains a header and latch basic blocks.

bool RequiresScalarEpilogueCheck =
LoopVectorizationPlanner::getDecisionAndClampRange(
[this](ElementCount VF) {
return !CM.requiresScalarEpilogue(VF.isVector());
},
Range);
VPlanTransforms::prepareForVectorization(
*Plan, Legal->getWidestInductionType(), PSE, RequiresScalarEpilogueCheck,
CM.foldTailByMasking(), OrigLoop,
getDebugLocFromInstOrOperands(Legal->getPrimaryInduction()),
VPlanTransforms::handleEarlyExitsAndAddMiddleCheck(
*Plan, RequiresScalarEpilogueCheck, CM.foldTailByMasking(),
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Potential follow-up: would be good to complete the common skeleton with a canonical representation of early exits and middle check, to be specialized per each VF range according to its RequiresScalarEpilogueCheck (fold tail is currently also common?).

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Yep taht sounds good!

Legal->hasUncountableEarlyExit(), Range);
VPlanTransforms::createLoopRegions(*Plan);
VPlanTransforms::createExtractsForLiveOuts(*Plan);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -8947,11 +8944,12 @@ VPlanPtr LoopVectorizationPlanner::tryToBuildVPlan(VFRange &Range) {
assert(!OrigLoop->isInnermost());
assert(EnableVPlanNativePath && "VPlan-native path is not enabled.");

auto Plan = VPlanTransforms::buildPlainCFG(OrigLoop, *LI);
VPlanTransforms::prepareForVectorization(
*Plan, Legal->getWidestInductionType(), PSE, true, false, OrigLoop,
getDebugLocFromInstOrOperands(Legal->getPrimaryInduction()), false,
Range);
auto Plan = VPlanTransforms::buildVPlan0(
OrigLoop, *LI, Legal->getWidestInductionType(),
getDebugLocFromInstOrOperands(Legal->getPrimaryInduction()), PSE);
VPlanTransforms::handleEarlyExitsAndAddMiddleCheck(
*Plan, /*RequiresScalarEpilogue*/ true, /*TailFolded*/ false,
/*HasUncountableExit*/ false, Range);
VPlanTransforms::createLoopRegions(*Plan);

for (ElementCount VF : Range)
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86 changes: 49 additions & 37 deletions llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanConstruction.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -338,12 +338,6 @@ std::unique_ptr<VPlan> PlainCFGBuilder::buildPlainCFG() {
return std::move(Plan);
}

std::unique_ptr<VPlan> VPlanTransforms::buildPlainCFG(Loop *TheLoop,
LoopInfo &LI) {
PlainCFGBuilder Builder(TheLoop, &LI);
return Builder.buildPlainCFG();
}

/// Checks if \p HeaderVPB is a loop header block in the plain CFG; that is, it
/// has exactly 2 predecessors (preheader and latch), where the block
/// dominates the latch and the preheader dominates the block. If it is a
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -459,10 +453,8 @@ static void addCanonicalIVRecipes(VPlan &Plan, VPBasicBlock *HeaderVPBB,
LatchDL);
}

void VPlanTransforms::prepareForVectorization(
VPlan &Plan, Type *InductionTy, PredicatedScalarEvolution &PSE,
bool RequiresScalarEpilogueCheck, bool TailFolded, Loop *TheLoop,
DebugLoc IVDL, bool HasUncountableEarlyExit, VFRange &Range) {
static void addInitialSkeleton(VPlan &Plan, Type *InductionTy, DebugLoc IVDL,
PredicatedScalarEvolution &PSE, Loop *TheLoop) {
VPDominatorTree VPDT;
VPDT.recalculate(Plan);

Expand All @@ -488,12 +480,55 @@ void VPlanTransforms::prepareForVectorization(

addCanonicalIVRecipes(Plan, HeaderVPBB, LatchVPBB, InductionTy, IVDL);

[[maybe_unused]] bool HandledUncountableEarlyExit = false;
// Create SCEV and VPValue for the trip count.
// We use the symbolic max backedge-taken-count, which works also when
// vectorizing loops with uncountable early exits.
const SCEV *BackedgeTakenCountSCEV = PSE.getSymbolicMaxBackedgeTakenCount();
assert(!isa<SCEVCouldNotCompute>(BackedgeTakenCountSCEV) &&
"Invalid backedge-taken count");
ScalarEvolution &SE = *PSE.getSE();
const SCEV *TripCount = SE.getTripCountFromExitCount(BackedgeTakenCountSCEV,
InductionTy, TheLoop);
Plan.setTripCount(
vputils::getOrCreateVPValueForSCEVExpr(Plan, TripCount, SE));

VPBasicBlock *ScalarPH = Plan.createVPBasicBlock("scalar.ph");
VPBlockUtils::connectBlocks(ScalarPH, Plan.getScalarHeader());

// The connection order corresponds to the operands of the conditional branch,
// with the middle block already connected to the exit block.
VPBlockUtils::connectBlocks(MiddleVPBB, ScalarPH);
// Also connect the entry block to the scalar preheader.
// TODO: Also introduce a branch recipe together with the minimum trip count
// check.
VPBlockUtils::connectBlocks(Plan.getEntry(), ScalarPH);
Plan.getEntry()->swapSuccessors();
}

std::unique_ptr<VPlan>
VPlanTransforms::buildVPlan0(Loop *TheLoop, LoopInfo &LI, Type *InductionTy,
DebugLoc IVDL, PredicatedScalarEvolution &PSE) {
PlainCFGBuilder Builder(TheLoop, &LI);
std::unique_ptr<VPlan> VPlan0 = Builder.buildPlainCFG();
addInitialSkeleton(*VPlan0, InductionTy, IVDL, PSE, TheLoop);
return VPlan0;
}

void VPlanTransforms::handleEarlyExitsAndAddMiddleCheck(
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Splitting middle block is one part of handling certain early exits.

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void VPlanTransforms::handleEarlyExitsAndAddMiddleCheck(
void VPlanTransforms::handleEarlyExits(

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This currently also handled connecting the exit block/scalar ph.

Once the PR lands we could default to creating the branch and then replacing it with kown-true/false depending on tail-folding/requireScalarEpilogue.

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Better split into separate handleEarlyExits() and addMiddleBranch()?
(Former is unneeded for native, although perhaps better to keep aligned.)

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Split up thanks.

VPlan &Plan, bool RequiresScalarEpilogueCheck, bool TailFolded,
bool HasUncountableEarlyExit, VFRange &Range) {
auto *MiddleVPBB = cast<VPBasicBlock>(
Plan.getScalarHeader()->getSinglePredecessor()->getPredecessors()[0]);
VPBlockBase *HeaderVPB =
Plan.getEntry()->getSuccessors()[1]->getSingleSuccessor();
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These seem somewhat obscure and fragile. Perhaps better fuse into a common canonical skeleton form.

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Agreed, next step would be to move this forward also.

auto *LatchVPBB = cast<VPBasicBlock>(HeaderVPB->getPredecessors()[1]);

// Disconnect all early exits from the loop leaving it with a single exit from
// the latch. Early exits that are countable are left for a scalar epilog. The
// condition of uncountable early exits (currently at most one is supported)
// is fused into the latch exit, and used to branch from middle block to the
// early exit destination.
[[maybe_unused]] bool HandledUncountableEarlyExit = false;
for (VPIRBasicBlock *EB : Plan.getExitBlocks()) {
for (VPBlockBase *Pred : to_vector(EB->getPredecessors())) {
if (Pred == MiddleVPBB)
Expand All @@ -502,7 +537,8 @@ void VPlanTransforms::prepareForVectorization(
assert(!HandledUncountableEarlyExit &&
"can handle exactly one uncountable early exit");
handleUncountableEarlyExit(cast<VPBasicBlock>(Pred), EB, Plan,
HeaderVPBB, LatchVPBB, Range);
cast<VPBasicBlock>(HeaderVPB), LatchVPBB,
Range);
HandledUncountableEarlyExit = true;
} else {
for (VPRecipeBase &R : EB->phis())
Expand All @@ -516,35 +552,11 @@ void VPlanTransforms::prepareForVectorization(
assert((!HasUncountableEarlyExit || HandledUncountableEarlyExit) &&
"missed an uncountable exit that must be handled");

// Create SCEV and VPValue for the trip count.
// We use the symbolic max backedge-taken-count, which works also when
// vectorizing loops with uncountable early exits.
const SCEV *BackedgeTakenCountSCEV = PSE.getSymbolicMaxBackedgeTakenCount();
assert(!isa<SCEVCouldNotCompute>(BackedgeTakenCountSCEV) &&
"Invalid loop count");
ScalarEvolution &SE = *PSE.getSE();
const SCEV *TripCount = SE.getTripCountFromExitCount(BackedgeTakenCountSCEV,
InductionTy, TheLoop);
Plan.setTripCount(
vputils::getOrCreateVPValueForSCEVExpr(Plan, TripCount, SE));

VPBasicBlock *ScalarPH = Plan.createVPBasicBlock("scalar.ph");
VPBlockUtils::connectBlocks(ScalarPH, Plan.getScalarHeader());

// The connection order corresponds to the operands of the conditional branch,
// with the middle block already connected to the exit block.
VPBlockUtils::connectBlocks(MiddleVPBB, ScalarPH);
// Also connect the entry block to the scalar preheader.
// TODO: Also introduce a branch recipe together with the minimum trip count
// check.
VPBlockUtils::connectBlocks(Plan.getEntry(), ScalarPH);
Plan.getEntry()->swapSuccessors();

// If MiddleVPBB has a single successor then the original loop does not exit
// via the latch and the single successor must be the scalar preheader.
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Independent/follow-up: this refers to how LV handles loops whose latch does not exit, i.e., by requiring a scalar epilogue. Better handle all such cases consistently - either by wiring middle block to scalar preheader only as here, or by case 1 below.

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Yep, this should be taken care of by consistently emitting a check if VectorTC == TC. This is the most general, the others are optimizations of cases where we know the check is either always false or true.

// There's no need to add a runtime check to MiddleVPBB.
if (MiddleVPBB->getNumSuccessors() == 1) {
assert(MiddleVPBB->getSingleSuccessor() == ScalarPH &&
assert(MiddleVPBB->getSingleSuccessor() == Plan.getScalarPreheader() &&
"must have ScalarPH as single successor");
return;
}
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34 changes: 20 additions & 14 deletions llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.h
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Expand Up @@ -54,21 +54,27 @@ struct VPlanTransforms {
verifyVPlanIsValid(Plan);
}

LLVM_ABI_FOR_TEST static std::unique_ptr<VPlan> buildPlainCFG(Loop *TheLoop,
LoopInfo &LI);

/// Prepare the plan for vectorization. It will introduce a dedicated
/// VPBasicBlock for the vector pre-header as well as a VPBasicBlock as exit
/// block of the main vector loop (middle.block). If a check is needed to
/// Create a base VPlan0, serving as the common starting point for all later
/// candidates. It consists of an initial plain CFG loop with loop blocks from
/// \p TheLoop being directly translated to VPBasicBlocks with VPInstruction
/// corresponding to the input IR.
///
/// The created loop is wrapped into an initial skeleton to facilitate
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/// The created loop is wrapped into an initial skeleton to facilitate
/// The created loop is wrapped in an initial skeleton to facilitate

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done thanks

/// vectorization, consisting of a vector pre-header, a exit block for the
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/// vectorization, consisting of a vector pre-header, a exit block for the
/// vectorization, consisting of a vector pre-header, an exit block for the

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done thanks

/// main vector loop (middle.block) and a new block as preheader of the scalar
/// loop (scalar.ph). It also adds a canonical IV and its increment, using \p
/// InductionTy and \p IVDL, and creates a VPValue expression for the original
/// trip count.
LLVM_ABI_FOR_TEST static std::unique_ptr<VPlan>
buildVPlan0(Loop *TheLoop, LoopInfo &LI, Type *InductionTy, DebugLoc IVDL,
PredicatedScalarEvolution &PSE);

/// Update \p Plan to account for all early exits. If a check is needed to
/// guard executing the scalar epilogue loop, it will be added to the middle
/// block, together with VPBasicBlocks for the scalar preheader and exit
/// blocks. \p InductionTy is the type of the canonical induction and used for
/// related values, like the trip count expression. It also creates a VPValue
/// expression for the original trip count.
LLVM_ABI_FOR_TEST static void prepareForVectorization(
VPlan &Plan, Type *InductionTy, PredicatedScalarEvolution &PSE,
bool RequiresScalarEpilogueCheck, bool TailFolded, Loop *TheLoop,
DebugLoc IVDL, bool HasUncountableExit, VFRange &Range);
/// block.
LLVM_ABI_FOR_TEST static void handleEarlyExitsAndAddMiddleCheck(
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LLVM_ABI_FOR_TEST?

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this has been a recent addition, and now all symbols not to be exported to the public LLVM API but needed for unit tests need to be marked as such. It looks like this was for better supporting shared libraries with symbols hidden by default: 4e2efa5

VPlan &Plan, bool RequiresScalarEpilogueCheck, bool TailFolded,
bool HasUncountableExit, VFRange &Range);

/// Replace loops in \p Plan's flat CFG with VPRegionBlocks, turning \p Plan's
/// flat CFG into a hierarchical CFG.
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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions llvm/unittests/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTestBase.h
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Expand Up @@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ class VPlanTestIRBase : public testing::Test {

Loop *L = LI->getLoopFor(LoopHeader);
PredicatedScalarEvolution PSE(*SE, *L);
auto Plan = VPlanTransforms::buildPlainCFG(L, *LI);
auto Plan = VPlanTransforms::buildVPlan0(L, *LI, IntegerType::get(*Ctx, 64),
{}, PSE);

VFRange R(ElementCount::getFixed(1), ElementCount::getFixed(2));
VPlanTransforms::prepareForVectorization(*Plan, IntegerType::get(*Ctx, 64),
PSE, true, false, L, {}, false, R);
VPlanTransforms::handleEarlyExitsAndAddMiddleCheck(*Plan, true, false,
false, R);
VPlanTransforms::createLoopRegions(*Plan);
return Plan;
}
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