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intel/fs: sel.cond writes the flags on Gfx4 and Gfx5

Ian Romanick requested to merge idr/mesa:review/sel-writes-flags-gfx4-gfx5 into main

On Gfx4 and Gfx5, sel.l (for min) and sel.ge (for max) are implemented using a separate cmpn and sel instruction. This lowering occurs in fs_vistor::lower_minmax which is called very, very late... a long, long time after the first calls to opt_cmod_propagation. As a result, conditional modifiers can be incorrectly propagated across sel.cond on those platforms.

No tests were affected by this change, and I find that quite shocking. After just changing flags_written(), all of the atan tests started failing on ILK. That required the change in cmod_propagation (and the addition of the prop_across_into_sel_gfx5 unit test).

Shader-db results for ILK and GM45 are below. I looked at a couple before and after shaders... and every case that I looked at had experienced incorrect cmod propagation. This affected a LOT of apps! Euro Truck Simulator 2, The Talos Principle, Serious Sam 3, Sanctum 2, Gang Beasts, and on and on... :(

I discovered this bug while working on a couple new optimization passes. One of the passes attempts to remove condition modifiers that are never used. The pass made no progress except on ILK and GM45. After investigating a couple of the affected shaders, I noticed that the code in those shaders looked wrong... investigation led to this cause.

Fixes: df1aec76 ("i965/fs: Define methods to calculate the flag subset read or written by an fs_inst.")

Iron Lake
total instructions in shared programs: 8180493 -> 8181781 (0.02%)
instructions in affected programs: 541796 -> 543084 (0.24%)
helped: 28
HURT: 1158
helped stats (abs) min: 1 max: 1 x̄: 1.00 x̃: 1
helped stats (rel) min: 0.35% max: 0.86% x̄: 0.53% x̃: 0.50%
HURT stats (abs)   min: 1 max: 3 x̄: 1.14 x̃: 1
HURT stats (rel)   min: 0.12% max: 4.00% x̄: 0.37% x̃: 0.23%
95% mean confidence interval for instructions value: 1.06 1.11
95% mean confidence interval for instructions %-change: 0.31% 0.38%
Instructions are HURT.

total cycles in shared programs: 239420470 -> 239421690 (<.01%)
cycles in affected programs: 2925992 -> 2927212 (0.04%)
helped: 49
HURT: 157
helped stats (abs) min: 2 max: 284 x̄: 62.69 x̃: 70
helped stats (rel) min: 0.04% max: 6.20% x̄: 1.68% x̃: 1.96%
HURT stats (abs)   min: 2 max: 48 x̄: 27.34 x̃: 24
HURT stats (rel)   min: 0.02% max: 2.91% x̄: 0.31% x̃: 0.20%
95% mean confidence interval for cycles value: -0.80 12.64
95% mean confidence interval for cycles %-change: -0.31% <.01%
Inconclusive result (value mean confidence interval includes 0).

GM45
total instructions in shared programs: 4985517 -> 4986207 (0.01%)
instructions in affected programs: 306935 -> 307625 (0.22%)
helped: 14
HURT: 625
helped stats (abs) min: 1 max: 1 x̄: 1.00 x̃: 1
helped stats (rel) min: 0.35% max: 0.82% x̄: 0.52% x̃: 0.49%
HURT stats (abs)   min: 1 max: 3 x̄: 1.13 x̃: 1
HURT stats (rel)   min: 0.12% max: 3.90% x̄: 0.34% x̃: 0.22%
95% mean confidence interval for instructions value: 1.04 1.12
95% mean confidence interval for instructions %-change: 0.29% 0.36%
Instructions are HURT.

total cycles in shared programs: 153827268 -> 153828052 (<.01%)
cycles in affected programs: 1669290 -> 1670074 (0.05%)
helped: 24
HURT: 84
helped stats (abs) min: 2 max: 232 x̄: 64.33 x̃: 67
helped stats (rel) min: 0.04% max: 4.62% x̄: 1.60% x̃: 1.94%
HURT stats (abs)   min: 2 max: 48 x̄: 27.71 x̃: 24
HURT stats (rel)   min: 0.02% max: 2.66% x̄: 0.34% x̃: 0.14%
95% mean confidence interval for cycles value: -1.94 16.46
95% mean confidence interval for cycles %-change: -0.29% 0.11%
Inconclusive result (value mean confidence interval includes 0).

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