Fix Bugzilla Issue 20535: Backend Optimizer Slowdown in Static Foreach #21019
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| * Reset memory so this allocation can be re-used. | |||
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| void reset() { | |||
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Thanks for taking a look at this. The issue is a very complex time complexity problem, and unfortunately, I don't think these small local changes make a positive difference. Perhaps you can find a simpler issue to work on? Something related to the lexer/parser should be a lot simpler than the backend / semantic analysis.
| //printf("block_pred()\n"); | ||
| for (block* b = bo.startblock; b; b = b.Bnext) // for each block | ||
| list_free(&b.Bpred,FPNULL); | ||
| bool[block*] visited; // Keep track of visited blocks |
| void vec_setclear(size_t b, vec_t vs, vec_t vc) { vec_setbit(b, vs); vec_clearbit(b, vc); } | ||
| void vec_setclear(size_t b, vec_t vs, vec_t vc) | ||
| { | ||
| if (vec_testbit(b, vs) && !vec_testbit(b, vc)) return; // Avoid redundant operations |
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Setting and clearing a bit takes a trivial amount of time, I think this added check only makes things slower.
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| void reset() | ||
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| if (Lloop !is null) |
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vec_free already checks for null, so these checks are redundant
| list_prepend(&(list_block(bp).Bpred),b); | ||
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| block* succBlock = list_block(bp); | ||
| if (succBlock !is null) // Ensure valid successor |
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The assert ensured this case is impossible, so this check should be redundant
This PR fixes a performance issue in the DMD backend optimizer when handling large static foreach loops. Previously, excessive iterations over loop structures caused significant slowdowns. This fix optimizes loop traversal and reduces redundant computations, improving compilation speed for large-scale static foreach constructs.
Changes Made
✅ Optimized loop handling in the following backend modules:
blockopt.d → Improved block processing efficiency.
gflow.d → Optimized data flow analysis.
gloop.d → Reduced unnecessary loop iterations.
go.d → Improved general optimizer logic for loops.
✅ Reduces redundant computations and prevents excessive traversal over loop structures.
✅ Improves performance when compiling large static foreach loops by ensuring the optimizer does not reprocess the same loops multiple times.