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      1 //===---- BDCE.cpp - Bit-tracking dead code elimination -------------------===//
      2 //
      3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
      4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
      5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
      6 //
      7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
      8 //
      9 // This file implements the Bit-Tracking Dead Code Elimination pass. Some
     10 // instructions (shifts, some ands, ors, etc.) kill some of their input bits.
     11 // We track these dead bits and remove instructions that compute only these
     12 // dead bits. We also simplify sext that generates unused extension bits,
     13 // converting it to a zext.
     14 //
     15 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     16 
     17 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/BDCE.h"
     18 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"
     19 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
     20 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
     21 #include "llvm/Analysis/DemandedBits.h"
     22 #include "llvm/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.h"
     23 #include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
     24 #include "llvm/IR/InstIterator.h"
     25 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
     26 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
     27 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
     28 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
     29 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
     30 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
     31 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/Local.h"
     32 using namespace llvm;
     33 
     34 #define DEBUG_TYPE "bdce"
     35 
     36 STATISTIC(NumRemoved, "Number of instructions removed (unused)");
     37 STATISTIC(NumSimplified, "Number of instructions trivialized (dead bits)");
     38 STATISTIC(NumSExt2ZExt,
     39           "Number of sign extension instructions converted to zero extension");
     40 
     41 /// If an instruction is trivialized (dead), then the chain of users of that
     42 /// instruction may need to be cleared of assumptions that can no longer be
     43 /// guaranteed correct.
     44 static void clearAssumptionsOfUsers(Instruction *I, DemandedBits &DB) {
     45   assert(I->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy() &&
     46          "Trivializing a non-integer value?");
     47 
     48   // Initialize the worklist with eligible direct users.
     49   SmallPtrSet<Instruction *, 16> Visited;
     50   SmallVector<Instruction *, 16> WorkList;
     51   for (User *JU : I->users()) {
     52     // If all bits of a user are demanded, then we know that nothing below that
     53     // in the def-use chain needs to be changed.
     54     auto *J = dyn_cast<Instruction>(JU);
     55     if (J && J->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy() &&
     56         !DB.getDemandedBits(J).isAllOnesValue()) {
     57       Visited.insert(J);
     58       WorkList.push_back(J);
     59     }
     60 
     61     // Note that we need to check for non-int types above before asking for
     62     // demanded bits. Normally, the only way to reach an instruction with an
     63     // non-int type is via an instruction that has side effects (or otherwise
     64     // will demand its input bits). However, if we have a readnone function
     65     // that returns an unsized type (e.g., void), we must avoid asking for the
     66     // demanded bits of the function call's return value. A void-returning
     67     // readnone function is always dead (and so we can stop walking the use/def
     68     // chain here), but the check is necessary to avoid asserting.
     69   }
     70 
     71   // DFS through subsequent users while tracking visits to avoid cycles.
     72   while (!WorkList.empty()) {
     73     Instruction *J = WorkList.pop_back_val();
     74 
     75     // NSW, NUW, and exact are based on operands that might have changed.
     76     J->dropPoisonGeneratingFlags();
     77 
     78     // We do not have to worry about llvm.assume or range metadata:
     79     // 1. llvm.assume demands its operand, so trivializing can't change it.
     80     // 2. range metadata only applies to memory accesses which demand all bits.
     81 
     82     for (User *KU : J->users()) {
     83       // If all bits of a user are demanded, then we know that nothing below
     84       // that in the def-use chain needs to be changed.
     85       auto *K = dyn_cast<Instruction>(KU);
     86       if (K && Visited.insert(K).second && K->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy() &&
     87           !DB.getDemandedBits(K).isAllOnesValue())
     88         WorkList.push_back(K);
     89     }
     90   }
     91 }
     92 
     93 static bool bitTrackingDCE(Function &F, DemandedBits &DB) {
     94   SmallVector<Instruction*, 128> Worklist;
     95   bool Changed = false;
     96   for (Instruction &I : instructions(F)) {
     97     // If the instruction has side effects and no non-dbg uses,
     98     // skip it. This way we avoid computing known bits on an instruction
     99     // that will not help us.
    100     if (I.mayHaveSideEffects() && I.use_empty())
    101       continue;
    102 
    103     // Remove instructions that are dead, either because they were not reached
    104     // during analysis or have no demanded bits.
    105     if (DB.isInstructionDead(&I) ||
    106         (I.getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy() &&
    107          DB.getDemandedBits(&I).isNullValue() &&
    108          wouldInstructionBeTriviallyDead(&I))) {
    109       salvageDebugInfo(I);
    110       Worklist.push_back(&I);
    111       I.dropAllReferences();
    112       Changed = true;
    113       continue;
    114     }
    115 
    116     // Convert SExt into ZExt if none of the extension bits is required
    117     if (SExtInst *SE = dyn_cast<SExtInst>(&I)) {
    118       APInt Demanded = DB.getDemandedBits(SE);
    119       const uint32_t SrcBitSize = SE->getSrcTy()->getScalarSizeInBits();
    120       auto *const DstTy = SE->getDestTy();
    121       const uint32_t DestBitSize = DstTy->getScalarSizeInBits();
    122       if (Demanded.countLeadingZeros() >= (DestBitSize - SrcBitSize)) {
    123         clearAssumptionsOfUsers(SE, DB);
    124         IRBuilder<> Builder(SE);
    125         I.replaceAllUsesWith(
    126             Builder.CreateZExt(SE->getOperand(0), DstTy, SE->getName()));
    127         Worklist.push_back(SE);
    128         Changed = true;
    129         NumSExt2ZExt++;
    130         continue;
    131       }
    132     }
    133 
    134     for (Use &U : I.operands()) {
    135       // DemandedBits only detects dead integer uses.
    136       if (!U->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy())
    137         continue;
    138 
    139       if (!isa<Instruction>(U) && !isa<Argument>(U))
    140         continue;
    141 
    142       if (!DB.isUseDead(&U))
    143         continue;
    144 
    145       LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "BDCE: Trivializing: " << U << " (all bits dead)\n");
    146 
    147       clearAssumptionsOfUsers(&I, DB);
    148 
    149       // FIXME: In theory we could substitute undef here instead of zero.
    150       // This should be reconsidered once we settle on the semantics of
    151       // undef, poison, etc.
    152       U.set(ConstantInt::get(U->getType(), 0));
    153       ++NumSimplified;
    154       Changed = true;
    155     }
    156   }
    157 
    158   for (Instruction *&I : Worklist) {
    159     ++NumRemoved;
    160     I->eraseFromParent();
    161   }
    162 
    163   return Changed;
    164 }
    165 
    166 PreservedAnalyses BDCEPass::run(Function &F, FunctionAnalysisManager &AM) {
    167   auto &DB = AM.getResult<DemandedBitsAnalysis>(F);
    168   if (!bitTrackingDCE(F, DB))
    169     return PreservedAnalyses::all();
    170 
    171   PreservedAnalyses PA;
    172   PA.preserveSet<CFGAnalyses>();
    173   return PA;
    174 }
    175 
    176 namespace {
    177 struct BDCELegacyPass : public FunctionPass {
    178   static char ID; // Pass identification, replacement for typeid
    179   BDCELegacyPass() : FunctionPass(ID) {
    180     initializeBDCELegacyPassPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
    181   }
    182 
    183   bool runOnFunction(Function &F) override {
    184     if (skipFunction(F))
    185       return false;
    186     auto &DB = getAnalysis<DemandedBitsWrapperPass>().getDemandedBits();
    187     return bitTrackingDCE(F, DB);
    188   }
    189 
    190   void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override {
    191     AU.setPreservesCFG();
    192     AU.addRequired<DemandedBitsWrapperPass>();
    193     AU.addPreserved<GlobalsAAWrapperPass>();
    194   }
    195 };
    196 }
    197 
    198 char BDCELegacyPass::ID = 0;
    199 INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(BDCELegacyPass, "bdce",
    200                       "Bit-Tracking Dead Code Elimination", false, false)
    201 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(DemandedBitsWrapperPass)
    202 INITIALIZE_PASS_END(BDCELegacyPass, "bdce",
    203                     "Bit-Tracking Dead Code Elimination", false, false)
    204 
    205 FunctionPass *llvm::createBitTrackingDCEPass() { return new BDCELegacyPass(); }
    206