[clang][dataflow] Add an early-out to `flowConditionImplies()` / `flowConditionAllows...
commit03a0bfa96a6eb09c4bbae344ac3aa062339aa730
authormartinboehme <mboehme@google.com>
Tue, 9 Jan 2024 18:18:54 +0000 (9 19:18 +0100)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>
Tue, 9 Jan 2024 18:18:54 +0000 (9 19:18 +0100)
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parentf0fd8fd752d69671d0cf391d90d9aba10da98978
[clang][dataflow] Add an early-out to `flowConditionImplies()` / `flowConditionAllows()`. (#77453)

This saves having to assemble the set of constraints and run the SAT
solver in
the trivial case where `F` is true.

This is a performance win on the benchmarks for the Crubit nullability
checker:

```
name                              old cpu/op   new cpu/op   delta
BM_PointerAnalysisCopyPointer     64.1µs ± 5%  63.1µs ± 0%   -1.56%  (p=0.000 n=20+17)
BM_PointerAnalysisIntLoop          172µs ± 2%   171µs ± 0%     ~     (p=0.752 n=20+17)
BM_PointerAnalysisPointerLoop      408µs ± 3%   355µs ± 0%  -12.99%  (p=0.000 n=20+17)
BM_PointerAnalysisBranch           201µs ± 2%   184µs ± 0%   -8.28%  (p=0.000 n=20+19)
BM_PointerAnalysisLoopAndBranch    684µs ± 2%   613µs ± 2%  -10.38%  (p=0.000 n=20+19)
BM_PointerAnalysisTwoLoops         309µs ± 2%   308µs ± 2%     ~     (p=0.728 n=20+19)
BM_PointerAnalysisJoinFilePath    37.9ms ± 2%  37.9ms ± 2%   +0.06%  (p=0.041 n=20+19)
BM_PointerAnalysisCallInLoop      26.5ms ± 2%  26.4ms ± 4%   -0.59%  (p=0.024 n=20+20)
```

When running clang-tidy on real-world code, the results are less clear.
In
three runs, averaged, on an arbitrarily chosen input file, I get 11.91 s
of user
time without this patch and 11.81 s with it, though with considerable
measurement noise (I'm seeing up to 0.2 s of variation between runs).

Still, this is a very simple change, and it is a clear win in
benchmarks, so I
think it is worth making.
clang/include/clang/Analysis/FlowSensitive/Formula.h
clang/lib/Analysis/FlowSensitive/DataflowAnalysisContext.cpp