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Thanks,
Philipp.

On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 at 10:56, Andrea Pinski
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 8, 2026 at 2:57 AM Philipp Tomsich <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> >
> > param_avoid_fma_max_bits gates two independent transforms: the
> > widening_mul FMA-deferring in tree-ssa-math-opts.cc, which leaves a
> > loop-carried multiply-add as fmul + fadd, and the reassoc
> > loop-carried-FMA reorder added in r14-5779-g746344dd538
> > (PR tree-optimization/110279), which parallelises 3+ operand chains.
> > Both fire when TYPE_SIZE (elt) <= avoid-fma-max-bits, so for a given
> > type they switch on at the same threshold and a target cannot keep one
> > while dropping the other.
> >
> > This hurts the AArch64 AVOID_CROSS_LOOP_FMA cores (the Ampere-1
> > family): a 2-operand reduction such as an sgemm inner K-loop is left as
> > fmul + fadd, slower than fmadd on their pipeline, yet setting
> > avoid-fma-max-bits to 0 to avoid it also disables the reorder.
> >
> > Add a new --param=widening-mul-defer-fma (default 1) that gates only the
> > widening_mul deferring; avoid-fma-max-bits keeps gating the reorder
> > alone.  The AVOID_CROSS_LOOP_FMA callback sets the param to 0.  No other
> > target and no default behaviour changes.
> >
> > gcc/ChangeLog:
> >
> >         * params.opt (-param=widening-mul-defer-fma=): New param.
>
> You added this param but didn't document it in doc/params.texi.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrea
>
> >         * tree-ssa-math-opts.cc (math_opts_dom_walker::after_dom_children):
> >         Gate fma_deferring_state's enable predicate on
> >         param_widening_mul_defer_fma in addition to 
> > param_avoid_fma_max_bits.
> >         * config/aarch64/aarch64-tuning-flags.def (AVOID_CROSS_LOOP_FMA):
> >         Update the comment for the widening-mul-defer-fma effect.
> >         * config/aarch64/aarch64.cc (aarch64_override_options_internal):
> >         Inside the AARCH64_EXTRA_TUNE_AVOID_CROSS_LOOP_FMA block, set
> >         param_widening_mul_defer_fma to 0.
> >
> > gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> >
> >         * gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-1.c: New test.
> >         * gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-2.c: New test.
> >         * gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-3.c: New test.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Philipp Tomsich <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > Bootstrapped and regtested on aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu; no new
> > regressions.  The three new tests pass.
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Switch from a -fwidening-mul-defer-fma flag to a 0/1
> >   --param=widening-mul-defer-fma, per review; drop the --param
> >   references from user-facing documentation.
> >
> >  gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-tuning-flags.def   |  4 ++++
> >  gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.cc                 | 12 ++++++++---
> >  gcc/params.opt                                |  6 ++++++
> >  .../aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-1.c        | 19 +++++++++++++++++
> >  .../aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-2.c        | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-3.c        | 21 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  gcc/tree-ssa-math-opts.cc                     |  3 ++-
> >  7 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 
> > gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-1.c
> >  create mode 100644 
> > gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-2.c
> >  create mode 100644 
> > gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-3.c
> >
> > diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-tuning-flags.def 
> > b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-tuning-flags.def
> > index 058dadecccaa..32bc1c4f3eec 100644
> > --- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-tuning-flags.def
> > +++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64-tuning-flags.def
> > @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ AARCH64_EXTRA_TUNING_OPTION ("cse_sve_vl_constants", 
> > CSE_SVE_VL_CONSTANTS)
> >
> >  AARCH64_EXTRA_TUNING_OPTION ("matched_vector_throughput", 
> > MATCHED_VECTOR_THROUGHPUT)
> >
> > +/* For cores whose pipeline disfavours loop-carried serial FMAs: set
> > +   avoid-fma-max-bits to its maximum (512, i.e. all FMA widths) to enable
> > +   the reassoc reorder for 3+ operand chains, and set 
> > widening-mul-defer-fma
> > +   to 0 to suppress the widening-mul pass's FMA deferring.  */
> >  AARCH64_EXTRA_TUNING_OPTION ("avoid_cross_loop_fma", AVOID_CROSS_LOOP_FMA)
> >
> >  AARCH64_EXTRA_TUNING_OPTION ("fully_pipelined_fma", FULLY_PIPELINED_FMA)
> > diff --git a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.cc b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.cc
> > index 78f1eae8336c..1b1728e4e83d 100644
> > --- a/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.cc
> > +++ b/gcc/config/aarch64/aarch64.cc
> > @@ -20087,11 +20087,17 @@ aarch64_override_options_internal (struct 
> > gcc_options *opts,
> >        && opts->x_optimize >= 
> > aarch64_tune_params.prefetch->default_opt_level)
> >      opts->x_flag_prefetch_loop_arrays = 1;
> >
> > -  /* Avoid loop-dependant FMA chains.  */
> > +  /* Avoid loop-dependant FMA chains.  The reassoc-side reorder helper
> > +     keeps using --param=avoid-fma-max-bits; the widening-mul-side
> > +     deferring is gated separately by --param=widening-mul-defer-fma, so we
> > +     suppress only the deferring on these cores while leaving the reassoc
> > +     reorder active.  */
> >    if (aarch64_tune_params.extra_tuning_flags
> >        & AARCH64_EXTRA_TUNE_AVOID_CROSS_LOOP_FMA)
> > -    SET_OPTION_IF_UNSET (opts, opts_set, param_avoid_fma_max_bits,
> > -                        512);
> > +    {
> > +      SET_OPTION_IF_UNSET (opts, opts_set, param_avoid_fma_max_bits, 512);
> > +      SET_OPTION_IF_UNSET (opts, opts_set, param_widening_mul_defer_fma, 
> > 0);
> > +    }
> >
> >    /* Consider fully pipelined FMA in reassociation.  */
> >    if (aarch64_tune_params.extra_tuning_flags
> > diff --git a/gcc/params.opt b/gcc/params.opt
> > index 90f9943c8cb4..044c4a10bc44 100644
> > --- a/gcc/params.opt
> > +++ b/gcc/params.opt
> > @@ -1323,4 +1323,10 @@ Maximum number of outgoing edges in a switch before 
> > VRP does not process it.
> >  Common Joined UInteger Var(param_vrp_vector_threshold) Init(250) 
> > Optimization Param
> >  Maximum number of basic blocks for VRP to use a basic cache vector.
> >
> > +-param=widening-mul-defer-fma=
> > +Common Joined UInteger Var(param_widening_mul_defer_fma) Init(1) 
> > IntegerRange(0, 1) Param Optimization
> > +When nonzero, the widening-multiply pass defers forming an FMA whose result
> > +feeds a loop-header PHI, leaving a separate multiply and add.  Set to zero 
> > to
> > +contract such loop-carried reductions into an FMA instead.
> > +
> >  ; This comment is to ensure we retain the blank line above.
> > diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-1.c 
> > b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-1.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..dbee0ecb62b6
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-1.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
> > +/* { dg-do compile } */
> > +/* { dg-options "-O2 -ffast-math -fno-tree-vectorize -mcpu=ampere1" } */
> > +
> > +/* The ampere1 family sets AARCH64_EXTRA_TUNE_AVOID_CROSS_LOOP_FMA, which
> > +   sets widening-mul-defer-fma to 0 so that a 2-operand loop-carried
> > +   reduction is contracted to fmadd rather than deferred to fmul + fadd.
> > +   (avoid-fma-max-bits stays 512 to keep the reassoc reorder enabled.)  */
> > +
> > +double
> > +dot (const double *a, const double *b, int n)
> > +{
> > +  double s = 0.0;
> > +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> > +    s += a[i] * b[i];
> > +  return s;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler {\tfmadd\t} } } */
> > +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\tfmul\t} } } */
> > diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-2.c 
> > b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-2.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..a73d1ac1e9d3
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-2.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> > +/* { dg-do compile } */
> > +/* { dg-options "-O2 -ffast-math -fno-tree-vectorize 
> > --param=avoid-fma-max-bits=512" } */
> > +
> > +/* With FMA deferring active (avoid-fma-max-bits > 0) and the default
> > +   widening-mul-defer-fma=1, the widening_mul pass refuses to form an FMA
> > +   whose result feeds the loop-header phi: the reduction stays as a
> > +   separate fmul + fadd.  This is the behaviour the new param decouples
> > +   from the reassoc reorder (also gated by avoid-fma-max-bits).  */
> > +
> > +double
> > +dot (const double *a, const double *b, int n)
> > +{
> > +  double s = 0.0;
> > +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> > +    s += a[i] * b[i];
> > +  return s;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler {\tfmul\t} } } */
> > +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler {\tfadd\t} } } */
> > +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\tfmadd\t} } } */
> > diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-3.c 
> > b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-3.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..6463ca617734
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/gcc/testsuite/gcc.target/aarch64/widening-mul-defer-fma-3.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
> > +/* { dg-do compile } */
> > +/* { dg-options "-O2 -ffast-math -fno-tree-vectorize 
> > --param=avoid-fma-max-bits=512 --param=widening-mul-defer-fma=0" } */
> > +
> > +/* Companion to widening-mul-defer-fma-2.c: the same reduction with FMA
> > +   avoidance still requested for the reassoc reorder 
> > (avoid-fma-max-bits=512)
> > +   but --param=widening-mul-defer-fma=0 now suppresses the widening_mul
> > +   deferring, so the loop-carried multiply-add is contracted to a single
> > +   fmadd.  This proves the new param decouples the deferring from
> > +   avoid-fma-max-bits.  */
> > +
> > +double
> > +dot (const double *a, const double *b, int n)
> > +{
> > +  double s = 0.0;
> > +  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
> > +    s += a[i] * b[i];
> > +  return s;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler {\tfmadd\t} } } */
> > +/* { dg-final { scan-assembler-not {\tfmul\t} } } */
> > diff --git a/gcc/tree-ssa-math-opts.cc b/gcc/tree-ssa-math-opts.cc
> > index f0ede668d95e..c4a1d7bcf0bd 100644
> > --- a/gcc/tree-ssa-math-opts.cc
> > +++ b/gcc/tree-ssa-math-opts.cc
> > @@ -6607,7 +6607,8 @@ math_opts_dom_walker::after_dom_children (basic_block 
> > bb)
> >  {
> >    gimple_stmt_iterator gsi;
> >
> > -  fma_deferring_state fma_state (param_avoid_fma_max_bits > 0);
> > +  fma_deferring_state fma_state (param_avoid_fma_max_bits > 0
> > +                                && param_widening_mul_defer_fma);
> >
> >    for (gphi_iterator psi_next, psi = gsi_start_phis (bb); !gsi_end_p (psi);
> >         psi = psi_next)
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
> > base-commit: 3b443e764144526748d2b51d017d745f1956377e
> > branch: ptomsich/475-widening-mul-defer-fma

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