//===- DeadStoreElimination.cpp - Fast Dead Store Elimination -------------===// // // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure // // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // // This file implements a trivial dead store elimination that only considers // basic-block local redundant stores. // // FIXME: This should eventually be extended to be a post-dominator tree // traversal. Doing so would be pretty trivial. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #define DEBUG_TYPE "dse" #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h" #include "llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h" #include "llvm/ADT/SetVector.h" #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/CaptureTracking.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/Dominators.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h" #include "llvm/IR/Constants.h" #include "llvm/IR/DataLayout.h" #include "llvm/IR/Function.h" #include "llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h" #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h" #include "llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h" #include "llvm/Pass.h" #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h" #include "llvm/Target/TargetLibraryInfo.h" #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/Local.h" using namespace llvm; STATISTIC(NumFastStores, "Number of stores deleted"); STATISTIC(NumFastOther , "Number of other instrs removed"); namespace { struct DSE : public FunctionPass { AliasAnalysis *AA; MemoryDependenceAnalysis *MD; DominatorTree *DT; const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI; static char ID; // Pass identification, replacement for typeid DSE() : FunctionPass(ID), AA(0), MD(0), DT(0) { initializeDSEPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry()); } virtual bool runOnFunction(Function &F) { AA = &getAnalysis(); MD = &getAnalysis(); DT = &getAnalysis(); TLI = AA->getTargetLibraryInfo(); bool Changed = false; for (Function::iterator I = F.begin(), E = F.end(); I != E; ++I) // Only check non-dead blocks. Dead blocks may have strange pointer // cycles that will confuse alias analysis. if (DT->isReachableFromEntry(I)) Changed |= runOnBasicBlock(*I); AA = 0; MD = 0; DT = 0; return Changed; } bool runOnBasicBlock(BasicBlock &BB); bool HandleFree(CallInst *F); bool handleEndBlock(BasicBlock &BB); void RemoveAccessedObjects(const AliasAnalysis::Location &LoadedLoc, SmallSetVector &DeadStackObjects); virtual void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const { AU.setPreservesCFG(); AU.addRequired(); AU.addRequired(); AU.addRequired(); AU.addPreserved(); AU.addPreserved(); AU.addPreserved(); } }; } char DSE::ID = 0; INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(DSE, "dse", "Dead Store Elimination", false, false) INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(DominatorTree) INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(MemoryDependenceAnalysis) INITIALIZE_AG_DEPENDENCY(AliasAnalysis) INITIALIZE_PASS_END(DSE, "dse", "Dead Store Elimination", false, false) FunctionPass *llvm::createDeadStoreEliminationPass() { return new DSE(); } //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // Helper functions //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// /// DeleteDeadInstruction - Delete this instruction. Before we do, go through /// and zero out all the operands of this instruction. If any of them become /// dead, delete them and the computation tree that feeds them. /// /// If ValueSet is non-null, remove any deleted instructions from it as well. /// static void DeleteDeadInstruction(Instruction *I, MemoryDependenceAnalysis &MD, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI, SmallSetVector *ValueSet = 0) { SmallVector NowDeadInsts; NowDeadInsts.push_back(I); --NumFastOther; // Before we touch this instruction, remove it from memdep! do { Instruction *DeadInst = NowDeadInsts.pop_back_val(); ++NumFastOther; // This instruction is dead, zap it, in stages. Start by removing it from // MemDep, which needs to know the operands and needs it to be in the // function. MD.removeInstruction(DeadInst); for (unsigned op = 0, e = DeadInst->getNumOperands(); op != e; ++op) { Value *Op = DeadInst->getOperand(op); DeadInst->setOperand(op, 0); // If this operand just became dead, add it to the NowDeadInsts list. if (!Op->use_empty()) continue; if (Instruction *OpI = dyn_cast(Op)) if (isInstructionTriviallyDead(OpI, TLI)) NowDeadInsts.push_back(OpI); } DeadInst->eraseFromParent(); if (ValueSet) ValueSet->remove(DeadInst); } while (!NowDeadInsts.empty()); } /// hasMemoryWrite - Does this instruction write some memory? This only returns /// true for things that we can analyze with other helpers below. static bool hasMemoryWrite(Instruction *I, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI) { if (isa(I)) return true; if (IntrinsicInst *II = dyn_cast(I)) { switch (II->getIntrinsicID()) { default: return false; case Intrinsic::memset: case Intrinsic::memmove: case Intrinsic::memcpy: case Intrinsic::init_trampoline: case Intrinsic::lifetime_end: return true; } } if (CallSite CS = I) { if (Function *F = CS.getCalledFunction()) { if (TLI && TLI->has(LibFunc::strcpy) && F->getName() == TLI->getName(LibFunc::strcpy)) { return true; } if (TLI && TLI->has(LibFunc::strncpy) && F->getName() == TLI->getName(LibFunc::strncpy)) { return true; } if (TLI && TLI->has(LibFunc::strcat) && F->getName() == TLI->getName(LibFunc::strcat)) { return true; } if (TLI && TLI->has(LibFunc::strncat) && F->getName() == TLI->getName(LibFunc::strncat)) { return true; } } } return false; } /// getLocForWrite - Return a Location stored to by the specified instruction. /// If isRemovable returns true, this function and getLocForRead completely /// describe the memory operations for this instruction. static AliasAnalysis::Location getLocForWrite(Instruction *Inst, AliasAnalysis &AA) { if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast(Inst)) return AA.getLocation(SI); if (MemIntrinsic *MI = dyn_cast(Inst)) { // memcpy/memmove/memset. AliasAnalysis::Location Loc = AA.getLocationForDest(MI); // If we don't have target data around, an unknown size in Location means // that we should use the size of the pointee type. This isn't valid for // memset/memcpy, which writes more than an i8. if (Loc.Size == AliasAnalysis::UnknownSize && AA.getDataLayout() == 0) return AliasAnalysis::Location(); return Loc; } IntrinsicInst *II = dyn_cast(Inst); if (II == 0) return AliasAnalysis::Location(); switch (II->getIntrinsicID()) { default: return AliasAnalysis::Location(); // Unhandled intrinsic. case Intrinsic::init_trampoline: // If we don't have target data around, an unknown size in Location means // that we should use the size of the pointee type. This isn't valid for // init.trampoline, which writes more than an i8. if (AA.getDataLayout() == 0) return AliasAnalysis::Location(); // FIXME: We don't know the size of the trampoline, so we can't really // handle it here. return AliasAnalysis::Location(II->getArgOperand(0)); case Intrinsic::lifetime_end: { uint64_t Len = cast(II->getArgOperand(0))->getZExtValue(); return AliasAnalysis::Location(II->getArgOperand(1), Len); } } } /// getLocForRead - Return the location read by the specified "hasMemoryWrite" /// instruction if any. static AliasAnalysis::Location getLocForRead(Instruction *Inst, AliasAnalysis &AA) { assert(hasMemoryWrite(Inst, AA.getTargetLibraryInfo()) && "Unknown instruction case"); // The only instructions that both read and write are the mem transfer // instructions (memcpy/memmove). if (MemTransferInst *MTI = dyn_cast(Inst)) return AA.getLocationForSource(MTI); return AliasAnalysis::Location(); } /// isRemovable - If the value of this instruction and the memory it writes to /// is unused, may we delete this instruction? static bool isRemovable(Instruction *I) { // Don't remove volatile/atomic stores. if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast(I)) return SI->isUnordered(); if (IntrinsicInst *II = dyn_cast(I)) { switch (II->getIntrinsicID()) { default: llvm_unreachable("doesn't pass 'hasMemoryWrite' predicate"); case Intrinsic::lifetime_end: // Never remove dead lifetime_end's, e.g. because it is followed by a // free. return false; case Intrinsic::init_trampoline: // Always safe to remove init_trampoline. return true; case Intrinsic::memset: case Intrinsic::memmove: case Intrinsic::memcpy: // Don't remove volatile memory intrinsics. return !cast(II)->isVolatile(); } } if (CallSite CS = I) return CS.getInstruction()->use_empty(); return false; } /// isShortenable - Returns true if this instruction can be safely shortened in /// length. static bool isShortenable(Instruction *I) { // Don't shorten stores for now if (isa(I)) return false; if (IntrinsicInst *II = dyn_cast(I)) { switch (II->getIntrinsicID()) { default: return false; case Intrinsic::memset: case Intrinsic::memcpy: // Do shorten memory intrinsics. return true; } } // Don't shorten libcalls calls for now. return false; } /// getStoredPointerOperand - Return the pointer that is being written to. static Value *getStoredPointerOperand(Instruction *I) { if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast(I)) return SI->getPointerOperand(); if (MemIntrinsic *MI = dyn_cast(I)) return MI->getDest(); if (IntrinsicInst *II = dyn_cast(I)) { switch (II->getIntrinsicID()) { default: llvm_unreachable("Unexpected intrinsic!"); case Intrinsic::init_trampoline: return II->getArgOperand(0); } } CallSite CS = I; // All the supported functions so far happen to have dest as their first // argument. return CS.getArgument(0); } static uint64_t getPointerSize(const Value *V, AliasAnalysis &AA) { uint64_t Size; if (getObjectSize(V, Size, AA.getDataLayout(), AA.getTargetLibraryInfo())) return Size; return AliasAnalysis::UnknownSize; } namespace { enum OverwriteResult { OverwriteComplete, OverwriteEnd, OverwriteUnknown }; } /// isOverwrite - Return 'OverwriteComplete' if a store to the 'Later' location /// completely overwrites a store to the 'Earlier' location. /// 'OverwriteEnd' if the end of the 'Earlier' location is completely /// overwritten by 'Later', or 'OverwriteUnknown' if nothing can be determined static OverwriteResult isOverwrite(const AliasAnalysis::Location &Later, const AliasAnalysis::Location &Earlier, AliasAnalysis &AA, int64_t &EarlierOff, int64_t &LaterOff) { const Value *P1 = Earlier.Ptr->stripPointerCasts(); const Value *P2 = Later.Ptr->stripPointerCasts(); // If the start pointers are the same, we just have to compare sizes to see if // the later store was larger than the earlier store. if (P1 == P2) { // If we don't know the sizes of either access, then we can't do a // comparison. if (Later.Size == AliasAnalysis::UnknownSize || Earlier.Size == AliasAnalysis::UnknownSize) { // If we have no DataLayout information around, then the size of the store // is inferrable from the pointee type. If they are the same type, then // we know that the store is safe. if (AA.getDataLayout() == 0 && Later.Ptr->getType() == Earlier.Ptr->getType()) return OverwriteComplete; return OverwriteUnknown; } // Make sure that the Later size is >= the Earlier size. if (Later.Size >= Earlier.Size) return OverwriteComplete; } // Otherwise, we have to have size information, and the later store has to be // larger than the earlier one. if (Later.Size == AliasAnalysis::UnknownSize || Earlier.Size == AliasAnalysis::UnknownSize || AA.getDataLayout() == 0) return OverwriteUnknown; // Check to see if the later store is to the entire object (either a global, // an alloca, or a byval argument). If so, then it clearly overwrites any // other store to the same object. const DataLayout *TD = AA.getDataLayout(); const Value *UO1 = GetUnderlyingObject(P1, TD), *UO2 = GetUnderlyingObject(P2, TD); // If we can't resolve the same pointers to the same object, then we can't // analyze them at all. if (UO1 != UO2) return OverwriteUnknown; // If the "Later" store is to a recognizable object, get its size. uint64_t ObjectSize = getPointerSize(UO2, AA); if (ObjectSize != AliasAnalysis::UnknownSize) if (ObjectSize == Later.Size && ObjectSize >= Earlier.Size) return OverwriteComplete; // Okay, we have stores to two completely different pointers. Try to // decompose the pointer into a "base + constant_offset" form. If the base // pointers are equal, then we can reason about the two stores. EarlierOff = 0; LaterOff = 0; const Value *BP1 = GetPointerBaseWithConstantOffset(P1, EarlierOff, TD); const Value *BP2 = GetPointerBaseWithConstantOffset(P2, LaterOff, TD); // If the base pointers still differ, we have two completely different stores. if (BP1 != BP2) return OverwriteUnknown; // The later store completely overlaps the earlier store if: // // 1. Both start at the same offset and the later one's size is greater than // or equal to the earlier one's, or // // |--earlier--| // |-- later --| // // 2. The earlier store has an offset greater than the later offset, but which // still lies completely within the later store. // // |--earlier--| // |----- later ------| // // We have to be careful here as *Off is signed while *.Size is unsigned. if (EarlierOff >= LaterOff && Later.Size >= Earlier.Size && uint64_t(EarlierOff - LaterOff) + Earlier.Size <= Later.Size) return OverwriteComplete; // The other interesting case is if the later store overwrites the end of // the earlier store // // |--earlier--| // |-- later --| // // In this case we may want to trim the size of earlier to avoid generating // writes to addresses which will definitely be overwritten later if (LaterOff > EarlierOff && LaterOff < int64_t(EarlierOff + Earlier.Size) && int64_t(LaterOff + Later.Size) >= int64_t(EarlierOff + Earlier.Size)) return OverwriteEnd; // Otherwise, they don't completely overlap. return OverwriteUnknown; } /// isPossibleSelfRead - If 'Inst' might be a self read (i.e. a noop copy of a /// memory region into an identical pointer) then it doesn't actually make its /// input dead in the traditional sense. Consider this case: /// /// memcpy(A <- B) /// memcpy(A <- A) /// /// In this case, the second store to A does not make the first store to A dead. /// The usual situation isn't an explicit A<-A store like this (which can be /// trivially removed) but a case where two pointers may alias. /// /// This function detects when it is unsafe to remove a dependent instruction /// because the DSE inducing instruction may be a self-read. static bool isPossibleSelfRead(Instruction *Inst, const AliasAnalysis::Location &InstStoreLoc, Instruction *DepWrite, AliasAnalysis &AA) { // Self reads can only happen for instructions that read memory. Get the // location read. AliasAnalysis::Location InstReadLoc = getLocForRead(Inst, AA); if (InstReadLoc.Ptr == 0) return false; // Not a reading instruction. // If the read and written loc obviously don't alias, it isn't a read. if (AA.isNoAlias(InstReadLoc, InstStoreLoc)) return false; // Okay, 'Inst' may copy over itself. However, we can still remove a the // DepWrite instruction if we can prove that it reads from the same location // as Inst. This handles useful cases like: // memcpy(A <- B) // memcpy(A <- B) // Here we don't know if A/B may alias, but we do know that B/B are must // aliases, so removing the first memcpy is safe (assuming it writes <= # // bytes as the second one. AliasAnalysis::Location DepReadLoc = getLocForRead(DepWrite, AA); if (DepReadLoc.Ptr && AA.isMustAlias(InstReadLoc.Ptr, DepReadLoc.Ptr)) return false; // If DepWrite doesn't read memory or if we can't prove it is a must alias, // then it can't be considered dead. return true; } //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // DSE Pass //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// bool DSE::runOnBasicBlock(BasicBlock &BB) { bool MadeChange = false; // Do a top-down walk on the BB. for (BasicBlock::iterator BBI = BB.begin(), BBE = BB.end(); BBI != BBE; ) { Instruction *Inst = BBI++; // Handle 'free' calls specially. if (CallInst *F = isFreeCall(Inst, TLI)) { MadeChange |= HandleFree(F); continue; } // If we find something that writes memory, get its memory dependence. if (!hasMemoryWrite(Inst, TLI)) continue; MemDepResult InstDep = MD->getDependency(Inst); // Ignore any store where we can't find a local dependence. // FIXME: cross-block DSE would be fun. :) if (!InstDep.isDef() && !InstDep.isClobber()) continue; // If we're storing the same value back to a pointer that we just // loaded from, then the store can be removed. if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast(Inst)) { if (LoadInst *DepLoad = dyn_cast(InstDep.getInst())) { if (SI->getPointerOperand() == DepLoad->getPointerOperand() && SI->getOperand(0) == DepLoad && isRemovable(SI)) { DEBUG(dbgs() << "DSE: Remove Store Of Load from same pointer:\n " << "LOAD: " << *DepLoad << "\n STORE: " << *SI << '\n'); // DeleteDeadInstruction can delete the current instruction. Save BBI // in case we need it. WeakVH NextInst(BBI); DeleteDeadInstruction(SI, *MD, TLI); if (NextInst == 0) // Next instruction deleted. BBI = BB.begin(); else if (BBI != BB.begin()) // Revisit this instruction if possible. --BBI; ++NumFastStores; MadeChange = true; continue; } } } // Figure out what location is being stored to. AliasAnalysis::Location Loc = getLocForWrite(Inst, *AA); // If we didn't get a useful location, fail. if (Loc.Ptr == 0) continue; while (InstDep.isDef() || InstDep.isClobber()) { // Get the memory clobbered by the instruction we depend on. MemDep will // skip any instructions that 'Loc' clearly doesn't interact with. If we // end up depending on a may- or must-aliased load, then we can't optimize // away the store and we bail out. However, if we depend on on something // that overwrites the memory location we *can* potentially optimize it. // // Find out what memory location the dependent instruction stores. Instruction *DepWrite = InstDep.getInst(); AliasAnalysis::Location DepLoc = getLocForWrite(DepWrite, *AA); // If we didn't get a useful location, or if it isn't a size, bail out. if (DepLoc.Ptr == 0) break; // If we find a write that is a) removable (i.e., non-volatile), b) is // completely obliterated by the store to 'Loc', and c) which we know that // 'Inst' doesn't load from, then we can remove it. if (isRemovable(DepWrite) && !isPossibleSelfRead(Inst, Loc, DepWrite, *AA)) { int64_t InstWriteOffset, DepWriteOffset; OverwriteResult OR = isOverwrite(Loc, DepLoc, *AA, DepWriteOffset, InstWriteOffset); if (OR == OverwriteComplete) { DEBUG(dbgs() << "DSE: Remove Dead Store:\n DEAD: " << *DepWrite << "\n KILLER: " << *Inst << '\n'); // Delete the store and now-dead instructions that feed it. DeleteDeadInstruction(DepWrite, *MD, TLI); ++NumFastStores; MadeChange = true; // DeleteDeadInstruction can delete the current instruction in loop // cases, reset BBI. BBI = Inst; if (BBI != BB.begin()) --BBI; break; } else if (OR == OverwriteEnd && isShortenable(DepWrite)) { // TODO: base this on the target vector size so that if the earlier // store was too small to get vector writes anyway then its likely // a good idea to shorten it // Power of 2 vector writes are probably always a bad idea to optimize // as any store/memset/memcpy is likely using vector instructions so // shortening it to not vector size is likely to be slower MemIntrinsic* DepIntrinsic = cast(DepWrite); unsigned DepWriteAlign = DepIntrinsic->getAlignment(); if (llvm::isPowerOf2_64(InstWriteOffset) || ((DepWriteAlign != 0) && InstWriteOffset % DepWriteAlign == 0)) { DEBUG(dbgs() << "DSE: Remove Dead Store:\n OW END: " << *DepWrite << "\n KILLER (offset " << InstWriteOffset << ", " << DepLoc.Size << ")" << *Inst << '\n'); Value* DepWriteLength = DepIntrinsic->getLength(); Value* TrimmedLength = ConstantInt::get(DepWriteLength->getType(), InstWriteOffset - DepWriteOffset); DepIntrinsic->setLength(TrimmedLength); MadeChange = true; } } } // If this is a may-aliased store that is clobbering the store value, we // can keep searching past it for another must-aliased pointer that stores // to the same location. For example, in: // store -> P // store -> Q // store -> P // we can remove the first store to P even though we don't know if P and Q // alias. if (DepWrite == &BB.front()) break; // Can't look past this instruction if it might read 'Loc'. if (AA->getModRefInfo(DepWrite, Loc) & AliasAnalysis::Ref) break; InstDep = MD->getPointerDependencyFrom(Loc, false, DepWrite, &BB); } } // If this block ends in a return, unwind, or unreachable, all allocas are // dead at its end, which means stores to them are also dead. if (BB.getTerminator()->getNumSuccessors() == 0) MadeChange |= handleEndBlock(BB); return MadeChange; } /// Find all blocks that will unconditionally lead to the block BB and append /// them to F. static void FindUnconditionalPreds(SmallVectorImpl &Blocks, BasicBlock *BB, DominatorTree *DT) { for (pred_iterator I = pred_begin(BB), E = pred_end(BB); I != E; ++I) { BasicBlock *Pred = *I; if (Pred == BB) continue; TerminatorInst *PredTI = Pred->getTerminator(); if (PredTI->getNumSuccessors() != 1) continue; if (DT->isReachableFromEntry(Pred)) Blocks.push_back(Pred); } } /// HandleFree - Handle frees of entire structures whose dependency is a store /// to a field of that structure. bool DSE::HandleFree(CallInst *F) { bool MadeChange = false; AliasAnalysis::Location Loc = AliasAnalysis::Location(F->getOperand(0)); SmallVector Blocks; Blocks.push_back(F->getParent()); while (!Blocks.empty()) { BasicBlock *BB = Blocks.pop_back_val(); Instruction *InstPt = BB->getTerminator(); if (BB == F->getParent()) InstPt = F; MemDepResult Dep = MD->getPointerDependencyFrom(Loc, false, InstPt, BB); while (Dep.isDef() || Dep.isClobber()) { Instruction *Dependency = Dep.getInst(); if (!hasMemoryWrite(Dependency, TLI) || !isRemovable(Dependency)) break; Value *DepPointer = GetUnderlyingObject(getStoredPointerOperand(Dependency)); // Check for aliasing. if (!AA->isMustAlias(F->getArgOperand(0), DepPointer)) break; Instruction *Next = llvm::next(BasicBlock::iterator(Dependency)); // DCE instructions only used to calculate that store DeleteDeadInstruction(Dependency, *MD, TLI); ++NumFastStores; MadeChange = true; // Inst's old Dependency is now deleted. Compute the next dependency, // which may also be dead, as in // s[0] = 0; // s[1] = 0; // This has just been deleted. // free(s); Dep = MD->getPointerDependencyFrom(Loc, false, Next, BB); } if (Dep.isNonLocal()) FindUnconditionalPreds(Blocks, BB, DT); } return MadeChange; } namespace { struct CouldRef { typedef Value *argument_type; const CallSite CS; AliasAnalysis *AA; bool operator()(Value *I) { // See if the call site touches the value. AliasAnalysis::ModRefResult A = AA->getModRefInfo(CS, I, getPointerSize(I, *AA)); return A == AliasAnalysis::ModRef || A == AliasAnalysis::Ref; } }; } /// handleEndBlock - Remove dead stores to stack-allocated locations in the /// function end block. Ex: /// %A = alloca i32 /// ... /// store i32 1, i32* %A /// ret void bool DSE::handleEndBlock(BasicBlock &BB) { bool MadeChange = false; // Keep track of all of the stack objects that are dead at the end of the // function. SmallSetVector DeadStackObjects; // Find all of the alloca'd pointers in the entry block. BasicBlock *Entry = BB.getParent()->begin(); for (BasicBlock::iterator I = Entry->begin(), E = Entry->end(); I != E; ++I) { if (isa(I)) DeadStackObjects.insert(I); // Okay, so these are dead heap objects, but if the pointer never escapes // then it's leaked by this function anyways. else if (isAllocLikeFn(I, TLI) && !PointerMayBeCaptured(I, true, true)) DeadStackObjects.insert(I); } // Treat byval arguments the same, stores to them are dead at the end of the // function. for (Function::arg_iterator AI = BB.getParent()->arg_begin(), AE = BB.getParent()->arg_end(); AI != AE; ++AI) if (AI->hasByValAttr()) DeadStackObjects.insert(AI); // Scan the basic block backwards for (BasicBlock::iterator BBI = BB.end(); BBI != BB.begin(); ){ --BBI; // If we find a store, check to see if it points into a dead stack value. if (hasMemoryWrite(BBI, TLI) && isRemovable(BBI)) { // See through pointer-to-pointer bitcasts SmallVector Pointers; GetUnderlyingObjects(getStoredPointerOperand(BBI), Pointers); // Stores to stack values are valid candidates for removal. bool AllDead = true; for (SmallVectorImpl::iterator I = Pointers.begin(), E = Pointers.end(); I != E; ++I) if (!DeadStackObjects.count(*I)) { AllDead = false; break; } if (AllDead) { Instruction *Dead = BBI++; DEBUG(dbgs() << "DSE: Dead Store at End of Block:\n DEAD: " << *Dead << "\n Objects: "; for (SmallVectorImpl::iterator I = Pointers.begin(), E = Pointers.end(); I != E; ++I) { dbgs() << **I; if (llvm::next(I) != E) dbgs() << ", "; } dbgs() << '\n'); // DCE instructions only used to calculate that store. DeleteDeadInstruction(Dead, *MD, TLI, &DeadStackObjects); ++NumFastStores; MadeChange = true; continue; } } // Remove any dead non-memory-mutating instructions. if (isInstructionTriviallyDead(BBI, TLI)) { Instruction *Inst = BBI++; DeleteDeadInstruction(Inst, *MD, TLI, &DeadStackObjects); ++NumFastOther; MadeChange = true; continue; } if (isa(BBI)) { // Remove allocas from the list of dead stack objects; there can't be // any references before the definition. DeadStackObjects.remove(BBI); continue; } if (CallSite CS = cast(BBI)) { // Remove allocation function calls from the list of dead stack objects; // there can't be any references before the definition. if (isAllocLikeFn(BBI, TLI)) DeadStackObjects.remove(BBI); // If this call does not access memory, it can't be loading any of our // pointers. if (AA->doesNotAccessMemory(CS)) continue; // If the call might load from any of our allocas, then any store above // the call is live. CouldRef Pred = { CS, AA }; DeadStackObjects.remove_if(Pred); // If all of the allocas were clobbered by the call then we're not going // to find anything else to process. if (DeadStackObjects.empty()) break; continue; } AliasAnalysis::Location LoadedLoc; // If we encounter a use of the pointer, it is no longer considered dead if (LoadInst *L = dyn_cast(BBI)) { if (!L->isUnordered()) // Be conservative with atomic/volatile load break; LoadedLoc = AA->getLocation(L); } else if (VAArgInst *V = dyn_cast(BBI)) { LoadedLoc = AA->getLocation(V); } else if (MemTransferInst *MTI = dyn_cast(BBI)) { LoadedLoc = AA->getLocationForSource(MTI); } else if (!BBI->mayReadFromMemory()) { // Instruction doesn't read memory. Note that stores that weren't removed // above will hit this case. continue; } else { // Unknown inst; assume it clobbers everything. break; } // Remove any allocas from the DeadPointer set that are loaded, as this // makes any stores above the access live. RemoveAccessedObjects(LoadedLoc, DeadStackObjects); // If all of the allocas were clobbered by the access then we're not going // to find anything else to process. if (DeadStackObjects.empty()) break; } return MadeChange; } namespace { struct CouldAlias { typedef Value *argument_type; const AliasAnalysis::Location &LoadedLoc; AliasAnalysis *AA; bool operator()(Value *I) { // See if the loaded location could alias the stack location. AliasAnalysis::Location StackLoc(I, getPointerSize(I, *AA)); return !AA->isNoAlias(StackLoc, LoadedLoc); } }; } /// RemoveAccessedObjects - Check to see if the specified location may alias any /// of the stack objects in the DeadStackObjects set. If so, they become live /// because the location is being loaded. void DSE::RemoveAccessedObjects(const AliasAnalysis::Location &LoadedLoc, SmallSetVector &DeadStackObjects) { const Value *UnderlyingPointer = GetUnderlyingObject(LoadedLoc.Ptr); // A constant can't be in the dead pointer set. if (isa(UnderlyingPointer)) return; // If the kill pointer can be easily reduced to an alloca, don't bother doing // extraneous AA queries. if (isa(UnderlyingPointer) || isa(UnderlyingPointer)) { DeadStackObjects.remove(const_cast(UnderlyingPointer)); return; } // Remove objects that could alias LoadedLoc. CouldAlias Pred = { LoadedLoc, AA }; DeadStackObjects.remove_if(Pred); }