1 //==-- AArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions.cpp - Replace dead defs w/ zero reg --==//
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
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 /// \file When allowed by the instruction, replace a dead definition of a GPR
9 /// with the zero register. This makes the code a bit friendlier towards the
10 /// hardware's register renamer.
11 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
14 #include "AArch64RegisterInfo.h"
15 #include "AArch64Subtarget.h"
16 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
17 #include "llvm/CodeGen/ISDOpcodes.h"
18 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunction.h"
19 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineFunctionPass.h"
20 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h"
21 #include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineRegisterInfo.h"
22 #include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetInstrInfo.h"
23 #include "llvm/CodeGen/TargetSubtargetInfo.h"
24 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
25 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
28 #define DEBUG_TYPE "aarch64-dead-defs"
30 STATISTIC(NumDeadDefsReplaced
, "Number of dead definitions replaced");
32 #define AARCH64_DEAD_REG_DEF_NAME "AArch64 Dead register definitions"
35 class AArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions
: public MachineFunctionPass
{
37 const TargetRegisterInfo
*TRI
;
38 const MachineRegisterInfo
*MRI
;
39 const TargetInstrInfo
*TII
;
41 void processMachineBasicBlock(MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
);
43 static char ID
; // Pass identification, replacement for typeid.
44 AArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions() : MachineFunctionPass(ID
) {
45 initializeAArch64DeadRegisterDefinitionsPass(
46 *PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
49 bool runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction
&F
) override
;
51 StringRef
getPassName() const override
{ return AARCH64_DEAD_REG_DEF_NAME
; }
53 void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage
&AU
) const override
{
55 MachineFunctionPass::getAnalysisUsage(AU
);
58 char AArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions::ID
= 0;
59 } // end anonymous namespace
61 INITIALIZE_PASS(AArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions
, "aarch64-dead-defs",
62 AARCH64_DEAD_REG_DEF_NAME
, false, false)
64 static bool usesFrameIndex(const MachineInstr
&MI
) {
65 for (const MachineOperand
&MO
: MI
.uses())
71 void AArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions::processMachineBasicBlock(
72 MachineBasicBlock
&MBB
) {
73 const MachineFunction
&MF
= *MBB
.getParent();
74 for (MachineInstr
&MI
: MBB
) {
75 if (usesFrameIndex(MI
)) {
76 // We need to skip this instruction because while it appears to have a
77 // dead def it uses a frame index which might expand into a multi
78 // instruction sequence during EPI.
79 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " Ignoring, operand is frame index\n");
82 if (MI
.definesRegister(AArch64::XZR
) || MI
.definesRegister(AArch64::WZR
)) {
83 // It is not allowed to write to the same register (not even the zero
84 // register) twice in a single instruction.
87 << " Ignoring, XZR or WZR already used by the instruction\n");
91 if (atomicBarrierDroppedOnZero(MI
.getOpcode())) {
92 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " Ignoring, semantics change with xzr/wzr.\n");
96 const MCInstrDesc
&Desc
= MI
.getDesc();
97 for (int I
= 0, E
= Desc
.getNumDefs(); I
!= E
; ++I
) {
98 MachineOperand
&MO
= MI
.getOperand(I
);
99 if (!MO
.isReg() || !MO
.isDef())
101 // We should not have any relevant physreg defs that are replacable by
102 // zero before register allocation. So we just check for dead vreg defs.
103 unsigned Reg
= MO
.getReg();
104 if (!TargetRegisterInfo::isVirtualRegister(Reg
) ||
105 (!MO
.isDead() && !MRI
->use_nodbg_empty(Reg
)))
107 assert(!MO
.isImplicit() && "Unexpected implicit def!");
108 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " Dead def operand #" << I
<< " in:\n ";
110 // Be careful not to change the register if it's a tied operand.
111 if (MI
.isRegTiedToUseOperand(I
)) {
112 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " Ignoring, def is tied operand.\n");
115 const TargetRegisterClass
*RC
= TII
->getRegClass(Desc
, I
, TRI
, MF
);
118 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " Ignoring, register is not a GPR.\n");
120 } else if (RC
->contains(AArch64::WZR
))
121 NewReg
= AArch64::WZR
;
122 else if (RC
->contains(AArch64::XZR
))
123 NewReg
= AArch64::XZR
;
125 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " Ignoring, register is not a GPR.\n");
128 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << " Replacing with zero register. New:\n ");
131 LLVM_DEBUG(MI
.print(dbgs()));
132 ++NumDeadDefsReplaced
;
134 // Only replace one dead register, see check for zero register above.
140 // Scan the function for instructions that have a dead definition of a
141 // register. Replace that register with the zero register when possible.
142 bool AArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions::runOnMachineFunction(MachineFunction
&MF
) {
143 if (skipFunction(MF
.getFunction()))
146 TRI
= MF
.getSubtarget().getRegisterInfo();
147 TII
= MF
.getSubtarget().getInstrInfo();
148 MRI
= &MF
.getRegInfo();
149 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "***** AArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions *****\n");
152 processMachineBasicBlock(MBB
);
156 FunctionPass
*llvm::createAArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions() {
157 return new AArch64DeadRegisterDefinitions();