RFR: 8304720: SuperWord::schedule should rebuild C2-graph from SuperWord dependency-graph

Emanuel Peter epeter at openjdk.org
Tue Apr 25 15:07:19 UTC 2023


`SuperWord:schedule`, and specifically `SuperWord::co_locate_pack` is broken.
The problem is with the basic approach of it, as far as I know.
Hence, I had to completely re-design the `schedule` algorithm, based on the `PacksetGraph` ([JDK-8304042](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8304042), https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13078).

**The current approach**

The idea is to leave the non-vectorized memory ops in their place, and find the right place for the vectorized memops to be "sandwiched" into. The logic is very complex and has already had a few bugs fixed.

**Why this does not work**

However, in some rare cases, we have to reorder non-vectorized operations. See this example that I added as a regression test:

https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/a771a61005aea272cc51fa3f3e1637c217582fce/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/loopopts/superword/TestScheduleReordersScalarMemops.java#L82-L109

I found this issue during work on https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/13078, where I had to restrict/disable some tests that are now passing.

**Solution**

Abandon the idea of "sandwiching" memops. Rewrite `SuperWord:schedule`:

https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/6bb2da3da988618803823e905f23cb106cd9d6b2/src/hotspot/share/opto/superword.cpp#L2567-L2576

We first schedule all memops into a linear order.
We do this scheduling based on the `PacksetGraph`, which gives us a `DAG` based on the `packset` and the dependency-graph (which in turn respects the data use-defs, as well as the memory dependencies, unless we can prove that they do not reference the same memory). 
In other words: we have a linearization that respects all dependencies that must be respected.
Further, we make sure that ops from the same pack are scheduled as a block (all adjacent to each other), and in order that the packset has internally.

https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/6bb2da3da988618803823e905f23cb106cd9d6b2/src/hotspot/share/opto/superword.cpp#L2489-L2493

Now that we have this order (and we have not aborted because we found a cycle in the `PacksetGraph`), we must apply this schedule to each memory slice, and reorder the memops in the slices accordingly.

https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/6bb2da3da988618803823e905f23cb106cd9d6b2/src/hotspot/share/opto/superword.cpp#L2617-L2619

This scheduling has the nice side-effect of simplifying `SuperWord::output` a little.
We know now that the first element in a pack is also first in the slice order, and the last element in the pack is last in the slice (because we schedule the packs as a block, i.e. in the pack order).

**Discussion**

This seems to me to be a much more straight forward approach, and it uses the code I recently added for verification of cyclic dependencies in the packset ([JDK-8304042](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8304042), https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13078).

One potential improvement to my fix:
We now sometimes re-order the non-vectorized memory slices, even though it may not be necessary.
This is now wrong, but it makes updates to the graph that may be confusing when debugging.
Further, the re-ordering may have performance impacts.
I could use a priority-queue (min-heap, would have to implement it since it does not yet exist), and schedule the `PacksetGraph` whenever possible with the lower `bb_idx` first. This would make the new linear order the same/closer to the old one. However, I am not sure if this is worth the effort and overhead of a priority-queue.

**Testing**
Github-actions pass. tier1-6 + stress testing passes.
Performance testing showed no significant performance change.

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Commit messages:
 - Merge branch 'master' into JDK-8304720
 - re-restrict a IR test to 64 bit, fails on x86-32
 - bigger cleanup
 - weaken the assert that fails because of my_pack inconsistency with -XX:+UseVectorCmov
 - Improve some bad comments
 - fixed last memory state in loop, and enabled tests from prevous bug that should now pass
 - more to last commit
 - special handling for Loads with memory state outside loop
 - regression test
 - Update to SuperWord::output - may need more work there
 - ... and 1 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/f239695b...677400bb

Changes: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13354/files
 Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=13354&range=00
  Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8304720
  Stats: 617 lines in 5 files changed: 223 ins; 273 del; 121 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13354.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/13354/head:pull/13354

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/13354


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