//===- AffineScalarReplacement.cpp - Affine scalar replacement pass -------===// // // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // // This file implements a pass to forward affine memref stores to loads, thereby // potentially getting rid of intermediate memrefs entirely. It also removes // redundant loads. // TODO: In the future, similar techniques could be used to eliminate // dead memref store's and perform more complex forwarding when support for // SSA scalars live out of 'affine.for'/'affine.if' statements is available. //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #include "PassDetail.h" #include "mlir/Analysis/AffineAnalysis.h" #include "mlir/Analysis/Utils.h" #include "mlir/Dialect/Affine/IR/AffineOps.h" #include "mlir/Dialect/Affine/Passes.h" #include "mlir/Dialect/MemRef/IR/MemRef.h" #include "mlir/Dialect/StandardOps/IR/Ops.h" #include "mlir/IR/Dominance.h" #include "mlir/Support/LogicalResult.h" #include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h" #include #define DEBUG_TYPE "memref-dataflow-opt" using namespace mlir; namespace { // The store to load forwarding and load CSE rely on three conditions: // // 1) store/load and load need to have mathematically equivalent affine access // functions (checked after full composition of load/store operands); this // implies that they access the same single memref element for all iterations of // the common surrounding loop, // // 2) the store/load op should dominate the load op, // // 3) among all op's that satisfy both (1) and (2), for store to load // forwarding, the one that does not dominate any store op that has a // dependence into the load, is provably the last writer to the particular // memref location being loaded at the load op, and its store value can be // forwarded to the load; for load CSE, any op that does not dominate any store // op that have a dependence into the load can be forwarded and the first one // found is chosen. Note that the only dependences that are to be considered are // those that are satisfied at the block* of the innermost common surrounding // loop of the being considered. // // (* A dependence being satisfied at a block: a dependence that is satisfied by // virtue of the destination operation appearing textually / lexically after // the source operation within the body of a 'affine.for' operation; thus, a // dependence is always either satisfied by a loop or by a block). // // The above conditions are simple to check, sufficient, and powerful for most // cases in practice - they are sufficient, but not necessary --- since they // don't reason about loops that are guaranteed to execute at least once or // multiple sources to forward from. // // TODO: more forwarding can be done when support for // loop/conditional live-out SSA values is available. // TODO: do general dead store elimination for memref's. This pass // currently only eliminates the stores only if no other loads/uses (other // than dealloc) remain. // struct AffineScalarReplacement : public AffineScalarReplacementBase { void runOnFunction() override; LogicalResult forwardStoreToLoad(AffineReadOpInterface loadOp); void loadCSE(AffineReadOpInterface loadOp); // A list of memref's that are potentially dead / could be eliminated. SmallPtrSet memrefsToErase; // Load ops whose results were replaced by those forwarded from stores // dominating stores or loads.. SmallVector loadOpsToErase; DominanceInfo *domInfo = nullptr; }; } // end anonymous namespace /// Creates a pass to perform optimizations relying on memref dataflow such as /// store to load forwarding, elimination of dead stores, and dead allocs. std::unique_ptr> mlir::createAffineScalarReplacementPass() { return std::make_unique(); } // Check if the store may be reaching the load. static bool storeMayReachLoad(Operation *storeOp, Operation *loadOp, unsigned minSurroundingLoops) { MemRefAccess srcAccess(storeOp); MemRefAccess destAccess(loadOp); FlatAffineConstraints dependenceConstraints; unsigned nsLoops = getNumCommonSurroundingLoops(*loadOp, *storeOp); unsigned d; // Dependences at loop depth <= minSurroundingLoops do NOT matter. for (d = nsLoops + 1; d > minSurroundingLoops; d--) { DependenceResult result = checkMemrefAccessDependence( srcAccess, destAccess, d, &dependenceConstraints, /*dependenceComponents=*/nullptr); if (hasDependence(result)) break; } if (d <= minSurroundingLoops) return false; return true; } // This is a straightforward implementation not optimized for speed. Optimize // if needed. LogicalResult AffineScalarReplacement::forwardStoreToLoad(AffineReadOpInterface loadOp) { // First pass over the use list to get the minimum number of surrounding // loops common between the load op and the store op, with min taken across // all store ops. SmallVector storeOps; unsigned minSurroundingLoops = getNestingDepth(loadOp); for (auto *user : loadOp.getMemRef().getUsers()) { auto storeOp = dyn_cast(user); if (!storeOp) continue; unsigned nsLoops = getNumCommonSurroundingLoops(*loadOp, *storeOp); minSurroundingLoops = std::min(nsLoops, minSurroundingLoops); storeOps.push_back(storeOp); } // The list of store op candidates for forwarding that satisfy conditions // (1) and (2) above - they will be filtered later when checking (3). SmallVector fwdingCandidates; // Store ops that have a dependence into the load (even if they aren't // forwarding candidates). Each forwarding candidate will be checked for a // dominance on these. 'fwdingCandidates' are a subset of depSrcStores. SmallVector depSrcStores; for (auto *storeOp : storeOps) { if (!storeMayReachLoad(storeOp, loadOp, minSurroundingLoops)) continue; // Stores that *may* be reaching the load. depSrcStores.push_back(storeOp); // 1. Check if the store and the load have mathematically equivalent // affine access functions; this implies that they statically refer to the // same single memref element. As an example this filters out cases like: // store %A[%i0 + 1] // load %A[%i0] // store %A[%M] // load %A[%N] // Use the AffineValueMap difference based memref access equality checking. MemRefAccess srcAccess(storeOp); MemRefAccess destAccess(loadOp); if (srcAccess != destAccess) continue; // 2. The store has to dominate the load op to be candidate. if (!domInfo->dominates(storeOp, loadOp)) continue; // We now have a candidate for forwarding. fwdingCandidates.push_back(storeOp); } // 3. Of all the store ops that meet the above criteria, the store op // that does not dominate any of the ops in 'depSrcStores' (if such exists) // will not have any of those latter ops on its paths to `loadOp`. It would // thus be the unique store providing the value to the load. This condition is // however conservative for eg: // // for ... { // store // load // store // load // } // Operation *lastWriteStoreOp = nullptr; for (auto *storeOp : fwdingCandidates) { if (llvm::all_of(depSrcStores, [&](Operation *depStore) { return !domInfo->properlyDominates(storeOp, depStore); })) { lastWriteStoreOp = storeOp; break; } } if (!lastWriteStoreOp) return failure(); // Perform the actual store to load forwarding. Value storeVal = cast(lastWriteStoreOp).getValueToStore(); // Check if 2 values have the same shape. This is needed for affine vector // loads and stores. if (storeVal.getType() != loadOp.getValue().getType()) return failure(); loadOp.getValue().replaceAllUsesWith(storeVal); // Record the memref for a later sweep to optimize away. memrefsToErase.insert(loadOp.getMemRef()); // Record this to erase later. loadOpsToErase.push_back(loadOp); return success(); } // The load to load forwarding / redundant load elimination is similar to the // store to load forwarding. // loadA will be be replaced with loadB if: // 1) loadA and loadB have mathematically equivalent affine access functions. // 2) loadB dominates loadA. // 3) loadB does not dominate any of the store ops that have a dependence into // loadA. void AffineScalarReplacement::loadCSE(AffineReadOpInterface loadOp) { // The list of load op candidates for forwarding that satisfy conditions // (1) and (2) above - they will be filtered later when checking (3). SmallVector fwdingCandidates; SmallVector storeOps; unsigned minSurroundingLoops = getNestingDepth(loadOp); MemRefAccess memRefAccess(loadOp); // First pass over the use list to get 1) the minimum number of surrounding // loops common between the load op and an load op candidate, with min taken // across all load op candidates; 2) load op candidates; 3) store ops. // We take min across all load op candidates instead of all load ops to make // sure later dependence check is performed at loop depths that do matter. for (auto *user : loadOp.getMemRef().getUsers()) { if (auto storeOp = dyn_cast(user)) { storeOps.push_back(storeOp); } else if (auto aLoadOp = dyn_cast(user)) { MemRefAccess otherMemRefAccess(aLoadOp); // No need to consider Load ops that have been replaced in previous store // to load forwarding or loadCSE. If loadA or storeA can be forwarded to // loadB, then loadA or storeA can be forwarded to loadC iff loadB can be // forwarded to loadC. // If loadB is visited before loadC and replace with loadA, we do not put // loadB in candidates list, only loadA. If loadC is visited before loadB, // loadC may be replaced with loadB, which will be replaced with loadA // later. if (aLoadOp != loadOp && !llvm::is_contained(loadOpsToErase, aLoadOp) && memRefAccess == otherMemRefAccess && domInfo->dominates(aLoadOp, loadOp)) { fwdingCandidates.push_back(aLoadOp); unsigned nsLoops = getNumCommonSurroundingLoops(*loadOp, *aLoadOp); minSurroundingLoops = std::min(nsLoops, minSurroundingLoops); } } } // No forwarding candidate. if (fwdingCandidates.empty()) return; // Store ops that have a dependence into the load. SmallVector depSrcStores; for (auto *storeOp : storeOps) { if (!storeMayReachLoad(storeOp, loadOp, minSurroundingLoops)) continue; // Stores that *may* be reaching the load. depSrcStores.push_back(storeOp); } // 3. Of all the load op's that meet the above criteria, return the first load // found that does not dominate any op in 'depSrcStores' and has the same // shape as the load to be replaced (if one exists). The shape check is needed // for affine vector loads. Operation *firstLoadOp = nullptr; Value oldVal = loadOp.getValue(); for (auto *loadOp : fwdingCandidates) { if (llvm::all_of(depSrcStores, [&](Operation *depStore) { return !domInfo->properlyDominates(loadOp, depStore); }) && cast(loadOp).getValue().getType() == oldVal.getType()) { firstLoadOp = loadOp; break; } } if (!firstLoadOp) return; // Perform the actual load to load forwarding. Value loadVal = cast(firstLoadOp).getValue(); loadOp.getValue().replaceAllUsesWith(loadVal); // Record this to erase later. loadOpsToErase.push_back(loadOp); } void AffineScalarReplacement::runOnFunction() { // Only supports single block functions at the moment. FuncOp f = getFunction(); if (!llvm::hasSingleElement(f)) { markAllAnalysesPreserved(); return; } domInfo = &getAnalysis(); loadOpsToErase.clear(); memrefsToErase.clear(); // Walk all load's and perform store to load forwarding and loadCSE. f.walk([&](AffineReadOpInterface loadOp) { // Do store to load forwarding first, if no success, try loadCSE. if (failed(forwardStoreToLoad(loadOp))) loadCSE(loadOp); }); // Erase all load op's whose results were replaced with store or load fwd'ed // ones. for (auto *loadOp : loadOpsToErase) loadOp->erase(); // Check if the store fwd'ed memrefs are now left with only stores and can // thus be completely deleted. Note: the canonicalize pass should be able // to do this as well, but we'll do it here since we collected these anyway. for (auto memref : memrefsToErase) { // If the memref hasn't been alloc'ed in this function, skip. Operation *defOp = memref.getDefiningOp(); if (!defOp || !isa(defOp)) // TODO: if the memref was returned by a 'call' operation, we // could still erase it if the call had no side-effects. continue; if (llvm::any_of(memref.getUsers(), [&](Operation *ownerOp) { return !isa(ownerOp); })) continue; // Erase all stores, the dealloc, and the alloc on the memref. for (auto *user : llvm::make_early_inc_range(memref.getUsers())) user->erase(); defOp->erase(); } }