This is stricter than the default "ieee", and should probably be the
default. This patch leaves the default alone. I can change this in a
future patch.
There are non-reversible transforms I would like to perform which are
legal under IEEE denormal handling, but illegal with flushing zero
behavior. Namely, conversions between llvm.is.fpclass and fcmp with
zeroes.
Under "ieee" handling, it is legal to translate between
llvm.is.fpclass(x, fcZero) and fcmp x, 0.
Under "preserve-sign" handling, it is legal to translate between
llvm.is.fpclass(x, fcSubnormal|fcZero) and fcmp x, 0.
I would like to compile and distribute some math library functions in
a mode where it's callable from code with and without denormals
enabled, which requires not changing the compares with denormals or
zeroes.
If an IEEE function transforms an llvm.is.fpclass call into an fcmp 0,
it is no longer possible to call the function from code with denormals
enabled, or write an optimization to move the function into a denormal
flushing mode. For the original function, if x was a denormal, the
class would evaluate to false. If the function compiled with denormal
handling was converted to or called from a preserve-sign function, the
fcmp now evaluates to true.
This could also be of use for strictfp handling, where code may be
changing the denormal mode.
Alternative name could be "unknown".
Replaces the old AMDGPU custom inlining logic with more conservative
logic which tries to permit inlining for callees with dynamic handling
and avoids inlining other mismatched modes.
AMDGPU and x86 at least both have separate controls for whether
denormal results are flushed on output, and for whether denormals are
implicitly treated as 0 as an input. The current DAGCombiner use only
really cares about the input treatment of denormals.
Cleanup handling of the denormal-fp-math attribute. Consolidate places
checking the allowed names in one place.
This is in preparation for introducing FP type specific variants of
the denormal-fp-mode attribute. AMDGPU will switch to using this in
place of the current hacky use of subtarget features for the denormal
mode.
Introduce a new header for dealing with FP modes. The constrained
intrinsic classes define related enums that should also be moved into
this header for uses in other contexts.
The verifier could use a check to make sure the denorm-fp-mode
attribute is sane, but there currently isn't one.
Currently, DAGCombiner incorrectly asssumes non-IEEE behavior by
default in the one current user. Clang must be taught to start
emitting this attribute by default to avoid regressions when this is
switched to assume ieee behavior if the attribute isn't present.
