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