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> From: ajit.kumar.agar...@xilinx.com
> To: l...@redhat.com; richard.guent...@gmail.com; gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> CC: vin...@xilinx.com; shail...@xilinx.com; vid...@xilinx.com;
> nmek...@xilinx.com
> Subject: Proposal for another approach for Loop transformation with
> conditional in Loops.
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 04:40:54 +0000
>
> Hello All:
>
> I am proposing the new approach to Loop transformation as given below in the
> example For the loops with
> conditional expression inside the Loops. The Loop body should be reducible
> control flow graph. The iteration
> space is partitioned into different spaces for which either the cond_expr is
> true or cond_expr is false. The
> evaluation of cond_expr for the partitioned iteration spaces can be
> determined statically. For the partitioned
> iterations and based on the analysis of cond_expr on the partitioned
> iterations spaces the Loops in fig (a) will
> be transformed to Loops in fig (b).
>
> for the iteration spaces of the conditional inside the loop is live in at the
> entry of the cond_expr and Live out
> the Control flow graph is topological ordered with the basic blocks for the
> conditional CFG and the partitioned
> iteration spaces can be formed for which the spaces can be true for
> conditional expr and false and unknown.
>
> Based on the above info and analysis the Loop of Fig (a) will be transformed
> to Loop Fig (b).
>
> This is much more optimized code as compared to the performance. The cases
> will be triggered for SPEC
> Benchmarks. Loops is partitioned to different version with different
> iteration spaces. Optimized in the presence
> Of the transformed generation of the loops without conditional.
>
> For ( x1= lb1; x1<= ub1; x1++)
> ..
> For(xn= lbn; xn <= ubn; xn++)
> {
>
> V = cond_expr;
> If ( V)
> Code_FOR _THEN;
> Else
> Code_FOR_ELSE;
> }
>
> }
> Fig(a)
>
> /* Loop for cond_expr == true */
> For( x1 = ................................)
> For(xn = ............................)
> CODE_FOR_THEN;
> End
> End
>
> /* Loop for cond_expr == false */
> For ( x1 = ......................)
> For( xn = .......................)
> CODE_FOR_ELSE;
> End
> End
>
> /* Loop for cond_expr == unknown *//
> For ( x1 = ...........................)
> For( xn = ........................
> {
> V = cond_expr;
> If( v)
> CODE_FOR_THEN;
> Else
> CODE_FOR_ELSE;
> }
> }
>
> Fig ( b).
>
> Thoughts Please ?
>
> Thanks & Regards
> Ajit
Also, to add to it, we could have profile feedback so that we only do this in
the case of hot loops and not do when optimizing for size.
-Aditya
