Revert Phase 2 load/call propagation skip in SpillPointers for JWST compiler compatibility#8
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… flag The pass was running unconditionally at O1+ optimization levels, inserting extra store instructions before calls that broke 4 existing CodeGen tests. By gating behind a CLI flag (defaulting to off), the pass only activates when explicitly requested for conservative GC support. Co-authored-by: PLUTOFX <110596339+PLUTOFX@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Investigate test failures after adding WebAssemblySpillPointers pass
Gate WebAssemblySpillPointers pass behind -wasm-enable-spill-pointers flag
Mar 2, 2026
Document how to use the flag from both clang (-mllvm -wasm-enable-spill-pointers) and llc (-wasm-enable-spill-pointers) in the pass file header and README.txt. Co-authored-by: PLUTOFX <110596339+PLUTOFX@users.noreply.github.com>
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The 4 test failures were NOT caused by pass logic bugs - the pass correctly spills pointers that are live across calls to the shadow stack for conservative GC support. The failures were because the test CHECK patterns were written before this pass existed and didn't account for the spill stores. Changes: - Remove WasmEnableSpillPointers flag gating - pass now always runs at O1+ - Update global.ll: relax call_memcpy checks for spill stores - Update mem-intrinsics.ll: relax memcpy/memmove/memset result checks - Update reg-stackify.ll: adjust for changed register numbering and invariant load ordering due to spill stores - Update userstack.ll: adjust stack frame size (48->64) and offsets due to spill slot allocation - Remove flag documentation from SpillPointers.cpp and README.txt Co-authored-by: PLUTOFX <110596339+PLUTOFX@users.noreply.github.com>
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Gate WebAssemblySpillPointers pass behind -wasm-enable-spill-pointers flag
Enable WebAssemblySpillPointers pass unconditionally; update affected tests
Mar 2, 2026
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…ropagation through loads/calls Three key fixes to WebAssemblySpillPointers: 1. Skip calls that cannot trigger GC (readnone+nounwind, memcpy/memmove/memset) 2. Use MachineMemOperand LLT type to distinguish pointer loads from non-pointer loads 3. Prevent Phase 2 dataflow from propagating pointer-ness through loads and calls (their results are already properly classified in Phase 1) This fixes global.ll, mem-intrinsics.ll, reg-stackify.ll. For userstack.ll, the spill of ptr %addr is correct (it IS a live pointer across calls), so test expectations are updated to reflect the new frame layout. Co-authored-by: PLUTOFX <110596339+PLUTOFX@users.noreply.github.com>
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Enable WebAssemblySpillPointers pass unconditionally; update affected tests
Fix SpillPointers pass: reduce false positives in pointer identification
Mar 17, 2026
… attributes in SpillPointers pass Add detailed comments explaining: - What LLT (Low Level Type) is and how s32 (scalar 32-bit) differs from p0 (pointer) - Why this distinction matters for WebAssembly where both are i32 at machine level - What readnone and nounwind function attributes mean and why they guarantee no GC - How doesNotAccessMemory() maps to readnone and doesNotThrow() maps to nounwind Co-authored-by: PLUTOFX <110596339+PLUTOFX@users.noreply.github.com>
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Fix SpillPointers pass: reduce false positives in pointer identification
Fix SpillPointers pass: reduce false-positive pointer identification to restore 4 failing CodeGen tests
Mar 17, 2026
…ar_load test Remove the Phase 2 dataflow skip for loads and calls, restoring conservative pointer-ness propagation through these instructions. This is needed for JWST compiler compatibility where pointer values may be stored as i32 types. The more conservative propagation means loads whose address operand is a pointer will also have their result marked as a potential pointer, even if the MMO type is s32 (scalar). This trades some unnecessary spills for broader safety in codebases that store pointers as integers. Update store_past_invar_load test expectations: the invariant load can no longer be sunk past the call because the SpillPointers pass conservatively spills the loaded value. This is the expected trade-off for GC safety. Co-authored-by: PLUTOFX <110596339+PLUTOFX@users.noreply.github.com> Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/PLUTOFX/llvm-project/sessions/4d2b79c7-4d28-42ba-95ce-9394676e5718
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Fix SpillPointers pass: reduce false-positive pointer identification to restore 4 failing CodeGen tests
Revert Phase 2 load/call skip in SpillPointers for JWST compiler compatibility
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The previous fix added
MI.mayLoad()andMI.isCall()skips in Phase 2 dataflow propagation to prevent pointer-ness from propagating through loads/calls. While this passedreg-stackify.ll, it caused widespread issues in the JWST compiler where pointer values stored asi32were no longer being spilled.SpillPointers pass
mayLoad()andisCall(), restoring conservative propagation. Any instruction with a pointer input (including loads whose address is a pointer) will propagate pointer-ness to its result unless blocklisted.isLoadOfPotentialPointer()and callee return type checking remain unchanged.reg-stackify.ll
store_past_invar_loadexpectations: the invariant load can no longer sink past the call because its result is now conservatively marked as a potential pointer and spilled.userstack.ll
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