common subexpression elimination
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Common Subexpression Elimination. Johnathon Jamison CS265 S. Graham. Outline. Titanium Def/Use analysis (used by CSE) Common Subexpression Elimination Implementation Examples. Titanium. Titanium is an extension of Java The Titanium compiler compiles Titanium code to C - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Common Subexpression Elimination
Johnathon Jamison
CS265
S. Graham
Outline
• Titanium
• Def/Use analysis (used by CSE)
• Common Subexpression Elimination
• Implementation
• Examples
Titanium
• Titanium is an extension of Java
• The Titanium compiler compiles Titanium code to C
• The C code is then compiled by the system compiler, e.g. gcc
Def/Use
• Given:
a = …
…
…a…
• We want to link the use of a to the definition of a above.
Def/Use
• Every use of a variable has a list of all possible definitions associated with it
• Every definition of a variable has a list of all possible uses associated with it
• Method calls and pointer indirection are included in this analysis
Def/Use
• The Titanium compile has def/use information available
• It seems this could be leveraged for CSE
CSE
• Given:
a = f * i
…
b = f * i
• We want to compute f * i only once
CSE
• We could do:
a = f * i
temp = a
…
b = temp
• But only if the value of f * i has not changed
Finding CSEs
a = f * i
…
b = f * i
• The second f * i can be eliminated if the definitions of f and i that are used are exactly the same as the first– Leverage our def/use analysis!
• But checking for that could be onerous
Finding CSEs
• So, lets create some fake definitions of f and i immediately before the first f * i
• Then, there is one explicit definition that can be traced to for checking the previously mentioned condition
Finding CSEs
f = f
i = i
a = f * i
…
b = f * i
• Thus, if f and i have the same definitions in both places, then the second f * i can be eliminated
Handing Global CSEs
• This is fine and dandy for straight line code, but what if you have:
a = f * i b = f * i
… …
c = f * i
Handing Global CSEs
• So, you need to see if f and i have the same definitions in all pairs of places where the common subexpression exists.
• I.e., does f or i have any definition that is not associated with a fake definition introduced by this analysis?
• If not, then an elimination can occur
Simultaneous CSEs
• The def/use analysis is expensive– You can not run the def use analysis for every
potential CSE
• Thus all CSEs should be analyzed simultaneously
• So, extra assignments are placed everywhere in the code a CSE could be
Simultaneous CSEs
• When tracing definitions, those introduced definitions must be explicitly ignored
• Trace back from a use
• If it is a definition associated with a CSE we are cool
• If it is an introduced one, pass through
• If it is neither, we can not use this
Altogether Now…
• Insert the extra assignments
• For every similar expression– At every site, try to eliminate this expression
• Delete the assignments, so as not to interfere with anything else
Interaction with Copy Propagation
• Any temps introduced are placed after the calculation, so that copy propagation can remove thema = f * i a = f * i
temp_1 = a… …b = f * i b = temp_1
temp_2 = b… …c = f * i c = temp_2
CSE Tidbits
• Compiler temps are placed at top level, as the live range of CSEs are unknown
• Associativity is accounted for
• Only binary and unary operations are done– Can be extended
Examples
Timings – Preliminary Results
• CSE alone seems to have negligable effect
• Global copy propagation gives a few percent increase
• CSE on top of global copy propagation gives a couple percent more
Local CSE
• Used Muchnick’s algorithm (described in class)
• Used defs to find what was killed
• Fully implemented– Except method calls
• Since we are using defs already, why not so something more substantial?