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From: Michael Meissner <meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Michael Meissner <meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	       GCC Patches <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org>,
	       David Edelsohn <dje.gcc@gmail.com>,
	       Bill Schmidt <wschmidt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, rev 2] PR target/79799, Add vec_insert of V4SFmode on PowerPC ISA 3.0 (power9)
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 21:55:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170616215534.GA24208@ibm-tiger.the-meissners.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170616213047.GJ16550@gate.crashing.org>

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On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 04:30:48PM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 04:26:58PM -0400, Michael Meissner wrote:
> > > > +  "&& reload_completed"
> > > 
> > > I still don't think it is such a good idea to do all of this not until
> > > after reload.  It does of course allow you to play tricks with changing
> > > register mode at will, like you do ;-)
> > 
> > The problem is MODES_TIEABLE_P.  V4S{I,F}mode and SImode cannot be tied
> > together (i.e. use gen_lowpart to change the mode and use a SUBREG).  So after
> > reload, we can just use gen_rtx_REG (...) to change the register type, but
> > before reload, by creating the SUBREG, it can lead to various aborts if rtl
> > checking is turned on.
> 
> That sounds like a problem elsewhere?  Hrm.
> 
> > > All these unspecs are a similar problem: the RTL optimisers cannot do
> > > much at all with it.
> > 
> > I don't think there is a good way to represent a vec_insert.  And vec_extract
> > can't represent a variable extract either.
> 
> Yeah.  But especially for all this lane shuffling etc. the generic
> optimisers could do a good job, if only they knew how.  Maybe we need
> some new RTL codes.
> 
> > > > +  [(set_attr "type" "vecperm")
> > 
> > > Is that a good type for this?  I think the convert is more expensive
> > > than the permutes?  If so, that would be better (of course it only
> > > matters for sched1, not super important).
> > 
> > I generally use the type of the last insn.  I am open to other suggestions.
> 
> It should describe the resulting insns as a whole.  Picking the type of
> the most expensive insn is often a reasonable approximation; for integer
> insns "two" or "three" can be okay.
> 
> I don't think we can do much better currently.

Here is the latest patch that restricts the optimization to 64-bit (due to
needing VSX small integers).  I've done a full bootstrap/make check on a little
endian power8 system, and a build without bootstrap and make check on a little
endian power9 system.  Neither the power8 nor the power9 systems had any
regressions.  I'm also running a test on a big endian power7 system for
completeness.

Assuming the power7 test finishes without any regressions, can I check this
patch into the trunk and later the GCC 7 branch.

The main change was to restrict the optimization to 64-bit PowerPC that have
VSX small integer support turned on (default for 64-bit).  I did shorten the
one line in the testsuite that you mentioned.

[gcc]
2017-06-16  Michael Meissner  <meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

	PR target/79799
	* config/rs6000/rs6000.c (rs6000_expand_vector_init): Add support
	for doing vector set of SFmode on ISA 3.0.
	* config/rs6000/vsx.md (vsx_set_v4sf_p9): Likewise.
	(vsx_set_v4sf_p9_zero): Special case setting 0.0f to a V4SF
	element.
	(vsx_insert_extract_v4sf_p9): Add an optimization for inserting a
	SFmode value into a V4SF variable that was extracted from another
	V4SF variable without converting the element to double precision
	and back to single precision vector format.
	(vsx_insert_extract_v4sf_p9_2): Likewise.

[gcc/testsuite]
2017-06-16  Michael Meissner  <meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

	PR target/79799
	* gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-1.c: New test.
	* gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-2.c: Likewise.
	* gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-3.c: Likewise.
	* gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-4.c: Likewise.
	* gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-5.c: Likewise.

-- 
Michael Meissner, IBM
IBM, M/S 2506R, 550 King Street, Littleton, MA 01460-6245, USA
email: meissner@linux.vnet.ibm.com, phone: +1 (978) 899-4797

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Index: gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c
===================================================================
--- gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c	(revision 249175)
+++ gcc/config/rs6000/rs6000.c	(working copy)
@@ -7451,6 +7451,8 @@ rs6000_expand_vector_set (rtx target, rt
 	    insn = gen_vsx_set_v8hi_p9 (target, target, val, elt_rtx);
 	  else if (mode == V16QImode)
 	    insn = gen_vsx_set_v16qi_p9 (target, target, val, elt_rtx);
+	  else if (mode == V4SFmode)
+	    insn = gen_vsx_set_v4sf_p9 (target, target, val, elt_rtx);
 	}
 
       if (insn)
Index: gcc/config/rs6000/vsx.md
===================================================================
--- gcc/config/rs6000/vsx.md	(revision 249175)
+++ gcc/config/rs6000/vsx.md	(working copy)
@@ -3012,6 +3012,134 @@ (define_insn "vsx_set_<mode>_p9"
 }
   [(set_attr "type" "vecperm")])
 
+(define_insn_and_split "vsx_set_v4sf_p9"
+  [(set (match_operand:V4SF 0 "gpc_reg_operand" "=wa")
+	(unspec:V4SF
+	 [(match_operand:V4SF 1 "gpc_reg_operand" "0")
+	  (match_operand:SF 2 "gpc_reg_operand" "ww")
+	  (match_operand:QI 3 "const_0_to_3_operand" "n")]
+	 UNSPEC_VSX_SET))
+   (clobber (match_scratch:SI 4 "=&wJwK"))]
+  "VECTOR_MEM_VSX_P (V4SFmode) && TARGET_P9_VECTOR && TARGET_VSX_SMALL_INTEGER
+   && TARGET_UPPER_REGS_DI && TARGET_POWERPC64"
+  "#"
+  "&& reload_completed"
+  [(set (match_dup 5)
+	(unspec:V4SF [(match_dup 2)]
+		     UNSPEC_VSX_CVDPSPN))
+   (parallel [(set (match_dup 4)
+		   (vec_select:SI (match_dup 6)
+				  (parallel [(match_dup 7)])))
+	      (clobber (scratch:SI))])
+   (set (match_dup 8)
+	(unspec:V4SI [(match_dup 8)
+		      (match_dup 4)
+		      (match_dup 3)]
+		     UNSPEC_VSX_SET))]
+{
+  unsigned int tmp_regno = reg_or_subregno (operands[4]);
+
+  operands[5] = gen_rtx_REG (V4SFmode, tmp_regno);
+  operands[6] = gen_rtx_REG (V4SImode, tmp_regno);
+  operands[7] = GEN_INT (VECTOR_ELT_ORDER_BIG ? 1 : 2);
+  operands[8] = gen_rtx_REG (V4SImode, reg_or_subregno (operands[0]));
+}
+  [(set_attr "type" "vecperm")
+   (set_attr "length" "12")])
+
+;; Special case setting 0.0f to a V4SF element
+(define_insn_and_split "*vsx_set_v4sf_p9_zero"
+  [(set (match_operand:V4SF 0 "gpc_reg_operand" "=wa")
+	(unspec:V4SF
+	 [(match_operand:V4SF 1 "gpc_reg_operand" "0")
+	  (match_operand:SF 2 "zero_fp_constant" "j")
+	  (match_operand:QI 3 "const_0_to_3_operand" "n")]
+	 UNSPEC_VSX_SET))
+   (clobber (match_scratch:SI 4 "=&wJwK"))]
+  "VECTOR_MEM_VSX_P (V4SFmode) && TARGET_P9_VECTOR && TARGET_VSX_SMALL_INTEGER
+   && TARGET_UPPER_REGS_DI && TARGET_POWERPC64"
+  "#"
+  "&& reload_completed"
+  [(set (match_dup 4)
+	(const_int 0))
+   (set (match_dup 5)
+	(unspec:V4SI [(match_dup 5)
+		      (match_dup 4)
+		      (match_dup 3)]
+		     UNSPEC_VSX_SET))]
+{
+  operands[5] = gen_rtx_REG (V4SImode, reg_or_subregno (operands[0]));
+}
+  [(set_attr "type" "vecperm")
+   (set_attr "length" "8")])
+
+;; Optimize x = vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, n), v1, m) if n is the element
+;; that is in the default scalar position (1 for big endian, 2 for little
+;; endian).  We just need to do an xxinsertw since the element is in the
+;; correct location.
+
+(define_insn "*vsx_insert_extract_v4sf_p9"
+  [(set (match_operand:V4SF 0 "gpc_reg_operand" "=wa")
+	(unspec:V4SF
+	 [(match_operand:V4SF 1 "gpc_reg_operand" "0")
+	  (vec_select:SF (match_operand:V4SF 2 "gpc_reg_operand" "wa")
+			 (parallel
+			  [(match_operand:QI 3 "const_0_to_3_operand" "n")]))
+	  (match_operand:QI 4 "const_0_to_3_operand" "n")]
+	 UNSPEC_VSX_SET))]
+  "VECTOR_MEM_VSX_P (V4SFmode) && TARGET_P9_VECTOR && TARGET_VSX_SMALL_INTEGER
+   && TARGET_UPPER_REGS_DI && TARGET_POWERPC64
+   && (INTVAL (operands[3]) == (VECTOR_ELT_ORDER_BIG ? 1 : 2))"
+{
+  int ele = INTVAL (operands[4]);
+
+  if (!VECTOR_ELT_ORDER_BIG)
+    ele = GET_MODE_NUNITS (V4SFmode) - 1 - ele;
+
+  operands[4] = GEN_INT (GET_MODE_SIZE (SFmode) * ele);
+  return "xxinsertw %x0,%x2,%4";
+}
+  [(set_attr "type" "vecperm")])
+
+;; Optimize x = vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, n), v1, m) if n is not the element
+;; that is in the default scalar position (1 for big endian, 2 for little
+;; endian).  Convert the insert/extract to int and avoid doing the conversion.
+
+(define_insn_and_split "*vsx_insert_extract_v4sf_p9_2"
+  [(set (match_operand:V4SF 0 "gpc_reg_operand" "=wa")
+	(unspec:V4SF
+	 [(match_operand:V4SF 1 "gpc_reg_operand" "0")
+	  (vec_select:SF (match_operand:V4SF 2 "gpc_reg_operand" "wa")
+			 (parallel
+			  [(match_operand:QI 3 "const_0_to_3_operand" "n")]))
+	  (match_operand:QI 4 "const_0_to_3_operand" "n")]
+	 UNSPEC_VSX_SET))
+   (clobber (match_scratch:SI 5 "=&wJwK"))]
+  "VECTOR_MEM_VSX_P (V4SFmode) && VECTOR_MEM_VSX_P (V4SImode)
+   && TARGET_P9_VECTOR && TARGET_VSX_SMALL_INTEGER
+   && TARGET_UPPER_REGS_DI && TARGET_POWERPC64
+   && (INTVAL (operands[3]) != (VECTOR_ELT_ORDER_BIG ? 1 : 2))"
+  "#"
+  "&& 1"
+  [(parallel [(set (match_dup 5)
+		   (vec_select:SI (match_dup 6)
+				  (parallel [(match_dup 3)])))
+	      (clobber (scratch:SI))])
+   (set (match_dup 7)
+	(unspec:V4SI [(match_dup 8)
+		      (match_dup 5)
+		      (match_dup 4)]
+		     UNSPEC_VSX_SET))]
+{
+  if (GET_CODE (operands[5]) == SCRATCH)
+    operands[5] = gen_reg_rtx (SImode);
+
+  operands[6] = gen_lowpart (V4SImode, operands[2]);
+  operands[7] = gen_lowpart (V4SImode, operands[0]);
+  operands[8] = gen_lowpart (V4SImode, operands[1]);
+}
+  [(set_attr "type" "vecperm")])
+
 ;; Expanders for builtins
 (define_expand "vsx_mergel_<mode>"
   [(use (match_operand:VSX_D 0 "vsx_register_operand" ""))
Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-1.c
===================================================================
--- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-1.c	(revision 0)
+++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-1.c	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target { powerpc64*-*-* && lp64 } } } */
+/* { dg-skip-if "do not override -mcpu" { powerpc*-*-* } { "-mcpu=*" } { "-mcpu=power9" } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target powerpc_p9vector_ok } */
+/* { dg-options "-mcpu=power9 -O2" } */
+
+#include <altivec.h>
+
+/* GCC 7.1 did not have a specialized method for inserting 32-bit floating
+   point on ISA 3.0 (power9) systems.  */
+
+vector float
+insert_arg_0 (vector float vf, float f)
+{
+  return vec_insert (f, vf, 0);
+}
+
+vector float
+insert_arg_1 (vector float vf, float f)
+{
+  return vec_insert (f, vf, 1);
+}
+
+vector float
+insert_arg_2 (vector float vf, float f)
+{
+  return vec_insert (f, vf, 2);
+}
+
+vector float
+insert_arg_3 (vector float vf, float f)
+{
+  return vec_insert (f, vf, 3);
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mxscvdpspn\M} } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mxxinsertw\M} } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mlvewx\M}     } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mlvx\M}       } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mvperm\M}     } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mvpermr\M}    } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstfs\M}      } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstxssp\M}    } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstxsspx\M}   } } */
Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-2.c
===================================================================
--- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-2.c	(revision 0)
+++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-2.c	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target { powerpc64*-*-* && lp64 } } } */
+/* { dg-skip-if "do not override -mcpu" { powerpc*-*-* } { "-mcpu=*" } { "-mcpu=power9" } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target powerpc_p9vector_ok } */
+/* { dg-options "-mcpu=power9 -O2" } */
+
+#include <altivec.h>
+
+/* Optimize x = vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, N), v1, M) for SFmode if N is the default
+   scalar position.  */
+
+#if __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+#define ELE 2
+#else
+#define ELE 1
+#endif
+
+vector float
+foo (vector float v1, vector float v2)
+{
+  return vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, ELE), v1, 0);
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mxxinsertw\M}   } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mxxextractuw\M} } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mlvewx\M}       } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mlvx\M}         } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mvperm\M}       } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mvpermr\M}      } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstfs\M}        } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstxssp\M}      } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstxsspx\M}     } } */
Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-3.c
===================================================================
--- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-3.c	(revision 0)
+++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-3.c	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target { powerpc64*-*-* && lp64 } } } */
+/* { dg-skip-if "do not override -mcpu" { powerpc*-*-* } { "-mcpu=*" } { "-mcpu=power9" } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target powerpc_p9vector_ok } */
+/* { dg-options "-mcpu=power9 -O2" } */
+
+#include <altivec.h>
+
+/* Optimize x = vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, N), v1, M) for SFmode.  */
+
+vector float
+foo (vector float v1, vector float v2)
+{
+  return vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, 4), v1, 0);
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mxxinsertw\M}   } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mxxextractuw\M} } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mlvewx\M}       } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mlvx\M}         } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mvperm\M}       } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mvpermr\M}      } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstfs\M}        } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstxssp\M}      } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstxsspx\M}     } } */
Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-4.c
===================================================================
--- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-4.c	(revision 0)
+++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-4.c	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/* { dg-do run { target { powerpc*-*-linux* } } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target vsx_hw } */
+/* { dg-skip-if "do not override -mcpu" { powerpc*-*-* } { "-mcpu=*" } { "-mcpu=power9" } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target p9vector_hw } */
+/* { dg-options "-mcpu=power9 -O2" } */
+
+#include <altivec.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+vector float
+insert_0 (vector float v, float f)
+{
+  return vec_insert (f, v, 0);
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+vector float
+insert_1 (vector float v, float f)
+{
+  return vec_insert (f, v, 1);
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+vector float
+insert_2 (vector float v, float f)
+{
+  return vec_insert (f, v, 2);
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+vector float
+insert_3 (vector float v, float f)
+{
+  return vec_insert (f, v, 3);
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+void
+test_insert (void)
+{
+  vector float v1 = { 1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f };
+  vector float v2 = { 5.0f, 6.0f, 7.0f, 8.0f };
+
+  v1 = insert_0 (v1, 5.0f);
+  v1 = insert_1 (v1, 6.0f);
+  v1 = insert_2 (v1, 7.0f);
+  v1 = insert_3 (v1, 8.0f);
+
+  if (vec_any_ne (v1, v2))
+    abort ();
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+vector float
+insert_extract_0_3 (vector float v1, vector float v2)
+{
+  return vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, 3), v1, 0);
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+vector float
+insert_extract_1_2 (vector float v1, vector float v2)
+{
+  return vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, 2), v1, 1);
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+vector float
+insert_extract_2_1 (vector float v1, vector float v2)
+{
+  return vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, 1), v1, 2);
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+vector float
+insert_extract_3_0 (vector float v1, vector float v2)
+{
+  return vec_insert (vec_extract (v2, 0), v1, 3);
+}
+
+__attribute__ ((__noinline__))
+void
+test_insert_extract (void)
+{
+  vector float v1 = { 1.0f, 2.0f, 3.0f, 4.0f };
+  vector float v2 = { 5.0f, 6.0f, 7.0f, 8.0f };
+  vector float v3 = { 8.0f, 7.0f, 6.0f, 5.0f };
+
+  v1 = insert_extract_0_3 (v1, v2);
+  v1 = insert_extract_1_2 (v1, v2);
+  v1 = insert_extract_2_1 (v1, v2);
+  v1 = insert_extract_3_0 (v1, v2);
+
+  if (vec_any_ne (v1, v3))
+    abort ();
+}
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  test_insert ();
+  test_insert_extract ();
+  return 0;
+}
Index: gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-5.c
===================================================================
--- gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-5.c	(revision 0)
+++ gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/powerpc/pr79799-5.c	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* { dg-do compile { target { powerpc64*-*-* && lp64 } } } */
+/* { dg-skip-if "do not override -mcpu" { powerpc*-*-* } { "-mcpu=*" } { "-mcpu=power9" } } */
+/* { dg-require-effective-target powerpc_p9vector_ok } */
+/* { dg-options "-mcpu=power9 -O2" } */
+
+#include <altivec.h>
+
+/* Insure setting 0.0f to a V4SFmode element does not do a FP conversion.  */
+
+vector float
+insert_arg_0 (vector float vf)
+{
+  return vec_insert (0.0f, vf, 0);
+}
+
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler     {\mxxinsertw\M}   } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mlvewx\M}       } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mlvx\M}         } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mvperm\M}       } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mvpermr\M}      } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstfs\M}        } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstxssp\M}      } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mstxsspx\M}     } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mxscvdpspn\M}   } } */
+/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\mxxextractuw\M} } } */

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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-15  0:02 [PATCH] " Michael Meissner
2017-06-15 23:39 ` Michael Meissner
2017-06-16  2:10   ` [PATCH, rev 2] " Michael Meissner
2017-06-16 19:52     ` Segher Boessenkool
2017-06-16 20:27       ` Michael Meissner
2017-06-16 21:30         ` Segher Boessenkool
2017-06-16 21:55           ` Michael Meissner [this message]
2017-06-19 23:16             ` Segher Boessenkool

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