explicitly end the lifetime of va_list
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Interesting. I'm surprised LLVM needs the lifetime marker. @bors r+ rollup=iffy |
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match clang's `va_arg` assembly on arm targets tracking issue: rust-lang#44930 For this example ```rust #![feature(c_variadic)] #[unsafe(no_mangle)] unsafe extern "C" fn variadic(a: f64, mut args: ...) -> f64 { let b = args.arg::<f64>(); let c = args.arg::<f64>(); a + b + c } ``` We currently generate (via llvm): ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, rust-lang#12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d0, r0, r1 add r0, sp, rust-lang#4 vldr d1, [sp, rust-lang#4] add r0, r0, rust-lang#15 bic r0, r0, rust-lang#7 vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 add r1, r0, rust-lang#8 str r1, [sp] vldr d1, [r0] vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 vmov r0, r1, d0 add sp, sp, rust-lang#12 bx lr ``` LLVM is not doing a good job. In fact, it's well-known that LLVM's implementation of `va_arg` is kind of bad, and we implement it ourselves (based on clang) for many targets already. For arm, our own `emit_ptr_va_arg` saves 3 instructions. Next, it turns out it's important for LLVM to explicitly start and end the lifetime of the `va_list`. In rust-lang#146059 I already end the lifetime, but when looking at this again, I noticed that it is important to also start it, see https://godbolt.org/z/EGqvKTTsK: failing to explicitly start the lifetime uses an extra register. So, the combination of `emit_ptr_va_arg` with starting/ending the lifetime makes rustc emit exactly the instructions that clang generates:: ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, rust-lang#12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d16, r0, r1 vldr d17, [sp, rust-lang#4] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vldr d17, [sp, rust-lang#12] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vmov r0, r1, d16 add sp, sp, rust-lang#12 bx lr ``` The arguments to `emit_ptr_va_arg` are based on [the clang implementation](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/03dc2a41f3d9a500e47b513de5c5008c06860d65/clang/lib/CodeGen/Targets/ARM.cpp#L798-L844). r? `@workingjubilee` (I can re-roll if your queue is too full, but you do seem like the right person here)
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match clang's `va_arg` assembly on arm targets tracking issue: #44930 For this example ```rust #![feature(c_variadic)] #[unsafe(no_mangle)] unsafe extern "C" fn variadic(a: f64, mut args: ...) -> f64 { let b = args.arg::<f64>(); let c = args.arg::<f64>(); a + b + c } ``` We currently generate (via llvm): ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, #12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d0, r0, r1 add r0, sp, #4 vldr d1, [sp, #4] add r0, r0, #15 bic r0, r0, #7 vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 add r1, r0, #8 str r1, [sp] vldr d1, [r0] vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 vmov r0, r1, d0 add sp, sp, #12 bx lr ``` LLVM is not doing a good job. In fact, it's well-known that LLVM's implementation of `va_arg` is kind of bad, and we implement it ourselves (based on clang) for many targets already. For arm, our own `emit_ptr_va_arg` saves 3 instructions. Next, it turns out it's important for LLVM to explicitly start and end the lifetime of the `va_list`. In #146059 I already end the lifetime, but when looking at this again, I noticed that it is important to also start it, see https://godbolt.org/z/EGqvKTTsK: failing to explicitly start the lifetime uses an extra register. So, the combination of `emit_ptr_va_arg` with starting/ending the lifetime makes rustc emit exactly the instructions that clang generates:: ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, #12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d16, r0, r1 vldr d17, [sp, #4] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vldr d17, [sp, #12] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vmov r0, r1, d16 add sp, sp, #12 bx lr ``` The arguments to `emit_ptr_va_arg` are based on [the clang implementation](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/03dc2a41f3d9a500e47b513de5c5008c06860d65/clang/lib/CodeGen/Targets/ARM.cpp#L798-L844). r? `@workingjubilee` (I can re-roll if your queue is too full, but you do seem like the right person here) try-job: armhf-gnu
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match clang's `va_arg` assembly on arm targets tracking issue: rust-lang#44930 For this example ```rust #![feature(c_variadic)] #[unsafe(no_mangle)] unsafe extern "C" fn variadic(a: f64, mut args: ...) -> f64 { let b = args.arg::<f64>(); let c = args.arg::<f64>(); a + b + c } ``` We currently generate (via llvm): ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, rust-lang#12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d0, r0, r1 add r0, sp, rust-lang#4 vldr d1, [sp, rust-lang#4] add r0, r0, rust-lang#15 bic r0, r0, rust-lang#7 vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 add r1, r0, rust-lang#8 str r1, [sp] vldr d1, [r0] vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 vmov r0, r1, d0 add sp, sp, rust-lang#12 bx lr ``` LLVM is not doing a good job. In fact, it's well-known that LLVM's implementation of `va_arg` is kind of bad, and we implement it ourselves (based on clang) for many targets already. For arm, our own `emit_ptr_va_arg` saves 3 instructions. Next, it turns out it's important for LLVM to explicitly start and end the lifetime of the `va_list`. In rust-lang#146059 I already end the lifetime, but when looking at this again, I noticed that it is important to also start it, see https://godbolt.org/z/EGqvKTTsK: failing to explicitly start the lifetime uses an extra register. So, the combination of `emit_ptr_va_arg` with starting/ending the lifetime makes rustc emit exactly the instructions that clang generates:: ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, rust-lang#12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d16, r0, r1 vldr d17, [sp, rust-lang#4] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vldr d17, [sp, rust-lang#12] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vmov r0, r1, d16 add sp, sp, rust-lang#12 bx lr ``` The arguments to `emit_ptr_va_arg` are based on [the clang implementation](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/03dc2a41f3d9a500e47b513de5c5008c06860d65/clang/lib/CodeGen/Targets/ARM.cpp#L798-L844). r? `@workingjubilee` (I can re-roll if your queue is too full, but you do seem like the right person here) try-job: armhf-gnu
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match clang's `va_arg` assembly on arm targets tracking issue: rust-lang#44930 For this example ```rust #![feature(c_variadic)] #[unsafe(no_mangle)] unsafe extern "C" fn variadic(a: f64, mut args: ...) -> f64 { let b = args.arg::<f64>(); let c = args.arg::<f64>(); a + b + c } ``` We currently generate (via llvm): ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, rust-lang#12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d0, r0, r1 add r0, sp, rust-lang#4 vldr d1, [sp, rust-lang#4] add r0, r0, rust-lang#15 bic r0, r0, rust-lang#7 vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 add r1, r0, rust-lang#8 str r1, [sp] vldr d1, [r0] vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 vmov r0, r1, d0 add sp, sp, rust-lang#12 bx lr ``` LLVM is not doing a good job. In fact, it's well-known that LLVM's implementation of `va_arg` is kind of bad, and we implement it ourselves (based on clang) for many targets already. For arm, our own `emit_ptr_va_arg` saves 3 instructions. Next, it turns out it's important for LLVM to explicitly start and end the lifetime of the `va_list`. In rust-lang#146059 I already end the lifetime, but when looking at this again, I noticed that it is important to also start it, see https://godbolt.org/z/EGqvKTTsK: failing to explicitly start the lifetime uses an extra register. So, the combination of `emit_ptr_va_arg` with starting/ending the lifetime makes rustc emit exactly the instructions that clang generates:: ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, rust-lang#12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d16, r0, r1 vldr d17, [sp, rust-lang#4] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vldr d17, [sp, rust-lang#12] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vmov r0, r1, d16 add sp, sp, rust-lang#12 bx lr ``` The arguments to `emit_ptr_va_arg` are based on [the clang implementation](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/03dc2a41f3d9a500e47b513de5c5008c06860d65/clang/lib/CodeGen/Targets/ARM.cpp#L798-L844). r? ``@workingjubilee`` (I can re-roll if your queue is too full, but you do seem like the right person here) try-job: armhf-gnu
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Rollup merge of #144549 - folkertdev:va-arg-arm, r=saethlin match clang's `va_arg` assembly on arm targets tracking issue: #44930 For this example ```rust #![feature(c_variadic)] #[unsafe(no_mangle)] unsafe extern "C" fn variadic(a: f64, mut args: ...) -> f64 { let b = args.arg::<f64>(); let c = args.arg::<f64>(); a + b + c } ``` We currently generate (via llvm): ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, #12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d0, r0, r1 add r0, sp, #4 vldr d1, [sp, #4] add r0, r0, #15 bic r0, r0, #7 vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 add r1, r0, #8 str r1, [sp] vldr d1, [r0] vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 vmov r0, r1, d0 add sp, sp, #12 bx lr ``` LLVM is not doing a good job. In fact, it's well-known that LLVM's implementation of `va_arg` is kind of bad, and we implement it ourselves (based on clang) for many targets already. For arm, our own `emit_ptr_va_arg` saves 3 instructions. Next, it turns out it's important for LLVM to explicitly start and end the lifetime of the `va_list`. In #146059 I already end the lifetime, but when looking at this again, I noticed that it is important to also start it, see https://godbolt.org/z/EGqvKTTsK: failing to explicitly start the lifetime uses an extra register. So, the combination of `emit_ptr_va_arg` with starting/ending the lifetime makes rustc emit exactly the instructions that clang generates:: ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, #12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d16, r0, r1 vldr d17, [sp, #4] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vldr d17, [sp, #12] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vmov r0, r1, d16 add sp, sp, #12 bx lr ``` The arguments to `emit_ptr_va_arg` are based on [the clang implementation](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/03dc2a41f3d9a500e47b513de5c5008c06860d65/clang/lib/CodeGen/Targets/ARM.cpp#L798-L844). r? ``@workingjubilee`` (I can re-roll if your queue is too full, but you do seem like the right person here) try-job: armhf-gnu
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match clang's `va_arg` assembly on arm targets tracking issue: rust-lang/rust#44930 For this example ```rust #![feature(c_variadic)] #[unsafe(no_mangle)] unsafe extern "C" fn variadic(a: f64, mut args: ...) -> f64 { let b = args.arg::<f64>(); let c = args.arg::<f64>(); a + b + c } ``` We currently generate (via llvm): ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, #12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d0, r0, r1 add r0, sp, #4 vldr d1, [sp, #4] add r0, r0, #15 bic r0, r0, #7 vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 add r1, r0, #8 str r1, [sp] vldr d1, [r0] vadd.f64 d0, d0, d1 vmov r0, r1, d0 add sp, sp, #12 bx lr ``` LLVM is not doing a good job. In fact, it's well-known that LLVM's implementation of `va_arg` is kind of bad, and we implement it ourselves (based on clang) for many targets already. For arm, our own `emit_ptr_va_arg` saves 3 instructions. Next, it turns out it's important for LLVM to explicitly start and end the lifetime of the `va_list`. In rust-lang/rust#146059 I already end the lifetime, but when looking at this again, I noticed that it is important to also start it, see https://godbolt.org/z/EGqvKTTsK: failing to explicitly start the lifetime uses an extra register. So, the combination of `emit_ptr_va_arg` with starting/ending the lifetime makes rustc emit exactly the instructions that clang generates:: ```asm variadic: sub sp, sp, #12 stmib sp, {r2, r3} vmov d16, r0, r1 vldr d17, [sp, #4] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vldr d17, [sp, #12] vadd.f64 d16, d16, d17 vmov r0, r1, d16 add sp, sp, #12 bx lr ``` The arguments to `emit_ptr_va_arg` are based on [the clang implementation](https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/03dc2a41f3d9a500e47b513de5c5008c06860d65/clang/lib/CodeGen/Targets/ARM.cpp#L798-L844). r? ``@workingjubilee`` (I can re-roll if your queue is too full, but you do seem like the right person here) try-job: armhf-gnu
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tracking issue: #44930
split out from: #144549
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va_listis created in the compiler itself when the variable argument list...is desugared, and hence the lifetime end is not inserted automatically. The value can't outlive the function in which it was created, so it is correct to end the lifetime here. Ending the lifetime explicitly also appears to give slightly better codegen in #144549.I also included a little drive-by improvement to not cast pointers to integers and back again.
r? codegen