Allow setting cell placement timeout

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Arjen Roodselaar 2022-12-20 11:15:06 -08:00
parent d5299f144f
commit 923458a2c9
3 changed files with 16 additions and 13 deletions

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@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ po::options_description CommandHandler::getGeneralOptions()
general.add_options()("placer-heap-critexp", po::value<int>(),
"placer heap criticality exponent (int, default: 2)");
general.add_options()("placer-heap-timingweight", po::value<int>(), "placer heap timing weight (int, default: 10)");
general.add_options()("no-placer-timeout", "allow the placer to attempt placement without timeout");
general.add_options()("placer-heap-cell-placement-timeout", po::value<int>(),
"allow placer to attempt up to the given number of iterations to place the cell (int, default: design size^2 / 8, 0 for no timeout)");
#if !defined(__wasm)
general.add_options()("parallel-refine", "use new experimental parallelised engine for placement refinement");
@ -329,8 +330,9 @@ void CommandHandler::setupContext(Context *ctx)
if (vm.count("placer-heap-timingweight"))
ctx->settings[ctx->id("placerHeap/timingWeight")] = std::to_string(vm["placer-heap-timingweight"].as<int>());
if (vm.count("no-placer-timeout"))
ctx->settings[ctx->id("placerHeap/noTimeout")] = true;
if (vm.count("placer-heap-cell-placement-timeout"))
ctx->settings[ctx->id("placerHeap/cellPlacementTimeout")] =
std::to_string(std::max(0, vm["placer-heap-cell-placement-timeout"].as<int>()));
if (vm.count("parallel-refine"))
ctx->settings[ctx->id("placerHeap/parallelRefine")] = true;

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@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ class HeAPPlacer
heap_runs.push_back(all_buckets);
// The main HeAP placer loop
log_info("Running main analytical placer.\n");
if (cfg.cell_placement_timeout > 0)
log_info("Running main analytical placer, max placement attempts per cell = %d.\n", cfg.cell_placement_timeout);
else
log_info("Running main analytical placer.\n");
while (stalled < 5 && (solved_hpwl <= legal_hpwl * 0.8)) {
// Alternate between particular bel types and all bels
for (auto &run : heap_runs) {
@ -828,11 +831,6 @@ class HeAPPlacer
// Strict placement legalisation, performed after the initial HeAP spreading
void legalise_placement_strict(bool require_validity = false)
{
int placement_timeout = cfg.no_placement_timeout ? 0 :
// Set a conservative timeout. This is a rather large number and could probably be
// shaved down, but for now it will keep the process from running indefinite.
std::max(10000, (int(ctx->cells.size()) * int(ctx->cells.size()) / 8) + 1);
auto startt = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
// Unbind all cells placed in this solution
@ -884,8 +882,8 @@ class HeAPPlacer
}
while (!placed) {
if (placement_timeout > 0 && total_iters_for_cell > placement_timeout)
log_error("Unable to find legal placement for cell '%s' after %d attempts, check constraints and utilisation.\n",
if (cfg.cell_placement_timeout > 0 && total_iters_for_cell > cfg.cell_placement_timeout)
log_error("Unable to find legal placement for cell '%s' after %d attempts, check constraints and utilisation. Use `--placer-heap-cell-placement-timeout` to change the number of attempts.\n",
ctx->nameOf(ci), total_iters_for_cell);
// Determine a search radius around the solver location (which increases over time) that is clamped to
@ -1819,7 +1817,10 @@ PlacerHeapCfg::PlacerHeapCfg(Context *ctx)
timing_driven = ctx->setting<bool>("timing_driven");
solverTolerance = 1e-5;
placeAllAtOnce = false;
no_placement_timeout = ctx->setting<bool>("placerHeap/noTimeout", false);
cell_placement_timeout = ctx->setting<int>("placerHeap/cellPlacementTimeout",
// Set a conservative default. This is a rather large number and could probably
// be shaved down, but for now it will keep the process from running indefinite.
std::max(10000, (int(ctx->cells.size()) * int(ctx->cells.size()) / 8) + 1));
hpwl_scale_x = 1;
hpwl_scale_y = 1;

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@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct PlacerHeapCfg
float solverTolerance;
bool placeAllAtOnce;
bool parallelRefine;
bool no_placement_timeout;
int cell_placement_timeout;
int hpwl_scale_x, hpwl_scale_y;
int spread_scale_x, spread_scale_y;