NVPTXAliasAnalysis.cpp

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//===--------------------- NVPTXAliasAnalysis.cpp--------------------------===//
//
// 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
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
/// \file
/// This is the NVPTX address space based alias analysis pass.
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
#include "NVPTXAliasAnalysis.h"
#include "MCTargetDesc/NVPTXBaseInfo.h"
#include "NVPTX.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
#include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
#include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
 
using namespace llvm;
 
#define DEBUG_TYPE "NVPTX-aa"
 
static cl::opt<unsigned> TraverseAddressSpacesLimit(
    "nvptx-traverse-address-aliasing-limit", cl::Hidden,
    cl::desc("Depth limit for finding address space through traversal"),
    cl::init(6));
 
AnalysisKey NVPTXAA::Key;
 
char NVPTXAAWrapperPass::ID = 0;
char NVPTXExternalAAWrapper::ID = 0;
 
INITIALIZE_PASS(NVPTXAAWrapperPass, "nvptx-aa",
                "NVPTX Address space based Alias Analysis", false, true)
 
INITIALIZE_PASS(NVPTXExternalAAWrapper, "nvptx-aa-wrapper",
                "NVPTX Address space based Alias Analysis Wrapper", false, true)
 
ImmutablePass *llvm::createNVPTXAAWrapperPass() {
  return new NVPTXAAWrapperPass();
}
 
ImmutablePass *llvm::createNVPTXExternalAAWrapperPass() {
  return new NVPTXExternalAAWrapper();
}
 
NVPTXAAWrapperPass::NVPTXAAWrapperPass() : ImmutablePass(ID) {
  initializeNVPTXAAWrapperPassPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
}
 
void NVPTXAAWrapperPass::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
  AU.setPreservesAll();
}
 
static unsigned getAddressSpace(const Value *V, unsigned MaxLookup) {
  // Find the first non-generic address space traversing the UD chain.
  // It is undefined behaviour if a pointer belongs to more than one
  // non-overlapping address spaces along a valid execution path.
  auto GetAS = [](const Value *V) -> unsigned {
    if (const auto *PTy = dyn_cast<PointerType>(V->getType()))
      return PTy->getAddressSpace();
    return ADDRESS_SPACE_GENERIC;
  };
  while (MaxLookup-- && GetAS(V) == ADDRESS_SPACE_GENERIC) {
    const Value *NewV = getUnderlyingObject(V, 1);
    if (NewV == V)
      break;
    V = NewV;
  }
  return GetAS(V);
}
 
static AliasResult::Kind getAliasResult(unsigned AS1, unsigned AS2) {
  if ((AS1 == ADDRESS_SPACE_GENERIC) || (AS2 == ADDRESS_SPACE_GENERIC))
    return AliasResult::MayAlias;
 
  // PTX s6.4.1.1. Generic Addressing:
  // A generic address maps to global memory unless it falls within
  // the window for const, local, or shared memory. The Kernel
  // Function Parameters (.param) window is contained within the
  // .global window.
  //
  // Therefore a global pointer may alias with a param pointer on some
  // GPUs via addrspacecast(param->generic->global) when cvta.param
  // instruction is used (PTX 7.7+ and SM_70+).
  //
  // TODO: cvta.param is not yet supported. We need to change aliasing
  // rules once it is added.
 
  return (AS1 == AS2 ? AliasResult::MayAlias : AliasResult::NoAlias);
}
 
AliasResult NVPTXAAResult::alias(const MemoryLocation &Loc1,
                                 const MemoryLocation &Loc2, AAQueryInfo &AAQI,
                                 const Instruction *) {
  unsigned AS1 = getAddressSpace(Loc1.Ptr, TraverseAddressSpacesLimit);
  unsigned AS2 = getAddressSpace(Loc2.Ptr, TraverseAddressSpacesLimit);
 
  return getAliasResult(AS1, AS2);
}
 
// TODO: .param address space may be writable in presence of cvta.param, but
// this instruction is currently not supported. NVPTXLowerArgs also does not
// allow any writes to .param pointers.
static bool isConstOrParam(unsigned AS) {
  return AS == AddressSpace::ADDRESS_SPACE_CONST ||
         AS == AddressSpace::ADDRESS_SPACE_PARAM;
}
 
ModRefInfo NVPTXAAResult::getModRefInfoMask(const MemoryLocation &Loc,
                                            AAQueryInfo &AAQI,
                                            bool IgnoreLocals) {
  if (isConstOrParam(getAddressSpace(Loc.Ptr, TraverseAddressSpacesLimit)))
    return ModRefInfo::NoModRef;
 
  return ModRefInfo::ModRef;
}