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//===-- Sink.cpp - Code Sinking -------------------------------------------===//
//
// 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 pass moves instructions into successor blocks, when possible, so that
// they aren't executed on paths where their results aren't needed.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
#include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/Sink.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/LoopInfo.h"
#include "llvm/IR/Dominators.h"
#include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
#include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
#include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
using namespace llvm;
 
#define DEBUG_TYPE "sink"
 
STATISTIC(NumSunk, "Number of instructions sunk");
STATISTIC(NumSinkIter, "Number of sinking iterations");
 
static bool isSafeToMove(Instruction *Inst, AliasAnalysis &AA,
                         SmallPtrSetImpl<Instruction *> &Stores) {
 
  if (Inst->mayWriteToMemory()) {
    Stores.insert(Inst);
    return false;
  }
 
  if (LoadInst *L = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(Inst)) {
    MemoryLocation Loc = MemoryLocation::get(L);
    for (Instruction *S : Stores)
      if (isModSet(AA.getModRefInfo(S, Loc)))
        return false;
  }
 
  if (Inst->isTerminator() || isa<PHINode>(Inst) || Inst->isEHPad() ||
      Inst->mayThrow() || !Inst->willReturn())
    return false;
 
  if (auto *Call = dyn_cast<CallBase>(Inst)) {
    // Convergent operations cannot be made control-dependent on additional
    // values.
    if (Call->isConvergent())
      return false;
 
    for (Instruction *S : Stores)
      if (isModSet(AA.getModRefInfo(S, Call)))
        return false;
  }
 
  return true;
}
 
/// IsAcceptableTarget - Return true if it is possible to sink the instruction
/// in the specified basic block.
static bool IsAcceptableTarget(Instruction *Inst, BasicBlock *SuccToSinkTo,
                               DominatorTree &DT, LoopInfo &LI) {
  assert(Inst && "Instruction to be sunk is null");
  assert(SuccToSinkTo && "Candidate sink target is null");
 
  // It's never legal to sink an instruction into an EH-pad block.
  if (SuccToSinkTo->isEHPad())
    return false;
 
  // If the block has multiple predecessors, this would introduce computation
  // on different code paths.  We could split the critical edge, but for now we
  // just punt.
  // FIXME: Split critical edges if not backedges.
  if (SuccToSinkTo->getUniquePredecessor() != Inst->getParent()) {
    // We cannot sink a load across a critical edge - there may be stores in
    // other code paths.
    if (Inst->mayReadFromMemory() &&
        !Inst->hasMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_invariant_load))
      return false;
 
    // We don't want to sink across a critical edge if we don't dominate the
    // successor. We could be introducing calculations to new code paths.
    if (!DT.dominates(Inst->getParent(), SuccToSinkTo))
      return false;
 
    // Don't sink instructions into a loop.
    Loop *succ = LI.getLoopFor(SuccToSinkTo);
    Loop *cur = LI.getLoopFor(Inst->getParent());
    if (succ != nullptr && succ != cur)
      return false;
  }
 
  return true;
}
 
/// SinkInstruction - Determine whether it is safe to sink the specified machine
/// instruction out of its current block into a successor.
static bool SinkInstruction(Instruction *Inst,
                            SmallPtrSetImpl<Instruction *> &Stores,
                            DominatorTree &DT, LoopInfo &LI, AAResults &AA) {
 
  // Don't sink static alloca instructions.  CodeGen assumes allocas outside the
  // entry block are dynamically sized stack objects.
  if (AllocaInst *AI = dyn_cast<AllocaInst>(Inst))
    if (AI->isStaticAlloca())
      return false;
 
  // Check if it's safe to move the instruction.
  if (!isSafeToMove(Inst, AA, Stores))
    return false;
 
  // FIXME: This should include support for sinking instructions within the
  // block they are currently in to shorten the live ranges.  We often get
  // instructions sunk into the top of a large block, but it would be better to
  // also sink them down before their first use in the block.  This xform has to
  // be careful not to *increase* register pressure though, e.g. sinking
  // "x = y + z" down if it kills y and z would increase the live ranges of y
  // and z and only shrink the live range of x.
 
  // SuccToSinkTo - This is the successor to sink this instruction to, once we
  // decide.
  BasicBlock *SuccToSinkTo = nullptr;
 
  // Find the nearest common dominator of all users as the candidate.
  BasicBlock *BB = Inst->getParent();
  for (Use &U : Inst->uses()) {
    Instruction *UseInst = cast<Instruction>(U.getUser());
    BasicBlock *UseBlock = UseInst->getParent();
    // Don't worry about dead users.
    if (!DT.isReachableFromEntry(UseBlock))
      continue;
    if (PHINode *PN = dyn_cast<PHINode>(UseInst)) {
      // PHI nodes use the operand in the predecessor block, not the block with
      // the PHI.
      unsigned Num = PHINode::getIncomingValueNumForOperand(U.getOperandNo());
      UseBlock = PN->getIncomingBlock(Num);
    }
    if (SuccToSinkTo)
      SuccToSinkTo = DT.findNearestCommonDominator(SuccToSinkTo, UseBlock);
    else
      SuccToSinkTo = UseBlock;
    // The current basic block needs to dominate the candidate.
    if (!DT.dominates(BB, SuccToSinkTo))
      return false;
  }
 
  if (SuccToSinkTo) {
    // The nearest common dominator may be in a parent loop of BB, which may not
    // be beneficial. Find an ancestor.
    while (SuccToSinkTo != BB &&
           !IsAcceptableTarget(Inst, SuccToSinkTo, DT, LI))
      SuccToSinkTo = DT.getNode(SuccToSinkTo)->getIDom()->getBlock();
    if (SuccToSinkTo == BB)
      SuccToSinkTo = nullptr;
  }
 
  // If we couldn't find a block to sink to, ignore this instruction.
  if (!SuccToSinkTo)
    return false;
 
  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Sink" << *Inst << " (";
             Inst->getParent()->printAsOperand(dbgs(), false); dbgs() << " -> ";
             SuccToSinkTo->printAsOperand(dbgs(), false); dbgs() << ")\n");
 
  // Move the instruction.
  Inst->moveBefore(&*SuccToSinkTo->getFirstInsertionPt());
  return true;
}
 
static bool ProcessBlock(BasicBlock &BB, DominatorTree &DT, LoopInfo &LI,
                         AAResults &AA) {
  // Don't bother sinking code out of unreachable blocks. In addition to being
  // unprofitable, it can also lead to infinite looping, because in an
  // unreachable loop there may be nowhere to stop.
  if (!DT.isReachableFromEntry(&BB)) return false;
 
  bool MadeChange = false;
 
  // Walk the basic block bottom-up.  Remember if we saw a store.
  BasicBlock::iterator I = BB.end();
  --I;
  bool ProcessedBegin = false;
  SmallPtrSet<Instruction *, 8> Stores;
  do {
    Instruction *Inst = &*I; // The instruction to sink.
 
    // Predecrement I (if it's not begin) so that it isn't invalidated by
    // sinking.
    ProcessedBegin = I == BB.begin();
    if (!ProcessedBegin)
      --I;
 
    if (Inst->isDebugOrPseudoInst())
      continue;
 
    if (SinkInstruction(Inst, Stores, DT, LI, AA)) {
      ++NumSunk;
      MadeChange = true;
    }
 
    // If we just processed the first instruction in the block, we're done.
  } while (!ProcessedBegin);
 
  return MadeChange;
}
 
static bool iterativelySinkInstructions(Function &F, DominatorTree &DT,
                                        LoopInfo &LI, AAResults &AA) {
  bool MadeChange, EverMadeChange = false;
 
  do {
    MadeChange = false;
    LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Sinking iteration " << NumSinkIter << "\n");
    // Process all basic blocks.
    for (BasicBlock &I : F)
      MadeChange |= ProcessBlock(I, DT, LI, AA);
    EverMadeChange |= MadeChange;
    NumSinkIter++;
  } while (MadeChange);
 
  return EverMadeChange;
}
 
PreservedAnalyses SinkingPass::run(Function &F, FunctionAnalysisManager &AM) {
  auto &DT = AM.getResult<DominatorTreeAnalysis>(F);
  auto &LI = AM.getResult<LoopAnalysis>(F);
  auto &AA = AM.getResult<AAManager>(F);
 
  if (!iterativelySinkInstructions(F, DT, LI, AA))
    return PreservedAnalyses::all();
 
  PreservedAnalyses PA;
  PA.preserveSet<CFGAnalyses>();
  return PA;
}
 
namespace {
  class SinkingLegacyPass : public FunctionPass {
  public:
    static char ID; // Pass identification
    SinkingLegacyPass() : FunctionPass(ID) {
      initializeSinkingLegacyPassPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
    }
 
    bool runOnFunction(Function &F) override {
      auto &DT = getAnalysis<DominatorTreeWrapperPass>().getDomTree();
      auto &LI = getAnalysis<LoopInfoWrapperPass>().getLoopInfo();
      auto &AA = getAnalysis<AAResultsWrapperPass>().getAAResults();
 
      return iterativelySinkInstructions(F, DT, LI, AA);
    }
 
    void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override {
      AU.setPreservesCFG();
      FunctionPass::getAnalysisUsage(AU);
      AU.addRequired<AAResultsWrapperPass>();
      AU.addRequired<DominatorTreeWrapperPass>();
      AU.addRequired<LoopInfoWrapperPass>();
      AU.addPreserved<DominatorTreeWrapperPass>();
      AU.addPreserved<LoopInfoWrapperPass>();
    }
  };
} // end anonymous namespace
 
char SinkingLegacyPass::ID = 0;
INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(SinkingLegacyPass, "sink", "Code sinking", false, false)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(LoopInfoWrapperPass)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(DominatorTreeWrapperPass)
INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(AAResultsWrapperPass)
INITIALIZE_PASS_END(SinkingLegacyPass, "sink", "Code sinking", false, false)
 
FunctionPass *llvm::createSinkingPass() { return new SinkingLegacyPass(); }