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148bd232 1/* Definitions for the branch prediction routines in the GNU compiler.
f1717362 2 Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
13488c51 3
f12b58b3 4This file is part of GCC.
13488c51 5
f12b58b3 6GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
7the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
8c4c00c1 8Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
f12b58b3 9version.
13488c51 10
f12b58b3 11GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
12WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
13FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
14for more details.
13488c51 15
16You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
8c4c00c1 17along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
18<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
13488c51 19
20/* Before including this file, you should define a macro:
21
22 DEF_PREDICTOR (ENUM, NAME, HITRATE)
23
24 This macro will be called once for each predictor. The ENUM will
25 be of type `enum predictor', and will enumerate all supported
26 predictors. The order of DEF_PREDICTOR calls is important, as
27 in the first match combining heuristics, the predictor appearing
28 first in this file will win.
29
30 NAME is used in the debugging output to determine predictor type.
31
32 HITRATE is the probability that edge predicted by predictor as taken
33 will be really taken (so it should be always above
34 REG_BR_PROB_BASE / 2). */
48e1416a 35
13488c51 36
49d7c0db 37/* A value used as final outcome of all heuristics. */
eb429644 38DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COMBINED, "combined", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
39
49d7c0db 40/* An outcome estimated by Dempster-Shaffer theory. */
41DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_DS_THEORY, "DS theory", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
42
77aa6362 43/* A combined heuristics using probability determined by first
f6664fee 44 matching heuristics from this list. */
eb429644 45DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FIRST_MATCH, "first match", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
f6664fee 46
424da949 47/* Heuristic applying when no heuristic below applies. */
49d7c0db 48DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NO_PREDICTION, "no prediction", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
49
f6664fee 50/* Mark unconditional jump as taken. */
eb429644 51DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_UNCONDITIONAL, "unconditional jump", PROB_ALWAYS,
52 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
f6664fee 53
d500fef3 54/* Use number of loop iterations determined by # of iterations
55 analysis to set probability. We don't want to use Dempster-Shaffer
56 theory here, as the predictions is exact. */
eb429644 57DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_ITERATIONS, "loop iterations", PROB_ALWAYS,
58 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
f6664fee 59
c83059be 60/* Assume that any given atomic operation has low contention,
61 and thus the compare-and-swap operation succeeds. */
62DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COMPARE_AND_SWAP, "compare and swap", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
63 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
64
21853731 65/* Hints dropped by user via __builtin_expect feature. Note: the
66 probability of PROB_VERY_LIKELY is now overwritten by param
67 builtin_expect_probability with a default value of HITRATE(90).
68 Refer to param.def for details. */
eb429644 69DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_BUILTIN_EXPECT, "__builtin_expect", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
70 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
f6664fee 71
d500fef3 72/* Use number of loop iterations guessed by the contents of the loop. */
73DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_ITERATIONS_GUESSED, "guessed loop iterations",
74 PROB_ALWAYS, PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
75
cd0fe062 76/* Branch containing goto is probably not taken. */
4a1849e3 77DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_CONTINUE, "continue", HITRATE (50), 0)
cd0fe062 78
f6664fee 79/* Branch to basic block containing call marked by noreturn attribute. */
fc29fdf5 80DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NORETURN, "noreturn call", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
49493a4e 81 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
f6664fee 82
5de92639 83/* Branch to basic block containing call marked by cold function attribute. */
fc29fdf5 84DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COLD_FUNCTION, "cold function call", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
5de92639 85 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
86
f6664fee 87/* Loopback edge is taken. */
4a4e4487 88DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_BRANCH, "loop branch", HITRATE (86),
49493a4e 89 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
f6664fee 90
9cb8e99f 91/* Edge causing loop to terminate is probably not taken. */
4a4e4487 92DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_EXIT, "loop exit", HITRATE (91),
49493a4e 93 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
f6664fee 94
f6664fee 95/* Pointers are usually not NULL. */
4a4e4487 96DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_POINTER, "pointer", HITRATE (85), 0)
97DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_POINTER, "pointer (on trees)", HITRATE (85), 0)
f6664fee 98
99/* NE is probable, EQ not etc... */
7c7b2e74 100DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_OPCODE_POSITIVE, "opcode values positive", HITRATE (79), 0)
101DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_OPCODE_NONEQUAL, "opcode values nonequal", HITRATE (71), 0)
ba38e12b 102DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FPOPCODE, "fp_opcode", HITRATE (90), 0)
f3cb8b1d 103DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_OPCODE_POSITIVE, "opcode values positive (on trees)", HITRATE (73), 0)
104DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_OPCODE_NONEQUAL, "opcode values nonequal (on trees)", HITRATE (72), 0)
4ee9c684 105DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_FPOPCODE, "fp_opcode (on trees)", HITRATE (90), 0)
f6664fee 106
107/* Branch guarding call is probably taken. */
f3cb8b1d 108DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_CALL, "call", HITRATE (71), 0)
f6664fee 109
110/* Branch causing function to terminate is probably not taken. */
f3cb8b1d 111DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_EARLY_RETURN, "early return (on trees)", HITRATE (61), 0)
cd0fe062 112
113/* Branch containing goto is probably not taken. */
114DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_GOTO, "goto", HITRATE (70), 0)
115
116/* Branch ending with return constant is probably not taken. */
5331f35a 117DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_CONST_RETURN, "const return", HITRATE (67), 0)
cd0fe062 118
119/* Branch ending with return negative constant is probably not taken. */
5331f35a 120DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NEGATIVE_RETURN, "negative return", HITRATE (96), 0)
cd0fe062 121
122/* Branch ending with return; is probably not taken */
f3cb8b1d 123DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NULL_RETURN, "null return", HITRATE (90), 0)
0ec80471 124
fd757b76 125/* Branches to compare induction variable to a loop bound is
126 extremely likely. */
127DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_IV_COMPARE_GUESS, "guess loop iv compare",
128 PROB_VERY_LIKELY, 0)
129
130/* Use number of loop iterations determined by # of iterations analysis
131 to set probability of branches that compares IV to loop bound variable. */
132DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_IV_COMPARE, "loop iv compare", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
133 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
758a38ab 134
135/* Branches to hot labels are likely. */
136DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_HOT_LABEL, "hot label", HITRATE (85), 0)
137
138/* Branches to cold labels are extremely unlikely. */
139DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COLD_LABEL, "cold label", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
140 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
c83059be 141
142
143/* The following predictors are used in Fortran. */
144
145/* Branch leading to an integer overflow are extremely unlikely. */
146DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_OVERFLOW, "overflow", PROB_ALWAYS,
147 PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
148
149/* Branch leading to a failure status are unlikely. This can occur for out
150 of memory or when trying to allocate an already allocated allocated or
151 deallocating an already deallocated allocatable. This predictor only
152 occurs when the user explicitly asked for a return status. By default,
153 the code aborts, which is handled via PRED_NORETURN. */
154DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_FAIL_ALLOC, "fail alloc", PROB_VERY_LIKELY, 0)
155
156/* Branch leading to an I/O failure status are unlikely. This predictor is
157 used for I/O failures such as for invalid unit numbers. This predictor
158 only occurs when the user explicitly asked for a return status. By default,
159 the code aborts, which is handled via PRED_NORETURN. */
160DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_FAIL_IO, "fail alloc", HITRATE(85), 0)
161
162/* Branch leading to a run-time warning message which is printed only once
163 are unlikely. The print-warning branch itself can be likely or unlikely. */
164DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_WARN_ONCE, "warn once", HITRATE (75), 0)
165
166/* Branch belonging to a zero-sized array. */
167DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_SIZE_ZERO, "zero-sized array", HITRATE(70), 0)
168
169/* Branch belonging to an invalid bound index, in a context where it is
170 standard conform and well defined but rather pointless and, hence, rather
171 unlikely to occur. */
172DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_INVALID_BOUND, "zero-sized array", HITRATE(90), 0)
173
174/* Branch belonging to the handling of absent optional arguments. This
175 predictor is used when an optional dummy argument, associated with an
176 absent argument, is passed on as actual argument to another procedure,
177 which in turn has an optional argument. */
178DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_ABSENT_DUMMY, "absent dummy", HITRATE(60), 0)