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//===-- RegAllocBasic.cpp - Basic Register Allocator ----------------------===//
//
//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file defines the RABasic function pass, which provides a minimal
// implementation of the basic register allocator.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#define DEBUG_TYPE "regalloc"
#include "LiveDebugVariables.h"
#include "RenderMachineFunction.h"
#include "Spiller.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Function.h"
#include "llvm/PassAnalysisSupport.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/CalcSpillWeights.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/LiveIntervalAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/LiveStackAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunctionPass.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineLoopInfo.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineRegisterInfo.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h"
#include "llvm/CodeGen/RegAllocRegistry.h"
#include "llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h"
#include "llvm/Target/TargetOptions.h"
#include "llvm/Target/TargetRegisterInfo.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"

using namespace llvm;

static RegisterRegAlloc basicRegAlloc("basic", "basic register allocator",
                                      createBasicRegisterAllocator);

namespace {
  struct CompSpillWeight {
    bool operator()(LiveInterval *A, LiveInterval *B) const {
      return A->weight < B->weight;
    }
  };
}

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namespace {
/// RABasic provides a minimal implementation of the basic register allocation
/// algorithm. It prioritizes live virtual registers by spill weight and spills
/// whenever a register is unavailable. This is not practical in production but
/// provides a useful baseline both for measuring other allocators and comparing
/// the speed of the basic algorithm against other styles of allocators.
class RABasic : public MachineFunctionPass, public RegAllocBase
{
  // context
  LiveStacks *LS;
  RenderMachineFunction *RMF;
  std::auto_ptr<Spiller> SpillerInstance;
  std::priority_queue<LiveInterval*, std::vector<LiveInterval*>,
                      CompSpillWeight> Queue;
public:
  RABasic();

  /// Return the pass name.
  virtual const char* getPassName() const {
    return "Basic Register Allocator";
  }

  /// RABasic analysis usage.
  virtual void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const;
  virtual Spiller &spiller() { return *SpillerInstance; }
  virtual float getPriority(LiveInterval *LI) { return LI->weight; }

  virtual void enqueue(LiveInterval *LI) {
    Queue.push(LI);
  }

  virtual LiveInterval *dequeue() {
    if (Queue.empty())
      return 0;
    LiveInterval *LI = Queue.top();
    Queue.pop();
    return LI;
  }

  virtual unsigned selectOrSplit(LiveInterval &VirtReg,
                                 SmallVectorImpl<LiveInterval*> &SplitVRegs);

  /// Perform register allocation.
  virtual bool runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &mf);

  static char ID;
};

char RABasic::ID = 0;

} // end anonymous namespace

RABasic::RABasic(): MachineFunctionPass(ID) {
  initializeLiveDebugVariablesPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeLiveIntervalsPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeSlotIndexesPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeStrongPHIEliminationPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeRegisterCoalescerPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeCalculateSpillWeightsPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeLiveStacksPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeMachineDominatorTreePass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeMachineLoopInfoPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeVirtRegMapPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
  initializeRenderMachineFunctionPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
}

void RABasic::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
  AU.setPreservesCFG();
  AU.addRequired<AliasAnalysis>();
  AU.addPreserved<AliasAnalysis>();
  AU.addRequired<LiveIntervals>();
  AU.addPreserved<SlotIndexes>();
  AU.addRequired<LiveDebugVariables>();
  AU.addPreserved<LiveDebugVariables>();
    AU.addRequiredID(StrongPHIEliminationID);
  AU.addRequiredTransitiveID(RegisterCoalescerPassID);
  AU.addRequired<CalculateSpillWeights>();
  AU.addRequired<LiveStacks>();
  AU.addPreserved<LiveStacks>();
  AU.addRequiredID(MachineDominatorsID);
  AU.addPreservedID(MachineDominatorsID);
  AU.addRequired<MachineLoopInfo>();
  AU.addPreserved<MachineLoopInfo>();
  AU.addRequired<VirtRegMap>();
  AU.addPreserved<VirtRegMap>();
  DEBUG(AU.addRequired<RenderMachineFunction>());
  MachineFunctionPass::getAnalysisUsage(AU);
}

void RABasic::releaseMemory() {
  RegAllocBase::releaseMemory();
}

// Driver for the register assignment and splitting heuristics.
// Manages iteration over the LiveIntervalUnions.
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//
// This is a minimal implementation of register assignment and splitting that
// spills whenever we run out of registers.
//
// selectOrSplit can only be called once per live virtual register. We then do a
// single interference test for each register the correct class until we find an
// available register. So, the number of interference tests in the worst case is
// |vregs| * |machineregs|. And since the number of interference tests is
// minimal, there is no value in caching them outside the scope of
// selectOrSplit().
unsigned RABasic::selectOrSplit(LiveInterval &VirtReg,
                                SmallVectorImpl<LiveInterval*> &SplitVRegs) {
  // Populate a list of physical register spill candidates.
  SmallVector<unsigned, 8> PhysRegSpillCands;
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  // Check for an available register in this class.
  ArrayRef<unsigned> Order =
    RegClassInfo.getOrder(MRI->getRegClass(VirtReg.reg));
  for (ArrayRef<unsigned>::iterator I = Order.begin(), E = Order.end(); I != E;
       ++I) {
    unsigned PhysReg = *I;

    // Check interference and as a side effect, intialize queries for this
    // VirtReg and its aliases.
    unsigned interfReg = checkPhysRegInterference(VirtReg, PhysReg);
      // Found an available register.
    Queries[interfReg].collectInterferingVRegs(1);
    LiveInterval *interferingVirtReg =
      Queries[interfReg].interferingVRegs().front();
    // The current VirtReg must either be spillable, or one of its interferences
    // must have less spill weight.
    if (interferingVirtReg->weight < VirtReg.weight ) {
      PhysRegSpillCands.push_back(PhysReg);
  // Try to spill another interfering reg with less spill weight.
  for (SmallVectorImpl<unsigned>::iterator PhysRegI = PhysRegSpillCands.begin(),
         PhysRegE = PhysRegSpillCands.end(); PhysRegI != PhysRegE; ++PhysRegI) {
    if (!spillInterferences(VirtReg, *PhysRegI, SplitVRegs)) continue;
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    assert(checkPhysRegInterference(VirtReg, *PhysRegI) == 0 &&
           "Interference after spill.");
    // Tell the caller to allocate to this newly freed physical register.
  // No other spill candidates were found, so spill the current VirtReg.
  DEBUG(dbgs() << "spilling: " << VirtReg << '\n');
  LiveRangeEdit LRE(VirtReg, SplitVRegs);
  spiller().spill(LRE);
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  // The live virtual register requesting allocation was spilled, so tell
  // the caller not to allocate anything during this round.
  return 0;

bool RABasic::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction &mf) {
  DEBUG(dbgs() << "********** BASIC REGISTER ALLOCATION **********\n"
               << "********** Function: "
               << ((Value*)mf.getFunction())->getName() << '\n');

  MF = &mf;
  DEBUG(RMF = &getAnalysis<RenderMachineFunction>());
  RegAllocBase::init(getAnalysis<VirtRegMap>(), getAnalysis<LiveIntervals>());
  SpillerInstance.reset(createInlineSpiller(*this, *MF, *VRM));
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  allocatePhysRegs();
  // Diagnostic output before rewriting
  DEBUG(dbgs() << "Post alloc VirtRegMap:\n" << *VRM << "\n");
  DEBUG(RMF->renderMachineFunction("After basic register allocation.", VRM));
  // FIXME: Verification currently must run before VirtRegRewriter. We should
  // make the rewriter a separate pass and override verifyAnalysis instead. When
  // that happens, verification naturally falls under VerifyMachineCode.
#ifndef NDEBUG
    // Verify accuracy of LiveIntervals. The standard machine code verifier
    // ensures that each LiveIntervals covers all uses of the virtual reg.

    // FIXME: MachineVerifier is badly broken when using the standard
    // spiller. Always use -spiller=inline with -verify-regalloc. Even with the
    // inline spiller, some tests fail to verify because the coalescer does not
    // always generate verifiable code.
    MF->verify(this, "In RABasic::verify");
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    // Verify that LiveIntervals are partitioned into unions and disjoint within
    // the unions.
    verify();
  }
#endif // !NDEBUG
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  // Write out new DBG_VALUE instructions.
  getAnalysis<LiveDebugVariables>().emitDebugValues(VRM);

  // The pass output is in VirtRegMap. Release all the transient data.
  releaseMemory();
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FunctionPass* llvm::createBasicRegisterAllocator()