Invert comparison in uN::checked_sub by ivan-shrimp · Pull Request #125038 · rust-lang/rust (original) (raw)

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ivan-shrimp

After #124114, LLVM no longer combines the comparison and subtraction in uN::checked_sub when either operand is a constant (demo: https://rust.godbolt.org/z/MaeoYbsP1). The difference is more pronounced when the expression is slightly more complex (https://rust.godbolt.org/z/4rPavsYdc).

This is due to the use of >= here:

pub const fn checked_sub(self, rhs: Self) -> Option<Self> {
// Per PR#103299, there's no advantage to the `overflowing` intrinsic
// for *unsigned* subtraction and we just emit the manual check anyway.
// Thus, rather than using `overflowing_sub` that produces a wrapping
// subtraction, check it ourself so we can use an unchecked one.
if self >= rhs {
// SAFETY: just checked this can't overflow
Some(unsafe { intrinsics::unchecked_sub(self, rhs) })
} else {
None
}
}

For constant C, LLVM eagerly converts a >= C into a > C - 1, but the backend can only combine a < C with a - C, not C - 1 < a and a - C: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/e586556e375fc5c4f7e76b5c299cb981f2016108/llvm/lib/CodeGen/CodeGenPrepare.cpp#L1697-L1742

This PR1 simply inverts the >= into < to restore the LLVM magic, and somewhat align this with the implementation of uN::overflowing_sub from #103299.

When the result is stored as an Option (rather than being branched/cmoved on), the discriminant is self >= rhs. This PR doesn't affect the codegen (and relevant tests) of that since LLVM will negate self < rhs to self >= rhs when necessary.

Footnotes

  1. Note to self: My very first contribution to publicly-used code. Hopefully like what I should learn to always be, tiny and humble.

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There is some possibly-hot-looking compiler code that uses checked_sub, so I think it is reasonable to consider this to be performance-sensitive enough, and the compiler may give useful feedback, to justify giving perf a whirl:

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I'd say this should be considered an LLVM bug, but working around it on our side seems fine, especially since the fix is equally readable.

Thank you!
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I'm not sure how we should test this. LLVM seems to generate the desired llvm.usub.with.overflow intrinsic in a pass that happens later than --emit=llvm-ir, so adding it near existing tests might not be very useful. We can test the sequence in assembly (e.g. look for sub+cmov in x86-64), but that seems a bit too far.

(Feel free to pick this up; I might not have time for this in the coming week or so.)

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