eliminate intrinsics #18754

vtjnash · 2016-10-01T04:23:24Z

After this, only 1 intrinsics (llvmcall ~~and some ccall fixes~~) remain to go to be fully interpretable and statically compilable!

removes special parsing rules for ccall (and thus removes Expr(:ccall)), fixes Inconsistent parsing of ccall #18687
makes Expr(:call, :ccall) special in lowering (effectively, reserving ccall – as the keyword it already is) and which expands to Expr(:foreigncall) representing the lowered ffi call (instead of expanding to Expr(:call, Core.Intrinsics.ccall), even though this couldn't really be a first-class function)
adds error checking to all Core.Intrinsic functions
adds support to ccall for calling llvm intrinsics directly (via "llvmcall" calling convention)
the unbox intrinsic is now just a deprecated alias for the box intrinsic (aka reinterpret)

The ccall intrinsic now evaluates its global arguments during method definition time, eliminating the call back into the runtime from inside codegen (yay!), and making its semantics independent of runtime values (so that its behavior is statically compilable).

edit: see https://github.com/vtjnash/julep/wiki/0001:-Enhanced-static-compilation-and-C-interface

Sacha0 · 2016-10-01T17:07:06Z

base/floatfuncs.jl

-copysign(x::Float64, y::Float64) = box(Float64,copysign_float(unbox(Float64,x),unbox(Float64,y)))
-copysign(x::Float32, y::Float32) = box(Float32,copysign_float(unbox(Float32,x),unbox(Float32,y)))
+copysign(x::Float64,  y::Float64) = box(Float64, copysign_float(x, y))
+copysign(x::Float32,  y::Float32) = box(Float32, copysign_float(x, y))


Extra space preceding y in the method signature?

Sacha0 · 2016-10-01T17:07:14Z

base/floatfuncs.jl

-flipsign(x::Float64, y::Float64) = box(Float64,xor_int(unbox(Float64,x),and_int(unbox(Float64,y),0x8000000000000000)))
-flipsign(x::Float32, y::Float32) = box(Float32,xor_int(unbox(Float32,x),and_int(unbox(Float32,y),0x80000000)))
+flipsign(x::Float64,  y::Float64) = box(Float64, xor_int(box(UInt64, x), and_int(box(UInt64, y), 0x8000000000000000)))
+flipsign(x::Float32,  y::Float32) = box(Float32, xor_int(box(UInt32, x), and_int(box(UInt32, y), 0x80000000)))


Extra space preceding y in the method signature here as well?

maleadt · 2016-10-02T15:30:44Z

Cool, the llvmcall calling convention will make some of our llvmcall(...) usage in CUDAnative redundant. What about function attributes though? Most NVPTX intrinsics are readnone nounwind.

For PTX we also need to call into libdevice, an IR blob providing implementations of common math functions. This blob is linked in during JIT, so regular ccall doesn't work (disregarding the fact that there's no dlopen, etc). Bottom line, it would be handy if the new llvmcall cc wouldn't check for isIntrinsic, even though it makes sense to require that for every other sane use case...

tkelman · 2016-10-03T05:57:28Z

doc/manual/calling-c-and-fortran-code.rst

+
+.. _CUDA: http://llvm.org/docs/NVPTXUsage.html
+
+As with any ccall, it is essential to get the argument signature exactly correct.


code highlight ccall

tkelman · 2016-10-03T06:07:34Z

src/ccall.cpp

+        jl_error(msg.c_str()); // TODO: this leaks memory
+    }
+    if (jl_is_cpointer_type(rt) && jl_is_typevar(jl_tparam0(rt)))
+        jl_error("ccall: return type Ptr should have an element type, not Ptr{_<:T}");


this Ptr{_<:T} will be pretty confusing

this isn't a new change

tkelman · 2016-10-03T07:28:41Z

src/intrinsics.cpp

 {
+    if (t->isFloatingPointTy())
+        return t;
+    unsigned nb = (t->isPointerTy() ? t->getPrimitiveSizeInBits() : sizeof(void*));


is this backwards?

needs-test then if it was passing with a mistake here

tkelman · 2016-10-03T07:30:44Z

src/intrinsics.cpp

+    if (t == T_float16)
+        return T_int16;
+    //if (t == T_float128)
+    //    return T_int128;


leave a comment or a cross-reference about why this is commented out (same below in JL_JLUINTT and JL_JLSINTT)

this isn't a new change

that's not a reason to leave unexplained things or lousy error messages in the code. while it's being rearranged is the right time to make these little improvements

tkelman · 2016-10-03T07:47:27Z

src/intrinsics.cpp

-#else
-    Value *ret = builder.CreateCall3(prepare_call(jlpref_func), boxed(parg, ctx), iarg, alignarg);
+#ifdef JL_NEED_FLOATTEMP_VAR
+        // Target platform might carry extra precision.


excess indent

tkelman · 2016-10-03T08:33:01Z

needs a test for #18687

vtjnash · 2016-10-03T16:27:46Z

this isn't that kind of fix. this "fixes" the issue by deleting the special parsing code and the tests for it (of which apparently there were none).

tkelman · 2016-10-03T16:41:06Z

doesn't matter how it's being fixed. add a test.

vtjnash · 2016-10-03T16:47:52Z

It's not fixed, it's deleted, along with all tests for it.

tkelman · 2016-10-03T22:28:58Z

That issue is about the fact that it works differently on master. To close that issue, and just in general, should add tests that it no longer works differently in this pr. Not asking for much here, tests and comments. Why are you fighting that?

vtjnash · 2016-10-04T03:00:43Z

I'm not fixing that issue, I'm deleting the feature that the referenced issue complained about.

tkelman

So what? You're replacing it with a new implementation that needs to be tested that it no longer has the undesirable behavior.

vtjnash · 2016-10-04T03:49:53Z

So what? You're replacing it with a new implementation that needs to be tested that it no longer has the undesirable behavior.

No, it's completely gone. The parser no longer has any knowledge of ccall.

tkelman · 2016-10-04T03:59:30Z

The implementation now happening in lowering instead of parsing doesn't change the fact that the parser behavior change for ccall should be tested and verified.

vtjnash · 2016-10-04T04:23:44Z

How does the parser not implementing ccall not eliminate the need to test how the parser implements ccall? The parser no longer has any special behavior related to the symbol ccall, it is handled by exactly the same code as handles all Expr(:call) form expressions.

tkelman · 2016-10-04T04:36:11Z

Because the parser used to implement ccall. If it hadn't had a custom implementation before, it would be fine. This is a change in behavior specifically for ccall, and that's the part that should now be tested.

tkelman · 2016-10-05T03:47:32Z

why is llvmcall2 a separate file here? would the "nonsensical valid conversions and errors" tests have caught the mistake from #18754 (comment) ?

vtjnash · 2016-10-05T03:58:40Z

It tests v2 of llvmcall. Yes, it includes coverage of that case.

JeffBezanson · 2016-10-06T22:42:26Z

It occurs to me that after this change we should add t-functions for all intrinsics (previously we relied on their results always being passed to box).

vtjnash · 2016-10-07T02:51:12Z

Yes, that's also on my list of eventually fixes for here (along with completely removing unbox and removing most calls to box)

…anding to Expr(:ccall)

all intrinsics (but one) are now fully error-checking and runtime-interpreter-compatible

and remove the ducttape!

… T_pint8)

a handful of packages seem to have unused functions that are triggering this error

it was neutered by earlier commits, this just finishes deleting it

by adding type inference information to all of the intrinsics, the box intrinsic is no longer required for this purpose

this name better reflects what this intrinsic does, which is to change the type-tag on some data, without actually altering the data or its representation

Cannot use it for all intrinsics as the libdevice ones aren't true intrinsics, and are rejected by the new llvmcall. Ref JuliaLang/julia#18754

Ref JuliaLang/julia#18754

(cherry picked from commit e020772)

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eliminate ccall intrinsic

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add back syntax-deprecation warning for macros that were manually exp…

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…anding to Expr(:ccall)

some cleanup of runtime-intrinsics entry points

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entirely hookup runtime-intrinsics

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all intrinsics (but one) are now fully error-checking and runtime-interpreter-compatible

remove jl_has_intrinsics bandaid

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only acquire the method lock at most once during codegen

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make ccall fully statically compilable

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and remove the ducttape!

eliminate uniqueness requirement on T_jlvalue (now rendered simply as…

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… T_pint8)

temporarily make invalid ccall syntax only a warning

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a handful of packages seem to have unused functions that are triggering this error

avoid BoUpSLP vectorizer InsertElementInst bug in llvm-3.3

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remove unbox intrinsic

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it was neutered by earlier commits, this just finishes deleting it

remove box intrinsic

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by adding type inference information to all of the intrinsics, the box intrinsic is no longer required for this purpose

remove unnecessary calls to box intrinsic

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rename box intrinsic to bitcast

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this name better reflects what this intrinsic does, which is to change the type-tag on some data, without actually altering the data or its representation

add docs and news for ccall change

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maleadt added a commit to JuliaAttic/CUDArt.jl that referenced this pull request Feb 16, 2017

Disable unusable functions, now that ccall parses more strictly.

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Ref JuliaLang/julia#18754

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Disable unusable functions, now that ccall parses more strictly.

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Ref JuliaLang/julia#18754

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Tag QuartzImageIO v0.3.0 [https://github.com/JuliaIO/QuartzImageIO.jl] JuliaLang/METADATA.jl#8717

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Add PR number and quotes to NEWS.md entry for #18754. (#21842)

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Add PR number and quotes to NEWS.md entry for #18754. (#21842)

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		.. _CUDA: http://llvm.org/docs/NVPTXUsage.html

		As with any ccall, it is essential to get the argument signature exactly correct.

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