//===- Loads.h - Local load analysis --------------------------------------===// // // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information. // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // // This file declares simple local analyses for load instructions. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #ifndef LLVM_ANALYSIS_LOADS_H #define LLVM_ANALYSIS_LOADS_H #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h" #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h" namespace llvm { class AAResults; class DataLayout; class DominatorTree; class Instruction; class LoadInst; class Loop; class MDNode; class ScalarEvolution; /// Return true if this is always a dereferenceable pointer. If the context /// instruction is specified perform context-sensitive analysis and return true /// if the pointer is dereferenceable at the specified instruction. bool isDereferenceablePointer(const Value *V, Type *Ty, const DataLayout &DL, const Instruction *CtxI = nullptr, const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr); /// Returns true if V is always a dereferenceable pointer with alignment /// greater or equal than requested. If the context instruction is specified /// performs context-sensitive analysis and returns true if the pointer is /// dereferenceable at the specified instruction. bool isDereferenceableAndAlignedPointer(const Value *V, Type *Ty, MaybeAlign Alignment, const DataLayout &DL, const Instruction *CtxI = nullptr, const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr); /// Returns true if V is always dereferenceable for Size byte with alignment /// greater or equal than requested. If the context instruction is specified /// performs context-sensitive analysis and returns true if the pointer is /// dereferenceable at the specified instruction. bool isDereferenceableAndAlignedPointer(const Value *V, Align Alignment, const APInt &Size, const DataLayout &DL, const Instruction *CtxI = nullptr, const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr); /// Return true if we know that executing a load from this value cannot trap. /// /// If DT and ScanFrom are specified this method performs context-sensitive /// analysis and returns true if it is safe to load immediately before ScanFrom. /// /// If it is not obviously safe to load from the specified pointer, we do a /// quick local scan of the basic block containing ScanFrom, to determine if /// the address is already accessed. bool isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value *V, Align Alignment, APInt &Size, const DataLayout &DL, Instruction *ScanFrom = nullptr, const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr); /// Return true if we can prove that the given load (which is assumed to be /// within the specified loop) would access only dereferenceable memory, and /// be properly aligned on every iteration of the specified loop regardless of /// its placement within the loop. (i.e. does not require predication beyond /// that required by the the header itself and could be hoisted into the header /// if desired.) This is more powerful than the variants above when the /// address loaded from is analyzeable by SCEV. bool isDereferenceableAndAlignedInLoop(LoadInst *LI, Loop *L, ScalarEvolution &SE, DominatorTree &DT); /// Return true if we know that executing a load from this value cannot trap. /// /// If DT and ScanFrom are specified this method performs context-sensitive /// analysis and returns true if it is safe to load immediately before ScanFrom. /// /// If it is not obviously safe to load from the specified pointer, we do a /// quick local scan of the basic block containing ScanFrom, to determine if /// the address is already accessed. bool isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value *V, Type *Ty, Align Alignment, const DataLayout &DL, Instruction *ScanFrom = nullptr, const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr); /// The default number of maximum instructions to scan in the block, used by /// FindAvailableLoadedValue(). extern cl::opt DefMaxInstsToScan; /// Scan backwards to see if we have the value of the given load available /// locally within a small number of instructions. /// /// You can use this function to scan across multiple blocks: after you call /// this function, if ScanFrom points at the beginning of the block, it's safe /// to continue scanning the predecessors. /// /// Note that performing load CSE requires special care to make sure the /// metadata is set appropriately. In particular, aliasing metadata needs /// to be merged. (This doesn't matter for store-to-load forwarding because /// the only relevant load gets deleted.) /// /// \param Load The load we want to replace. /// \param ScanBB The basic block to scan. /// \param [in,out] ScanFrom The location to start scanning from. When this /// function returns, it points at the last instruction scanned. /// \param MaxInstsToScan The maximum number of instructions to scan. If this /// is zero, the whole block will be scanned. /// \param AA Optional pointer to alias analysis, to make the scan more /// precise. /// \param [out] IsLoadCSE Whether the returned value is a load from the same /// location in memory, as opposed to the value operand of a store. /// /// \returns The found value, or nullptr if no value is found. Value *FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadInst *Load, BasicBlock *ScanBB, BasicBlock::iterator &ScanFrom, unsigned MaxInstsToScan = DefMaxInstsToScan, AAResults *AA = nullptr, bool *IsLoadCSE = nullptr, unsigned *NumScanedInst = nullptr); /// Scan backwards to see if we have the value of the given pointer available /// locally within a small number of instructions. /// /// You can use this function to scan across multiple blocks: after you call /// this function, if ScanFrom points at the beginning of the block, it's safe /// to continue scanning the predecessors. /// /// \param Ptr The pointer we want the load and store to originate from. /// \param AccessTy The access type of the pointer. /// \param AtLeastAtomic Are we looking for at-least an atomic load/store ? In /// case it is false, we can return an atomic or non-atomic load or store. In /// case it is true, we need to return an atomic load or store. /// \param ScanBB The basic block to scan. /// \param [in,out] ScanFrom The location to start scanning from. When this /// function returns, it points at the last instruction scanned. /// \param MaxInstsToScan The maximum number of instructions to scan. If this /// is zero, the whole block will be scanned. /// \param AA Optional pointer to alias analysis, to make the scan more /// precise. /// \param [out] IsLoadCSE Whether the returned value is a load from the same /// location in memory, as opposed to the value operand of a store. /// /// \returns The found value, or nullptr if no value is found. Value *FindAvailablePtrLoadStore(Value *Ptr, Type *AccessTy, bool AtLeastAtomic, BasicBlock *ScanBB, BasicBlock::iterator &ScanFrom, unsigned MaxInstsToScan, AAResults *AA, bool *IsLoadCSE, unsigned *NumScanedInst); /// Returns true if a pointer value \p A can be replace with another pointer /// value \B if they are deemed equal through some means (e.g. information from /// conditions). /// NOTE: the current implementations is incomplete and unsound. It does not /// reject all invalid cases yet, but will be made stricter in the future. In /// particular this means returning true means unknown if replacement is safe. bool canReplacePointersIfEqual(Value *A, Value *B, const DataLayout &DL, Instruction *CtxI); } #endif