[Mesa-dev] [PATCH 5/6] i965/vec4: Propagate conditional modifiers from compares to adds

Alejandro Piñeiro apinheiro at igalia.com
Thu Mar 22 08:12:01 UTC 2018


Any reason to not add tests on test_vec4_cmod_propagation as the fs
equivalent did?

Also, two small comments below.

On 22/03/18 01:58, Ian Romanick wrote:
> From: Ian Romanick <ian.d.romanick at intel.com>
>
> No changes on Broadwell and later becuase those plaforms do not use the
> vec4 backend at all.

typo: becuase -> because

>
> Ivy Bridge and Haswell had similar results. (Ivy Bridge shown)
> total instructions in shared programs: 11682119 -> 11681056 (<.01%)
> instructions in affected programs: 150403 -> 149340 (-0.71%)
> helped: 950
> HURT: 0
> helped stats (abs) min: 1 max: 16 x̄: 1.12 x̃: 1
> helped stats (rel) min: 0.23% max: 2.78% x̄: 0.82% x̃: 0.71%
> 95% mean confidence interval for instructions value: -1.19 -1.04
> 95% mean confidence interval for instructions %-change: -0.84% -0.79%
> Instructions are helped.
>
> total cycles in shared programs: 257495842 -> 257495238 (<.01%)
> cycles in affected programs: 270302 -> 269698 (-0.22%)
> helped: 271
> HURT: 13
> helped stats (abs) min: 2 max: 14 x̄: 2.42 x̃: 2
> helped stats (rel) min: 0.06% max: 1.13% x̄: 0.32% x̃: 0.28%
> HURT stats (abs)   min: 2 max: 12 x̄: 4.00 x̃: 4
> HURT stats (rel)   min: 0.15% max: 1.18% x̄: 0.30% x̃: 0.26%
> 95% mean confidence interval for cycles value: -2.41 -1.84
> 95% mean confidence interval for cycles %-change: -0.31% -0.26%
> Cycles are helped.
>
> Sandy Bridge
> total instructions in shared programs: 10430493 -> 10429727 (<.01%)
> instructions in affected programs: 120860 -> 120094 (-0.63%)
> helped: 766
> HURT: 0
> helped stats (abs) min: 1 max: 1 x̄: 1.00 x̃: 1
> helped stats (rel) min: 0.30% max: 2.70% x̄: 0.78% x̃: 0.73%
> 95% mean confidence interval for instructions value: -1.00 -1.00
> 95% mean confidence interval for instructions %-change: -0.80% -0.75%
> Instructions are helped.
>
> total cycles in shared programs: 146138718 -> 146138446 (<.01%)
> cycles in affected programs: 244114 -> 243842 (-0.11%)
> helped: 132
> HURT: 0
> helped stats (abs) min: 2 max: 4 x̄: 2.06 x̃: 2
> helped stats (rel) min: 0.03% max: 0.43% x̄: 0.16% x̃: 0.19%
> 95% mean confidence interval for cycles value: -2.12 -2.00
> 95% mean confidence interval for cycles %-change: -0.18% -0.15%
> Cycles are helped.
>
> GM45 and Iron Lake had identical results. (Iron Lake shown)
> total instructions in shared programs: 7780251 -> 7780248 (<.01%)
> instructions in affected programs: 175 -> 172 (-1.71%)
> helped: 3
> HURT: 0
> helped stats (abs) min: 1 max: 1 x̄: 1.00 x̃: 1
> helped stats (rel) min: 1.49% max: 2.44% x̄: 1.81% x̃: 1.49%
>
> total cycles in shared programs: 177851584 -> 177851578 (<.01%)
> cycles in affected programs: 9796 -> 9790 (-0.06%)
> helped: 3
> HURT: 0
> helped stats (abs) min: 2 max: 2 x̄: 2.00 x̃: 2
> helped stats (rel) min: 0.05% max: 0.08% x̄: 0.06% x̃: 0.05%
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Romanick <ian.d.romanick at intel.com>
> ---
>  src/intel/compiler/brw_vec4_cmod_propagation.cpp | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/src/intel/compiler/brw_vec4_cmod_propagation.cpp b/src/intel/compiler/brw_vec4_cmod_propagation.cpp
> index 7f1001b..5205da4 100644
> --- a/src/intel/compiler/brw_vec4_cmod_propagation.cpp
> +++ b/src/intel/compiler/brw_vec4_cmod_propagation.cpp
> @@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ opt_cmod_propagation_local(bblock_t *block)
>            inst->predicate != BRW_PREDICATE_NONE ||
>            !inst->dst.is_null() ||
>            (inst->src[0].file != VGRF && inst->src[0].file != ATTR &&
> -           inst->src[0].file != UNIFORM) ||
> -          inst->src[0].abs)
> +           inst->src[0].file != UNIFORM))
> +         continue;
> +
> +      /* An ABS source modifier can only be handled when processing a compare
> +       * with a value other than zero.
> +       */
> +      if (inst->src[0].abs &&
> +          (inst->opcode != BRW_OPCODE_CMP || inst->src[1].is_zero()))
>           continue;
>  
>        if (inst->opcode == BRW_OPCODE_AND &&
> @@ -60,15 +66,68 @@ opt_cmod_propagation_local(bblock_t *block)
>              !inst->src[0].negate))
>           continue;
>  
> -      if (inst->opcode == BRW_OPCODE_CMP && !inst->src[1].is_zero())
> -         continue;
> -
>        if (inst->opcode == BRW_OPCODE_MOV &&
>            inst->conditional_mod != BRW_CONDITIONAL_NZ)
>           continue;
>  
>        bool read_flag = false;
>        foreach_inst_in_block_reverse_starting_from(vec4_instruction, scan_inst, inst) {
> +         /* A CMP with a second source of zero can match with anything.  A CMP
> +          * with a second source that is not zero can only match with an ADD
> +          * instruction.
> +          */
> +         if (inst->opcode == BRW_OPCODE_CMP && !inst->src[1].is_zero()) {
> +            bool negate;
> +
> +            if (scan_inst->opcode != BRW_OPCODE_ADD)
> +               goto not_match;
> +
> +            /* A CMP is basically a subtraction.  The result of the
> +             * subtraction must be the same as the result of the addition.
> +             * This means that one of the operands must be negated.  So (a +
> +             * b) vs (a == -b) or (a + -b) vs (a == b).
> +             */
> +            if ((inst->src[0].equals(scan_inst->src[0]) &&
> +                 inst->src[1].negative_equals(scan_inst->src[1])) ||
> +                (inst->src[0].equals(scan_inst->src[1]) &&
> +                 inst->src[1].negative_equals(scan_inst->src[0]))) {
> +               negate = false;
> +            } else if ((inst->src[0].negative_equals(scan_inst->src[0]) &&
> +                        inst->src[1].equals(scan_inst->src[1])) ||
> +                       (inst->src[0].negative_equals(scan_inst->src[1]) &&
> +                        inst->src[1].equals(scan_inst->src[0]))) {
> +               negate = true;
> +            } else {
> +               goto not_match;
> +            }
> +
> +            if (scan_inst->exec_size != inst->exec_size ||
> +                scan_inst->group != inst->group)
> +               goto not_match;
> +
> +            /* From the Sky Lake PRM Vol. 7 "Assigning Conditional Mods":
> +             *
> +             *    * Note that the [post condition signal] bits generated at
> +             *      the output of a compute are before the .sat.
> +             *
> +             * So we don't have to bail if scan_inst has saturate.
> +             */

As Skylake doesn't use vec4, this comment is superfluous (I guess that
it is a C&P from the fs equivalent).

> +
> +            /* Otherwise, try propagating the conditional. */
> +            const enum brw_conditional_mod cond =
> +               negate ? brw_swap_cmod(inst->conditional_mod)
> +                      : inst->conditional_mod;
> +
> +            if (scan_inst->can_do_cmod() &&
> +                ((!read_flag && scan_inst->conditional_mod == BRW_CONDITIONAL_NONE) ||
> +                 scan_inst->conditional_mod == cond)) {
> +               scan_inst->conditional_mod = cond;
> +               inst->remove(block);
> +               progress = true;
> +            }
> +            break;
> +         }
> +
>           if (regions_overlap(inst->src[0], inst->size_read(0),
>                               scan_inst->dst, scan_inst->size_written)) {
>              if ((scan_inst->predicate && scan_inst->opcode != BRW_OPCODE_SEL) ||
> @@ -170,6 +229,7 @@ opt_cmod_propagation_local(bblock_t *block)
>              break;
>           }
>  
> +      not_match:
>           if (scan_inst->writes_flag())
>              break;
>  



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