1 //===- LoopDeletion.cpp - Dead Loop Deletion Pass ---------------===// 2 // 3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions. 4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information. 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/Analysis/OptimizationRemarkEmitter.h" 23 #include "llvm/IR/Dominators.h" 24 #include "llvm/IR/PatternMatch.h" 25 #include "llvm/InitializePasses.h" 26 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h" 27 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/LoopPassManager.h" 28 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/LoopUtils.h" 29 30 using namespace llvm; 31 32 #define DEBUG_TYPE "loop-delete" 33 34 STATISTIC(NumDeleted, "Number of loops deleted"); 35 36 enum class LoopDeletionResult { 37 Unmodified, 38 Modified, 39 Deleted, 40 }; 41 42 static LoopDeletionResult merge(LoopDeletionResult A, LoopDeletionResult B) { 43 if (A == LoopDeletionResult::Deleted || B == LoopDeletionResult::Deleted) 44 return LoopDeletionResult::Deleted; 45 if (A == LoopDeletionResult::Modified || B == LoopDeletionResult::Modified) 46 return LoopDeletionResult::Modified; 47 return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified; 48 } 49 50 /// Determines if a loop is dead. 51 /// 52 /// This assumes that we've already checked for unique exit and exiting blocks, 53 /// and that the code is in LCSSA form. 54 static bool isLoopDead(Loop *L, ScalarEvolution &SE, 55 SmallVectorImpl<BasicBlock *> &ExitingBlocks, 56 BasicBlock *ExitBlock, bool &Changed, 57 BasicBlock *Preheader) { 58 // Make sure that all PHI entries coming from the loop are loop invariant. 59 // Because the code is in LCSSA form, any values used outside of the loop 60 // must pass through a PHI in the exit block, meaning that this check is 61 // sufficient to guarantee that no loop-variant values are used outside 62 // of the loop. 63 bool AllEntriesInvariant = true; 64 bool AllOutgoingValuesSame = true; 65 if (!L->hasNoExitBlocks()) { 66 for (PHINode &P : ExitBlock->phis()) { 67 Value *incoming = P.getIncomingValueForBlock(ExitingBlocks[0]); 68 69 // Make sure all exiting blocks produce the same incoming value for the 70 // block. If there are different incoming values for different exiting 71 // blocks, then it is impossible to statically determine which value 72 // should be used. 73 AllOutgoingValuesSame = 74 all_of(makeArrayRef(ExitingBlocks).slice(1), [&](BasicBlock *BB) { 75 return incoming == P.getIncomingValueForBlock(BB); 76 }); 77 78 if (!AllOutgoingValuesSame) 79 break; 80 81 if (Instruction *I = dyn_cast<Instruction>(incoming)) 82 if (!L->makeLoopInvariant(I, Changed, Preheader->getTerminator())) { 83 AllEntriesInvariant = false; 84 break; 85 } 86 } 87 } 88 89 if (Changed) 90 SE.forgetLoopDispositions(L); 91 92 if (!AllEntriesInvariant || !AllOutgoingValuesSame) 93 return false; 94 95 // Make sure that no instructions in the block have potential side-effects. 96 // This includes instructions that could write to memory, and loads that are 97 // marked volatile. 98 for (auto &I : L->blocks()) 99 if (any_of(*I, [](Instruction &I) { 100 return I.mayHaveSideEffects() && !I.isDroppable(); 101 })) 102 return false; 103 104 // The loop or any of its sub-loops looping infinitely is legal. The loop can 105 // only be considered dead if either 106 // a. the function is mustprogress. 107 // b. all (sub-)loops are mustprogress or have a known trip-count. 108 if (L->getHeader()->getParent()->mustProgress()) 109 return true; 110 111 SmallVector<Loop *, 8> WorkList; 112 WorkList.push_back(L); 113 while (!WorkList.empty()) { 114 Loop *Current = WorkList.pop_back_val(); 115 if (hasMustProgress(Current)) 116 continue; 117 118 const SCEV *S = SE.getConstantMaxBackedgeTakenCount(Current); 119 if (isa<SCEVCouldNotCompute>(S)) { 120 LLVM_DEBUG( 121 dbgs() << "Could not compute SCEV MaxBackedgeTakenCount and was " 122 "not required to make progress.\n"); 123 return false; 124 } 125 WorkList.append(Current->begin(), Current->end()); 126 } 127 return true; 128 } 129 130 /// This function returns true if there is no viable path from the 131 /// entry block to the header of \p L. Right now, it only does 132 /// a local search to save compile time. 133 static bool isLoopNeverExecuted(Loop *L) { 134 using namespace PatternMatch; 135 136 auto *Preheader = L->getLoopPreheader(); 137 // TODO: We can relax this constraint, since we just need a loop 138 // predecessor. 139 assert(Preheader && "Needs preheader!"); 140 141 if (Preheader->isEntryBlock()) 142 return false; 143 // All predecessors of the preheader should have a constant conditional 144 // branch, with the loop's preheader as not-taken. 145 for (auto *Pred: predecessors(Preheader)) { 146 BasicBlock *Taken, *NotTaken; 147 ConstantInt *Cond; 148 if (!match(Pred->getTerminator(), 149 m_Br(m_ConstantInt(Cond), Taken, NotTaken))) 150 return false; 151 if (!Cond->getZExtValue()) 152 std::swap(Taken, NotTaken); 153 if (Taken == Preheader) 154 return false; 155 } 156 assert(!pred_empty(Preheader) && 157 "Preheader should have predecessors at this point!"); 158 // All the predecessors have the loop preheader as not-taken target. 159 return true; 160 } 161 162 /// If we can prove the backedge is untaken, remove it. This destroys the 163 /// loop, but leaves the (now trivially loop invariant) control flow and 164 /// side effects (if any) in place. 165 static LoopDeletionResult 166 breakBackedgeIfNotTaken(Loop *L, DominatorTree &DT, ScalarEvolution &SE, 167 LoopInfo &LI, MemorySSA *MSSA, 168 OptimizationRemarkEmitter &ORE) { 169 assert(L->isLCSSAForm(DT) && "Expected LCSSA!"); 170 171 if (!L->getLoopLatch()) 172 return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified; 173 174 auto *BTC = SE.getBackedgeTakenCount(L); 175 if (!BTC->isZero()) 176 return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified; 177 178 breakLoopBackedge(L, DT, SE, LI, MSSA); 179 return LoopDeletionResult::Deleted; 180 } 181 182 /// Remove a loop if it is dead. 183 /// 184 /// A loop is considered dead either if it does not impact the observable 185 /// behavior of the program other than finite running time, or if it is 186 /// required to make progress by an attribute such as 'mustprogress' or 187 /// 'llvm.loop.mustprogress' and does not make any. This may remove 188 /// infinite loops that have been required to make progress. 189 /// 190 /// This entire process relies pretty heavily on LoopSimplify form and LCSSA in 191 /// order to make various safety checks work. 192 /// 193 /// \returns true if any changes were made. This may mutate the loop even if it 194 /// is unable to delete it due to hoisting trivially loop invariant 195 /// instructions out of the loop. 196 static LoopDeletionResult deleteLoopIfDead(Loop *L, DominatorTree &DT, 197 ScalarEvolution &SE, LoopInfo &LI, 198 MemorySSA *MSSA, 199 OptimizationRemarkEmitter &ORE) { 200 assert(L->isLCSSAForm(DT) && "Expected LCSSA!"); 201 202 // We can only remove the loop if there is a preheader that we can branch from 203 // after removing it. Also, if LoopSimplify form is not available, stay out 204 // of trouble. 205 BasicBlock *Preheader = L->getLoopPreheader(); 206 if (!Preheader || !L->hasDedicatedExits()) { 207 LLVM_DEBUG( 208 dbgs() 209 << "Deletion requires Loop with preheader and dedicated exits.\n"); 210 return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified; 211 } 212 213 BasicBlock *ExitBlock = L->getUniqueExitBlock(); 214 215 if (ExitBlock && isLoopNeverExecuted(L)) { 216 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop is proven to never execute, delete it!"); 217 // We need to forget the loop before setting the incoming values of the exit 218 // phis to undef, so we properly invalidate the SCEV expressions for those 219 // phis. 220 SE.forgetLoop(L); 221 // Set incoming value to undef for phi nodes in the exit block. 222 for (PHINode &P : ExitBlock->phis()) { 223 std::fill(P.incoming_values().begin(), P.incoming_values().end(), 224 UndefValue::get(P.getType())); 225 } 226 ORE.emit([&]() { 227 return OptimizationRemark(DEBUG_TYPE, "NeverExecutes", L->getStartLoc(), 228 L->getHeader()) 229 << "Loop deleted because it never executes"; 230 }); 231 deleteDeadLoop(L, &DT, &SE, &LI, MSSA); 232 ++NumDeleted; 233 return LoopDeletionResult::Deleted; 234 } 235 236 // The remaining checks below are for a loop being dead because all statements 237 // in the loop are invariant. 238 SmallVector<BasicBlock *, 4> ExitingBlocks; 239 L->getExitingBlocks(ExitingBlocks); 240 241 // We require that the loop has at most one exit block. Otherwise, we'd be in 242 // the situation of needing to be able to solve statically which exit block 243 // will be branched to, or trying to preserve the branching logic in a loop 244 // invariant manner. 245 if (!ExitBlock && !L->hasNoExitBlocks()) { 246 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Deletion requires at most one exit block.\n"); 247 return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified; 248 } 249 // Finally, we have to check that the loop really is dead. 250 bool Changed = false; 251 if (!isLoopDead(L, SE, ExitingBlocks, ExitBlock, Changed, Preheader)) { 252 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop is not invariant, cannot delete.\n"); 253 return Changed ? LoopDeletionResult::Modified 254 : LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified; 255 } 256 257 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop is invariant, delete it!"); 258 ORE.emit([&]() { 259 return OptimizationRemark(DEBUG_TYPE, "Invariant", L->getStartLoc(), 260 L->getHeader()) 261 << "Loop deleted because it is invariant"; 262 }); 263 deleteDeadLoop(L, &DT, &SE, &LI, MSSA); 264 ++NumDeleted; 265 266 return LoopDeletionResult::Deleted; 267 } 268 269 PreservedAnalyses LoopDeletionPass::run(Loop &L, LoopAnalysisManager &AM, 270 LoopStandardAnalysisResults &AR, 271 LPMUpdater &Updater) { 272 273 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Analyzing Loop for deletion: "); 274 LLVM_DEBUG(L.dump()); 275 std::string LoopName = std::string(L.getName()); 276 // For the new PM, we can't use OptimizationRemarkEmitter as an analysis 277 // pass. Function analyses need to be preserved across loop transformations 278 // but ORE cannot be preserved (see comment before the pass definition). 279 OptimizationRemarkEmitter ORE(L.getHeader()->getParent()); 280 auto Result = deleteLoopIfDead(&L, AR.DT, AR.SE, AR.LI, AR.MSSA, ORE); 281 282 // If we can prove the backedge isn't taken, just break it and be done. This 283 // leaves the loop structure in place which means it can handle dispatching 284 // to the right exit based on whatever loop invariant structure remains. 285 if (Result != LoopDeletionResult::Deleted) 286 Result = merge(Result, breakBackedgeIfNotTaken(&L, AR.DT, AR.SE, AR.LI, 287 AR.MSSA, ORE)); 288 289 if (Result == LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified) 290 return PreservedAnalyses::all(); 291 292 if (Result == LoopDeletionResult::Deleted) 293 Updater.markLoopAsDeleted(L, LoopName); 294 295 auto PA = getLoopPassPreservedAnalyses(); 296 if (AR.MSSA) 297 PA.preserve<MemorySSAAnalysis>(); 298 return PA; 299 } 300 301 namespace { 302 class LoopDeletionLegacyPass : public LoopPass { 303 public: 304 static char ID; // Pass ID, replacement for typeid 305 LoopDeletionLegacyPass() : LoopPass(ID) { 306 initializeLoopDeletionLegacyPassPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry()); 307 } 308 309 // Possibly eliminate loop L if it is dead. 310 bool runOnLoop(Loop *L, LPPassManager &) override; 311 312 void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override { 313 AU.addPreserved<MemorySSAWrapperPass>(); 314 getLoopAnalysisUsage(AU); 315 } 316 }; 317 } 318 319 char LoopDeletionLegacyPass::ID = 0; 320 INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(LoopDeletionLegacyPass, "loop-deletion", 321 "Delete dead loops", false, false) 322 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(LoopPass) 323 INITIALIZE_PASS_END(LoopDeletionLegacyPass, "loop-deletion", 324 "Delete dead loops", false, false) 325 326 Pass *llvm::createLoopDeletionPass() { return new LoopDeletionLegacyPass(); } 327 328 bool LoopDeletionLegacyPass::runOnLoop(Loop *L, LPPassManager &LPM) { 329 if (skipLoop(L)) 330 return false; 331 DominatorTree &DT = getAnalysis<DominatorTreeWrapperPass>().getDomTree(); 332 ScalarEvolution &SE = getAnalysis<ScalarEvolutionWrapperPass>().getSE(); 333 LoopInfo &LI = getAnalysis<LoopInfoWrapperPass>().getLoopInfo(); 334 auto *MSSAAnalysis = getAnalysisIfAvailable<MemorySSAWrapperPass>(); 335 MemorySSA *MSSA = nullptr; 336 if (MSSAAnalysis) 337 MSSA = &MSSAAnalysis->getMSSA(); 338 // For the old PM, we can't use OptimizationRemarkEmitter as an analysis 339 // pass. Function analyses need to be preserved across loop transformations 340 // but ORE cannot be preserved (see comment before the pass definition). 341 OptimizationRemarkEmitter ORE(L->getHeader()->getParent()); 342 343 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Analyzing Loop for deletion: "); 344 LLVM_DEBUG(L->dump()); 345 346 LoopDeletionResult Result = deleteLoopIfDead(L, DT, SE, LI, MSSA, ORE); 347 348 // If we can prove the backedge isn't taken, just break it and be done. This 349 // leaves the loop structure in place which means it can handle dispatching 350 // to the right exit based on whatever loop invariant structure remains. 351 if (Result != LoopDeletionResult::Deleted) 352 Result = merge(Result, breakBackedgeIfNotTaken(L, DT, SE, LI, MSSA, ORE)); 353 354 if (Result == LoopDeletionResult::Deleted) 355 LPM.markLoopAsDeleted(*L); 356 357 return Result != LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified; 358 } 359