* static PGO compatible with llvm18 and add CI job to test static PGO on coremark benchmark
* update comments and warning info, bitmaps section in llvm profdata shouldn't be used in PGO
Segue is an optimization technology which uses x86 segment register to store
the WebAssembly linear memory base address, so as to remove most of the cost
of SFI (Software-based Fault Isolation) base addition and free up a general
purpose register, by this way it may:
- Improve the performance of JIT/AOT
- Reduce the footprint of JIT/AOT, the JIT/AOT code generated is smaller
- Reduce the compilation time of JIT/AOT
This PR uses the x86-64 GS segment register to apply the optimization, currently
it supports linux and linux-sgx platforms on x86-64 target. By default it is disabled,
developer can use the option below to enable it for wamrc and iwasm(with LLVM
JIT enabled):
```bash
wamrc --enable-segue=[<flags>] -o output_file wasm_file
iwasm --enable-segue=[<flags>] wasm_file [args...]
```
`flags` can be:
i32.load, i64.load, f32.load, f64.load, v128.load,
i32.store, i64.store, f32.store, f64.store, v128.store
Use comma to separate them, e.g. `--enable-segue=i32.load,i64.store`,
and `--enable-segue` means all flags are added.
Acknowledgement:
Many thanks to Intel Labs, UC San Diego and UT Austin teams for introducing this
technology and the great support and guidance!
Signed-off-by: Wenyong Huang <wenyong.huang@intel.com>
Co-authored-by: Vahldiek-oberwagner, Anjo Lucas <anjo.lucas.vahldiek-oberwagner@intel.com>
