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Optimize wide decoder case statements into decoder expressions (#7804)
Extend the decoder-pattern case optimization to selectors that are too
wide for a full 2^width lookup table. A decoder-pattern case (where
every case item assigns constants to a fixed set of LHSs) is lowered to
a new AstMachMasked expression. AstMachMasked is emitted as a run-time
VL_MATCHMASKEd_* function call. It contains a packed constant pool table,
'matchp', which is a list of '(mask, bits)' pairs. At runtime, the index of the
first matching entry is returned, and is used to index a value table. This single
(albeit complicated) expression can replace large if-else trees whole, resulting
in much more compact code with fewer static hard to predict branches. It
is worth about 10% speed and 30% code size in some designs.
Example:
```systemverilog
logic [39:0] sel;
always_comb
casez (sel)
40'b???????????????????????????????????????1: out = 8'h01;
40'b??????????????????????????????????????1?: out = 8'h02;
40'b?????????????????????????????????????1??: out = 8'h03;
default: out = 8'hff;
endcase
```
is compiled to:
```c++
out = TABLE_value[VL_MATCHMASKED_Q(sel, CONST_match)];
```
Where 'CONST_match' contains 4 entries, of a 40-bit mask and 40-bit bit
pattern each, and 'TABLE_value' contains 4 entries of the corresponding
8-bit results. (Entries are aligned to word boundaries to avoid runtime
bit swizzling)
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@@ -402,6 +402,29 @@ class AstToDfgConverter final : public VNVisitor {
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DfgVertex* const vtxp = make<DfgCReset>(nodep->fileline(), *dtypep);
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nodep->user2p(vtxp);
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}
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void visit(AstMatchMasked* nodep) override {
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UASSERT_OBJ(m_converting, nodep, "AstToDfg visit called without m_converting");
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UASSERT_OBJ(!nodep->user2p(), nodep, "Already has Dfg vertex");
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if (unhandled(nodep)) return;
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const DfgDataType* const dtypep = DfgDataType::fromAst(nodep->dtypep());
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if (!dtypep) {
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m_foundUnhandled = true;
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++m_ctx.m_conv.nonRepDType;
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return;
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}
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iterate(nodep->lhsp());
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if (m_foundUnhandled) return;
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iterate(nodep->matchp());
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if (m_foundUnhandled) return;
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FileLine* const flp = nodep->fileline();
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DfgMatchMasked* const vtxp = make<DfgMatchMasked>(flp, *dtypep);
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vtxp->lhsp(nodep->lhsp()->user2u().to<DfgVertex*>());
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vtxp->matchp(nodep->matchp()->user2u().to<DfgVertex*>());
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nodep->user2p(vtxp);
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}
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void visit(AstReplicate* nodep) override {
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UASSERT_OBJ(m_converting, nodep, "AstToDfg visit called without m_converting");
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UASSERT_OBJ(!nodep->user2p(), nodep, "Already has Dfg vertex");
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