+2010-05-07 Changpeng Fang <changpeng.fang@amd.com>
+
+ * tree-ssa-loop-prefetch.c (TRIP_COUNT_TO_AHEAD_RATIO): New.
+ (is_loop_prefetching_profitable): Do not insert prefetches
+ when the trip count is not at least TRIP_COUNT_TO_AHEAD_RATIO
+ times the prefetch ahead distance.
+
2010-05-07 Changpeng Fang <changpeng.fang@amd.com>
* tree-ssa-loop-prefetch.c (is_loop_prefetching_profitable):
#define FENCE_FOLLOWING_MOVNT NULL_TREE
#endif
+/* It is not profitable to prefetch when the trip count is not at
+ least TRIP_COUNT_TO_AHEAD_RATIO times the prefetch ahead distance.
+ For example, in a loop with a prefetch ahead distance of 10,
+ supposing that TRIP_COUNT_TO_AHEAD_RATIO is equal to 4, it is
+ profitable to prefetch when the trip count is greater or equal to
+ 40. In that case, 30 out of the 40 iterations will benefit from
+ prefetching. */
+
+#ifndef TRIP_COUNT_TO_AHEAD_RATIO
+#define TRIP_COUNT_TO_AHEAD_RATIO 4
+#endif
+
/* The group of references between that reuse may occur. */
struct mem_ref_group
return insn_to_prefetch_ratio >= MIN_INSN_TO_PREFETCH_RATIO;
}
- if (est_niter <= (HOST_WIDE_INT) ahead)
+ if (est_niter < (HOST_WIDE_INT) (TRIP_COUNT_TO_AHEAD_RATIO * ahead))
{
if (dump_file && (dump_flags & TDF_DETAILS))
fprintf (dump_file,