1 //===--- BranchProbabilityInfo.h - Branch Probability Analysis --*- C++ -*-===//
3 // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
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10 // This pass is used to evaluate branch probabilties.
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14 #ifndef LLVM_ANALYSIS_BRANCHPROBABILITYINFO_H
15 #define LLVM_ANALYSIS_BRANCHPROBABILITYINFO_H
17 #include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
18 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"
19 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
20 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
21 #include "llvm/Support/BranchProbability.h"
22 #include "llvm/Support/CFG.h"
28 /// \brief Analysis pass providing branch probability information.
30 /// This is a function analysis pass which provides information on the relative
31 /// probabilities of each "edge" in the function's CFG where such an edge is
32 /// defined by a pair (PredBlock and an index in the successors). The
33 /// probability of an edge from one block is always relative to the
34 /// probabilities of other edges from the block. The probabilites of all edges
35 /// from a block sum to exactly one (100%).
36 /// We use a pair (PredBlock and an index in the successors) to uniquely
37 /// identify an edge, since we can have multiple edges from Src to Dst.
38 /// As an example, we can have a switch which jumps to Dst with value 0 and
40 class BranchProbabilityInfo : public FunctionPass {
44 BranchProbabilityInfo() : FunctionPass(ID) {
45 initializeBranchProbabilityInfoPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
48 void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const;
49 bool runOnFunction(Function &F);
50 void print(raw_ostream &OS, const Module *M = 0) const;
52 /// \brief Get an edge's probability, relative to other out-edges of the Src.
54 /// This routine provides access to the fractional probability between zero
55 /// (0%) and one (100%) of this edge executing, relative to other edges
56 /// leaving the 'Src' block. The returned probability is never zero, and can
57 /// only be one if the source block has only one successor.
58 BranchProbability getEdgeProbability(const BasicBlock *Src,
59 unsigned IndexInSuccessors) const;
61 /// \brief Get the probability of going from Src to Dst.
63 /// It returns the sum of all probabilities for edges from Src to Dst.
64 BranchProbability getEdgeProbability(const BasicBlock *Src,
65 const BasicBlock *Dst) const;
67 /// \brief Test if an edge is hot relative to other out-edges of the Src.
69 /// Check whether this edge out of the source block is 'hot'. We define hot
70 /// as having a relative probability >= 80%.
71 bool isEdgeHot(const BasicBlock *Src, const BasicBlock *Dst) const;
73 /// \brief Retrieve the hot successor of a block if one exists.
75 /// Given a basic block, look through its successors and if one exists for
76 /// which \see isEdgeHot would return true, return that successor block.
77 BasicBlock *getHotSucc(BasicBlock *BB) const;
79 /// \brief Print an edge's probability.
81 /// Retrieves an edge's probability similarly to \see getEdgeProbability, but
82 /// then prints that probability to the provided stream. That stream is then
84 raw_ostream &printEdgeProbability(raw_ostream &OS, const BasicBlock *Src,
85 const BasicBlock *Dst) const;
87 /// \brief Get the raw edge weight calculated for the edge.
89 /// This returns the raw edge weight. It is guaranteed to fall between 1 and
90 /// UINT32_MAX. Note that the raw edge weight is not meaningful in isolation.
91 /// This interface should be very carefully, and primarily by routines that
92 /// are updating the analysis by later calling setEdgeWeight.
93 uint32_t getEdgeWeight(const BasicBlock *Src,
94 unsigned IndexInSuccessors) const;
96 /// \brief Get the raw edge weight calculated for the block pair.
98 /// This returns the sum of all raw edge weights from Src to Dst.
99 /// It is guaranteed to fall between 1 and UINT32_MAX.
100 uint32_t getEdgeWeight(const BasicBlock *Src, const BasicBlock *Dst) const;
102 uint32_t getEdgeWeight(const BasicBlock *Src,
103 succ_const_iterator Dst) const;
105 /// \brief Set the raw edge weight for a given edge.
107 /// This allows a pass to explicitly set the edge weight for an edge. It can
108 /// be used when updating the CFG to update and preserve the branch
109 /// probability information. Read the implementation of how these edge
110 /// weights are calculated carefully before using!
111 void setEdgeWeight(const BasicBlock *Src, unsigned IndexInSuccessors,
115 // Since we allow duplicate edges from one basic block to another, we use
116 // a pair (PredBlock and an index in the successors) to specify an edge.
117 typedef std::pair<const BasicBlock *, unsigned> Edge;
119 // Default weight value. Used when we don't have information about the edge.
120 // TODO: DEFAULT_WEIGHT makes sense during static predication, when none of
121 // the successors have a weight yet. But it doesn't make sense when providing
122 // weight to an edge that may have siblings with non-zero weights. This can
123 // be handled various ways, but it's probably fine for an edge with unknown
124 // weight to just "inherit" the non-zero weight of an adjacent successor.
125 static const uint32_t DEFAULT_WEIGHT = 16;
127 DenseMap<Edge, uint32_t> Weights;
129 /// \brief Handle to the LoopInfo analysis.
132 /// \brief Track the last function we run over for printing.
135 /// \brief Track the set of blocks directly succeeded by a returning block.
136 SmallPtrSet<BasicBlock *, 16> PostDominatedByUnreachable;
138 /// \brief Track the set of blocks that always lead to a cold call.
139 SmallPtrSet<BasicBlock *, 16> PostDominatedByColdCall;
141 /// \brief Get sum of the block successors' weights.
142 uint32_t getSumForBlock(const BasicBlock *BB) const;
144 bool calcUnreachableHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
145 bool calcMetadataWeights(BasicBlock *BB);
146 bool calcColdCallHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
147 bool calcPointerHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
148 bool calcLoopBranchHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
149 bool calcZeroHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
150 bool calcFloatingPointHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);
151 bool calcInvokeHeuristics(BasicBlock *BB);