[Mesa-dev] glsl: Add a new opt_copy_propagation variant that does it channel-wise.

José Fonseca jfonseca at vmware.com
Sat Feb 5 10:31:59 PST 2011


Eric,

This code is causing segmentation faults on cinebench r11:

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff6d3d7fd in exec_node::remove (this=0x1501590) at src/glsl/list.h:125
125	      next->prev = prev;
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00007ffff6d3d7fd in exec_node::remove (this=0x1501590) at src/glsl/list.h:125
#1  0x00007ffff6d53d7f in ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::kill (this=0x7fffffffdb60, k=0x1500c20) at src/glsl/opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp:390
#2  0x00007ffff6d533a4 in ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::visit_leave (this=0x7fffffffdb60, ir=0x14b5820) at src/glsl/opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp:167
#3  0x00007ffff6d3f029 in ir_assignment::accept (this=0x14b5820, v=0x7fffffffdb60) at src/glsl/ir_hv_accept.cpp:299
#4  0x00007ffff6d3e4f0 in visit_list_elements (v=0x7fffffffdb60, l=0x120e180) at src/glsl/ir_hv_accept.cpp:48
#5  0x00007ffff6d532af in ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::visit_enter (this=0x7fffffffdb60, ir=0x120e130) at src/glsl/opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp:151
#6  0x00007ffff6d3e746 in ir_function_signature::accept (this=0x120e130, v=0x7fffffffdb60) at src/glsl/ir_hv_accept.cpp:112
#7  0x00007ffff6d3e4f0 in visit_list_elements (v=0x7fffffffdb60, l=0x158eb10) at src/glsl/ir_hv_accept.cpp:48
#8  0x00007ffff6d3e82c in ir_function::accept (this=0x158eae0, v=0x7fffffffdb60) at src/glsl/ir_hv_accept.cpp:132
#9  0x00007ffff6d3e4f0 in visit_list_elements (v=0x7fffffffdb60, l=0x14b9c90) at src/glsl/ir_hv_accept.cpp:48
#10 0x00007ffff6d5404c in do_copy_propagation_elements (instructions=0x14b9c90) at src/glsl/opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp:455
#11 0x00007ffff6d2dbb4 in do_common_optimization (ir=0x14b9c90, linked=true, max_unroll_iterations=32) at src/glsl/glsl_parser_extras.cpp:767
#12 0x00007ffff6d45e72 in link_shaders (ctx=0x7869a0, prog=0x17f8d30) at src/glsl/linker.cpp:1630
#13 0x00007ffff6c209f5 in _mesa_glsl_link_shader (ctx=0x7869a0, prog=0x17f8d30) at src/mesa/program/ir_to_mesa.cpp:3211
#14 0x00007ffff6be9122 in link_program (ctx=0x7869a0, program=12) at src/mesa/main/shaderapi.c:885
#15 0x00007ffff6bea336 in _mesa_LinkProgramARB (programObj=12) at src/mesa/main/shaderapi.c:1448
#16 0x0000000000421907 in __glLinkProgram (program=12) at /home/jfonseca/projects/apitrace/build/linux/glproc.hpp:2737
#17 0x000000000044afad in retrace_glLinkProgram (call=...) at /home/jfonseca/projects/apitrace/build/linux/glretrace.cpp:6100
#18 0x0000000000492e23 in retrace_call (call=...) at /home/jfonseca/projects/apitrace/build/linux/glretrace.cpp:30429
#19 0x00000000004a84f2 in display () at /home/jfonseca/projects/apitrace/build/linux/glretrace.cpp:40611
#20 0x00007ffff64acde3 in processWindowWorkList (window=0x705b20) at src/glut/glx/glut_event.c:1307
#21 0x00007ffff64acef1 in __glutProcessWindowWorkLists () at src/glut/glx/glut_event.c:1358
#22 0x00007ffff64acf61 in glutMainLoop () at src/glut/glx/glut_event.c:1379
#23 0x00000000004a892d in main (argc=3, argv=0x7fffffffe0c8) at /home/jfonseca/projects/apitrace/build/linux/glretrace.cpp:40705

This can be reproduced by building glretrace [1], downloading [2], and
doing

  glretrace -db -v cinebench-r11-test.trace

I tried to look at it but I'm too unfamiliar with the code to venture.

If you need any more info let me know.

Jose


[1] http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~jrfonseca/apitrace/
[2]
http://people.freedesktop.org/~jrfonseca/traces/cinebench-r11-test.trace

On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 10:45 -0800, Eric Anholt wrote:
> Module: Mesa
> Branch: master
> Commit: e31266ed3e3667c043bc5ad1abd65cfdb0fa7fdb
> URL:    http://cgit.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/commit/?id=e31266ed3e3667c043bc5ad1abd65cfdb0fa7fdb
> 
> Author: Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net>
> Date:   Tue Jan 25 10:28:13 2011 +1000
> 
> glsl: Add a new opt_copy_propagation variant that does it channel-wise.
> 
> This patch cleans up many of the extra copies in GLSL IR introduced by
> i965's scalarizing passes.  It doesn't result in a statistically
> significant performance difference on nexuiz high settings (n=3) or my
> demo (n=10), due to brw_fs.cpp's register coalescing covering most of
> those extra moves anyway.  However, it does make the debug of wine's
> GLSL shaders much more tractable, and reduces instruction count of
> glsl-fs-convolution-2 from 376 to 288.
> 
> ---
> 
>  src/glsl/Makefile                          |    1 +
>  src/glsl/glsl_parser_extras.cpp            |    1 +
>  src/glsl/ir_optimization.h                 |    1 +
>  src/glsl/opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp |  461 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 464 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/glsl/Makefile b/src/glsl/Makefile
> index 4f30742..ec11c8a 100644
> --- a/src/glsl/Makefile
> +++ b/src/glsl/Makefile
> @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ CXX_SOURCES = \
>         opt_constant_propagation.cpp \
>         opt_constant_variable.cpp \
>         opt_copy_propagation.cpp \
> +       opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp \
>         opt_dead_code.cpp \
>         opt_dead_code_local.cpp \
>         opt_dead_functions.cpp \
> diff --git a/src/glsl/glsl_parser_extras.cpp b/src/glsl/glsl_parser_extras.cpp
> index 1fa209c..c2bb59b 100644
> --- a/src/glsl/glsl_parser_extras.cpp
> +++ b/src/glsl/glsl_parser_extras.cpp
> @@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ do_common_optimization(exec_list *ir, bool linked, unsigned max_unroll_iteration
>     progress = do_if_simplification(ir) || progress;
>     progress = do_discard_simplification(ir) || progress;
>     progress = do_copy_propagation(ir) || progress;
> +   progress = do_copy_propagation_elements(ir) || progress;
>     if (linked)
>        progress = do_dead_code(ir) || progress;
>     else
> diff --git a/src/glsl/ir_optimization.h b/src/glsl/ir_optimization.h
> index dbc9f4a..dd26567 100644
> --- a/src/glsl/ir_optimization.h
> +++ b/src/glsl/ir_optimization.h
> @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ bool do_constant_folding(exec_list *instructions);
>  bool do_constant_variable(exec_list *instructions);
>  bool do_constant_variable_unlinked(exec_list *instructions);
>  bool do_copy_propagation(exec_list *instructions);
> +bool do_copy_propagation_elements(exec_list *instructions);
>  bool do_constant_propagation(exec_list *instructions);
>  bool do_dead_code(exec_list *instructions);
>  bool do_dead_code_local(exec_list *instructions);
> diff --git a/src/glsl/opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp b/src/glsl/opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..238a1a7
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/glsl/opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp
> @@ -0,0 +1,461 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright © 2010 Intel Corporation
> + *
> + * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
> + * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
> + * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> + * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
> + * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
> + * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
> + *
> + * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
> + * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
> + * Software.
> + *
> + * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> + * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
> + * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
> + * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
> + * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
> + * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * \file opt_copy_propagation_elements.cpp
> + *
> + * Replaces usage of recently-copied components of variables with the
> + * previous copy of the variable.
> + *
> + * This pass can be compared with opt_copy_propagation, which operands
> + * on arbitrary whole-variable copies.  However, in order to handle
> + * the copy propagation of swizzled variables or writemasked writes,
> + * we want to track things on a channel-wise basis.  I found that
> + * trying to mix the swizzled/writemasked support here with the
> + * whole-variable stuff in opt_copy_propagation.cpp just made a mess,
> + * so this is separate despite the ACP handling being somewhat
> + * similar.
> + *
> + * This should reduce the number of MOV instructions in the generated
> + * programs unless copy propagation is also done on the LIR, and may
> + * help anyway by triggering other optimizations that live in the HIR.
> + */
> +
> +#include "ir.h"
> +#include "ir_rvalue_visitor.h"
> +#include "ir_basic_block.h"
> +#include "ir_optimization.h"
> +#include "glsl_types.h"
> +
> +static bool debug = false;
> +
> +class acp_entry : public exec_node
> +{
> +public:
> +   acp_entry(ir_variable *lhs, ir_variable *rhs, int write_mask, int swizzle[4])
> +   {
> +      this->lhs = lhs;
> +      this->rhs = rhs;
> +      this->write_mask = write_mask;
> +      memcpy(this->swizzle, swizzle, sizeof(this->swizzle));
> +   }
> +
> +   acp_entry(acp_entry *a)
> +   {
> +      this->lhs = a->lhs;
> +      this->rhs = a->rhs;
> +      this->write_mask = a->write_mask;
> +      memcpy(this->swizzle, a->swizzle, sizeof(this->swizzle));
> +   }
> +
> +   ir_variable *lhs;
> +   ir_variable *rhs;
> +   unsigned int write_mask;
> +   int swizzle[4];
> +};
> +
> +
> +class kill_entry : public exec_node
> +{
> +public:
> +   kill_entry(ir_variable *var, int write_mask)
> +   {
> +      this->var = var;
> +      this->write_mask = write_mask;
> +   }
> +
> +   ir_variable *var;
> +   unsigned int write_mask;
> +};
> +
> +class ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor : public ir_rvalue_visitor {
> +public:
> +   ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor()
> +   {
> +      this->progress = false;
> +      this->mem_ctx = ralloc_context(NULL);
> +      this->shader_mem_ctx = NULL;
> +      this->acp = new(mem_ctx) exec_list;
> +      this->kills = new(mem_ctx) exec_list;
> +   }
> +   ~ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor()
> +   {
> +      ralloc_free(mem_ctx);
> +   }
> +
> +   virtual ir_visitor_status visit_enter(class ir_loop *);
> +   virtual ir_visitor_status visit_enter(class ir_function_signature *);
> +   virtual ir_visitor_status visit_leave(class ir_assignment *);
> +   virtual ir_visitor_status visit_enter(class ir_call *);
> +   virtual ir_visitor_status visit_enter(class ir_if *);
> +
> +   void handle_rvalue(ir_rvalue **rvalue);
> +
> +   void add_copy(ir_assignment *ir);
> +   void kill(kill_entry *k);
> +   void handle_if_block(exec_list *instructions);
> +
> +   /** List of acp_entry: The available copies to propagate */
> +   exec_list *acp;
> +   /**
> +    * List of kill_entry: The variables whose values were killed in this
> +    * block.
> +    */
> +   exec_list *kills;
> +
> +   bool progress;
> +
> +   bool killed_all;
> +
> +   /* Context for our local data structures. */
> +   void *mem_ctx;
> +   /* Context for allocating new shader nodes. */
> +   void *shader_mem_ctx;
> +};
> +
> +ir_visitor_status
> +ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::visit_enter(ir_function_signature *ir)
> +{
> +   /* Treat entry into a function signature as a completely separate
> +    * block.  Any instructions at global scope will be shuffled into
> +    * main() at link time, so they're irrelevant to us.
> +    */
> +   exec_list *orig_acp = this->acp;
> +   exec_list *orig_kills = this->kills;
> +   bool orig_killed_all = this->killed_all;
> +
> +   this->acp = new(mem_ctx) exec_list;
> +   this->kills = new(mem_ctx) exec_list;
> +   this->killed_all = false;
> +
> +   visit_list_elements(this, &ir->body);
> +
> +   this->kills = orig_kills;
> +   this->acp = orig_acp;
> +   this->killed_all = orig_killed_all;
> +
> +   return visit_continue_with_parent;
> +}
> +
> +ir_visitor_status
> +ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::visit_leave(ir_assignment *ir)
> +{
> +   ir_dereference_variable *lhs = ir->lhs->as_dereference_variable();
> +
> +   if (lhs && (lhs->type->is_scalar() || lhs->type->is_vector())) {
> +      kill_entry *k = new(mem_ctx) kill_entry(lhs->var, ir->write_mask);
> +      kill(k);
> +   }
> +
> +   add_copy(ir);
> +
> +   return visit_continue;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * Replaces dereferences of ACP RHS variables with ACP LHS variables.
> + *
> + * This is where the actual copy propagation occurs.  Note that the
> + * rewriting of ir_dereference means that the ir_dereference instance
> + * must not be shared by multiple IR operations!
> + */
> +void
> +ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::handle_rvalue(ir_rvalue **ir)
> +{
> +   int swizzle_chan[4];
> +   ir_dereference_variable *deref_var;
> +   ir_variable *source[4] = {NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL};
> +   int source_chan[4];
> +   int chans;
> +
> +   if (!*ir)
> +      return;
> +
> +   ir_swizzle *swizzle = (*ir)->as_swizzle();
> +   if (swizzle) {
> +      deref_var = swizzle->val->as_dereference_variable();
> +      if (!deref_var)
> +        return;
> +
> +      swizzle_chan[0] = swizzle->mask.x;
> +      swizzle_chan[1] = swizzle->mask.y;
> +      swizzle_chan[2] = swizzle->mask.z;
> +      swizzle_chan[3] = swizzle->mask.w;
> +      chans = swizzle->type->vector_elements;
> +   } else {
> +      deref_var = (*ir)->as_dereference_variable();
> +      if (!deref_var)
> +        return;
> +
> +      swizzle_chan[0] = 0;
> +      swizzle_chan[1] = 1;
> +      swizzle_chan[2] = 2;
> +      swizzle_chan[3] = 3;
> +      chans = deref_var->type->vector_elements;
> +   }
> +
> +   if (this->in_assignee)
> +      return;
> +
> +   ir_variable *var = deref_var->var;
> +
> +   /* Try to find ACP entries covering swizzle_chan[], hoping they're
> +    * the same source variable.
> +    */
> +   foreach_iter(exec_list_iterator, iter, *this->acp) {
> +      acp_entry *entry = (acp_entry *)iter.get();
> +
> +      if (var == entry->lhs) {
> +        for (int c = 0; c < chans; c++) {
> +           if (entry->write_mask & (1 << swizzle_chan[c])) {
> +              source[c] = entry->rhs;
> +              source_chan[c] = entry->swizzle[swizzle_chan[c]];
> +           }
> +        }
> +      }
> +   }
> +
> +   /* Make sure all channels are copying from the same source variable. */
> +   if (!source[0])
> +      return;
> +   for (int c = 1; c < chans; c++) {
> +      if (source[c] != source[0])
> +        return;
> +   }
> +
> +   if (!shader_mem_ctx)
> +      shader_mem_ctx = ralloc_parent(deref_var);
> +
> +   if (debug) {
> +      printf("Copy propagation from:\n");
> +      (*ir)->print();
> +   }
> +
> +   deref_var = new(shader_mem_ctx) ir_dereference_variable(source[0]);
> +   *ir = new(shader_mem_ctx) ir_swizzle(deref_var,
> +                                       source_chan[0],
> +                                       source_chan[1],
> +                                       source_chan[2],
> +                                       source_chan[3],
> +                                       chans);
> +
> +   if (debug) {
> +      printf("to:\n");
> +      (*ir)->print();
> +      printf("\n");
> +   }
> +}
> +
> +
> +ir_visitor_status
> +ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::visit_enter(ir_call *ir)
> +{
> +   /* Do copy propagation on call parameters, but skip any out params */
> +   exec_list_iterator sig_param_iter = ir->get_callee()->parameters.iterator();
> +   foreach_iter(exec_list_iterator, iter, ir->actual_parameters) {
> +      ir_variable *sig_param = (ir_variable *)sig_param_iter.get();
> +      ir_instruction *ir = (ir_instruction *)iter.get();
> +      if (sig_param->mode != ir_var_out && sig_param->mode != ir_var_inout) {
> +         ir->accept(this);
> +      }
> +      sig_param_iter.next();
> +   }
> +
> +   /* Since we're unlinked, we don't (necessarily) know the side effects of
> +    * this call.  So kill all copies.
> +    */
> +   acp->make_empty();
> +   this->killed_all = true;
> +
> +   return visit_continue_with_parent;
> +}
> +
> +void
> +ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::handle_if_block(exec_list *instructions)
> +{
> +   exec_list *orig_acp = this->acp;
> +   exec_list *orig_kills = this->kills;
> +   bool orig_killed_all = this->killed_all;
> +
> +   this->acp = new(mem_ctx) exec_list;
> +   this->kills = new(mem_ctx) exec_list;
> +   this->killed_all = false;
> +
> +   /* Populate the initial acp with a copy of the original */
> +   foreach_iter(exec_list_iterator, iter, *orig_acp) {
> +      acp_entry *a = (acp_entry *)iter.get();
> +      this->acp->push_tail(new(this->mem_ctx) acp_entry(a));
> +   }
> +
> +   visit_list_elements(this, instructions);
> +
> +   if (this->killed_all) {
> +      orig_acp->make_empty();
> +   }
> +
> +   exec_list *new_kills = this->kills;
> +   this->kills = orig_kills;
> +   this->acp = orig_acp;
> +   this->killed_all = this->killed_all || orig_killed_all;
> +
> +   /* Move the new kills into the parent block's list, removing them
> +    * from the parent's ACP list in the process.
> +    */
> +   foreach_list_safe(node, new_kills) {
> +      kill_entry *k = (kill_entry *)node;
> +      kill(k);
> +   }
> +}
> +
> +ir_visitor_status
> +ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::visit_enter(ir_if *ir)
> +{
> +   ir->condition->accept(this);
> +
> +   handle_if_block(&ir->then_instructions);
> +   handle_if_block(&ir->else_instructions);
> +
> +   /* handle_if_block() already descended into the children. */
> +   return visit_continue_with_parent;
> +}
> +
> +ir_visitor_status
> +ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::visit_enter(ir_loop *ir)
> +{
> +   exec_list *orig_acp = this->acp;
> +   exec_list *orig_kills = this->kills;
> +   bool orig_killed_all = this->killed_all;
> +
> +   /* FINISHME: For now, the initial acp for loops is totally empty.
> +    * We could go through once, then go through again with the acp
> +    * cloned minus the killed entries after the first run through.
> +    */
> +   this->acp = new(mem_ctx) exec_list;
> +   this->kills = new(mem_ctx) exec_list;
> +   this->killed_all = false;
> +
> +   visit_list_elements(this, &ir->body_instructions);
> +
> +   if (this->killed_all) {
> +      orig_acp->make_empty();
> +   }
> +
> +   exec_list *new_kills = this->kills;
> +   this->kills = orig_kills;
> +   this->acp = orig_acp;
> +   this->killed_all = this->killed_all || orig_killed_all;
> +
> +   foreach_list_safe(node, new_kills) {
> +      kill_entry *k = (kill_entry *)node;
> +      kill(k);
> +   }
> +
> +   /* already descended into the children. */
> +   return visit_continue_with_parent;
> +}
> +
> +/* Remove any entries currently in the ACP for this kill. */
> +void
> +ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::kill(kill_entry *k)
> +{
> +   foreach_list_safe(node, acp) {
> +      acp_entry *entry = (acp_entry *)node;
> +
> +      if (entry->lhs == k->var) {
> +        entry->write_mask = entry->write_mask & ~k->write_mask;
> +        if (entry->write_mask == 0)
> +           entry->remove();
> +      }
> +      if (entry->rhs == k->var) {
> +        entry->remove();
> +      }
> +   }
> +
> +   /* If we were on a list, remove ourselves before inserting */
> +   if (k->next)
> +      k->remove();
> +
> +   this->kills->push_tail(k);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * Adds directly-copied channels between vector variables to the available
> + * copy propagation list.
> + */
> +void
> +ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor::add_copy(ir_assignment *ir)
> +{
> +   acp_entry *entry;
> +   int orig_swizzle[4] = {0, 1, 2, 3};
> +   int swizzle[4];
> +
> +   if (ir->condition) {
> +      ir_constant *condition = ir->condition->as_constant();
> +      if (!condition || !condition->value.b[0])
> +        return;
> +   }
> +
> +   ir_dereference_variable *lhs = ir->lhs->as_dereference_variable();
> +   if (!lhs || !(lhs->type->is_scalar() || lhs->type->is_vector()))
> +      return;
> +
> +   ir_dereference_variable *rhs = ir->rhs->as_dereference_variable();
> +   if (!rhs) {
> +      ir_swizzle *swiz = ir->rhs->as_swizzle();
> +      if (!swiz)
> +        return;
> +
> +      rhs = swiz->val->as_dereference_variable();
> +      if (!rhs)
> +        return;
> +
> +      orig_swizzle[0] = swiz->mask.x;
> +      orig_swizzle[1] = swiz->mask.y;
> +      orig_swizzle[2] = swiz->mask.z;
> +      orig_swizzle[3] = swiz->mask.w;
> +   }
> +
> +   /* Move the swizzle channels out to the positions they match in the
> +    * destination.  We don't want to have to rewrite the swizzle[]
> +    * array every time we clear a bit of the write_mask.
> +    */
> +   int j = 0;
> +   for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
> +      if (ir->write_mask & (1 << i))
> +        swizzle[i] = orig_swizzle[j++];
> +   }
> +
> +   entry = new(this->mem_ctx) acp_entry(lhs->var, rhs->var, ir->write_mask,
> +                                       swizzle);
> +   this->acp->push_tail(entry);
> +}
> +
> +bool
> +do_copy_propagation_elements(exec_list *instructions)
> +{
> +   ir_copy_propagation_elements_visitor v;
> +
> +   visit_list_elements(&v, instructions);
> +
> +   return v.progress;
> +}
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