Reimplementation of local stack handling during basic block compilation.

This change removed the intermediate stage when PHI nodes are inserted in place of items fetched from global stack. PHi stage requires information about other basic block therefore must be postponed to the point when all basic blocks has been compiled. In the same time this optimization has not been very effective.

evmjit/libevmjit/BasicBlock.cpp

@@ -53,13 +53,16 @@ void LocalStack::push(llvm::Value* _value)
 
 llvm::Value* LocalStack::pop()
 {
-	auto result = get(0);
+	auto item = get(0);
+	assert(!m_bblock.m_currentStack.empty() || !m_bblock.m_initialStack.empty());
 
 	if (m_bblock.m_currentStack.size() > 0)
 		m_bblock.m_currentStack.pop_back();
+	else
+		++m_bblock.m_globalPops;
 
 	m_bblock.m_tosOffset -= 1;
-	return result;
+	return item;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -84,109 +87,71 @@ void LocalStack::swap(size_t _index)
 	set(0, val);
 }
 
-std::vector<llvm::Value*>::iterator LocalStack::getItemIterator(size_t _index)
+llvm::Value* LocalStack::get(size_t _index)
 {
 	auto& currentStack = m_bblock.m_currentStack;
 	if (_index < currentStack.size())
-		return currentStack.end() - _index - 1;
+		return *(currentStack.rbegin() + _index); // count from back
 
-	// Need to map more elements from the EVM stack
-	auto nNewItems = 1 + _index - currentStack.size();
-	currentStack.insert(currentStack.begin(), nNewItems, nullptr);
-
-	return currentStack.end() - _index - 1;
-}
-
-llvm::Value* LocalStack::get(size_t _index)
-{
 	auto& initialStack = m_bblock.m_initialStack;
-	auto itemIter = getItemIterator(_index);
+	auto idx = _index - currentStack.size() + m_bblock.m_globalPops;
+	if (idx >= initialStack.size())
+		initialStack.resize(idx + 1);
+	auto& item = initialStack[idx];
 
-	if (*itemIter == nullptr)
+	if (!item)
-	{
+		item = m_global.get(idx);
-		// Need to fetch a new item from the EVM stack
-		assert(static_cast<int>(_index) >= m_bblock.m_tosOffset);
-		size_t initialIdx = _index - m_bblock.m_tosOffset;
-		if (initialIdx >= initialStack.size())
-		{
-			auto nNewItems = 1 + initialIdx - initialStack.size();
-			initialStack.insert(initialStack.end(), nNewItems, nullptr);
-		}
 
-		assert(initialStack[initialIdx] == nullptr);
+	return item;
-		// Create a dummy value.
-		std::string name = "get_" + std::to_string(_index);
-		initialStack[initialIdx] = m_bblock.m_builder.CreatePHI(Type::Word, 0, std::move(name));
-		*itemIter = initialStack[initialIdx];
-	}
-
-	return *itemIter;
 }
 
 void LocalStack::set(size_t _index, llvm::Value* _word)
 {
-	auto itemIter = getItemIterator(_index);
+	auto& currentStack = m_bblock.m_currentStack;
-	*itemIter = _word;
+	if (_index < currentStack.size())
-}
+	{
-
+		*(currentStack.rbegin() + _index) = _word;
-
+		return;
+	}
 
+	auto& initialStack = m_bblock.m_initialStack;
+	auto idx = _index - currentStack.size() + m_bblock.m_globalPops;
+	assert(idx < initialStack.size());
+	initialStack[idx] = _word;
+}
 
 
 void BasicBlock::synchronizeLocalStack(Stack& _evmStack)
 {
 	auto blockTerminator = m_llvmBB->getTerminator();
-	assert(blockTerminator != nullptr);
+	assert(blockTerminator);
 	if (blockTerminator->getOpcode() != llvm::Instruction::Ret)
 	{
-		// Not needed in case of ret instruction. Ret also invalidates the stack.
+		// Not needed in case of ret instruction. Ret invalidates the stack.
 		m_builder.SetInsertPoint(blockTerminator);
 
-		auto currIter = m_currentStack.begin();
+		// Update items fetched from global stack ignoring the poped ones
-		auto endIter = m_currentStack.end();
+		assert(m_globalPops <= m_initialStack.size()); // pop() always does get()
-
+		for (auto i = m_globalPops; i < m_initialStack.size(); ++i)
-		// Update (emit set()) changed values
-		for (int idx = (int)m_currentStack.size() - 1 - m_tosOffset;
-			 currIter < endIter && idx >= 0;
-			 ++currIter, --idx)
 		{
-			assert(static_cast<size_t>(idx) < m_initialStack.size());
+			if (m_initialStack[i])
-			if (*currIter != m_initialStack[idx]) // value needs update
+				_evmStack.set(i, m_initialStack[i]);
-				_evmStack.set(static_cast<size_t>(idx), *currIter);
 		}
 
-		// Pop values
+		// Add new items
-		if (m_tosOffset < 0)
+		for (auto& item: m_currentStack)
-			_evmStack.pop(static_cast<size_t>(-m_tosOffset));
-
-		// Push new values
-		for (; currIter < endIter; ++currIter)
 		{
-			assert(*currIter != nullptr);
+			if (m_globalPops) 							// Override poped global items
-			_evmStack.push(*currIter);
+				_evmStack.set(--m_globalPops, item);	// using pops counter as the index
-		}
+			else
+				_evmStack.push(item);
 		}
 
-	// Emit get() for all (used) values from the initial stack
+		// Pop not overriden items
-	for (size_t idx = 0; idx < m_initialStack.size(); ++idx)
+		if (m_globalPops)
-	{
+			_evmStack.pop(m_globalPops);
-		auto val = m_initialStack[idx];
-		if (val == nullptr)
-			continue;
-
-		llvm::PHINode* phi = llvm::cast<llvm::PHINode>(val);
-		// Insert call to get() just before the PHI node and replace
-		// the uses of PHI with the uses of this new instruction.
-		m_builder.SetInsertPoint(phi);
-		auto newVal = _evmStack.get(idx); // OPT: Value may be never user but we need to check stack heigth
-		                                  //      It is probably a good idea to keep heigth as a local variable accesible by LLVM directly
-		phi->replaceAllUsesWith(newVal);
-		phi->eraseFromParent();
 	}
 
-	// Reset the stack
-	m_initialStack.erase(m_initialStack.begin(), m_initialStack.end());
-	m_currentStack.erase(m_currentStack.begin(), m_currentStack.end());
 	m_tosOffset = 0;
 }
 
@@ -211,8 +176,6 @@ void BasicBlock::linkLocalStacks(std::vector<BasicBlock*> basicBlocks, llvm::IRB
 				 it != initialStack.end() && *it != nullptr;
 				 ++it, ++inputItems);
 
-			//if (bblock.localStack().m_tosOffset > 0)
-			//	outputItems = bblock.localStack().m_tosOffset;
 			auto& exitStack = bblock.m_currentStack;
 			for (auto it = exitStack.rbegin();
 				 it != exitStack.rend() && *it != nullptr;

evmjit/libevmjit/BasicBlock.h

@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ private:
 	/// Sets _index'th value from top (counting from 0)
 	void set(size_t _index, llvm::Value* _value);
 
-	std::vector<llvm::Value*>::iterator getItemIterator(size_t _index);
-
 private:
 	BasicBlock& m_bblock;
 	Stack& m_global;
@@ -114,6 +112,8 @@ private:
 	/// May be negative.
 	int m_tosOffset = 0;
 
+	size_t m_globalPops = 0; ///< Number of items poped from global stack. In other words: global - local stack overlap.
+
 	/// Is the basic block a valid jump destination.
 	/// JUMPDEST is the first instruction of the basic block.
 	bool const m_isJumpDest = false;

evmjit/libevmjit/Compiler.h

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ public:
 	struct Options
 	{
 		/// Optimize stack operations between basic blocks
-		bool optimizeStack = true;
+		/// TODO: Remove. It must be implemented as a separated pass.
+		bool optimizeStack = false;
 
 		/// Rewrite switch instructions to sequences of branches
 		bool rewriteSwitchToBranches = true;