[RFC] Workaround LRA reload issue with SUBREGs in SET_DEST.

["Roger Sayle" <roger@nextmovesoftware.com>]

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I was wondering whether I could ask a LRA/reload expert for their help with
a better fix with this issue.

For the testcase (from sse2-v1ti-mov-1.c):

typedef unsigned __int128 uv1ti __attribute__ ((__vector_size__ (16)));
uv1ti foo(__int128 x) { return (uv1ti)x; }

we currently generate (with -O2) the suboptimal:

        movq    %rdi, %xmm1
        movq    %rsi, %xmm2
        punpcklqdq      %xmm2, %xmm1
        movdqa  %xmm1, %xmm0

Notice that (due to register allocation) the result is calculated in
%xmm1 and in the final structure copied to the result %xmm0.

With the one line change (workaround) below, we generate the better
(optimal) sequence:

        movq    %rdi, %xmm0
        movq    %rsi, %xmm1
        punpcklqdq      %xmm1, %xmm0

The triggering event responsible for the current behaviour is that
combine merges the two instructions:

(insn 12 7 13 2 (set (reg:V2DI 88)
        (vec_concat:V2DI (reg:DI 95)
            (reg:DI 96))) "sse2-v1ti-mov-1.c":8:10 discrim 1 7238
{vec_concatv2di}
     (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:DI 96)
        (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:DI 95)
            (nil))))

(insn 13 12 17 2 (set (reg:V1TI 82 [ <retval> ])
        (subreg:V1TI (reg:V2DI 88) 0)) "sse2-v1ti-mov-1.c":8:10 discrim 1
1860 {movv1ti_internal}
     (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:V2DI 88)
        (nil)))

into the single instruction (with a SUBREG in the SET_DEST):

(insn 13 12 17 2 (set (subreg:V2DI (reg:V1TI 82 [ <retval> ]) 0)
        (vec_concat:V2DI (reg:DI 95)
            (reg:DI 96))) "sse2-v1ti-mov-1.c":8:10 discrim 1 7244
{vec_concatv2di}
     (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:DI 95)
        (expr_list:REG_DEAD (reg:DI 96)
            (nil))))

Unfortunately, this form is challenging for lra/reload...

         Choosing alt 4 in insn 13:  (0) x  (1) 0  (2) x {vec_concatv2di}
      Creating newreg=98, assigning class SSE_REGS to r98
      Creating newreg=99 from oldreg=96, assigning class SSE_REGS to r99
   13: r98:V2DI=vec_concat(r98:V2DI#0,r99:DI)
      REG_DEAD r96:DI
      REG_DEAD r95:DI
    Inserting insn reload before:
   27: clobber r98:V2DI
   28: r98:V2DI#0=r95:DI
   30: r99:DI=r96:DI
    Inserting insn reload after:
   29: r82:V1TI#0=r98:V2DI

It's the clobber of r98 (insn 27) that's generated by the emit_clobber
at around line 1081 in match_reload from lra-constraints.cc that's critical,
causing r82 and r98 to occupy different registers/allocations.  Is there
a way of preventing this clobber/conflict?  Are V2DI and V1TI correctly
annotated as tieable to the same hard register.

This patch works by explicitly checking that the destination in
vec_concatv2di is a REG_P, i.e. not a SUBREG, and therefore preventing
the two instructions to be merged by combine.  But clearly this is a
case where lra/reload could be doing better.

Thoughts?


2023-06-18  Roger Sayle  <roger@nextmovesoftware.com>

gcc/ChangeLog
        * config/i386/sse.md (vec_concatv2di): Require that the destination
        is a REG_P (i.e. a pseudo or hard register, not a SUBREG).


Roger
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diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/sse.md b/gcc/config/i386/sse.md
index 70d7410..20a26a0 100644
--- a/gcc/config/i386/sse.md
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/sse.md
@@ -20060,7 +20060,7 @@
 	  "  0, 0,x ,Yv,0,Yv,0,0,v")
 	  (match_operand:DI 2 "nonimmediate_operand"
 	  " rm,rm,rm,rm,x,Yv,x,m,m")))]
-  "TARGET_SSE"
+  "TARGET_SSE && REG_P (operands[0])"
   "@
    pinsrq\t{$1, %2, %0|%0, %2, 1}
    pinsrq\t{$1, %2, %0|%0, %2, 1}