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OPTIMIZING COMPILERS FOR MODERN ARCHITECTURES
Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures
A Dependence-based Approach
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By
Randy Allen, CEO and President of Catalytic Compilers
Ken Kennedy, Rice University

Description


Modern computer architectures designed with high-performance microprocessors offer tremendous potential gains in performance over previous designs. Yet their very complexity makes it increasingly difficult to produce efficient code and to realize their full potential. This landmark text from two leaders in the field focuses on the pivotal role that compilers can play in addressing this critical issue.

The basis for all the methods presented in this book is data dependence, a fundamental compiler analysis tool for optimizing programs on high-performance microprocessors and parallel architectures. It enables compiler designers to write compilers that automatically transform simple, sequential programs into forms that can exploit special features of these modern architectures.

The text provides a broad introduction to data dependence, to the many transformation strategies it supports, and to its applications to important optimization problems such as parallelization, compiler memory hierarchy management, and instruction scheduling. The authors demonstrate the importance and wide applicability of dependence-based compiler optimizations and give the compiler writer the basics needed to understand and implement them. They also offer cookbook explanations for transforming applications by hand to computational scientists and engineers who are driven to obtain the best possible performance of their complex applications.

The approaches presented are based on research conducted over the past two decades, emphasizing the strategies implemented in research prototypes at Rice University and in several associated commercial systems. Randy Allen and Ken Kennedy have provided an indispensable resource for researchers, practicing professionals, and graduate students engaged in designing and optimizing compilers for modern computer architectures.

Contents
Preface Chapter 1 - Compiler Challenges for High-Performance Architectures 1.1 Overview and Goals 1.2 Pipelining 1.2.1 Pipelined Instruction Units 1.2.2 Pipelined Execution Units 1.2.3 Parallel Functional Units 1.2.4 Compiling for Scalar Pipelines 1.3 Vector Instructions 1.3.1 Vector Hardware Overview 1.3.2 Compiling for Vector Pipelines 1.4 Superscalar and VLIW Processors 1.4.1 Multiple-Issue Instruction Units 1.4.2 Compiling for Multiple-Issue Processors 1.5 Processor Parallelism 1.5.1 Overview of Processor Parallelism 1.5.2 Compiling for Asynchronous Parallelism 1.6 Memory Hierarchy 1.6.1 Overview of Memory Systems 1.6.2 Compiling for Memory Hierarchy 1.7 A Case Study: Matrix Multiplication 1.8 Advanced Compiler Technology 1.8.1 Dependence 1.8.2 Transformations 1.9 Summary 1.10 Case Studies 1.11 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 2 - Dependence: Theory and Practice 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Dependence and Its Properties 2.2.1 Load-Store Classification 2.2.2 Dependence in Loops 2.2.3 Dependence and Transformations 2.2.4 Distance and Direction Vectors 2.2.5 Loop-Carried and Loop-Independent Dependences 2.3 Simple Dependence Testing 2.4 Parallelization and Vectorization 2.4.1 Parallelization 2.4.2 Vectorization 2.4.3 An Advanced Vectorization Algorithm 2.5 Summary 2.6 Case Studies 2.7 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 3 - Dependence Testing 3.1 Introduction 3.1.1 Background and Terminology 3.2 Dependence Testing Overview 3.2.1 Subscript Partitioning 3.2.2 Merging Direction Vectors 3.3 Single-Subscript Dependence Tests 3.3.1 ZIV Test 3.3.2 SIV Tests 3.3.3 Multiple Induction-Variable Tests 3.4 Testing in Coupled Groups 3.4.1 The Delta Test 3.4.2 More Powerful Multiple-Subscript Tests 3.5 An Empirical Study 3.6 Putting It All Together 3.7 Summary 3.8 Case Studies 3.9 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 4 - Preliminary Transformations 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Information Requirements 4.3 Loop Normalization 4.4 Data Flow Analysis 4.4.1 Definition-Use Chains 4.4.2 Dead Code Elimination 4.4.3 Constant Propagation 4.4.4 Static Single-Assignment Form 4.5 Induction-Variable Exposure 4.5.1 Forward Expression Substitution 4.5.2 Induction-Variable Substitution 4.5.3 Driving the Substitution Process 4.6 Summary 4.7 Case Studies 4.8 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 5 - Enhancing Fine-Grained Parallelism 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Loop Interchange 5.2.1 Safety of Loop Interchange 5.2.2 Profitability of Loop Interchange 5.2.3 Loop Interchange and Vectorization 5.3 Scalar Expansion 5.4 Scalar and Array Renaming 5.5 Node Splitting 5.6 Recognition of Reductions 5.7 Index-Set Splitting 5.7.1 Threshold Analysis 5.7.2 Loop Peeling 5.7.3 Section-Based Splitting 5.8 Run-Time Symbolic Resolution 5.9 Loop Skewing 5.10 Putting It All Together 5.11 Complications of Real Machines 5.12 Summary 5.13 Case Studies 5.13.1 PFC 5.13.2 Ardent Titan Compiler 5.13.3 Vectorization Performance 5.14 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 6 - Creating Coarse-Grained Parallelism 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Single-Loop Methods 6.2.1 Privatization 6.2.2 Loop Distribution 6.2.3 Alignment 6.2.4 Code Replication 6.2.5 Loop Fusion 6.3 Perfect Loop Nests 6.3.1 Loop Interchange for Parallelization 6.3.2 Loop Selection 6.3.3 Loop Reversal 6.3.4 Loop Skewing for Parallelization 6.3.5 Unimodular Transformations 6.3.6 Profitability-Based Parallelization Methods 6.4 Imperfectly Nested Loops 6.4.1 Multilevel Loop Fusion 6.4.2 A Parallel Code Generation Algorithm 6.5 An Extended Example 6.6 Packaging of Parallelism 6.6.1 Strip Mining 6.6.2 Pipeline Parallelism 6.6.3 Scheduling Parallel Work 6.6.4 Guided Self-Scheduling 6.7 Summary 6.8 Case Studies 6.8.1 PFC and ParaScope 6.8.2 Ardent Titan Compiler 6.9 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 7 - Handling Control Flow 7.1 Introduction 7.2 If-Conversion 7.2.1 Definition 7.2.2 Branch Classification 7.2.3 Forward Branches 7.2.4 Exit Branches 7.2.5 Backward Branches 7.2.6 Complete Forward Branch Removal 7.2.7 Simplification 7.2.8 Iterative Dependences 7.2.9 If-Reconstruction 7.3 Control Dependence 7.3.1 Constructing Control Dependence 7.3.2 Control Dependence in Loops 7.3.3 An Execution Model for Control Dependences 7.3.4 Application of Control Dependence to Parallelization 7.4 Summary 7.5 Case Studies 7.6 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 8 - Improving Register Usage 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Scalar Register Allocation 8.2.1 Data Dependence for Register Reuse 8.2.2 Loop-Carried and Loop-Independent Reuse 8.2.3 A Register Allocation Example 8.3 Scalar Replacement 8.3.1 Pruning the Dependence Graph 8.3.2 Simple Replacement 8.3.3 Handling Loop-Carried Dependences 8.3.4 Dependences Spanning Multiple Iterations 8.3.5 Eliminating Scalar Copies 8.3.6 Moderating Register Pressure 8.3.7 Scalar Replacement Algorithm 8.3.8 Experimental Data 8.4 Unroll-and-Jam 8.4.1 Legality of Unroll-and-Jam 8.4.2 Unroll-and-Jam Algorithm 8.4.3 Effectiveness of Unroll-and-Jam 8.5 Loop Interchange for Register Reuse 8.5.1 Considerations for Loop Interchange 8.5.2 Loop Interchange Algorithm 8.6 Loop Fusion for Register Reuse 8.6.1 Profitable Loop Fusion for Reuse 8.6.2 Loop Alignment for Fusion 8.6.3 Fusion Mechanics 8.6.4 A Weighted Loop Fusion Algorithm 8.6.5 Multilevel Loop Fusion for Register Reuse 8.7 Putting It All Together 8.7.1 Ordering the Transformations 8.7.2 An Example: Matrix Multiplication 8.8 Complex Loop Nests 8.8.1 Loops with If Statements 8.8.2 Trapezoidal Loops 8.9 Summary 8.10 Case Studies 8.11 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 9 - Managing Cache 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Loop Interchange for Spatial Locality 9.3 Blocking 9.3.1 Unaligned Data 9.3.2 Legality of Blocking 9.3.3 Profitability of Blocking 9.3.4 A Simple Blocking Algorithm 9.3.5 Blocking with Skewing 9.3.6 Fusion and Alignment 9.3.7 Blocking in Combination with Other Transformations 9.3.8 Effectiveness 9.4 Cache Management in Complex Loop Nests 9.4.1 Triangular Cache Blocking 9.4.2 Special-Purpose Transformations 9.5 Software Prefetching 9.5.1 A Software Prefetching Algorithm 9.5.2 Effectiveness of Software Prefetching 9.6 Summary 9.7 Case Studies 9.8 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 10 - Scheduling 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Instruction Scheduling 10.2.1 Machine Model 10.2.2 Straight-Line Graph Scheduling 10.2.3 List Scheduling 10.2.4 Trace Scheduling 10.2.5 Scheduling in Loops 10.3 Vector Unit Scheduling 10.3.1 Chaining 10.3.2 Coprocessors 10.4 Summary 10.5 Case Studies 10.6 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 11 - Interprocedural Analysis and Optimization 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Interprocedural Analysis 11.2.1 Interprocedural Problems 11.2.2 Interprocedural Problem Classification 11.2.3 Flow-Insensitive Side Effect Analysis 11.2.4 Flow-Insensitive Alias Analysis 11.2.5 Constant Propagation 11.2.6 Kill Analysis 11.2.7 Symbolic Analysis 11.2.8 Array Section Analysis 11.2.9 Call Graph Construction 11.3 Interprocedural Optimization 11.3.1 Inline Substitution 11.3.2 Procedure Cloning 11.3.3 Hybrid Optimizations 11.4 Managing Whole-Program Compilation 11.5 Summary 11.6 Case Studies 11.7 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 12 - Dependence in C and Hardware Design 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Optimizing C 12.2.1 Pointers 12.2.2 Naming and Structures 12.2.3 Loops 12.2.4 Scoping and Statics 12.2.5 Dialect 12.2.6 Miscellaneous 12.3 Hardware Design 12.3.1 Hardware Description Languages 12.3.2 Optimizing Simulation 12.3.3 Synthesis Optimization 12.4 Summary 12.5 Case Studies 12.6 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 13 - Compiling Array Assignments 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Simple Scalarization 13.3 Scalarization Transformations 13.3.1 Loop Reversal 13.3.2 Input Prefetching 13.3.3 Loop Splitting 13.4 Multidimensional Scalarization 13.4.1 Simple Scalarization in Multiple Dimensions 13.4.2 Outer Loop Prefetching 13.4.3 Loop Interchange for Scalarization 13.4.4 General Multidimensional Scalarization 13.4.5 A Scalarization Example 13.5 Considerations for Vector Machines 13.6 Postscalarization Interchange and Fusion 13.7 Summary 13.8 Case Studies 13.9 Historical Comments and References Exercises Chapter 14 - Compiling High Performance Fortran 14.1 Introduction 14.2 HPF Compiler Overview 14.3 Basic Loop Compilation 14.3.1 Distribution Propagation and Analysis 14.3.2 Iteration Partitioning 14.3.3 Communication Generation 14.4 Optimization 14.4.1 Communication Vectorization 14.4.2 Overlapping Communication and Computation 14.4.3 Alignment and Replication 14.4.4 Pipelining 14.4.5 Identification of Common Recurrences 14.4.6 Storage Management 14.4.7 Handling Multiple Dimensions 14.5 Interprocedural Optimization for HPF 14.6 Summary 14.7 Case Studies 14.8 Historical Comments and References Exercises Appendix - Fundamentals of Fortran 90 Introduction Lexical Properties Array Assignment Library Functions Further Reading References Index

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Hardbound, 790 pages, publication date: SEP-2001
ISBN-13: 978-1-55860-286-1
ISBN-10: 1-55860-286-0
Imprint: MORGAN KAUFFMAN

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