Linearscan.js

Linearscan register allocator for javascript

API

// Declare some instructions
var linearscan = require('linearscan');

function gp(kind, value) {
  return { kind: kind, group: 'gp', value: value };
}

function fp(kind, value) {
  return { kind: kind, group: 'fp', value: value };
}

var config = linearscan.config.create({
  // Multiple register groups might be specified, they will be allocated
  // separately
  registers: {
    gp: [
      'rax', 'rbx', 'rcx', 'rdx'
    ],
    fp: [
      'xmm1', 'xmm2', 'xmm3', 'xmm4'
    ]
  },
  opcodes: {
    literal: {
      // 'any' means either 'register' or 'spill'
      output: gp('any')
    },
    'literal-fp': {
      output: fp('any')
    },

    // Set `branch` to `true` to get links to other regions
    if: { branch: true },
    jump: { branch: true },

    add: {
      output: gp('any'),
      inputs: [ gp('any'), gp('any') ]
    },
    'add-fp': {
      output: fp('any'),
      inputs: [ fp('any'), fp('any') ]
    },
    floor: {
      output: gp('any'),
      inputs: [ fp('any') ]
    },
    return: {
      // specify particular register that MUST be used here
      inputs: [ gp('register', 'rax') ]
    },
    'rax-out': {
      inputs: [],
      output: gp('register', 'rax'),
      spills: []
    },
    'rbx-out': {
      inputs: [],
      output: gp('register', 'rbx'),
      spills: []
    },
    'rbx-call': {
      inputs: [],
      output: gp('register', 'rbx'),

      // Scratches are similar to spills, but neither input nor output will
      // be allocated to this value.
      scratches: [ gp('register', 'rdx') ],
      spills: [
        gp('register', 'rax'),
        gp('register', 'rbx'),
        gp('register', 'rcx')
      ]
    },
    call: {
      output: gp('register', 'rax'),

      // 'register' means just any GP register
      inputs: [ gp('register'), gp('any') ],
      spills: [
        gp('register', 'rax'),
        gp('register', 'rbx'),
        gp('register', 'rcx'),
        gp('register', 'rdx')
      ]
    }
  }
});

// Get pipeline from previous stages of compiler
// (see json-pipeline npm module)
var pipeline = getPipeline();

// Make sure that pipeline is properly indexed
pipeline.reindex();

var out = linearscan.allocate(pipeline, config);
console.log(out.render('printable'));

Will output something like this:

register {
  %rax = literal 1
  %rbx = literal 2
  %rcx = literal 3
  %rdx = literal 4
  [0] = ls:move %3
  %rdx = literal 5
  [1] = ls:move [0]
  [3] = ls:move %1
  [2] = ls:move %2
  [0] = ls:move %3
  %rax = call %rdx, %rax
  %rax = add [3], [3]
  %rax = add [2], [2]
  %rax = add [1], [1]
  %rax = add [0], [0]
}

Spill count

out.spillType is the list of spill ranges of following format: { type: 'register-group', from: index, to: index }.

LICENSE

This software is licensed under the MIT License.

Copyright Fedor Indutny, 2015.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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