* ARM conditional instruction optimisation bug (feature?)
@ 2009-07-30 12:51 Zoltán Kócsi
2009-07-30 15:59 ` Steven Bosscher
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Zoltán Kócsi @ 2009-07-30 12:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gcc
On the ARM every instruction can be executed conditionally. GCC very
cleverly uses this feature:
int bar ( int x, int a, int b )
{
if ( x )
return a;
else
return b;
}
compiles to:
bar:
cmp r0, #0 // test x
movne r0, r1 // retval = 'a' if !0 ('ne')
moveq r0, r2 // retval = 'b' if 0 ('eq')
bx lr
However, the following function:
extern unsigned array[ 128 ];
int foo( int x )
{
int y;
y = array[ x & 127 ];
if ( x & 128 )
y = 123456789 & ( y >> 2 );
else
y = 123456789 & y;
return y;
}
compiled with gcc 4.4.0, using -Os generates this:
foo:
ldr r3, .L8
tst r0, #128
and r0, r0, #127
ldr r3, [r3, r0, asl #2]
ldrne r0, .L8+4 ***
ldreq r0, .L8+4 ***
movne r3, r3, asr #2
andne r0, r3, r0 ***
andeq r0, r3, r0 ***
bx lr
.L8:
.word array
.word 123456789
The lines marked with the *** -s do the same, one executing if the
condition is one way, the other if the condition is the opposite.
That is, together they perform one unconditional instruction, except
that they use two instuctions (and clocks) instead of one.
Compiling with -O2 makes things even worse, because an other issue hits:
gcc sometimes changes a "load constant" to a "generate the constant on
the fly" even when the latter is both slower and larger, other times it
chooses to load a constant even when it can easily (and more cheaply)
generate it from already available values. In this particular case it
decides to build the constant from pieces and combines that with
the generate an unconditional instruction using two complementary
conditional instructions method, resulting in this:
foo:
ldr r3, .L8
tst r0, #128
and r0, r0, #127
ldr r0, [r3, r0, asl #2]
movne r0, r0, asr #2
bicne r0, r0, #-134217728
biceq r0, r0, #-134217728
bicne r0, r0, #10747904
biceq r0, r0, #10747904
bicne r0, r0, #12992
biceq r0, r0, #12992
bicne r0, r0, #42
biceq r0, r0, #42
bx lr
.L8:
.word array
Should I report a bug?
Thanks,
Zoltan
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* Re: ARM conditional instruction optimisation bug (feature?)
2009-07-30 12:51 ARM conditional instruction optimisation bug (feature?) Zoltán Kócsi
@ 2009-07-30 15:59 ` Steven Bosscher
2009-07-30 16:01 ` Steven Bosscher
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Steven Bosscher @ 2009-07-30 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zoltán Kócsi; +Cc: gcc
On 7/30/09, Zoltán Kócsi <zoltan@bendor.com.au> wrote:
> On the ARM every instruction can be executed conditionally. GCC very
> cleverly uses this feature:
>
> int bar ( int x, int a, int b )
> {
> if ( x )
>
> return a;
> else
> return b;
> }
>
> compiles to:
>
> bar:
> cmp r0, #0 // test x
> movne r0, r1 // retval = 'a' if !0 ('ne')
> moveq r0, r2 // retval = 'b' if 0 ('eq')
> bx lr
>
> However, the following function:
>
> extern unsigned array[ 128 ];
>
> int foo( int x )
> {
> int y;
>
> y = array[ x & 127 ];
>
> if ( x & 128 )
>
> y = 123456789 & ( y >> 2 );
> else
> y = 123456789 & y;
>
> return y;
> }
>
> compiled with gcc 4.4.0, using -Os generates this:
>
> foo:
>
> ldr r3, .L8
> tst r0, #128
> and r0, r0, #127
> ldr r3, [r3, r0, asl #2]
> ldrne r0, .L8+4 ***
> ldreq r0, .L8+4 ***
> movne r3, r3, asr #2
> andne r0, r3, r0 ***
> andeq r0, r3, r0 ***
> bx lr
> .L8:
> .word array
> .word 123456789
>
> The lines marked with the *** -s do the same, one executing if the
> condition is one way, the other if the condition is the opposite.
> That is, together they perform one unconditional instruction, except
> that they use two instuctions (and clocks) instead of one.
>
> Compiling with -O2 makes things even worse, because an other issue hits:
> gcc sometimes changes a "load constant" to a "generate the constant on
> the fly" even when the latter is both slower and larger, other times it
> chooses to load a constant even when it can easily (and more cheaply)
> generate it from already available values. In this particular case it
> decides to build the constant from pieces and combines that with
> the generate an unconditional instruction using two complementary
> conditional instructions method, resulting in this:
>
> foo:
> ldr r3, .L8
> tst r0, #128
> and r0, r0, #127
> ldr r0, [r3, r0, asl #2]
> movne r0, r0, asr #2
> bicne r0, r0, #-134217728
> biceq r0, r0, #-134217728
> bicne r0, r0, #10747904
> biceq r0, r0, #10747904
> bicne r0, r0, #12992
> biceq r0, r0, #12992
> bicne r0, r0, #42
> biceq r0, r0, #42
> bx lr
> .L8:
> .word array
>
> Should I report a bug?
This looks like my bug PR21803 (gcc.gnu.org/PR21803). Can you check if
the ce3 pass creates this code? (Compile with -fdump-rtl-all and look
at the .ce3 dump and one dump before to see if the .ce3 pass created
your funny sequence.)
If your problem is indeed caused by the ce3 pass, you should add your
problem to PR21803, change the "Component" field to "middle-end", and
adjust the bug summary to make it clear that this is not ia64
specific.
Ciao!
Steven
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* Re: ARM conditional instruction optimisation bug (feature?)
2009-07-30 15:59 ` Steven Bosscher
@ 2009-07-30 16:01 ` Steven Bosscher
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Steven Bosscher @ 2009-07-30 16:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zoltán Kócsi; +Cc: gcc
On 7/30/09, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/30/09, Zoltán Kócsi <zoltan@bendor.com.au> wrote:
> > On the ARM every instruction can be executed conditionally. GCC very
> > cleverly uses this feature:
> >
> > int bar ( int x, int a, int b )
> > {
> > if ( x )
> >
> > return a;
> > else
> > return b;
> > }
> >
> > compiles to:
> >
> > bar:
> > cmp r0, #0 // test x
> > movne r0, r1 // retval = 'a' if !0 ('ne')
> > moveq r0, r2 // retval = 'b' if 0 ('eq')
> > bx lr
> >
> > However, the following function:
> >
> > extern unsigned array[ 128 ];
> >
> > int foo( int x )
> > {
> > int y;
> >
> > y = array[ x & 127 ];
> >
> > if ( x & 128 )
> >
> > y = 123456789 & ( y >> 2 );
> > else
> > y = 123456789 & y;
> >
> > return y;
> > }
> >
> > compiled with gcc 4.4.0, using -Os generates this:
> >
> > foo:
> >
> > ldr r3, .L8
> > tst r0, #128
> > and r0, r0, #127
> > ldr r3, [r3, r0, asl #2]
> > ldrne r0, .L8+4 ***
> > ldreq r0, .L8+4 ***
> > movne r3, r3, asr #2
> > andne r0, r3, r0 ***
> > andeq r0, r3, r0 ***
> > bx lr
> > .L8:
> > .word array
> > .word 123456789
> >
> > The lines marked with the *** -s do the same, one executing if the
> > condition is one way, the other if the condition is the opposite.
> > That is, together they perform one unconditional instruction, except
> > that they use two instuctions (and clocks) instead of one.
> >
> > Compiling with -O2 makes things even worse, because an other issue hits:
> > gcc sometimes changes a "load constant" to a "generate the constant on
> > the fly" even when the latter is both slower and larger, other times it
> > chooses to load a constant even when it can easily (and more cheaply)
> > generate it from already available values. In this particular case it
> > decides to build the constant from pieces and combines that with
> > the generate an unconditional instruction using two complementary
> > conditional instructions method, resulting in this:
> >
> > foo:
> > ldr r3, .L8
> > tst r0, #128
> > and r0, r0, #127
> > ldr r0, [r3, r0, asl #2]
> > movne r0, r0, asr #2
> > bicne r0, r0, #-134217728
> > biceq r0, r0, #-134217728
> > bicne r0, r0, #10747904
> > biceq r0, r0, #10747904
> > bicne r0, r0, #12992
> > biceq r0, r0, #12992
> > bicne r0, r0, #42
> > biceq r0, r0, #42
> > bx lr
> > .L8:
> > .word array
> >
> > Should I report a bug?
>
> This looks like my bug PR21803 (gcc.gnu.org/PR21803). Can you check if
> the ce3 pass creates this code? (Compile with -fdump-rtl-all and look
> at the .ce3 dump and one dump before to see if the .ce3 pass created
> your funny sequence.)
>
> If your problem is indeed caused by the ce3 pass, you should add your
> problem to PR21803, change the "Component" field to "middle-end", and
> adjust the bug summary to make it clear that this is not ia64
> specific.
Oh, and you may also want to try my patch "crossjump_abstract.diff" in
PR20070, it solves problems like yours sometimes (if the sequence is
just right) by crossjumping earlier.
Ciao!
Steven
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