1 //===- LoopDeletion.cpp - Dead Loop Deletion Pass ---------------===//
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 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.
14 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
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/IR/Dominators.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/PatternMatch.h"
23 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
24 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar/LoopPassManager.h"
25 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/LoopUtils.h"
28 #define DEBUG_TYPE "loop-delete"
30 STATISTIC(NumDeleted
, "Number of loops deleted");
32 enum class LoopDeletionResult
{
38 /// Determines if a loop is dead.
40 /// This assumes that we've already checked for unique exit and exiting blocks,
41 /// and that the code is in LCSSA form.
42 static bool isLoopDead(Loop
*L
, ScalarEvolution
&SE
,
43 SmallVectorImpl
<BasicBlock
*> &ExitingBlocks
,
44 BasicBlock
*ExitBlock
, bool &Changed
,
45 BasicBlock
*Preheader
) {
46 // Make sure that all PHI entries coming from the loop are loop invariant.
47 // Because the code is in LCSSA form, any values used outside of the loop
48 // must pass through a PHI in the exit block, meaning that this check is
49 // sufficient to guarantee that no loop-variant values are used outside
51 bool AllEntriesInvariant
= true;
52 bool AllOutgoingValuesSame
= true;
53 for (PHINode
&P
: ExitBlock
->phis()) {
54 Value
*incoming
= P
.getIncomingValueForBlock(ExitingBlocks
[0]);
56 // Make sure all exiting blocks produce the same incoming value for the exit
57 // block. If there are different incoming values for different exiting
58 // blocks, then it is impossible to statically determine which value should
60 AllOutgoingValuesSame
=
61 all_of(makeArrayRef(ExitingBlocks
).slice(1), [&](BasicBlock
*BB
) {
62 return incoming
== P
.getIncomingValueForBlock(BB
);
65 if (!AllOutgoingValuesSame
)
68 if (Instruction
*I
= dyn_cast
<Instruction
>(incoming
))
69 if (!L
->makeLoopInvariant(I
, Changed
, Preheader
->getTerminator())) {
70 AllEntriesInvariant
= false;
76 SE
.forgetLoopDispositions(L
);
78 if (!AllEntriesInvariant
|| !AllOutgoingValuesSame
)
81 // Make sure that no instructions in the block have potential side-effects.
82 // This includes instructions that could write to memory, and loads that are
84 for (auto &I
: L
->blocks())
85 if (any_of(*I
, [](Instruction
&I
) { return I
.mayHaveSideEffects(); }))
90 /// This function returns true if there is no viable path from the
91 /// entry block to the header of \p L. Right now, it only does
92 /// a local search to save compile time.
93 static bool isLoopNeverExecuted(Loop
*L
) {
94 using namespace PatternMatch
;
96 auto *Preheader
= L
->getLoopPreheader();
97 // TODO: We can relax this constraint, since we just need a loop
99 assert(Preheader
&& "Needs preheader!");
101 if (Preheader
== &Preheader
->getParent()->getEntryBlock())
103 // All predecessors of the preheader should have a constant conditional
104 // branch, with the loop's preheader as not-taken.
105 for (auto *Pred
: predecessors(Preheader
)) {
106 BasicBlock
*Taken
, *NotTaken
;
108 if (!match(Pred
->getTerminator(),
109 m_Br(m_ConstantInt(Cond
), Taken
, NotTaken
)))
111 if (!Cond
->getZExtValue())
112 std::swap(Taken
, NotTaken
);
113 if (Taken
== Preheader
)
116 assert(!pred_empty(Preheader
) &&
117 "Preheader should have predecessors at this point!");
118 // All the predecessors have the loop preheader as not-taken target.
122 /// Remove a loop if it is dead.
124 /// A loop is considered dead if it does not impact the observable behavior of
125 /// the program other than finite running time. This never removes a loop that
126 /// might be infinite (unless it is never executed), as doing so could change
127 /// the halting/non-halting nature of a program.
129 /// This entire process relies pretty heavily on LoopSimplify form and LCSSA in
130 /// order to make various safety checks work.
132 /// \returns true if any changes were made. This may mutate the loop even if it
133 /// is unable to delete it due to hoisting trivially loop invariant
134 /// instructions out of the loop.
135 static LoopDeletionResult
deleteLoopIfDead(Loop
*L
, DominatorTree
&DT
,
136 ScalarEvolution
&SE
, LoopInfo
&LI
) {
137 assert(L
->isLCSSAForm(DT
) && "Expected LCSSA!");
139 // We can only remove the loop if there is a preheader that we can branch from
140 // after removing it. Also, if LoopSimplify form is not available, stay out
142 BasicBlock
*Preheader
= L
->getLoopPreheader();
143 if (!Preheader
|| !L
->hasDedicatedExits()) {
146 << "Deletion requires Loop with preheader and dedicated exits.\n");
147 return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified
;
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 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop contains subloops.\n");
153 return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified
;
157 BasicBlock
*ExitBlock
= L
->getUniqueExitBlock();
159 if (ExitBlock
&& isLoopNeverExecuted(L
)) {
160 LLVM_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()));
166 deleteDeadLoop(L
, &DT
, &SE
, &LI
);
168 return LoopDeletionResult::Deleted
;
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
);
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.
181 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Deletion requires single exit block\n");
182 return LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified
;
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 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop is not invariant, cannot delete.\n");
188 return Changed
? LoopDeletionResult::Modified
189 : LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified
;
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
.getConstantMaxBackedgeTakenCount(L
);
195 if (isa
<SCEVCouldNotCompute
>(S
)) {
196 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Could not compute SCEV MaxBackedgeTakenCount.\n");
197 return Changed
? LoopDeletionResult::Modified
198 : LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified
;
201 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Loop is invariant, delete it!");
202 deleteDeadLoop(L
, &DT
, &SE
, &LI
);
205 return LoopDeletionResult::Deleted
;
208 PreservedAnalyses
LoopDeletionPass::run(Loop
&L
, LoopAnalysisManager
&AM
,
209 LoopStandardAnalysisResults
&AR
,
210 LPMUpdater
&Updater
) {
212 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Analyzing Loop for deletion: ");
213 LLVM_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();
219 if (Result
== LoopDeletionResult::Deleted
)
220 Updater
.markLoopAsDeleted(L
, LoopName
);
222 return getLoopPassPreservedAnalyses();
226 class LoopDeletionLegacyPass
: public LoopPass
{
228 static char ID
; // Pass ID, replacement for typeid
229 LoopDeletionLegacyPass() : LoopPass(ID
) {
230 initializeLoopDeletionLegacyPassPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
233 // Possibly eliminate loop L if it is dead.
234 bool runOnLoop(Loop
*L
, LPPassManager
&) override
;
236 void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage
&AU
) const override
{
237 getLoopAnalysisUsage(AU
);
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)
249 Pass
*llvm::createLoopDeletionPass() { return new LoopDeletionLegacyPass(); }
251 bool LoopDeletionLegacyPass::runOnLoop(Loop
*L
, LPPassManager
&LPM
) {
254 DominatorTree
&DT
= getAnalysis
<DominatorTreeWrapperPass
>().getDomTree();
255 ScalarEvolution
&SE
= getAnalysis
<ScalarEvolutionWrapperPass
>().getSE();
256 LoopInfo
&LI
= getAnalysis
<LoopInfoWrapperPass
>().getLoopInfo();
258 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Analyzing Loop for deletion: ");
259 LLVM_DEBUG(L
->dump());
261 LoopDeletionResult Result
= deleteLoopIfDead(L
, DT
, SE
, LI
);
263 if (Result
== LoopDeletionResult::Deleted
)
264 LPM
.markLoopAsDeleted(*L
);
266 return Result
!= LoopDeletionResult::Unmodified
;