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% (c) The AQUA Project, Glasgow University, 1994-1998
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\section[LiberateCase]{Unroll recursion to allow evals to be lifted from a loop}
\begin{code}
module LiberateCase ( liberateCase ) where
#include "HsVersions.h"
import DynFlags
import CoreSyn
import CoreUnfold ( couldBeSmallEnoughToInline )
import Id
import VarEnv
import Util ( notNull )
\end{code}
The liberate-case transformation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This module walks over @Core@, and looks for @case@ on free variables.
The criterion is:
if there is case on a free on the route to the recursive call,
then the recursive call is replaced with an unfolding.
Example
f = \ t -> case v of
V a b -> a : f t
=> the inner f is replaced.
f = \ t -> case v of
V a b -> a : (letrec
f = \ t -> case v of
V a b -> a : f t
in f) t
(note the NEED for shadowing)
=> Simplify
f = \ t -> case v of
V a b -> a : (letrec
f = \ t -> a : f t
in f t)
Better code, because 'a' is free inside the inner letrec, rather
than needing projection from v.
Note that this deals with *free variables*. SpecConstr deals with
*arguments* that are of known form. E.g.
last [] = error
last (x:[]) = x
last (x:xs) = last xs
Note [Scrutinee with cast]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Consider this:
f = \ t -> case (v `cast` co) of
V a b -> a : f t
Exactly the same optimisation (unrolling one call to f) will work here,
despite the cast. See mk_alt_env in the Case branch of libCase.
Note [Only functions!]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Consider the following code
f = g (case v of V a b -> a : t f)
where g is expensive. If we aren't careful, liberate case will turn this into
f = g (case v of
V a b -> a : t (letrec f = g (case v of V a b -> a : f t)
in f)
)
Yikes! We evaluate g twice. This leads to a O(2^n) explosion
if g calls back to the same code recursively.
Solution: make sure that we only do the liberate-case thing on *functions*
To think about (Apr 94)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Main worry: duplicating code excessively. At the moment we duplicate
the entire binding group once at each recursive call. But there may
be a group of recursive calls which share a common set of evaluated
free variables, in which case the duplication is a plain waste.
Another thing we could consider adding is some unfold-threshold thing,
so that we'll only duplicate if the size of the group rhss isn't too
big.
Data types
~~~~~~~~~~
The ``level'' of a binder tells how many
recursive defns lexically enclose the binding
A recursive defn "encloses" its RHS, not its
scope. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
letrec f = let g = ... in ...
in
let h = ...
in ...
\end{verbatim}
Here, the level of @f@ is zero, the level of @g@ is one,
and the level of @h@ is zero (NB not one).
%************************************************************************
%* *
Top-level code
%* *
%************************************************************************
\begin{code}
liberateCase :: DynFlags -> [CoreBind] -> [CoreBind]
liberateCase dflags binds = do_prog (initEnv dflags) binds
where
do_prog _ [] = []
do_prog env (bind:binds) = bind' : do_prog env' binds
where
(env', bind') = libCaseBind env bind
\end{code}
%************************************************************************
%* *
Main payload
%* *
%************************************************************************
Bindings
~~~~~~~~
\begin{code}
libCaseBind :: LibCaseEnv -> CoreBind -> (LibCaseEnv, CoreBind)
libCaseBind env (NonRec binder rhs)
= (addBinders env [binder], NonRec binder (libCase env rhs))
libCaseBind env (Rec pairs)
= (env_body, Rec pairs')
where
binders = map fst pairs
env_body = addBinders env binders
pairs' = [(binder, libCase env_rhs rhs) | (binder,rhs) <- pairs]
env_rhs = addRecBinds env [ (localiseId binder, libCase env_body rhs)
| (binder, rhs) <- pairs
, rhs_small_enough binder rhs ]
rhs_small_enough id rhs
= idArity id > 0
&& maybe True (\size -> couldBeSmallEnoughToInline size rhs)
(bombOutSize env)
\end{code}
Note [Need to localiseId in libCaseBind]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The call to localiseId is needed for two subtle reasons
(a) Reset the export flags on the binders so
that we don't get name clashes on exported things if the
local binding floats out to top level. This is most unlikely
to happen, since the whole point concerns free variables.
But resetting the export flag is right regardless.
(b) Make the name an Internal one. External Names should never be
nested; if it were floated to the top level, we'd get a name
clash at code generation time.
Note [Small enough]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Consider
\fv. letrec
f = \x. BIG...(case fv of { (a,b) -> ...g.. })...
g = \y. SMALL...f...
Then we *can* do liberate-case on g (small RHS) but not for f (too big).
But we can choose on a item-by-item basis, and that's what the
rhs_small_enough call in the comprehension for env_rhs does.
Expressions
~~~~~~~~~~~
\begin{code}
libCase :: LibCaseEnv
-> CoreExpr
-> CoreExpr
libCase env (Var v) = libCaseId env v
libCase _ (Lit lit) = Lit lit
libCase _ (Type ty) = Type ty
libCase _ (Coercion co) = Coercion co
libCase env (App fun arg) = App (libCase env fun) (libCase env arg)
libCase env (Note note body) = Note note (libCase env body)
libCase env (Cast e co) = Cast (libCase env e) co
libCase env (Lam binder body)
= Lam binder (libCase (addBinders env [binder]) body)
libCase env (Let bind body)
= Let bind' (libCase env_body body)
where
(env_body, bind') = libCaseBind env bind
libCase env (Case scrut bndr ty alts)
= Case (libCase env scrut) bndr ty (map (libCaseAlt env_alts) alts)
where
env_alts = addBinders (mk_alt_env scrut) [bndr]
mk_alt_env (Var scrut_var) = addScrutedVar env scrut_var
mk_alt_env (Cast scrut _) = mk_alt_env scrut
mk_alt_env _ = env
libCaseAlt :: LibCaseEnv -> (AltCon, [CoreBndr], CoreExpr)
-> (AltCon, [CoreBndr], CoreExpr)
libCaseAlt env (con,args,rhs) = (con, args, libCase (addBinders env args) rhs)
\end{code}
Ids
~~~
\begin{code}
libCaseId :: LibCaseEnv -> Id -> CoreExpr
libCaseId env v
| Just the_bind <- lookupRecId env v
, notNull free_scruts
= Let the_bind (Var v)
| otherwise
= Var v
where
rec_id_level = lookupLevel env v
free_scruts = freeScruts env rec_id_level
freeScruts :: LibCaseEnv
-> LibCaseLevel
-> [Id]
freeScruts env rec_bind_lvl
= [v | (v, scrut_bind_lvl, scrut_at_lvl) <- lc_scruts env
, scrut_bind_lvl <= rec_bind_lvl
, scrut_at_lvl > rec_bind_lvl]
\end{code}
Note [When to specialise]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Consider
f = \x. letrec g = \y. case x of
True -> ... (f a) ...
False -> ... (g b) ...
We get the following levels
f 0
x 1
g 1
y 2
Then 'x' is being scrutinised at a deeper level than its binding, so
it's added to lc_sruts: [(x,1)]
We do *not* want to specialise the call to 'f', becuase 'x' is not free
in 'f'. So here the bind-level of 'x' (=1) is not <= the bind-level of 'f' (=0).
We *do* want to specialise the call to 'g', because 'x' is free in g.
Here the bind-level of 'x' (=1) is <= the bind-level of 'g' (=1).
Note [Avoiding fruitless liberate-case]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Consider also:
f = \x. case top_lvl_thing of
I# _ -> let g = \y. ... g ...
in ...
Here, top_lvl_thing is scrutinised at a level (1) deeper than its
binding site (0). Nevertheless, we do NOT want to specialise the call
to 'g' because all the structure in its free variables is already
visible at the definition site for g. Hence, when considering specialising
an occurrence of 'g', we want to check that there's a scruted-var v st
a) v's binding site is *outside* g
b) v's scrutinisation site is *inside* g
%************************************************************************
%* *
Utility functions
%* *
%************************************************************************
\begin{code}
addBinders :: LibCaseEnv -> [CoreBndr] -> LibCaseEnv
addBinders env@(LibCaseEnv { lc_lvl = lvl, lc_lvl_env = lvl_env }) binders
= env { lc_lvl_env = lvl_env' }
where
lvl_env' = extendVarEnvList lvl_env (binders `zip` repeat lvl)
addRecBinds :: LibCaseEnv -> [(Id,CoreExpr)] -> LibCaseEnv
addRecBinds env@(LibCaseEnv {lc_lvl = lvl, lc_lvl_env = lvl_env,
lc_rec_env = rec_env}) pairs
= env { lc_lvl = lvl', lc_lvl_env = lvl_env', lc_rec_env = rec_env' }
where
lvl' = lvl + 1
lvl_env' = extendVarEnvList lvl_env [(binder,lvl) | (binder,_) <- pairs]
rec_env' = extendVarEnvList rec_env [(binder, Rec pairs) | (binder,_) <- pairs]
addScrutedVar :: LibCaseEnv
-> Id
-> LibCaseEnv
addScrutedVar env@(LibCaseEnv { lc_lvl = lvl, lc_lvl_env = lvl_env,
lc_scruts = scruts }) scrut_var
| bind_lvl < lvl
= env { lc_scruts = scruts' }
| otherwise = env
where
scruts' = (scrut_var, bind_lvl, lvl) : scruts
bind_lvl = case lookupVarEnv lvl_env scrut_var of
Just lvl -> lvl
Nothing -> topLevel
lookupRecId :: LibCaseEnv -> Id -> Maybe CoreBind
lookupRecId env id = lookupVarEnv (lc_rec_env env) id
lookupLevel :: LibCaseEnv -> Id -> LibCaseLevel
lookupLevel env id
= case lookupVarEnv (lc_lvl_env env) id of
Just lvl -> lvl
Nothing -> topLevel
\end{code}
%************************************************************************
%* *
The environment
%* *
%************************************************************************
\begin{code}
type LibCaseLevel = Int
topLevel :: LibCaseLevel
topLevel = 0
\end{code}
\begin{code}
data LibCaseEnv
= LibCaseEnv {
lc_size :: Maybe Int,
lc_lvl :: LibCaseLevel,
lc_lvl_env :: IdEnv LibCaseLevel,
lc_rec_env :: IdEnv CoreBind,
lc_scruts :: [(Id, LibCaseLevel, LibCaseLevel)]
}
initEnv :: DynFlags -> LibCaseEnv
initEnv dflags
= LibCaseEnv { lc_size = liberateCaseThreshold dflags,
lc_lvl = 0,
lc_lvl_env = emptyVarEnv,
lc_rec_env = emptyVarEnv,
lc_scruts = [] }
bombOutSize :: LibCaseEnv -> Maybe Int
bombOutSize = lc_size
\end{code}