Some of these functions take some extraneous arguments, e.g. EltSize,
Offset, which are computable from the Type and DataLayout.
Add some asserts to ensure that the computed values are consistent
with the passed-in values, in preparation for eliminating the
extraneous arguments. This also asserts that the Type is an Array for
the calls named "Array" and a Struct for the calls named "Struct".
Then, correct a couple of errors:
1. Using CreateStructGEP on an array type. (this causes the majority
of the test differences, as struct GEPs are created with i32
indices, while array GEPs are created with i64 indices)
2. Passing the wrong Offset to CreateStructGEP in TargetInfo.cpp on
x86-64 NACL (which uses 32-bit pointers).
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D57766
llvm-svn: 353529
IRgen optimization opportunities.
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The common pattern of
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short x; // or char, etc
(x == 10)
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generates an zext/sext of x which can easily be avoided.
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Bitfields accesses can be shifted to simplify masking and sign
extension. For example, if the bitfield width is 8 and it is
appropriately aligned then is is a lot shorter to just load the char
directly.
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It may be worth avoiding creation of alloca's for formal arguments
for the common situation where the argument is never written to or has
its address taken. The idea would be to begin generating code by using
the argument directly and if its address is taken or it is stored to
then generate the alloca and patch up the existing code.
In theory, the same optimization could be a win for block local
variables as long as the declaration dominates all statements in the
block.
NOTE: The main case we care about this for is for -O0 -g compile time
performance, and in that scenario we will need to emit the alloca
anyway currently to emit proper debug info. So this is blocked by
being able to emit debug information which refers to an LLVM
temporary, not an alloca.
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We should try and avoid generating basic blocks which only contain
jumps. At -O0, this penalizes us all the way from IRgen (malloc &
instruction overhead), all the way down through code generation and
assembly time.
On 176.gcc:expr.ll, it looks like over 12% of basic blocks are just
direct branches!
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