1 //===- LoopDeletion.cpp - Dead Loop Deletion Pass ---------------===//
2 //
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5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 //
9 // This file implements the Dead Loop Deletion Pass. This pass is responsible
10 // for eliminating loops with non-infinite computable trip counts that have no
11 // side effects or volatile instructions, and do not contribute to the
12 // computation of the function's return value.
13 //
14 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
15 
16 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/LoopDeletion.h"
17 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
18 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
19 #include "llvm/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.h"
20 #include "llvm/Analysis/LoopPass.h"
21 #include "llvm/Analysis/MemorySSA.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/Dominators.h"
23 #include "llvm/IR/PatternMatch.h"
24 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h"
25 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
26 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/LoopPassManager.h"
27 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/LoopUtils.h"
28 using namespace llvm;
29 
30 #define DEBUG_TYPE "loop-delete"
31 
32 STATISTIC(NumDeleted, "Number of loops deleted");
33 
34 enum class LoopDeletionResult {
35   Unmodified,
36   Modified,
37   Deleted,
38 };
39 
40 /// Determines if a loop is dead.
41 ///
42 /// This assumes that we've already checked for unique exit and exiting blocks,
43 /// and that the code is in LCSSA form.
44 static bool isLoopDead(Loop *L, ScalarEvolution &SE,
45                        SmallVectorImpl<BasicBlock *> &ExitingBlocks,
46                        BasicBlock *ExitBlock, bool &Changed,
47                        BasicBlock *Preheader) {
48   // Make sure that all PHI entries coming from the loop are loop invariant.
49   // Because the code is in LCSSA form, any values used outside of the loop
50   // must pass through a PHI in the exit block, meaning that this check is
51   // sufficient to guarantee that no loop-variant values are used outside
52   // of the loop.
53   bool AllEntriesInvariant = true;
54   bool AllOutgoingValuesSame = true;
55   for (PHINode &P : ExitBlock->phis()) {
56     Value *incoming = P.getIncomingValueForBlock(ExitingBlocks[0]);
57 
58     // Make sure all exiting blocks produce the same incoming value for the exit
59     // block.  If there are different incoming values for different exiting
60     // blocks, then it is impossible to statically determine which value should
61     // be used.
62     AllOutgoingValuesSame =
63         all_of(makeArrayRef(ExitingBlocks).slice(1), [&](BasicBlock *BB) {
64           return incoming == P.getIncomingValueForBlock(BB);
65         });
66 
67     if (!AllOutgoingValuesSame)
68       break;
69 
70     if (Instruction *I = dyn_cast<Instruction>(incoming))
71       if (!L->makeLoopInvariant(I, Changed, Preheader->getTerminator())) {
72         AllEntriesInvariant = false;
73         break;
74       }
75   }
76 
77   if (Changed)
78     SE.forgetLoopDispositions(L);
79 
80   if (!AllEntriesInvariant || !AllOutgoingValuesSame)
81     return false;
82 
83   // Make sure that no instructions in the block have potential side-effects.
84   // This includes instructions that could write to memory, and loads that are
85   // marked volatile.
86   for (auto &I : L->blocks())
87     if (any_of(*I, [](Instruction &I) { return I.mayHaveSideEffects(); }))
88       return false;
89   return true;
90 }
91 
92 /// This function returns true if there is no viable path from the
93 /// entry block to the header of \p L. Right now, it only does
94 /// a local search to save compile time.
95 static bool isLoopNeverExecuted(Loop *L) {
96   using namespace PatternMatch;
97 
98   auto *Preheader = L->getLoopPreheader();
99   // TODO: We can relax this constraint, since we just need a loop
100   // predecessor.
101   assert(Preheader && "Needs preheader!");
102 
103   if (Preheader == &Preheader->getParent()->getEntryBlock())
104     return false;
105   // All predecessors of the preheader should have a constant conditional
106   // branch, with the loop's preheader as not-taken.
107   for (auto *Pred: predecessors(Preheader)) {
108     BasicBlock *Taken, *NotTaken;
109     ConstantInt *Cond;
110     if (!match(Pred->getTerminator(),
111                m_Br(m_ConstantInt(Cond), Taken, NotTaken)))
112       return false;
113     if (!Cond->getZExtValue())
114       std::swap(Taken, NotTaken);
115     if (Taken == Preheader)
116       return false;
117   }
118   assert(!pred_empty(Preheader) &&
119          "Preheader should have predecessors at this point!");
120   // All the predecessors have the loop preheader as not-taken target.
121   return true;
122 }
123 
124 /// Remove a loop if it is dead.
125 ///
126 /// A loop is considered dead if it does not impact the observable behavior of
127 /// the program other than finite running time. This never removes a loop that
128 /// might be infinite (unless it is never executed), as doing so could change
129 /// the halting/non-halting nature of a program.
130 ///
131 /// This entire process relies pretty heavily on LoopSimplify form and LCSSA in
132 /// order to make various safety checks work.
133 ///
134 /// \returns true if any changes were made. This may mutate the loop even if it
135 /// is unable to delete it due to hoisting trivially loop invariant
136 /// instructions out of the loop.
137 static LoopDeletionResult deleteLoopIfDead(Loop *L, DominatorTree &DT,
138                                            ScalarEvolution &SE, LoopInfo &LI,
139                                            MemorySSA *MSSA) {
140   assert(L->isLCSSAForm(DT) && "Expected LCSSA!");
141 
142   // We can only remove the loop if there is a preheader that we can branch from
143   // after removing it. Also, if LoopSimplify form is not available, stay out
144   // of trouble.
145   BasicBlock *Preheader = L->getLoopPreheader();
146   if (!Preheader || !L->hasDedicatedExits()) {
147     LLVM_DEBUG(
148         dbgs()
149         << "Deletion requires Loop with preheader and dedicated exits.\n");
150     return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified;
151   }
152   // We can't remove loops that contain subloops.  If the subloops were dead,
153   // they would already have been removed in earlier executions of this pass.
154   if (L->begin() != L->end()) {
155     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop contains subloops.\n");
156     return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified;
157   }
158 
159 
160   BasicBlock *ExitBlock = L->getUniqueExitBlock();
161 
162   if (ExitBlock && isLoopNeverExecuted(L)) {
163     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop is proven to never execute, delete it!");
164     // Set incoming value to undef for phi nodes in the exit block.
165     for (PHINode &P : ExitBlock->phis()) {
166       std::fill(P.incoming_values().begin(), P.incoming_values().end(),
167                 UndefValue::get(P.getType()));
168     }
169     deleteDeadLoop(L, &DT, &SE, &LI, MSSA);
170     ++NumDeleted;
171     return LoopDeletionResult::Deleted;
172   }
173 
174   // The remaining checks below are for a loop being dead because all statements
175   // in the loop are invariant.
176   SmallVector<BasicBlock *, 4> ExitingBlocks;
177   L->getExitingBlocks(ExitingBlocks);
178 
179   // We require that the loop only have a single exit block.  Otherwise, we'd
180   // be in the situation of needing to be able to solve statically which exit
181   // block will be branched to, or trying to preserve the branching logic in
182   // a loop invariant manner.
183   if (!ExitBlock) {
184     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Deletion requires single exit block\n");
185     return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified;
186   }
187   // Finally, we have to check that the loop really is dead.
188   bool Changed = false;
189   if (!isLoopDead(L, SE, ExitingBlocks, ExitBlock, Changed, Preheader)) {
190     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop is not invariant, cannot delete.\n");
191     return Changed ? LoopDeletionResult::Modified
192                    : LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified;
193   }
194 
195   // Don't remove loops for which we can't solve the trip count.
196   // They could be infinite, in which case we'd be changing program behavior.
197   const SCEV *S = SE.getConstantMaxBackedgeTakenCount(L);
198   if (isa<SCEVCouldNotCompute>(S)) {
199     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Could not compute SCEV MaxBackedgeTakenCount.\n");
200     return Changed ? LoopDeletionResult::Modified
201                    : LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified;
202   }
203 
204   LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop is invariant, delete it!");
205   deleteDeadLoop(L, &DT, &SE, &LI, MSSA);
206   ++NumDeleted;
207 
208   return LoopDeletionResult::Deleted;
209 }
210 
211 PreservedAnalyses LoopDeletionPass::run(Loop &L, LoopAnalysisManager &AM,
212                                         LoopStandardAnalysisResults &AR,
213                                         LPMUpdater &Updater) {
214 
215   LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Analyzing Loop for deletion: ");
216   LLVM_DEBUG(L.dump());
217   std::string LoopName = std::string(L.getName());
218   auto Result = deleteLoopIfDead(&L, AR.DT, AR.SE, AR.LI, AR.MSSA);
219   if (Result == LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified)
220     return PreservedAnalyses::all();
221 
222   if (Result == LoopDeletionResult::Deleted)
223     Updater.markLoopAsDeleted(L, LoopName);
224 
225   auto PA = getLoopPassPreservedAnalyses();
226   if (AR.MSSA)
227     PA.preserve<MemorySSAAnalysis>();
228   return PA;
229 }
230 
231 namespace {
232 class LoopDeletionLegacyPass : public LoopPass {
233 public:
234   static char ID; // Pass ID, replacement for typeid
235   LoopDeletionLegacyPass() : LoopPass(ID) {
236     initializeLoopDeletionLegacyPassPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
237   }
238 
239   // Possibly eliminate loop L if it is dead.
240   bool runOnLoop(Loop *L, LPPassManager &) override;
241 
242   void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override {
243     AU.addPreserved<MemorySSAWrapperPass>();
244     getLoopAnalysisUsage(AU);
245   }
246 };
247 }
248 
249 char LoopDeletionLegacyPass::ID = 0;
250 INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(LoopDeletionLegacyPass, "loop-deletion",
251                       "Delete dead loops", false, false)
252 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(LoopPass)
253 INITIALIZE_PASS_END(LoopDeletionLegacyPass, "loop-deletion",
254                     "Delete dead loops", false, false)
255 
256 Pass *llvm::createLoopDeletionPass() { return new LoopDeletionLegacyPass(); }
257 
258 bool LoopDeletionLegacyPass::runOnLoop(Loop *L, LPPassManager &LPM) {
259   if (skipLoop(L))
260     return false;
261   DominatorTree &DT = getAnalysis<DominatorTreeWrapperPass>().getDomTree();
262   ScalarEvolution &SE = getAnalysis<ScalarEvolutionWrapperPass>().getSE();
263   LoopInfo &LI = getAnalysis<LoopInfoWrapperPass>().getLoopInfo();
264   auto *MSSAAnalysis = getAnalysisIfAvailable<MemorySSAWrapperPass>();
265   MemorySSA *MSSA = nullptr;
266   if (MSSAAnalysis)
267     MSSA = &MSSAAnalysis->getMSSA();
268 
269   LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Analyzing Loop for deletion: ");
270   LLVM_DEBUG(L->dump());
271 
272   LoopDeletionResult Result = deleteLoopIfDead(L, DT, SE, LI, MSSA);
273 
274   if (Result == LoopDeletionResult::Deleted)
275     LPM.markLoopAsDeleted(*L);
276 
277   return Result != LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified;
278 }
279