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RISC-V: Add -mstrict-align option

Message ID 20170501154010.15702-1-palmer@dabbelt.com
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Palmer Dabbelt May 1, 2017, 3:40 p.m. UTC
From: Andrew Waterman <andrew@sifive.com>

The RISC-V user ISA permits misaligned accesses, but they may trap
and be emulated.  That emulation software needs to be compiled assuming
strict alignment.

Even when strict alignment is not required, set SLOW_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
based upon -mtune to avoid a performance pitfall.

2017-01-19  Andrew Waterman  <andrew@sifive.com>

	* config/riscv/riscv.opt (mstrict-align): New option.
	* config/riscv/riscv.h (STRICT_ALIGNMENT): Use it.  Update comment.
	(SLOW_UNALIGNED_ACCESS): Define.
	(riscv_slow_unaligned_access): Declare.
	* config/riscv/riscv.c (riscv_tune_info): Add slow_unaligned_access
	field.
	(riscv_slow_unaligned_access): New variable.
	(rocket_tune_info): Set slow_unaligned_access to true.
	(optimize_size_tune_info): Set slow_unaligned_access to false.
	(riscv_cpu_info_table): Add entry for optimize_size_tune_info.
	(riscv_valid_lo_sum_p): Use TARGET_STRICT_ALIGN.
	(riscv_option_override): Set riscv_slow_unaligned_access.
        * doc/invoke.texi: Add -mstrict-align to RISC-V.
---
 gcc/ChangeLog              | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 gcc/config/riscv/riscv.c   | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 gcc/config/riscv/riscv.h   | 10 ++++++----
 gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt |  4 ++++
 gcc/doc/invoke.texi        |  6 ++++++
 5 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Comments

Sandra Loosemore May 1, 2017, 5:08 p.m. UTC | #1
On 05/01/2017 09:40 AM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> [snip]
>
> diff --git a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt
> index 0466bb2..0422e07 100644
> --- a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt
> +++ b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt
> @@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ mcmodel=
>   Target Report RejectNegative Joined Enum(code_model) Var(riscv_cmodel) Init(TARGET_DEFAULT_CMODEL)
>   Specify the code model.
>
> +mstrict-align
> +Target Report Mask(STRICT_ALIGN) Save
> +Assume that unaligned memory accesses are disallowed.
> +

It's not clear from that description who is disallowing the accesses, 
and what the assumption implies.  How about just:

Do not generate unaligned memory accesses.

> @@ -20945,6 +20946,11 @@ Put global and static data smaller than @var{n} bytes into a special section
>   @opindex msave-restore
>   Use smaller but slower prologue and epilogue code.
>
> +@item -mstrict-align
> +@itemx -mno-strict-align
> +@opindex mstrict-align
> +Assume that unaligned memory accesses are disallowed.
> +

Ditto here.

-Sandra
Palmer Dabbelt May 1, 2017, 5:19 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 01 May 2017 10:08:08 PDT (-0700), sandra@codesourcery.com wrote:
> On 05/01/2017 09:40 AM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> diff --git a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt
>> index 0466bb2..0422e07 100644
>> --- a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt
>> +++ b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt
>> @@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ mcmodel=
>>   Target Report RejectNegative Joined Enum(code_model) Var(riscv_cmodel) Init(TARGET_DEFAULT_CMODEL)
>>   Specify the code model.
>>
>> +mstrict-align
>> +Target Report Mask(STRICT_ALIGN) Save
>> +Assume that unaligned memory accesses are disallowed.
>> +
>
> It's not clear from that description who is disallowing the accesses,
> and what the assumption implies.  How about just:
>
> Do not generate unaligned memory accesses.

That sounds better, if there's no other comments then I'll commit that version.

>
>> @@ -20945,6 +20946,11 @@ Put global and static data smaller than @var{n} bytes into a special section
>>   @opindex msave-restore
>>   Use smaller but slower prologue and epilogue code.
>>
>> +@item -mstrict-align
>> +@itemx -mno-strict-align
>> +@opindex mstrict-align
>> +Assume that unaligned memory accesses are disallowed.
>> +
>
> Ditto here.

Thanks!
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diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 2ad14ae..02c9808 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@ 
+2017-01-19  Andrew Waterman  <andrew@sifive.com>
+
+	* config/riscv/riscv.opt (mstrict-align): New option.
+	* config/riscv/riscv.h (STRICT_ALIGNMENT): Use it.  Update comment.
+	(SLOW_UNALIGNED_ACCESS): Define.
+	(riscv_slow_unaligned_access): Declare.
+	* config/riscv/riscv.c (riscv_tune_info): Add slow_unaligned_access
+	field.
+	(riscv_slow_unaligned_access): New variable.
+	(rocket_tune_info): Set slow_unaligned_access to true.
+	(optimize_size_tune_info): Set slow_unaligned_access to false.
+	(riscv_cpu_info_table): Add entry for optimize_size_tune_info.
+	(riscv_valid_lo_sum_p): Use TARGET_STRICT_ALIGN.
+	(riscv_option_override): Set riscv_slow_unaligned_access.
+	* doc/invoke.texi: Add -mstrict-align to RISC-V.
+
 2017-04-28  Palmer Dabbelt  <palmer@dabbelt.com>
 
 	* config/riscv/t-elf-multilib32: New file.
diff --git a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.c b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.c
index d5928c3..f7fec4b 100644
--- a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.c
+++ b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.c
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@  struct riscv_tune_info
   unsigned short issue_rate;
   unsigned short branch_cost;
   unsigned short memory_cost;
+  bool slow_unaligned_access;
 };
 
 /* Information about one CPU we know about.  */
@@ -268,6 +269,9 @@  struct riscv_cpu_info {
 
 /* Global variables for machine-dependent things.  */
 
+/* Whether unaligned accesses execute very slowly.  */
+bool riscv_slow_unaligned_access;
+
 /* Which tuning parameters to use.  */
 static const struct riscv_tune_info *tune_info;
 
@@ -301,7 +305,8 @@  static const struct riscv_tune_info rocket_tune_info = {
   {COSTS_N_INSNS (6), COSTS_N_INSNS (6)},	/* int_div */
   1,						/* issue_rate */
   3,						/* branch_cost */
-  5						/* memory_cost */
+  5,						/* memory_cost */
+  true,						/* slow_unaligned_access */
 };
 
 /* Costs to use when optimizing for size.  */
@@ -313,12 +318,14 @@  static const struct riscv_tune_info optimize_size_tune_info = {
   {COSTS_N_INSNS (1), COSTS_N_INSNS (1)},	/* int_div */
   1,						/* issue_rate */
   1,						/* branch_cost */
-  2						/* memory_cost */
+  2,						/* memory_cost */
+  false,					/* slow_unaligned_access */
 };
 
 /* A table describing all the processors GCC knows about.  */
 static const struct riscv_cpu_info riscv_cpu_info_table[] = {
   { "rocket", &rocket_tune_info },
+  { "size", &optimize_size_tune_info },
 };
 
 /* Return the riscv_cpu_info entry for the given name string.  */
@@ -726,7 +733,8 @@  riscv_valid_lo_sum_p (enum riscv_symbol_type sym_type, enum machine_mode mode)
   /* We may need to split multiword moves, so make sure that each word
      can be accessed without inducing a carry.  */
   if (GET_MODE_SIZE (mode) > UNITS_PER_WORD
-      && GET_MODE_BITSIZE (mode) > GET_MODE_ALIGNMENT (mode))
+      && (!TARGET_STRICT_ALIGN
+	  || GET_MODE_BITSIZE (mode) > GET_MODE_ALIGNMENT (mode)))
     return false;
 
   return true;
@@ -3773,6 +3781,12 @@  riscv_option_override (void)
 			 RISCV_TUNE_STRING_DEFAULT);
   tune_info = optimize_size ? &optimize_size_tune_info : cpu->tune_info;
 
+  /* Use -mtune's setting for slow_unaligned_access, even when optimizing
+     for size.  For architectures that trap and emulate unaligned accesses,
+     the performance cost is too great, even for -Os.  */
+  riscv_slow_unaligned_access = (cpu->tune_info->slow_unaligned_access
+				 || TARGET_STRICT_ALIGN);
+
   /* If the user hasn't specified a branch cost, use the processor's
      default.  */
   if (riscv_branch_cost == 0)
diff --git a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.h b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.h
index 8d4c75e..c5d134c 100644
--- a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.h
+++ b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.h
@@ -126,10 +126,11 @@  along with GCC; see the file COPYING3.  If not see
 /* There is no point aligning anything to a rounder boundary than this.  */
 #define BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT 128
 
-/* The user-level ISA permits misaligned accesses, but they may execute
-   extremely slowly and non-atomically.  Some privileged architectures
-   do not permit them at all.  It is best to enforce strict alignment.  */
-#define STRICT_ALIGNMENT 1
+/* The user-level ISA permits unaligned accesses, but they are not required
+   of the privileged architecture.  */
+#define STRICT_ALIGNMENT TARGET_STRICT_ALIGN
+
+#define SLOW_UNALIGNED_ACCESS(MODE, ALIGN) riscv_slow_unaligned_access
 
 /* Define this if you wish to imitate the way many other C compilers
    handle alignment of bitfields and the structures that contain
@@ -864,6 +865,7 @@  while (0)
 #ifndef USED_FOR_TARGET
 extern const enum reg_class riscv_regno_to_class[];
 extern bool riscv_hard_regno_mode_ok[][FIRST_PSEUDO_REGISTER];
+extern bool riscv_slow_unaligned_access;
 #endif
 
 #define ASM_PREFERRED_EH_DATA_FORMAT(CODE,GLOBAL) \
diff --git a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt
index 0466bb2..0422e07 100644
--- a/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt
+++ b/gcc/config/riscv/riscv.opt
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@  mcmodel=
 Target Report RejectNegative Joined Enum(code_model) Var(riscv_cmodel) Init(TARGET_DEFAULT_CMODEL)
 Specify the code model.
 
+mstrict-align
+Target Report Mask(STRICT_ALIGN) Save
+Assume that unaligned memory accesses are disallowed.
+
 Enum
 Name(code_model) Type(enum riscv_code_model)
 Known code models (for use with the -mcmodel= option):
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 0eeea7b..9ae469a 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -975,6 +975,7 @@  See RS/6000 and PowerPC Options.
 -mtune=@var{processor-string} @gol
 -msmall-data-limit=@var{N-bytes} @gol
 -msave-restore  -mno-save-restore @gol
+-mstrict-align -mno-strict-align @gol
 -mcmodel=@var{code-model} @gol
 -mexplicit-relocs  -mno-explicit-relocs @gol}
 
@@ -20945,6 +20946,11 @@  Put global and static data smaller than @var{n} bytes into a special section
 @opindex msave-restore
 Use smaller but slower prologue and epilogue code.
 
+@item -mstrict-align
+@itemx -mno-strict-align
+@opindex mstrict-align
+Assume that unaligned memory accesses are disallowed.
+
 @item -mcmodel=@var{code-model}
 @opindex mcmodel
 Specify the code model.