> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Biener <[email protected]>
> Sent: 08 May 2026 07:35
> To: Tamar Christina <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]; nd <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] ivcannon: support aggregate ranged on loop bounds
> 
> On Wed, 6 May 2026, Tamar Christina wrote:
> 
> > The loop
> >
> > void add(int N, int *__restrict a, int *__restrict b, int *__restrict c) {
> >   for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
> >     c[i] = a[i] + b[i];
> >     if (i > 1000) {
> >         break;
> >     }
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > is an example of a loop that we have started vectorizing using early break
> > vectorization.  However the given loop is not actually an early break loop 
> > as
> > the condition on the exit introduces a MAX bound on N.
> >
> > This patch teaches IVcannon to identify such cases and rewrite the latch
> > condition from i < N to i < MIN (N, C) where C is a constant.
> 
> The pattern-matching in IVCANON looks quite ugly.  loop header copying
> (run after ifcombine...) exposes
> 
>   if (i_21 == 1001)
>     goto <bb 5>; [1.00%]
>   else
>     goto <bb 4>; [99.00%]
> 
>   <bb 4> [local count: 1004539166]:
>   i_18 = i_21 + 1;
>   if (N_13(D) > i_18)
>     goto <bb 3>; [94.50%]
>   else
>     goto <bb 5>; [5.50%]
> 
>   <bb 5> [local count: 69202658]:
> 
> which looks like a ifcombine opportunity to me.  I recently reviewed
> a patch to do extra if-combining from tail merging.
> 
> That said, IVCANON doesn't look like the correct place to fuse
> two exit tests?

I only did so based on your own suggestion 
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113134#c20

But fair enough.
Tamar

> 
> > It then tries to find an appropriate edge to remove from the loop iteration.
> >
> > Concretely instead of
> >
> > .L8:
> >         add     v31.4s, v30.4s, v27.4s
> >         add     v30.4s, v30.4s, v28.4s
> >         cmpeq   p15.s, p7/z, z31.s, #0
> >         b.any   .L41
> >         ldr     q31, [x9, x4]
> >         add     w5, w5, 4
> >         ldr     q29, [x8, x4]
> >         add     v31.4s, v31.4s, v29.4s
> >         str     q31, [x6, x4]
> >         add     x4, x4, 16
> >         cmp     w7, w5
> >         bne     .L8
> >
> > we now generate:
> >
> > .L4:
> >         ldr     q31, [x1, x0]
> >         ldr     q30, [x2, x0]
> >         add     v30.4s, v31.4s, v30.4s
> >         str     q30, [x3, x0]
> >         add     x0, x0, 16
> >         cmp     x4, x0
> >         bne     .L4
> >
> > Bootstrapped Regtested on aarch64-none-linux-gnu,
> > arm-none-linux-gnueabihf, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> > -m32, -m64 and no issues.
> > Ok for master?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tamar
> >
> > gcc/ChangeLog:
> >
> >     PR tree-optimization/113134
> >     * tree-ssa-loop-ivcanon.cc
> (redundant_with_constrained_latch_exit_p,
> >     (find_latch_constrained_niter): New.
> >     (try_unroll_loop_completely): Explicitly check exit.
> >     (canonicalize_loop_induction_variables): Use them.
> >
> > gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> >
> >     PR tree-optimization/113134
> >     * gcc.dg/ivcannon-pr113134.c: New test.
> >
> > ---
> > diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/ivcannon-pr113134.c
> b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/ivcannon-pr113134.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index
> 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..49fd231cf436211ae37
> 79c96def8a833446ca4fd
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/ivcannon-pr113134.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> > +/* { dg-do compile } */
> > +/* { dg-additional-options "-O3 -fdump-tree-ivcanon-details -std=c99" } */
> > +
> > +void add(int N, int *__restrict a, int *__restrict b, int *__restrict c) {
> > +  for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
> > +    c[i] = a[i] + b[i];
> > +    if (i > 1000) {
> > +        break;
> > +    }
> > +  }
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* { dg-final { scan-tree-dump {exit edges updated and IV rewritten to}
> "ivcanon" } } */
> > diff --git a/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-ivcanon.cc b/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-ivcanon.cc
> > index
> fb2ef44a3d3c8504823b75747da1656ce2854bfd..beb3157db44b51bf656d
> 8af143cc1706e322ea6b 100644
> > --- a/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-ivcanon.cc
> > +++ b/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-ivcanon.cc
> > @@ -129,6 +129,133 @@ create_canonical_iv (class loop *loop, edge exit,
> tree niter,
> >    update_stmt (cond);
> >  }
> >
> > +/* Return true if exit E becomes redundant once LATCH_EXIT is rewritten
> with a
> > +   constrained latch count.  This is intentionally narrow: the non-exit 
> > path
> > +   must flow directly to LATCH_EXIT in the same iteration.  */
> > +
> > +static bool
> > +redundant_with_constrained_latch_exit_p (class loop *loop, edge e,
> > +                                    edge latch_exit,
> > +                                    HOST_WIDE_INT maxiter)
> > +{
> > +  class tree_niter_desc desc;
> > +  edge nonexit;
> > +  gphi_iterator gpi;
> > +
> > +  /* Candidate exit must not be the latch exit and must execute at most
> > +     once per iteration.  i.e. no other flow through the loop.  */
> > +  if (e == latch_exit || !just_once_each_iteration_p (loop, e->src))
> > +    return false;
> > +
> > +  /* The candidate exit must dominate the latch, otherwise it would be
> unsafe
> > +     to elide the candidate edge and have the latch assume it's role.  */
> > +  if (!dominated_by_p (CDI_DOMINATORS, latch_exit->src, e->src))
> > +    return false;
> > +
> > +  nonexit = EDGE_SUCC (e->src, 0);
> > +  if (nonexit == e)
> > +    nonexit = EDGE_SUCC (e->src, 1);
> > +
> > +  /* The condidate edge must fall through to the latch.  This might be too
> > +     strict, but it's safe for now.  The reason for this is to prevent a 
> > second
> > +     branch like a diamond shape that can reach the latch from the edge.  
> > */
> > +  if (nonexit->dest != latch_exit->src)
> > +    return false;
> > +
> > +  /* Since we want to use the latch for the candidate edge exit, they must
> have
> > +     been going to the same destination.  */
> > +  if (e->dest != latch_exit->dest)
> > +    return false;
> > +
> > +  /* The candidate edge must have a known, constant niters and it must be
> > +     smaller or equal to our maximum iteration count.  */
> > +  if (!number_of_iterations_exit (loop, e, &desc, false)
> > +      || !integer_zerop (desc.may_be_zero)
> > +      || TREE_CODE (desc.niter) != INTEGER_CST
> > +      || !wi::geu_p (wi::to_widest (desc.niter), maxiter))
> > +    return false;
> > +
> > +  /* Check that the candidate exit and the latch exit compute the same 
> > value
> > +     otherwise rewriting the candidate exit to go through the latch is not 
> > a
> > +     valid thing to do.  */
> > +  for (gpi = gsi_start_phis (e->dest); !gsi_end_p (gpi); gsi_next (&gpi))
> > +    {
> > +      gphi *phi = gpi.phi ();
> > +      tree e_arg = PHI_ARG_DEF_FROM_EDGE (phi, e);
> > +      tree latch_arg = PHI_ARG_DEF_FROM_EDGE (phi, latch_exit);
> > +
> > +      if (!operand_equal_p (e_arg, latch_arg, 0))
> > +   return false;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +  return true;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* Return a constrained latch bound for LATCH_EXIT, using only exits that
> > +   dominate LATCH_EXIT and are executed once per iteration.  The original
> > +   latch count is stored in *LATCH_NITER_OUT.  */
> > +
> > +static tree
> > +find_latch_constrained_niter (class loop *loop, edge latch_exit,
> > +                         tree *latch_niter_out)
> > +{
> > +  class tree_niter_desc desc;
> > +
> > +  *latch_niter_out = NULL_TREE;
> > +  if (!number_of_iterations_exit (loop, latch_exit, &desc, false)
> > +      || !integer_zerop (desc.may_be_zero))
> > +    return chrec_dont_know;
> > +
> > +  tree niter = desc.niter;
> > +  *latch_niter_out = niter;
> > +
> > +  for (auto e : get_loop_exit_edges (loop))
> > +    {
> > +      /* Ignore the latch edge, and the exit must dominate the latch.  If 
> > it
> > +    doesn't then the form is broken.  */
> > +      if (e == latch_exit
> > +     || !just_once_each_iteration_p (loop, e->src)
> > +     || !dominated_by_p (CDI_DOMINATORS, latch_exit->src, e->src))
> > +   continue;
> > +
> > +      /* The edge must have a non-zero iteration count.  */
> > +      if (!number_of_iterations_exit (loop, e, &desc, false)
> > +     || !integer_zerop (desc.may_be_zero))
> > +   continue;
> > +
> > +      tree aniter = desc.niter;
> > +      tree ty1 = TREE_TYPE (niter);
> > +      tree ty2 = TREE_TYPE (aniter);
> > +      if (ty1 != ty2)
> > +   {
> > +     if (TYPE_UNSIGNED (ty1) != TYPE_UNSIGNED (ty2))
> > +       return chrec_dont_know;
> > +
> > +     if (CONSTANT_CLASS_P (niter)
> > +         && TYPE_PRECISION (ty1) <= TYPE_PRECISION (ty2))
> > +       niter = fold_convert (ty2, niter);
> > +     else if (CONSTANT_CLASS_P (aniter)
> > +              && TYPE_PRECISION (ty2) <= TYPE_PRECISION (ty1))
> > +       aniter = fold_convert (ty1, aniter);
> > +     else
> > +       return chrec_dont_know;
> > +   }
> > +
> > +      if (TREE_CODE (aniter) != INTEGER_CST)
> > +   continue;
> > +
> > +      if (TREE_CODE (niter) != INTEGER_CST)
> > +   {
> > +     niter = fold_build2 (MIN_EXPR, TREE_TYPE (niter), niter, aniter);
> > +     continue;
> > +   }
> > +
> > +      niter = tree_int_cst_lt (aniter, niter) ? aniter : niter;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +  return niter;
> > +}
> > +
> >  /* Describe size of loop as detected by tree_estimate_loop_size.  */
> >  struct loop_size
> >  {
> > @@ -766,7 +893,7 @@ try_unroll_loop_completely (class loop *loop,
> >       If the number of execution of loop is determined by standard induction
> >       variable test, then EXIT and EDGE_TO_CANCEL are the two edges leaving
> >       from the iv test.  */
> > -  if (tree_fits_uhwi_p (niter))
> > +  if (exit && tree_fits_uhwi_p (niter))
> >      {
> >        n_unroll = tree_to_uhwi (niter);
> >        n_unroll_found = true;
> > @@ -1354,7 +1481,77 @@ canonicalize_loop_induction_variables (class
> loop *loop,
> >                               innermost_cunrolli_p))
> >      return true;
> >
> > -  if ((create_iv || by_eval)
> > +  edge latch_e = NULL;
> > +  bool aggr_rewritten_p = false;
> > +  if (create_iv && !single_exit (loop))
> > +    {
> > +      tree latch_niter = NULL_TREE;
> > +      tree niter_aggr = chrec_dont_know;
> > +
> > +      latch_e = loop_latch_edge (loop);
> > +      if (single_pred_p (latch_e->src))
> > +   {
> > +     latch_e = single_pred_edge (latch_e->src);
> > +     auto bb_exit = latch_e->src;
> > +     if (EDGE_COUNT (bb_exit->succs) != 2)
> > +       latch_e = NULL;
> > +     else if (loop_exit_edge_p (loop, EDGE_SUCC (bb_exit, 0)))
> > +       latch_e = EDGE_SUCC (bb_exit, 0);
> > +     else if (loop_exit_edge_p (loop, EDGE_SUCC (bb_exit, 1)))
> > +       latch_e = EDGE_SUCC (bb_exit, 1);
> > +     else
> > +       latch_e = NULL;
> > +   }
> > +      else
> > +   latch_e = NULL;
> > +
> > +      if (latch_e)
> > +   {
> > +     niter_aggr = find_latch_constrained_niter (loop, latch_e,
> > +                                                &latch_niter);
> > +     if (!niter_aggr)
> > +       niter_aggr = chrec_dont_know;
> > +     if (chrec_contains_undetermined (latch_niter)
> > +         || chrec_contains_undetermined (niter_aggr)
> > +         || operand_equal_p (latch_niter, niter_aggr, 0))
> > +       latch_e = NULL;
> > +   }
> > +
> > +      if (latch_e)
> > +   {
> > +     create_canonical_iv (loop, latch_e, niter_aggr);
> > +     aggr_rewritten_p = true;
> > +
> > +     for (auto e : get_loop_exit_edges (loop))
> > +       if (redundant_with_constrained_latch_exit_p (loop, e, latch_e,
> > +                                                    maxiter))
> > +         {
> > +           gcond *cond_stmt
> > +             = as_a <gcond *> (gsi_stmt (gsi_last_nondebug_bb
> > +                                         (e->src)));
> > +           if (e->flags & EDGE_TRUE_VALUE)
> > +             gimple_cond_make_false (cond_stmt);
> > +           else
> > +             gimple_cond_make_true (cond_stmt);
> > +           update_stmt (cond_stmt);
> > +         }
> > +
> > +     if (dump_file && (dump_flags & TDF_DETAILS))
> > +       {
> > +         fprintf (dump_file,
> > +                  "Loop %d exit edges updated and IV rewritten to ",
> > +                  loop->num);
> > +         print_generic_expr (dump_file, niter_aggr, TDF_SLIM);
> > +         fprintf (dump_file, ".\n");
> > +       }
> > +   }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +  /* Only accept the new MIN based bounds if we can actually simplify the
> loop,
> > +     otherwise the MIN_EXPR just causes more instruction in loop pre-
> headers
> > +     without any benefits.  */
> > +  if (!aggr_rewritten_p
> > +      && (create_iv || by_eval)
> >        && niter && !chrec_contains_undetermined (niter)
> >        && exit && just_once_each_iteration_p (loop, exit->src))
> >      {
> > @@ -1798,5 +1995,3 @@ make_pass_complete_unrolli (gcc::context *ctxt)
> >  {
> >    return new pass_complete_unrolli (ctxt);
> >  }
> > -
> > -
> >
> >
> >
> 
> --
> Richard Biener <[email protected]>
> SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH,
> Frankenstrasse 146, 90461 Nuernberg, Germany;
> GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich; (HRB 36809, AG
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