Hi Richard, thanks for the feedback.

On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM Richard Biener <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Nov 2025, Konstantinos Eleftheriou wrote:
>
> > This patch adds a new cost function so that the targets can decide if the
> > store/load reordering will be profitable. It also adds the
> > `asf-default-cost-value` parameter, which is used as the default return
> > value for the cost function.
>
> It's a bit odd the param has "cost_value" and the hook says cost_p when
> this is a simple flag in the end.  To that extent the "default" hook
> should be either returning true or false and the knob the user has
> is -f[no-]avoid-store-forwarding already, no need to add a --param.
>
The new parameter is "false" by default and "true" for AArch64 only. In
case that we keep the default implementation, if we change it to `return
flag_avoid_store_forwarding` and remove the new parameter, it will return
"true" for all targets, as the pass will be enabled by default on all
targets. Is that okay?

>
> One could even say the target hook should _not_ have a default
> implementation and only targets that implement the hook should have
> the pass enabled - we only pay with compile-time cost otherwise.
>
> So please rework this part.
>
> Richard.
>
> > gcc/ChangeLog:
> >
> >       * doc/tm.texi: Regenerate.
> >       * doc/tm.texi.in: Document new target hook.
> >       * params.opt: New parameter.
> >       * target.def: New DEFHOOK.
> >       * targhooks.cc (default_avoid_store_forwarding_reorder_cost_p):
> >       New function.
> >       * targhooks.h (default_avoid_store_forwarding_reorder_cost_p):
> >       New function declaration.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Konstantinos Eleftheriou <
> [email protected]>
> > ---
> >
> > (no changes since v1)
> >
> >  gcc/doc/tm.texi    | 7 +++++++
> >  gcc/doc/tm.texi.in | 2 ++
> >  gcc/params.opt     | 4 ++++
> >  gcc/target.def     | 9 +++++++++
> >  gcc/targhooks.cc   | 9 +++++++++
> >  gcc/targhooks.h    | 5 +++++
> >  6 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/gcc/doc/tm.texi b/gcc/doc/tm.texi
> > index fd208f53844a..aef552aac5f8 100644
> > --- a/gcc/doc/tm.texi
> > +++ b/gcc/doc/tm.texi
> > @@ -7466,6 +7466,13 @@ needed, the sequence cost and additional relevant
> information is given in
> >  the arguments so that the target can make an informed decision.
> >  @end deftypefn
> >
> > +@deftypefn {Target Hook} bool
> TARGET_AVOID_STORE_FORWARDING_REORDER_COST_P (machine_mode,
> @var{machine_mode}, @var{HOST_WIDE_INT})
> > +This hook decides if it's profitable for the target to rearrange a store
> > +and a load instruction to avoid a potential store forwarding stall.
> > +The store and load modes and the byte offset of the store within the
> > +load are given as arguments.
> > +@end deftypefn
> > +
> >  @node Scheduling
> >  @section Adjusting the Instruction Scheduler
> >
> > diff --git a/gcc/doc/tm.texi.in b/gcc/doc/tm.texi.in
> > index 14315dd50805..0c3168cb6dde 100644
> > --- a/gcc/doc/tm.texi.in
> > +++ b/gcc/doc/tm.texi.in
> > @@ -4781,6 +4781,8 @@ Define this macro if a non-short-circuit operation
> produced by
> >
> >  @hook TARGET_AVOID_STORE_FORWARDING_P
> >
> > +@hook TARGET_AVOID_STORE_FORWARDING_REORDER_COST_P
> > +
> >  @node Scheduling
> >  @section Adjusting the Instruction Scheduler
> >
> > diff --git a/gcc/params.opt b/gcc/params.opt
> > index f8884e976e7f..96720651731d 100644
> > --- a/gcc/params.opt
> > +++ b/gcc/params.opt
> > @@ -1091,6 +1091,10 @@ Maximum size of a single store merging region in
> bytes.
> >  Common Joined UInteger Var(param_store_forwarding_max_distance)
> Init(10) IntegerRange(0, 1000) Param Optimization
> >  Maximum number of instruction distance that a small store forwarded to
> a larger load may stall. Value '0' disables the cost checks for the
> avoid-store-forwarding pass.
> >
> > +-param=asf-default-cost-value=
> > +Common Joined UInteger Var(param_asf_default_cost_value) Init(0)
> IntegerRange(0, 1) Param Optimization
> > +Default return value for the avoid_store_forwarding_reorder_cost_p
> function.
> > +
> >  -param=switch-conversion-max-branch-ratio=
> >  Common Joined UInteger Var(param_switch_conversion_branch_ratio)
> Init(8) IntegerRange(1, 65536) Param Optimization
> >  The maximum ratio between array size and switch branches for a switch
> conversion to take place.
> > diff --git a/gcc/target.def b/gcc/target.def
> > index f288329ffcab..d60510e5458e 100644
> > --- a/gcc/target.def
> > +++ b/gcc/target.def
> > @@ -7158,6 +7158,15 @@ the arguments so that the target can make an
> informed decision.",
> >   bool, (vec<store_fwd_info>, rtx, int, bool),
> >   default_avoid_store_forwarding_p)
> >
> > +DEFHOOK
> > +(avoid_store_forwarding_reorder_cost_p,
> > + "This hook decides if it's profitable for the target to rearrange a
> store\n\
> > +and a load instruction to avoid a potential store forwarding stall.\n\
> > +The store and load modes and the byte offset of the store within the\n\
> > +load are given as arguments.",
> > + bool, (machine_mode, machine_mode, HOST_WIDE_INT),
> > + default_avoid_store_forwarding_reorder_cost_p)
> > +
> >  /* Determine the type of unwind info to emit for debugging.  */
> >  DEFHOOK
> >  (debug_unwind_info,
> > diff --git a/gcc/targhooks.cc b/gcc/targhooks.cc
> > index 1873d572ba3f..15d882f4703e 100644
> > --- a/gcc/targhooks.cc
> > +++ b/gcc/targhooks.cc
> > @@ -2352,6 +2352,15 @@ default_avoid_store_forwarding_p
> (vec<store_fwd_info>, rtx, int total_cost,
> >    return true;
> >  }
> >
> > +/* The default implementation of TARGET_AVOID_STORE_FORWARDING_COST_P.
> */
> > +
> > +bool
> > +default_avoid_store_forwarding_reorder_cost_p (machine_mode,
> machine_mode,
> > +                                            HOST_WIDE_INT)
> > +{
> > +  return param_asf_default_cost_value;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /* Determine the debugging unwind mechanism for the target.  */
> >
> >  enum unwind_info_type
> > diff --git a/gcc/targhooks.h b/gcc/targhooks.h
> > index 92e7a4cb10f1..5389ea1cb78b 100644
> > --- a/gcc/targhooks.h
> > +++ b/gcc/targhooks.h
> > @@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ extern unsigned char default_class_max_nregs
> (reg_class_t, machine_mode);
> >  extern bool default_avoid_store_forwarding_p (vec<store_fwd_info>, rtx,
> int,
> >                                             bool);
> >
> > +extern bool
> > +default_avoid_store_forwarding_reorder_cost_p (machine_mode store_mode,
> > +                                            machine_mode load_mode,
> > +                                            HOST_WIDE_INT offset);
> > +
> >  extern enum unwind_info_type default_debug_unwind_info (void);
> >
> >  extern void default_canonicalize_comparison (int *, rtx *, rtx *, bool);
> >
>
> --
> Richard Biener <[email protected]>
> SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH,
> Frankenstrasse 146, 90461 Nuernberg, Germany;
> GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich; (HRB 36809, AG
> Nuernberg)
>
Konstantinos.

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