[X86] replace (atomic fetch_add of 0) by (mfence; mov)

[morisset]

Summary

Mostly useful for implementing seqlocks in C11/C++11, as explained in
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2012/HPL-2012-68.pdf
In particular, it can avoid cache-line bouncing, bringing massive scalability
improvements in the micro-benchmarks of the paper.

This cannot be done as a target-independent pass, because it is unsound
to turn a fetch_add(&x, 0, release) into fence(seq_cst); load(&x, seq_cst)
as shown by the following example(from the paper above):
atomic<int> x = y = 0;
Thread 0:

x.store(1, mo_relaxed);
r1 = y.fetch_add(0, mo_release);

Thread 1:

y.fetch_add(1, mo_acquire);
r2 = x.load(mo_relaxed);

r1 == r2 == 0 is not possible in the above code, but becomes possible if it the
fetch_add of thread 0 is turned into a fence followed by a load, even if they
are both seq_cst.

[majnemer]

lib/Target/X86/X86ISelDAGToDAG.cpp

1777–1792

This should be formatted per the coding standards; consider running clang-format on your changes.

[morisset]

Fixed formatting.

Thanks David for suggesting the use of clang-format.

[chandlerc]

lib/Target/X86/X86ISelDAGToDAG.cpp

1748–1751

A general, important comment about implementing these kinds of optimizations: please write out the justification in the comments. Cite the paper for details, but at least lay out the basic ideas. It also would be useful to explain it using the terminology likely to be familiar to another LLVM developer.

[morisset]

Improve comment, giving the rationale for the optimization.

[majnemer]

lib/Target/X86/X86ISelDAGToDAG.cpp

1810–1811

This should be on the previous line.

[morisset]

Fix formatting

[jfb]

The code and tests don't really discuss the atomic ordering. It would be good to provide an intuition for why your code works even with different orderings.

lib/Target/X86/X86ISelDAGToDAG.cpp

1749

s/exemple/example/

1756

s/../,/

1758

I think it might be clearer to add that the cache line goes from shared to modified state with the fetch_add, whereas it remains shared with the load.

1762

I think it would be good to explain that the mfence is required because the *hardware* can reorder load/store. This code is in a compiler, the reader may assume that "hoisting" is done by the compiler.

2183–2184

Would it make sense to also select atomic or zero in the same way? I can't think of a reason for someone to use atomic or zero instead of add zero, but they are strictly equivalent so it seems silly to not select both with the same code.

[morisset]

Thanks for the review, I will modify the comments accordingly.

About the ordering in particular, it is made irrelevant by the mfence (i.e. this transformation is correct for seq_cst so it is also correct for anything weaker).

I do not know if this patch should go forward anymore however because of the issue with Or/Xor (see inline comment below).

lib/Target/X86/X86ISelDAGToDAG.cpp

2183–2184

As we discussed yesterday, when I tried to do that I found a nasty problem: the code was only working for add because of a special case in X86AtomicExpandPass that avoids touching them. By this point in the pipeline, Or/Xor have already been expanded in fact in most cases to a cmpxchg loop. I will try to fix it, but it may take a bit of time as X86AtomicExpandPass is being deleted by another patch I have under review..

[jfb]

lib/Target/X86/X86ISelDAGToDAG.cpp

2183–2184

Does your patch that removes X86AtomicExpandPass and make it a generic pass change the generated code? It sounds like moving to a generic pass will require a way for the backend to say "don't touch certain atomics, I'll expand them later" or something pluggable by the backend.

[morisset]

lib/Target/X86/X86ISelDAGToDAG.cpp

2183–2184

That other patch uses a "shouldExpandAtomicRMW()" method of TargetLowering as a hook. So yes it already provides a way for the backend to say "don't touch these atomics, I will deal with them later", the only (small) problem is that currently the X86 backend does not always use this possibility for Or/Xor (but it does for Add/Sub).
So it is fixable, but I would like to avoid messing with it before that patch gets accepted (merge conflicts aren't fun).

[morisset]

Doing this optimization so late was looking increasingly brittle as it must interact with AtomicExpandPass earlier at the IR level.
I reimplemented it at that level in D5422, and it turned out a lot cleaner.

lib/Target/X86/X86ISelDAGToDAG.cpp

 #include "X86MachineFunctionInfo.h"
 #include "X86RegisterInfo.h"
 #include "X86Subtarget.h"
 #include "X86TargetMachine.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFrameInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunction.h"
 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstrBuilder.h"
+#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineMemOperand.h"
 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineRegisterInfo.h"
 #include "llvm/CodeGen/SelectionDAGISel.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Intrinsics.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/MathExtras.h"

 
 // Include the pieces autogenerated from the target description.
 #include "X86GenDAGISel.inc"
 
   private:
     SDNode *Select(SDNode *N) override;
     SDNode *SelectGather(SDNode *N, unsigned Opc);
     SDNode *SelectAtomicLoadArith(SDNode *Node, MVT NVT);
+    SDNode *SelectAtomicAddZero(SDNode *Node, MVT NVT);
 
     bool FoldOffsetIntoAddress(uint64_t Offset, X86ISelAddressMode &AM);
     bool MatchLoadInAddress(LoadSDNode *N, X86ISelAddressMode &AM);
     bool MatchWrapper(SDValue N, X86ISelAddressMode &AM);
     bool MatchAddress(SDValue N, X86ISelAddressMode &AM);
     bool MatchAddressRecursively(SDValue N, X86ISelAddressMode &AM,
                                  unsigned Depth);
     bool MatchAddressBase(SDValue N, X86ISelAddressMode &AM);
if (Val.getOpcode() == ISD::TRUNCATE && NVT == MVT::i16 &&
       return CurDAG->getTargetExtractSubreg(X86::sub_16bit, dl, NVT,
                                             Val.getOperand(1));
     }
   }
 
   return Val;
 }
 
+// On x86 an atomic load-add of the constant 0 can be replaced by an mfence
+// followed by a mov. An explanation of this (and exemple of why the mfence
+// is required) is available at
+// http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2012/HPL-2012-68.pdf
+// This link also shows how such an operation can be useful for ending some
+// kinds of critical sections (like seqlocks) when it has ordering Release.
+SDNode *X86DAGToDAGISel::SelectAtomicAddZero(SDNode *Node, MVT NVT) {
+  assert(Node->getOpcode() == ISD::ATOMIC_LOAD_ADD);
+
+  SDLoc dl(Node);
+
+  SDValue Chain = Node->getOperand(0);
+  SDValue Ptr = Node->getOperand(1);
+  SDValue Val = Node->getOperand(2);
+  SDValue Base, Scale, Index, Disp, Segment;
+  if (!SelectAddr(Node, Ptr, Base, Scale, Index, Disp, Segment))
+    return nullptr;
+
+  auto CN = dyn_cast<ConstantSDNode>(Val);
+  if (!CN)
+    return nullptr;
+
+  int64_t CNVal = CN->getSExtValue();
+  if (CNVal != 0)
+    return nullptr;
+
+  auto FenceNode = CurDAG->getMachineNode(X86::MFENCE, dl, MVT::Other, Chain);
+
+  unsigned Opc;
+  switch (NVT.SimpleTy) {
+  case MVT::i8:
+    Opc = X86::ACQUIRE_MOV8rm;
+    break;
+  case MVT::i16:
+    Opc = X86::ACQUIRE_MOV16rm;
+    break;
+  case MVT::i32:
+    Opc = X86::ACQUIRE_MOV32rm;
+    break;
+  case MVT::i64:
+    Opc = X86::ACQUIRE_MOV64rm;
+    break;
+  default:
+    llvm_unreachable("Unexpected size for LXADD 0");
+  }
+
+  // Note that FenceNode is used for the 'chain' operand, guaranteeing that it
+  // will be scheduled before the load.
+  SDValue FenceChain = SDValue(FenceNode, 0);
+  SDValue Ops[] = {Base, Scale, Index, Disp, Segment, FenceChain};
+  auto LoadNode = CurDAG->getMachineNode(Opc, dl, NVT, MVT::Other, Ops);
+
+  // We must copy the information about the memory operand, but change the flags
+  // to remove
+  // the mayStore flag.
+  MachineSDNode::mmo_iterator MemOp = MF->allocateMemRefsArray(1);
+  auto SMemOp = cast<MemSDNode>(Node)->getMemOperand();
+  auto Flags = SMemOp->getFlags() & ~MachineMemOperand::MOStore;
+  MemOp[0] = new MachineMemOperand(SMemOp->getPointerInfo(), Flags,
+                                   SMemOp->getSize(), SMemOp->getAlignment(),
+                                   SMemOp->getAAInfo(), SMemOp->getRanges());
+  cast<MachineSDNode>(LoadNode)->setMemRefs(MemOp, MemOp + 1);
+
+  return LoadNode;
+}
+
 SDNode *X86DAGToDAGISel::SelectAtomicLoadArith(SDNode *Node, MVT NVT) {
   if (Node->hasAnyUseOfValue(0))
     return nullptr;
 
   SDLoc dl(Node);
 
   // Optimize common patterns for __sync_or_and_fetch and similar arith
   // operations where the result is not used. This allows us to use the "lock"
case Intrinsic::x86_avx2_gather_q_d_256: {
       break;
     }
     }
     break;
   }
   case X86ISD::GlobalBaseReg:
     return getGlobalBaseReg();
 
-
+  case ISD::ATOMIC_LOAD_ADD:
+    if (SDNode *RetVal = SelectAtomicAddZero(Node, NVT))
+      return RetVal;
+  /* FALLTHROUGH */
   case ISD::ATOMIC_LOAD_XOR:
   case ISD::ATOMIC_LOAD_AND:
-  case ISD::ATOMIC_LOAD_OR:
-  case ISD::ATOMIC_LOAD_ADD: {
-    SDNode *RetVal = SelectAtomicLoadArith(Node, NVT);
-    if (RetVal)
+  case ISD::ATOMIC_LOAD_OR: {
+    if (SDNode *RetVal = SelectAtomicLoadArith(Node, NVT))
       return RetVal;
     break;
   }
   case ISD::AND:
   case ISD::OR:
   case ISD::XOR: {
     // For operations of the form (x << C1) op C2, check if we can use a smaller
     // encoding for C2 by transforming it into (x op (C2>>C1)) << C1.

test/CodeGen/X86/atomic_add_zero.ll

+; RUN: llc < %s -march=x86-64 -verify-machineinstrs | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK --check-prefix=X64
+; RUN: llc < %s -march=x86 -verify-machineinstrs | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK --check-prefix=X32
+
+; On x86, an atomic rmw operation that does not modify the value in memory
+; (such as atomic add 0) can be replaced by an mfence followed by a mov.
+; This is explained (with the motivation for such an optimisation) in
+; http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2012/HPL-2012-68.pdf
+
+define i8 @add8(i8* %p) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: add8
+; CHECK: mfence
+; CHECK: movb
+  %1 = atomicrmw add i8* %p, i8 0 monotonic
+  ret i8 %1
+}
+
+define i16 @add16(i16* %p) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: add16
+; CHECK: mfence
+; CHECK: movw
+  %1 = atomicrmw add i16* %p, i16 0 monotonic
+  ret i16 %1
+}
+
+define i32 @add32(i32* %p) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: add32
+; CHECK: mfence
+; CHECK: movl
+  %1 = atomicrmw add i32* %p, i32 0 monotonic
+  ret i32 %1
+}
+
+define i64 @add64(i64* %p) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: add64
+; X64: mfence
+; X64: movq
+; X32-NOT: mfence
+  %1 = atomicrmw add i64* %p, i64 0 monotonic
+  ret i64 %1
+}
+
+define i128 @add128(i128* %p) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: add128
+; CHECK-NOT: mfence
+  %1 = atomicrmw add i128* %p, i128 0 monotonic
+  ret i128 %1
+}