On Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM Dominic P <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Extend movement_possibility_1 to variable shift counts, following up on
> r17-3550.  Rather than proving the count in range, hoist the shift and
> mask the count where it lands: gimple_needing_rewrite_undefined now
> covers a shift or rotate by a non-constant count when the precision is a
> power of two, and rewrite_to_defined_unconditional masks that count with
> precision - 1.  loop-im then needs MOVE_PRESERVE_EXECUTION only for an
> out-of-range constant count, a count that cannot be masked, or a loop
> optimized for size.
>
> A shift whose count would need the mask costs 1 rather than
> LIM_EXPENSIVE, so it moves only with an expensive statement that depends
> on it.
>
> Bootstrapped on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu; regression tested there with
> gcc.dg/dg.exp and gcc.dg/tree-ssa/tree-ssa.exp, with no unexpected results.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5 (Anthropic)
>
> gcc/ChangeLog:
>
>         * gimple-fold.cc (gimple_needing_rewrite_undefined): Return true
>         for a shift or rotate by a non-constant count that may be out of
>         range, when the precision is a power of two.


Why not in general?

>         (rewrite_to_defined_unconditional): Mask such a count.
>         * tree-ssa-loop-im.cc (shift_needs_mask_p): New function.
>         (determine_max_movement): Cost a shift whose count would need
>         masking as cheap.
>         (movement_possibility_1): Require preserved execution only for an
>         out-of-range constant count, a count the rewrite does not mask, or
>         when optimizing the loop for size.
>
> gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
>
>         * gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-2.c: Expect every chain but a lone
>         shift's to move; check the masks.
>         * gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-3.c: New test.
>         * gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-4.c: New test.
>         * gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-5.c: New test.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dominic P <[email protected]>
> ---
> Note on function k in the test: VRP1 exports the guard's [0, 7] as the
> global range of s, so PRE folds the mask away again and the hoisted shift
> uses the raw count.
>
> Torture corpora at -O2: x86_64 7 files change, net -335 bytes of .text;
> arm-none-eabi 10 files, net -16 bytes.  At -Os nothing changes on x86_64.
>
>  gcc/gimple-fold.cc                            | 38 +++++++++++-
>  .../gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-2.c         | 58 +++++++++++++++++++
>  .../gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-3.c         | 44 ++++++++++++++
>  .../gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-4.c         | 23 ++++++++
>  .../gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-5.c         | 13 +++++
>  gcc/tree-ssa-loop-im.cc                       | 54 ++++++++++++-----
>  6 files changed, 215 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-2.c
>  create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-3.c
>  create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-4.c
>  create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-5.c
>
> diff --git a/gcc/gimple-fold.cc b/gcc/gimple-fold.cc
> index 17b65e0a9e9..2ed9c6ef5b7 100644
> --- a/gcc/gimple-fold.cc
> +++ b/gcc/gimple-fold.cc
> @@ -10998,10 +10998,21 @@ gimple_needing_rewrite_undefined (gimple *stmt)
>        && TYPE_PRECISION (lhs_type)
>           < TYPE_PRECISION (TREE_TYPE (TREE_OPERAND (rhs, 0))))
>      return true;
> +  /* A shift or rotate by a count that is not a constant may be out of
> +     range; for a power-of-two precision the count can be masked into
> +     range.  */
> +  enum tree_code code = gimple_assign_rhs_code (stmt);
> +  if ((code == LSHIFT_EXPR
> +       || code == RSHIFT_EXPR
> +       || code == LROTATE_EXPR
> +       || code == RROTATE_EXPR)
> +      && INTEGRAL_TYPE_P (lhs_type)
> +      && pow2p_hwi (TYPE_PRECISION (lhs_type))
> +      && TREE_CODE (gimple_assign_rhs2 (stmt)) != INTEGER_CST)
> +    return true;
>    if (!TYPE_OVERFLOW_UNDEFINED (lhs_type))
>      return false;
> -  if (!arith_code_with_undefined_signed_overflow
> -       (gimple_assign_rhs_code (stmt)))
> +  if (!arith_code_with_undefined_signed_overflow (code))
>      return false;
>    return true;
>  }
> @@ -11099,6 +11110,29 @@ rewrite_to_defined_unconditional 
> (gimple_stmt_iterator *gsi, gimple *stmt,
>         }
>        return stmts;
>      }
> +  /* Mask a non-constant shift or rotate count into range.  */
> +  enum tree_code code = gimple_assign_rhs_code (stmt);
> +  if (code == LSHIFT_EXPR
> +      || code == RSHIFT_EXPR
> +      || code == LROTATE_EXPR
> +      || code == RROTATE_EXPR)
> +    {
> +      tree count = gimple_assign_rhs2 (stmt);
> +      tree mask = build_int_cst (TREE_TYPE (count),
> +                                TYPE_PRECISION (TREE_TYPE (lhs)) - 1);
> +      count = gimple_build (&stmts, BIT_AND_EXPR, TREE_TYPE (count),
> +                           count, mask);

And then just use `abs(a) % precision` for non power of 2 cases?
Note you might need to take care when dealing with small precision rhs
of the shift if it is signed.  An example
is signed precision of 4 . which can only represent up to 15.


> +      gimple_assign_set_rhs2 (stmt, count);
> +      gimple_set_modified (stmt, true);
> +      if (in_place)
> +       {
> +         gsi_insert_seq_before (gsi, stmts, GSI_SAME_STMT);
> +         update_stmt (stmt);
> +         return NULL;
> +       }
> +      gimple_seq_add_stmt (&stmts, stmt);
> +      return stmts;
> +    }
>    tree type = unsigned_type_for (TREE_TYPE (lhs));
>    if (gimple_assign_rhs_code (stmt) == ABS_EXPR)
>      gimple_assign_set_rhs_code (stmt, ABSU_EXPR);
> diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-2.c 
> b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-2.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..15c3f7b5e0d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-2.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
> +/* { dg-do compile } */
> +/* { dg-options "-O2 -fdump-tree-lim2-details -fdump-tree-optimized" } */
> +
> +/* The count is already in range: hoisted without a further mask.  */
> +
> +void f (int *p, int n, int a, unsigned int s, int c, int *q)
> +{
> +  s &= 7;
> +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> +    if (p[i] > c)
> +      q[i] = ((a << s) * 5) / 7;
> +}
> +
> +/* An unconstrained count is masked at the hoisted shift.  */
> +
> +void g (int *p, int n, int a, unsigned int s, int c, int *q)
> +{
> +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> +    if (p[i] > c)
> +      q[i] = ((a << s) * 5) / 7;
> +}
> +
> +/* A mask that does not bound the count below the precision is refined.  */
> +
> +void h (int *p, int n, int a, unsigned int s, int c, int *q)
> +{
> +  s &= 63;
> +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> +    if (p[i] > c)
> +      q[i] = ((a << s) * 5) / 7;
> +}
> +
> +/* The guard's range is exported as global by VRP, so no mask survives.  */
> +
> +void k (int *p, int n, int a, unsigned int s, int c, int *q)
> +{
> +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> +    if (p[i] > c)
> +      {
> +       if (s > 7) __builtin_unreachable ();
> +       q[i] = ((a << s) * 5) / 7;
> +      }
> +}
> +
> +/* A lone shift that would need a mask is not worth moving by itself.  */
> +
> +void m (int *p, int n, int a, unsigned int s, int c, int *q)
> +{
> +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> +    if (p[i] > c)
> +      q[i] = a << s;
> +}
> +
> +/* Every chain but m's moves: the shift, the multiply and the divide.  */
> +/* { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "Moving statement" 12 "lim2" } } */
> +/* { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times "Moving statement \[^\\r\\n\]*<<" 4 
> "lim2" } } */
> +/* f's count was masked by 7 already; g and h get a mask of 31.  */
> +/* { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-times " & 31;" 2 "optimized" } } */
> diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-3.c 
> b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-3.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..03250059e58
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-3.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
> +/* { dg-do run } */
> +/* { dg-options "-O2" } */
> +
> +/* The shift is hoisted with its count masked; a count out of range on an
> +   iteration that never reaches the shift must not affect the result.  */
> +
> +__attribute__ ((noipa)) void
> +k (int *p, int n, int a, unsigned int s, int c, int *q)
> +{
> +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> +    if (p[i] > c)
> +      {
> +       if (s > 7) __builtin_unreachable ();
> +       q[i] = ((a << s) * 5) / 7;
> +      }
> +}
> +
> +__attribute__ ((noipa)) void
> +g (int *p, int n, int a, unsigned int s, int c, int *q)
> +{
> +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> +    if (p[i] > c)
> +      q[i] = (a << s) * 5;
> +}
> +
> +int
> +main (void)
> +{
> +  int p[4] = { 1, 5, 2, 9 };
> +  int q[4] = { -1, -1, -1, -1 };
> +  k (p, 4, 3, 40u, 100, q);
> +  g (p, 4, 3, 77u, 100, q);
> +  for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
> +    if (q[i] != -1)
> +      __builtin_abort ();
> +  k (p, 4, 3, 2u, 4, q);
> +  if (q[0] != -1 || q[1] != (3 << 2) * 5 / 7 || q[2] != -1
> +      || q[3] != (3 << 2) * 5 / 7)
> +    __builtin_abort ();
> +  g (p, 4, 3, 3u, 4, q);
> +  if (q[1] != (3 << 3) * 5 || q[3] != (3 << 3) * 5)
> +    __builtin_abort ();
> +  return 0;
> +}
> diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-4.c 
> b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-4.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..791943fd24e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-4.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> +/* { dg-do run { target bitint } } */
> +/* { dg-options "-O2 -std=c23" } */
> +
> +/* A non-power-of-two precision cannot be masked; the shift must stay put.  
> */
> +
> +__attribute__ ((noipa)) void
> +f (int *p, int n, _BitInt(24) a, unsigned int s, int c, _BitInt(24) *q)
> +{
> +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> +    if (p[i] > c)
> +      q[i] = a << s;
> +}
> +
> +int
> +main (void)
> +{
> +  int p[2] = { 1, 9 };
> +  _BitInt(24) q[2] = { 0, 0 };
> +  f (p, 2, 1, 8u, 4, q);
> +  if (q[0] != 0 || q[1] != 256)
> +    __builtin_abort ();
> +  return 0;
> +}
> diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-5.c 
> b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-5.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..859ff3d3625
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/tree-ssa/loop-im-shift-5.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
> +/* { dg-do compile } */
> +/* { dg-options "-Os -fdump-tree-lim2-details" } */
> +
> +/* When optimizing for size a shift that would need a mask stays put.  */
> +
> +void g (int *p, int n, int a, unsigned int s, int c, int *q)
> +{
> +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> +    if (p[i] > c)
> +      q[i] = ((a << s) * 5) / 7;
> +}
> +
> +/* { dg-final { scan-tree-dump-not "Moving statement" "lim2" } } */
> diff --git a/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-im.cc b/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-im.cc
> index 0dcf5982ec2..f61b95475c1 100644
> --- a/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-im.cc
> +++ b/gcc/tree-ssa-loop-im.cc
> @@ -416,18 +416,21 @@ movement_possibility_1 (gimple *stmt)
>      {
>        auto code = gimple_assign_rhs_code (stmt);
>        tree type = TREE_TYPE (gimple_assign_rhs1 (stmt));
> -      /* For shifts and rotates and possibly out-of-bound shift operands
> -        we currently cannot rewrite them into something unconditionally
> -        well-defined.  */
> -      if ((code == LSHIFT_EXPR
> -          || code == RSHIFT_EXPR
> -          || code == LROTATE_EXPR
> -          || code == RROTATE_EXPR)
> -         && (TREE_CODE (gimple_assign_rhs2 (stmt)) != INTEGER_CST
> -             /* We cannot use ranges at 'stmt' here.  */
> -             || wi::geu_p (wi::to_wide (gimple_assign_rhs2 (stmt)),
> -                           element_precision (type))))
> -       ret = MOVE_PRESERVE_EXECUTION;
> +      /* A non-constant count is masked by rewrite_to_defined_unconditional
> +        when moved, unless optimizing for size; an out-of-range constant
> +        cannot be made well-defined.  */
> +      if (code == LSHIFT_EXPR
> +         || code == RSHIFT_EXPR
> +         || code == LROTATE_EXPR
> +         || code == RROTATE_EXPR)
> +       {
> +         tree count = gimple_assign_rhs2 (stmt);
> +         if (TREE_CODE (count) == INTEGER_CST
> +             ? wi::geu_p (wi::to_wide (count), element_precision (type))
> +             : (!gimple_needing_rewrite_undefined (stmt)
> +                || optimize_loop_for_size_p (loop_containing_stmt (stmt))))
> +           ret = MOVE_PRESERVE_EXECUTION;
> +       }
>      }
>
>    /* Non local loads in a transaction cannot be hoisted out.  Well,
> @@ -780,6 +783,27 @@ extract_true_false_args_from_phi (basic_block dom, gphi 
> *phi,
>    return true;
>  }
>
> +/* Return true if STMT is a shift or rotate whose count would have to be
> +   masked when moved out of LOOP, because STMT is not always executed
> +   when LOOP is entered.  */
> +
> +static bool
> +shift_needs_mask_p (gimple *stmt, class loop *loop)
> +{
> +  if (!is_gimple_assign (stmt))
> +    return false;
> +  enum tree_code code = gimple_assign_rhs_code (stmt);
> +  if (code != LSHIFT_EXPR
> +      && code != RSHIFT_EXPR
> +      && code != LROTATE_EXPR
> +      && code != RROTATE_EXPR)
> +    return false;
> +  if (TREE_CODE (gimple_assign_rhs2 (stmt)) == INTEGER_CST)
> +    return false;
> +  class loop *always = get_lim_data (stmt)->always_executed_in;
> +  return !always || !(always == loop || flow_loop_nested_p (always, loop));
> +}
> +
>  /* Determine the outermost loop to that it is possible to hoist a statement
>     STMT and store it to LIM_DATA (STMT)->max_loop.  To do this we determine
>     the outermost loop in that the value computed by STMT is invariant.
> @@ -929,7 +953,11 @@ determine_max_movement (gimple *stmt, bool 
> must_preserve_exec)
>         return false;
>      }
>
> -  lim_data->cost += stmt_cost (stmt);
> +  /* A shift that needs its count masked is not worth moving on its own.  */
> +  unsigned cost = stmt_cost (stmt);
> +  if (cost >= LIM_EXPENSIVE && shift_needs_mask_p (stmt, lim_data->max_loop))
> +    cost = 1;
> +  lim_data->cost += cost;
>
>    return true;
>  }
> --
> 2.55.0
>

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