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diff --git a/chapter22/README.md b/chapter22/README.md index 229c78d9..96c02ef1 100644 --- a/chapter22/README.md +++ b/chapter22/README.md @@ -189,17 +189,23 @@ are cheap to split. Register order breaks ties between callee saves. These are small preferences, not a general cost model. Grouping popular values by register class is left for Chapter 23, cold loop splits for 24, and area/cost ranking for 25. +Chapter 21's adjacent-copy forwarding also carries forward: after coloring, +a sole use in the next instruction can read the source register when its +operand mask permits it and no two-address tie is broken. The table below +includes this cleanup. Cohort 22 now also includes the two zero-move C return +ABI checks added since the earlier audit (26 entries instead of 24). + Run `make spill-stats` in this directory. Each row below uses **this chapter's compiler**, default worklist seed 123, and the same source/target combinations as the earlier cohort. The Windows run combines x86 SystemV/Win64 and RISC-V/ARM SystemV. Diagnostic graphs and mask regressions do not contribute to the totals. -| Program cohort | Compilations | Split/move count | Loop-weighted count | +| Program cohort | Compilations | Retained moves | Loop-weighted moves | |---|---:|---:|---:| -| Chapter 20 | 39 | 324 | 443 | -| Chapter 21 | 52 | 447 | 986 | -| Chapter 22 | 24 | 67 | 67 | -| **Total** | **115** | **838** | **1,496** | +| Chapter 20 | 39 | 321 | 433 | +| Chapter 21 | 52 | 438 | 970 | +| Chapter 22 | 26 | 67 | 67 | +| **Total** | **117** | **826** | **1,470** | `_spills` counts retained SplitNodes, including register moves; `_spillScaled` weights each by `8^loopDepth`. These are compiler estimates, not measured runtime @@ -207,7 +213,7 @@ memory traffic. The reporter also prints individual allocations and CPU/ABI sums Chapter 21's original `int age` person example is preserved as `person21`; this chapter's `i32 age` version and revised infinite-loop example belong to cohort 22. -For a controlled comparison, the same compiler and correctness fixes with +Before adjacent-copy forwarding, a controlled comparison of the same compiler and correctness fixes with Chapter 21's color preferences and spill ordering produce 885 moves and 1,543 weighted moves. This chapter saves **47 weighted moves (3.0%)**. RISC-V BrainFuck improves from 42 to 28 and ARM from 34 to 28 in each of its two cohorts. Some |