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