#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
namespace llvm {
bool isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value *V, Instruction *ScanFrom,
unsigned Align);
+/// DefMaxInstsToScan - the default number of maximum instructions
+/// to scan in the block, used by FindAvailableLoadedValue().
+extern cl::opt<unsigned> DefMaxInstsToScan;
+
/// FindAvailableLoadedValue - Scan the ScanBB block backwards (starting at
/// the instruction before ScanFrom) checking to see if we have the value at
/// the memory address *Ptr locally available within a small number of
/// instructions. If the value is available, return it.
///
-/// If not, return the iterator for the last validated instruction that the
+/// If not, return the iterator for the last validated instruction that the
/// value would be live through. If we scanned the entire block and didn't
/// find something that invalidates *Ptr or provides it, ScanFrom would be
-/// left at begin() and this returns null. ScanFrom could also be left
+/// left at begin() and this returns null. ScanFrom could also be left
///
/// MaxInstsToScan specifies the maximum instructions to scan in the block.
/// If it is set to 0, it will scan the whole block. You can also optionally
/// is found, it is left unmodified.
Value *FindAvailableLoadedValue(Value *Ptr, BasicBlock *ScanBB,
BasicBlock::iterator &ScanFrom,
- unsigned MaxInstsToScan = 6,
+ unsigned MaxInstsToScan = DefMaxInstsToScan,
AliasAnalysis *AA = nullptr,
AAMDNodes *AATags = nullptr);
for (;;) {
if (!VisitedBlocks.insert(BB).second)
break;
- if (Value *U = FindAvailableLoadedValue(L->getPointerOperand(),
- BB, BBI, 6, AA))
+ if (Value *U =
+ FindAvailableLoadedValue(L->getPointerOperand(),
+ BB, BBI, DefMaxInstsToScan, AA))
return findValueImpl(U, OffsetOk, Visited);
if (BBI != BB->begin()) break;
BB = BB->getUniquePredecessor();
return false;
}
+/// DefMaxInstsToScan - the default number of maximum instructions
+/// to scan in the block, used by FindAvailableLoadedValue().
+/// FindAvailableLoadedValue() was introduced in r60148, to improve jump
+/// threading in part by eliminating partially redundant loads.
+/// At that point, the value of MaxInstsToScan was already set to '6'
+/// without documented explanation.
+cl::opt<unsigned>
+llvm::DefMaxInstsToScan("available-load-scan-limit", cl::init(6), cl::Hidden,
+ cl::desc("Use this to specify the default maximum number of instructions "
+ "to scan backward from a given instruction, when searching for "
+ "available loaded value"));
+
/// \brief Scan the ScanBB block backwards to see if we have the value at the
/// memory address *Ptr locally available within a small number of instructions.
///
// separated by a few arithmetic operations.
BasicBlock::iterator BBI = &LI;
AAMDNodes AATags;
- if (Value *AvailableVal = FindAvailableLoadedValue(Op, LI.getParent(), BBI,
- 6, AA, &AATags)) {
+ if (Value *AvailableVal =
+ FindAvailableLoadedValue(Op, LI.getParent(), BBI,
+ DefMaxInstsToScan, AA, &AATags)) {
if (LoadInst *NLI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(AvailableVal)) {
unsigned KnownIDs[] = {
LLVMContext::MD_tbaa,
}
// load (select (cond, null, P)) -> load P
- if (isa<ConstantPointerNull>(SI->getOperand(1)) &&
+ if (isa<ConstantPointerNull>(SI->getOperand(1)) &&
LI.getPointerAddressSpace() == 0) {
LI.setOperand(0, SI->getOperand(2));
return &LI;
// If we're branching on a conditional, LVI might be able to determine
// it's value at the branch instruction. We only handle comparisons
// against a constant at this time.
- // TODO: This should be extended to handle switches as well.
+ // TODO: This should be extended to handle switches as well.
BranchInst *CondBr = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(BB->getTerminator());
Constant *CondConst = dyn_cast<Constant>(CondCmp->getOperand(1));
if (CondBr && CondConst && CondBr->isConditional()) {
BasicBlock::iterator BBIt = LI;
if (Value *AvailableVal =
- FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadedPtr, LoadBB, BBIt, 6)) {
+ FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadedPtr, LoadBB, BBIt, DefMaxInstsToScan)) {
// If the value of the load is locally available within the block, just use
// it. This frequently occurs for reg2mem'd allocas.
//cerr << "LOAD ELIMINATED:\n" << *BBIt << *LI << "\n";
// Scan the predecessor to see if the value is available in the pred.
BBIt = PredBB->end();
AAMDNodes ThisAATags;
- Value *PredAvailable = FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadedPtr, PredBB, BBIt, 6,
+ Value *PredAvailable = FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadedPtr, PredBB, BBIt,
+ DefMaxInstsToScan,
nullptr, &ThisAATags);
if (!PredAvailable) {
OneUnavailablePred = PredBB;