ABataev added inline comments.

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Comment at: llvm/lib/Frontend/OpenMPIRBuilder.cpp:228
+                   getOrCreateThreadID(getOrCreateIdent(SrcLocStr))};
+  bool UseCancelBarrier = !ForceSimpleCall && CancellationBlock;
+  Value *Result = Builder.CreateCall(
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jdoerfert wrote:
> ABataev wrote:
> > jdoerfert wrote:
> > > ABataev wrote:
> > > > jdoerfert wrote:
> > > > > ABataev wrote:
> > > > > > jdoerfert wrote:
> > > > > > > ABataev wrote:
> > > > > > > > jdoerfert wrote:
> > > > > > > > > ABataev wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > Maybe add an assert when the cancellation version is 
> > > > > > > > > > requested but the cancellation block is not set? Instead of 
> > > > > > > > > > the generating simple version of barrier.
> > > > > > > > > The interface doesn't work that way as we do not know here if 
> > > > > > > > > the cancellation was requested except if the block was set. 
> > > > > > > > > That is basically the flag (and I expect it to continue to be 
> > > > > > > > > that way).
> > > > > > > > Maybe instead of `ForceSimpleBarrier` add a flag 
> > > > > > > > `EmitCancelBarrier` and if it set to true, always emit cancel 
> > > > > > > > barrier, otherwise always emit simple barrier? And add an 
> > > > > > > > assertion for non-set cancellation block or even accept it as a 
> > > > > > > > parameter here.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Also, what if we have inner exception handling in the region? 
> > > > > > > > Will you handle the cleanup correctly in case of the 
> > > > > > > > cancelation barrier?
> > > > > > > > Maybe instead of ForceSimpleBarrier add a flag 
> > > > > > > > EmitCancelBarrier and if it set to true, always emit cancel 
> > > > > > > > barrier, otherwise always emit simple barrier? And add an 
> > > > > > > > assertion for non-set cancellation block or even accept it as a 
> > > > > > > > parameter here.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > What is the difference in moving some of the boolean logic to the 
> > > > > > > caller? Also, we have test to verify we get cancellation barriers 
> > > > > > > if we need them, both unit tests and clang lit tests.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Also, what if we have inner exception handling in the region? 
> > > > > > > > Will you handle the cleanup correctly in case of the 
> > > > > > > > cancelation barrier?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I think so. Right now through the code in clang that does the set 
> > > > > > > up of the cancellation block, later through callbacks but we only 
> > > > > > > need that for regions where we actually go out of some scope, 
> > > > > > > e.g., parallel.
> > > > > > 1. I'm just thinking about future users of thus interface. It woild 
> > > > > > be good if we could provide safe interface for all the users, not 
> > > > > > only clang.
> > > > > > 2. Exit out of the OpenMP region is not allowed. But you may have 
> > > > > > inner try...catch or just simple compound statement with local vars 
> > > > > > that require constructors/destructors. And the cancellation barrier 
> > > > > > may exit out of these regions. And you need to call all required 
> > > > > > destructors. You'd better to think about it now, not later.
> > > > > > 2. [...] You'd better to think about it now, not later.
> > > > > 
> > > > > First, I do think about it now and I hope this was not an insinuation 
> > > > > to suggest otherwise.
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 1. I'm just thinking about future users of thus interface. It woild 
> > > > > > be good if we could provide safe interface for all the users, not 
> > > > > > only clang.
> > > > > > 2. Exit out of the OpenMP region is not allowed. But you may have 
> > > > > > inner try...catch or just simple compound statement with local vars 
> > > > > > that require constructors/destructors. And the cancellation barrier 
> > > > > > may exit out of these regions. And you need to call all required 
> > > > > > destructors.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Generally speaking, we shall not add features that we cannot use or 
> > > > > test with the assumption we will use them in the future. This is 
> > > > > suggested by the LLVM best practices. If you have specific changes in 
> > > > > mind that are testable and better than what I suggested so far, 
> > > > > please bring them forward. You can also bring forward suggestions on 
> > > > > how it might look in the future but without a real use case now it is 
> > > > > not practical to block a review based on that, given that we can 
> > > > > change the interface once the time has come.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I said before, we will need callbacks for destructors, actual 
> > > > > handling of cancellation blocks, and there are various other features 
> > > > > missing right now. Nevertheless, we cannot build them into the 
> > > > > current interface, or even try to prepare for all of them, while 
> > > > > keeping the patches small and concise.
> > > > It won't work for clang, I'm afraid. You need a list of desructors 
> > > > here. But clang uses recursive codegen and it is very hard to walk over 
> > > > the call tree and gather all required destructors into a list. At 
> > > > least, it will require significant rework in clang frontend.
> > > > Instead of generating the branch to cancellation block in the builder, 
> > > > I would suggest to call a single callback function provided by the 
> > > > frontend, which will generate correct branch over a chain of the 
> > > > destructor blocks. In this case, you won't need this cancellation block 
> > > > at all. This is what I meant when said that you need to think about 
> > > > this problem right now. That current solution is not very suitable for 
> > > > the use in the frontend.
> > > > It won't work for clang, 
> > > 
> > > It won't work in the future or it does not work now? If the latter, do 
> > > you have a mwe to show the problem?
> > 1. Both.
> > 2. What is mwe? Sure, will simple test tomorrow.
> both what?
> A simple test is what I wanted, thx.
Both - it won't work now and in tbe future it is going to be very hard to adapt 
clang to this interface.


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