DOCSLIB.ORG

Control-Flow and Low-Level Optimizations Outline Unreachable-Code Elimination Unreachable-Code Elimination Outline Straightening

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Control-Flow and Low-Level Optimizations Outline Unreachable-Code Elimination Unreachable-Code Elimination Outline Straightening Outline • Unreachable-Code Elimination • Straightening • If and Loop Simplifications • Loop Inversion and Unswitching Control-Flow and Low-Level • Branch Optimizations Optimizations • Tail Merging (Cross Jumping) • Conditional Moves • Dead-Code Elimination • Branch Prediction • Peephole Optimization • Machine Idioms & Instruction Combining Kostis Sagonas 2 Spring 2012 Unreachable-Code Elimination Unreachable-Code Elimination Unreachable code is code that cannot be executed, entry entry regardless of the input data c = a + b c = a + b – code that is never executable for any input data d = c d = c f = a + c e > c e > c – code that has become unreachable due to a previous g = e compiler transformation a = e +c f = c – g f = c – g b = c + 1 b = c + 1 Unreachable code elimination removes this code h = e + 1 d = 4 * a d = 4 * a e < a e = d – 7 e = d – 7 – reduces the code space f = e + 2 f = e + 2 – improves instruction-cache utilization – enables other control-flow transformations exit exit Kostis Sagonas 3 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 4 Spring 2012 Outline Straightening • Unreachable-Code Elimination Straightening is applicable to pairs of basic blocks such • Straightening that the first has no successors other than the second • If and Loop Simplifications and the second has no predecessors other than the first. • Loop Inversion and Unswitching • Branch Optimizations • Tail Merging (Cross Jumping) … … • Conditional Moves a = b + c a = b + c • Dead-Code Elimination b = c * 2 • Branch Prediction b = c * 2 a = a + 1 • Peephole Optimization a = a + 1 c < 0 • Machine Idioms & Instruction Combining c < 0 Kostis Sagonas 5 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 6 Spring 2012 1 Straightening Example Outline Straightening in the presence of fall-throughs is tricky... • Unreachable-Code Elimination • Straightening L1: … L1: … • If and Loop Simplifications a = b + c a = b + c • Loop Inversion and Unswitching goto L2 b = c * 2 • Branch Optimizations a = a + 1 • Tail Merging (Cross Jumping) L6: … if c < 0 goto L3 goto L4 goto L5 • Conditional Moves • Dead-Code Elimination L2: b = c * 2 L6: … • Branch Prediction a = a + 1 goto L4 • Peephole Optimization if c < 0 goto L3 • Machine Idioms & Instruction Combining L5: … L5: … Kostis Sagonas 7 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 8 Spring 2012 If Simplifications If Simplification Example If simplifications apply to conditional constructs a > d a > d Y N Y N one or both of whose branches are empty: b = a – if either the then or the else part of an if-construct is c = 4 * b b = a c = 4 * b empty, the corresponding branch can be eliminated (a >= d) or bool YN – one branch of an if with a constant-valued condition d = b d = c d = b can also be eliminated – we can also simplify ifs whose condition, C, occurs e = a + b e = a + b in the scope of a condition that implies C (and none of the condition’s operands has changed value) … … Kostis Sagonas 9 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 10 Spring 2012 Loop Simplifications Loop Simplification Example • A loop whose body is empty can be eliminated s = 0 if the iteration-control code has no side-effects i = 0 s = 0 i = i + 1 (Side-effects might be simple enough that they can be i = 0 s = s + i i = 4 replaced with non-looping code at compile time) L1: if i >= 4 goto L2 i = i + 1 i = i + 1 s = 10 s = s + i L2: … s = s + i i = i + 1 • If number of iterations is small enough, loops goto L1 s = s + i can be unrolled into branchless code and the L2: … i = i + 1 s = s + i loop body can be executed at compile time L2: … Kostis Sagonas 11 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 12 Spring 2012 2 Outline Loop Inversion • Unreachable-Code Elimination Loop inversion transforms a while loop into a • Straightening repeat loop (i.e. moves the loop-closing test • If and Loop Simplifications from before the loop to after it). • Loop Inversion and Unswitching • Branch Optimizations – Has the advantage that only one branch instruction • Tail Merging (Cross Jumping) needs to be executed to close the loop. • Conditional Moves – Requires that we determine that the loop is entered • Dead-Code Elimination at least once! • Branch Prediction • Peephole Optimization • Machine Idioms & Instruction Combining Kostis Sagonas 13 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 14 Spring 2012 Loop Inversion Example 1 Loop Inversion Example 2 for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) { Loop bounds a[i] = i + 1; are known } if (k >= n) goto L for (i = k; i < n; i++) { i = k; a[i] = i + 1; do { } a[i] = i + 1; i++; i = 0; i = 0; Loop bounds } while (i < n) while (i < 100) { do { are unknown L: a[i] = i + 1; a[i] = i + 1; i++; i++; } } while (i < 100) Kostis Sagonas 15 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 16 Spring 2012 Unswitching Unswitching Example Unswitching is a control-flow transformation that moves loop-invariant conditional branches out if (k == 2) { of loops for (i = 1; i < 100; i++) { for (i = 1; i < 100; i++) { if (k == 2) { if (a[i] > 0) if (k == 2 && a[i] > 0) for (i = 1; i < 100; i++) { for (i = 1; i < 100; i++) a[i] = a[i] + 1; a[i] = a[i] + 1; if (k == 2) a[i] = a[i] + 1; } } a[i] = a[i] + 1; } else { } else { else for (i = 1; i < 100; i++) i = 100; a[i] = a[i] – 1; a[i] = a[i] – 1; } } } Kostis Sagonas 17 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 18 Spring 2012 3 Outline Branch Optimizations • Unreachable-Code Elimination Branches to branches are remarkably common! • Straightening – An unconditional branch to an unconditional branch can be • If and Loop Simplifications replaced by a branch to the latter’s target • Loop Inversion and Unswitching – A conditional branch to an unconditional branch can be • Branch Optimizations replaced by the corresponding conditional branch to the • Tail Merging (Cross Jumping) latter branch’s target • Conditional Moves – An unconditional branch to a conditional branch can be • Dead-Code Elimination replaced by a copy of the conditional branch • Branch Prediction – A conditional branch to a conditional branch can be replaced • Peephole Optimization by a conditional branch with the former’s test and the latter’s target as long as the latter condition is true whenever the • Machine Idioms & Instruction Combining former one is Kostis Sagonas 19 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 20 Spring 2012 Branch Optimization Examples Eliminating Useless Control-Flow if a == 0 goto L1 if a == 0 goto L2 The Problem: … … – After optimization, the CFG can contain empty blocks L1: if a >= 0 goto L2 L1: if a >= 0 goto L2 … … – “Empty” blocks still end with either a branch or jump L2: … L2: … – Produces jump to jump, which wastes time and space goto L1 The Algorithm: (Clean) L1: … L1: … – Use four distinct transformations if a == 0 goto L1 – Apply them in a carefully selected order goto L2 if a != 0 goto L2 – Iterate until done L1: … L1: … Kostis Sagonas 21 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 22 Spring 2012 Eliminating Useless Control-Flow Eliminating Useless Control-Flow Transformation 1 Both sides of branch target B2 Transformation 2 Merging an empty block – Neither block must be empty – Empty B1 ends with a jump B1 B1 – Replace it with a jump to B1 empty – Coalesce B1 and B2 B1 – Simple rewrite of the last – Move B1’s incoming edges – Eliminates extraneous jump operation in B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 – Faster, smaller code Branch, not a jump How does this happen? How does this happen? Eliminating redundant branches – By rewriting other branches Eliminating empty blocks – By eliminating operations in B1 How do we recognize it? How do we recognize it? – Check each branch – Test for empty block Kostis Sagonas 23 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 24 Spring 2012 4 Eliminating Useless Control-Flow Eliminating Useless Control-Flow Transformation 3 Coalescing blocks Transformation 4 Jump to a branch – Neither block must be empty – B1 ends with a jump, B2 is B1 – B1 ends with a jump to B2 B1 B1 empty – Eliminates pointless jump B1 – B2 has one predecessor – Combine the two blocks – Copy branch into end of B1 B2 empty empty – Might make B2 unreachable B2 – Eliminates a jump B2 B2 How does this happen? How does this happen? Eliminating non-empty blocks – By eliminating operations in B1 – By simplifying edges out of B1 Hoisting branches How do we recognize it? from empty blocks How do we recognize it? – Check target of jump – Jump to empty block Kostis Sagonas 25 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 26 Spring 2012 Eliminating Useless Control-Flow Tail Merging (Cross Jumping) Putting the transformations together Tail merging applies to basic blocks whose last few instructions – Process the blocks in postorder are identical and that continue to the same location and replaces the matching instructions of one block with a branch to the • Clean up Bi’s successors before Bi corresponding point in the other. • Simplifies implementation and understanding – At each node, apply transformations in a fixed order … … • Eliminate redundant branch r1 = r2 + r3 r1 = r2 + r3 r4 = r3 shl 2 goto L2 • Eliminate empty block r2 = r2 + 1 … • Merge block with successors r2 = r4 – r2 r5 = r4 – 6 • Hoist branch from empty successor goto L1 L2: r4 = r3 shl 2 – May need to iterate … r2 = r2 + 1 r5 = r4 – 6 r2 = r4 – r2 •Postorder ⇒ unprocessed successors along back edges r4 = r3 shl 2 L1: … • Can bound iterations, but deriving a tight bound is hard r2 = r2 + 1 • Must recompute postorder between iterations r2 = r4 – r2 L1: … Kostis Sagonas 27 Spring 2012 Kostis Sagonas 28 Spring 2012 Outline Conditional Moves • Unreachable-Code Elimination Conditional moves are instructions that copy a source to • Straightening a target if and only if a specified condition is satisfied • If and Loop Simplifications – available in several modern architectures • Loop Inversion
Load more

Recommended publications
  • A Methodology for Assessing Javascript Software Protections
    A methodology for Assessing JavaScript Software Protections Pedro Fortuna A methodology for Assessing JavaScript Software Protections Pedro Fortuna About me Pedro Fortuna Co-Founder & CTO @ JSCRAMBLER OWASP Member SECURITY, JAVASCRIPT @pedrofortuna 2 A methodology for Assessing JavaScript Software Protections Pedro Fortuna Agenda 1 4 7 What is Code Protection? Testing Resilience 2 5 Code Obfuscation Metrics Conclusions 3 6 JS Software Protections Q & A Checklist 3 What is Code Protection Part 1 A methodology for Assessing JavaScript Software Protections Pedro Fortuna Intellectual Property Protection Legal or Technical Protection? Alice Bob Software Developer Reverse Engineer Sells her software over the Internet Wants algorithms and data structures Does not need to revert back to original source code 5 A methodology for Assessing JavaScript Software Protections Pedro Fortuna Intellectual Property IP Protection Protection Legal Technical Encryption ? Trusted Computing Server-Side Execution Obfuscation 6 A methodology for Assessing JavaScript Software Protections Pedro Fortuna Code Obfuscation Obfuscation “transforms a program into a form that is more difficult for an adversary to understand or change than the original code” [1] More Difficult “requires more human time, more money, or more computing power to analyze than the original program.” [1] in Collberg, C., and Nagra, J., “Surreptitious software: obfuscation, watermarking, and tamperproofing for software protection.”, Addison- Wesley Professional, 2010. 7 A methodology for Assessing
    [Show full text]
  • Attacking Client-Side JIT Compilers.Key
    Attacking Client-Side JIT Compilers Samuel Groß (@5aelo) !1 A JavaScript Engine Parser JIT Compiler Interpreter Runtime Garbage Collector !2 A JavaScript Engine • Parser: entrypoint for script execution, usually emits custom Parser bytecode JIT Compiler • Bytecode then consumed by interpreter or JIT compiler • Executing code interacts with the Interpreter runtime which defines the Runtime representation of various data structures, provides builtin functions and objects, etc. Garbage • Garbage collector required to Collector deallocate memory !3 A JavaScript Engine • Parser: entrypoint for script execution, usually emits custom Parser bytecode JIT Compiler • Bytecode then consumed by interpreter or JIT compiler • Executing code interacts with the Interpreter runtime which defines the Runtime representation of various data structures, provides builtin functions and objects, etc. Garbage • Garbage collector required to Collector deallocate memory !4 A JavaScript Engine • Parser: entrypoint for script execution, usually emits custom Parser bytecode JIT Compiler • Bytecode then consumed by interpreter or JIT compiler • Executing code interacts with the Interpreter runtime which defines the Runtime representation of various data structures, provides builtin functions and objects, etc. Garbage • Garbage collector required to Collector deallocate memory !5 A JavaScript Engine • Parser: entrypoint for script execution, usually emits custom Parser bytecode JIT Compiler • Bytecode then consumed by interpreter or JIT compiler • Executing code interacts with the Interpreter runtime which defines the Runtime representation of various data structures, provides builtin functions and objects, etc. Garbage • Garbage collector required to Collector deallocate memory !6 Agenda 1. Background: Runtime Parser • Object representation and Builtins JIT Compiler 2. JIT Compiler Internals • Problem: missing type information • Solution: "speculative" JIT Interpreter 3.
    [Show full text]
  • CS153: Compilers Lecture 19: Optimization
    CS153: Compilers Lecture 19: Optimization Stephen Chong https://www.seas.harvard.edu/courses/cs153 Contains content from lecture notes by Steve Zdancewic and Greg Morrisett Announcements •HW5: Oat v.2 out •Due in 2 weeks •HW6 will be released next week •Implementing optimizations! (and more) Stephen Chong, Harvard University 2 Today •Optimizations •Safety •Constant folding •Algebraic simplification • Strength reduction •Constant propagation •Copy propagation •Dead code elimination •Inlining and specialization • Recursive function inlining •Tail call elimination •Common subexpression elimination Stephen Chong, Harvard University 3 Optimizations •The code generated by our OAT compiler so far is pretty inefficient. •Lots of redundant moves. •Lots of unnecessary arithmetic instructions. •Consider this OAT program: int foo(int w) { var x = 3 + 5; var y = x * w; var z = y - 0; return z * 4; } Stephen Chong, Harvard University 4 Unoptimized vs. Optimized Output .globl _foo _foo: •Hand optimized code: pushl %ebp movl %esp, %ebp _foo: subl $64, %esp shlq $5, %rdi __fresh2: movq %rdi, %rax leal -64(%ebp), %eax ret movl %eax, -48(%ebp) movl 8(%ebp), %eax •Function foo may be movl %eax, %ecx movl -48(%ebp), %eax inlined by the compiler, movl %ecx, (%eax) movl $3, %eax so it can be implemented movl %eax, -44(%ebp) movl $5, %eax by just one instruction! movl %eax, %ecx addl %ecx, -44(%ebp) leal -60(%ebp), %eax movl %eax, -40(%ebp) movl -44(%ebp), %eax Stephen Chong,movl Harvard %eax,University %ecx 5 Why do we need optimizations? •To help programmers… •They write modular, clean, high-level programs •Compiler generates efficient, high-performance assembly •Programmers don’t write optimal code •High-level languages make avoiding redundant computation inconvenient or impossible •e.g.
    [Show full text]
  • Quaxe, Infinity and Beyond
    Quaxe, infinity and beyond Daniel Glazman — WWX 2015 /usr/bin/whoami Primary architect and developer of the leading Web and Ebook editors Nvu and BlueGriffon Former member of the Netscape CSS and Editor engineering teams Involved in Internet and Web Standards since 1990 Currently co-chair of CSS Working Group at W3C New-comer in the Haxe ecosystem Desktop Frameworks Visual Studio (Windows only) Xcode (OS X only) Qt wxWidgets XUL Adobe Air Mobile Frameworks Adobe PhoneGap/Air Xcode (iOS only) Qt Mobile AppCelerator Visual Studio Two solutions but many issues Fragmentation desktop/mobile Heavy runtimes Can’t easily reuse existing c++ libraries Complex to have native-like UI Qt/QtMobile still require c++ Qt’s QML is a weak and convoluted UI language Haxe 9 years success of Multiplatform OSS language Strong affinity to gaming Wide and vibrant community Some press recognition Dead code elimination Compiles to native on all But no native GUI… platforms through c++ and java Best of all worlds Haxe + Qt/QtMobile Multiplatform Native apps, native performance through c++/Java C++/Java lib reusability Introducing Quaxe Native apps w/o c++ complexity Highly dynamic applications on desktop and mobile Native-like UI through Qt HTML5-based UI, CSS-based styling Benefits from Haxe and Qt communities Going from HTML5 to native GUI completeness DOM dynamism in native UI var b: Element = document.getElementById("thirdButton"); var t: Element = document.createElement("input"); t.setAttribute("type", "text"); t.setAttribute("value", "a text field"); b.parentNode.insertBefore(t,
    [Show full text]
  • Dead Code Elimination for Web Applications Written in Dynamic Languages
    Dead code elimination for web applications written in dynamic languages Master’s Thesis Hidde Boomsma Dead code elimination for web applications written in dynamic languages THESIS submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in COMPUTER ENGINEERING by Hidde Boomsma born in Naarden 1984, the Netherlands Software Engineering Research Group Department of Software Technology Department of Software Engineering Faculty EEMCS, Delft University of Technology Hostnet B.V. Delft, the Netherlands Amsterdam, the Netherlands www.ewi.tudelft.nl www.hostnet.nl © 2012 Hidde Boomsma. All rights reserved Cover picture: Hoster the Hostnet mascot Dead code elimination for web applications written in dynamic languages Author: Hidde Boomsma Student id: 1174371 Email: [email protected] Abstract Dead code is source code that is not necessary for the correct execution of an application. Dead code is a result of software ageing. It is a threat for maintainability and should therefore be removed. Many organizations in the web domain have the problem that their software grows and de- mands increasingly more effort to maintain, test, check out and deploy. Old features often remain in the software, because their dependencies are not obvious from the software documentation. Dead code can be found by collecting the set of code that is used and subtract this set from the set of all code. Collecting the set can be done statically or dynamically. Web applications are often written in dynamic languages. For dynamic languages dynamic analysis suits best. From the maintainability perspective a dynamic analysis is preferred over static analysis because it is able to detect reachable but unused code.
    [Show full text]
  • Lecture Notes on Peephole Optimizations and Common Subexpression Elimination
    Lecture Notes on Peephole Optimizations and Common Subexpression Elimination 15-411: Compiler Design Frank Pfenning and Jan Hoffmann Lecture 18 October 31, 2017 1 Introduction In this lecture, we discuss common subexpression elimination and a class of optimiza- tions that is called peephole optimizations. The idea of common subexpression elimination is to avoid to perform the same operation twice by replacing (binary) operations with variables. To ensure that these substitutions are sound we intro- duce dominance, which ensures that substituted variables are always defined. Peephole optimizations are optimizations that are performed locally on a small number of instructions. The name is inspired from the picture that we look at the code through a peephole and make optimization that only involve the small amount code we can see and that are indented of the rest of the program. There is a large number of possible peephole optimizations. The LLVM com- piler implements for example more than 1000 peephole optimizations [LMNR15]. In this lecture, we discuss three important and representative peephole optimiza- tions: constant folding, strength reduction, and null sequences. 2 Constant Folding Optimizations have two components: (1) a condition under which they can be ap- plied and the (2) code transformation itself. The optimization of constant folding is a straightforward example of this. The code transformation itself replaces a binary operation with a single constant, and applies whenever c1 c2 is defined. l : x c1 c2 −! l : x c (where c =
    [Show full text]
  • Code Optimizations Recap Peephole Optimization
    7/23/2016 Program Analysis Recap https://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~karkare/cs618/ • Optimizations Code Optimizations – To improve efficiency of generated executable (time, space, resources …) Amey Karkare – Maintain semantic equivalence Dept of Computer Science and Engg • Two levels IIT Kanpur – Machine Independent Visiting IIT Bombay [email protected] – Machine Dependent [email protected] 2 Peephole Optimization Peephole optimization examples… • target code often contains redundant Redundant loads and stores instructions and suboptimal constructs • Consider the code sequence • examine a short sequence of target instruction (peephole) and replace by a Move R , a shorter or faster sequence 0 Move a, R0 • peephole is a small moving window on the target systems • Instruction 2 can always be removed if it does not have a label. 3 4 1 7/23/2016 Peephole optimization examples… Unreachable code example … Unreachable code constant propagation • Consider following code sequence if 0 <> 1 goto L2 int debug = 0 print debugging information if (debug) { L2: print debugging info } Evaluate boolean expression. Since if condition is always true the code becomes this may be translated as goto L2 if debug == 1 goto L1 goto L2 print debugging information L1: print debugging info L2: L2: The print statement is now unreachable. Therefore, the code Eliminate jumps becomes if debug != 1 goto L2 print debugging information L2: L2: 5 6 Peephole optimization examples… Peephole optimization examples… • flow of control: replace jump over jumps • Strength reduction
    [Show full text]
  • Validating Register Allocation and Spilling
    Validating Register Allocation and Spilling Silvain Rideau1 and Xavier Leroy2 1 Ecole´ Normale Sup´erieure,45 rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France [email protected] 2 INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, BP 105, 78153 Le Chesnay, France [email protected] Abstract. Following the translation validation approach to high- assurance compilation, we describe a new algorithm for validating a posteriori the results of a run of register allocation. The algorithm is based on backward dataflow inference of equations between variables, registers and stack locations, and can cope with sophisticated forms of spilling and live range splitting, as well as many architectural irregular- ities such as overlapping registers. The soundness of the algorithm was mechanically proved using the Coq proof assistant. 1 Introduction To generate fast and compact machine code, it is crucial to make effective use of the limited number of registers provided by hardware architectures. Register allocation and its accompanying code transformations (spilling, reloading, coa- lescing, live range splitting, rematerialization, etc) therefore play a prominent role in optimizing compilers. As in the case of any advanced compiler pass, mistakes sometimes happen in the design or implementation of register allocators, possibly causing incorrect machine code to be generated from a correct source program. Such compiler- introduced bugs are uncommon but especially difficult to exhibit and track down. In the context of safety-critical software, they can also invalidate all the safety guarantees obtained by formal verification of the source code, which is a growing concern in the formal methods world. There exist two major approaches to rule out incorrect compilations. Com- piler verification proves, once and for all, the correctness of a compiler or compi- lation pass, preferably using mechanical assistance (proof assistants) to conduct the proof.
    [Show full text]
  • Compiler-Based Code-Improvement Techniques
    Compiler-Based Code-Improvement Techniques KEITH D. COOPER, KATHRYN S. MCKINLEY, and LINDA TORCZON Since the earliest days of compilation, code quality has been recognized as an important problem [18]. A rich literature has developed around the issue of improving code quality. This paper surveys one part of that literature: code transformations intended to improve the running time of programs on uniprocessor machines. This paper emphasizes transformations intended to improve code quality rather than analysis methods. We describe analytical techniques and specific data-flow problems to the extent that they are necessary to understand the transformations. Other papers provide excellent summaries of the various sub-fields of program analysis. The paper is structured around a simple taxonomy that classifies transformations based on how they change the code. The taxonomy is populated with example transformations drawn from the literature. Each transformation is described at a depth that facilitates broad understanding; detailed references are provided for deeper study of individual transformations. The taxonomy provides the reader with a framework for thinking about code-improving transformations. It also serves as an organizing principle for the paper. Copyright 1998, all rights reserved. You may copy this article for your personal use in Comp 512. Further reproduction or distribution requires written permission from the authors. 1INTRODUCTION This paper presents an overview of compiler-based methods for improving the run-time behavior of programs — often mislabeled code optimization. These techniques have a long history in the literature. For example, Backus makes it quite clear that code quality was a major concern to the implementors of the first Fortran compilers [18].
    [Show full text]
  • An Analysis of Executable Size Reduction by LLVM Passes
    CSIT (June 2019) 7(2):105–110 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40012-019-00248-5 S.I. : VISVESVARAYA An analysis of executable size reduction by LLVM passes 1 1 1 1 Shalini Jain • Utpal Bora • Prateek Kumar • Vaibhav B. Sinha • 2 1 Suresh Purini • Ramakrishna Upadrasta Received: 3 December 2018 / Accepted: 27 May 2019 / Published online: 3 June 2019 Ó CSI Publications 2019 Abstract The formidable increase in the number of individual effects; while also study the effect of their smaller and smarter embedded devices has compelled combinations. Our preliminary study over SPEC CPU 2017 programmers to develop more and more specialized benchmarks gives us an insight into the comparative effect application programs for these systems. These resource of the groups of passes on the executable size. Our work intensive programs that have to be executed on limited has potential to enable the user to tailor a custom series of memory systems make a strong case for compiler opti- passes so as to obtain the desired executable size. mizations that reduce the executable size of programs. Standard compilers (like LLVM) offer an out-of-the-box - Keywords Compilers Á Compiler optimizations Á Code Oz optimization option—just a series of compiler opti- size optimizations mization passes—that is specifically targeted for the reduction of the generated executable size. In this paper, we aim to analyze the effects of optimizations of LLVM 1 Introduction compiler on the reduction of executable size. Specifically, we take the size of the executable as a metric and attempt The ever increasing demand for smart embedded devices to divide the -Oz series into logical groups and study their has lead to the development of more sophisticated appli- cations for these memory constrained devices.
    [Show full text]
  • 6.035 Lecture 9, Introduction to Program Analysis and Optimization
    Spring 20092009 Lecture 9:9: IntroductionIntroduction toto Program Analysis and Optimization Outline • Introduction • Basic Blocks • Common Subexpression Elimination • Copy P ropa gatition •Dead CCodeode Eliminatation • Algebraic Simplification • Summary Prog ram Analysis • Compile-time reasoning about run-time behavior of program – Can discover things that are always true: • “ x is al ways 1 in thth e s tatemen t y = x + z” • “the pointer p always points into array a” • “the statement return 5 can never execute” – Can infer things that are likely to be true: • “the reference r usually refers to an object of class C” • “thethe statement a=b+ca = b + c appears ttoo eexecutexecute more frequently than the statement x = y + z” – Distinction between data and control-flow properties Saman Amarasinghe 3 6.035 ©MIT Fall 1998 Transformations • Use analysis results to transform program • Overall goal: improve some aspect of program • Traditional goals: – RdReduce number of execute d i nstruct ions – Reduce overall code size • Other goalsgoals emerge as space becomesbecomes more complex – Reduce number of cycles • Use vector or DSP instructions • Improve instruction or data cache hit rate – Reduce power consumption – Reduce memory usage Saman Amarasinghe 4 6.035 ©MIT Fall 1998 Outline • Introduction • Basic Blocks • Common Subexpression Elimination • Copy P ropa gatition •Dead CCodeode Eliminatation • Algebraic Simplification • Summary Control Flow Graph • Nodes Rep resent Comp utation – Each Node is a Basic Block –Basic Block is a Seququ ence
    [Show full text]
  • Just-In-Time Compilation
    JUST-IN-TIME COMPILATION PROGRAM ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION – DCC888 Fernando Magno Quintão Pereira [email protected] The material in these slides have been taken mostly from two papers: "Dynamic Elimination of Overflow Tests in a Trace Compiler", and "Just-in- Time Value Specialization" A Toy Example #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <sys/mman.h> int main(void) { char* program; int (*fnptr)(void); int a; program = mmap(NULL, 1000, PROT_EXEC | PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0); program[0] = 0xB8; program[1] = 0x34; 1) What is the program on the program[2] = 0x12; left doing? program[3] = 0; program[4] = 0; 2) What is this API all about? program[5] = 0xC3; fnptr = (int (*)(void)) program; 3) What does this program a = fnptr(); have to do with a just-in- printf("Result = %X\n",a); time compiler? } A Toy Example #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <sys/mman.h> int main(void) { char* program; int (*fnptr)(void); int a; program = mmap(NULL, 1000, PROT_EXEC | PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0); program[0] = 0xB8; program[1] = 0x34; program[2] = 0x12; program[3] = 0; program[4] = 0; program[5] = 0xC3; fnptr = (int (*)(void)) program; a = fnptr(); printf("Result = %X\n",a); } A Toy Example #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <sys/mman.h> int main(void) { char* program; int (*fnptr)(void); int a; program = mmap(NULL, 1000, PROT_EXEC | PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, 0, 0); program[0] = 0xB8; program[1] = 0x34; program[2] = 0x12; program[3]
    [Show full text]