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authorBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2019-01-28 15:10:34 +0100
committerBjörn Gustavsson <[email protected]>2019-01-29 14:40:01 +0100
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Enhance optimization of function_clause exceptions
There is an optimization for reducing the number of instructions needed to generate a `function_clause`. After the latest improvements of the type optimization pass, that optimization is not always applied. Here is an example: -export([foo/3]). foo(X, Y, Z) -> bar(a, X, Y, Z). bar(a, X, Y, Z) when is_tuple(X) -> {X,Y,Z}. Note that the compiler internally adds a clause to each function to generate a `function_clause` exception. Thus: bar(a, X, Y, Z) when is_tuple(X) -> {X,Y,Z}; bar(A1, A2, A3, A4) -> erlang:error(function_clause, [A1,A2,A3,A4]). Optimizations will rewrite the code basically like this: bar(_, X, Y, Z) when is_tuple(X) -> {X,Y,Z}; bar(_, A2, A3, A4) -> erlang:error(function_clause, [a,A2,A3,A4]). Note the `a` as the first element of the list of arguments. It will prevent the optimization of the `function_clause` exception. The BEAM code for `bar/4` looks like this: {function, bar, 4, 4}. {label,3}. {line,[{location,"t.erl",8}]}. {func_info,{atom,t},{atom,bar},4}. {label,4}. {'%',{type_info,{x,0},{atom,a}}}. {test,is_tuple,{f,5},[{x,1}]}. {test_heap,4,4}. {put_tuple2,{x,0},{list,[{x,1},{x,2},{x,3}]}}. return. {label,5}. {test_heap,8,4}. {put_list,{x,3},nil,{x,0}}. {put_list,{x,2},{x,0},{x,0}}. {put_list,{x,1},{x,0},{x,0}}. {put_list,{atom,a},{x,0},{x,1}}. {move,{atom,function_clause},{x,0}}. {line,[{location,"t.erl",8}]}. {call_ext,2,{extfunc,erlang,error,2}}. The code after label 5 is the clause that generates the `function_clause` exception. This commit generalizes the optimization so that it can be applied for this function: {function, bar, 4, 4}. {label,3}. {line,[{location,"t.erl",8}]}. {func_info,{atom,t},{atom,bar},4}. {label,4}. {'%',{type_info,{x,0},{atom,a}}}. {test,is_tuple,{f,5},[{x,1}]}. {test_heap,4,4}. {put_tuple2,{x,0},{list,[{x,1},{x,2},{x,3}]}}. return. {label,5}. {move,{atom,a},{x,0}}. {jump,{f,3}}. For this particular function, it would be safe to omit the `move` instruction before the `{jump,{f,3}}` instruction, but it would not be safe in general to omit `move` instructions.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/compiler/test')
-rw-r--r--lib/compiler/test/beam_except_SUITE.erl12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/compiler/test/beam_except_SUITE.erl b/lib/compiler/test/beam_except_SUITE.erl
index da61931136..49acad2bc5 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/test/beam_except_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/compiler/test/beam_except_SUITE.erl
@@ -88,8 +88,17 @@ coverage(_) ->
{'EXIT',{{strange,Self},[{?MODULE,foo,[any],[File,{line,14}]}|_]}} =
(catch foo(any)),
+ {ok,succeed,1,2} = foobar(succeed, 1, 2),
+ {'EXIT',{function_clause,[{?MODULE,foobar,[[fail],1,2],
+ [{file,"fake.erl"},{line,16}]}|_]}} =
+ (catch foobar([fail], 1, 2)),
+ {'EXIT',{function_clause,[{?MODULE,fake_function_clause,[{a,b},42.0],_}|_]}} =
+ (catch fake_function_clause({a,b})),
+
ok.
+fake_function_clause(A) -> error(function_clause, [A,42.0]).
+
-file("fake.erl", 1).
fc(a) -> %Line 2
ok; %Line 3
@@ -104,3 +113,6 @@ bar(X) -> %Line 8
%% Cover collection code for function_clause exceptions.
foo(A) -> %Line 13
error({strange,self()}, [A]). %Line 14
+%% Cover beam_except:tag_literal/1.
+foobar(A, B, C) when is_atom(A) -> %Line 16
+ {ok,A,B,C}. %Line 17