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-rw-r--r--include/llvm/Support/PatternMatch.h19
-rw-r--r--lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombine.h2
-rw-r--r--lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstructionCombining.cpp69
-rw-r--r--test/Transforms/InstCombine/malloc-free-delete.ll29
4 files changed, 119 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/PatternMatch.h b/include/llvm/Support/PatternMatch.h
index 386380c6bc..9fbe4349b3 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/PatternMatch.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/PatternMatch.h
@@ -781,6 +781,25 @@ inline fneg_match<LHS> m_FNeg(const LHS &L) { return L; }
// Matchers for control flow.
//
+struct br_match {
+ BasicBlock *&Succ;
+ br_match(BasicBlock *&Succ)
+ : Succ(Succ) {
+ }
+
+ template<typename OpTy>
+ bool match(OpTy *V) {
+ if (BranchInst *BI = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(V))
+ if (BI->isUnconditional()) {
+ Succ = BI->getSuccessor(0);
+ return true;
+ }
+ return false;
+ }
+};
+
+inline br_match m_UnconditionalBr(BasicBlock *&Succ) { return br_match(Succ); }
+
template<typename Cond_t>
struct brc_match {
Cond_t Cond;
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombine.h b/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombine.h
index a207bce0d5..38c636462c 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombine.h
+++ b/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombine.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class LLVM_LIBRARY_VISIBILITY InstCombiner
TargetLibraryInfo *TLI;
bool MadeIRChange;
LibCallSimplifier *Simplifier;
+ bool MinimizeSize;
public:
/// Worklist - All of the instructions that need to be simplified.
InstCombineWorklist Worklist;
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ public:
static char ID; // Pass identification, replacement for typeid
InstCombiner() : FunctionPass(ID), TD(0), Builder(0) {
+ MinimizeSize = false;
initializeInstCombinerPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
}
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstructionCombining.cpp b/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstructionCombining.cpp
index 5e4274c7f7..6f24cdd738 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstructionCombining.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstructionCombining.cpp
@@ -1475,6 +1475,62 @@ Instruction *InstCombiner::visitAllocSite(Instruction &MI) {
return 0;
}
+/// \brief Move the call to free before a NULL test.
+///
+/// Check if this free is accessed after its argument has been test
+/// against NULL (property 0).
+/// If yes, it is legal to move this call in its predecessor block.
+///
+/// The move is performed only if the block containing the call to free
+/// will be removed, i.e.:
+/// 1. it has only one predecessor P, and P has two successors
+/// 2. it contains the call and an unconditional branch
+/// 3. its successor is the same as its predecessor's successor
+///
+/// The profitability is out-of concern here and this function should
+/// be called only if the caller knows this transformation would be
+/// profitable (e.g., for code size).
+static Instruction *
+tryToMoveFreeBeforeNullTest(CallInst &FI) {
+ Value *Op = FI.getArgOperand(0);
+ BasicBlock *FreeInstrBB = FI.getParent();
+ BasicBlock *PredBB = FreeInstrBB->getSinglePredecessor();
+
+ // Validate part of constraint #1: Only one predecessor
+ // FIXME: We can extend the number of predecessor, but in that case, we
+ // would duplicate the call to free in each predecessor and it may
+ // not be profitable even for code size.
+ if (!PredBB)
+ return 0;
+
+ // Validate constraint #2: Does this block contains only the call to
+ // free and an unconditional branch?
+ // FIXME: We could check if we can speculate everything in the
+ // predecessor block
+ if (FreeInstrBB->size() != 2)
+ return 0;
+ BasicBlock *SuccBB;
+ if (!match(FreeInstrBB->getTerminator(), m_UnconditionalBr(SuccBB)))
+ return 0;
+
+ // Validate the rest of constraint #1 by matching on the pred branch.
+ TerminatorInst *TI = PredBB->getTerminator();
+ BasicBlock *TrueBB, *FalseBB;
+ ICmpInst::Predicate Pred;
+ if (!match(TI, m_Br(m_ICmp(Pred, m_Specific(Op), m_Zero()), TrueBB, FalseBB)))
+ return 0;
+ if (Pred != ICmpInst::ICMP_EQ && Pred != ICmpInst::ICMP_NE)
+ return 0;
+
+ // Validate constraint #3: Ensure the null case just falls through.
+ if (SuccBB != (Pred == ICmpInst::ICMP_EQ ? TrueBB : FalseBB))
+ return 0;
+ assert(FreeInstrBB == (Pred == ICmpInst::ICMP_EQ ? FalseBB : TrueBB) &&
+ "Broken CFG: missing edge from predecessor to successor");
+
+ FI.moveBefore(TI);
+ return &FI;
+}
Instruction *InstCombiner::visitFree(CallInst &FI) {
@@ -1493,6 +1549,16 @@ Instruction *InstCombiner::visitFree(CallInst &FI) {
if (isa<ConstantPointerNull>(Op))
return EraseInstFromFunction(FI);
+ // If we optimize for code size, try to move the call to free before the null
+ // test so that simplify cfg can remove the empty block and dead code
+ // elimination the branch. I.e., helps to turn something like:
+ // if (foo) free(foo);
+ // into
+ // free(foo);
+ if (MinimizeSize)
+ if (Instruction *I = tryToMoveFreeBeforeNullTest(FI))
+ return I;
+
return 0;
}
@@ -2393,6 +2459,9 @@ public:
bool InstCombiner::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
TD = getAnalysisIfAvailable<DataLayout>();
TLI = &getAnalysis<TargetLibraryInfo>();
+ // Minimizing size?
+ MinimizeSize = F.getAttributes().hasAttribute(AttributeSet::FunctionIndex,
+ Attribute::MinSize);
/// Builder - This is an IRBuilder that automatically inserts new
/// instructions into the worklist when they are created.
diff --git a/test/Transforms/InstCombine/malloc-free-delete.ll b/test/Transforms/InstCombine/malloc-free-delete.ll
index 4e3217dc2d..cd12b29b11 100644
--- a/test/Transforms/InstCombine/malloc-free-delete.ll
+++ b/test/Transforms/InstCombine/malloc-free-delete.ll
@@ -91,3 +91,32 @@ define void @test5(i8* %ptr, i8** %esc) {
store volatile i8 4, i8* %g
ret void
}
+
+;; When a basic block contains only a call to free and this block is accessed
+;; through a test of the argument of free against null, move the call in the
+;; predecessor block.
+;; Using simplifycfg will remove the empty basic block and the branch operation
+;; Then, performing a dead elimination will remove the comparison.
+;; This is what happens with -O1 and upper.
+; CHECK: @test6
+define void @test6(i8* %foo) minsize {
+; CHECK: %tobool = icmp eq i8* %foo, null
+;; Call to free moved
+; CHECK-NEXT: tail call void @free(i8* %foo)
+; CHECK-NEXT: br i1 %tobool, label %if.end, label %if.then
+; CHECK: if.then:
+;; Block is now empty and may be simplified by simplifycfg
+; CHECK-NEXT: br label %if.end
+; CHECK: if.end:
+; CHECK-NEXT: ret void
+entry:
+ %tobool = icmp eq i8* %foo, null
+ br i1 %tobool, label %if.end, label %if.then
+
+if.then: ; preds = %entry
+ tail call void @free(i8* %foo)
+ br label %if.end
+
+if.end: ; preds = %entry, %if.then
+ ret void
+}