Hi GCC community,
I have a question about pattern matching in match.pd.
So I have a pattern like this [1]:
#define CMP !=
bool f(bool c, int i) { return (c << i) CMP 0; }
bool g(bool c, int i) { return c CMP 0;}
It is verifiably correct to transfer f to g [2]. Although this pattern looks
simple, but the problem rises because GIMPLE converts booleans to int before
"<<" operation.
So at the end you have boolean->integer->boolean conversion and the shift will
happen on the integer in the middle.
For example, for something like:
bool g(bool c){return (c << 22);}
The GIMPLE is:
_Bool g (_Bool c)
{
int _1;
int _2;
_Bool _4;
<bb 2> [local count: 1073741824]:
_1 = (int) c_3(D);
_2 = _1 << 22;
_4 = _2 != 0;
return _4;
}
I wrote a patch to fix this problem in match.pd:
+(match boolean_valued_p
+ @0
+ (if (TREE_CODE (type) == BOOLEAN_TYPE
+ && TYPE_PRECISION (type) == 1)))
+(for op (tcc_comparison truth_and truth_andif truth_or truth_orif truth_xor)
+ (match boolean_valued_p
+ (op @0 @1)))
+(match boolean_valued_p
+ (truth_not @0))
+/* cmp : ==, != */
+/* ((B0 << x) cmp 0) -> B0 cmp 0 */
+(for cmp (eq ne)
+ (simplify
+ (cmp (lshift (convert@3 boolean_valued_p@0) @1) integer_zerop@2)
+ (if (TREE_CODE (TREE_TYPE (@3)) == INTEGER_TYPE
+ && (GIMPLE || !TREE_SIDE_EFFECTS (@1)))
+ (cmp @0 @2))))
But the problem is I am not able to restrict to the cases I am interested in.
There are many hits in other libraries I have tried compiling with trunk+patch.
Any feedback?
1) https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=98956
2) https://alive2.llvm.org/ce/z/UUTJ_v
Best wishes,
Navid.
