//===- Loads.h - Local load analysis --------------------------------------===// // // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure // // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// // // This file declares simple local analyses for load instructions. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #ifndef LLVM_ANALYSIS_LOADS_H #define LLVM_ANALYSIS_LOADS_H #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h" #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h" #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h" namespace llvm { class DataLayout; class MDNode; /// Return true if this is always a dereferenceable pointer. If the context /// instruction is specified perform context-sensitive analysis and return true /// if the pointer is dereferenceable at the specified instruction. bool isDereferenceablePointer(const Value *V, const DataLayout &DL, const Instruction *CtxI = nullptr, const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr); /// Returns true if V is always a dereferenceable pointer with alignment /// greater or equal than requested. If the context instruction is specified /// performs context-sensitive analysis and returns true if the pointer is /// dereferenceable at the specified instruction. bool isDereferenceableAndAlignedPointer(const Value *V, unsigned Align, const DataLayout &DL, const Instruction *CtxI = nullptr, const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr); /// Returns true if V is always dereferenceable for Size byte with alignment /// greater or equal than requested. If the context instruction is specified /// performs context-sensitive analysis and returns true if the pointer is /// dereferenceable at the specified instruction. bool isDereferenceableAndAlignedPointer(const Value *V, unsigned Align, const APInt &Size, const DataLayout &DL, const Instruction *CtxI = nullptr, const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr); /// Return true if we know that executing a load from this value cannot trap. /// /// If DT and ScanFrom are specified this method performs context-sensitive /// analysis and returns true if it is safe to load immediately before ScanFrom. /// /// If it is not obviously safe to load from the specified pointer, we do a /// quick local scan of the basic block containing ScanFrom, to determine if /// the address is already accessed. bool isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value *V, unsigned Align, const DataLayout &DL, Instruction *ScanFrom = nullptr, const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr); /// The default number of maximum instructions to scan in the block, used by /// FindAvailableLoadedValue(). extern cl::opt<unsigned> DefMaxInstsToScan; /// Scan backwards to see if we have the value of the given load available /// locally within a small number of instructions. /// /// You can use this function to scan across multiple blocks: after you call /// this function, if ScanFrom points at the beginning of the block, it's safe /// to continue scanning the predecessors. /// /// Note that performing load CSE requires special care to make sure the /// metadata is set appropriately. In particular, aliasing metadata needs /// to be merged. (This doesn't matter for store-to-load forwarding because /// the only relevant load gets deleted.) /// /// \param Load The load we want to replace. /// \param ScanBB The basic block to scan. /// \param [in,out] ScanFrom The location to start scanning from. When this /// function returns, it points at the last instruction scanned. /// \param MaxInstsToScan The maximum number of instructions to scan. If this /// is zero, the whole block will be scanned. /// \param AA Optional pointer to alias analysis, to make the scan more /// precise. /// \param [out] IsLoadCSE Whether the returned value is a load from the same /// location in memory, as opposed to the value operand of a store. /// /// \returns The found value, or nullptr if no value is found. Value *FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadInst *Load, BasicBlock *ScanBB, BasicBlock::iterator &ScanFrom, unsigned MaxInstsToScan = DefMaxInstsToScan, AliasAnalysis *AA = nullptr, bool *IsLoadCSE = nullptr, unsigned *NumScanedInst = nullptr); /// Scan backwards to see if we have the value of the given pointer available /// locally within a small number of instructions. /// /// You can use this function to scan across multiple blocks: after you call /// this function, if ScanFrom points at the beginning of the block, it's safe /// to continue scanning the predecessors. /// /// \param Ptr The pointer we want the load and store to originate from. /// \param AccessTy The access type of the pointer. /// \param AtLeastAtomic Are we looking for at-least an atomic load/store ? In /// case it is false, we can return an atomic or non-atomic load or store. In /// case it is true, we need to return an atomic load or store. /// \param ScanBB The basic block to scan. /// \param [in,out] ScanFrom The location to start scanning from. When this /// function returns, it points at the last instruction scanned. /// \param MaxInstsToScan The maximum number of instructions to scan. If this /// is zero, the whole block will be scanned. /// \param AA Optional pointer to alias analysis, to make the scan more /// precise. /// \param [out] IsLoad Whether the returned value is a load from the same /// location in memory, as opposed to the value operand of a store. /// /// \returns The found value, or nullptr if no value is found. Value *FindAvailablePtrLoadStore(Value *Ptr, Type *AccessTy, bool AtLeastAtomic, BasicBlock *ScanBB, BasicBlock::iterator &ScanFrom, unsigned MaxInstsToScan, AliasAnalysis *AA, bool *IsLoad, unsigned *NumScanedInst); } #endif