algorithm when assigning EnumValues to the synthesized registers.
The current algorithm, LessRecord, uses the StringRef compare_numeric
function. This function compares strings, while handling embedded numbers.
For example, the R600 backend registers are sorted as follows:
T1
T1_W
T1_X
T1_XYZW
T1_Y
T1_Z
T2
T2_W
T2_X
T2_XYZW
T2_Y
T2_Z
In this example, the 'scaling factor' is dEnum/dN = 6 because T0, T1, T2
have an EnumValue offset of 6 from one another. However, in other parts
of the register bank, the scaling factors are different:
dEnum/dN = 5:
KC0_128_W
KC0_128_X
KC0_128_XYZW
KC0_128_Y
KC0_128_Z
KC0_129_W
KC0_129_X
KC0_129_XYZW
KC0_129_Y
KC0_129_Z
The diff lists do not work correctly because different kinds of registers have
different 'scaling factors'. This new algorithm, LessRecordRegister, tries to
enforce a scaling factor of 1. For example, the registers are now sorted as
follows:
T1
T2
T3
...
T0_W
T1_W
T2_W
...
T0_X
T1_X
T2_X
...
KC0_128_W
KC0_129_W
KC0_130_W
...
For the Mips and R600 I see a 19% and 6% reduction in size, respectively. I
did see a few small regressions, but the differences were on the order of a
few bytes (e.g., AArch64 was 16 bytes). I suspect there will be even
greater wins for targets with larger register files.
Patch reviewed by Jakob.
rdar://14006013
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@185094 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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