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- /* Definitions for the branch prediction routines in the GNU compiler.
- Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- This file is part of GCC.
- GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
- the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
- Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later
- version.
- GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
- WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
- for more details.
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
- <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
- /* Before including this file, you should define a macro:
- DEF_PREDICTOR (ENUM, NAME, HITRATE)
- This macro will be called once for each predictor. The ENUM will
- be of type `enum predictor', and will enumerate all supported
- predictors. The order of DEF_PREDICTOR calls is important, as
- in the first match combining heuristics, the predictor appearing
- first in this file will win.
- NAME is used in the debugging output to determine predictor type.
- HITRATE is the probability that edge predicted by predictor as taken
- will be really taken (so it should be always above
- REG_BR_PROB_BASE / 2). */
- /* A value used as final outcome of all heuristics. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COMBINED, "combined", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
- /* An outcome estimated by Dempster-Shaffer theory. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_DS_THEORY, "DS theory", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
- /* A combined heuristics using probability determined by first
- matching heuristics from this list. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FIRST_MATCH, "first match", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
- /* Heuristic applying when no heuristic below applies. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NO_PREDICTION, "no prediction", PROB_ALWAYS, 0)
- /* Mark unconditional jump as taken. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_UNCONDITIONAL, "unconditional jump", PROB_ALWAYS,
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Use number of loop iterations determined by # of iterations
- analysis to set probability. We don't want to use Dempster-Shaffer
- theory here, as the predictions is exact. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_ITERATIONS, "loop iterations", PROB_ALWAYS,
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Assume that any given atomic operation has low contention,
- and thus the compare-and-swap operation succeeds. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COMPARE_AND_SWAP, "compare and swap", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Hints dropped by user via __builtin_expect feature. Note: the
- probability of PROB_VERY_LIKELY is now overwritten by param
- builtin_expect_probability with a default value of HITRATE(90).
- Refer to param.def for details. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_BUILTIN_EXPECT, "__builtin_expect", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Use number of loop iterations guessed by the contents of the loop. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_ITERATIONS_GUESSED, "guessed loop iterations",
- PROB_ALWAYS, PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Branch containing goto is probably not taken. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_CONTINUE, "continue", HITRATE (50), 0)
- /* Branch to basic block containing call marked by noreturn attribute. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NORETURN, "noreturn call", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Branch to basic block containing call marked by cold function attribute. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COLD_FUNCTION, "cold function call", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Loopback edge is taken. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_BRANCH, "loop branch", HITRATE (86),
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Edge causing loop to terminate is probably not taken. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_EXIT, "loop exit", HITRATE (91),
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Pointers are usually not NULL. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_POINTER, "pointer", HITRATE (85), 0)
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_POINTER, "pointer (on trees)", HITRATE (85), 0)
- /* NE is probable, EQ not etc... */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_OPCODE_POSITIVE, "opcode values positive", HITRATE (79), 0)
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_OPCODE_NONEQUAL, "opcode values nonequal", HITRATE (71), 0)
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FPOPCODE, "fp_opcode", HITRATE (90), 0)
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_OPCODE_POSITIVE, "opcode values positive (on trees)", HITRATE (73), 0)
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_OPCODE_NONEQUAL, "opcode values nonequal (on trees)", HITRATE (72), 0)
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_FPOPCODE, "fp_opcode (on trees)", HITRATE (90), 0)
- /* Branch guarding call is probably taken. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_CALL, "call", HITRATE (71), 0)
- /* Branch causing function to terminate is probably not taken. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_TREE_EARLY_RETURN, "early return (on trees)", HITRATE (61), 0)
- /* Branch containing goto is probably not taken. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_GOTO, "goto", HITRATE (70), 0)
- /* Branch ending with return constant is probably not taken. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_CONST_RETURN, "const return", HITRATE (67), 0)
- /* Branch ending with return negative constant is probably not taken. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NEGATIVE_RETURN, "negative return", HITRATE (96), 0)
- /* Branch ending with return; is probably not taken */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_NULL_RETURN, "null return", HITRATE (90), 0)
- /* Branches to compare induction variable to a loop bound is
- extremely likely. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_IV_COMPARE_GUESS, "guess loop iv compare",
- PROB_VERY_LIKELY, 0)
- /* Use number of loop iterations determined by # of iterations analysis
- to set probability of branches that compares IV to loop bound variable. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_LOOP_IV_COMPARE, "loop iv compare", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Branches to hot labels are likely. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_HOT_LABEL, "hot label", HITRATE (85), 0)
- /* Branches to cold labels are extremely unlikely. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_COLD_LABEL, "cold label", PROB_VERY_LIKELY,
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* The following predictors are used in Fortran. */
- /* Branch leading to an integer overflow are extremely unlikely. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_OVERFLOW, "overflow", PROB_ALWAYS,
- PRED_FLAG_FIRST_MATCH)
- /* Branch leading to a failure status are unlikely. This can occur for out
- of memory or when trying to allocate an already allocated allocated or
- deallocating an already deallocated allocatable. This predictor only
- occurs when the user explicitly asked for a return status. By default,
- the code aborts, which is handled via PRED_NORETURN. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_FAIL_ALLOC, "fail alloc", PROB_VERY_LIKELY, 0)
- /* Branch leading to an I/O failure status are unlikely. This predictor is
- used for I/O failures such as for invalid unit numbers. This predictor
- only occurs when the user explicitly asked for a return status. By default,
- the code aborts, which is handled via PRED_NORETURN. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_FAIL_IO, "fail alloc", HITRATE(85), 0)
- /* Branch leading to a run-time warning message which is printed only once
- are unlikely. The print-warning branch itself can be likely or unlikely. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_WARN_ONCE, "warn once", HITRATE (75), 0)
- /* Branch belonging to a zero-sized array. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_SIZE_ZERO, "zero-sized array", HITRATE(70), 0)
- /* Branch belonging to an invalid bound index, in a context where it is
- standard conform and well defined but rather pointless and, hence, rather
- unlikely to occur. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_INVALID_BOUND, "zero-sized array", HITRATE(90), 0)
- /* Branch belonging to the handling of absent optional arguments. This
- predictor is used when an optional dummy argument, associated with an
- absent argument, is passed on as actual argument to another procedure,
- which in turn has an optional argument. */
- DEF_PREDICTOR (PRED_FORTRAN_ABSENT_DUMMY, "absent dummy", HITRATE(60), 0)
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