YulStack: When Yul optimization is not requested, run Yul optimizer with a minimal sequence instead of disabling it

Changelog.md

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Compiler Features:
  * Parser: Introduce ``pragma experimental solidity``, which will enable an experimental language mode that in particular has no stability guarantees between non-breaking releases and is not suited for production use.
  * Standard JSON Interface: Add ``ast`` file-level output for Yul input.
  * Standard JSON Interface: Add ``irAst`` and ``irOptimizedAst`` contract-level outputs for Solidity input, providing AST in compact JSON format for IR and optimized IR.
+ * Yul Optimizer: Stack-to-memory mover is now enabled by default whenever possible for via IR code generation and pure Yul compilation.
 
 
 Bugfixes:

docs/using-the-compiler.rst

@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ Input Description
               // optimization-sequence:clean-up-sequence. For more information see
               // "The Optimizer > Selecting Optimizations".
               // This field is optional, and if not provided, the default sequences for both
-              // optimization and clean-up are used. If only one of the options is provivded
+              // optimization and clean-up are used. If only one of the sequences is provided
               // the other will not be run.
               // If only the delimiter ":" is provided then neither the optimization nor the clean-up
               // sequence will be run.

libsolidity/interface/OptimiserSettings.h

@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ struct OptimiserSettings
 			case OptimisationPreset::Minimal: return minimal();
 			case OptimisationPreset::Standard: return standard();
 			case OptimisationPreset::Full: return full();
-			default: solAssert(false, "");
 		}
+		util::unreachable();
 	}
 
 	bool operator==(OptimiserSettings const& _other) const

libyul/YulStack.cpp

@@ -86,9 +86,6 @@ bool YulStack::parseAndAnalyze(std::string const& _sourceName, std::string const
 
 void YulStack::optimize()
 {
-	if (!m_optimiserSettings.runYulOptimiser)
-		return;
-
 	yulAssert(m_analysisSuccessful, "Analysis was not successful.");
 
 	m_analysisSuccessful = false;
@@ -159,13 +156,15 @@ void YulStack::optimize(Object& _object, bool _isCreation)
 	unique_ptr<GasMeter> meter;
 	if (EVMDialect const* evmDialect = dynamic_cast<EVMDialect const*>(&dialect))
 		meter = make_unique<GasMeter>(*evmDialect, _isCreation, m_optimiserSettings.expectedExecutionsPerDeployment);
+
 	OptimiserSuite::run(
 		dialect,
 		meter.get(),
 		_object,
-		m_optimiserSettings.optimizeStackAllocation,
-		m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserSteps,
-		m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserCleanupSteps,
+		// Defaults are the minimum necessary to avoid running into "Stack too deep" constantly.
+		m_optimiserSettings.runYulOptimiser ? m_optimiserSettings.optimizeStackAllocation : true,
+		m_optimiserSettings.runYulOptimiser ? m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserSteps : "u",
+		m_optimiserSettings.runYulOptimiser ? m_optimiserSettings.yulOptimiserCleanupSteps : "",
 		_isCreation ? nullopt : make_optional(m_optimiserSettings.expectedExecutionsPerDeployment),
 		{}
 	);
@@ -231,7 +230,12 @@ YulStack::assembleEVMWithDeployed(optional<string_view> _deployName) const
 
 	evmasm::Assembly assembly(m_evmVersion, true, {});
 	EthAssemblyAdapter adapter(assembly);
-	compileEVM(adapter, m_optimiserSettings.optimizeStackAllocation);
+
+	// NOTE: We always need stack optimization when Yul optimizer is disabled. It being disabled
+	// just means that we don't use the full step sequence. We still run it with the minimal steps
+	// required to avoid "stack too deep".
+	bool optimize = m_optimiserSettings.optimizeStackAllocation || !m_optimiserSettings.runYulOptimiser;
+	compileEVM(adapter, optimize);
 
 	assembly.optimise(evmasm::Assembly::OptimiserSettings::translateSettings(m_optimiserSettings, m_evmVersion));
 

test/cmdlineTests/~assembler_modes/test.sh

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ echo '{}' | "$SOLC" - --yul --optimize &>/dev/null && fail "solc --yul --optimiz
 # Test yul and strict assembly output
 # Non-empty code results in non-empty binary representation with optimizations turned off,
 # while it results in empty binary representation with optimizations turned on.
-test_solc_assembly_output "{ let x:u256 := 0:u256 }" "{ let x := 0 }" "--yul"
-test_solc_assembly_output "{ let x:u256 := bitnot(7:u256) }" "{ let x := bitnot(7) }" "--yul"
-test_solc_assembly_output "{ let t:bool := not(true) }" "{ let t:bool := not(true) }" "--yul"
-test_solc_assembly_output "{ let x := 0 }" "{ let x := 0 }" "--strict-assembly"
-test_solc_assembly_output "{ let x := 0 }" "{ { } }" "--strict-assembly --optimize"
+test_solc_assembly_output "{ let x:u256 := 0:u256 mstore(0, x) }" "{ { let x := 0 mstore(0, x) } }" "--yul"
+test_solc_assembly_output "{ let x:u256 := bitnot(7:u256) mstore(0, x) }" "{ { let x := bitnot(7) mstore(0, x) } }" "--yul"
+test_solc_assembly_output "{ let t:bool := not(true) if t { mstore(0, 1) } }" "{ { let t:bool := not(true) if t { mstore(0, 1) } } }" "--yul"
+test_solc_assembly_output "{ let x := 0 mstore(0, x) }" "{ { let x := 0 mstore(0, x) } }" "--strict-assembly"
+test_solc_assembly_output "{ let x := 0 mstore(0, x) }" "{ { } }" "--strict-assembly --optimize"