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1 files changed, 34 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp b/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
index 95278020a2..381298b86e 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
@@ -138,9 +138,10 @@ ImmutablePass *llvm::createBasicAliasAnalysisPass() {
return new BasicAliasAnalysis();
}
-// getUnderlyingObject - This traverses the use chain to figure out what object
-// the specified value points to. If the value points to, or is derived from, a
-// unique object or an argument, return it.
+/// getUnderlyingObject - This traverses the use chain to figure out what object
+/// the specified value points to. If the value points to, or is derived from,
+/// a unique object or an argument, return it. This returns:
+/// Arguments, GlobalVariables, Functions, Allocas, Mallocs.
static const Value *getUnderlyingObject(const Value *V) {
if (!isa<PointerType>(V->getType())) return 0;
@@ -241,41 +242,29 @@ static bool AddressMightEscape(const Value *V) {
//
AliasAnalysis::ModRefResult
BasicAliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CallSite CS, Value *P, unsigned Size) {
- if (!isa<Constant>(P))
- if (const AllocationInst *AI =
- dyn_cast_or_null<AllocationInst>(getUnderlyingObject(P))) {
+ if (!isa<Constant>(P)) {
+ const Value *Object = getUnderlyingObject(P);
+ // Allocations and byval arguments are "new" objects.
+ if (isa<AllocationInst>(Object) ||
+ (isa<Argument>(Object) && cast<Argument>(Object)->hasByValAttr())) {
// Okay, the pointer is to a stack allocated object. If we can prove that
// the pointer never "escapes", then we know the call cannot clobber it,
// because it simply can't get its address.
- if (!AddressMightEscape(AI))
+ if (!AddressMightEscape(Object))
return NoModRef;
// If this is a tail call and P points to a stack location, we know that
// the tail call cannot access or modify the local stack.
if (CallInst *CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(CS.getInstruction()))
- if (CI->isTailCall() && isa<AllocaInst>(AI))
+ if (CI->isTailCall() && !isa<MallocInst>(Object))
return NoModRef;
}
+ }
// The AliasAnalysis base class has some smarts, lets use them.
return AliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CS, P, Size);
}
-static bool isNoAliasArgument(const Argument *Arg) {
- const Function *Func = Arg->getParent();
- const ParamAttrsList *Attr = Func->getParamAttrs();
- if (Attr) {
- unsigned Idx = 1;
- for (Function::const_arg_iterator I = Func->arg_begin(),
- E = Func->arg_end(); I != E; ++I, ++Idx) {
- if (&(*I) == Arg &&
- Attr->paramHasAttr(Idx, ParamAttr::NoAlias))
- return true;
- }
- }
- return false;
-}
-
// alias - Provide a bunch of ad-hoc rules to disambiguate in common cases, such
// as array references. Note that this function is heavily tail recursive.
// Hopefully we have a smart C++ compiler. :)
@@ -317,9 +306,12 @@ BasicAliasAnalysis::alias(const Value *V1, unsigned V1Size,
// If they are two different objects, and one is a noalias argument
// then they do not alias.
- if (O1 != O2 && isNoAliasArgument(O1Arg))
+ if (O1 != O2 && O1Arg->hasNoAliasAttr())
return NoAlias;
-
+
+ // Byval arguments can't alias globals or other arguments.
+ if (O1 != O2 && O1Arg->hasByValAttr()) return NoAlias;
+
// Otherwise, nothing is known...
}
@@ -329,16 +321,18 @@ BasicAliasAnalysis::alias(const Value *V1, unsigned V1Size,
// If they are two different objects, and one is a noalias argument
// then they do not alias.
- if (O1 != O2 && isNoAliasArgument(O2Arg))
+ if (O1 != O2 && O2Arg->hasNoAliasAttr())
return NoAlias;
+ // Byval arguments can't alias globals or other arguments.
+ if (O1 != O2 && O2Arg->hasByValAttr()) return NoAlias;
+
// Otherwise, nothing is known...
- } else if (O1 != O2) {
- if (!isa<Argument>(O1))
- // If they are two different objects, and neither is an argument,
- // we know that we have no alias...
- return NoAlias;
+ } else if (O1 != O2 && !isa<Argument>(O1)) {
+ // If they are two different objects, and neither is an argument,
+ // we know that we have no alias.
+ return NoAlias;
}
// If they are the same object, they we can look at the indexes. If they
@@ -347,9 +341,15 @@ BasicAliasAnalysis::alias(const Value *V1, unsigned V1Size,
// can't tell anything.
}
-
- if (!isa<Argument>(O1) && isa<ConstantPointerNull>(V2))
- return NoAlias; // Unique values don't alias null
+ // Unique values don't alias null, except non-byval arguments.
+ if (isa<ConstantPointerNull>(V2)) {
+ if (const Argument *O1Arg = dyn_cast<Argument>(O1)) {
+ if (O1Arg->hasByValAttr())
+ return NoAlias;
+ } else {
+ return NoAlias;
+ }
+ }
if (isa<GlobalVariable>(O1) ||
(isa<AllocationInst>(O1) &&