ArgumentPromotion.cpp revision 7db5a6df78749bf0cd37870fcefe08b8849e38e6
1//===-- ArgumentPromotion.cpp - Promote 'by reference' arguments ----------===//
2//
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7//
8//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9//
10// This pass promotes "by reference" arguments to be "by value" arguments.  In
11// practice, this means looking for internal functions that have pointer
12// arguments.  If we can prove, through the use of alias analysis, that that an
13// argument is *only* loaded, then we can pass the value into the function
14// instead of the address of the value.  This can cause recursive simplification
15// of code, and lead to the elimination of allocas, especially in C++ template
16// code like the STL.
17//
18// Note that this transformation could also be done for arguments that are only
19// stored to (returning the value instead), but we do not currently handle that
20// case.
21//
22// Note that we should be able to promote pointers to structures that are only
23// loaded from as well.  The danger is creating way to many arguments, so this
24// transformation should be limited to 3 element structs or something.
25//
26//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
27
28#include "llvm/Transforms/IPO.h"
29#include "llvm/Constants.h"
30#include "llvm/DerivedTypes.h"
31#include "llvm/Module.h"
32#include "llvm/Pass.h"
33#include "llvm/Instructions.h"
34#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
35#include "llvm/Target/TargetData.h"
36#include "llvm/Support/CallSite.h"
37#include "llvm/Support/CFG.h"
38#include "Support/Debug.h"
39#include "Support/DepthFirstIterator.h"
40#include "Support/Statistic.h"
41#include <set>
42using namespace llvm;
43
44namespace {
45  Statistic<> NumArgumentsPromoted("argpromotion",
46                                   "Number of pointer arguments promoted");
47  Statistic<> NumArgumentsDead("argpromotion",
48                               "Number of dead pointer args eliminated");
49
50  /// ArgPromotion - The 'by reference' to 'by value' argument promotion pass.
51  ///
52  class ArgPromotion : public Pass {
53    // WorkList - The set of internal functions that we have yet to process.  As
54    // we eliminate arguments from a function, we push all callers into this set
55    // so that the by reference argument can be bubbled out as far as possible.
56    // This set contains only internal functions.
57    std::set<Function*> WorkList;
58  public:
59    virtual void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
60      AU.addRequired<AliasAnalysis>();
61      AU.addRequired<TargetData>();
62    }
63
64    virtual bool run(Module &M);
65  private:
66    bool PromoteArguments(Function *F);
67    bool isSafeToPromoteArgument(Argument *Arg) const;
68    void DoPromotion(Function *F, std::vector<Argument*> &ArgsToPromote);
69  };
70
71  RegisterOpt<ArgPromotion> X("argpromotion",
72                              "Promote 'by reference' arguments to scalars");
73}
74
75Pass *llvm::createArgumentPromotionPass() {
76  return new ArgPromotion();
77}
78
79bool ArgPromotion::run(Module &M) {
80  bool Changed = false;
81  for (Module::iterator I = M.begin(), E = M.end(); I != E; ++I)
82    if (I->hasInternalLinkage()) {
83      WorkList.insert(I);
84
85      // If there are any constant pointer refs pointing to this function,
86      // eliminate them now if possible.
87      ConstantPointerRef *CPR = 0;
88      for (Value::use_iterator UI = I->use_begin(), E = I->use_end(); UI != E;
89           ++UI)
90        if ((CPR = dyn_cast<ConstantPointerRef>(*UI)))
91          break;  // Found one!
92      if (CPR) {
93        // See if we can transform all users to use the function directly.
94        while (!CPR->use_empty()) {
95          User *TheUser = CPR->use_back();
96          if (!isa<Constant>(TheUser) && !isa<GlobalVariable>(TheUser)) {
97            Changed = true;
98            TheUser->replaceUsesOfWith(CPR, I);
99          } else {
100            // We won't be able to eliminate all users.  :(
101            WorkList.erase(I);  // Minor efficiency win.
102            break;
103          }
104        }
105
106        // If we nuked all users of the CPR, kill the CPR now!
107        if (CPR->use_empty()) {
108          CPR->destroyConstant();
109          Changed = true;
110        }
111      }
112    }
113
114  while (!WorkList.empty()) {
115    Function *F = *WorkList.begin();
116    WorkList.erase(WorkList.begin());
117
118    if (PromoteArguments(F))    // Attempt to promote an argument.
119      Changed = true;           // Remember that we changed something.
120  }
121
122  return Changed;
123}
124
125
126bool ArgPromotion::PromoteArguments(Function *F) {
127  assert(F->hasInternalLinkage() && "We can only process internal functions!");
128
129  // First check: see if there are any pointer arguments!  If not, quick exit.
130  std::vector<Argument*> PointerArgs;
131  for (Function::aiterator I = F->abegin(), E = F->aend(); I != E; ++I)
132    if (isa<PointerType>(I->getType()))
133      PointerArgs.push_back(I);
134  if (PointerArgs.empty()) return false;
135
136  // Second check: make sure that all callers are direct callers.  We can't
137  // transform functions that have indirect callers.
138  for (Value::use_iterator UI = F->use_begin(), E = F->use_end();
139       UI != E; ++UI) {
140    CallSite CS = CallSite::get(*UI);
141    if (Instruction *I = CS.getInstruction()) {
142      // Ensure that this call site is CALLING the function, not passing it as
143      // an argument.
144      for (CallSite::arg_iterator AI = CS.arg_begin(), E = CS.arg_end();
145           AI != E; ++AI)
146        if (*AI == F) return false;   // Passing the function address in!
147    } else {
148      return false;  // Cannot promote an indirect call!
149    }
150  }
151
152  // Check to see which arguments are promotable.  If an argument is not
153  // promotable, remove it from the PointerArgs vector.
154  for (unsigned i = 0; i != PointerArgs.size(); ++i)
155    if (!isSafeToPromoteArgument(PointerArgs[i])) {
156      std::swap(PointerArgs[i--], PointerArgs.back());
157      PointerArgs.pop_back();
158    }
159
160  // No promotable pointer arguments.
161  if (PointerArgs.empty()) return false;
162
163  // Okay, promote all of the arguments are rewrite the callees!
164  DoPromotion(F, PointerArgs);
165  return true;
166}
167
168bool ArgPromotion::isSafeToPromoteArgument(Argument *Arg) const {
169  // We can only promote this argument if all of the uses are loads...
170  std::vector<LoadInst*> Loads;
171  for (Value::use_iterator UI = Arg->use_begin(), E = Arg->use_end();
172       UI != E; ++UI)
173    if (LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(*UI)) {
174      if (LI->isVolatile()) return false;  // Don't hack volatile loads
175      Loads.push_back(LI);
176    } else
177      return false;
178
179  if (Loads.empty()) return true;  // No users, dead argument.
180
181  const Type *LoadTy = cast<PointerType>(Arg->getType())->getElementType();
182  unsigned LoadSize = getAnalysis<TargetData>().getTypeSize(LoadTy);
183
184  // Okay, now we know that the argument is only used by load instructions.
185  // Check to see if the pointer is guaranteed to not be modified from entry of
186  // the function to each of the load instructions.
187  Function &F = *Arg->getParent();
188
189  // Because there could be several/many load instructions, remember which
190  // blocks we know to be transparent to the load.
191  std::set<BasicBlock*> TranspBlocks;
192
193  AliasAnalysis &AA = getAnalysis<AliasAnalysis>();
194
195  for (unsigned i = 0, e = Loads.size(); i != e; ++i) {
196    // Check to see if the load is invalidated from the start of the block to
197    // the load itself.
198    LoadInst *Load = Loads[i];
199    BasicBlock *BB = Load->getParent();
200    if (AA.canInstructionRangeModify(BB->front(), *Load, Arg, LoadSize))
201      return false;  // Pointer is invalidated!
202
203    // Now check every path from the entry block to the load for transparency.
204    // To do this, we perform a depth first search on the inverse CFG from the
205    // loading block.
206    for (pred_iterator PI = pred_begin(BB), E = pred_end(BB); PI != E; ++PI)
207      for (idf_ext_iterator<BasicBlock*> I = idf_ext_begin(*PI, TranspBlocks),
208             E = idf_ext_end(*PI, TranspBlocks); I != E; ++I)
209        if (AA.canBasicBlockModify(**I, Arg, LoadSize))
210          return false;
211  }
212
213  // If the path from the entry of the function to each load is free of
214  // instructions that potentially invalidate the load, we can make the
215  // transformation!
216  return true;
217}
218
219
220void ArgPromotion::DoPromotion(Function *F, std::vector<Argument*> &Args2Prom) {
221  std::set<Argument*> ArgsToPromote(Args2Prom.begin(), Args2Prom.end());
222
223  // Start by computing a new prototype for the function, which is the same as
224  // the old function, but has modified arguments.
225  const FunctionType *FTy = F->getFunctionType();
226  std::vector<const Type*> Params;
227
228  for (Function::aiterator I = F->abegin(), E = F->aend(); I != E; ++I)
229    if (!ArgsToPromote.count(I)) {
230      Params.push_back(I->getType());
231    } else if (!I->use_empty()) {
232      Params.push_back(cast<PointerType>(I->getType())->getElementType());
233      ++NumArgumentsPromoted;
234    } else {
235      ++NumArgumentsDead;
236    }
237
238  const Type *RetTy = FTy->getReturnType();
239
240  // Work around LLVM bug PR56: the CWriter cannot emit varargs functions which
241  // have zero fixed arguments.
242  bool ExtraArgHack = false;
243  if (Params.empty() && FTy->isVarArg()) {
244    ExtraArgHack = true;
245    Params.push_back(Type::IntTy);
246  }
247  FunctionType *NFTy = FunctionType::get(RetTy, Params, FTy->isVarArg());
248
249   // Create the new function body and insert it into the module...
250  Function *NF = new Function(NFTy, F->getLinkage(), F->getName());
251  F->getParent()->getFunctionList().insert(F, NF);
252
253  // Loop over all of the callers of the function, transforming the call sites
254  // to pass in the loaded pointers.
255  //
256  std::vector<Value*> Args;
257  while (!F->use_empty()) {
258    CallSite CS = CallSite::get(F->use_back());
259    Instruction *Call = CS.getInstruction();
260
261    // Make sure the caller of this function is revisited.
262    if (Call->getParent()->getParent()->hasInternalLinkage())
263      WorkList.insert(Call->getParent()->getParent());
264
265    // Loop over the operands, deleting dead ones...
266    CallSite::arg_iterator AI = CS.arg_begin();
267    for (Function::aiterator I = F->abegin(), E = F->aend(); I != E; ++I, ++AI)
268      if (!ArgsToPromote.count(I))
269        Args.push_back(*AI);          // Unmodified argument
270      else if (!I->use_empty()) {
271        // Non-dead instruction
272        Args.push_back(new LoadInst(*AI, (*AI)->getName()+".val", Call));
273      }
274
275    if (ExtraArgHack)
276      Args.push_back(Constant::getNullValue(Type::IntTy));
277
278    // Push any varargs arguments on the list
279    for (; AI != CS.arg_end(); ++AI)
280      Args.push_back(*AI);
281
282    Instruction *New;
283    if (InvokeInst *II = dyn_cast<InvokeInst>(Call)) {
284      New = new InvokeInst(NF, II->getNormalDest(), II->getUnwindDest(),
285                           Args, "", Call);
286    } else {
287      New = new CallInst(NF, Args, "", Call);
288    }
289    Args.clear();
290
291    if (!Call->use_empty()) {
292      Call->replaceAllUsesWith(New);
293      std::string Name = Call->getName();
294      Call->setName("");
295      New->setName(Name);
296    }
297
298    // Finally, remove the old call from the program, reducing the use-count of
299    // F.
300    Call->getParent()->getInstList().erase(Call);
301  }
302
303  // Since we have now created the new function, splice the body of the old
304  // function right into the new function, leaving the old rotting hulk of the
305  // function empty.
306  NF->getBasicBlockList().splice(NF->begin(), F->getBasicBlockList());
307
308  // Loop over the argument list, transfering uses of the old arguments over to
309  // the new arguments, also transfering over the names as well.
310  //
311  for (Function::aiterator I = F->abegin(), E = F->aend(), I2 = NF->abegin();
312       I != E; ++I)
313    if (!ArgsToPromote.count(I)) {
314      // If this is an unmodified argument, move the name and users over to the
315      // new version.
316      I->replaceAllUsesWith(I2);
317      I2->setName(I->getName());
318      ++I2;
319    } else if (!I->use_empty()) {
320      // Otherwise, if we promoted this argument, then all users are load
321      // instructions, and all loads should be using the new argument that we
322      // added.
323      DEBUG(std::cerr << "*** Promoted argument '" << I->getName()
324                      << "' of function '" << F->getName() << "'\n");
325      I2->setName(I->getName()+".val");
326      while (!I->use_empty()) {
327        LoadInst *LI = cast<LoadInst>(I->use_back());
328        LI->replaceAllUsesWith(I2);
329        LI->getParent()->getInstList().erase(LI);
330      }
331      ++I2;
332    }
333
334  // Now that the old function is dead, delete it.
335  F->getParent()->getFunctionList().erase(F);
336}
337