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2015-03-09v3_core: Eliminate the sloppiness-encouraging get_ianno/1 functionBjörn Gustavsson
get_ianno/1 would retrieve either a bare annotation or an annotation wrapped in an #a{} record. In both cases, it would return a wrapped annotation. We can replace the calls to get_ianno/1 with calls to get_anno/1, because the argument is always an #iclause{} and all iclause records are always initialized with a wrapped annotation.
2015-03-09v3_core: Add is_map tests before map instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
If we have a sequence of put_map_* instructions operating on the same map, it will be more efficient if we can have one is_map/2 instruction before put_map_* instructions, so that each put_map_* does not need to test whether the argument is a map.
2015-03-09beam_type: Use the complete register map when calculating livenessBjörn Gustavsson
When calculating the number of live registers for allocation instruction, it is not always safe to start with the number of live registers at the start of the block. We will need to use the register map to know whether there are any holes (dead registers) that are not subsequently filled. If the allocation instruction already has a number of live registers calculated, there is nothing to be gained by raising it.
2015-03-09Introduce '%live' annotations with a complete register mapBjörn Gustavsson
As a preparation for fixing a bug, introduce a complete register map in the '%live' annotations.
2015-02-27beam_validator: Teach bif_type/3 and is_bif_safe/2 about is_map/1Björn Gustavsson
2015-02-27v3_core: Simplify conversion of map patternsBjörn Gustavsson
2015-02-23Merge branch 'bjorn/compiler/beam_jump-share'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/compiler/beam_jump-share: beam_jump: Don't jump into the middle of a 'try'
2015-02-23Merge branch 'bjorn/compiler/sys_core_fold'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/compiler/sys_core_fold: sys_core_fold: Fix non-tail-recursive list comprehensions
2015-02-20Merge branch 'bjorn/compiler/beam_jump'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/compiler/beam_jump: beam_jump: Eliminate pathologically slow compilation
2015-02-20Merge branch 'bjorn/compiler/beam_validator'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/compiler/beam_validator: beam_validator: Exit immediately on crashes beam_validator: Remove the file/1 and files/1 functions beam_validator: Remove support for all other unsupported instructions beam_validator: Remove support for unsupported bit syntax instructions
2015-02-20sys_core_fold: Fix non-tail-recursive list comprehensionsBjörn Gustavsson
649d6e73 simplified opt_simple_let_2/6 a little bit too much, so that some list comprehensions in effect context were not properly tail-recursive.
2015-02-20beam_jump: Eliminate pathologically slow compilationBjörn Gustavsson
José Valim noticed that code such as: match(1) -> 1; match(2) -> 2; match(3) -> 3; ... match(1000) -> 1000. would compile very slowly. The culprit is opt/3 in beam_jump. What happens is that opt/3 will rewrite this code: select_val ... label 1 jump 1000 label 2 jump 1000 ... label 999 jump 1000 label 1000 return very slowly to this code: select_val ... label 1 label 2 ... label 999 label 1000 return The reason for the slowness is that when opt/3 sees this sequence: label 1 jump 1000 ... it will remove the label (storing it in a dictionary), and pick up the previously processed instruction from the accumulator: select_val ... jump 1000 label 2 jump 1000 ... That is done in order to process all labels before the jump and also to get rid of the jump instruction if the previous instruction is an "unreachable after". In this case, re-processing the sequence will remove the now unreachable jump instruction: select_val ... label 2 jump 1000 ... The problem is that re-processing the select_val instruction is expensive. The instruction has a list of 1000 labels, all of which will be added (again) to the set of referenced labels. The select_val instruction will be re-processed again and again until all labels and jumps have been gobbled up. In the original version of beam_jump, opt/3 was not called repeatedly until a fixpoint was found, but was expected to do all its optimizations in one pass. The fixpoint iteration was added later. Since we now have the fixpoint iteration, there is no need to do everything in a single pass. When we encounter a jump, we will collect all previously seen labels and put them into the dictionary, and then we will move on. As a further optimization, we will look for sequences like this: jump X label ... jump X and replace them with: label ... jump X In the example above, that will avoid 1000 updates of the dictionary. After applying this optimization, compilation of the pattern went from roughly 55 s to 0.1 s for the example above but with 10000 clauses. Reported-by: José Valim
2015-02-20beam_jump: Don't jump into the middle of a 'try'Björn Gustavsson
The code sharing optimization could produce a jump into the middle of a 'try' block. beam_validator would reject the code. Reported-by: Ulf Norell
2015-02-18beam_validator: Exit immediately on crashesBjörn Gustavsson
The beam_validator catches all exceptions and collect them. It makes more sense to don't catch 'error' and 'exit' exceptions, but to just print out the name of the current function and pass on the exception just as all other compilation passes do. Those kind of exceptions are the symptoms of the kind of severe but easily catched bugs that occur during development.
2015-02-18beam_validator: Remove the file/1 and files/1 functionsBjörn Gustavsson
Before the beam_validator was added as compiler pass, it was a standalone module that could analyse existing .beam files and .S files. Even though beam_validator has been part of the compiler for many releases, it still supports the analysis of .beam and .S files. To reduce the code bloat and to improve coverage of beam_validator, remove the file/1 and files/1 functions and all associated help functions. We'll need to update the test suite, since some of the checked in .S files have errors that beam_validator ignores, but that will not be accepted when running them throught the compiler using the 'from_asm' option. In particular, we will need to export all functions that should be validated (since the beam_clean pass will remove any function that is not possible to call).
2015-02-18beam_validator: Remove support for all other unsupported instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
2015-02-18beam_validator: Remove support for unsupported bit syntax instructionsBjörn Gustavsson
2015-02-18beam_validator: Tighten and simplify map validation codeBjörn Gustavsson
The assert_strict_literal_termorder/1 function is used to validate the get_map_elements and has_map_fields instructions. In neither case is it useful to allow an empty lists of fields, so we should no longer allow an empty list. The mmap/2 function is cute, but it is used in only one place, so it is much simpler to write a special-purpose function to extract the keys from the list of map pairs.
2015-02-18beam_utils: Correct test for has_map_fields in is_pure_test/1Björn Gustavsson
The has_map_fields test was not recognized in is_pure_test/1, because beam_a has rewritten the {list,_} part of instruction.
2015-02-18map_SUITE: Cover comparisons of 'nil' in v3_codegenBjörn Gustavsson
2015-02-12cerl: Teach is_literal_term/1 to handle mapsBjörn Gustavsson
2015-02-12cerl: Add missing is_c_map/1 functionBjörn Gustavsson
2015-02-12v3_core: Simplify translation of mapsBjörn Gustavsson
There is no need to always introduce a new variable to hold a map. Maps are novars (constructs that don't export variables).
2015-02-12sys_core_fold: Simplify opt_simple_let_2/6Björn Gustavsson
In cd1eaf0116190, opt_simple_let_2/6 was updated to do the same optimizations in 'value' and 'effect' context. Coalesce the clauses for 'value' and 'effect' context to one to make it clear that they do the same thing.
2015-02-12Break out inlining of 'lists' functions to a new moduleBjörn Gustavsson
The code for inlining high-order functions from the lists module is quite annoying when you try to navigate the sys_core_fold module. Break out the code into its own module.
2015-02-12sys_core_fold: Add is_int_type/2 and is_tuple_type/2Björn Gustavsson
Those functions allow us to clean up some more code.
2015-02-12sys_core_fold: Refactor type information accessBjörn Gustavsson
Introduce access functions to hide the low-level details of how type information is implemented.
2015-02-12core_lib: Deprecate functions that are no longer used by the compilerBjörn Gustavsson
2015-02-12Eliminate use of core_lib:literal_value/1Björn Gustavsson
Essentially, core_lib:literal_value/1 became useless when literals were introduced in R12. Since we always create #c_literal{} records whenever possible, literal_value/1 would *only* succeed when it was passed a #c_literal{} argument.
2015-02-12Eliminate all uses of core_lib:get_anno/1 and core_lib:set_anno/2Björn Gustavsson
We are about to deprecate core_lib:get_anno/1 and core_lib:set_anno/2, so we should stop using them in the compiler.
2015-02-12core_lint: Eliminate call to core_lib:is_literal/1Björn Gustavsson
Attributes must be literals. Since 1fcdcd50, both core_parse and v3_core guarantees all Core Erlang terms that may be represented as literals in fact are represented as literals. Therefore, we no longer need to call core_lib:is_literal/1, but can test for a #c_literal{} directly.
2015-02-12test_lib: Include test_server.hrl using -include_libBjörn Gustavsson
This module is the last that uses -include() instead of include_lib(). With that change, a quick smoke test can be done simply like this: PATH=$ERL_TOP/bin:$PATH erlc -W0 *.erl Without the change, you would also need to add -I $ERL_TOP/lib/test_server/include to the command line.
2015-02-11sys_core_fold: Rename add_scope/2 to fit in the sub_* familyBjörn Gustavsson
Rename add_scope/2 to sub_add_scope/2 to be similar in naming as the other functions that operates on #sub{} (in particular, sub_subst_scope/1). Also, move the definition to be near to the other sub_* functions.
2015-02-11v3_core: Suppress compiler-generated calls in guardsBjörn Gustavsson
Compiling the following function: f(V) when not (bar and V) -> true; %Line 4 f(_) -> false. would produce the following warnings: no_file: Warning: the call to is_boolean/1 has no effect t.erl:4: Warning: the guard for this clause evaluates to 'false' t.erl:4: Warning: use of operator '=:=' has no effect Two of the warnings refer to calls to is_boolean/1 and '=:='/2 which v3_core added when translating the code to Core Erlang. The only relevant warning is: t.erl:4: Warning: the guard for this clause evaluates to 'false' Suppress the other two warning by marking the compiler-generated calls with a 'compiler_generated' annotation.
2015-02-11v3_core: Remove out-commented codeBjörn Gustavsson
2015-02-11v3_core: Remove unused function argument for bc_tq()Björn Gustavsson
2015-02-11v3_core: Use Core Erlang annotations in a type-safe wayBjörn Gustavsson
Core Erlang annotations are supposed to be a list of terms. v3_core could temporarily stuff a record in the 'anno' field of a Core Erlang record. That will cause Dialyzer warnings if we would tighten the type specs for annotations. (We want to tighten the warnings in order to catch more real problems.) Avoid abusing the annotation by wrapping the entire Core Erlang record in a #isimple{} record. Reported-by: Kostis Sagonas
2015-02-05Merge branch 'bjorn/compiler/dup-bug-fix/OTP-12453'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/compiler/dup-bug-fix/OTP-12453: Teach case_opt/3 to avoid unnecessary building sys_core_fold: Optimize let statements more aggressively Suppress warnings for expressions that are assigned to '_' trace_bif_SUITE: Ensure that a call to time/0 is not removed
2015-02-05Merge branch 'bjorn/compiler/map-core-syntax/OTP-12454'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/compiler/map-core-syntax/OTP-12454: Make the syntax for map pairs readable
2015-02-05Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: Update primary bootstrap Correct unsafe optimization of '==' and '/=' Conflicts: bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/sys_core_fold.beam
2015-02-04Correct unsafe optimization of '==' and '/='Björn Gustavsson
Since '=:=' is cheaper than '==', the compiler tries to replace '==' with '=:=' if the result of comparison will be the same. As an example: V == {a,b} can be rewritten to: V =:= {a,b} since the literal on the right side contains no numeric values that '==' would compare differently to '=:='. With the introduction of maps, we will need to take them into account. Since the comparison of maps is planned to change in 18.0, we will be very conservative and only do the optimization if both keys and values are non-numeric.
2015-02-03Teach case_opt/3 to avoid unnecessary buildingBjörn Gustavsson
Given this code: f(S) -> F0 = F1 = {S,S}, [F0,F1]. case_opt/3 would "optimize" it like this: f(S) -> F1 = {S,S}, F0 = {S,S}, [F0,F1]. Similarly, this code: g({a,_,_}=T) -> {b, [_,_] = [T,none], x}. would be rewritten to: g({a,Tmp1,Tmp2}=T) -> Tmp3 = {a,Tmp1,Tmp2}, {b, [Tmp3,none], x}. where the tuple is rebuilt instead of using the T variable. Rewrite case_opt/3 to be more careful while optimizing.
2015-02-03sys_core_fold: Optimize let statements more aggressivelyBjörn Gustavsson
I originally decided that in 'value' context, rewriting a let statement where the variables were not in the body to a sequence was not worth it, because the variables would be unused in only one let in a thousand lets (roughly). I have reconsidered. The main reason is that if we do the rewrite, core_lib:is_var_used/2 will be used much more frequently, which will help us to find bugs in it sooner. Another reason is that the way letify/2 is currently implemented with its own calls to core_lib:is_var_used/2 is only safe as long as all the bindings are independent of each other. We could make letify/2 smarter, but if we introduce this new optimization there is no need. Measuring compilation speed, I have not seen any significant slowdown. It seems that although core_lib:is_var_used/2 is called much more frequently, most calls will be fast because is_var_used/2 will quickly find a use of the variable. Also add a test case to cover a line opt_guard_try/1 that was no longer covered.
2015-02-03Suppress warnings for expressions that are assigned to '_'Björn Gustavsson
In c34ad2d5, the compiler learned to silence some warnings for expressions that were explicitly assigned to the '_' variable, as in this example: _ = list_to_integer(S), ok That commit intentionally only made it possible to silence warnings for BIFs that could cause an exception. Warnings would still be produced for: _ = date(), ok because date/0 can never fail and thus making the call completely useless. The reasoning was that such warnings can always be eliminated by eliminating the offending code. While that is true, there is the question about rules and their consistency. It is surprising that '_' can be used to silence some warnings, but has no effect on other warnings. Therefore, we will teach the compiler to silence warnings for the following constructs: * Calls to safe BIFs such as date/0 * Expressions that will cause an exception such as 'X/0' * Terms that are built but not used, such as '{x,X}'
2015-02-03Merge branch 'maint'Björn Gustavsson
* maint: Update primary bootstrap Be more careful about map patterns when evalutating element/2 Do not convert map patterns to map expressions Conflicts: bootstrap/lib/compiler/ebin/sys_core_fold.beam lib/compiler/test/match_SUITE.erl
2015-02-03Be more careful about map patterns when evalutating element/2Björn Gustavsson
We must not convert map patterns to map expressions.
2015-02-03Do not convert map patterns to map expressionsBjörn Gustavsson
In code such as: case {a,Map} of {a,#{}}=T -> T end we must NOT rewrite a map pattern to a map expression like this: case Map of #{} -> {a,#{}} end because the pattern '#{}' will match any map, but the expression '#{}' will construct an empty map.
2015-01-30Make the syntax for map pairs readableBjörn Gustavsson
Use the same syntax for map pairs in Core Erlang code as in the Erlang Code. This Erlang code: M#{x:=42,y=>1} will look like this in Core Erlang: ~{'x':=42,'y'=>1|M}~
2015-01-29Merge branch 'bjorn/compiler/map-fixes'Björn Gustavsson
* bjorn/compiler/map-fixes: cerl: Remove a clause in fold_map_pairs/3 that will never be reached Move grouping of map constructions from v3_core to v3_kernel core_pp: Correct printing of map literals Strengthen and modernize compile_SUITE core_parse: Always fold literal conses cerl: Make sure that we preserve the invariants for maps cerl_clauses: Fix indentation sys_core_fold: Strengthen optimization of letrecs in effect context Fix handling of binary map keys in comprehensions core_lib: Teach is_var_used/2 to handle keys in map patterns warnings_SUITE: Eliminate compiler warning for a shadowed variable lc_SUITE: Add shadow/1 Modernize lc_SUITE
2015-01-29cerl: Remove a clause in fold_map_pairs/3 that will never be reachedBjörn Gustavsson