1 //===- UnifyFunctionExitNodes.cpp - Make all functions have a single exit -===//
3 // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
10 // This pass is used to ensure that functions have at most one return
11 // instruction in them. Additionally, it keeps track of which node is the new
12 // exit node of the CFG. If there are no exit nodes in the CFG, the getExitNode
13 // method will return a null pointer.
15 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
17 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/UnifyFunctionExitNodes.h"
18 #include "llvm/ADT/StringExtras.h"
19 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
20 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
21 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
23 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
26 char UnifyFunctionExitNodes::ID = 0;
27 INITIALIZE_PASS(UnifyFunctionExitNodes, "mergereturn",
28 "Unify function exit nodes", false, false)
30 Pass *llvm::createUnifyFunctionExitNodesPass() {
31 return new UnifyFunctionExitNodes();
34 void UnifyFunctionExitNodes::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const{
35 // We preserve the non-critical-edgeness property
36 AU.addPreservedID(BreakCriticalEdgesID);
37 // This is a cluster of orthogonal Transforms
38 AU.addPreservedID(LowerSwitchID);
41 // UnifyAllExitNodes - Unify all exit nodes of the CFG by creating a new
42 // BasicBlock, and converting all returns to unconditional branches to this
43 // new basic block. The singular exit node is returned.
45 // If there are no return stmts in the Function, a null pointer is returned.
47 bool UnifyFunctionExitNodes::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
48 // Loop over all of the blocks in a function, tracking all of the blocks that
51 std::vector<BasicBlock*> ReturningBlocks;
52 std::vector<BasicBlock*> UnreachableBlocks;
53 for (BasicBlock &I : F)
54 if (isa<ReturnInst>(I.getTerminator()))
55 ReturningBlocks.push_back(&I);
56 else if (isa<UnreachableInst>(I.getTerminator()))
57 UnreachableBlocks.push_back(&I);
59 // Then unreachable blocks.
60 if (UnreachableBlocks.empty()) {
61 UnreachableBlock = nullptr;
62 } else if (UnreachableBlocks.size() == 1) {
63 UnreachableBlock = UnreachableBlocks.front();
65 UnreachableBlock = BasicBlock::Create(F.getContext(),
66 "UnifiedUnreachableBlock", &F);
67 new UnreachableInst(F.getContext(), UnreachableBlock);
69 for (std::vector<BasicBlock*>::iterator I = UnreachableBlocks.begin(),
70 E = UnreachableBlocks.end(); I != E; ++I) {
72 BB->getInstList().pop_back(); // Remove the unreachable inst.
73 BranchInst::Create(UnreachableBlock, BB);
77 // Now handle return blocks.
78 if (ReturningBlocks.empty()) {
79 ReturnBlock = nullptr;
80 return false; // No blocks return
81 } else if (ReturningBlocks.size() == 1) {
82 ReturnBlock = ReturningBlocks.front(); // Already has a single return block
86 // Otherwise, we need to insert a new basic block into the function, add a PHI
87 // nodes (if the function returns values), and convert all of the return
88 // instructions into unconditional branches.
90 BasicBlock *NewRetBlock = BasicBlock::Create(F.getContext(),
91 "UnifiedReturnBlock", &F);
93 PHINode *PN = nullptr;
94 if (F.getReturnType()->isVoidTy()) {
95 ReturnInst::Create(F.getContext(), nullptr, NewRetBlock);
97 // If the function doesn't return void... add a PHI node to the block...
98 PN = PHINode::Create(F.getReturnType(), ReturningBlocks.size(),
100 NewRetBlock->getInstList().push_back(PN);
101 ReturnInst::Create(F.getContext(), PN, NewRetBlock);
104 // Loop over all of the blocks, replacing the return instruction with an
105 // unconditional branch.
107 for (std::vector<BasicBlock*>::iterator I = ReturningBlocks.begin(),
108 E = ReturningBlocks.end(); I != E; ++I) {
111 // Add an incoming element to the PHI node for every return instruction that
112 // is merging into this new block...
114 PN->addIncoming(BB->getTerminator()->getOperand(0), BB);
116 BB->getInstList().pop_back(); // Remove the return insn
117 BranchInst::Create(NewRetBlock, BB);
119 ReturnBlock = NewRetBlock;