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Sorry once again. Thanks & Regards Ajit From: Ajit Kumar Agarwal Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:43 PM To: 'gcc@gcc.gnu.org'; 'vmaka...@redhat.com' Cc: 'Michael Eager'; Vinod Kathail; Vidhumouli Hunsigida; Nagaraju Mekala Subject: RE: Live Range Splitting in Integrated Register Allocator Adding the gcc@gcc.gnu.org mailing list. From: Ajit Kumar Agarwal Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:33 PM To: 'gcc@gcc.gnu.org'; 'vmaka...@redhat.com' Cc: 'Michael Eager'; Vinod Kathail; Vidhumouli Hunsigida; Nagaraju Mekala Subject: Live Range Splitting in Integrated Register Allocator Hello All: I am planning to implement the Live range splitting based on the following cases in the Integrated Register Allocator. For a given Live range that spans from from outer region to inner region of the loop. Such Live ranges which are LiveIn at the entry of the header of the Loop and Live Out at the exit of the loop but there are no references inside the Loop. Such Live ranges lead to unoptimal spill and fetch inside the Loop conflicting with the shorter live ranges that spans inside the Loop. Lets say such Live range as L1. L1 can be splitted at the Loop Boundary splitting the Live range by making a store at the header of the Loop and the Load at the exit of the Loop. This makes the Live range less conflicting with the Live ranges that are local to the Loop regions reducing the spill and Fetch inside the Loops. >From the code and documentation of Integrated Register Allocator following is >the understanding. As Live range L1 is live in the outer region but as there are no reference inside the Loop region. Since the allocno for L1 for a given variable v is assigned two allocno v1 and v2 . V1 being assigned allocno for the outer region and v2 as allocno for the inner Loop region. This allows to accumulate the information from the inner loop region to outer region. Will the current Integrated Register Allocator will consider the Live range L1 as Live inside the Loop and outer region? If Yes then there will be conflicting with the Live ranges that are local to the Loop region leading to spill and fetch inside the Loop. If the v1 and v2 allocno are created v1 for the outer region and v2 for the inner region then there will v2 will be conflicting the local live ranges inside the Loop region and v1 will be conflicting with the Live ranges of the outer regions. This is how its been considered as Live range splitting at the Loop Boundary for the Live range that spans inside the Loop but not not being referenced? If Such cases are not being considered in the Integrated Register Allocator, then it will be useful to implement such cases in IRA which will be benefitted the microblaze target. Please let me know what do you think. Thanks & Regards Ajit
