1 //===---- BDCE.cpp - Bit-tracking dead code elimination -------------------===//
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 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 // This file implements the Bit-Tracking Dead Code Elimination pass. Some
10 // instructions (shifts, some ands, ors, etc.) kill some of their input bits.
11 // We track these dead bits and remove instructions that compute only these
14 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
16 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/BDCE.h"
17 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"
18 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
19 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
20 #include "llvm/Analysis/DemandedBits.h"
21 #include "llvm/Analysis/GlobalsModRef.h"
22 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/Local.h"
23 #include "llvm/IR/InstIterator.h"
24 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
25 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
26 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
27 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
28 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
31 #define DEBUG_TYPE "bdce"
33 STATISTIC(NumRemoved
, "Number of instructions removed (unused)");
34 STATISTIC(NumSimplified
, "Number of instructions trivialized (dead bits)");
36 /// If an instruction is trivialized (dead), then the chain of users of that
37 /// instruction may need to be cleared of assumptions that can no longer be
38 /// guaranteed correct.
39 static void clearAssumptionsOfUsers(Instruction
*I
, DemandedBits
&DB
) {
40 assert(I
->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy() &&
41 "Trivializing a non-integer value?");
43 // Initialize the worklist with eligible direct users.
44 SmallVector
<Instruction
*, 16> WorkList
;
45 for (User
*JU
: I
->users()) {
46 // If all bits of a user are demanded, then we know that nothing below that
47 // in the def-use chain needs to be changed.
48 auto *J
= dyn_cast
<Instruction
>(JU
);
49 if (J
&& J
->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy() &&
50 !DB
.getDemandedBits(J
).isAllOnesValue())
51 WorkList
.push_back(J
);
53 // Note that we need to check for non-int types above before asking for
54 // demanded bits. Normally, the only way to reach an instruction with an
55 // non-int type is via an instruction that has side effects (or otherwise
56 // will demand its input bits). However, if we have a readnone function
57 // that returns an unsized type (e.g., void), we must avoid asking for the
58 // demanded bits of the function call's return value. A void-returning
59 // readnone function is always dead (and so we can stop walking the use/def
60 // chain here), but the check is necessary to avoid asserting.
63 // DFS through subsequent users while tracking visits to avoid cycles.
64 SmallPtrSet
<Instruction
*, 16> Visited
;
65 while (!WorkList
.empty()) {
66 Instruction
*J
= WorkList
.pop_back_val();
68 // NSW, NUW, and exact are based on operands that might have changed.
69 J
->dropPoisonGeneratingFlags();
71 // We do not have to worry about llvm.assume or range metadata:
72 // 1. llvm.assume demands its operand, so trivializing can't change it.
73 // 2. range metadata only applies to memory accesses which demand all bits.
77 for (User
*KU
: J
->users()) {
78 // If all bits of a user are demanded, then we know that nothing below
79 // that in the def-use chain needs to be changed.
80 auto *K
= dyn_cast
<Instruction
>(KU
);
81 if (K
&& !Visited
.count(K
) && K
->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy() &&
82 !DB
.getDemandedBits(K
).isAllOnesValue())
83 WorkList
.push_back(K
);
88 static bool bitTrackingDCE(Function
&F
, DemandedBits
&DB
) {
89 SmallVector
<Instruction
*, 128> Worklist
;
91 for (Instruction
&I
: instructions(F
)) {
92 // If the instruction has side effects and no non-dbg uses,
93 // skip it. This way we avoid computing known bits on an instruction
94 // that will not help us.
95 if (I
.mayHaveSideEffects() && I
.use_empty())
98 // Remove instructions that are dead, either because they were not reached
99 // during analysis or have no demanded bits.
100 if (DB
.isInstructionDead(&I
) ||
101 (I
.getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy() &&
102 DB
.getDemandedBits(&I
).isNullValue() &&
103 wouldInstructionBeTriviallyDead(&I
))) {
105 Worklist
.push_back(&I
);
106 I
.dropAllReferences();
111 for (Use
&U
: I
.operands()) {
112 // DemandedBits only detects dead integer uses.
113 if (!U
->getType()->isIntOrIntVectorTy())
116 if (!isa
<Instruction
>(U
) && !isa
<Argument
>(U
))
119 if (!DB
.isUseDead(&U
))
122 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "BDCE: Trivializing: " << U
<< " (all bits dead)\n");
124 clearAssumptionsOfUsers(&I
, DB
);
126 // FIXME: In theory we could substitute undef here instead of zero.
127 // This should be reconsidered once we settle on the semantics of
128 // undef, poison, etc.
129 U
.set(ConstantInt::get(U
->getType(), 0));
135 for (Instruction
*&I
: Worklist
) {
137 I
->eraseFromParent();
143 PreservedAnalyses
BDCEPass::run(Function
&F
, FunctionAnalysisManager
&AM
) {
144 auto &DB
= AM
.getResult
<DemandedBitsAnalysis
>(F
);
145 if (!bitTrackingDCE(F
, DB
))
146 return PreservedAnalyses::all();
148 PreservedAnalyses PA
;
149 PA
.preserveSet
<CFGAnalyses
>();
150 PA
.preserve
<GlobalsAA
>();
155 struct BDCELegacyPass
: public FunctionPass
{
156 static char ID
; // Pass identification, replacement for typeid
157 BDCELegacyPass() : FunctionPass(ID
) {
158 initializeBDCELegacyPassPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
161 bool runOnFunction(Function
&F
) override
{
164 auto &DB
= getAnalysis
<DemandedBitsWrapperPass
>().getDemandedBits();
165 return bitTrackingDCE(F
, DB
);
168 void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage
&AU
) const override
{
169 AU
.setPreservesCFG();
170 AU
.addRequired
<DemandedBitsWrapperPass
>();
171 AU
.addPreserved
<GlobalsAAWrapperPass
>();
176 char BDCELegacyPass::ID
= 0;
177 INITIALIZE_PASS_BEGIN(BDCELegacyPass
, "bdce",
178 "Bit-Tracking Dead Code Elimination", false, false)
179 INITIALIZE_PASS_DEPENDENCY(DemandedBitsWrapperPass
)
180 INITIALIZE_PASS_END(BDCELegacyPass
, "bdce",
181 "Bit-Tracking Dead Code Elimination", false, false)
183 FunctionPass
*llvm::createBitTrackingDCEPass() { return new BDCELegacyPass(); }