https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111720
--- Comment #22 from rguenther at suse dot de <rguenther at suse dot de> --- On Thu, 19 Oct 2023, juzhe.zhong at rivai dot ai wrote: > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111720 > > --- Comment #21 from JuzheZhong <juzhe.zhong at rivai dot ai> --- > (In reply to rguent...@suse.de from comment #20) > > On Thu, 19 Oct 2023, juzhe.zhong at rivai dot ai wrote: > > > > > https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111720 > > > > > > --- Comment #19 from JuzheZhong <juzhe.zhong at rivai dot ai> --- > > > (In reply to Richard Biener from comment #18) > > > > With RVV you have intrinsic calls in GIMPLE so nothing to optimize: > > > > > > > > vbool8_t fn () > > > > { > > > > vbool8_t vmask; > > > > vuint8m1_t vand_m; > > > > vuint8m1_t varr; > > > > uint8_t arr[32]; > > > > > > > > <bb 2> [local count: 1073741824]: > > > > arr = > > > > "\x01\x02\x07\x01\x03\x04\x05\x03\x01\x00\x01\x02\x04\x04\t\t\x01\x02\x07\x01 > > > > \x03\x04\x05\x03\x01\x00\x01\x02\x04\x04\t\t"; > > > > varr_3 = __riscv_vle8_v_u8m1 (&arr, 32); [return slot optimization] > > > > vand_m_4 = __riscv_vand_vx_u8m1 (varr_3, 1, 32); [return slot > > > > optimization] > > > > vmask_5 = __riscv_vreinterpret_v_u8m1_b8 (vand_m_4); [return slot > > > > optimization] > > > > <retval> = vmask_5; > > > > arr ={v} {CLOBBER(eol)}; > > > > return <retval>; > > > > > > > > and on RTL I see lots of UNSPECs, RTL opts cannot do anything with > > > > those. > > > > > > > > This is what Andrew said already. > > > > > > Ok. I wonder why this issue is gone when I change it into: > > > > > > arr as static > > > > > > https://godbolt.org/z/Tdoshdfr6 > > > > Because the stacik initialization isn't required then. > > I have experiment with a simplifed pattern: > > > (insn 14 13 15 2 (set (reg/v:RVVM1QI 134 [ varr ]) > (if_then_else:RVVM1QI (unspec:RVVMF8BI [ > (const_vector:RVVMF8BI repeat [ > (const_int 1 [0x1]) > ]) > (reg:DI 143) > (const_int 2 [0x2]) repeated x2 > (const_int 0 [0]) > (reg:SI 66 vl) > (reg:SI 67 vtype) > ] UNSPEC_VPREDICATE) > (mem:RVVM1QI (reg:DI 142) [0 S[16, 16] A8]) > (const_vector:RVVM1QI repeat [ > (const_int 0 [0]) > ]))) "rvv.c":5:23 1476 {*pred_movrvvm1qi} > (nil)) > (insn 15 14 16 2 (set (reg:DI 144) > (const_int 32 [0x20])) "rvv.c":6:5 206 {*movdi_64bit} > (nil)) > (insn 16 15 0 2 (set (mem:RVVM1QI (reg/v/f:DI 135 [ out ]) [0 S[16, 16] A8]) > (if_then_else:RVVM1QI (unspec:RVVMF8BI [ > (const_vector:RVVMF8BI repeat [ > (const_int 1 [0x1]) > ]) > (reg:DI 144) > (const_int 0 [0]) > (reg:SI 66 vl) > (reg:SI 67 vtype) > ] UNSPEC_VPREDICATE) > (reg/v:RVVM1QI 134 [ varr ]) > (mem:RVVM1QI (reg/v/f:DI 135 [ out ]) [0 S[16, 16] A8]))) > "rvv.c":6:5 1592 {pred_storervvm1qi} > (nil)) > > You can see there is only one UNSPEC now. Still has redundant stack > transferring. > > Is it because the pattern too complicated? It's because it has an UNSPEC in it - that makes it have target specific (unknown to the middle-end) behavior so nothing can be optimized here. Specifically passes likely refuse to replace MEM operands in such a construct.