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1 //===- UnifyFunctionExitNodes.cpp - Make all functions have a single exit -===//
2 //
3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
4 //
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
7 //
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 //
10 // This pass is used to ensure that functions have at most one return
11 // instruction in them.  Additionally, it keeps track of which node is the new
12 // exit node of the CFG.  If there are no exit nodes in the CFG, the getExitNode
13 // method will return a null pointer.
14 //
15 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
16 
17 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/UnifyFunctionExitNodes.h"
18 #include "llvm/ADT/StringExtras.h"
19 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
20 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
21 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
23 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
24 using namespace llvm;
25 
26 char UnifyFunctionExitNodes::ID = 0;
27 INITIALIZE_PASS(UnifyFunctionExitNodes, "mergereturn",
28                 "Unify function exit nodes", false, false)
29 
createUnifyFunctionExitNodesPass()30 Pass *llvm::createUnifyFunctionExitNodesPass() {
31   return new UnifyFunctionExitNodes();
32 }
33 
getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage & AU) const34 void UnifyFunctionExitNodes::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const{
35   // We preserve the non-critical-edgeness property
36   AU.addPreservedID(BreakCriticalEdgesID);
37   // This is a cluster of orthogonal Transforms
38   AU.addPreserved("mem2reg");
39   AU.addPreservedID(LowerSwitchID);
40 }
41 
42 // UnifyAllExitNodes - Unify all exit nodes of the CFG by creating a new
43 // BasicBlock, and converting all returns to unconditional branches to this
44 // new basic block.  The singular exit node is returned.
45 //
46 // If there are no return stmts in the Function, a null pointer is returned.
47 //
runOnFunction(Function & F)48 bool UnifyFunctionExitNodes::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
49   // Loop over all of the blocks in a function, tracking all of the blocks that
50   // return.
51   //
52   std::vector<BasicBlock*> ReturningBlocks;
53   std::vector<BasicBlock*> UnreachableBlocks;
54   for(Function::iterator I = F.begin(), E = F.end(); I != E; ++I)
55     if (isa<ReturnInst>(I->getTerminator()))
56       ReturningBlocks.push_back(I);
57     else if (isa<UnreachableInst>(I->getTerminator()))
58       UnreachableBlocks.push_back(I);
59 
60   // Then unreachable blocks.
61   if (UnreachableBlocks.empty()) {
62     UnreachableBlock = 0;
63   } else if (UnreachableBlocks.size() == 1) {
64     UnreachableBlock = UnreachableBlocks.front();
65   } else {
66     UnreachableBlock = BasicBlock::Create(F.getContext(),
67                                           "UnifiedUnreachableBlock", &F);
68     new UnreachableInst(F.getContext(), UnreachableBlock);
69 
70     for (std::vector<BasicBlock*>::iterator I = UnreachableBlocks.begin(),
71            E = UnreachableBlocks.end(); I != E; ++I) {
72       BasicBlock *BB = *I;
73       BB->getInstList().pop_back();  // Remove the unreachable inst.
74       BranchInst::Create(UnreachableBlock, BB);
75     }
76   }
77 
78   // Now handle return blocks.
79   if (ReturningBlocks.empty()) {
80     ReturnBlock = 0;
81     return false;                          // No blocks return
82   } else if (ReturningBlocks.size() == 1) {
83     ReturnBlock = ReturningBlocks.front(); // Already has a single return block
84     return false;
85   }
86 
87   // Otherwise, we need to insert a new basic block into the function, add a PHI
88   // nodes (if the function returns values), and convert all of the return
89   // instructions into unconditional branches.
90   //
91   BasicBlock *NewRetBlock = BasicBlock::Create(F.getContext(),
92                                                "UnifiedReturnBlock", &F);
93 
94   PHINode *PN = 0;
95   if (F.getReturnType()->isVoidTy()) {
96     ReturnInst::Create(F.getContext(), NULL, NewRetBlock);
97   } else {
98     // If the function doesn't return void... add a PHI node to the block...
99     PN = PHINode::Create(F.getReturnType(), ReturningBlocks.size(),
100                          "UnifiedRetVal");
101     NewRetBlock->getInstList().push_back(PN);
102     ReturnInst::Create(F.getContext(), PN, NewRetBlock);
103   }
104 
105   // Loop over all of the blocks, replacing the return instruction with an
106   // unconditional branch.
107   //
108   for (std::vector<BasicBlock*>::iterator I = ReturningBlocks.begin(),
109          E = ReturningBlocks.end(); I != E; ++I) {
110     BasicBlock *BB = *I;
111 
112     // Add an incoming element to the PHI node for every return instruction that
113     // is merging into this new block...
114     if (PN)
115       PN->addIncoming(BB->getTerminator()->getOperand(0), BB);
116 
117     BB->getInstList().pop_back();  // Remove the return insn
118     BranchInst::Create(NewRetBlock, BB);
119   }
120   ReturnBlock = NewRetBlock;
121   return true;
122 }
123