Chad Rosier 6db9ff64a8 [AArch64] Prefer Bcc to CBZ/CBNZ/TBZ/TBNZ when NZCV flags can be set for "free". ...

This patch contains a pass that transforms CBZ/CBNZ/TBZ/TBNZ instructions into a
conditional branch (Bcc), when the NZCV flags can be set for "free". This is
preferred on targets that have more flexibility when scheduling Bcc
instructions as compared to CBZ/CBNZ/TBZ/TBNZ (assuming all other variables are
equal). This can reduce register pressure and is also the default behavior for
GCC.

A few examples:

 add w8, w0, w1  -> cmn w0, w1             ; CMN is an alias of ADDS.
 cbz w8, .LBB_2  -> b.eq .LBB0_2           ; single def/use of w8 removed.

 add w8, w0, w1  -> adds w8, w0, w1        ; w8 has multiple uses.
 cbz w8, .LBB1_2 -> b.eq .LBB1_2

 sub w8, w0, w1       -> subs w8, w0, w1   ; w8 has multiple uses.
 tbz w8, #31, .LBB6_2 -> b.ge .LBB6_2

In looking at all current sub-target machine descriptions, this transformation
appears to be either positive or neutral.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D34220.

llvm-svn: 306144

2017-06-23 19:20:12 +00:00

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