1 //===- LowerExpectIntrinsic.cpp - Lower expect intrinsic ------------------===//
2 //
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
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 //
9 // This pass lowers the 'expect' intrinsic to LLVM metadata.
10 //
11 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
12 
13 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/LowerExpectIntrinsic.h"
14 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
15 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
16 #include "llvm/ADT/iterator_range.h"
17 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
18 #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h"
19 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
20 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
21 #include "llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
23 #include "llvm/IR/MDBuilder.h"
24 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
25 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
26 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
27 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
28 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/MisExpect.h"
29 
30 using namespace llvm;
31 
32 #define DEBUG_TYPE "lower-expect-intrinsic"
33 
34 STATISTIC(ExpectIntrinsicsHandled,
35           "Number of 'expect' intrinsic instructions handled");
36 
37 // These default values are chosen to represent an extremely skewed outcome for
38 // a condition, but they leave some room for interpretation by later passes.
39 //
40 // If the documentation for __builtin_expect() was made explicit that it should
41 // only be used in extreme cases, we could make this ratio higher. As it stands,
42 // programmers may be using __builtin_expect() / llvm.expect to annotate that a
43 // branch is likely or unlikely to be taken.
44 
45 // WARNING: these values are internal implementation detail of the pass.
46 // They should not be exposed to the outside of the pass, front-end codegen
47 // should emit @llvm.expect intrinsics instead of using these weights directly.
48 // Transforms should use TargetTransformInfo's getPredictableBranchThreshold().
49 static cl::opt<uint32_t> LikelyBranchWeight(
50     "likely-branch-weight", cl::Hidden, cl::init(2000),
51     cl::desc("Weight of the branch likely to be taken (default = 2000)"));
52 static cl::opt<uint32_t> UnlikelyBranchWeight(
53     "unlikely-branch-weight", cl::Hidden, cl::init(1),
54     cl::desc("Weight of the branch unlikely to be taken (default = 1)"));
55 
56 static std::tuple<uint32_t, uint32_t>
57 getBranchWeight(Intrinsic::ID IntrinsicID, CallInst *CI, int BranchCount) {
58   if (IntrinsicID == Intrinsic::expect) {
59     // __builtin_expect
60     return std::make_tuple(LikelyBranchWeight.getValue(),
61                            UnlikelyBranchWeight.getValue());
62   } else {
63     // __builtin_expect_with_probability
64     assert(CI->getNumOperands() >= 3 &&
65            "expect with probability must have 3 arguments");
66     auto *Confidence = cast<ConstantFP>(CI->getArgOperand(2));
67     double TrueProb = Confidence->getValueAPF().convertToDouble();
68     assert((TrueProb >= 0.0 && TrueProb <= 1.0) &&
69            "probability value must be in the range [0.0, 1.0]");
70     double FalseProb = (1.0 - TrueProb) / (BranchCount - 1);
71     uint32_t LikelyBW = ceil((TrueProb * (double)(INT32_MAX - 1)) + 1.0);
72     uint32_t UnlikelyBW = ceil((FalseProb * (double)(INT32_MAX - 1)) + 1.0);
73     return std::make_tuple(LikelyBW, UnlikelyBW);
74   }
75 }
76 
77 static bool handleSwitchExpect(SwitchInst &SI) {
78   CallInst *CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(SI.getCondition());
79   if (!CI)
80     return false;
81 
82   Function *Fn = CI->getCalledFunction();
83   if (!Fn || (Fn->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect &&
84               Fn->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect_with_probability))
85     return false;
86 
87   Value *ArgValue = CI->getArgOperand(0);
88   ConstantInt *ExpectedValue = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(CI->getArgOperand(1));
89   if (!ExpectedValue)
90     return false;
91 
92   SwitchInst::CaseHandle Case = *SI.findCaseValue(ExpectedValue);
93   unsigned n = SI.getNumCases(); // +1 for default case.
94   uint32_t LikelyBranchWeightVal, UnlikelyBranchWeightVal;
95   std::tie(LikelyBranchWeightVal, UnlikelyBranchWeightVal) =
96       getBranchWeight(Fn->getIntrinsicID(), CI, n + 1);
97 
98   SmallVector<uint32_t, 16> Weights(n + 1, UnlikelyBranchWeightVal);
99 
100   uint64_t Index = (Case == *SI.case_default()) ? 0 : Case.getCaseIndex() + 1;
101   Weights[Index] = LikelyBranchWeightVal;
102 
103   misexpect::checkExpectAnnotations(SI, Weights, /*IsFrontend=*/true);
104 
105   SI.setCondition(ArgValue);
106 
107   SI.setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof,
108                  MDBuilder(CI->getContext()).createBranchWeights(Weights));
109 
110   return true;
111 }
112 
113 /// Handler for PHINodes that define the value argument to an
114 /// @llvm.expect call.
115 ///
116 /// If the operand of the phi has a constant value and it 'contradicts'
117 /// with the expected value of phi def, then the corresponding incoming
118 /// edge of the phi is unlikely to be taken. Using that information,
119 /// the branch probability info for the originating branch can be inferred.
120 static void handlePhiDef(CallInst *Expect) {
121   Value &Arg = *Expect->getArgOperand(0);
122   ConstantInt *ExpectedValue = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(Expect->getArgOperand(1));
123   if (!ExpectedValue)
124     return;
125   const APInt &ExpectedPhiValue = ExpectedValue->getValue();
126 
127   // Walk up in backward a list of instructions that
128   // have 'copy' semantics by 'stripping' the copies
129   // until a PHI node or an instruction of unknown kind
130   // is reached. Negation via xor is also handled.
131   //
132   //       C = PHI(...);
133   //       B = C;
134   //       A = B;
135   //       D = __builtin_expect(A, 0);
136   //
137   Value *V = &Arg;
138   SmallVector<Instruction *, 4> Operations;
139   while (!isa<PHINode>(V)) {
140     if (ZExtInst *ZExt = dyn_cast<ZExtInst>(V)) {
141       V = ZExt->getOperand(0);
142       Operations.push_back(ZExt);
143       continue;
144     }
145 
146     if (SExtInst *SExt = dyn_cast<SExtInst>(V)) {
147       V = SExt->getOperand(0);
148       Operations.push_back(SExt);
149       continue;
150     }
151 
152     BinaryOperator *BinOp = dyn_cast<BinaryOperator>(V);
153     if (!BinOp || BinOp->getOpcode() != Instruction::Xor)
154       return;
155 
156     ConstantInt *CInt = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(BinOp->getOperand(1));
157     if (!CInt)
158       return;
159 
160     V = BinOp->getOperand(0);
161     Operations.push_back(BinOp);
162   }
163 
164   // Executes the recorded operations on input 'Value'.
165   auto ApplyOperations = [&](const APInt &Value) {
166     APInt Result = Value;
167     for (auto Op : llvm::reverse(Operations)) {
168       switch (Op->getOpcode()) {
169       case Instruction::Xor:
170         Result ^= cast<ConstantInt>(Op->getOperand(1))->getValue();
171         break;
172       case Instruction::ZExt:
173         Result = Result.zext(Op->getType()->getIntegerBitWidth());
174         break;
175       case Instruction::SExt:
176         Result = Result.sext(Op->getType()->getIntegerBitWidth());
177         break;
178       default:
179         llvm_unreachable("Unexpected operation");
180       }
181     }
182     return Result;
183   };
184 
185   auto *PhiDef = cast<PHINode>(V);
186 
187   // Get the first dominating conditional branch of the operand
188   // i's incoming block.
189   auto GetDomConditional = [&](unsigned i) -> BranchInst * {
190     BasicBlock *BB = PhiDef->getIncomingBlock(i);
191     BranchInst *BI = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(BB->getTerminator());
192     if (BI && BI->isConditional())
193       return BI;
194     BB = BB->getSinglePredecessor();
195     if (!BB)
196       return nullptr;
197     BI = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(BB->getTerminator());
198     if (!BI || BI->isUnconditional())
199       return nullptr;
200     return BI;
201   };
202 
203   // Now walk through all Phi operands to find phi oprerands with values
204   // conflicting with the expected phi output value. Any such operand
205   // indicates the incoming edge to that operand is unlikely.
206   for (unsigned i = 0, e = PhiDef->getNumIncomingValues(); i != e; ++i) {
207 
208     Value *PhiOpnd = PhiDef->getIncomingValue(i);
209     ConstantInt *CI = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(PhiOpnd);
210     if (!CI)
211       continue;
212 
213     // Not an interesting case when IsUnlikely is false -- we can not infer
214     // anything useful when the operand value matches the expected phi
215     // output.
216     if (ExpectedPhiValue == ApplyOperations(CI->getValue()))
217       continue;
218 
219     BranchInst *BI = GetDomConditional(i);
220     if (!BI)
221       continue;
222 
223     MDBuilder MDB(PhiDef->getContext());
224 
225     // There are two situations in which an operand of the PhiDef comes
226     // from a given successor of a branch instruction BI.
227     // 1) When the incoming block of the operand is the successor block;
228     // 2) When the incoming block is BI's enclosing block and the
229     // successor is the PhiDef's enclosing block.
230     //
231     // Returns true if the operand which comes from OpndIncomingBB
232     // comes from outgoing edge of BI that leads to Succ block.
233     auto *OpndIncomingBB = PhiDef->getIncomingBlock(i);
234     auto IsOpndComingFromSuccessor = [&](BasicBlock *Succ) {
235       if (OpndIncomingBB == Succ)
236         // If this successor is the incoming block for this
237         // Phi operand, then this successor does lead to the Phi.
238         return true;
239       if (OpndIncomingBB == BI->getParent() && Succ == PhiDef->getParent())
240         // Otherwise, if the edge is directly from the branch
241         // to the Phi, this successor is the one feeding this
242         // Phi operand.
243         return true;
244       return false;
245     };
246     uint32_t LikelyBranchWeightVal, UnlikelyBranchWeightVal;
247     std::tie(LikelyBranchWeightVal, UnlikelyBranchWeightVal) = getBranchWeight(
248         Expect->getCalledFunction()->getIntrinsicID(), Expect, 2);
249 
250     if (IsOpndComingFromSuccessor(BI->getSuccessor(1)))
251       BI->setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof,
252                       MDB.createBranchWeights(LikelyBranchWeightVal,
253                                               UnlikelyBranchWeightVal));
254     else if (IsOpndComingFromSuccessor(BI->getSuccessor(0)))
255       BI->setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof,
256                       MDB.createBranchWeights(UnlikelyBranchWeightVal,
257                                               LikelyBranchWeightVal));
258   }
259 }
260 
261 // Handle both BranchInst and SelectInst.
262 template <class BrSelInst> static bool handleBrSelExpect(BrSelInst &BSI) {
263 
264   // Handle non-optimized IR code like:
265   //   %expval = call i64 @llvm.expect.i64(i64 %conv1, i64 1)
266   //   %tobool = icmp ne i64 %expval, 0
267   //   br i1 %tobool, label %if.then, label %if.end
268   //
269   // Or the following simpler case:
270   //   %expval = call i1 @llvm.expect.i1(i1 %cmp, i1 1)
271   //   br i1 %expval, label %if.then, label %if.end
272 
273   CallInst *CI;
274 
275   ICmpInst *CmpI = dyn_cast<ICmpInst>(BSI.getCondition());
276   CmpInst::Predicate Predicate;
277   ConstantInt *CmpConstOperand = nullptr;
278   if (!CmpI) {
279     CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(BSI.getCondition());
280     Predicate = CmpInst::ICMP_NE;
281   } else {
282     Predicate = CmpI->getPredicate();
283     if (Predicate != CmpInst::ICMP_NE && Predicate != CmpInst::ICMP_EQ)
284       return false;
285 
286     CmpConstOperand = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(CmpI->getOperand(1));
287     if (!CmpConstOperand)
288       return false;
289     CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(CmpI->getOperand(0));
290   }
291 
292   if (!CI)
293     return false;
294 
295   uint64_t ValueComparedTo = 0;
296   if (CmpConstOperand) {
297     if (CmpConstOperand->getBitWidth() > 64)
298       return false;
299     ValueComparedTo = CmpConstOperand->getZExtValue();
300   }
301 
302   Function *Fn = CI->getCalledFunction();
303   if (!Fn || (Fn->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect &&
304               Fn->getIntrinsicID() != Intrinsic::expect_with_probability))
305     return false;
306 
307   Value *ArgValue = CI->getArgOperand(0);
308   ConstantInt *ExpectedValue = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(CI->getArgOperand(1));
309   if (!ExpectedValue)
310     return false;
311 
312   MDBuilder MDB(CI->getContext());
313   MDNode *Node;
314 
315   uint32_t LikelyBranchWeightVal, UnlikelyBranchWeightVal;
316   std::tie(LikelyBranchWeightVal, UnlikelyBranchWeightVal) =
317       getBranchWeight(Fn->getIntrinsicID(), CI, 2);
318 
319   SmallVector<uint32_t, 4> ExpectedWeights;
320   if ((ExpectedValue->getZExtValue() == ValueComparedTo) ==
321       (Predicate == CmpInst::ICMP_EQ)) {
322     Node =
323         MDB.createBranchWeights(LikelyBranchWeightVal, UnlikelyBranchWeightVal);
324     ExpectedWeights = {LikelyBranchWeightVal, UnlikelyBranchWeightVal};
325   } else {
326     Node =
327         MDB.createBranchWeights(UnlikelyBranchWeightVal, LikelyBranchWeightVal);
328     ExpectedWeights = {UnlikelyBranchWeightVal, LikelyBranchWeightVal};
329   }
330 
331   if (CmpI)
332     CmpI->setOperand(0, ArgValue);
333   else
334     BSI.setCondition(ArgValue);
335 
336   misexpect::checkFrontendInstrumentation(BSI, ExpectedWeights);
337 
338   BSI.setMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_prof, Node);
339 
340   return true;
341 }
342 
343 static bool handleBranchExpect(BranchInst &BI) {
344   if (BI.isUnconditional())
345     return false;
346 
347   return handleBrSelExpect<BranchInst>(BI);
348 }
349 
350 static bool lowerExpectIntrinsic(Function &F) {
351   bool Changed = false;
352 
353   for (BasicBlock &BB : F) {
354     // Create "block_weights" metadata.
355     if (BranchInst *BI = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(BB.getTerminator())) {
356       if (handleBranchExpect(*BI))
357         ExpectIntrinsicsHandled++;
358     } else if (SwitchInst *SI = dyn_cast<SwitchInst>(BB.getTerminator())) {
359       if (handleSwitchExpect(*SI))
360         ExpectIntrinsicsHandled++;
361     }
362 
363     // Remove llvm.expect intrinsics. Iterate backwards in order
364     // to process select instructions before the intrinsic gets
365     // removed.
366     for (Instruction &Inst : llvm::make_early_inc_range(llvm::reverse(BB))) {
367       CallInst *CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(&Inst);
368       if (!CI) {
369         if (SelectInst *SI = dyn_cast<SelectInst>(&Inst)) {
370           if (handleBrSelExpect(*SI))
371             ExpectIntrinsicsHandled++;
372         }
373         continue;
374       }
375 
376       Function *Fn = CI->getCalledFunction();
377       if (Fn && (Fn->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::expect ||
378                  Fn->getIntrinsicID() == Intrinsic::expect_with_probability)) {
379         // Before erasing the llvm.expect, walk backward to find
380         // phi that define llvm.expect's first arg, and
381         // infer branch probability:
382         handlePhiDef(CI);
383         Value *Exp = CI->getArgOperand(0);
384         CI->replaceAllUsesWith(Exp);
385         CI->eraseFromParent();
386         Changed = true;
387       }
388     }
389   }
390 
391   return Changed;
392 }
393 
394 PreservedAnalyses LowerExpectIntrinsicPass::run(Function &F,
395                                                 FunctionAnalysisManager &) {
396   if (lowerExpectIntrinsic(F))
397     return PreservedAnalyses::none();
398 
399   return PreservedAnalyses::all();
400 }
401 
402 namespace {
403 /// Legacy pass for lowering expect intrinsics out of the IR.
404 ///
405 /// When this pass is run over a function it uses expect intrinsics which feed
406 /// branches and switches to provide branch weight metadata for those
407 /// terminators. It then removes the expect intrinsics from the IR so the rest
408 /// of the optimizer can ignore them.
409 class LowerExpectIntrinsic : public FunctionPass {
410 public:
411   static char ID;
412   LowerExpectIntrinsic() : FunctionPass(ID) {
413     initializeLowerExpectIntrinsicPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
414   }
415 
416   bool runOnFunction(Function &F) override { return lowerExpectIntrinsic(F); }
417 };
418 } // namespace
419 
420 char LowerExpectIntrinsic::ID = 0;
421 INITIALIZE_PASS(LowerExpectIntrinsic, "lower-expect",
422                 "Lower 'expect' Intrinsics", false, false)
423 
424 FunctionPass *llvm::createLowerExpectIntrinsicPass() {
425   return new LowerExpectIntrinsic();
426 }
427