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digitalmars.D.bugs - invalid codegen with -O

reply "Kris" <fu bar.com> writes:
There's a bug in the optimizer whereby it can fail to correctly execute 
loops like this:

for (int i=1; --i) {}

The problem appears to be in the code-scheduling, whereby the assignment to 
'i' and the subsequent test for zero are seperated by instructions that 
alter the outcome of the assignment (the Z flag, in this instance).

Here's a sample, with the important parts highlighted:

00402E64   push        ebp
00402E65   mov         ebp,esp
00402E67   mov         edx,0Ah
00402E6C   sub         esp,1000h
00402E72   test        dword ptr [esp],esp
00402E75   dec         edx
00402E76   jne         _Dmain+8 (00402e6c)
00402E78   sub         esp,47Ch
00402E7E   mov         ecx,2710h
00402E83   mov         eax,0FFFFFFFFh
27:           char[40000] output;
00402E88   push        ebx
00402E89   push        esi
00402E8A   push        edi
22:   {
23:           //auto f = new Foo;
24:          // f + new Bar(1);
25:
26:           uint x;
00402E8B   lea         edi,[output]
00402E91   mov         dword ptr [x],0
00402E9B   rep stos    dword ptr [edi]
28:           wchar[1000] input = ' ';
00402E9D   lea         ecx,[input]
00402EA3   push        3E8h
00402EA8   push        20h
00402EAA   push        ecx
00402EAB   call        __memset16 (00408408)
29:           ulong ms = System.getMillisecs();
00402EB0   call        _D5mango3sys6System6System12getMillisecsFZm 
(00405b1c)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00402EB5   xor         ebx,ebx     ** assignment to i
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00402EB7   mov         dword ptr [ms],eax
00402EBA   mov         dword ptr [ebp-54h],edx
30:           for (int i=1; --i;)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00402EBD   add         esp,0Ch    ** resets the Z flag! *BOGUS*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00402EC0   je          _Dmain+9Bh (00402eff)  ** testing for ebx == 0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
31:                Utf.toUtf8 (input, output, &x);
00402EC2   mov         esi,9C40h
00402EC7   lea         edx,[output]
00402ECD   mov         dword ptr [ebp-0A478h],esi
00402ED3   mov         dword ptr [ebp-0A474h],edx
00402ED9   lea         eax,[input]
00402EDF   push        eax
00402EE0   lea         eax,[x]
00402EE6   push        3E8h
00402EEB   push        dword ptr [ebp-0A474h]
00402EF1   push        dword ptr [ebp-0A478h]
00402EF7   call        _D5mango7convert3Utf3Utf6toUtf8FAuAaPkZAa (00403498)
00402EFC   dec         ebx
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
00402EFD   jne         _Dmain+75h (00402ed9)    **  unit.max iterations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is very similar to a codegen problem reported last year. Is it the same 
one?
Nov 29 2005
parent reply "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
I need a reproducible code example so I can fix it. -Walter
Dec 01 2005
parent reply "Kris" <fu bar.com> writes:
I did try to,Walter, but couldn't get a small self-contained example to 
exhibit the bug.

Having said that, you can see quite plainly there's a codegen issue there in 
the disassembly. The only example I have is using Mango and Ares ~ would you 
like that one?


"Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:dmohvf$34a$1 digitaldaemon.com...

I need a reproducible code example so I can fix it. -Walter
Dec 01 2005
next sibling parent reply Tom S <h3r3tic remove.mat.uni.torun.pl> writes:
I've also had problems with -O. My programs exhibit really weird 
behaviour when compiled with -O. I guess in my case it might be related 
to tons of floating point calculations.



Kris wrote:

 I did try to,Walter, but couldn't get a small self-contained example to 
 exhibit the bug.
 
 Having said that, you can see quite plainly there's a codegen issue there in 
 the disassembly. The only example I have is using Mango and Ares ~ would you 
 like that one?
 
 
 "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
 news:dmohvf$34a$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 

I need a reproducible code example so I can fix it. -Walter







-- 
Tomasz Stachowiak  /+ a.k.a. h3r3tic +/
Dec 02 2005
parent reply "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"Tom S" <h3r3tic remove.mat.uni.torun.pl> wrote in message
news:dmpr0v$1uh7$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I've also had problems with -O. My programs exhibit really weird
 behaviour when compiled with -O. I guess in my case it might be related
 to tons of floating point calculations.



I can't fix it without a reproducible sample.
Dec 02 2005
parent reply Tiago Gasiba <tiago.gasiba gmail.com> writes:
Walter Bright schrieb:


 I can't fix it without a reproducible sample.




-- 
Tiago Gasiba (M.Sc.) - http://www.gasiba.de
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Dec 02 2005
parent "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"Tiago Gasiba" <tiago.gasiba gmail.com> wrote in message
news:dmpug5$245d$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 This might help: digitalmars.D.bugs/5643



And that's a bug report I can deal with! Thanks.
Dec 02 2005
prev sibling parent "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:
"Kris" <fu bar.com> wrote in message news:dmoru6$aqs$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I did try to,Walter, but couldn't get a small self-contained example to
 exhibit the bug.



The first thing to try is delete all the function bodies but the one in
question, replacing them with declarations.
Dec 02 2005