This is stricter than the default "ieee", and should probably be the
default. This patch leaves the default alone. I can change this in a
future patch.
There are non-reversible transforms I would like to perform which are
legal under IEEE denormal handling, but illegal with flushing zero
behavior. Namely, conversions between llvm.is.fpclass and fcmp with
zeroes.
Under "ieee" handling, it is legal to translate between
llvm.is.fpclass(x, fcZero) and fcmp x, 0.
Under "preserve-sign" handling, it is legal to translate between
llvm.is.fpclass(x, fcSubnormal|fcZero) and fcmp x, 0.
I would like to compile and distribute some math library functions in
a mode where it's callable from code with and without denormals
enabled, which requires not changing the compares with denormals or
zeroes.
If an IEEE function transforms an llvm.is.fpclass call into an fcmp 0,
it is no longer possible to call the function from code with denormals
enabled, or write an optimization to move the function into a denormal
flushing mode. For the original function, if x was a denormal, the
class would evaluate to false. If the function compiled with denormal
handling was converted to or called from a preserve-sign function, the
fcmp now evaluates to true.
This could also be of use for strictfp handling, where code may be
changing the denormal mode.
Alternative name could be "unknown".
Replaces the old AMDGPU custom inlining logic with more conservative
logic which tries to permit inlining for callees with dynamic handling
and avoids inlining other mismatched modes.
IIUIC, this changes denorm mode attributes on the functions with dynamic denorm mode that we link in.
Will that be a problem if the same function, when linked into different modules, would end up with different attributes? E.g. if a function is externally visible and is intended to be common'ed across multiple modules. Should dynamic denorm mode be restricted to the functions private to the module only? We do typically internalize linked bitcode for CUDA, but I don't think it's something we can always implicitly assume.