May 2014 - ghc-tickets

[GHC] #8300: split-objs doesn't split on LLVM
by GHC 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

#8300: split-objs doesn't split on LLVM ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: rwbarton | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler (LLVM) | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- `-split-objs` is allowed with `-fllvm`, but it doesn't really do anything. E.g. in my perf-llvm build I have a `libHSbase-4.7.0.0.a` with `Applicative__1.o`, `Arrow__1.o` etc. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8300> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8321: improve basic block layout on LLVM backend by predicting stack/heap checks
by GHC 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

#8321: improve basic block layout on LLVM backend by predicting stack/heap checks ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: rwbarton | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Compiler (LLVM) | Version: 7.7 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Currently we don't give the LLVM optimizer any information about which branch of an `if` is likely to be taken. As a result, the optimizer is likely to produce a basic block layout which is not optimal. Improving the layout can improve performance through better instruction cache usage and better branch prediction by the hardware. We can control LLVM's idea of what is likely with the `llvm.expect` intrinsic function. Some obvious branches which we can predict accurately are the stack and heap checks that appear near the entry of many functions. Here's a small example of some Cmm code and the output of the LLVM optimizer/compiler. {{{ block_c2Lc_entry() // [R1, R2] { info_tbl: [(c2Lc, label: block_c2Lc_info rep:StackRep [])] stack_info: arg_space: 0 updfr_space: Nothing } {offset c2Lc: Hp = Hp + 24; if (Hp > HpLim) goto c2Lm; else goto c2Ll; c2Lm: HpAlloc = 24; R2 = R2; R1 = R1; call stg_gc_pp(R2, R1) args: 8, res: 8, upd: 24; c2Ll: I64[Hp - 16] = :_con_info; P64[Hp - 8] = R1; P64[Hp] = R2; R1 = Hp - 14; Sp = Sp + 8; call (P64[Sp])(R1) args: 24, res: 0, upd: 24; } }] }}} {{{ 00000000000002b8 <c2Lc_info>: 2b8: 4c 89 e0 mov %r12,%rax 2bb: 4c 8d 60 18 lea 0x18(%rax),%r12 2bf: 4d 3b a5 18 01 00 00 cmp 0x118(%r13),%r12 2c6: 76 10 jbe 2d8 <c2Lc_info+0x20> 2c8: 49 c7 85 48 01 00 00 movq $0x18,0x148(%r13) 2cf: 18 00 00 00 2d3: e9 00 00 00 00 jmpq 2d8 <c2Lc_info+0x20> 2d4: R_X86_64_PC32 stg_gc_pp+0xfffffffffffffffc 2d8: 48 c7 40 08 00 00 00 movq $0x0,0x8(%rax) 2df: 00 2dc: R_X86_64_32S ghczmprim_GHCziTypes_ZC_con_info 2e0: 48 89 58 10 mov %rbx,0x10(%rax) 2e4: 4c 89 70 18 mov %r14,0x18(%rax) 2e8: 48 8b 45 08 mov 0x8(%rbp),%rax 2ec: 48 83 c5 08 add $0x8,%rbp 2f0: 49 8d 5c 24 f2 lea -0xe(%r12),%rbx 2f5: ff e0 jmpq *%rax 2f7: 90 nop }}} It would likely be better to invert the branch at `2c6` to a `ja`, so that the common case is adjacent to the function entry, and when `llvm.expect` is used on the condition in the branch, the LLVM optimizer does produce this alternate layout. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8321> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #9010: TemplateHaskell leads to an "unknown symbol" error
by GHC 04 Nov '16

04 Nov '16

#9010: TemplateHaskell leads to an "unknown symbol" error ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: Feuerbach | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Code: {{{ {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-} module M where import System.Console.Editline import Data.Lens.Template data S = S { _a :: EditLine } makeLens ''S }}} When compiled with `ghc link.hs`, everything is fine; {{{ [1 of 1] Compiling M ( link.hs, link.o ) Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Loading package array-0.4.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package deepseq-1.3.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package containers-0.5.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package bytestring-0.10.0.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package tagged-0.7.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package transformers-0.3.0.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package transformers-compat-0.1.1.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package contravariant-0.4.4 ... linking ... done. Loading package distributive-0.4.3.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package mtl-2.1.3.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package text-1.1.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package hashable-1.2.1.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package nats-0.1.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package unordered-containers-0.2.3.3 ... linking ... done. Loading package semigroups-0.12.2 ... linking ... done. Loading package comonad-4.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package semigroupoids-4.0.1 ... linking ... done. Loading package data-lens-2.10.4 ... linking ... done. Loading package pretty-1.1.1.0 ... linking ... done. Loading package template-haskell ... linking ... done. Loading package data-lens-template-2.1.8 ... linking ... done. }}} However, when compiling with `ghc -package-id editline-0.2.1.1-ef91ae78e7ea1b9142c2fb0b84e85c11 link.hs`, I get {{{ [1 of 1] Compiling M ( link.hs, link.o ) Loading package ghc-prim ... linking ... done. Loading package integer-gmp ... linking ... done. Loading package base ... linking ... done. Loading package editline-0.2.1.1 ... linking ... ghc: /home/feuerbach/work /.cabal-sandbox/lib/i386-linux- ghc-7.6.3/editline-0.2.1.1/HSeditline-0.2.1.1.o: unknown symbol `el_reset' ghc: unable to load package `editline-0.2.1.1' }}} This is a problem because that's how cabal invokes ghc. This looks similar to #4899, except there's nothing "non-standard" here (no profiling or dynamic linking). -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9010> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8870: GHC 7.8.0 RC2 fails when compiling a hello world program on Windows 7 32bits
by GHC 01 Oct '16

01 Oct '16

#8870: GHC 7.8.0 RC2 fails when compiling a hello world program on Windows 7 32bits ----------------------------+--------------------------------------- Reporter: facundoq | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: highest | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.1-rc2 Keywords: | Operating System: Windows Architecture: x86 | Type of failure: Compile-time crash Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ----------------------------+--------------------------------------- Windows shows a window that says "GHC has stopped working" when compiling a simple hello world. Steps to reproduce 1) Download GHC 7.8 RC2 (http://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.8.1-rc2/ghc-7.8.0.20140228-i386 -unknown-mingw32.tar.bz2) 2) Extract the contents of the tar to folder $GHC$ 3) Add $GHC$\bin and $GHC$\mingw\bin folder to the PATH, add env var "LANG=C". 4) Create file test.hs with contents: main = putStrLn "Hello, World!" 5) run "ghc test.hs". Interestingly, the error is not deterministic, ie, after running the command several times the program gets compiled. When that happens, and ff the file test.o is not deleted, further attempts to compile run succesfully. GHCi appears to work normally (when doing simple tests). More details: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22291739/cant-install-packages-with- cabal-using-ghc-7-8rc2-and-windows-7 -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8870> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8774: Transitivity of Auto-Specialization
by GHC 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

#8774: Transitivity of Auto-Specialization -------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: crockeea | Status: new Type: bug | Milestone: Priority: | Version: 7.6.3 normal | Operating System: Linux Component: | Type of failure: Compile-time performance bug Compiler | Test Case: Keywords: | Blocking: Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: | Unknown | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: 5928, | 8668, 8099 | -------------------------+------------------------------------------------- From [http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.6.3/html/users_guide/pragmas.html#idp4986… the docs]: [Y]ou often don't even need the SPECIALIZE pragma in the first place. When compiling a module M, GHC's optimiser (with -O) automatically considers each top-level overloaded function declared in M, and specialises it for the different types at which it is called in M. The optimiser also considers each imported INLINABLE overloaded function, and specialises it for the different types at which it is called in M. ... Moreover, given a SPECIALIZE pragma for a function f, GHC will automatically create specialisations for any type-class-overloaded functions called by f, if they are in the same module as the SPECIALIZE pragma, or if they are INLINABLE; and so on, transitively. So GHC should automatically specialize some/most/all(?) functions marked `INLINABLE` ''without'' a pragma, and if I use an explicit pragma, the specialization is transitive. My question is: is the ''auto''-specialization transitive? Either way, I'd like to see the docs updated to answer this question. Specifically, the attached files demonstrate a bug if auto-specialization ''should'' be transitive. Main.hs: {{{ #!haskell import Data.Vector.Unboxed as U import Foo main = let y = Bar $ Qux $ U.replicate 11221184 0 :: Foo (Qux Int) (Bar (Qux ans)) = iterate (plus y) y !! 100 in putStr $ show $ foldl1' (*) ans }}} Foo.hs: {{{ #!haskell module Foo (Qux(..), Foo(..), plus) where import Data.Vector.Unboxed as U newtype Qux r = Qux (Vector r) -- GHC inlines `plus` if I remove the bangs or the Baz constructor data Foo t = Bar !t | Baz !t instance (Num r, Unbox r) => Num (Qux r) where {-# INLINABLE (+) #-} (Qux x) + (Qux y) = Qux $ U.zipWith (+) x y {-# INLINABLE plus #-} plus :: (Num t) => (Foo t) -> (Foo t) -> (Foo t) plus (Bar v1) (Bar v2) = Bar $ v1 + v2 }}} GHC specializes the call to `plus`, but does *not* specialize `(+)` in the `Qux` `Num` instance. (In the attached core excerpt: `main6` calls `iterate main8`. `main8` is just `plus`, specialized for `Int`. So far so good. However, `splus` calls the *polymorphic* `c+`. If auto- specialization is transitive, I expect `c+` to be specialized to `Int`.) This kills performance: an explicit pragma `{-# SPECIALIZE plus :: Foo (Qux Int) -> Foo (Qux Int) -> Foo (Qux Int) #-}` results in ''transitive'' specialization as the docs indicate, so `(+)` is specialized and the code is 30x faster. Is this expected behavior? Should I only expect `(+)` to be specialized transitively with an explicit pragma? Note: this question is different from #5928 for two reasons: 1. I believe that no inlining is occuring, and hence I don't think inlining is interfering with specialization 2. I have `INLINABLE` pragmas on all relevant functions. Note: this question is different from #8668 because I am asking about ''auto''-specialization. This question was originally posted on [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21502335/transitivity-of-auto- specialization-in-ghc StackOverflow]. As mentioned in the comments of that question, I am intentionally ''not'' fully applying the call to `plus` in Main, contrary to the suggestions in #8099. I'd love to see why I'm getting that behavior as well. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8774> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8523: blowup in space/time for type checking and object size for high arity tuples
by GHC 24 Sep '16

24 Sep '16

#8523: blowup in space/time for type checking and object size for high arity tuples -------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: carter | Status: new Type: bug | Milestone: Priority: | Version: 7.6.3 normal | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Component: | Type of failure: Compile-time performance bug Compiler | Test Case: Keywords: | Blocking: Architecture: | Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: | Unknown | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: | -------------------------+------------------------------------------------- Eric Mertens found a compilation performance issue in how GHC handles type class instance methods with many equality constraints and large arity tuples. basically using equality constraints to force 62 variables equal, instead of using the same variable for all the tuple slots, make the type checking time go from 0.9 seconds and very little memory to ~20 seconds and ~ 700mb of ram, along with going from ~ 7,000 coercions to 700,000-400,000 coercions, and object file size of 143kb to an object file size of 2.8mb-3.1mb I'm attaching 2 variants Tuple.hs and NeighborTuple.hs that exhibit the blowup behavior, and MonoTuple.hs (better named PolyTuple.hs but thats a side detail) that doesn't exhibit the blow up behavior. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8523> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #9089: Local .ghci_history
by GHC 10 Sep '16

10 Sep '16

#9089: Local .ghci_history ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: jcristovao | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: GHCi | Version: 7.8.2 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Hello, It would be nice to allow a local .ghci_history to be used (when available) instead of the global .ghc/ghci_history. This would be similar in behaviour to the .ghci rules: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/7.8.2/html/users_guide/ghci-dot-files.html And I believe this should not be too complicated to do (I can even try it myself, if there is interest). -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9089> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8955: Syscall intrinsic
by GHC 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

#8955: Syscall intrinsic ----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- Reporter: schyler | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Unknown/Multiple Difficulty: Moderate (less than a day) | Type of failure: Blocked By: | None/Unknown Related Tickets: | Test Case: | Blocking: ----------------------------------------------+---------------------------- Reddit thread: http://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/220ae4/libc_considered_harmful/ Mentions there are some nice things that can be done with a syscall intrinsic. Also, marginally increased speed for calling syscalls since it doesn't need to go through libffi into C-land. Should be easy to implement. llvm backend has `llvm.syscall` already. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8955> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8099: Alternate syntax for indicating when a function is "fully applied" for purposes of inlining
by GHC 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

#8099: Alternate syntax for indicating when a function is "fully applied" for purposes of inlining ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: jberryman | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Keywords: | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Architecture: Unknown/Multiple | Type of failure: None/Unknown Difficulty: Unknown | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | ------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I just remembered an old idea I put to the GHC user's list [http://www .mail-archive.com/glasgow-haskell-users(a)haskell.org/msg22119.html here], and thought I should present it here. As I understand it GHC inlines inlines only after a function is fully applied with respect to the syntactic left-hand side, so in order to control inlining and sharing, we sometimes see strange things like: {{{ {-# INLINE foo #-} foo :: a -> b -> c foo a = \b -> ... }}} It would be nice to be able to define the function syntactically in the way that's the most clear (e.g. in pointfree style, etc.) and specify at what point to inline something like this: {{{ foo :: a -> {-# INLINE #-} b -> c foo a b = ... -- or: foo = ... }}} ...which tells the compiler to inline after applying the arguments to the left of the pragma, and GHC would do whatever trivial (I assume?) eta- conversion was required. -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8099> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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[GHC] #8589: Bad choice of loop breaker with INLINABLE/INLINE
by GHC 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

#8589: Bad choice of loop breaker with INLINABLE/INLINE ------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Reporter: | Owner: NickSmallbone | Status: new Type: bug | Milestone: Priority: normal | Version: 7.6.3 Component: Compiler | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Keywords: | Type of failure: Runtime performance bug Architecture: | Test Case: Unknown/Multiple | Blocking: Difficulty: Unknown | Blocked By: | Related Tickets: | ------------------------------+-------------------------------------------- Take the following program, which defines a pair of lists recursively: {{{ module Test(xs, ys) where pair :: ([Bool], [Bool]) pair = (False:xs, True:ys) where (xs, ys) = pair (xs, ys) = pair }}} GHC is clever enough to disentangle {{{xs}}} from {{{ys}}} and with {{{-ddump-simpl -O}}} I get: {{{ Rec { xs [Occ=LoopBreaker] :: [Bool] [GblId, Caf=NoCafRefs, Str=DmdType] xs = : False xs end Rec } Rec { ys [Occ=LoopBreaker] :: [Bool] [GblId, Caf=NoCafRefs, Str=DmdType] ys = : True ys end Rec } }}} However, if I mark {{{pair}}} as {{{INLINABLE}}} or {{{INLINE}}} (it doesn't matter which), I get much worse code where {{{xs}}} and {{{ys}}} go through {{{pair}}}: {{{ Rec { pair [InlPrag=INLINABLE[ALWAYS], Occ=LoopBreaker] :: ([Bool], [Bool]) [GblId, Str=DmdType m, Unf=Unf{Src=InlineStable, TopLvl=True, Arity=0, Value=True, ConLike=True, WorkFree=False, Expandable=True, Guidance=IF_ARGS [] 50 30 Tmpl= (: False (case pair of _ { (xs1_Xf6 [Occ=Once], _) -> xs1_Xf6 }), : True (case pair of _ { (_, ys1_Xf6 [Occ=Once]) -> ys1_Xf6 }))}] pair = (a1_rgo, a_rgn) ys_ys :: [Bool] [GblId, Str=DmdType, Unf=Unf{Src=<vanilla>, TopLvl=True, Arity=0, Value=False, ConLike=False, WorkFree=True, Expandable=True, Guidance=IF_ARGS [] 10 0}] ys_ys = case pair of _ { (xs1_XeW, ys1_Xf7) -> ys1_Xf7 } a_rgn :: [Bool] [GblId, Str=DmdType] a_rgn = : True ys_ys xs_xs :: [Bool] [GblId, Str=DmdType, Unf=Unf{Src=<vanilla>, TopLvl=True, Arity=0, Value=False, ConLike=False, WorkFree=True, Expandable=True, Guidance=IF_ARGS [] 10 0}] xs_xs = case pair of _ { (xs1_XeW, ys1_XeS) -> xs1_XeW } a1_rgo :: [Bool] [GblId, Str=DmdType] a1_rgo = : False xs_xs end Rec } ys :: [Bool] [GblId, Str=DmdType, Unf=Unf{Src=<vanilla>, TopLvl=True, Arity=0, Value=False, ConLike=False, WorkFree=True, Expandable=True, Guidance=ALWAYS_IF(unsat_ok=True,boring_ok=True)}] ys = ys_ys xs :: [Bool] [GblId, Str=DmdType, Unf=Unf{Src=<vanilla>, TopLvl=True, Arity=0, Value=False, ConLike=False, WorkFree=True, Expandable=True, Guidance=ALWAYS_IF(unsat_ok=True,boring_ok=True)}] xs = xs_xs }}} It seems that GHC chooses {{{pair}}} as the loop breaker, which stops the simplifier in its tracks. It might seem a bit silly to mark {{{pair}}} as {{{INLINE}}}, since it's not mutually recursive. The function I really had was polymorphic with a typeclass constraint, and I wrote {{{INLINABLE}}} to get it specialised at its call site. (Also, {{{pair}}} is mutually recursive in the Core, so you would expect GHC to avoid using it as a loop breaker if I mark it {{{INLINE}}}.) -- Ticket URL: <http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8589> GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/> The Glasgow Haskell Compiler

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