Re: [Tarantool-patches] [PATCH luajit] Fix bytecode register allocation for comparisons.

[Sergey Ostanevich via Tarantool-patches <tarantool-patches@dev.tarantool.org>]

Hi!

Thanks for the patch! Just minor grammar, LGTM.

Sergos



> On 19 Jul 2021, at 10:36, Sergey Kaplun <skaplun@tarantool.org> wrote:
> 
> From: Mike Pall <mike>
> 
> (cherry picked from commit 2f3f07882fb4ad9c64967d7088461b1ca0a25d3a)
> 
> When LuaJIT is build with LJ_FR2 (GC64), information about frame takes
		 built (v3 in passive voice)

[skipped, new version]

> The first option is rewrite this slot by return values from the
		    to
> function.
> 
> The second option is clearing slot (i.e. set to zero) manually, when
		      to clear the
> there is no values to return. It is done by the next bytecode having RA
> dst mode. This obliges that the destination of RA takes the next slot
> after TREF_FRAME. For this an earlier instruction must use the smallest
> possible destination register (see `lj_record_ins()` for the details).
> 
> Bytecode allocator swaps operands for ISGT and ISGE comparisons.
		    can swap (since it is followed by ‘When’)
> When it happens, the aforementioned rule for registers allocations
							 allocation
> may be violated. When it happens, and this chunk is recording, the slot
> with TREF_FRAME is not rewritten (but the next empty slot after
> TREF_FRAME is) during bytecode recording. This leads to JIT slots
> inconsistency and assertion failure in `rec_check_slots()` during
> recording the next bytecode instruction.
	   of 
> 
> This patch fixes bytecode register allocation by changing the register
> allocation order in case of ISGT and ISGE bytecodes.
> 
> Sergey Kaplun:
> * added the description and the test for the problem
> 
> Resolves tarantool/tarantool#6227
> ---
> 
> Branch: https://github.com/tarantool/luajit/tree/skaplun/gh-6227-fix-bytecode-allocator-for-comp
> Tarantool branch: https://github.com/tarantool/tarantool/tree/skaplun/gh-6227-fix-bytecode-allocator-for-comp
> Issue: https://github.com/tarantool/tarantool/issues/6227
> 
> src/lj_parse.c                                |  7 +++-
> ...ytecode-allocator-for-comparisons.test.lua | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 test/tarantool-tests/gh-6227-bytecode-allocator-for-comparisons.test.lua
> 
> diff --git a/src/lj_parse.c b/src/lj_parse.c
> index 08f7cfa6..a6325a76 100644
> --- a/src/lj_parse.c
> +++ b/src/lj_parse.c
> @@ -853,9 +853,12 @@ static void bcemit_comp(FuncState *fs, BinOpr opr, ExpDesc *e1, ExpDesc *e2)
>       e1 = e2; e2 = eret;  /* Swap operands. */
>       op = ((op-BC_ISLT)^3)+BC_ISLT;
>       expr_toval(fs, e1);
> +      ra = expr_toanyreg(fs, e1);
> +      rd = expr_toanyreg(fs, e2);
> +    } else {
> +      rd = expr_toanyreg(fs, e2);
> +      ra = expr_toanyreg(fs, e1);
>     }
> -    rd = expr_toanyreg(fs, e2);
> -    ra = expr_toanyreg(fs, e1);
>     ins = BCINS_AD(op, ra, rd);
>   }
>   /* Using expr_free might cause asserts if the order is wrong. */
> diff --git a/test/tarantool-tests/gh-6227-bytecode-allocator-for-comparisons.test.lua b/test/tarantool-tests/gh-6227-bytecode-allocator-for-comparisons.test.lua
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000..66f6885e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/test/tarantool-tests/gh-6227-bytecode-allocator-for-comparisons.test.lua
> @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
> +local tap = require('tap')
> +local test = tap.test('gh-6227-bytecode-allocator-for-comparisons')
> +test:plan(1)
> +
> +-- Test file to demonstrate assertion failure during recording
> +-- wrong allocated bytecode for comparisons.
> +-- See also https://github.com/tarantool/tarantool/issues/6227.
> +
> +-- Need function with RET0 bytecode to avoid reset of
> +-- the first JIT slot with frame info. Also need no assignments
> +-- by the caller.
> +local function empty() end
> +
> +local uv = 0
> +
> +-- This function needs to reset register enumerating.
> +-- Also set `J->maxslot` to zero.
> +-- The upvalue function to call is loaded to 0 slot.
> +local function bump_frame()
> +  -- First call function with RET0 to set TREF_FRAME in the
> +  -- last slot.
> +  empty()
> +  -- Test ISGE or ISGT bytecode. These bytecodes swap their
> +  -- operands. Also, a constant is always loaded into the slot
> +  -- smaller than upvalue. So, if upvalue loads before KSHORT,
> +  -- then the difference between registers is more than 2 (2 is
> +  -- needed for LJ_FR2) and TREF_FRAME slot is not rewriting by
> +  -- the bytecode after call and return as expected. That leads
> +  -- to recording slots inconsistency and assertion failure at
> +  -- `rec_check_slots()`.
> +  empty(1>uv)
> +end
> +
> +jit.opt.start('hotloop=1')
> +
> +for _ = 1,3 do
> +  bump_frame()
> +end
> +
> +test:ok(true)
> +os.exit(test:check() and 0 or 1)
> -- 
> 2.31.0
>