[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 2/2] nir: implement the GLSL equivalent of if simplication in nir_opt_if

Timothy Arceri tarceri at itsqueeze.com
Fri Jun 1 03:08:18 UTC 2018


On 30/05/18 22:21, Samuel Pitoiset wrote:
> This pass turns:
> 
>     if (cond) {
>     } else {
>        do_work();
>     }
> 
> into:
> 
>     if (!cond) {
>        do_work();
>     } else {
>     }
> 
> Here's the vkpipeline-db stats (from affected shaders) on Polaris10:
> 
> Totals from affected shaders:
> SGPRS: 17272 -> 17296 (0.14 %)
> VGPRS: 18712 -> 18740 (0.15 %)
> Spilled SGPRs: 1179 -> 1142 (-3.14 %)
> Code Size: 1503364 -> 1515176 (0.79 %) bytes
> Max Waves: 916 -> 911 (-0.55 %)
> 
> This pass only affects Serious Sam 2017 (Vulkan) on my side. The
> stats are not really good for now. Some shaders look quite dumb
> but this will be improved with further NIR passes, like ifs
> combination.
> 
> Cc: Ian Romanick <ian.d.romanick at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Pitoiset <samuel.pitoiset at gmail.com>
> ---
>   src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_if.c | 98 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 93 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_if.c b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_if.c
> index 68dacea770..b11c1852de 100644
> --- a/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_if.c
> +++ b/src/compiler/nir/nir_opt_if.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>    */
>   
>   #include "nir.h"
> +#include "nir/nir_builder.h"
>   #include "nir_control_flow.h"
>   
>   /**
> @@ -201,7 +202,90 @@ opt_peel_loop_initial_if(nir_loop *loop)
>   }
>   
>   static bool
> -opt_if_cf_list(struct exec_list *cf_list)
> +is_block_empty(nir_block *block)
> +{
> +   return nir_cf_node_is_last(&block->cf_node) &&
> +          exec_list_is_empty(&block->instr_list);
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * This optimization turns:
> + *
> + *     if (cond) {
> + *     } else {
> + *         do_work();
> + *     }
> + *
> + * into:
> + *
> + *     if (!cond) {
> + *         do_work();
> + *     } else {
> + *     }
> + */
> +static bool
> +opt_if_simplification(nir_builder *b, nir_if *nif)
> +{
> +   nir_instr *src_instr;
> +
> +   /* Only simplify if the then block is empty and the else block is not. */
> +   if (!is_block_empty(nir_if_first_then_block(nif)) ||
> +       is_block_empty(nir_if_first_else_block(nif)))
> +      return false;
> +
> +   /* Make sure the condition is a comparison operation. */
> +   src_instr = nif->condition.ssa->parent_instr;
> +   if (src_instr->type != nir_instr_type_alu)
> +      return false;
> +
> +   nir_alu_instr *alu_instr = nir_instr_as_alu(src_instr);
> +   if (!nir_alu_instr_is_comparison(alu_instr))
> +      return false;
> +
> +   /* Insert the inverted instruction and rewrite the condition. */
> +   b->cursor = nir_after_instr(&alu_instr->instr);
> +
> +   nir_ssa_def *new_condition =
> +      nir_inot(b, &alu_instr->dest.dest.ssa);
> +
> +   nir_if_rewrite_condition(nif, nir_src_for_ssa(new_condition));
> +
> +   /* Grab pointers to the last then/else blocks for fixing up the phis. */
> +   nir_block *then_block = nir_if_last_then_block(nif);
> +   nir_block *else_block = nir_if_last_else_block(nif);
> +
> +   /* Walk all the phis in the block immediately following the if statement and
> +    * swap the blocks.
> +    */
> +   nir_block *after_if_block =
> +      nir_cf_node_as_block(nir_cf_node_next(&nif->cf_node));
> +
> +   nir_foreach_instr(instr, after_if_block) {
> +      if (instr->type != nir_instr_type_phi)
> +         continue;
> +
> +      nir_phi_instr *phi = nir_instr_as_phi(instr);
> +
> +      foreach_list_typed(nir_phi_src, src, node, &phi->srcs) {
> +         if (src->pred == else_block) {
> +            src->pred = then_block;
> +         } else if (src->pred == then_block) {
> +            src->pred = else_block;
> +         }
> +      }
> +   }
> +
> +   /* Finally, move the else block to the then block. */
> +   nir_cf_list tmp;
> +   nir_cf_extract(&tmp, nir_before_cf_list(&nif->else_list),
> +                        nir_after_cf_list(&nif->else_list));
> +   nir_cf_reinsert(&tmp, nir_before_cf_list(&nif->then_list));
> +   nir_cf_delete(&tmp);
> +
> +   return true;
> +}

You are missing a new line here.

Otherwise for the series:

Reviewed-by: Timothy Arceri <tarceri at itsqueeze.com>

> +static bool
> +opt_if_cf_list(nir_builder *b, struct exec_list *cf_list)
>   {
>      bool progress = false;
>      foreach_list_typed(nir_cf_node, cf_node, node, cf_list) {
> @@ -211,14 +295,15 @@ opt_if_cf_list(struct exec_list *cf_list)
>   
>         case nir_cf_node_if: {
>            nir_if *nif = nir_cf_node_as_if(cf_node);
> -         progress |= opt_if_cf_list(&nif->then_list);
> -         progress |= opt_if_cf_list(&nif->else_list);
> +         progress |= opt_if_cf_list(b, &nif->then_list);
> +         progress |= opt_if_cf_list(b, &nif->else_list);
> +         progress |= opt_if_simplification(b, nif);
>            break;
>         }
>   
>         case nir_cf_node_loop: {
>            nir_loop *loop = nir_cf_node_as_loop(cf_node);
> -         progress |= opt_if_cf_list(&loop->body);
> +         progress |= opt_if_cf_list(b, &loop->body);
>            progress |= opt_peel_loop_initial_if(loop);
>            break;
>         }
> @@ -240,7 +325,10 @@ nir_opt_if(nir_shader *shader)
>         if (function->impl == NULL)
>            continue;
>   
> -      if (opt_if_cf_list(&function->impl->body)) {
> +      nir_builder b;
> +      nir_builder_init(&b, function->impl);
> +
> +      if (opt_if_cf_list(&b, &function->impl->body)) {
>            nir_metadata_preserve(function->impl, nir_metadata_none);
>   
>            /* If that made progress, we're no longer really in SSA form.  We
> 


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