fs_visitor::set_gs_stream_control_data_bits generates some code like
"control_data_bits | stream_id << ((2 * (vertex_count - 1)) % 32)" as
part of EmitVertex. The first time this (dynamically) occurs in the
shader, control_data_bits is zero. Many times we can determine this
statically and various optimizations will collaborate to make one of the
OR operands literal zero.
Converting the OR to a MOV usually allows it to be copy-propagated away.
However, this does not happen in at least some shaders (in the assembly
output of shaders/closed/UnrealEngine4/EffectsCaveDemo/301.shader_test,
search for shl).
All of the affected shaders are geometry shaders.
Broadwell and Skylake had similar results. (Skylake shown)
total instructions in shared programs:
14375452 ->
14375413 (<.01%)
instructions in affected programs: 6422 -> 6383 (-0.61%)
helped: 39
HURT: 0
helped stats (abs) min: 1 max: 1 x̄: 1.00 x̃: 1
helped stats (rel) min: 0.14% max: 2.56% x̄: 1.91% x̃: 2.56%
95% mean confidence interval for instructions value: -1.00 -1.00
95% mean confidence interval for instructions %-change: -2.26% -1.57%
Instructions are helped.
total cycles in shared programs:
531981179 ->
531980555 (<.01%)
cycles in affected programs: 27493 -> 26869 (-2.27%)
helped: 39
HURT: 0
helped stats (abs) min: 16 max: 16 x̄: 16.00 x̃: 16
helped stats (rel) min: 0.60% max: 7.92% x̄: 5.94% x̃: 7.92%
95% mean confidence interval for cycles value: -16.00 -16.00
95% mean confidence interval for cycles %-change: -6.98% -4.90%
Cycles are helped.
No changes on earlier platforms.
Signed-off-by: Ian Romanick <ian.d.romanick@intel.com>