On Thu, 29 Oct 2015, Tom de Vries wrote:

> On 29/10/15 12:13, Richard Biener wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Oct 2015, Tom de Vries wrote:
> > 
> > > >On 28/10/15 16:35, Richard Biener wrote:
> > > > > >On Tue, 27 Oct 2015, Tom de Vries wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > >On 27/10/15 13:24, Tom de Vries wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >Thinking it over a bit more, I realized the constraint
> > > > > > handling started
> > > > > > > > > >to be messy. I've reworked the patch series to simplify that
> > > > > > first.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >        1    Simplify constraint handling
> > > > > > > > > >        2    Rename make_restrict_var_constraints to
> > > > > > > > > >make_param_constraints
> > > > > > > > > >        3    Add recursion to make_param_constraints
> > > > > > > > > >        4    Add handle_param parameter to
> > > > > > create_variable_info_for_1
> > > > > > > > > >        5    Handle recursive restrict pointer in
> > > > > > > > > >create_variable_info_for_1
> > > > > > > > > >        6    Handle restrict struct fields recursively
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >Currently doing bootstrap and regtest on x86_64.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >I'll repost the patch series in reply to this message.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >This patch gets rid of this bit of code in
> > > > > intra_create_variable_infos:
> > > > > > > >...
> > > > > > > >        if (restrict_pointer_p)
> > > > > > > > make_constraint_from_global_restrict (p, "PARM_RESTRICT");
> > > > > > > >        else
> > > > > > > >..
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >I already proposed to remove it here (
> > > > > > > >https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-10/msg02426.html  ) but
> > > > > there is a
> > > > > > > >problem with that approach: It can happen that restrict_pointer_p
> > > > > is true,
> > > > > > > >but
> > > > > > > >p->only_restrict_pointers is false. This happens with fipa-pta,
> > > > > when
> > > > > > > >create_function_info_for created a varinfo for the parameter
> > > > > before
> > > > > > > >intra_create_variable_infos was called.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >The patch handles that case now by setting
> > > > > p->only_restrict_pointers.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Hmm, but ... restrict only has an effect in non-IPA mode.
> > > >
> > > >Indeed, I also realized that by now.
> > > >
> > > >I wrote attached patch to make that explicit and simplify fipa-pta.
> > > >
> > > >OK for trunk if bootstrap and reg-test succeeds?
> 
> First, there was an error in the patch, it tested for flag_ipa_pta (so it also
> affected ealias), but it was supposed to test for in_ipa mode. That is fixed
> in attached version.
> 
> > I don't see the patch simplifies anything but only removes spurious
> > settings by adding IMHO redundant checks.
> 
> Consider testcase:
> ...
> int __attribute__((noinline, noclone))
> foo (int *__restrict__ a, int *__restrict__ b)
> {
>   *a = 1;
>   *b = 2;
> }
> 
> int __attribute__((noinline, noclone))
> bar (int *a, int *b)
> {
>   foo (a, b);
> }
> ...
> 
> The impact of this patch in the pta dump (focusing on the constraints bit) is:
> ...
>  Generating constraints for foo (foo)
> 
> -foo.arg0 = &PARM_NOALIAS(20)
> -PARM_NOALIAS(20) = NONLOCAL
> -foo.arg1 = &PARM_NOALIAS(21)
> -PARM_NOALIAS(21) = NONLOCAL
> +foo.arg0 = &NONLOCAL
> +foo.arg1 = &NONLOCAL
> ...
> 
> That's the kind of simplifications I'm trying to achieve.

Yes, but as I said we should refactor things to avoid calling
the intra constraints generation from the IPA path.

Richard.

> Thanks,
> - Tom
> 
> 

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