1 //===- Loads.cpp - Local load analysis ------------------------------------===//
2 //
3 // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
4 //
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
7 //
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 //
10 // This file defines simple local analyses for load instructions.
11 //
12 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
13
14 #include "llvm/Analysis/Loads.h"
15 #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
16 #include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
17 #include "llvm/IR/DataLayout.h"
18 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalAlias.h"
19 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h"
20 #include "llvm/IR/IntrinsicInst.h"
21 #include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
23 #include "llvm/IR/Operator.h"
24 using namespace llvm;
25
26 /// \brief Test if A and B will obviously have the same value.
27 ///
28 /// This includes recognizing that %t0 and %t1 will have the same
29 /// value in code like this:
30 /// \code
31 /// %t0 = getelementptr \@a, 0, 3
32 /// store i32 0, i32* %t0
33 /// %t1 = getelementptr \@a, 0, 3
34 /// %t2 = load i32* %t1
35 /// \endcode
36 ///
AreEquivalentAddressValues(const Value * A,const Value * B)37 static bool AreEquivalentAddressValues(const Value *A, const Value *B) {
38 // Test if the values are trivially equivalent.
39 if (A == B)
40 return true;
41
42 // Test if the values come from identical arithmetic instructions.
43 // Use isIdenticalToWhenDefined instead of isIdenticalTo because
44 // this function is only used when one address use dominates the
45 // other, which means that they'll always either have the same
46 // value or one of them will have an undefined value.
47 if (isa<BinaryOperator>(A) || isa<CastInst>(A) || isa<PHINode>(A) ||
48 isa<GetElementPtrInst>(A))
49 if (const Instruction *BI = dyn_cast<Instruction>(B))
50 if (cast<Instruction>(A)->isIdenticalToWhenDefined(BI))
51 return true;
52
53 // Otherwise they may not be equivalent.
54 return false;
55 }
56
57 /// \brief Check if executing a load of this pointer value cannot trap.
58 ///
59 /// If it is not obviously safe to load from the specified pointer, we do
60 /// a quick local scan of the basic block containing \c ScanFrom, to determine
61 /// if the address is already accessed.
62 ///
63 /// This uses the pointee type to determine how many bytes need to be safe to
64 /// load from the pointer.
isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value * V,Instruction * ScanFrom,unsigned Align)65 bool llvm::isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value *V, Instruction *ScanFrom,
66 unsigned Align) {
67 const DataLayout &DL = ScanFrom->getModule()->getDataLayout();
68 int64_t ByteOffset = 0;
69 Value *Base = V;
70 Base = GetPointerBaseWithConstantOffset(V, ByteOffset, DL);
71
72 if (ByteOffset < 0) // out of bounds
73 return false;
74
75 Type *BaseType = nullptr;
76 unsigned BaseAlign = 0;
77 if (const AllocaInst *AI = dyn_cast<AllocaInst>(Base)) {
78 // An alloca is safe to load from as load as it is suitably aligned.
79 BaseType = AI->getAllocatedType();
80 BaseAlign = AI->getAlignment();
81 } else if (const GlobalVariable *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(Base)) {
82 // Global variables are not necessarily safe to load from if they are
83 // overridden. Their size may change or they may be weak and require a test
84 // to determine if they were in fact provided.
85 if (!GV->mayBeOverridden()) {
86 BaseType = GV->getType()->getElementType();
87 BaseAlign = GV->getAlignment();
88 }
89 }
90
91 PointerType *AddrTy = cast<PointerType>(V->getType());
92 uint64_t LoadSize = DL.getTypeStoreSize(AddrTy->getElementType());
93
94 // If we found a base allocated type from either an alloca or global variable,
95 // try to see if we are definitively within the allocated region. We need to
96 // know the size of the base type and the loaded type to do anything in this
97 // case.
98 if (BaseType && BaseType->isSized()) {
99 if (BaseAlign == 0)
100 BaseAlign = DL.getPrefTypeAlignment(BaseType);
101
102 if (Align <= BaseAlign) {
103 // Check if the load is within the bounds of the underlying object.
104 if (ByteOffset + LoadSize <= DL.getTypeAllocSize(BaseType) &&
105 (Align == 0 || (ByteOffset % Align) == 0))
106 return true;
107 }
108 }
109
110 // Otherwise, be a little bit aggressive by scanning the local block where we
111 // want to check to see if the pointer is already being loaded or stored
112 // from/to. If so, the previous load or store would have already trapped,
113 // so there is no harm doing an extra load (also, CSE will later eliminate
114 // the load entirely).
115 BasicBlock::iterator BBI = ScanFrom, E = ScanFrom->getParent()->begin();
116
117 // We can at least always strip pointer casts even though we can't use the
118 // base here.
119 V = V->stripPointerCasts();
120
121 while (BBI != E) {
122 --BBI;
123
124 // If we see a free or a call which may write to memory (i.e. which might do
125 // a free) the pointer could be marked invalid.
126 if (isa<CallInst>(BBI) && BBI->mayWriteToMemory() &&
127 !isa<DbgInfoIntrinsic>(BBI))
128 return false;
129
130 Value *AccessedPtr;
131 if (LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(BBI))
132 AccessedPtr = LI->getPointerOperand();
133 else if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(BBI))
134 AccessedPtr = SI->getPointerOperand();
135 else
136 continue;
137
138 // Handle trivial cases.
139 if (AccessedPtr == V)
140 return true;
141
142 auto *AccessedTy = cast<PointerType>(AccessedPtr->getType());
143 if (AreEquivalentAddressValues(AccessedPtr->stripPointerCasts(), V) &&
144 LoadSize <= DL.getTypeStoreSize(AccessedTy->getElementType()))
145 return true;
146 }
147 return false;
148 }
149
150 /// \brief Scan the ScanBB block backwards to see if we have the value at the
151 /// memory address *Ptr locally available within a small number of instructions.
152 ///
153 /// The scan starts from \c ScanFrom. \c MaxInstsToScan specifies the maximum
154 /// instructions to scan in the block. If it is set to \c 0, it will scan the whole
155 /// block.
156 ///
157 /// If the value is available, this function returns it. If not, it returns the
158 /// iterator for the last validated instruction that the value would be live
159 /// through. If we scanned the entire block and didn't find something that
160 /// invalidates \c *Ptr or provides it, \c ScanFrom is left at the last
161 /// instruction processed and this returns null.
162 ///
163 /// You can also optionally specify an alias analysis implementation, which
164 /// makes this more precise.
165 ///
166 /// If \c AATags is non-null and a load or store is found, the AA tags from the
167 /// load or store are recorded there. If there are no AA tags or if no access is
168 /// found, it is left unmodified.
FindAvailableLoadedValue(Value * Ptr,BasicBlock * ScanBB,BasicBlock::iterator & ScanFrom,unsigned MaxInstsToScan,AliasAnalysis * AA,AAMDNodes * AATags)169 Value *llvm::FindAvailableLoadedValue(Value *Ptr, BasicBlock *ScanBB,
170 BasicBlock::iterator &ScanFrom,
171 unsigned MaxInstsToScan,
172 AliasAnalysis *AA, AAMDNodes *AATags) {
173 if (MaxInstsToScan == 0)
174 MaxInstsToScan = ~0U;
175
176 Type *AccessTy = cast<PointerType>(Ptr->getType())->getElementType();
177
178 const DataLayout &DL = ScanBB->getModule()->getDataLayout();
179
180 // Try to get the store size for the type.
181 uint64_t AccessSize = DL.getTypeStoreSize(AccessTy);
182
183 Value *StrippedPtr = Ptr->stripPointerCasts();
184
185 while (ScanFrom != ScanBB->begin()) {
186 // We must ignore debug info directives when counting (otherwise they
187 // would affect codegen).
188 Instruction *Inst = --ScanFrom;
189 if (isa<DbgInfoIntrinsic>(Inst))
190 continue;
191
192 // Restore ScanFrom to expected value in case next test succeeds
193 ScanFrom++;
194
195 // Don't scan huge blocks.
196 if (MaxInstsToScan-- == 0)
197 return nullptr;
198
199 --ScanFrom;
200 // If this is a load of Ptr, the loaded value is available.
201 // (This is true even if the load is volatile or atomic, although
202 // those cases are unlikely.)
203 if (LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(Inst))
204 if (AreEquivalentAddressValues(
205 LI->getPointerOperand()->stripPointerCasts(), StrippedPtr) &&
206 CastInst::isBitOrNoopPointerCastable(LI->getType(), AccessTy, DL)) {
207 if (AATags)
208 LI->getAAMetadata(*AATags);
209 return LI;
210 }
211
212 if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(Inst)) {
213 Value *StorePtr = SI->getPointerOperand()->stripPointerCasts();
214 // If this is a store through Ptr, the value is available!
215 // (This is true even if the store is volatile or atomic, although
216 // those cases are unlikely.)
217 if (AreEquivalentAddressValues(StorePtr, StrippedPtr) &&
218 CastInst::isBitOrNoopPointerCastable(SI->getValueOperand()->getType(),
219 AccessTy, DL)) {
220 if (AATags)
221 SI->getAAMetadata(*AATags);
222 return SI->getOperand(0);
223 }
224
225 // If both StrippedPtr and StorePtr reach all the way to an alloca or
226 // global and they are different, ignore the store. This is a trivial form
227 // of alias analysis that is important for reg2mem'd code.
228 if ((isa<AllocaInst>(StrippedPtr) || isa<GlobalVariable>(StrippedPtr)) &&
229 (isa<AllocaInst>(StorePtr) || isa<GlobalVariable>(StorePtr)) &&
230 StrippedPtr != StorePtr)
231 continue;
232
233 // If we have alias analysis and it says the store won't modify the loaded
234 // value, ignore the store.
235 if (AA &&
236 (AA->getModRefInfo(SI, StrippedPtr, AccessSize) &
237 AliasAnalysis::Mod) == 0)
238 continue;
239
240 // Otherwise the store that may or may not alias the pointer, bail out.
241 ++ScanFrom;
242 return nullptr;
243 }
244
245 // If this is some other instruction that may clobber Ptr, bail out.
246 if (Inst->mayWriteToMemory()) {
247 // If alias analysis claims that it really won't modify the load,
248 // ignore it.
249 if (AA &&
250 (AA->getModRefInfo(Inst, StrippedPtr, AccessSize) &
251 AliasAnalysis::Mod) == 0)
252 continue;
253
254 // May modify the pointer, bail out.
255 ++ScanFrom;
256 return nullptr;
257 }
258 }
259
260 // Got to the start of the block, we didn't find it, but are done for this
261 // block.
262 return nullptr;
263 }
264