[Mesa-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] nir: Add a pass to lower vector phi nodes to scalar phi nodes

Jason Ekstrand jason at jlekstrand.net
Mon Jan 26 15:11:43 PST 2015


On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Eric Anholt <eric at anholt.net> wrote:

> Jason Ekstrand <jason at jlekstrand.net> writes:
> > diff --git a/src/glsl/nir/nir_lower_phis_to_scalar.c
> b/src/glsl/nir/nir_lower_phis_to_scalar.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..9f901d6
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/src/glsl/nir/nir_lower_phis_to_scalar.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright © 2014 Intel Corporation
>
> Possibly update your copyright date?
>

Fixed.


>
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> > + * Authors:
> > + *    Jason Ekstrand (jason at jlekstrand.net)
> > + *
> > + */
> > +
> > +#include "nir.h"
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * Implements common subexpression elimination
> > + */
>
> Stale comment.
>

Fixed.


>
> > +struct lower_phis_to_scalar_state {
> > +   void *mem_ctx;
> > +   void *dead_ctx;
> > +
> > +   /* Hash table marking which phi nodes are scalarizable.  The key is
> > +    * pointers to phi instructions and the entry is either NULL for not
> > +    * scalarizable or non-null for scalarizable.
> > +    */
> > +   struct hash_table *phi_table;
> > +};
> > +
> > +/* Determines if the given phi node should be lowered.  The only phi
> nodes
> > + * we will scalarize at the moment are those where all of the sources
> are
> > + * scalarizable.
> > + */
> > +static bool
> > +should_lower_phi(nir_phi_instr *phi, struct lower_phis_to_scalar_state
> *state)
> > +{
> > +   /* Already scalar */
> > +   if (phi->dest.ssa.num_components == 1)
> > +      return false;
> > +
> > +   struct hash_entry *entry = _mesa_hash_table_search(state->phi_table,
> phi);
> > +   if (entry)
> > +      return entry->data != NULL;
> > +
> > +   nir_foreach_phi_src(phi, src) {
> > +      /* Don't know what to do with non-ssa sources */
> > +      if (!src->src.is_ssa)
> > +         return false;
> > +      nir_instr *src_instr = src->src.ssa->parent_instr;
> > +      switch (src_instr->type) {
> > +      case nir_instr_type_alu: {
> > +         nir_alu_instr *src_alu = nir_instr_as_alu(src_instr);
> > +
> > +         /* ALU operations with output_size == 0 should be scalarized.
> We
> > +          * will also see a bunch of vecN operations from scalarizing
> ALU
> > +          * operations and, since they can easily be copy-propagated,
> they
> > +          * are ok too.
> > +          */
> > +         return nir_op_infos[src_alu->op].output_size == 0 ||
> > +                src_alu->op != nir_op_vec2 ||
> > +                src_alu->op != nir_op_vec3 ||
> > +                src_alu->op != nir_op_vec4;
> > +      }
> > +
> > +      case nir_instr_type_phi: {
> > +         nir_phi_instr *src_phi = nir_instr_as_phi(src_instr);
> > +
> > +         /* Insert an entry and mark it as scalarizable for now. That
> way
> > +          * we don't recurse forever and a cycle in the depencence graph
> > +          * won't automatically make us fail to scalarize.
> > +          */
> > +         entry = _mesa_hash_table_insert(state->phi_table, src_phi,
> (void *)1);
>
> I expect "(void *)1" will give compiler warnings generally.  "(void
> *)(uintptr_t)1" is the usual workaround.
>
> Useful comment, though!
>
> > +         bool scalarizable = should_lower_phi(src_phi, state);
> > +         entry->data = (void *)scalarizable;
>
> No need to cast to void *, since not C++.
>

I'm confused.  You want more casting above but less here?  Could you pleas
be a little more specific.


> > +static bool
> > +lower_phis_to_scalar_block(nir_block *block, void *void_state)
> > +{
> > +   struct lower_phis_to_scalar_state *state = void_state;
> > +
> > +   /* Find the last phi node in the block */
> > +   nir_phi_instr *last_phi = NULL;
> > +   nir_foreach_instr(block, instr) {
> > +      if (instr->type != nir_instr_type_phi)
> > +         break;
> > +
> > +      last_phi = nir_instr_as_phi(instr);
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   /* We have to handle the phi nodes in their own pass due to the way
> > +    * we're modifying the linked list of instructions.
> > +    */
> > +   nir_foreach_instr_safe(block, instr) {
> > +      if (instr->type != nir_instr_type_phi)
> > +         break;
> > +
> > +      nir_phi_instr *phi = nir_instr_as_phi(instr);
> > +
> > +      if (!should_lower_phi(phi, state))
> > +         continue;
> > +
> > +      /* Create a vecN operation to combine the results.  Most of these
> > +       * will be redundant, but copy propagation should clean them up
> for
> > +       * us.  No need to add the complexity here.
> > +       */
> > +      nir_op vec_op;
> > +      switch (phi->dest.ssa.num_components) {
> > +      case 2: vec_op = nir_op_vec2; break;
> > +      case 3: vec_op = nir_op_vec3; break;
> > +      case 4: vec_op = nir_op_vec4; break;
> > +      default: unreachable("Invalid number of components");
> > +      }
> > +
> > +      nir_alu_instr *vec = nir_alu_instr_create(state->mem_ctx, vec_op);
> > +      vec->dest.dest.is_ssa = true;
> > +      nir_ssa_def_init(&vec->instr, &vec->dest.dest.ssa,
> > +                       phi->dest.ssa.num_components, NULL);
>
> nir_ssa_dest_init() instead? (throughout the file)
>

Yeah.  We didn't have that when I originally wrote this pass.  Updated for
the new stuff.


>
> > +      vec->dest.write_mask = (1 << phi->dest.ssa.num_components) - 1;
> > +
> > +      for (unsigned i = 0; i < phi->dest.ssa.num_components; i++) {
> > +         nir_phi_instr *new_phi = nir_phi_instr_create(state->mem_ctx);
> > +         new_phi->dest.is_ssa = true;
> > +         nir_ssa_def_init(&new_phi->instr, &new_phi->dest.ssa, 1, NULL);
> > +
> > +         vec->src[i].src.is_ssa = true;
> > +         vec->src[i].src.ssa = &new_phi->dest.ssa;
> > +
> > +         nir_foreach_phi_src(phi, src) {
> > +            /* We need to insert a mov to grab the i'th component of
> src */
> > +            nir_alu_instr *mov = nir_alu_instr_create(state->mem_ctx,
> > +                                                      nir_op_imov);
> > +            mov->dest.dest.is_ssa = true;
> > +            nir_ssa_def_init(&mov->instr, &mov->dest.dest.ssa, 1, NULL);
> > +            mov->dest.write_mask = 1;
> > +            mov->src[0].src = nir_src_copy(src->src, state->mem_ctx);
>   > +            mov->src[0].swizzle[0] = i;
> > +
> > +            /* Insert at the end of the predecessor but before the jump
> */
> > +            nir_instr *pred_last_instr =
> nir_block_last_instr(src->pred);
> > +            if (pred_last_instr && pred_last_instr->type ==
> nir_instr_type_jump)
> > +               nir_instr_insert_before(pred_last_instr, &mov->instr);
> > +            else
> > +               nir_instr_insert_after_block(src->pred, &mov->instr);
>
> Couldn't you just insert your mov right after the def of the src?  I'm
> confused.
>

Sure


> > +
> > +            nir_phi_src *new_src = ralloc(state->mem_ctx, nir_phi_src);
> > +            new_src->pred = src->pred;
> > +            new_src->src.is_ssa = true;
> > +            new_src->src.ssa = &mov->dest.dest.ssa;
>
> new_src->src = nir_src_for_ssa(&mov->dest.dest.ssa);
> (and elsewhere in the file)
>

Again, thanks for pointing that out.  I've got that fixed now.


>
> > +
> > +            exec_list_push_tail(&new_phi->srcs, &new_src->node);
> > +         }
> > +
> > +         nir_instr_insert_before(&phi->instr, &new_phi->instr);
> > +      }
> > +
> > +      nir_instr_insert_after(&last_phi->instr, &vec->instr);
> > +
> > +      nir_ssa_def_rewrite_uses(&phi->dest.ssa,
> > +                               nir_src_for_ssa(&vec->dest.dest.ssa),
> > +                               state->mem_ctx);
> > +
> > +      ralloc_steal(state->dead_ctx, phi);
> > +      nir_instr_remove(&phi->instr);
> > +
> > +      /* We're using the safe iterator and inserting all the newly
> > +       * scalarized phi nodes before their non-scalarized version so
> that's
> > +       * ok.  However, we are also inserting vec operations after all of
> > +       * the last phi node so once we get here, we can't trust even the
> > +       * safe iterator to stop properly.  We have to break manually.
> > +       */
> > +      if (instr == &last_phi->instr)
> > +         break;
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   return true;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +lower_phis_to_scalar_impl(nir_function_impl *impl)
> > +{
> > +   struct lower_phis_to_scalar_state state;
> > +
> > +   state.mem_ctx = ralloc_parent(impl);
> > +   state.dead_ctx = ralloc_context(NULL);
> > +   state.phi_table = _mesa_hash_table_create(state.dead_ctx,
> _mesa_hash_pointer,
> > +                                             _mesa_key_pointer_equal);
> > +
> > +   nir_foreach_block(impl, lower_phis_to_scalar_block, &state);
> > +
> > +   nir_metadata_preserve(impl, nir_metadata_block_index |
> > +                               nir_metadata_dominance);
> > +
> > +   ralloc_free(state.dead_ctx);
> > +}
>
> I just notied: When do I need to all nir_metadata_preserve()?  I didn't
> in my pass.
>
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