[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 3/9] nir: Skip common instructions when comparing deref paths

[Caio Marcelo de Oliveira Filho]

Deref paths may share the same deref instructions in their chains,
e.g.

    ssa_100 = deref_var A
    ssa_101 = deref_struct "array_field" of ssa_100
    ssa_102 = deref_array "[1]" of ssa_101
    ssa_103 = deref_struct "field_a" of ssa_102
    ssa_104 = deref_struct "field_a" of ssa_103

when comparing the two last deref instructions, their paths will share
a common sequence ssa_100, ssa_101, ssa_102.  This patch skips to next
iteration if the deref instructions are the same.  Path[0] (the var)
is still handled specially, so in the case above, only ssa_101 and
ssa_102 will be skipped.
---
 src/compiler/nir/nir_deref.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_deref.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_deref.c
index d013b423a8b..c8851688f9d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_deref.c
+++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_deref.c
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ nir_compare_deref_paths(nir_deref_path *a_path,
       nir_deref_instr *a_tail = *(a_p++);
       nir_deref_instr *b_tail = *(b_p++);
 
+      if (a_tail == b_tail)
+         continue;
+
       switch (a_tail->deref_type) {
       case nir_deref_type_array:
       case nir_deref_type_array_wildcard: {
-- 
2.18.0