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1 //===- Loads.h - Local load analysis --------------------------------------===//
2 //
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
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 //
9 // This file declares simple local analyses for load instructions.
10 //
11 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
12 
13 #ifndef LLVM_ANALYSIS_LOADS_H
14 #define LLVM_ANALYSIS_LOADS_H
15 
16 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
17 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
18 
19 namespace llvm {
20 
21 class BatchAAResults;
22 class AssumptionCache;
23 class DataLayout;
24 class DominatorTree;
25 class Instruction;
26 class LoadInst;
27 class Loop;
28 class MemoryLocation;
29 class ScalarEvolution;
30 class SCEVPredicate;
31 template <typename T> class SmallVectorImpl;
32 class TargetLibraryInfo;
33 
34 /// Return true if this is always a dereferenceable pointer. If the context
35 /// instruction is specified perform context-sensitive analysis and return true
36 /// if the pointer is dereferenceable at the specified instruction.
37 bool isDereferenceablePointer(const Value *V, Type *Ty, const DataLayout &DL,
38                               const Instruction *CtxI = nullptr,
39                               AssumptionCache *AC = nullptr,
40                               const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr,
41                               const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI = nullptr);
42 
43 /// Returns true if V is always a dereferenceable pointer with alignment
44 /// greater or equal than requested. If the context instruction is specified
45 /// performs context-sensitive analysis and returns true if the pointer is
46 /// dereferenceable at the specified instruction.
47 bool isDereferenceableAndAlignedPointer(const Value *V, Type *Ty,
48                                         Align Alignment, const DataLayout &DL,
49                                         const Instruction *CtxI = nullptr,
50                                         AssumptionCache *AC = nullptr,
51                                         const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr,
52                                         const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI = nullptr);
53 
54 /// Returns true if V is always dereferenceable for Size byte with alignment
55 /// greater or equal than requested. If the context instruction is specified
56 /// performs context-sensitive analysis and returns true if the pointer is
57 /// dereferenceable at the specified instruction.
58 bool isDereferenceableAndAlignedPointer(const Value *V, Align Alignment,
59                                         const APInt &Size, const DataLayout &DL,
60                                         const Instruction *CtxI = nullptr,
61                                         AssumptionCache *AC = nullptr,
62                                         const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr,
63                                         const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI = nullptr);
64 
65 /// Return true if we know that executing a load from this value cannot trap.
66 ///
67 /// If DT and ScanFrom are specified this method performs context-sensitive
68 /// analysis and returns true if it is safe to load immediately before ScanFrom.
69 ///
70 /// If it is not obviously safe to load from the specified pointer, we do a
71 /// quick local scan of the basic block containing ScanFrom, to determine if
72 /// the address is already accessed.
73 bool isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value *V, Align Alignment, const APInt &Size,
74                                  const DataLayout &DL, Instruction *ScanFrom,
75                                  AssumptionCache *AC = nullptr,
76                                  const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr,
77                                  const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI = nullptr);
78 
79 /// Return true if we can prove that the given load (which is assumed to be
80 /// within the specified loop) would access only dereferenceable memory, and
81 /// be properly aligned on every iteration of the specified loop regardless of
82 /// its placement within the loop. (i.e. does not require predication beyond
83 /// that required by the header itself and could be hoisted into the header
84 /// if desired.)  This is more powerful than the variants above when the
85 /// address loaded from is analyzeable by SCEV.
86 bool isDereferenceableAndAlignedInLoop(
87     LoadInst *LI, Loop *L, ScalarEvolution &SE, DominatorTree &DT,
88     AssumptionCache *AC = nullptr,
89     SmallVectorImpl<const SCEVPredicate *> *Predicates = nullptr);
90 
91 /// Return true if the loop \p L cannot fault on any iteration and only
92 /// contains read-only memory accesses.
93 bool isDereferenceableReadOnlyLoop(
94     Loop *L, ScalarEvolution *SE, DominatorTree *DT, AssumptionCache *AC,
95     SmallVectorImpl<const SCEVPredicate *> *Predicates = nullptr);
96 
97 /// Return true if we know that executing a load from this value cannot trap.
98 ///
99 /// If DT and ScanFrom are specified this method performs context-sensitive
100 /// analysis and returns true if it is safe to load immediately before ScanFrom.
101 ///
102 /// If it is not obviously safe to load from the specified pointer, we do a
103 /// quick local scan of the basic block containing ScanFrom, to determine if
104 /// the address is already accessed.
105 bool isSafeToLoadUnconditionally(Value *V, Type *Ty, Align Alignment,
106                                  const DataLayout &DL, Instruction *ScanFrom,
107                                  AssumptionCache *AC = nullptr,
108                                  const DominatorTree *DT = nullptr,
109                                  const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI = nullptr);
110 
111 /// Return true if speculation of the given load must be suppressed to avoid
112 /// ordering or interfering with an active sanitizer.  If not suppressed,
113 /// dereferenceability and alignment must be proven separately.  Note: This
114 /// is only needed for raw reasoning; if you use the interface below
115 /// (isSafeToSpeculativelyExecute), this is handled internally.
116 bool mustSuppressSpeculation(const LoadInst &LI);
117 
118 /// The default number of maximum instructions to scan in the block, used by
119 /// FindAvailableLoadedValue().
120 extern cl::opt<unsigned> DefMaxInstsToScan;
121 
122 /// Scan backwards to see if we have the value of the given load available
123 /// locally within a small number of instructions.
124 ///
125 /// You can use this function to scan across multiple blocks: after you call
126 /// this function, if ScanFrom points at the beginning of the block, it's safe
127 /// to continue scanning the predecessors.
128 ///
129 /// Note that performing load CSE requires special care to make sure the
130 /// metadata is set appropriately.  In particular, aliasing metadata needs
131 /// to be merged.  (This doesn't matter for store-to-load forwarding because
132 /// the only relevant load gets deleted.)
133 ///
134 /// \param Load The load we want to replace.
135 /// \param ScanBB The basic block to scan.
136 /// \param [in,out] ScanFrom The location to start scanning from. When this
137 /// function returns, it points at the last instruction scanned.
138 /// \param MaxInstsToScan The maximum number of instructions to scan. If this
139 /// is zero, the whole block will be scanned.
140 /// \param AA Optional pointer to alias analysis, to make the scan more
141 /// precise.
142 /// \param [out] IsLoadCSE Whether the returned value is a load from the same
143 /// location in memory, as opposed to the value operand of a store.
144 ///
145 /// \returns The found value, or nullptr if no value is found.
146 Value *FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadInst *Load, BasicBlock *ScanBB,
147                                 BasicBlock::iterator &ScanFrom,
148                                 unsigned MaxInstsToScan = DefMaxInstsToScan,
149                                 BatchAAResults *AA = nullptr,
150                                 bool *IsLoadCSE = nullptr,
151                                 unsigned *NumScanedInst = nullptr);
152 
153 /// This overload provides a more efficient implementation of
154 /// FindAvailableLoadedValue() for the case where we are not interested in
155 /// finding the closest clobbering instruction if no available load is found.
156 /// This overload cannot be used to scan across multiple blocks.
157 Value *FindAvailableLoadedValue(LoadInst *Load, BatchAAResults &AA,
158                                 bool *IsLoadCSE,
159                                 unsigned MaxInstsToScan = DefMaxInstsToScan);
160 
161 /// Scan backwards to see if we have the value of the given pointer available
162 /// locally within a small number of instructions.
163 ///
164 /// You can use this function to scan across multiple blocks: after you call
165 /// this function, if ScanFrom points at the beginning of the block, it's safe
166 /// to continue scanning the predecessors.
167 ///
168 /// \param Loc The location we want the load and store to originate from.
169 /// \param AccessTy The access type of the pointer.
170 /// \param AtLeastAtomic Are we looking for at-least an atomic load/store ? In
171 /// case it is false, we can return an atomic or non-atomic load or store. In
172 /// case it is true, we need to return an atomic load or store.
173 /// \param ScanBB The basic block to scan.
174 /// \param [in,out] ScanFrom The location to start scanning from. When this
175 /// function returns, it points at the last instruction scanned.
176 /// \param MaxInstsToScan The maximum number of instructions to scan. If this
177 /// is zero, the whole block will be scanned.
178 /// \param AA Optional pointer to alias analysis, to make the scan more
179 /// precise.
180 /// \param [out] IsLoadCSE Whether the returned value is a load from the same
181 /// location in memory, as opposed to the value operand of a store.
182 ///
183 /// \returns The found value, or nullptr if no value is found.
184 Value *findAvailablePtrLoadStore(const MemoryLocation &Loc, Type *AccessTy,
185                                  bool AtLeastAtomic, BasicBlock *ScanBB,
186                                  BasicBlock::iterator &ScanFrom,
187                                  unsigned MaxInstsToScan, BatchAAResults *AA,
188                                  bool *IsLoadCSE, unsigned *NumScanedInst);
189 
190 /// Returns true if a pointer value \p From can be replaced with another pointer
191 /// value \To if they are deemed equal through some means (e.g. information from
192 /// conditions).
193 /// NOTE: The current implementation allows replacement in Icmp and PtrToInt
194 /// instructions, as well as when we are replacing with a null pointer.
195 /// Additionally it also allows replacement of pointers when both pointers have
196 /// the same underlying object.
197 bool canReplacePointersIfEqual(const Value *From, const Value *To,
198                                const DataLayout &DL);
199 bool canReplacePointersInUseIfEqual(const Use &U, const Value *To,
200                                     const DataLayout &DL);
201 }
202 
203 #endif
204