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Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node".

author	Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net>
date	Mon, 16 May 2011 14:29:12 +0200
parents	b9b0a0aa7ee8
children	c5739b99762a

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2517 8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	1 \documentclass[twocolumn]{svjour3}
2678 b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	2 \usepackage{listings}
2517 8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	3 \usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	4 \usepackage{environ}
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8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	7 \usepackage[english]{babel}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	8 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	9 \usepackage{lmodern}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	10 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	11 \usepackage{color}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	12
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	13 \input{graphdrawing}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	14
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	15 \renewcommand*\descriptionlabel[1]{\hspace\labelsep\normalfont\bf #1}
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8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	17 \newcommand{\Sa}{{\Large$^*$}}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	18 \newcommand{\Sb}{{\Large$^\dag$}}
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0023bd42eefe comments christian.wimmer@oracle.com parents: 2561 diff changeset	22 \newcommand{\mynote}[2]{
0023bd42eefe comments christian.wimmer@oracle.com parents: 2561 diff changeset	23 \textcolor{red}{\fbox{\bfseries\sffamily\scriptsize#1}
0023bd42eefe comments christian.wimmer@oracle.com parents: 2561 diff changeset	24 {\small\textsf{\emph{#2}}}
0023bd42eefe comments christian.wimmer@oracle.com parents: 2561 diff changeset	25 \fbox{\bfseries\sffamily\scriptsize }}}
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0023bd42eefe comments christian.wimmer@oracle.com parents: 2561 diff changeset	27 \newcommand\TODO[1]{\mynote{TODO}{#1}}
0023bd42eefe comments christian.wimmer@oracle.com parents: 2561 diff changeset	28 \newcommand\cw[1]{\mynote{CW}{#1}}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	29 \newcommand\ls[1]{\mynote{LS}{#1}}
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	30 \newcommand\nodename[1]{\texttt{#1}}
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2517 8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	34 \smartqed % flush right qed marks, e.g. at end of proof
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	35
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	36 \journalname{Graal Compiler Design}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	37 \def\makeheadbox{{%
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	38 \hbox to0pt{\vbox{\baselineskip=10dd\hrule\hbox
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	39 to\hsize{\vrule\kern3pt\vbox{\kern3pt
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	40 \hbox{\bfseries The Graal Compiler - Design and Strategy}
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8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	42 \hss}}}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	43
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	44 \begin{document}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	45
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	46 \author{Thomas W\"{u}rthinger \Sa, Lukas Stadler \Sc, Gilles Duboscq \Sa}
2517 8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	47 \institute{\Sa Oracle, \Sc Johannes Kepler University, Linz}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	48
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	49 \date{Created: \today}
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	50
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	51 \title{The Graal Compiler}
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	52 \subtitle{Design and Strategy \\ \textcolor{red}{work in progress (Oracle internal)}}
2517 8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	53
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	54 \maketitle
8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	55
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	56 \abstract{
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	57 The Graal compiler (simply referred to as \emph{the compiler} in the rest of this document) aims at improving C1X, the Java port of the HotSpot client compiler, both in terms of modularity and peak performance.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	58 The compiler should work with the Maxine VM and the HotSpot VM.
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	59 This document contains information about the proposed design and strategy for developing the compiler.}
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	60
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	61 \section{Context}
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	62
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	63 In 2009, the Maxine team started with creating C1X, a Java port of the HotSpot client compiler, and integrated it into the Maxine VM.
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	64 Part of this effort was the development of a clear and clean compiler-runtime interface that allows the separation of the compiler and the VM.
c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	65 This compiler-runtime interface enables the use of one compiler for multiple VMs.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	66 In June 2010, we started integrating C1X into the HotSpot VM and we called the resulting system Graal~VM.
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	67 Currently, the Graal~VM is fully functional and runs benchmarks (SciMark, DaCapo) at a similar speed as the HotSpot client compiler.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	68
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	69 \section{Goals}
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	70 The compiler effort aims at rewriting the high-level intermediate representation of C1X with two main goals:
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	71 \begin{description}
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	72 \item[Modularity:] A modular design of the compiler should simplify the implementation of new languages, new back-ends, and new optimizations.
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	73 \item[Peak Performance:] A more powerful intermediate representation should enable the implementation of aggressive optimizations that impact the peak performance of the resulting machine code.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	74 \end{description}
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	75
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	76 \section{Design}
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	77 For the implementation of the compiler, we rely on the following design decisions:
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	78 \begin{description}
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	79 \item[Graph Representation:]
2562 0023bd42eefe comments christian.wimmer@oracle.com parents: 2561 diff changeset	80 The compiler's intermediate representation is modeled as a graph with nodes that are connected with directed edges.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	81 There is only a single node base class and every node has an associated graph object that does not change during the node's lifetime.
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	82 Every node is serializable and has an id that is unique within its graph.
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	83 Every edge is classified as either a control flow edge (anti-dependency) or a data flow edge (dependency) and represented as a simple pointer from the source node to the target node.
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	84 It is possible to replace a node with another node without traversing the full graph.
2588 26ecba0ead6d Update on doc. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2578 diff changeset	85 The graph does not allow data flow edge cycles or control flow edge cycles.
26ecba0ead6d Update on doc. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2578 diff changeset	86 We achieve this by explicitely modelling loops (see Section~\ref{sec:loops}).
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	87 \item[Extensibility:]
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	88 The compiler is extensible by allowing developers to add new compiler phases and new node subclasses without modifying the compiler's sources.
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	89 A node has an abstract way of expressing its semantics and new compiler phases can ask compiler nodes for their properties and capabilities.
2588 26ecba0ead6d Update on doc. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2578 diff changeset	90 We use the ``everything is an extension'' concept.
26ecba0ead6d Update on doc. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2578 diff changeset	91 Even standard compiler optimizations are internally modeled as extensions, to show that the extension mechanism exposes all necessary functionality.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	92 \item[Detailing:]
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	93 The compilation starts with a graph that contains nodes that represent the operations of the source language (e.g., one node for an array store to an object array).
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	94 During the compilation, the nodes are replaced with more detailed nodes (e.g., the array store node is split into a null check, a bounds check, a store check, and a memory access).
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	95 Compiler phases can choose whether they want to work on the earlier versions of the graph (e.g., escape analysis) or on later versions (e.g., null check elimination).
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	96 \item[Generality:]
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	97 The compiler does not require Java as its input.
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	98 This is achieved by having a graph as the starting point of the compilation and not a Java bytecodes array.
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	99 Building the graph from the Java bytecodes must happen before giving a method to the compiler.
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	100 This enables front-ends for different languages (e.g., Ruby or JavaScript) to provide their own graph.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	101 Also, there is no dependency on a specific back-end, but the output of the compiler is a graph that can then be converted to a different representation in a final compiler phase.
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	102 \end{description}
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	103
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	104 \section{Milestones}
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	105 \label{sec:mile}
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	106 The compiler is developed starting from the current C1X source code base.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	107 This helps us testing the compiler at every intermediate development step on a variety of Java benchmarks.
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	108 We define the following development milestones and when they are considered to be achieved (see Section~\ref{sec:conclusions} for planned dates):
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	109 \begin{description}
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	110 \item[M1:] We have a fully working Graal~VM version with a stripped down C1X compiler that does not perform any optimizations.
795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	111 \item[M2:] We modified the high-level intermediate representation to be based on the compiler graph data structure.
795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	112 \item[M3:] We have reimplemented and reenabled compiler optimizations in the compiler that previously existed in C1X.
795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	113 \item[M4:] We have reintegrated the new compiler into the Maxine VM and can use it as a Maxine VM bootstrapping compiler.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	114 \end{description}
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	115
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	116 After those four milestones, we see three different possible further development directions that can be followed in parallel:
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	117 \begin{itemize}
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	118 \item Removal of the XIR template mechanism and replacement with a snippet mechanism that works with the compiler graph.
795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	119 \item Improvements for peak performance (loop optimizations, escape analysis, bounds check elimination, processing additional interpreter runtime feedback).
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	120 \item Implementation of a prototype front-end for a different language, e.g., JavaScript.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	121 \end{itemize}
765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	122
2678 b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	123 \section{Project Source Structure}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	124 In order to support the goal of a modular compiler, the code will be divided into the following source code projects (as subprojects of \textbf{com.oracle.max.graal}).
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	125
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	126 \begin{description}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	127 \item[graph] contains the abstract node implementation, the graph implementation and all the associated tools and auxiliary classes.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	128 \item[nodes] contains the implementation of known basic nodes (e.g., phi nodes, control flow nodes, \ldots).
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	129 Additional node classes should go into separate projects and be specializations of the known basic nodes.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	130 \item[java] contains code for building graphs from Java bytecodes and Java-specific nodes.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	131 \item[opt] contains optimizations such as global value numbering or conditional constant propagation.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	132 \item[compiler] contains the compiler, including:
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	133 \begin{itemize}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	134 \item Scheduling of the compilation phases.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	135 \item Implementation of the \emph{compiler interface} (CI).
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	136 \item Implementation of the final compilation phase that produces the low-level representation.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	137 \item Machine code creation, including debug info.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	138 \end{itemize}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	139 \end{description}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	140
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	141
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	142 \section{Graph}
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	143
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	144 The \emph{intermediate representation}~(IR) of the compiler is designed as a directed graph.
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	145 The graph deals out ids for new nodes and can be queried for the node corresponding to a given id as well as for an unordered list of nodes of the graph.
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	146 Graphs can manage side data structures, which will be automatically invalidated and lazily recomputed whenever the graph changes. Examples for side data structures are dominator trees and temporary schedules. These side data structures will usually be understood by more than one optimization.
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	147
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	148 The nodes of the graph have the following properties:
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	149 \begin{itemize}
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	150 \item Each node is always associated with a single graph and this association is immutable.
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	151 \item Each node has an immutable id that is unique within its associated graph.
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	152 \item Nodes can have a data dependency, which means that one node requires the result of another node as its input. The fact that the result of the first node needs to be computed before the second node can be executed introduces a partial order to the set of nodes.
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	153 \item Nodes can have a control flow dependency, which means that the execution of one node will be followed by the execution of another node. This includes conditional execution, memory access serialization and other reasons, and again introduces a partial order to the set of nodes.
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	154 \item Nodes can only have data and control dependencies to nodes which belong to the same graph.
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	155 \item Control dependencies and data dependencies each represent a \emph{directed acyclic graph} (DAG) on the same set of nodes. This means that data dependencies always point upwards, and control dependencies always point downwards in a drawing of the graph. Situations that normally incur cycles (like loops) are represented by special nodes (see Section~\ref{sec:loops}).
2619 1586b1b56f0c Fixed typo. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2618 diff changeset	156 \item Ordering between nodes is specified only to the extent which is required to correctly express the semantics of a given program. This gives the compiler flexibility for the possible scheduling of a node and therefore wiggle room for optimizations. For algorithms that require a fixed ordering of nodes, a temporary schedule can always be generated.
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	157 \item Both data and control dependencies can be traversed in both directions, so that each node can be traversed in four directions (see Figure~\ref{fig:directions}):
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	158 \begin{itemize}
795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	159 \item \emph{inputs} are all nodes that this node has data dependencies on.
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	160 \item \emph{usages} are all nodes whose inputs contain this node.
c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	161 \item \emph{successors} are all nodes that have to be after this node in control flow.
c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	162 \item \emph{predecessors} are all nodes whose successors contain this node.
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	163 \end{itemize}
795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	164 \item Only inputs and successors can be changed, and changes to them will update the usages and predecessors.
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	165 \item Every node must be able to support cloning and serialization.
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	166 \item Inlining should always be performed as embedding one graph into another graph.
2590 d559fac49699 More work on doc. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2589 diff changeset	167 \item Nodes cannot be reassigned to another graph, they are cloned instead.
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	168 \item The edges of a node also define \textit{happens-before} and \textit{happens-after} relationships as shown in Figure~\ref{fig:directions}.
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	169 \end{itemize}
795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	170
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	171 \begin{figure}[h]
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	172 \centering
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	173 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{graphdirections}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	174 \node{node1}{Node}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	175 \textnode{inputs}{inputs}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	176 \textnode{usages}{usages}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	177 \textnode{successors}{successors}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	178 \textnode{predecessors}{predecessors}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	179 \data{node1}{inputs}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	180 \control{node1}{successors}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	181 \data{usages}{node1}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	182 \control{predecessors}{node1}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	183 \node{node2}{Node}
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	184 \textnode{before}{happens-before}
c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	185 \textnode{after}{happens-after}
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	186 \data{node2}{before}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	187 \control{node2}{after}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	188 \data{after}{node2}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	189 \control{before}{node2}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	190 \end{digraphenv}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	191 \caption{A node and its edges.}
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	192 \label{fig:directions}
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	193 \end{figure}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	194
2678 b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	195 \section{Control Flow}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	196
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	197 Control flow is managed in way where the predecessor node contains direct pointers to its successor nodes.
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	198 We reserve the term \textit{instruction} for nodes that are embedded in the control flow.
2678 b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	199 This is opposite to the approach taken in the server compiler, where control flow and data flow edges point in the same direction.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	200 The advantage that we see in our approach is that there is no need for projection nodes in case of control flow splits.
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	201 An \texttt{If} instruction can directly point to its true and false successors without any intermediate nodes.
2678 b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	202 This makes the graph more compact and simplifies graph traversal.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	203
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	204 Listing \ref{lst:cfg2} shows an example Java program with an if statement where both paths do not contain any instruction with side effects.
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	205 The \texttt{If} instruction can directly point its true and false successors to a \texttt{Merge} instruction.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	206 A \texttt{Phi} node that selects the appropriate value is appended to the \texttt{Merge} instruction.
2678 b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	207 The \texttt{Return} instruction then has a data dependency on the \texttt{Phi} node.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	208
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	209 \begin{lstlisting}[label=lst:cfg2, caption=Control flow in the graph, captionpos=b]
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	210 if (condition) { return 0; }
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	211 else { return 1; }
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	212 \end{lstlisting}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	213
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	214 \begin{figure}[h]
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	215 \centering
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	216 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{cfg2}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	217 \textnode{entry}{Entry}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	218 \textnode{condition}{condition}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	219 \textnode{const0}{0}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	220 \textnode{const1}{1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	221 \nodesplit{if}{If}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	222 \control{entry}{if}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	223 \controllabel{if:succ1}{merge}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	224 \controllabel{if:succ2}{merge}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	225 \data{if}{condition}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	226 \node{merge}{Merge}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	227 \node{return}{Return}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	228 \nodetri{phi}{Phi}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	229 \datalabel{phi:in1}{merge}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	230 \datalabel{phi:in2}{const0}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	231 \datalabel{phi:in3}{const1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	232 \data{return}{phi}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	233 \control{merge}{return}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	234 \end{digraphenv}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	235 \caption{A simple loop with two exits.}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	236 \label{fig:exc1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	237 \end{figure}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	238
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	239 \section{Exceptions}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	240 \label{sec:Exceptions}
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	241
2678 b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	242 We do not throw runtime exceptions (e.g., \texttt{IndexOutOf\-BoundsException}, \texttt{NullPointerException}, or \texttt{Out\-Of\-MemoryException}), but deoptimize instead.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	243 This reduces the places in the compiled code where an exact bytecode location and debug information must be known.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	244 Additionally, this greatly reduces the number of exception handler edges in the compiled code.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	245 The main advantage of this technique is however, that we are free in moving around bounds checks, memory allocation, memory accesses with implicit null checks, etc.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	246
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	247 There are only two kinds of instruction that need explicit exception edges, because they are the only instructions that can throw exceptions in compiled code: \texttt{Throw} instructions and \texttt{Invoke} instructions.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	248 They are modelled as instructions with an additional control flow continuation that points to an \texttt{ExceptionDispatch} instruction.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	249 The exception dispatch instruction decides based on the type of the exception object whether the control should flow to the catch handler or to another exception dispatch.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	250 If there is no catch handler in the currently compiled method, then the control flows into the \texttt{Unwind} instruction that handles the exception by forwarding it to the caller.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	251 Listing \ref{lst:exc1} shows an example Java program with nested try blocks and Figure \ref{fig:exc1} shows the corresponding compiler graph.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	252
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	253 \begin{lstlisting}[label=lst:exc1, caption=Exception dispatch in the compiler graph, captionpos=b]
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	254 try { m1();
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	255 try { m2();
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	256 } catch(ExtendedException e) { ... }
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	257 m3();
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	258 throw exception;
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	259 } catch(Exception e) { ... }
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	260 \end{lstlisting}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	261
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	262 \begin{figure}[h]
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	263 \centering
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	264 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{exc1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	265 \textnode{entry}{Entry}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	266 \textnode{catch1}{catch1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	267 \textnode{catch2}{catch2}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	268 \nodesplit{m1}{Invoke m1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	269 \nodesplit{m2}{Invoke m2}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	270 \nodesplit{m3}{Invoke m3}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	271 \nodesplit{dispatch1}{ExceptionDispatch}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	272 \nodesplit{dispatch2}{ExceptionDispatch}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	273 \node{throw}{Throw}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	274 \node{unwind}{Unwind}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	275 \control{entry}{m1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	276 \controllabel{m1:succ1}{m2}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	277 \controllabel{m1:succ2}{dispatch2}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	278 \controllabel{m2:succ1}{m3}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	279 \controllabel{m2:succ2}{dispatch1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	280 \controllabel{m3:succ1}{throw}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	281 \controllabel{m3:succ2}{dispatch2}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	282 \control{throw}{dispatch2}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	283 \controllabel{dispatch1:succ2}{catch1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	284 \controllabel{dispatch1:succ1}{dispatch2}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	285 \controllabel{dispatch2:succ2}{catch2}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	286 \controllabel{dispatch2:succ1}{unwind}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	287 \end{digraphenv}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	288 \caption{A simple loop with two exits.}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	289 \label{fig:exc1}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	290 \end{figure}
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	291
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	292 \section{Loops}
2588 26ecba0ead6d Update on doc. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2578 diff changeset	293 \label{sec:loops}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	294 Loops form a first-class construct in the IR that is expressed by specialized IR nodes during all optimization phases.
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	295 We only compile methods with a control flow where every loop has a single entry point.
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	296 This entry point is a \nodename{LoopBegin} instruction.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	297 This instruction is connected to a \nodename{LoopEnd} instruction that merges all control flow paths that do not exit the loop.
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	298 The edge between the \nodename{LoopBegin} and the \nodename{LoopEnd} is the backedge of the loop.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	299 It goes from the beginning to the end in order to make the graph acyclic.
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	300 An algorithm that traverses the control flow has to explicitely decide whether it wants to incorporate backedges (i.e., special case of the treatment of \nodename{LoopEnd}) or ignore them.
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	301 Figure \ref{fig:loop1} shows a simple example with a loop with a single entry and two exits.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	302
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	303 \begin{figure}[h]
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	304 \centering
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	305 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{layout1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	306 \textnode{BeforeLoop}{Loop entry}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	307 \textnode{Exit1}{First loop exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	308 \textnode{Exit2}{Second loop exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	309 \nodesplit{LoopBegin}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	310 \node{LoopEnd}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	311 \nodesplit{If1}{If}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	312 \nodesplit{If2}{If}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	313 \controllabel{LoopBegin:succ1}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	314 \controllabel{LoopBegin:succ2}{If1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	315 \controllabel{If1:succ1}{If2}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	316 \controllabel{If2:succ1}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	317 \controllabel{BeforeLoop}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	318 \controllabel{If1:succ2}{Exit1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	319 \controllabel{If2:succ2}{Exit2}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	320 \end{digraphenv}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	321 \caption{A simple loop with two exits.}
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	322 \label{fig:loop1}
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	323 \end{figure}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	324
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	325 \subsection{Loop Phis}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	326 Data flow in loops is modelled with special phi nodes at the beginning and the end of the loop.
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	327 The \nodename{LoopEnd} instruction merges every value that flows into the next loop iteration in associated \nodename{LoopEndPhi} nodes.
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	328 A corresponding \nodename{LoopBeginPhi} node that is associated with the loop header has a control flow dependency on the \nodename{LoopEndPhi} node.
2678 b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	329 Listing \ref{lst:loop} shows a simple counting loop that is used as an example in the rest of this section.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	330 Figure \ref{fig:loop2} shows how the loop is modelled immediately after building the graph.
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	331
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	332 \begin{lstlisting}[label=lst:loop, caption=Loop example, captionpos=b]
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	333 for(int i=0; i<n; ++i) { }
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	334 \end{lstlisting}
b9b0a0aa7ee8 Added addition sections on control flow and exceptions. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2619 diff changeset	335
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	336 \begin{figure}[h]
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	337 \centering
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	338 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{layout2}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	339 \textnode{BeforeLoop}{Loop entry}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	340 \textnode{Exit}{Loop exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	341 \textnode{n}{n}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	342 \textnode{Constant0}{0}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	343 \textnode{Constant1}{1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	344 \nodesplit{LoopBegin}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	345 \node{LoopEnd}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	346 \nodesplit{If1}{If}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	347 \controllabel{LoopBegin:succ1}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	348 \controllabel{LoopBegin:succ2}{If1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	349 \nodebi{Compare}{<}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	350 \nodebi{LoopBeginPhi}{LoopBeginPhi}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	351 \nodebi{Add}{+}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	352 \datalabel{Add:in1}{LoopBeginPhi}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	353 \datalabel{Add:in2}{Constant1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	354 \nodebi{LoopEndPhi}{LoopEndPhi}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	355 \control{LoopBeginPhi}{LoopEndPhi}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	356 \data{LoopEndPhi:in1}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	357 \data{LoopEndPhi:in2}{Add}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	358 \datalabel{LoopBeginPhi:in1}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	359 \datalabel{LoopBeginPhi:in2}{Constant0}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	360 \datalabel{Compare:in1}{LoopBeginPhi}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	361 \datalabel{Compare:in2}{n}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	362 \data{If1}{Compare}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	363 \controllabel{If1:succ1}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	364 \controllabel{BeforeLoop}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	365 \controllabel{If1:succ2}{Exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	366 \end{digraphenv}
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	367 \caption{Graph for a loop counting from 0 to n-1.}
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	368 \label{fig:loop2}
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	369 \end{figure}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	370
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	371 \subsection{Loop Counters}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	372 The compiler is capable of recognizing variables that are only increased within a loop.
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	373 A potential overflow of such a variable is prohibited with a guard before the loop (this is not necessary in this example, because the loop variable cannot overflow).
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	374 Figure \ref{fig:loop3} shows the compiler graph of the example loop after the loop counter transformation.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	375
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	376
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	377 \begin{figure}[h]
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	378 \centering
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	379 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{layout3}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	380 \textnode{BeforeLoop}{Loop entry}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	381 \textnode{Exit}{Loop exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	382 \textnode{n}{n}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	383 \textnode{Constant0}{0}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	384 \textnode{Constant1}{1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	385 \nodesplit{LoopBegin}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	386 \node{LoopEnd}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	387 \nodesplit{If1}{If}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	388 \controllabel{LoopBegin:succ1}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	389 \controllabel{LoopBegin:succ2}{If1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	390 \nodebi{Compare}{<}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	391 \nodetri{LoopCounter}{LoopCounter}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	392 \datalabel{LoopCounter:in1}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	393 \datalabeltext{LoopCounter:in2}{Constant0}{init}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	394 \datalabeltext{LoopCounter:in3}{Constant1}{stride}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	395 \datalabel{Compare:in1}{LoopCounter}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	396 \datalabel{Compare:in2}{n}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	397 \data{If1}{Compare}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	398 \controllabel{If1:succ1}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	399 \controllabel{BeforeLoop}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	400 \controllabel{If1:succ2}{Exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	401 \end{digraphenv}
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	402 \caption{Graph after loop counter transformation.}
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	403 \label{fig:loop3}
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	404 \end{figure}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	405
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	406 \subsection{Bounded Loops}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	407
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	408 If the total maximum number of iterations of a loop is fixed, then the loop is converted into a bounded loop.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	409 The total number of iterations always denotes the number of full iterations of the loop with the control flowing from the loop begin to the loop end.
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	410 If the total number of iterations is reached, the loop is exited directly from the loop header.
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	411 In the example, we can infer from the loop exit with the comparison on the loop counter that the total number of iterations of the loop is limited to n.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	412 Figure \ref{fig:loop4} shows the compiler graph of the example loop after the bounded loop transformation.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	413
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	414 \begin{figure}[h]
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	415 \centering
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	416 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{layout4}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	417 \textnode{BeforeLoop}{Loop entry}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	418 \textnode{Exit}{Loop exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	419 \textnode{n}{n}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	420 \textnode{Constant0}{0}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	421 \textnode{Constant1}{1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	422 \nodesplittri{LoopBegin}{BoundedLoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	423 \node{LoopEnd}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	424 \controllabel{LoopBegin:succ1}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	425 \controllabel{LoopBegin:succ2}{LoopEnd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	426 \controllabel{LoopBegin:succ3}{Exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	427 \nodetri{LoopCounter}{LoopCounter}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	428 \datalabel{LoopCounter:in1}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	429 \datalabeltext{LoopCounter:in2}{Constant0}{init}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	430 \datalabeltext{LoopCounter:in3}{Constant1}{stride}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	431 \data{LoopBegin}{n}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	432 \controllabel{BeforeLoop}{LoopBegin}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	433 \end{digraphenv}
2589 795df30f979d Refer to "Graal compiler" as "the compiler" in the design document. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2588 diff changeset	434 \caption{Graph after bounded loop transformation.}
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	435 \label{fig:loop4}
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	436 \end{figure}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	437
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	438 \subsection{Vectorization}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	439
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	440 If we have now a bounded loop with no additional loop exit and no associated phi nodes (only associated loop counters), we can vectorize the loop.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	441 We replace the loop header with a normal instruction that produces a vector of values from 0 to the number of loop iterations minus 1.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	442 The loop counters are replaced with \texttt{VectorAdd} and \texttt{VectorMul} nodes.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	443 The vectorization is only possible if every node of the loop can be replaced with a corresponding vector node.
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	444 Figure \ref{fig:loop5} shows the compiler graph of the example loop after vectorization.
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	445 The vector nodes all work on an ordered list of integer values and are subject to canonicalization and global value numbering like any other node.
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	446
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	447
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	448 \begin{figure}[h]
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	449 \centering
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	450 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{layout5}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	451 \textnode{Entry}{Entry}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	452 \textnode{Exit}{Exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	453 \textnode{n}{n}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	454 \textnode{Constant0}{0}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	455 \textnode{Constant1}{1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	456 \node{Vector}{Vector}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	457 \nodebi{VectorAdd}{VectorAdd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	458 \nodebi{VectorMul}{VectorMul}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	459 \control{Entry}{Vector}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	460 \control{Vector}{Exit}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	461 \datalabel{VectorAdd:in1}{Vector}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	462 \datalabel{VectorAdd:in2}{Constant0}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	463 \datalabel{VectorMul:in1}{VectorAdd}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	464 \datalabel{VectorMul:in2}{Constant1}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	465 \data{Vector}{n}
6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	466 \end{digraphenv}
2598 e4395464810e Made graphs smaller. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2597 diff changeset	467 \caption{Graph after vectorization.}
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	468 \label{fig:loop5}
2573 6d99b909696d Documentation: More content and graphs on loops and vectorization. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2572 diff changeset	469 \end{figure}
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	470
2588 26ecba0ead6d Update on doc. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2578 diff changeset	471
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	472 \section{Frame States}
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	473 A frame state captures the state of the program like it is seen in by an interpreter of the program.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	474 The frame state contains the information that is local to the current activation and will therefore disappear during SSA-form constructions or other compiler optimizations.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	475 For Java, the frame state is defined in terms of the Java bytecode specification (i.e., the values of the local variables, the operand stack, and the locked monitors).
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	476 However, a frame state is not a concept specific to Java (e.g., the Crankshaft JavaScript engine uses frame states in their optimizing compiler to model the values of the AST interpreter).
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	477
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	478 Frame states are necessary to support the deoptimization of the program, which is the precondition for performing aggressive optimizations that use optimistic assumptions.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	479 Therefore every point in the optimizing compiler that may revert execution back to the interpreter needs a valid frame state.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	480 However, the point where the interpreter continues execution need not correspond exactly to the execution position of the compiled code, because many Java bytecode instructions can be safely reexecuted.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	481 Thus, frame states need only be generated for the states after instructions that cannot be reexecuted, because they modify the state of the program.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	482 Examples for such instructions are:
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	483
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	484 \begin{itemize}
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	485 \item Array stores (in Java bytecodes {\tt IASTORE, LASTORE, FASTORE, \\DASTORE, AASTORE, BASTORE, CASTORE, SASTORE})
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	486 \item Field stores (in Java bytecodes {\tt PUTSTATIC, PUTFIELD})
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	487 \item Method calls (in Java bytecodes {\tt INVOKEVIRTUAL, INVOKESPECIAL, \\INVOKESTATIC, INVOKEINTERFACE})
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	488 \item Synchronization (in Java bytecodes {\tt MONITORENTER, MONITOREXIT})
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	489 \end{itemize}
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	490
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	491 Within the graph a frame state is represented as a node that is attached to the instruction that caused it to be generated using a control dependency (see Figure~\ref{fig:fs1}).
2598 e4395464810e Made graphs smaller. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2597 diff changeset	492 Frame states also have data dependencies on the contents of the state: the local variables and the expression stack.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	493
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	494 The frame state at the method beginning does not have to be explicitely in the graph, because it can always be reconstructed at a later stage.
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	495 We save the frame state at control flow merges if there is at least one frame state on any control flow path after the immediate dominator.
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	496
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	497
2578 999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	498 \begin{figure}[h]
999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	499 \centering
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	500 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{fs1}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	501 \nodetrisplit{store1}{ArrayStore}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	502 \nodebi{load1}{ArrayLoad}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	503 \controllabel{store1:succ1}{load1}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	504 \nodetrisplit{store2}{FieldStore}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	505 \control{load1}{store2}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	506 end [shape=plaintext, label="...", width="2.0"]
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	507 store2:succ1:s -> end:n [color=red];
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	508 %
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	509 \nodeframestate{fs1}{FrameState}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	510 \controllabel{store1:succ2}{fs1}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	511 \nodeframestate{fs2}{FrameState}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	512 \controllabel{store2:succ2}{fs2}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	513 \end{digraphenv}
2578 999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	514 \caption{Simple example using two frame states.}
2604 c9b17ac5c06b Doc fixes. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2598 diff changeset	515 \label{fig:fs1}
2578 999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	516 \end{figure}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	517
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	518
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	519 \subsection{Guards}
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	520 A guard is a node that deoptimizes based on a conditional expression.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	521 Guards are not attached to a certain frame state, they can move around freely and will always use the correct frame state when the nodes are scheduled (i.e., the last emitted frame state).
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	522 The node that is guarded by the deoptimization has a data dependency on the guard, and the guard in turn has a data dependency on the condition and on the most distant node that is postdominated by the guarded node.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	523
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	524 In the example of Figure~\ref{fig:guard1}, the second load is guarded by a guard, because its receiver might be null (the receiver of the first load is assumed to be non-null).
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	525 The guard is anchored to the control split, because as soon as this node is executed, the second load must be executed as well.
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	526 In the final schedule, the guard can be placed before or after the first load.
2598 e4395464810e Made graphs smaller. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2597 diff changeset	527
2578 999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	528 \begin{figure}[h]
999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	529 \centering
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	530 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{guard1}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	531 \nodesplit{if}{If}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	532 nop [shape=plaintext, label="..."]
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	533 \controllabel{if:succ1}{nop}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	534 %
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	535 \node{split2}{Anchor}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	536 \controllabel{if:succ2}{split2}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	537 \nodebi{load1}{MemLoad}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	538 \control{split2}{load1}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	539 \nodebi{load2}{MemLoad}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	540 \control{load1}{load2}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	541 \control{load2}{merge}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	542 \node{merge}{Merge}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	543 \control{nop}{merge}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	544 %
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	545 \nodeconst{o1}{obj1}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	546 \nodeconst{o2}{obj2}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	547 \datalabel{load1:in2}{o1}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	548 \datalabel{load2:in2}{o2}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	549 \nodeguard{guard}{Guard}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	550 \node{cmpnull}{IsNull}
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	551 \data{cmpnull}{o2}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	552 \datalabel{guard:in2}{cmpnull}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	553 \datalabel{load2:in1}{guard}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	554 \datalabel{guard:in1}{split2}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	555 \end{digraphenv}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	556 \caption{A load guarded by a null check guard.}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	557 \label{fig:guard1}
2578 999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	558 \end{figure}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	559
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	560 A guard can be used to remove branches that have a very low execution frequency and replace them with a conditional jump to deoptimization.
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	561
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	562 In the example of Figure~\ref{fig:guard2}, an \texttt{If} instruction was replaced by an anchor and a guard.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	563 The anchor takes the place of the \texttt{If} instruction in the control flow, and is connected to the guard.
07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	564 The guard is now anchored to the most distant node of which the \texttt{If} instruction was a postdominator.
2598 e4395464810e Made graphs smaller. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2597 diff changeset	565
2578 999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	566 \begin{figure}[h]
999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	567 \centering
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	568 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{guard2}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	569 start [shape=plaintext, label="..."]
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	570 start2 [shape=plaintext, label=""]
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	571 start3 [shape=plaintext, label=""]
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	572 \control{start}{guard}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	573 \node{anchor}{Anchor}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	574 \nodebi{load1}{MemLoad}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	575 \control{anchor}{load1}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	576 \control{load1}{nop}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	577 nop [shape=plaintext, label="..."]
c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	578 %
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	579 \nodeguard{guard}{Guard}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	580 \datalabel{guard:in1}{start2}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	581 \datalabel{guard:in2}{start3}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	582 \data{anchor}{guard}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	583 \end{digraphenv}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	584 \caption{A guard that is fixed to the control flow using an anchor instruction.}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	585 \label{fig:guard2}
2578 999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	586 \end{figure}
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	587
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	588 At some point during the compilation, guards need to be fixed, which means that appropriate data and control dependencies will be inserted so that they cannot move outside the scope of the associated frame state.
2576 c59db1f02893 doc: expanded framestate section Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2569 diff changeset	589 This will generate deoptimization-free zones that can be targeted by the most aggressive optimizations.
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	590 A simple algorithm for this removal of frame states would be to move all guards as far upwards as possible.
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	591 Multiple guards with the same condition and anchor can be merged (see Figure~\ref{fig:guard3}).
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	592
2578 999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	593 \begin{figure}[h]
999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	594 \centering
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	595 \begin{digraphenv}{scale=0.5}{guard3}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	596 \nodesplit{if}{If}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	597 nop [shape=plaintext, label="..."]
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	598 \controllabel{if:succ1}{nop}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	599 %
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	600 \node{split2}{Anchor}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	601 \controllabel{if:succ2}{split2}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	602 \nodebi{load1}{MemLoad}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	603 \control{split2}{load1}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	604 \nodebi{load2}{MemLoad}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	605 \control{load1}{load2}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	606 \control{load2}{merge}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	607 \node{merge}{Merge}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	608 \control{nop}{merge}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	609 %
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	610 \nodeconst{o}{obj}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	611 \datalabel{load1:in2}{o}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	612 \datalabel{load2:in2}{o}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	613 \nodeguard{guard}{Guard}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	614 \node{cmpnull}{IsNull}
ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	615 \data{cmpnull}{o}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	616 \datalabel{guard:in2}{cmpnull}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	617 \datalabel{load2:in1}{guard}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	618 \datalabel{load1:in1}{guard}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	619 \datalabel{guard:in1}{split2}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	620 \end{digraphenv}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	621 \caption{Two loads using the same guard.}
15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	622 \label{fig:guard3}
2578 999407dbfe10 merge Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2577 2574 diff changeset	623 \end{figure}
2577 ac2029d0898f doc: framestate and deopt changes Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: 2576 diff changeset	624
2679 07aa0a31fffb Rewrote frame state to be not-so-Java-specific. Clarified and reduced the usage of the term "node". Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2678 diff changeset	625 Also, if two guards that are anchored to the true and false branch of the same \texttt{If} instruction have the same condition, they can be merged, so that the resulting guard is anchored at the most distant node of which the \texttt{If} instruction is a postdominator.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	626
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	627 \section{Conclusions}
2618 15774da89658 Incorporated comments from Peter. Renamings trap=>guard and guard/split=>anchor. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2604 diff changeset	628 \label{sec:conclusions}
2597 08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	629 This document sketched the strategy for the Graph compiler.
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	630 We already reached M1 (as defined in Section~\ref{sec:mile}) and have the following plans for M2 to M4:
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	631 \begin{description}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	632 \item[M2:] June 30th, 2011
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	633 \item[M3:] August 15th, 2011
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	634 \item[M4:] September 30th, 2011
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	635 \end{description}
08cda6637103 More doc + conclusion. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2591 diff changeset	636 After we reached M4, we want to create a new project road map that further improves the Graal compiler with respect to its two main goals: Modularity and peak performance.
2561 765dd54244a6 Updated doc. Added Texclipse project. Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas@wuerthinger.net> parents: 2517 diff changeset	637
2517 8c6e31c62fba added initial version of design docs, fixed .hgignore (regex, . -> \.) Lukas Stadler <lukas.stadler@jku.at> parents: diff changeset	638 \end{document}

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