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(and thanks again for looking at patch 2 earlier)


On Thu, 2017-11-30 at 14:17 -0500, David Malcolm wrote:
> Ping for the rest of this kit:
>   https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2017-11/msg00880.html
> 
> (thanks for the review of patch 2 of the kit)
> 
> On Fri, 2017-11-10 at 16:45 -0500, David Malcolm wrote:
> > On Thu, 2017-11-02 at 10:46 -0400, Jason Merrill wrote:
> > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 5:09 PM, David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.c
> > > om
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2017-10-24 at 09:53 -0400, Jason Merrill wrote:
> > > > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 5:53 PM, David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redh
> > > > > at
> > > > > .c
> > > > > om>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Design questions:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > * The patch introduces a new kind of tree node, currently
> > > > > > called
> > > > > >   DECL_WRAPPER_EXPR (although it's used for wrapping
> > > > > > constants
> > > > > > as
> > > > > > well
> > > > > >   as decls).  Should wrappers be a new kind of tree node,
> > > > > > or
> > > > > > should
> > > > > > they
> > > > > >   reuse an existing TREE_CODE? (e.g. NOP_EXPR,
> > > > > > CONVERT_EXPR,
> > > > > > etc).
> > > > > >     * NOP_EXPR: seems to be for use as an rvalue
> > > > > >     * CONVERT_EXPR: for type conversions
> > > > > >     * NON_LVALUE_EXPR: "Value is same as argument, but
> > > > > > guaranteed
> > > > > > not an
> > > > > >       lvalue"
> > > > > >       * but we *do* want to support lvalues here
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think using NON_LVALUE_EXPR for constants would be
> > > > > appropriate.
> > > > > 
> > > > > >     * VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR: viewing one thing as of a
> > > > > > different
> > > > > > type
> > > > > >       * can it support lvalues?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Yes, the purpose of VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR is to support lvalues,
> > > > > it
> > > > > seems
> > > > > like the right choice.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Jason
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks.  I've been working on a new version of the patch using
> > > > those
> > > > tree codes, but have run into an issue.
> > > > 
> > > > In g++.dg/conversion/reinterpret1.C:
> > > > 
> > > >   // PR c++/15076
> > > > 
> > > >   struct Y { Y(int &); };
> > > > 
> > > >   int v;
> > > >   Y y1(reinterpret_cast<int>(v));  // { dg-error "" }
> > > > 
> > > > With trunk, this successfully generates an error:
> > > > 
> > > >   reinterpret1.C:6:6: error: cannot bind non-const lvalue
> > > > reference
> > > > of type ‘int&’ to an rvalue of type ‘int’
> > > >    Y y1(reinterpret_cast<int>(v));  // { dg-error "" }
> > > >         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > >   reinterpret1.C:3:12: note:   initializing argument 1 of
> > > > ‘Y::Y(int&)’
> > > >    struct Y { Y(int &); };
> > > >               ^
> > > > 
> > > > where internally there's a NON_LVALUE_EXPR around a VAR_DECL,
> > > > where
> > > > both have the same type:
> > > > 
> > > > (gdb) call debug_tree (expr)
> > > >  <non_lvalue_expr 0x7ffff145f6e0
> > > >     type <integer_type 0x7ffff132e5e8 int public type_6 SI
> > > >         size <integer_cst 0x7ffff1331120 constant 32>
> > > >         unit-size <integer_cst 0x7ffff1331138 constant 4>
> > > >         align:32 warn_if_not_align:0 symtab:0 alias-set -1
> > > > canonical-type 0x7ffff132e5e8 precision:32 min <integer_cst
> > > > 0x7ffff13310d8 -2147483648> max <integer_cst 0x7ffff13310f0
> > > > 2147483647>
> > > >         pointer_to_this <pointer_type 0x7ffff1336a80>
> > > > reference_to_this <reference_type 0x7ffff144ca80>>
> > > > 
> > > >     arg:0 <var_decl 0x7ffff7ffbd80 v type <integer_type
> > > > 0x7ffff132e5e8 int>
> > > >         used public static tree_1 read SI /home/david/coding-
> > > > 3/gcc-
> > > > git-expr-vs-
> > > > decl/src/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/conversion/reinterpret1.C:5:5
> > > > size
> > > > <integer_cst 0x7ffff1331120 32> unit-size <integer_cst
> > > > 0x7ffff1331138 4>
> > > >         align:32 warn_if_not_align:0 context
> > > > <translation_unit_decl
> > > > 0x7ffff131e168 /home/david/coding-3/gcc-git-expr-vs-
> > > > decl/src/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/conversion/reinterpret1.C>
> > > >         chain <type_decl 0x7ffff141a720 Y type <record_type
> > > > 0x7ffff144c150 Y>
> > > >             public decl_2 VOID /home/david/coding-3/gcc-git-
> > > > expr-
> > > > vs-decl/src/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/conversion/reinterpret1.C:3:8
> > > >             align:8 warn_if_not_align:0 context
> > > > <translation_unit_decl 0x7ffff131e168 /home/david/coding-3/gcc-
> > > > git-
> > > > expr-vs-
> > > > decl/src/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/conversion/reinterpret1.C>
> > > > chain <function_decl 0x7ffff144f800 __cxa_call_unexpected>>>
> > > >     /home/david/coding-3/gcc-git-expr-vs-
> > > > decl/src/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/conversion/reinterpret1.C:6:6
> > > > start:
> > > > /home/david/coding-3/gcc-git-expr-vs-
> > > > decl/src/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/conversion/reinterpret1.C:6:6
> > > > finish:
> > > > /home/david/coding-3/gcc-git-expr-vs-
> > > > decl/src/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/conversion/reinterpret1.C:6:29>
> > > > 
> > > > The problem is that this reinterpret cast "looks" just like one
> > > > of
> > > > my
> > > > location wrappers.
> > > 
> > > Your code shouldn't strip a NON_LVALUE_EXPR around a VAR_DECL.
> > > > I see a similar issue with constants, where with:
> > > > 
> > > >   struct Y { Y(int &); };
> > > >   Y y1(reinterpret_cast<int>(42));
> > > > 
> > > > trunk generates an error like the above, but my code handles
> > > > the
> > > >   NON_LVALUE_EXPR<int>(INTEGER_CST<int>(42))
> > > > as if it were a location wrapper around the INTEGER_CST, and
> > > > thus
> > > > doesn't emit the error.
> > > 
> > > Why doesn't it emit the error?  We should get the same error
> > > whether
> > > or not we strip the wrapper.
> > 
> > Thanks: my stripping macro was over-zealous: it was stripping any
> > NON_LVALUE_EXPR or VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR where the type matched that of
> > the wrapped node.  I've added the additional condition that a
> > NON_LVALUE_EXPR has to be around a CONSTANT_CLASS_P, and
> > a VIEW_CONVERT_EXPR around a !CONSTANT_CLASS_P.
> > 
> > Here's an updated version of the patch (v2), now a patch kit (on
> > top
> > of r254387).  I split it up thematically for ease of review, but
> > all
> > the patches go together.
> > 
> > This version of the patch kit bootstraps and passes the regression
> > tests (on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
> > 
> > To do so, I've made some simplfications to how wrappers nodes are
> > added.
> > 
> > The previous patch added wrappers in the C++ parser around
> > constants
> > and uses-of-declarations, along with some other places in the
> > parser (typeid, alignof, sizeof, offsetof).
> > 
> > This version takes a much more minimal approach: it only adds
> > location wrapper nodes around the arguments at callsites, thus
> > not adding wrapper nodes around uses of constants and decls in
> > other
> > locations.
> > 
> > It keeps them for the other places in the parser (typeid, alignof,
> > sizeof, offsetof).
> > 
> > In addition, for now, each site that adds wrapper nodes is guarded
> > with !processing_template_decl, suppressing the creation of wrapper
> > nodes when processing template declarations.  This is to simplify
> > the patch kit so that we don't have to support wrapper nodes during
> > template expansion.
> > 
> > With this, we get a big usability win: we always have a location_t
> > for every argument at a callsite, and so various errors involving
> > mismatching arguments are much easier to read (as the pertinent
> > argument is underlined).
> > 
> > I marked this as "PR 43486" as it's a big step towards solving that
> > PR (which seeks to preserve locations all the way through to the
> > middle end), but much more would need to be done to solve it:
> > 
> > * this patch kit only adds wrappers to the C++ frontend, not to C
> > 
> > * as noted above, location_t wrapper nodes are only added at
> >   arguments of callsites (and a few other places), with some
> >   restrictions.
> > 
> > * none of the wrapper nodes survive past gimplification;
> >   it's not clear to me how best to preserve them into the
> >   middle-end.  But even without doing so, we get the big usability
> >   win.
> > 
> > The later parts of the patch kit add STRIP_ANY_LOCATION_WRAPPER
> > uses
> > in various places where the tree code of an expression is examined,
> > so that such conditions use the code of the wrapped node, rather
> > than that of the wrapper.  One of the risks of the patch kit is
> > that
> > although the testsuite passes, there are probably places in our
> > code
> > which still need uses of STRIP_ANY_LOCATION_WRAPPER.
> > 
> > 
> > Performance of the patch kit
> > ****************************
> > 
> > Benchmarking shows an apparent 2-3% in cc1plus wallclock compile-
> > time
> > for kdecore.cc -O3 -g:
> > 
> > Compilation of kdecore.cc at -O3 with -g for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu:
> > wall
> >       control: [56.55, 56.54, 56.68, 56.51, 56.45, 56.5, 56.45,
> > 56.46, 56.49, 56.5, 56.42, 56.37, 56.41, 56.55]
> >    experiment: [57.32, 58.37, 58.17, 58.18, 58.78, 58.48, 57.99,
> > 58.16, 58.14, 57.62, 58.36, 58.1, 57.71, 57.7]
> > Min: 56.370000 -> 57.320000: 1.02x slower
> > Avg: 56.491429 -> 58.077143: 1.03x slower
> > Significant (t=-15.14)
> > Stddev: 0.07655 -> 0.38426: 5.0199x larger
> > 
> > although I'm not quite sure why; the difference is in "phase
> > setup",
> > which
> > gains a large "wall" value (but not in usr or sys), whereas "phase
> > parsing"
> > is unaffected:
> > 
> > unpatched:
> > 
> >  phase setup             :   0.00 ( 0%) usr   0.02 ( 0%) sys   0.02
> > (
> > 0%) wall    1488 kB ( 0%) ggc
> >  phase parsing           :   1.83 ( 4%) usr   0.82 (16%) sys   2.66
> > (
> > 5%) wall  156603 kB (12%) ggc
> >  phase lang. deferred    :   0.30 ( 1%) usr   0.09 ( 2%) sys   0.38
> > (
> > 1%) wall   29861 kB ( 2%) ggc
> >  phase opt and generate  :  48.09 (94%) usr   4.28 (81%) sys  52.55
> > (93%) wall 1085420 kB (84%) ggc
> >  phase last asm          :   0.86 ( 2%) usr   0.05 ( 1%) sys   0.92
> > (
> > 2%) wall   15806 kB ( 1%) ggc
> >  phase finalize          :   0.00 ( 0%) usr   0.01 ( 0%) sys   0.01
> > (
> > 0%) wall       0 kB ( 0%) ggc
> >  |name lookup            :   0.30 ( 1%) usr   0.13 ( 2%) sys   0.21
> > (
> > 0%) wall    4955 kB ( 0%) ggc
> >  |overload resolution    :   0.49 ( 1%) usr   0.06 ( 1%) sys   0.68
> > (
> > 1%) wall   27263 kB ( 2%) ggc
> >  garbage collection      :   0.77 ( 2%) usr   0.00 ( 0%) sys   0.77
> > (
> > 1%) wall       0 kB ( 0%) ggc
> >  [...]
> >  TOTAL                 :  51.08             5.27            56.54  
> >   
> >         1289189 kB
> > 
> > patched:
> >  phase setup             :   0.01 ( 0%) usr   0.03 ( 1%) sys   1.91
> > (
> > 3%) wall    1488 kB ( 0%) ggc
> >  phase parsing           :   1.80 ( 4%) usr   0.84 (16%) sys   2.66
> > (
> > 5%) wall  158066 kB (12%) ggc
> >  phase lang. deferred    :   0.29 ( 1%) usr   0.09 ( 2%) sys   0.39
> > (
> > 1%) wall   29861 kB ( 2%) ggc
> >  phase opt and generate  :  48.09 (94%) usr   4.27 (81%) sys  52.52
> > (90%) wall 1085428 kB (84%) ggc
> >  phase last asm          :   0.82 ( 2%) usr   0.05 ( 1%) sys   0.89
> > (
> > 2%) wall   15806 kB ( 1%) ggc
> >  phase finalize          :   0.00 ( 0%) usr   0.01 ( 0%) sys   0.00
> > (
> > 0%) wall       0 kB ( 0%) ggc
> >  |name lookup            :   0.29 ( 1%) usr   0.07 ( 1%) sys   0.36
> > (
> > 1%) wall    4955 kB ( 0%) ggc
> >  |overload resolution    :   0.51 ( 1%) usr   0.07 ( 1%) sys   0.50
> > (
> > 1%) wall   27296 kB ( 2%) ggc
> >  garbage collection      :   0.79 ( 2%) usr   0.00 ( 0%) sys   0.78
> > (
> > 1%) wall       0 kB ( 0%) ggc
> >  TOTAL                 :  51.01             5.29            58.37  
> >   
> >         1290660 kB
> > 
> > What's up with that "phase setup" change?  Did I mess up my testing
> > somehow?
> > 
> > 
> > ...and a slight increase in GGC usage:
> > 
> > Compilation of kdecore.cc at -O3 with -g for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu:
> > ggc
> >       control: [1289179.0, 1289189.0, 1289170.0, 1289186.0,
> > 1289194.0, 1289172.0, 1289176.0, 1289192.0, 1289189.0, 1289179.0,
> > 1289172.0, 1289190.0, 1289169.0, 1289185.0]
> >    experiment: [1290654.0, 1290660.0, 1290655.0, 1290659.0,
> > 1290631.0, 1290655.0, 1290650.0, 1290652.0, 1290642.0, 1290650.0,
> > 1290658.0, 1290662.0, 1290638.0, 1290655.0]
> > Mem max: 1289194.000 -> 1290662.000: 1.0011x larger
> > 
> > (this is with stripped binaries, and --enable-checking=release)
> > 
> > Testing with a simple file that includes all of the C++ standard
> > library
> > (but doesn't do anything with it) shows no change in time, and GGC
> > usage
> > in the parsing phase increasing 50kB from 149954 kB to 150004 kB.
> > 
> > 
> > Next steps?
> > ***********
> > 
> > I'm working on extending the patch kit to add wrapper nodes at all
> > constants and uses-of-decls in the C++ parser, but of course this
> > could have some effect on time/memory, and require more uses of
> > STRIP_ANY_LOCATION_WRAPPER.
> > 
> > An alternative appoach is:
> > 
> >   "[PATCH] C++: use an optional vec<location_t> for callsites"
> >     https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2017-08/msg01392.html
> > 
> > which eschews wrapper nodes in favor of duplicating the C
> > frontend's
> > workaround here (though Jason disliked this approach, when we
> > discussed
> > it at Cauldron).
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > (I'm keen on getting *some* solution for providing location_t
> > values
> > for arguments at C++ callsites into gcc 8)
> > 
> > 
> > David Malcolm (14):
> >   C++: preserve locations within build_address
> >   Support for adding and stripping location_t wrapper nodes
> >   C++: add location_t wrapper nodes during parsing (minimal impl)
> >   Update testsuite to show improvements
> >   tree.c: strip location wrappers from integer_zerop etc
> >   Fix Wsizeof-pointer-memaccess*.c
> >   reject_gcc_builtin: strip any location wrappers
> >   cp/tree.c: strip location wrappers in lvalue_kind
> >   Strip location wrappers in null_ptr_cst_p
> >   warn_for_memset: handle location wrappers
> >   Handle location wrappers in string_conv_p
> >   C++: introduce null_node_p
> >   c-format.c: handle location wrappers
> >   pp_c_cast_expression: don't print casts for location wrappers
> > 
> >  gcc/c-family/c-common.c                            |   3 +
> >  gcc/c-family/c-common.h                            |   1 +
> >  gcc/c-family/c-format.c                            |   9 +-
> >  gcc/c-family/c-pretty-print.c                      |  66 +++++-
> >  gcc/c-family/c-warn.c                              |   8 +
> >  gcc/cp/call.c                                      |   6 +-
> >  gcc/cp/cp-tree.h                                   |  13 ++
> >  gcc/cp/cvt.c                                       |   2 +-
> >  gcc/cp/error.c                                     |   2 +-
> >  gcc/cp/except.c                                    |   2 +-
> >  gcc/cp/parser.c                                    |  30 ++-
> >  gcc/cp/tree.c                                      |   2 +
> >  gcc/cp/typeck.c                                    |   6 +-
> >  .../g++.dg/diagnostic/param-type-mismatch.C        |  27 +--
> >  .../g++.dg/plugin/diagnostic-test-expressions-1.C  | 260
> > +++++++++++++--------
> >  gcc/tree.c                                         |  59 +++++
> >  gcc/tree.h                                         |  26 +++
> >  17 files changed, 392 insertions(+), 130 deletions(-)
> > 

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