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- \title{\Huge \textbf{Essentials of Compilation} \\
- \huge An Incremental Approach}
- \author{\textsc{Jeremy G. Siek} \\
- %\thanks{\url{http://homes.soic.indiana.edu/jsiek/}} \\
- Indiana University \\
- \\
- with contributions from: \\
- Carl Factora \\
- Cameron Swords
- }
- \begin{document}
- \frontmatter
- \maketitle
- \begin{dedication}
- This book is dedicated to the programming language wonks at Indiana
- University.
- \end{dedication}
- \tableofcontents
- %\listoffigures
- %\listoftables
- \mainmatter
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter*{Preface}
- Talk about nano-pass \citep{Sarkar:2004fk,Keep:2012aa} and incremental
- compilers \citep{Ghuloum:2006bh}.
- Talk about pre-requisites.
- %\section*{Structure of book}
- % You might want to add short description about each chapter in this book.
- %\section*{About the companion website}
- %The website\footnote{\url{https://github.com/amberj/latex-book-template}} for %this file contains:
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- % \item A link to (freely downlodable) latest version of this document.
- % \item Link to download LaTeX source for this document.
- % \item Miscellaneous material (e.g. suggested readings etc).
- %\end{itemize}
- \section*{Acknowledgments}
- Need to give thanks to
- \begin{itemize}
- \item Bor-Yuh Evan Chang
- \item Kent Dybvig
- \item Daniel P. Friedman
- \item Ronald Garcia
- \item Abdulaziz Ghuloum
- \item Ryan Newton
- \item Dipanwita Sarkar
- \item Oscar Waddell
- \end{itemize}
- %\mbox{}\\
- %\noindent Amber Jain \\
- %\noindent \url{http://amberj.devio.us/}
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- \chapter{Preliminaries}
- \label{ch:trees-recur}
- In this chapter, we review the basic tools that are needed for
- implementing a compiler. We use abstract syntax trees (ASTs) in the
- form of S-expressions to represent programs (Section~\ref{sec:ast})
- and pattern matching to inspect individual nodes in an AST
- (Section~\ref{sec:pattern-matching}). We use recursion to construct
- and deconstruct ASTs (Section~\ref{sec:recursion}).
- \section{Abstract Syntax Trees}
- \label{sec:ast}
- The primary data structure that is commonly used for representing
- programs is the \emph{abstract syntax tree} (AST). When considering
- some part of a program, a compiler needs to ask what kind of part it
- is and what sub-parts it has. For example, the program on the left is
- represented by the AST on the right.
- \begin{center}
- \begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (+ (read) (- 8))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
- \begin{equation}
- \begin{tikzpicture}
- \node[draw, circle] (plus) at (0 , 0) {$+$};
- \node[draw, circle] (read) at (-1, -1.5) {$\tt read$};
- \node[draw, circle] (minus) at (1 , -1.5) {$\text{--}$};
- \node[draw, circle] (8) at (1 , -3) {$8$};
- \draw[->] (plus) to (read);
- \draw[->] (plus) to (minus);
- \draw[->] (minus) to (8);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \label{eq:arith-prog}
- \end{equation}
- \end{minipage}
- \end{center}
- We shall use the standard terminology for trees: each circle above is
- called a \emph{node}. The arrows connect a node to its \emph{children}
- (which are also nodes). The top-most node is the \emph{root}. Every
- node except for the root has a \emph{parent} (the node it is the child
- of). If a node has no children, it is a \emph{leaf} node. Otherwise
- it is an \emph{internal} node.
- When deciding how to compile the above program, we need to know that
- the root node operation is addition and that it has two children:
- \texttt{read} and the negation of \texttt{8}. The abstract syntax tree
- data structure directly supports these queries and hence is a good
- choice. In this book, we will often write down the textual
- representation of a program even when we really have in mind the AST,
- because the textual representation is more concise. We recommend
- that, in your mind, you alway interpret programs as abstract syntax
- trees.
- \section{Grammars}
- \label{sec:grammar}
- A programming language can be thought of as a \emph{set} of programs.
- The set is typically infinite (one can always create larger and larger
- programs), so one cannot simply describe a language by listing all of
- the programs in the language. Instead we write down a set of rules, a
- \emph{grammar}, for building programs. We shall write our rules in a
- variant of Backus-Naur Form (BNF)~\citep{Backus:1960aa,Knuth:1964aa}.
- As an example, we describe a small language, named $\itm{arith}$, of
- integers and arithmetic operations. The first rule says that any
- integer is in the language:
- \begin{equation}
- \itm{arith} ::= \Int \label{eq:arith-int}
- \end{equation}
- Each rule has a left-hand-side and a right-hand-side. The way to read
- a rule is that if you have all the program parts on the
- right-hand-side, then you can create and AST node and categorize it
- according to the left-hand-side. (We do not define $\Int$ because the
- reader already knows what an integer is.) A name such as $\itm{arith}$
- that is defined by the rules, is a \emph{non-terminal}.
- The second rule for the $\itm{arith}$ language is the \texttt{read}
- operation that receives an input integer from the user of the program.
- \begin{equation}
- \itm{arith} ::= (\key{read}) \label{eq:arith-read}
- \end{equation}
- The third rule says that, given an $\itm{arith}$, you can build
- another arith by negating it.
- \begin{equation}
- \itm{arith} ::= (\key{-} \; \itm{arith}) \label{eq:arith-neg}
- \end{equation}
- Symbols such as \key{-} that play an auxilliary role in the abstract
- syntax are called \emph{terminal} symbols.
- We can apply the rules to build ASTs in the $\itm{arith}$
- language. For example, by rule \eqref{eq:arith-int}, \texttt{8} is an
- $\itm{arith}$, then by rule \eqref{eq:arith-neg}, the following AST is
- an $\itm{arith}$.
- \begin{center}
- \begin{minipage}{0.25\textwidth}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (- 8)
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \begin{minipage}{0.25\textwidth}
- \begin{equation}
- \begin{tikzpicture}
- \node[draw, circle] (minus) at (0, 0) {$\text{--}$};
- \node[draw, circle] (8) at (0, -1.2) {$8$};
- \draw[->] (minus) to (8);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \label{eq:arith-neg8}
- \end{equation}
- \end{minipage}
- \end{center}
- The last rule for the $\itm{arith}$ language is for addition:
- \begin{equation}
- \itm{arith} ::= (\key{+} \; \itm{arith} \; \itm{arith}) \label{eq:arith-add}
- \end{equation}
- Now we can see that the AST \eqref{eq:arith-prog} is in $\itm{arith}$.
- We know that \lstinline{(read)} is in $\itm{arith}$ by rule
- \eqref{eq:arith-read} and we have shown that \texttt{(- 8)} is in
- $\itm{arith}$, so we can apply rule \eqref{eq:arith-add} to show that
- \texttt{(+ (read) (- 8))} is in the $\itm{arith}$ language.
- If you have an AST for which the above four rules do not apply, then
- the AST is not in $\itm{arith}$. For example, the AST \texttt{(-
- (read) (+ 8))} is not in $\itm{arith}$ because there are no rules
- for \key{+} with only one argument, nor for \key{-} with two
- arguments. Whenever we define a language with a grammar, we
- implicitly mean for the language to be the smallest set of programs
- that are justified by the rules. That is, the language only includes
- those programs that the rules allow.
- It is common to have many rules with the same left-hand side, so the
- following vertical bar notation is used to gather several rules. We
- refer to each clause between a vertical bar as an ``alternative''.
- \[
- \itm{arith} ::= \Int \mid ({\tt \key{read}}) \mid (\key{-} \; \itm{arith}) \mid
- (\key{+} \; \itm{arith} \; \itm{arith})
- \]
- \section{S-Expressions}
- \label{sec:s-expr}
- Racket, as a descendant of Lisp~\citep{McCarthy:1960dz}, has
- convenient support for creating and manipulating abstract syntax trees
- with its \emph{symbolic expression} feature, or S-expression for
- short. We can create an S-expression simply by writing a backquote
- followed by the textual representation of the AST. (Technically
- speaking, this is called a \emph{quasiquote} in Racket.) For example,
- an S-expression to represent the AST \eqref{eq:arith-prog} is created
- by the following Racket expression:
- \begin{center}
- \texttt{`(+ (read) (- 8))}
- \end{center}
- To build larger S-expressions one often needs to splice together
- several smaller S-expressions. Racket provides the comma operator to
- splice an S-expression into a larger one. For example, instead of
- creating the S-expression for AST \eqref{eq:arith-prog} all at once,
- we could have first created an S-expression for AST
- \eqref{eq:arith-neg8} and then spliced that into the addition
- S-expression.
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define ast1.4 `(- 8))
- (define ast1.1 `(+ (read) ,ast1.4))
- \end{lstlisting}
- In general, the Racket expression that follows the comma (splice)
- can be any expression that computes an S-expression.
- \section{Pattern Matching}
- \label{sec:pattern-matching}
- As mentioned above, one of the operations that a compiler needs to
- perform on an AST is to access the children of a node. Racket
- provides the \texttt{match} form to access the parts of an
- S-expression. Consider the following example and the output on the
- right.
- \begin{center}
- \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (match ast1.1
- [`(,op ,child1 ,child2)
- (print op) (newline)
- (print child1) (newline)
- (print child2)])
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \vrule
- \begin{minipage}{0.25\textwidth}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- '+
- '(read)
- '(- 8)
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \end{center}
- The \texttt{match} form takes AST \eqref{eq:arith-prog} and binds its
- parts to the three variables \texttt{op}, \texttt{child1}, and
- \texttt{child2}. In general, a match clause consists of a
- \emph{pattern} and a \emph{body}. The pattern is a quoted S-expression
- that may contain pattern-variables (preceded by a comma). The body
- may contain any Racket code.
- A \texttt{match} form may contain several clauses, as in the following
- function \texttt{leaf?} that recognizes when an $\itm{arith}$ node is
- a leaf. The \texttt{match} proceeds through the clauses in order,
- checking whether the pattern can match the input S-expression. The
- body of the first clause that matches is executed. The output of
- \texttt{leaf?} for several S-expressions is shown on the right. In the
- below \texttt{match}, we see another form of pattern: the \texttt{(?
- fixnum?)} applies the predicate \texttt{fixnum?} to the input
- S-expression to see if it is a machine-representable integer.
- \begin{center}
- \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define (leaf? arith)
- (match arith
- [(? fixnum?) #t]
- [`(read) #t]
- [`(- ,c1) #f]
- [`(+ ,c1 ,c2) #f]))
- (leaf? `(read))
- (leaf? `(- 8))
- (leaf? `(+ (read) (- 8)))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \vrule
- \begin{minipage}{0.25\textwidth}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- #t
- #f
- #f
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \end{center}
- %% From this grammar, we have defined {\tt arith} by constraining its
- %% syntax. Effectively, we have defined {\tt arith} by first defining
- %% what a legal expression (or program) within the language is. To
- %% clarify further, we can think of {\tt arith} as a \textit{set} of
- %% expressions, where, under syntax constraints, \mbox{{\tt (+ 1 1)}} and
- %% {\tt -1} are inhabitants and {\tt (+ 3.2 3)} and {\tt (++ 2 2)} are
- %% not (see ~Figure\ref{fig:ast}).
- %% The relationship between a grammar and an AST is then similar to that
- %% of a set and an inhabitant. From this, every syntaxically valid
- %% expression, under the constraints of a grammar, can be represented by
- %% an abstract syntax tree. This is because {\tt arith} is essentially a
- %% specification of a Tree-like data-structure. In this case, tree nodes
- %% are the arithmetic operators {\tt +} and {\tt -}, and the leaves are
- %% integer constants. From this, we can represent any expression of {\tt
- %% arith} using a \textit{syntax expression} (s-exp).
- %% \begin{figure}[htbp]
- %% \centering
- %% \fbox{
- %% \begin{minipage}{0.85\textwidth}
- %% \[
- %% \begin{array}{lcl}
- %% exp &::=& sexp \mid (sexp*) \mid (unquote \; sexp) \\
- %% sexp &::=& Val \mid Var \mid (quote \; exp) \mid (quasiquote \; exp)
- %% \end{array}
- %% \]
- %% \end{minipage}
- %% }
- %% \caption{\textit{s-exp} syntax: $Val$ and $Var$ are shorthand for Value and Variable.}
- %% \label{fig:sexp-syntax}
- %% \end{figure}
- %% For our purposes, we will treat s-exps equivalent to \textit{possibly
- %% deeply-nested lists}. For the sake of brevity, the symbols $single$
- %% $quote$ ('), $backquote$ (`), and $comma$ (,) are reader sugar for
- %% {\tt quote}, {\tt quasiquote}, and {\tt unquote}. We provide several
- %% examples of s-exps and functions that return s-exps below. We use the
- %% {\tt >} symbol to represent interaction with a Racket REPL.
- %% \begin{verbatim}
- %% (define 1plus1 `(1 + 1))
- %% (define (1plusX x) `(1 + ,x))
- %% (define (XplusY x y) `(,x + ,y))
- %% > 1plus1
- %% '(1 + 1)
- %% > (1plusX 1)
- %% '(1 + 1)
- %% > (XplusY 1 1)
- %% '(1 + 1)
- %% > `,1plus1
- %% '(1 + 1)
- %% \end{verbatim}
- %% In any expression wrapped with {\tt quasiquote} ({\tt `}), sub-expressions
- %% wrapped with an {\tt unquote} expression are evaluated before the entire
- %% expression is returned wrapped in a {\tt quote} expression.
- % \marginpar{\scriptsize Introduce s-expressions, quote, and quasi-quote, and comma in
- % this section. Make sure to include examples of ASTs. The description
- % here of grammars is incomplete. It doesn't really say what grammars are or what they do, it
- % just shows an example. I would recommend reading my blog post: a crash course on
- % notation in PL theory, especially the sections on Definition by Rules
- % and Language Syntax and Grammars. -JGS}
- % \marginpar{\scriptsize The lambda calculus is more complex of an example that what we really
- % need at this point. I think we can make due with just integers and arithmetic. -JGS}
- % \marginpar{\scriptsize Regarding de-Bruijnizing as an example... that strikes me
- % as something that may be foreign to many readers. The examples in this
- % first chapter should try to be simple and hopefully connect with things
- % that the reader is already familiar with. -JGS}
- % \begin{enumerate}
- % \item Syntax transformation
- % \item Some Racket examples (factorial?)
- % \end{enumerate}
- %% For our purposes, our compiler will take a Scheme-like expression and
- %% transform it to X86\_64 Assembly. Along the way, we transform each
- %% input expression into a handful of \textit{intermediary languages}
- %% (IL). A key tool for transforming one language into another is
- %% \textit{pattern matching}.
- %% Racket provides a built-in pattern-matcher, {\tt match}, that we can
- %% use to perform operations on s-exps. As a preliminary example, we
- %% include a familiar definition of factorial, first without using match.
- %% \begin{verbatim}
- %% (define (! n)
- %% (if (zero? n) 1
- %% (* n (! (sub1 n)))))
- %% \end{verbatim}
- %% In this form of factorial, we are simply conditioning (viz. {\tt zero?})
- %% on the inputted natural number, {\tt n}. If we rewrite factorial using
- %% {\tt match}, we can match on the actual value of {\tt n}.
- %% \begin{verbatim}
- %% (define (! n)
- %% (match n
- %% (0 1)
- %% (n (* n (! (sub1 n))))))
- %% \end{verbatim}
- %% In this definition of factorial, the first {\tt match} line (viz. {\tt (0 1)})
- %% can be read as "if {\tt n} is 0, then return 1." The second line matches on an
- %% arbitrary variable, {\tt n}, and does not place any constraints on it. We could
- %% have also written this line as {\tt (else (* n (! (sub1 n))))}, where {\tt n}
- %% is scoped by {\tt match}. Of course, we can also use {\tt match} to pattern
- %% match on more complex expressions.
- \section{Recursion}
- \label{sec:recursion}
- Programs are inherently recursive in that an $\itm{arith}$ AST is made
- up of smaller $\itm{arith}$ ASTs. Thus, the natural way to process in
- entire program is with a recursive function. As a first example of
- such a function, we define \texttt{arith?} below, which takes an
- arbitrary S-expression, {\tt sexp}, and determines whether or not {\tt
- sexp} is in {\tt arith}. Note that each match clause corresponds to
- one grammar rule for $\itm{arith}$ and the body of each clause makes a
- recursive call for each child node. This pattern of recursive function
- is so common that it has a name, \emph{structural recursion}. In
- general, when a recursive function is defined using a sequence of
- match clauses that correspond to a grammar, and each clause body makes
- a recursive call on each child node, then we say the function is
- defined by structural recursion.
- \begin{center}
- \begin{minipage}{0.7\textwidth}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define (arith? sexp)
- (match sexp
- [(? fixnum?) #t]
- [`(read) #t]
- [`(- ,e) (arith? e)]
- [`(+ ,e1 ,e2)
- (and (arith? e1) (arith? e2))]
- [else #f]))
- (arith? `(+ (read) (- 8)))
- (arith? `(- (read) (+ 8)))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \vrule
- \begin{minipage}{0.25\textwidth}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- #t
- #f
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \end{center}
- %% Here, {\tt \#:when} puts constraints on the value of matched expressions.
- %% In this case, we make sure that every sub-expression in \textit{op} position
- %% is either {\tt +} or {\tt -}. Otherwise, we return an error, signaling a
- %% non-{\tt arith} expression. As we mentioned earlier, every expression
- %% wrapped in an {\tt unquote} is evaluated first. When used in a LHS {\tt match}
- %% sub-expression, these expressions evaluate to the actual value of the matched
- %% expression (i.e., {\tt arith-exp}). Thus, {\tt `(,e1 ,op ,e2)} and
- %% {\tt `(e1 op e2)} are not equivalent.
- % \begin{enumerate}
- % \item \textit{What is a base case?}
- % \item Using on a language (lambda calculus ->
- % \end{enumerate}
- %% Before getting into more complex {\tt match} examples, we first
- %% introduce the concept of \textit{structural recursion}, which is the
- %% general name for recurring over Tree-like or \textit{possibly
- %% deeply-nested list} structures. The key to performing structural
- %% recursion, which from now on we refer to simply as recursion, is to
- %% have some form of specification for the structure we are recurring
- %% on. Luckily, we are already familiar with one: a BNF or grammar.
- %% For example, let's take the grammar for $S_0$, which we include below.
- %% Writing a recursive program that takes an arbitrary expression of $S_0$
- %% should handle each expression in the grammar. An example program that
- %% we can write is an $interpreter$. To keep our interpreter simple, we
- %% ignore the {\tt read} operator.
- %% \begin{figure}[htbp]
- %% \centering
- %% \fbox{
- %% \begin{minipage}{0.85\textwidth}
- %% \[
- %% \begin{array}{lcl}
- %% \Op &::=& \key{+} \mid \key{-} \mid \key{*} \mid \key{read} \\
- %% \Exp &::=& \Int \mid (\Op \; \Exp^{*}) \mid \Var \mid \LET{\Var}{\Exp}{\Exp}
- %% \end{array}
- %% \]
- %% \end{minipage}
- %% }
- %% \caption{The syntax of the $S_0$ language. The abbreviation \Op{} is
- %% short for operator, \Exp{} is short for expression, \Int{} for integer,
- %% and \Var{} for variable.}
- %% %\label{fig:s0-syntax}
- %% \end{figure}
- %% \begin{verbatim}
- %% \end{verbatim}
- \section{Interpreters}
- \label{sec:interp-arith}
- The meaning, or semantics, of a program is typically defined in the
- specification of the language. For example, the Scheme language is
- defined in the report by \cite{SPERBER:2009aa}. The Racket language is
- defined in its reference manual~\citep{plt-tr}. In this book we use an
- interpreter to define the meaning of each language that we consider,
- following Reynold's advice in this
- regard~\citep{reynolds72:_def_interp}. Here we will warm up by writing
- an interpreter for the $\itm{arith}$ language, which will also serve
- as a second example of structural recursion. The \texttt{interp-arith}
- function is defined in Figure~\ref{fig:interp-arith}. The body of the
- function is a match on the input expression \texttt{e} and there is
- one clause per grammar rule for $\itm{arith}$. The clauses for
- internal AST nodes make recursive calls to \texttt{interp-arith} on
- each child node.
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define (interp-arith e)
- (match e
- [(? fixnum?) e]
- [`(read)
- (define r (read))
- (cond [(fixnum? r) r]
- [else (error 'interp-arith "expected an integer" r)])]
- [`(- ,e)
- (fx- 0 (interp-arith e))]
- [`(+ ,e1 ,e2)
- (fx+ (interp-arith e1) (interp-arith e2))]
- ))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \caption{Interpreter for the $\itm{arith}$ language.}
- \label{fig:interp-arith}
- \end{figure}
- We make the simplifying design decision that the $\itm{arith}$
- language (and all of the languages in this book) only handle
- machine-representable integers, that is, the \texttt{fixnum} datatype
- in Racket. Thus, we implement the arithmetic operations using the
- appropriate fixnum operators.
- If we interpret the AST \eqref{eq:arith-prog} and give it the input
- \texttt{50}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (interp-arith ast1.1)
- \end{lstlisting}
- we get the answer to life, the universe, and everything
- \begin{lstlisting}
- 42
- \end{lstlisting}
- The job of a compiler is to translate programs in one language into
- programs in another language (typically but not always a language with
- a lower level of abstraction) in such a way that each output program
- behaves the same way as the input program. This idea is depicted in
- the following diagram. Suppose we have two languages, $\mathcal{L}_1$
- and $\mathcal{L}_2$, and an interpreter for each language. Suppose
- that the compiler translates program $P_1$ in language $\mathcal{L}_1$
- into program $P_2$ in language $\mathcal{L}_2$. Then interpreting
- $P_1$ and $P_2$ on the respective interpreters for the two languages,
- and given the same inputs $i$, should yield the same output $o$.
- \begin{equation} \label{eq:compile-correct}
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (p1) at (0, 0) {$P_1$};
- \node (p2) at (3, 0) {$P_2$};
- \node (o) at (3, -2.5) {o};
- \path[->] (p1) edge [above] node {compile} (p2);
- \path[->] (p2) edge [right] node {$\mathcal{L}_2$-interp(i)} (o);
- \path[->] (p1) edge [left] node {$\mathcal{L}_1$-interp(i)} (o);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \end{equation}
- In the next section we will see our first example of a compiler, which
- is also be another example of structural recursion.
- \section{Partial Evaluation}
- \label{sec:partial-evaluation}
- In this section we consider a compiler that translates $\itm{arith}$
- programs into $\itm{arith}$ programs that are more efficient, that is,
- this compiler is an optimizer. Our optimizer will accomplish this by
- trying to eagerly compute the parts of the program that do not depend
- on any inputs. For example, given the following program
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (+ (read) (- (+ 5 3)))
- \end{lstlisting}
- our compiler will translate it into the program
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (+ (read) -8)
- \end{lstlisting}
- Figure~\ref{fig:pe-arith} gives the code for a simple partial
- evaluator for the $\itm{arith}$ language. The output of the partial
- evaluator is an $\itm{arith}$ program, which we build up using a
- combination of quasiquotes and commas. (Though no quasiquote is
- necessary for integers.) In Figure~\ref{fig:pe-arith}, the normal
- structural recursion is captured in the main \texttt{pe-arith}
- function whereas the code for partially evaluating negation and
- addition is factored out the into two separate helper functions:
- \texttt{pe-neg} and \texttt{pe-add}. The input to these helper
- functions is the output of partially evaluating the children nodes.
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define (pe-neg r)
- (match r
- [(? fixnum?) (fx- 0 r)]
- [else `(- ,r)]))
- (define (pe-add r1 r2)
- (match (list r1 r2)
- [`(,n1 ,n2) #:when (and (fixnum? n1) (fixnum? n2))
- (fx+ r1 r2)]
- [else `(+ ,r1 ,r2)]))
- (define (pe-arith e)
- (match e
- [(? fixnum?) e]
- [`(read) `(read)]
- [`(- ,e1) (pe-neg (pe-arith e1))]
- [`(+ ,e1 ,e2) (pe-add (pe-arith e1) (pe-arith e2))]))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \caption{A partial evaluator for the $\itm{arith}$ language.}
- \label{fig:pe-arith}
- \end{figure}
- Our code for \texttt{pe-neg} and \texttt{pe-add} implements the simple
- idea of checking whether the inputs are integers and if they are, to
- go ahead perform the arithmetic. Otherwise, we use quasiquote to
- create an AST node for the appropriate operation (either negation or
- addition) and use comma to splice in the child nodes.
- To gain some confidence that the partial evaluator is correct, we can
- test whether it produces programs that get the same result as the
- input program. That is, we can test whether it satisfies Diagram
- \eqref{eq:compile-correct}. The following code runs the partial
- evaluator on several examples and tests the output program. The
- \texttt{assert} function is defined in Appendix~\ref{appendix:utilities}.
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define (test-pe pe p)
- (assert "testing pe-arith"
- (equal? (interp-arith p) (interp-arith (pe-arith p)))))
- (test-pe `(+ (read) (- (+ 5 3))))
- (test-pe `(+ 1 (+ (read) 1)))
- (test-pe `(- (+ (read) (- 5))))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \begin{exercise}
- \normalfont % I don't like the italics for exercises. -Jeremy
- We challenge the reader to improve on the simple partial evaluator in
- Figure~\ref{fig:pe-arith} by replacing the \texttt{pe-neg} and
- \texttt{pe-add} helper functions with functions that know more about
- arithmetic. For example, your partial evaluator should translate
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (+ 1 (+ (read) 1))
- \end{lstlisting}
- into
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (+ 2 (read))
- \end{lstlisting}
- To accomplish this, we recommend that your partial evaluator produce
- output that takes the form of the $\itm{residual}$ non-terminal in the
- following grammar.
- \[
- \begin{array}{lcl}
- e &::=& (\key{read}) \mid (\key{-} \;(\key{read})) \mid (\key{+} \; e \; e)\\
- \itm{residual} &::=& \Int \mid (\key{+}\; \Int\; e) \mid e
- \end{array}
- \]
- \end{exercise}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Integers and Variables}
- \label{ch:int-exp}
- This chapter concerns the challenge of compiling a subset of Racket,
- which we name $S_0$, to x86-64 assembly code. The chapter begins with
- a description of the $S_0$ language (Section~\ref{sec:s0}) and then a
- description of x86-64 (Section~\ref{sec:x86-64}). The x86-64 assembly
- language is quite large, so we only discuss what is needed for
- compiling $S_0$. We will introduce more of x86-64 in later
- chapters. Once we have introduced $S_0$ and x86-64, we reflect on
- their differences and come up with a plan for a handful of steps that
- will take us from $S_0$ to x86-64 (Section~\ref{sec:plan-s0-x86}).
- The rest of the sections in this Chapter give detailed hints regarding
- what each step should do and how to organize your code
- (Sections~\ref{sec:uniquify-s0}, \ref{sec:flatten-s0},
- \ref{sec:select-s0} \ref{sec:assign-s0}, and \ref{sec:patch-s0}). We
- hope to give enough hints that the well-prepared reader can implement
- a compiler from $S_0$ to x86-64 while at the same time leaving room
- for some fun and creativity.
- \section{The $S_0$ Language}
- \label{sec:s0}
- The $S_0$ language includes integers, operations on integers
- (arithmetic and input), and variable definitions. The syntax of the
- $S_0$ language is defined by the grammar in
- Figure~\ref{fig:s0-syntax}. This language is rich enough to exhibit
- several compilation techniques but simple enough so that we can
- implement a compiler for it in two weeks of hard work. To give the
- reader a feeling for the scale of this first compiler, the instructor
- solution for the $S_0$ compiler consists of 6 recursive functions and
- a few small helper functions that together span 256 lines of code.
- \begin{figure}[btp]
- \centering
- \fbox{
- \begin{minipage}{0.85\textwidth}
- \[
- \begin{array}{lcl}
- \Op &::=& \key{+} \mid \key{-} \mid \key{*} \mid \key{read} \\
- \Exp &::=& \Int \mid (\Op \; \Exp^{*}) \mid \Var \mid \LET{\Var}{\Exp}{\Exp}
- \end{array}
- \]
- \end{minipage}
- }
- \caption{The syntax of the $S_0$ language. The abbreviation \Op{} is
- short for operator, \Exp{} is short for expression, \Int{} for integer,
- and \Var{} for variable.}
- \label{fig:s0-syntax}
- \end{figure}
- The result of evaluating an expression is a value. For $S_0$, values
- are integers. To make it straightforward to map these integers onto
- x86-64 assembly~\citep{Matz:2013aa}, we restrict the integers to just
- those representable with 64-bits, the range $-2^{63}$ to $2^{63}$
- (``fixnums'' in Racket parlance).
- We start with some examples of $S_0$ programs, commenting on aspects
- of the language that will be relevant to compiling it. We start with
- one of the simplest $S_0$ programs; it adds two integers.
- \[
- \BINOP{+}{10}{32}
- \]
- The result is $42$, as you might expected.
- %
- The next example demonstrates that expressions may be nested within
- each other, in this case nesting several additions and negations.
- \[
- \BINOP{+}{10}{ \UNIOP{-}{ \BINOP{+}{12}{20} } }
- \]
- What is the result of the above program?
- The \key{let} construct defines a variable for used within it's body
- and initializes the variable with the value of an expression. So the
- following program initializes $x$ to $32$ and then evaluates the body
- $\BINOP{+}{10}{x}$, producing $42$.
- \[
- \LET{x}{ \BINOP{+}{12}{20} }{ \BINOP{+}{10}{x} }
- \]
- When there are multiple \key{let}'s for the same variable, the closest
- enclosing \key{let} is used. That is, variable definitions overshadow
- prior definitions. Consider the following program with two \key{let}'s
- that define variables named $x$. Can you figure out the result?
- \[
- \LET{x}{32}{ \BINOP{+}{ \LET{x}{10}{x} }{ x } }
- \]
- For the purposes of showing which variable uses correspond to which
- definitions, the following shows the $x$'s annotated with subscripts
- to distinguish them. Double check that your answer for the above is
- the same as your answer for this annotated version of the program.
- \[
- \LET{x_1}{32}{ \BINOP{+}{ \LET{x_2}{10}{x_2} }{ x_1 } }
- \]
- Moving on, the \key{read} operation prompts the user of the program
- for an integer. Given an input of $10$, the following program produces
- $42$.
- \[
- \BINOP{+}{(\key{read})}{32}
- \]
- We include the \key{read} operation in $S_0$ to demonstrate that order
- of evaluation can make a different. Given the input $52$ then $10$,
- the following produces $42$ (and not $-42$).
- \[
- \LET{x}{\READ}{ \LET{y}{\READ}{ \BINOP{-}{x}{y} } }
- \]
- The initializing expression is always evaluated before the body of the
- \key{let}, so in the above, the \key{read} for $x$ is performed before
- the \key{read} for $y$.
- %
- The behavior of the following program is somewhat subtle because
- Racket does not specify an evaluation order for arguments of an
- operator such as $-$.
- \[
- \BINOP{-}{\READ}{\READ}
- \]
- Given the input $42$ then $10$, the above program can result in either
- $42$ or $-42$, depending on the whims of the Racket implementation.
- The goal for this chapter is to implement a compiler that translates
- any program $P_1 \in S_0$ into a x86-64 assembly program $P_2$ such
- that the assembly program exhibits the same behavior on an x86
- computer as the $S_0$ program running in a Racket implementation.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (p1) at (0, 0) {$P_1 \in S_0$};
- \node (p2) at (4, 0) {$P_2 \in \text{x86-64}$};
- \node (o) at (4, -2) {$n \in \mathbb{Z}$};
- \path[->] (p1) edge [above] node {\footnotesize compile} (p2);
- \path[->] (p1) edge [left] node {\footnotesize run in Racket} (o);
- \path[->] (p2) edge [right] node {\footnotesize run on an x86 machine} (o);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- In the next section we introduce enough of the x86-64 assembly
- language to compile $S_0$.
- \section{The x86-64 Assembly Language}
- \label{sec:x86-64}
- An x86-64 program is a sequence of instructions. The instructions may
- refer to integer constants (called \emph{immediate values}), variables
- called \emph{registers}, and instructions may load and store values
- into \emph{memory}. Memory is a mapping of 64-bit addresses to 64-bit
- values. Figure~\ref{fig:x86-a} defines the syntax for the subset of
- the x86-64 assembly language needed for this chapter. (We use the
- AT\&T syntax that is expected by \key{gcc}, or rather, the GNU
- assembler inside \key{gcc}.)
- An immediate value is written using the notation \key{\$}$n$ where $n$
- is an integer.
- %
- A register is written with a \key{\%} followed by the register name,
- such as \key{\%rax}.
- %
- An access to memory is specified using the syntax $n(\key{\%}r)$,
- which reads register $r$, obtaining address $a$, and then offsets the
- address by $n$ bytes (8 bits), producing the address $a + n$. The
- address is then used to either load or store to memory depending on
- whether it occurs as a source or destination argument of an
- instruction.
- An arithmetic instruction, such as $\key{addq}\,s\,d$, reads from the
- source argument $s$ and destination argument $d$, applies the
- arithmetic operation, then write the result in the destination $d$. In
- this case, computing $d \gets d + s$.
- %
- The move instruction, $\key{movq}\,s\,d$ reads from $s$ and stores the
- result in $d$.
- %
- The $\key{callq}\,\mathit{label}$ instruction executes the procedure
- specified by the label, which we shall use to implement
- \key{read}.
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \fbox{
- \begin{minipage}{0.96\textwidth}
- \[
- \begin{array}{lcl}
- \itm{register} &::=& \key{rsp} \mid \key{rbp} \mid \key{rax} \mid \key{rbx} \mid \key{rcx}
- \mid \key{rdx} \mid \key{rsi} \mid \key{rdi} \mid \\
- && \key{r8} \mid \key{r9} \mid \key{r10}
- \mid \key{r11} \mid \key{r12} \mid \key{r13}
- \mid \key{r14} \mid \key{r15} \\
- \Arg &::=& \key{\$}\Int \mid \key{\%}\itm{register} \mid \Int(\key{\%}\itm{register}) \\
- \Instr &::=& \key{addq} \; \Arg, \Arg \mid
- \key{subq} \; \Arg, \Arg \mid
- \key{imulq} \; \Arg,\Arg \mid
- \key{negq} \; \Arg \mid \\
- && \key{movq} \; \Arg, \Arg \mid
- \key{callq} \; \mathit{label} \mid
- \key{pushq}\;\Arg \mid \key{popq}\;\Arg \mid \key{retq} \\
- \Prog &::= & \key{.globl \_main}\\
- & & \key{\_main:} \; \Instr^{+}
- \end{array}
- \]
- \end{minipage}
- }
- \caption{A subset of the x86-64 assembly language (AT\&T syntax).}
- \label{fig:x86-a}
- \end{figure}
- \begin{wrapfigure}{r}{2.25in}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- .globl _main
- _main:
- movq $10, %rax
- addq $32, %rax
- retq
- \end{lstlisting}
- \caption{An x86-64 program equivalent to $\BINOP{+}{10}{32}$.}
- \label{fig:p0-x86}
- \end{wrapfigure}
- Figure~\ref{fig:p0-x86} depicts an x86-64 program that is equivalent to
- $\BINOP{+}{10}{32}$. The \key{globl} directive says that the
- \key{\_main} procedure is externally visible, which is necessary so
- that the operating system can call it. The label \key{\_main:}
- indicates the beginning of the \key{\_main} procedure which is where
- the operating system starting executing this program. The instruction
- \lstinline{movq $10, %rax} puts $10$ into register \key{rax}. The
- following instruction \lstinline{addq $32, %rax} adds $32$ to the
- $10$ in \key{rax} and puts the result, $42$, back into
- \key{rax}. The instruction \key{retq} finishes the \key{\_main}
- function by returning the integer in the \key{rax} register to the
- operating system.
- \begin{wrapfigure}{r}{2.25in}
- \begin{lstlisting}
- .globl _main
- _main:
- pushq %rbp
- movq %rsp, %rbp
- subq $16, %rsp
- movq $10, -8(%rbp)
- negq -8(%rbp)
- movq $52, %rax
- addq -8(%rbp), %rax
- addq $16, %rsp
- popq %rbp
- retq
- \end{lstlisting}
- \caption{An x86-64 program equivalent to $\BINOP{+}{52}{\UNIOP{-}{10} }$.}
- \label{fig:p1-x86}
- \end{wrapfigure}
- The next example exhibits the use of memory. Figure~\ref{fig:p1-x86}
- lists an x86-64 program that is equivalent to $\BINOP{+}{52}{
- \UNIOP{-}{10} }$. To understand how this x86-64 program works, we
- need to explain a region of memory called called the \emph{procedure
- call stack} (or \emph{stack} for short). The stack consists of a
- separate \emph{frame} for each procedure call. The memory layout for
- an individual frame is shown in Figure~\ref{fig:frame}. The register
- \key{rsp} is called the \emph{stack pointer} and points to the item at
- the top of the stack. The stack grows downward in memory, so we
- increase the size of the stack by subtracting from the stack
- pointer. The frame size is required to be a multiple of 16 bytes. The
- register \key{rbp} is the \emph{base pointer} which serves two
- purposes: 1) it saves the location of the stack pointer for the
- procedure that called the current one and 2) it is used to access
- variables associated with the current procedure. We number the
- variables from $1$ to $n$. Variable $1$ is stored at address
- $-8\key{(\%rbp)}$, variable $2$ at $-16\key{(\%rbp)}$, etc.
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \centering
- \begin{tabular}{|r|l|} \hline
- Position & Contents \\ \hline
- 8(\key{\%rbp}) & return address \\
- 0(\key{\%rbp}) & old \key{rbp} \\
- -8(\key{\%rbp}) & variable $1$ \\
- -16(\key{\%rbp}) & variable $2$ \\
- \ldots & \ldots \\
- 0(\key{\%rsp}) & variable $n$\\ \hline
- \end{tabular}
- \caption{Memory layout of a frame.}
- \label{fig:frame}
- \end{figure}
- Getting back to the program in Figure~\ref{fig:p1-x86}, the first
- three instructions are the typical prelude for a procedure. The
- instruction \key{pushq \%rbp} saves the base pointer for the procedure
- that called the current one onto the stack and subtracts $8$ from the
- stack pointer. The second instruction \key{movq \%rsp, \%rbp} changes
- the base pointer to the top of the stack. The instruction \key{subq
- \$16, \%rsp} moves the stack pointer down to make enough room for
- storing variables. This program just needs one variable ($8$ bytes)
- but because the frame size is required to be a multiple of 16 bytes,
- it rounds to 16 bytes.
- The next four instructions carry out the work of computing
- $\BINOP{+}{52}{\UNIOP{-}{10} }$. The first instruction \key{movq \$10,
- -8(\%rbp)} stores $10$ in variable $1$. The instruction \key{negq
- -8(\%rbp)} changes variable $1$ to $-10$. The \key{movq \$52, \%rax}
- places $52$ in the register \key{rax} and \key{addq -8(\%rbp), \%rax}
- adds the contents of variable $1$ to \key{rax}, at which point
- \key{rax} contains $42$.
- The last three instructions are the typical \emph{conclusion} of a
- procedure. These instructions are necessary to get the state of the
- machine back to where it was before the current procedure was called.
- The \key{addq \$16, \%rsp} instruction moves the stack pointer back to
- point at the old base pointer. The amount added here needs to match
- the amount that was subtracted in the prelude of the procedure. Then
- \key{popq \%rbp} returns the old base pointer to \key{rbp} and adds
- $8$ to the stack pointer. The \key{retq} instruction jumps back to
- the procedure that called this one and subtracts 8 from the stack
- pointer.
- The compiler will need a convenient representation for manipulating
- x86 programs, so we define an abstract syntax for x86 in
- Figure~\ref{fig:x86-ast-a}. The \itm{info} field of the \key{program}
- AST node is for storing auxilliary information that needs to be
- communicated from one step of the compiler to the next.
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \fbox{
- \begin{minipage}{0.96\textwidth}
- \vspace{-10pt}
- \[
- \begin{array}{lcl}
- \Arg &::=& \INT{\Int} \mid \REG{\itm{register}}
- \mid \STACKLOC{\Int} \\
- \Instr &::=& (\key{addq} \; \Arg\; \Arg) \mid
- (\key{subq} \; \Arg\; \Arg) \mid
- (\key{imulq} \; \Arg\;\Arg) \mid
- (\key{negq} \; \Arg) \\
- &\mid& (\key{movq} \; \Arg\; \Arg) \mid
- (\key{call} \; \mathit{label}) \\
- &\mid& (\key{pushq}\;\Arg) \mid
- (\key{popq}\;\Arg) \mid
- (\key{retq}) \\
- \Prog &::= & (\key{program} \;\itm{info} \; \Instr^{+})
- \end{array}
- \]
- \end{minipage}
- }
- \caption{Abstract syntax for x86-64 assembly.}
- \label{fig:x86-ast-a}
- \end{figure}
- \section{Planning the trip from $S_0$ to x86-64}
- \label{sec:plan-s0-x86}
- To compile one language to another it helps to focus on the
- differences between the two languages. It is these differences that
- the compiler will need to bridge. What are the differences between
- $S_0$ and x86-64 assembly? Here we list some of the most important the
- differences.
- \begin{enumerate}
- \item x86-64 arithmetic instructions typically take two arguments and
- update the second argument in place. In contrast, $S_0$ arithmetic
- operations only read their arguments and produce a new value.
- \item An argument to an $S_0$ operator can be any expression, whereas
- x86-64 instructions restrict their arguments to integers, registers,
- and memory locations.
- \item An $S_0$ program can have any number of variables whereas x86-64
- has only 16 registers.
- \item Variables in $S_0$ can overshadow other variables with the same
- name. The registers and memory locations of x86-64 all have unique
- names.
- \end{enumerate}
- We ease the challenge of compiling from $S_0$ to x86 by breaking down
- the problem into several steps, dealing with the above differences one
- at a time. The main question then becomes: in what order do we tackle
- these differences? This is often one of the most challenging questions
- that a compiler writer must answer because some orderings may be much
- more difficult to implement than others. It is difficult to know ahead
- of time which orders will be better so often some trial-and-error is
- involved. However, we can try to plan ahead and choose the orderings
- based on this planning.
- For example, to handle difference \#2 (nested expressions), we shall
- introduce new variables and pull apart the nested expressions into a
- sequence of assignment statements. To deal with difference \#3 we
- will be replacing variables with registers and/or stack
- locations. Thus, it makes sense to deal with \#2 before \#3 so that
- \#3 can replace both the original variables and the new ones. Next,
- consider where \#1 should fit in. Because it has to do with the format
- of x86 instructions, it makes more sense after we have flattened the
- nested expressions (\#2). Finally, when should we deal with \#4
- (variable overshadowing)? We shall solve this problem by renaming
- variables to make sure they have unique names. Recall that our plan
- for \#2 involves moving nested expressions, which could be problematic
- if it changes the shadowing of variables. However, if we deal with \#4
- first, then it will not be an issue. Thus, we arrive at the following
- ordering.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \foreach \i/\p in {4/1,2/2,1/3,3/4}
- {
- \node (\i) at (\p,0) {$\i$};
- }
- \foreach \x/\y in {4/2,2/1,1/3}
- {
- \draw[->] (\x) to (\y);
- }
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- We further simplify the translation from $S_0$ to x86 by identifying
- an intermediate language named $C_0$, roughly half-way between $S_0$
- and x86, to provide a rest stop along the way. We name the language
- $C_0$ because it is vaguely similar to the $C$
- language~\citep{Kernighan:1988nx}. The differences \#4 and \#1,
- regarding variables and nested expressions, will be handled by two
- steps, \key{uniquify} and \key{flatten}, which bring us to
- $C_0$.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \foreach \i/\p in {S_0/1,S_0/2,C_0/3}
- {
- \node (\p) at (\p*3,0) {\large $\i$};
- }
- \foreach \x/\y/\lbl in {1/2/uniquify,2/3/flatten}
- {
- \path[->,bend left=15] (\x) edge [above] node {\ttfamily\footnotesize \lbl} (\y);
- }
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- Each of these steps in the compiler is implemented by a function,
- typically a structurally recursive function that translates an input
- AST into an output AST. We refer to such a function as a \emph{pass}
- because it makes a pass over the AST.
- The syntax for $C_0$ is defined in Figure~\ref{fig:c0-syntax}. The
- $C_0$ language supports the same operators as $S_0$ but the arguments
- of operators are now restricted to just variables and integers. The
- \key{let} construct of $S_0$ is replaced by an assignment statement
- and there is a \key{return} construct to specify the return value of
- the program. A program consists of a sequence of statements that
- include at least one \key{return} statement.
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \fbox{
- \begin{minipage}{0.96\textwidth}
- \[
- \begin{array}{lcl}
- \Arg &::=& \Int \mid \Var \\
- \Exp &::=& \Arg \mid (\Op \; \Arg^{*})\\
- \Stmt &::=& \ASSIGN{\Var}{\Exp} \mid \RETURN{\Arg} \\
- \Prog & ::= & (\key{program}\;\itm{info}\;\Stmt^{+})
- \end{array}
- \]
- \end{minipage}
- }
- \caption{The $C_0$ intermediate language.}
- \label{fig:c0-syntax}
- \end{figure}
- To get from $C_0$ to x86-64 assembly requires three more steps, which
- we discuss below.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (1) at (0,0) {\large $C_0$};
- \node (2) at (3,0) {\large $\text{x86}^{*}$};
- \node (3) at (6,0) {\large $\text{x86}^{*}$};
- \node (4) at (9,0) {\large $\text{x86}$};
- \path[->,bend left=15] (1) edge [above] node {\ttfamily\footnotesize select-instr.} (2);
- \path[->,bend left=15] (2) edge [above] node {\ttfamily\footnotesize assign-homes} (3);
- \path[->,bend left=15] (3) edge [above] node {\ttfamily\footnotesize patch-instr.} (4);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- We handle difference \#1, concerning the format of arithmetic
- instructions, in the \key{select-instructions} pass. The result
- of this pass produces programs consisting of x86-64 instructions that
- use variables.
- %
- As there are only 16 registers, we cannot always map variables to
- registers (difference \#3). Fortunately, the stack can grow quite
- large, so we can map variables to locations on the stack. This is
- handled in the \key{assign-homes} pass. The topic of
- Chapter~\ref{ch:register-allocation} is implementing a smarter
- approach in which we make a best-effort to map variables to registers,
- resorting to the stack only when necessary.
- \marginpar{\scriptsize I'm confused: shouldn't `select instructions' do this?
- After all, that selects the x86-64 instructions. Even if it is separate,
- if we perform `patching' before register allocation, we aren't forced to rely on
- \key{rax} as much. This can ultimately make a more-performant result. --
- Cam}
- The final pass in our journey to x86 handles an indiosycracy of x86
- assembly. Many x86 instructions have two arguments but only one of the
- arguments may be a memory reference. Because we are mapping variables
- to stack locations, many of our generated instructions will violate
- this restriction. The purpose of the \key{patch-instructions} pass
- is to fix this problem by replacing every violating instruction with a
- short sequence of instructions that use the \key{rax} register.
- \section{Uniquify Variables}
- \label{sec:uniquify-s0}
- The purpose of this pass is to make sure that each \key{let} uses a
- unique variable name. For example, the \key{uniquify} pass could
- translate
- \[
- \LET{x}{32}{ \BINOP{+}{ \LET{x}{10}{x} }{ x } }
- \]
- to
- \[
- \LET{x.1}{32}{ \BINOP{+}{ \LET{x.2}{10}{x.2} }{ x.1 } }
- \]
- We recommend implementing \key{uniquify} as a recursive function that
- mostly just copies the input program. However, when encountering a
- \key{let}, it should generate a unique name for the variable (the
- Racket function \key{gensym} is handy for this) and associate the old
- name with the new unique name in an association list. The
- \key{uniquify} function will need to access this association list when
- it gets to a variable reference, so we add another paramter to
- \key{uniquify} for the association list. It is quite common for a
- compiler pass to need a map to store extra information about
- variables. Such maps are often called \emph{symbol tables}.
- The skeleton of the \key{uniquify} function is shown in
- Figure~\ref{fig:uniquify-s0}. The function is curried so that it is
- convenient to partially apply it to an association list and then apply
- it to different expressions, as in the last clause for primitive
- operations in Figure~\ref{fig:uniquify-s0}.
- \begin{exercise}
- \normalfont % I don't like the italics for exercises. -Jeremy
- Complete the \key{uniquify} pass by filling in the blanks, that is,
- implement the clauses for variables and for the \key{let} construct.
- \end{exercise}
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define uniquify
- (lambda (alist)
- (lambda (e)
- (match e
- [(? symbol?) ___]
- [(? integer?) e]
- [`(let ([,x ,e]) ,body) ___]
- [`(program ,info ,e)
- `(program ,info ,((uniquify alist) e))]
- [`(,op ,es ...)
- `(,op ,@(map (uniquify alist) es))]
- ))))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \caption{Skeleton for the \key{uniquify} pass.}
- \label{fig:uniquify-s0}
- \end{figure}
- \begin{exercise}
- \normalfont % I don't like the italics for exercises. -Jeremy
- Test your \key{uniquify} pass by creating three example $S_0$ programs
- and checking whether the output programs produce the same result as
- the input programs. The $S_0$ programs should be designed to test the
- most interesting parts of the \key{uniquify} pass, that is, the
- programs should include \key{let} constructs, variables, and variables
- that overshadow eachother. The three programs should be in a
- subdirectory named \key{tests} and they shoul have the same file name
- except for a different integer at the end of the name, followed by the
- ending \key{.scm}. Use the \key{interp-tests} function
- (Appendix~\ref{appendix:utilities}) from \key{utilities.rkt} to test
- your \key{uniquify} pass on the example programs.
- %% You can use the interpreter \key{interpret-S0} defined in the
- %% \key{interp.rkt} file. The entire sequence of tests should be a short
- %% Racket program so you can re-run all the tests by running the Racket
- %% program. We refer to this as the \emph{regression test} program.
- \end{exercise}
- \section{Flatten Expressions}
- \label{sec:flatten-s0}
- The \key{flatten} pass will transform $S_0$ programs into $C_0$
- programs. In particular, the purpose of the \key{flatten} pass is to
- get rid of nested expressions, such as the $\UNIOP{-}{10}$ in the
- following program.
- \[
- \BINOP{+}{52}{ \UNIOP{-}{10} }
- \]
- This can be accomplished by introducing a new variable, assigning the
- nested expression to the new variable, and then using the new variable
- in place of the nested expressions. For example, the above program is
- translated to the following one.
- \[
- \begin{array}{l}
- \ASSIGN{ \itm{x} }{ \UNIOP{-}{10} } \\
- \ASSIGN{ \itm{y} }{ \BINOP{+}{52}{ \itm{x} } } \\
- \RETURN{ y }
- \end{array}
- \]
- We recommend implementing \key{flatten} as a structurally recursive
- function that returns two things, 1) the newly flattened expression,
- and 2) a list of assignment statements, one for each of the new
- variables introduced while flattening the expression. You can return
- multiple things from a function using the \key{values} form and you
- can receive multiple things from a function call using the
- \key{define-values} form. If you are not familiar with these
- constructs, the Racket documentation will be of help.
- Take special care for programs such as the following that initialize
- variables with integers or other variables.
- \[
- \LET{a}{42}{ \LET{b}{a}{ b }}
- \]
- This program should be translated to
- \[
- \ASSIGN{a}{42} \;
- \ASSIGN{b}{a} \;
- \RETURN{b}
- \]
- and not the following, which could result from a naive implementation
- of \key{flatten}.
- \[
- \ASSIGN{x.1}{42}\;
- \ASSIGN{a}{x.1}\;
- \ASSIGN{x.2}{a}\;
- \ASSIGN{b}{x.2}\;
- \RETURN{b}
- \]
- \begin{exercise}
- \normalfont
- Implement the \key{flatten} pass and test it on all of the example
- programs that you created to test the \key{uniquify} pass and create
- three new example programs that are designed to exercise all of the
- interesting code in the \key{flatten} pass. Use the \key{interp-tests}
- function (Appendix~\ref{appendix:utilities}) from \key{utilities.rkt} to
- test your passes on the example programs.
- \end{exercise}
- \section{Select Instructions}
- \label{sec:select-s0}
- In the \key{select-instructions} pass we begin the work of
- translating from $C_0$ to x86. The target language of this pass is a
- pseudo-x86 language that still uses variables, so we add an AST node
- of the form $\VAR{\itm{var}}$ to the x86 abstract syntax. The
- \key{select-instructions} pass deals with the differing format of
- arithmetic operations. For example, in $C_0$ an addition operation
- could take the following form:
- \[
- \ASSIGN{x}{ \BINOP{+}{10}{32} }
- \]
- To translate to x86, we need to express this addition using the
- \key{addq} instruction that does an inplace update. So we first move
- $10$ to $x$ then perform the \key{addq}.
- \[
- (\key{mov}\,\INT{10}\, \VAR{x})\; (\key{addq} \;\INT{32}\; \VAR{x})
- \]
- There are some cases that require special care to avoid generating
- needlessly complicated code. If one of the arguments is the same as
- the left-hand side of the assignment, then there is no need for the
- extra move instruction. For example, the following
- \[
- \ASSIGN{x}{ \BINOP{+}{10}{x} }
- \quad\text{should translate to}\quad
- (\key{addq} \; \INT{10}\; \VAR{x})
- \]
- Regarding the \RETURN{e} statement of $C_0$, we recommend treating it
- as an assignment to the \key{rax} register and let the procedure
- conclusion handle the transfer of control back to the calling
- procedure.
- \section{Assign Homes}
- \label{sec:assign-s0}
- As discussed in Section~\ref{sec:plan-s0-x86}, the
- \key{assign-homes} pass places all of the variables on the stack.
- Consider again the example $S_0$ program $\BINOP{+}{52}{ \UNIOP{-}{10} }$,
- which after \key{select-instructions} looks like the following.
- \[
- \begin{array}{l}
- (\key{movq}\;\INT{10}\; \VAR{x})\\
- (\key{negq}\; \VAR{x})\\
- (\key{movq}\; \INT{52}\; \REG{\itm{rax}})\\
- (\key{addq}\; \VAR{x} \REG{\itm{rax}})
- \end{array}
- \]
- The one and only variable $x$ is assigned to stack location
- \key{-8(\%rbp)}, so the \key{assign-homes} pass translates the
- above to
- \[
- \begin{array}{l}
- (\key{movq}\;\INT{10}\; \STACKLOC{{-}8})\\
- (\key{negq}\; \STACKLOC{{-}8})\\
- (\key{movq}\; \INT{52}\; \REG{\itm{rax}})\\
- (\key{addq}\; \STACKLOC{{-}8}\; \REG{\itm{rax}})
- \end{array}
- \]
- In the process of assigning stack locations to variables, it is
- convenient to compute and store the size of the frame which will be
- needed later to generate the procedure conclusion.
- \section{Patch Instructions}
- \label{sec:patch-s0}
- The purpose of this pass is to make sure that each instruction adheres
- to the restrictions regarding which arguments can be memory
- references. For most instructions, the rule is that at most one
- argument may be a memory reference.
- Consider again the following example.
- \[
- \LET{a}{42}{ \LET{b}{a}{ b }}
- \]
- After \key{assign-homes} pass, the above has been translated to
- \[
- \begin{array}{l}
- (\key{movq} \;\INT{42}\; \STACKLOC{{-}8})\\
- (\key{movq}\;\STACKLOC{{-}8}\; \STACKLOC{{-}16})\\
- (\key{movq}\;\STACKLOC{{-}16}\; \REG{\itm{rax}})
- \end{array}
- \]
- The second \key{movq} instruction is problematic because both arguments
- are stack locations. We suggest fixing this problem by moving from the
- source to \key{rax} and then from \key{rax} to the destination, as
- follows.
- \[
- \begin{array}{l}
- (\key{movq} \;\INT{42}\; \STACKLOC{{-}8})\\
- (\key{movq}\;\STACKLOC{{-}8}\; \REG{\itm{rax}})\\
- (\key{movq}\;\REG{\itm{rax}}\; \STACKLOC{{-}16})\\
- (\key{movq}\;\STACKLOC{{-}16}\; \REG{\itm{rax}})
- \end{array}
- \]
- The \key{imulq} instruction is a special case because the destination
- argument must be a register.
- \section{Print x86-64}
- \label{sec:print-x86}
- The last step of the compiler from $S_0$ to x86-64 is to convert the
- x86-64 AST (defined in Figure~\ref{fig:x86-ast-a}) to the string
- representation (defined in Figure~\ref{fig:x86-a}). The Racket
- \key{format} and \key{string-append} functions are useful in this
- regard. The main work that this step needs to perform is to create the
- \key{\_main} function and the standard instructions for its prelude
- and conclusion, as described in Section~\ref{sec:x86-64}. You need to
- know the number of stack-allocated variables, which is convenient to
- compute in the \key{assign-homes} pass (Section~\ref{sec:assign-s0})
- and then store in the $\itm{info}$ field of the \key{program}.
- %% \section{Testing with Interpreters}
- %% The typical way to test a compiler is to run the generated assembly
- %% code on a diverse set of programs and check whether they behave as
- %% expected. However, when a compiler is structured as our is, with many
- %% passes, when there is an error in the generated assembly code it can
- %% be hard to determine which pass contains the source of the error. A
- %% good way to isolate the error is to not only test the generated
- %% assembly code but to also test the output of every pass. This requires
- %% having interpreters for all the intermediate languages. Indeed, the
- %% file \key{interp.rkt} in the supplemental code provides interpreters
- %% for all the intermediate languages described in this book, starting
- %% with interpreters for $S_0$, $C_0$, and x86 (in abstract syntax).
- %% The file \key{run-tests.rkt} automates the process of running the
- %% interpreters on the output programs of each pass and checking their
- %% result.
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Register Allocation}
- \label{ch:register-allocation}
- In Chapter~\ref{ch:int-exp} we simplified the generation of x86-64
- assembly by placing all variables on the stack. We can improve the
- performance of the generated code considerably if we instead try to
- place as many variables as possible into registers. The CPU can
- access a register in a single cycle, whereas accessing the stack can
- take from several cycles (to go to cache) to hundreds of cycles (to go
- to main memory). Figure~\ref{fig:reg-eg} shows a program with four
- variables that serves as a running example. We show the source program
- and also the output of instruction selection. At that point the
- program is almost x86-64 assembly but not quite; it still contains
- variables instead of stack locations or registers.
- \begin{figure}
- \begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
- Source program:
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (let ([v 1])
- (let ([w 46])
- (let ([x (+ v 7)])
- (let ([y (+ 4 x)])
- (let ([z (+ x w)])
- (- z y))))))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
- After instruction selection:
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (program (v w x y z)
- (movq (int 1) (var v))
- (movq (int 46) (var w))
- (movq (var v) (var x))
- (addq (int 7) (var x))
- (movq (var x) (var y))
- (addq (int 4) (var y))
- (movq (var x) (var z))
- (addq (var w) (var z))
- (movq (var z) (reg rax))
- (subq (var y) (reg rax)))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \end{minipage}
- \caption{Running example for this chapter.}
- \label{fig:reg-eg}
- \end{figure}
- The goal of register allocation is to fit as many variables into
- registers as possible. It is often the case that we have more
- variables than registers, so we can't naively map each variable to a
- register. Fortunately, it is also common for different variables to be
- needed during different periods of time, and in such cases the
- variables can be mapped to the same register. Consider variables $x$
- and $y$ in Figure~\ref{fig:reg-eg}. After the variable $x$ is moved
- to $z$ it is no longer needed. Variable $y$, on the other hand, is
- used only after this point, so $x$ and $y$ could share the same
- register. The topic of the next section is how we compute where a
- variable is needed.
- \section{Liveness Analysis}
- A variable is \emph{live} if the variable is used at some later point
- in the program and there is not an intervening assignment to the
- variable.
- %
- To understand the latter condition, consider the following code
- fragment in which there are two writes to $b$. Are $a$ and
- $b$ both live at the same time?
- \begin{lstlisting}[numbers=left,numberstyle=\tiny]
- (movq (int 5) (var a)) ; @$a \gets 5$@
- (movq (int 30) (var b)) ; @$b \gets 30$@
- (movq (var a) (var c)) ; @$c \gets x$@
- (movq (int 10) (var b)) ; @$b \gets 10$@
- (addq (var b) (var c)) ; @$c \gets c + b$@
- \end{lstlisting}
- The answer is no because the value $30$ written to $b$ on line 2 is
- never used. The variable $b$ is read on line 5 and there is an
- intervening write to $b$ on line 4, so the read on line 5 receives the
- value written on line 4, not line 2.
- The live variables can be computed by traversing the instruction
- sequence back to front (i.e., backwards in execution order). Let
- $I_1,\ldots, I_n$ be the instruction sequence. We write
- $L_{\mathsf{after}}(k)$ for the set of live variables after
- instruction $I_k$ and $L_{\mathsf{before}}(k)$ for the set of live
- variables before instruction $I_k$. The live variables after an
- instruction are always the same as the live variables before the next
- instruction.
- \begin{equation*}
- L_{\mathsf{after}}(k) = L_{\mathsf{before}}(k+1)
- \end{equation*}
- To start things off, there are no live variables after the last
- instruction, so
- \begin{equation*}
- L_{\mathsf{after}}(n) = \emptyset
- \end{equation*}
- We then apply the following rule repeatedly, traversing the
- instruction sequence back to front.
- \begin{equation*}
- L_{\mathtt{before}}(k) = (L_{\mathtt{after}}(k) - W(k)) \cup R(k),
- \end{equation*}
- where $W(k)$ are the variables written to by instruction $I_k$ and
- $R(k)$ are the variables read by instruction $I_k$.
- Figure~\ref{fig:live-eg} shows the results of live variables analysis
- for the running example. Next to each instruction we write its
- $L_{\mathtt{after}}$ set.
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (program (v w x y z)
- (movq (int 1) (var v)) @$\{ v \}$@
- (movq (int 46) (var w)) @$\{ v, w \}$@
- (movq (var v) (var x)) @$\{ w, x \}$@
- (addq (int 7) (var x)) @$\{ w, x \}$@
- (movq (var x) (var y)) @$\{ w, x, y\}$@
- (addq (int 4) (var y)) @$\{ w, x, y \}$@
- (movq (var x) (var z)) @$\{ w, y, z \}$@
- (addq (var w) (var z)) @$\{ y, z \}$@
- (movq (var z) (reg rax)) @$\{ y \}$@
- (subq (var y) (reg rax))) @$\{\}$@
- \end{lstlisting}
- \caption{Running example program annotated with live-after sets.}
- \label{fig:live-eg}
- \end{figure}
- \section{Building the Interference Graph}
- Based on the liveness analysis, we know the program regions where each
- variable is needed. However, during register allocation, we need to
- answer questions of the specific form: are variables $u$ and $v$ ever
- live at the same time? (And therefore cannot be assigned to the same
- register.) To make this question easier to answer, we create an
- explicit data structure, an \emph{interference graph}. An
- interference graph is an undirected graph that has an edge between two
- variables if they are live at the same time, that is, if they
- interfere with each other.
- The most obvious way to compute the interference graph is to look at
- the set of live variables between each statement in the program, and
- add an edge to the graph for every pair of variables in the same set.
- This approach is less than ideal for two reasons. First, it can be
- rather expensive because it takes $O(n^2)$ time to look at every pair
- in a set of $n$ live variables. Second, there is a special case in
- which two variables that are live at the same time do not actually
- interfere with each other: when they both contain the same value
- because we have assigned one to the other.
- A better way to compute the edges of the intereference graph is given
- by the following rules.
- \begin{itemize}
- \item If instruction $I_k$ is a move: (\key{movq} $s$\, $d$), then add
- the edge $(d,v)$ for every $v \in L_{\mathsf{after}}(k)$ unless $v =
- d$ or $v = s$.
- \item If instruction $I_k$ is not a move but some other arithmetic
- instruction such as (\key{addq} $s$\, $d$), then add the edge $(d,v)$
- for every $v \in L_{\mathsf{after}}(k)$ unless $v = d$.
-
- \item If instruction $I_k$ is of the form (\key{call}
- $\mathit{label}$), then add an edge $(r,v)$ for every caller-save
- register $r$ and every variable $v \in L_{\mathsf{after}}(k)$.
- \end{itemize}
- Working from the top to bottom of Figure~\ref{fig:live-eg}, $z$
- interferes with $x$, $y$ interferes with $z$, and $w$ interferes with
- $y$ and $z$. The resulting interference graph is shown in
- Figure~\ref{fig:interfere}.
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \large
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (v) at (0,0) {$v$};
- \node (w) at (2,0) {$w$};
- \node (x) at (4,0) {$x$};
- \node (y) at (2,-2) {$y$};
- \node (z) at (4,-2) {$z$};
- \draw (v) to (w);
- \foreach \i in {w,x,y}
- {
- \foreach \j in {w,x,y}
- {
- \draw (\i) to (\j);
- }
- }
- \draw (z) to (w);
- \draw (z) to (y);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- \caption{Interference graph for the running example.}
- \label{fig:interfere}
- \end{figure}
- \section{Graph Coloring via Sudoku}
- We now come to the main event, mapping variables to registers (or to
- stack locations in the event that we run out of registers). We need
- to make sure not to map two variables to the same register if the two
- variables interfere with each other. In terms of the interference
- graph, this means we cannot map adjacent nodes to the same register.
- If we think of registers as colors, the register allocation problem
- becomes the widely-studied graph coloring
- problem~\citep{Balakrishnan:1996ve,Rosen:2002bh}.
- The reader may be more familar with the graph coloring problem then he
- or she realizes; the popular game of Sudoku is an instance of the
- graph coloring problem. The following describes how to build a graph
- out of a Sudoku board.
- \begin{itemize}
- \item There is one node in the graph for each Sudoku square.
- \item There is an edge between two nodes if the corresponding squares
- are in the same row or column, or if the squares are in the same
- $3\times 3$ region.
- \item Choose nine colors to correspond to the numbers $1$ to $9$.
- \item Based on the initial assignment of numbers to squares in the
- Sudoku board, assign the corresponding colors to the corresponding
- nodes in the graph.
- \end{itemize}
- If you can color the remaining nodes in the graph with the nine
- colors, then you've also solved the corresponding game of Sudoku.
- Given that Sudoku is graph coloring, one can use Sudoku strategies to
- come up with an algorithm for allocating registers. For example, one
- of the basic techniques for Sudoku is Pencil Marks. The idea is that
- you use a process of elimination to determine what numbers still make
- sense for a square, and write down those numbers in the square
- (writing very small). At first, each number might be a
- possibility, but as the board fills up, more and more of the
- possibilities are crossed off (or erased). For example, if the number
- $1$ is assigned to a square, then by process of elimination, you can
- cross off the $1$ pencil mark from all the squares in the same row,
- column, and region. Many Sudoku computer games provide automatic
- support for Pencil Marks. This heuristic also reduces the degree of
- branching in the search tree.
- The Pencil Marks technique corresponds to the notion of color
- \emph{saturation} due to \cite{Brelaz:1979eu}. The
- saturation of a node, in Sudoku terms, is the number of possibilities
- that have been crossed off using the process of elimination mentioned
- above. In graph terminology, we have the following definition:
- \begin{equation*}
- \mathrm{saturation}(u) = |\{ c \;|\; \exists v. v \in \mathrm{Adj}(u)
- \text{ and } \mathrm{color}(v) = c \}|
- \end{equation*}
- where $\mathrm{Adj}(u)$ is the set of nodes adjacent to $u$ and
- the notation $|S|$ stands for the size of the set $S$.
- Using the Pencil Marks technique leads to a simple strategy for
- filling in numbers: if there is a square with only one possible number
- left, then write down that number! But what if there are no squares
- with only one possibility left? One brute-force approach is to just
- make a guess. If that guess ultimately leads to a solution, great. If
- not, backtrack to the guess and make a different guess. Of course,
- this is horribly time consuming. One standard way to reduce the amount
- of backtracking is to use the most-constrained-first heuristic. That
- is, when making a guess, always choose a square with the fewest
- possibilities left (the node with the highest saturation). The idea
- is that choosing highly constrained squares earlier rather than later
- is better because later there may not be any possibilities left.
- In some sense, register allocation is easier than Sudoku because we
- can always cheat and add more numbers by spilling variables to the
- stack. Also, we'd like to minimize the time needed to color the graph,
- and backtracking is expensive. Thus, it makes sense to keep the
- most-constrained-first heuristic but drop the backtracking in favor of
- greedy search (guess and just keep going).
- Figure~\ref{fig:satur-algo} gives the pseudo-code for this simple
- greedy algorithm for register allocation based on saturation and the
- most-constrained-first heuristic, which is roughly equivalent to the
- DSATUR algorithm of \cite{Brelaz:1979eu} (also known as
- saturation degree ordering
- (SDO)~\citep{Gebremedhin:1999fk,Omari:2006uq}). Just as in Sudoku,
- the algorithm represents colors with integers, with the first $k$
- colors corresponding to the $k$ registers in a given machine and the
- rest of the integers corresponding to stack locations.
- \begin{figure}[btp]
- \centering
- \begin{lstlisting}[basicstyle=\rmfamily,deletekeywords={for,from,with,is,not,in,find},morekeywords={while},columns=fullflexible]
- Algorithm: DSATUR
- Input: a graph @$G$@
- Output: an assignment @$\mathrm{color}[v]$@ for each node @$v \in G$@
- @$W \gets \mathit{vertices}(G)$@
- while @$W \neq \emptyset$@ do
- pick a node @$u$@ from @$W$@ with the highest saturation,
- breaking ties randomly
- find the lowest color @$c$@ that is not in @$\{ \mathrm{color}[v] \;|\; v \in \mathrm{Adj}(v)\}$@
- @$\mathrm{color}[u] \gets c$@
- @$W \gets W - \{u\}$@
- \end{lstlisting}
- \caption{Saturation-based greedy graph coloring algorithm.}
- \label{fig:satur-algo}
- \end{figure}
- With this algorithm in hand, let us return to the running example and
- consider how to color the interference graph in
- Figure~\ref{fig:interfere}. Initially, all of the nodes are not yet
- colored and they are unsaturated, so we annotate each of them with a
- dash for their color and an empty set for the saturation.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (v) at (0,0) {$v:-,\{\}$};
- \node (w) at (3,0) {$w:-,\{\}$};
- \node (x) at (6,0) {$x:-,\{\}$};
- \node (y) at (3,-1.5) {$y:-,\{\}$};
- \node (z) at (6,-1.5) {$z:-,\{\}$};
- \draw (v) to (w);
- \foreach \i in {w,x,y}
- {
- \foreach \j in {w,x,y}
- {
- \draw (\i) to (\j);
- }
- }
- \draw (z) to (w);
- \draw (z) to (y);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- We select a maximally saturated node and color it $0$. In this case we
- have a 5-way tie, so we arbitrarily pick $y$. The color $0$ is no
- longer available for $w$, $x$, and $z$ because they interfere with
- $y$.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (v) at (0,0) {$v:-,\{\}$};
- \node (w) at (3,0) {$w:-,\{0\}$};
- \node (x) at (6,0) {$x:-,\{0\}$};
- \node (y) at (3,-1.5) {$y:0,\{\}$};
- \node (z) at (6,-1.5) {$z:-,\{0\}$};
- \draw (v) to (w);
- \foreach \i in {w,x,y}
- {
- \foreach \j in {w,x,y}
- {
- \draw (\i) to (\j);
- }
- }
- \draw (z) to (w);
- \draw (z) to (y);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- Now we repeat the process, selecting another maximally saturated node.
- This time there is a three-way tie between $w$, $x$, and $z$. We color
- $w$ with $1$.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (v) at (0,0) {$v:-,\{1\}$};
- \node (w) at (3,0) {$w:1,\{0\}$};
- \node (x) at (6,0) {$x:-,\{0,1\}$};
- \node (y) at (3,-1.5) {$y:0,\{1\}$};
- \node (z) at (6,-1.5) {$z:-,\{0,1\}$};
- \draw (v) to (w);
- \foreach \i in {w,x,y}
- {
- \foreach \j in {w,x,y}
- {
- \draw (\i) to (\j);
- }
- }
- \draw (z) to (w);
- \draw (z) to (y);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- The most saturated nodes are now $x$ and $z$. We color $x$ with the
- next available color which is $2$.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (v) at (0,0) {$v:-,\{1\}$};
- \node (w) at (3,0) {$w:1,\{0,2\}$};
- \node (x) at (6,0) {$x:2,\{0,1\}$};
- \node (y) at (3,-1.5) {$y:0,\{1,2\}$};
- \node (z) at (6,-1.5) {$z:-,\{0,1\}$};
- \draw (v) to (w);
- \foreach \i in {w,x,y}
- {
- \foreach \j in {w,x,y}
- {
- \draw (\i) to (\j);
- }
- }
- \draw (z) to (w);
- \draw (z) to (y);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- We have only two nodes left to color, $v$ and $z$, but $z$ is
- more highly saturated, so we color $z$ with $2$.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (v) at (0,0) {$v:-,\{1\}$};
- \node (w) at (3,0) {$w:1,\{0,2\}$};
- \node (x) at (6,0) {$x:2,\{0,1\}$};
- \node (y) at (3,-1.5) {$y:0,\{1,2\}$};
- \node (z) at (6,-1.5) {$z:2,\{0,1\}$};
- \draw (v) to (w);
- \foreach \i in {w,x,y}
- {
- \foreach \j in {w,x,y}
- {
- \draw (\i) to (\j);
- }
- }
- \draw (z) to (w);
- \draw (z) to (y);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- The last iteration of the coloring algorithm assigns color $0$ to $v$.
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (v) at (0,0) {$v:0,\{1\}$};
- \node (w) at (3,0) {$w:1,\{0,2\}$};
- \node (x) at (6,0) {$x:2,\{0,1\}$};
- \node (y) at (3,-1.5) {$y:0,\{1,2\}$};
- \node (z) at (6,-1.5) {$z:2,\{0,1\}$};
- \draw (v) to (w);
- \foreach \i in {w,x,y}
- {
- \foreach \j in {w,x,y}
- {
- \draw (\i) to (\j);
- }
- }
- \draw (z) to (w);
- \draw (z) to (y);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- With the coloring complete, we can finalize assignment of variables to
- registers and stack locations. Recall that if we have $k$ registers,
- we map the first $k$ colors to registers and the rest to stack
- locations.
- Suppose for the moment that we just have one extra register
- to use for register allocation, just \key{rbx}. Then the following is
- the mapping of colors to registers and stack allocations.
- \[
- \{ 0 \mapsto \key{\%rbx}, \; 1 \mapsto \key{-8(\%rbp)}, \; 2 \mapsto \key{-16(\%rbp)}, \ldots \}
- \]
- Putting this together with the above coloring of the variables, we
- arrive at the following assignment.
- \[
- \{ v \mapsto \key{\%rbx}, \;
- w \mapsto \key{-8(\%rbp)}, \;
- x \mapsto \key{-16(\%rbp)}, \;
- y \mapsto \key{\%rbx}, \;
- z\mapsto \key{-16(\%rbp)} \}
- \]
- Applying this assignment to our running example
- (Figure~\ref{fig:reg-eg}) yields the following program.
- % why frame size of 32? -JGS
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (program 32
- (movq (int 1) (reg rbx))
- (movq (int 46) (stack-loc -8))
- (movq (reg rbx) (stack-loc -16))
- (addq (int 7) (stack-loc -16))
- (movq (stack-loc 16) (reg rbx))
- (addq (int 4) (reg rbx))
- (movq (stack-loc -16) (stack-loc -16))
- (addq (stack-loc -8) (stack-loc -16))
- (movq (stack-loc -16) (reg rax))
- (subq (reg rbx) (reg rax)))
- \end{lstlisting}
- This program is almost an x86-64 program. The remaining step is to apply
- the patch instructions pass. In this example, the trivial move of
- \key{-16(\%rbp)} to itself is deleted and the addition of
- \key{-8(\%rbp)} to \key{-16(\%rbp)} is fixed by going through
- \key{\%rax}. The following shows the portion of the program that
- changed.
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (addq (int 4) (reg rbx))
- (movq (stack-loc -8) (reg rax)
- (addq (reg rax) (stack-loc -16))
- \end{lstlisting}
- An overview of all of the passes involved in register allocation is
- shown in Figure~\ref{fig:reg-alloc-passes}.
- \begin{figure}[tbp]
- \[
- \begin{tikzpicture}[baseline=(current bounding box.center)]
- \node (1) at (-3.5,0) {$C_0$};
- \node (2) at (0,0) {$\text{x86-64}^{*}$};
- \node (3) at (0,-1.5) {$\text{x86-64}^{*}$};
- \node (4) at (0,-3) {$\text{x86-64}^{*}$};
- \node (5) at (0,-4.5) {$\text{x86-64}^{*}$};
- \node (6) at (3.5,-4.5) {$\text{x86-64}$};
- \path[->] (1) edge [above] node {\ttfamily\scriptsize select-instr.} (2);
- \path[->] (2) edge [right] node {\ttfamily\scriptsize uncover-live} (3);
- \path[->] (3) edge [right] node {\ttfamily\scriptsize build-interference} (4);
- \path[->] (4) edge [left] node {\ttfamily\scriptsize allocate-registers} (5);
- \path[->] (5) edge [above] node {\ttfamily\scriptsize patch-instr.} (6);
- \end{tikzpicture}
- \]
- \caption{Diagram of the passes for register allocation.}
- \label{fig:reg-alloc-passes}
- \end{figure}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Booleans, Type Checking, and Control Flow}
- \label{ch:bool-types}
- \section{The $S_1$ Language}
- \begin{figure}[htbp]
- \centering
- \fbox{
- \begin{minipage}{0.85\textwidth}
- \[
- \begin{array}{lcl}
- \Op &::=& \ldots \mid \key{and} \mid \key{or} \mid \key{not} \mid \key{eq?} \\
- \Exp &::=& \ldots \mid \key{\#t} \mid \key{\#f} \mid
- \IF{\Exp}{\Exp}{\Exp}
- \end{array}
- \]
- \end{minipage}
- }
- \caption{The $S_1$ language, an extension of $S_0$
- (Figure~\ref{fig:s0-syntax}).}
- \label{fig:s1-syntax}
- \end{figure}
- \section{Type Checking $S_1$ Programs}
- \marginpar{\scriptsize Type checking is a difficult thing to cover, I think, without having 522 as a prerequisite for this course. -- Cam}
- % T ::= Integer | Boolean
- It is common practice to specify a type system by writing rules for
- each kind of AST node. For example, the rule for \key{if} is:
- \begin{quote}
- For any expressions $e_1, e_2, e_3$ and any type $T$, if $e_1$ has
- type \key{bool}, $e_2$ has type $T$, and $e_3$ has type $T$, then
- $\IF{e_1}{e_2}{e_3}$ has type $T$.
- \end{quote}
- It is also common practice to write rules using a horizontal line,
- with the conditions written above the line and the conclusion written
- below the line.
- \begin{equation*}
- \inference{e_1 \text{ has type } \key{bool} &
- e_2 \text{ has type } T & e_3 \text{ has type } T}
- {\IF{e_1}{e_2}{e_3} \text{ has type } T}
- \end{equation*}
- Because the phrase ``has type'' is repeated so often in these type
- checking rules, it is abbreviated to just a colon. So the above rule
- is abbreviated to the following.
- \begin{equation*}
- \inference{e_1 : \key{bool} & e_2 : T & e_3 : T}
- {\IF{e_1}{e_2}{e_3} : T}
- \end{equation*}
- The $\LET{x}{e_1}{e_2}$ construct poses an interesting challenge. The
- variable $x$ is assigned the value of $e_1$ and then $x$ can be used
- inside $e_2$. When we get to an occurrence of $x$ inside $e_2$, how do
- we know what type the variable should be? The answer is that we need
- a way to map from variable names to types. Such a mapping is called a
- \emph{type environment} (aka. \emph{symbol table}). The capital Greek
- letter gamma, written $\Gamma$, is used for referring to type
- environments environments. The notation $\Gamma, x : T$ stands for
- making a copy of the environment $\Gamma$ and then associating $T$
- with the variable $x$ in the new environment. We write $\Gamma(x)$ to
- lookup the associated type for $x$. The type checking rules for
- \key{let} and variables are as follows.
- \begin{equation*}
- \inference{e_1 : T_1 \text{ in } \Gamma &
- e_2 : T_2 \text{ in } \Gamma,x:T_1}
- {\LET{x}{e_1}{e_2} : T_2 \text{ in } \Gamma}
- \qquad
- \inference{\Gamma(x) = T}
- {x : T \text{ in } \Gamma}
- \end{equation*}
- Type checking has roots in logic, and logicians have a tradition of
- writing the environment on the left-hand side and separating it from
- the expression with a turn-stile ($\vdash$). The turn-stile does not
- have any intrinsic meaning per se. It is punctuation that separates
- the environment $\Gamma$ from the expression $e$. So the above typing
- rules are written as follows.
- \begin{equation*}
- \inference{\Gamma \vdash e_1 : T_1 &
- \Gamma,x:T_1 \vdash e_2 : T_2}
- {\Gamma \vdash \LET{x}{e_1}{e_2} : T_2}
- \qquad
- \inference{\Gamma(x) = T}
- {\Gamma \vdash x : T}
- \end{equation*}
- Overall, the statement $\Gamma \vdash e : T$ is an example of what is
- called a \emph{judgment}. In particular, this judgment says, ``In
- environment $\Gamma$, expression $e$ has type $T$.''
- Figure~\ref{fig:S1-type-system} shows the type checking rules for
- $S_1$.
- \begin{figure}
- \begin{gather*}
- \inference{\Gamma(x) = T}
- {\Gamma \vdash x : T}
- \qquad
- \inference{\Gamma \vdash e_1 : T_1 &
- \Gamma,x:T_1 \vdash e_2 : T_2}
- {\Gamma \vdash \LET{x}{e_1}{e_2} : T_2}
- \\[2ex]
- \inference{}{\Gamma \vdash n : \key{Integer}}
- \quad
- \inference{\Gamma \vdash e_i : T_i \ ^{\forall i \in 1\ldots n} & \Delta(\Op,T_1,\ldots,T_n) = T}
- {\Gamma \vdash (\Op \; e_1 \ldots e_n) : T}
- \\[2ex]
- \inference{}{\Gamma \vdash \key{\#t} : \key{Boolean}}
- \quad
- \inference{}{\Gamma \vdash \key{\#f} : \key{Boolean}}
- \quad
- \inference{\Gamma \vdash e_1 : \key{bool} \\
- \Gamma \vdash e_2 : T &
- \Gamma \vdash e_3 : T}
- {\Gamma \vdash \IF{e_1}{e_2}{e_3} : T}
- \end{gather*}
- \caption{Type System for $S_1$.}
- \label{fig:S1-type-system}
- \end{figure}
- \begin{figure}
- \begin{align*}
- \Delta(\key{+},\key{Integer},\key{Integer}) &= \key{Integer} \\
- \Delta(\key{-},\key{Integer},\key{Integer}) &= \key{Integer} \\
- \Delta(\key{-},\key{Integer}) &= \key{Integer} \\
- \Delta(\key{*},\key{Integer},\key{Integer}) &= \key{Integer} \\
- \Delta(\key{read}) &= \key{Integer} \\
- \Delta(\key{and},\key{Boolean},\key{Boolean}) &= \key{Boolean} \\
- \Delta(\key{or},\key{Boolean},\key{Boolean}) &= \key{Boolean} \\
- \Delta(\key{not},\key{Boolean}) &= \key{Boolean} \\
- \Delta(\key{eq?},\key{Integer},\key{Integer}) &= \key{Boolean} \\
- \Delta(\key{eq?},\key{Boolean},\key{Boolean}) &= \key{Boolean}
- \end{align*}
- \caption{Types for the primitives operators.}
- \end{figure}
- \section{The $C_1$ Language}
- \begin{figure}[htbp]
- \[
- \begin{array}{lcl}
- \Arg &::=& \ldots \mid \key{\#t} \mid \key{\#f} \\
- \Stmt &::=& \ldots \mid \IF{\Exp}{\Stmt^{*}}{\Stmt^{*}}
- \end{array}
- \]
- \caption{The $C_1$ intermediate language, an extension of $C_0$
- (Figure~\ref{fig:c0-syntax}).}
- \label{fig:c1-syntax}
- \end{figure}
- \section{Flatten Expressions}
- \section{Select Instructions}
- \section{Register Allocation}
- \section{Patch Instructions}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Tuples and Heap Allocation}
- \label{ch:tuples}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Garbage Collection}
- \label{ch:gc}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Functions}
- \label{ch:functions}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Lexically Scoped Functions}
- \label{ch:lambdas}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Mutable Data}
- \label{ch:mutable-data}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{The Dynamic Type}
- \label{ch:type-dynamic}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Parametric Polymorphism}
- \label{ch:parametric-polymorphism}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{High-level Optimization}
- \label{ch:high-level-optimization}
- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
- \chapter{Appendix}
- \section{Interpreters}
- \label{appendix:interp}
- We provide several interpreters in the \key{interp.rkt} file. The
- \key{interp-scheme} function takes an AST in one of the Racket-like
- languages considered in this book ($S_0, S_1, \ldots$) and interprets
- the program, returning the result value. The \key{interp-C} function
- interprets an AST for a program in one of the C-like languages ($C_0,
- C_1, \ldots$), and the \key{interp-x86} function interprets an AST for
- an x86-64 program.
- \section{Utility Functions}
- \label{appendix:utilities}
- The utility function described in this section can be found in the
- \key{utilities.rkt} file.
- The \key{assert} function displays the error message \key{msg} if the
- Boolean \key{bool} is false.
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define (assert msg bool) ...)
- \end{lstlisting}
- The \key{interp-tests} function takes a compiler name (a string) a
- description of the passes a test family name (a string), and a list of
- test numbers, and runs the compiler passes and the interpreters to
- check whether the passes correct. The description of the passes is a
- list with one entry per pass. An entry is a list with three things: a
- string giving the name of the pass, the function that implements the
- pass (a translator from AST to AST), and a function that implements
- the interpreter (a function from AST to result value). The
- interpreters from Appendix~\ref{appendix:interp} make a good choice.
- The \key{interp-tests} function assumes that the subdirectory
- \key{tests} has a bunch of Scheme programs whose names all start with
- the family name, followed by an underscore and then the test number,
- ending in \key{.scm}. Also, for each Scheme program there is a file
- with the same number except that it ends with \key{.in} that provides
- the input for the Scheme program.
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define (interp-tests name passes test-family test-nums) ...
- \end{lstlisting}
- The compiler-tests function takes a compiler name (a string) a
- description of the passes (see the comment for \key{interp-tests}) a
- test family name (a string), and a list of test numbers (see the
- comment for interp-tests), and runs the compiler to generate x86-64 (a
- \key{.s} file) and then runs gcc to generate machine code. It runs
- the machine code and checks that the output is 42.
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define (compiler-tests name passes test-family test-nums) ...)
- \end{lstlisting}
- The compile-file function takes a description of the compiler passes
- (see the comment for \key{interp-tests}) and returns a function that,
- given a program file name (a string ending in \key{.scm}), applies all
- of the passes and writes the output to a file whose name is the same
- as the proram file name but with \key{.scm} replaced with \key{.s}.
- \begin{lstlisting}
- (define (compile-file passes)
- (lambda (prog-file-name) ...))
- \end{lstlisting}
- \bibliographystyle{plainnat}
- \bibliography{all}
- \end{document}
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