[MemoryBuiltin] Add an API for checking if an unused allocation can be removed [NFC]

Not all allocation functions are removable if unused.  An example of a non-removable allocation would be a direct call to the replaceable global allocation function in C++.  An example of a removable one - at least according to historical practice - would be malloc.
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Philip Reames 2022-01-10 09:50:01 -08:00
parent 38b30eb2b2
commit 5265ac72c6
5 changed files with 26 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ inline CallInst *isFreeCall(Value *I, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI) {
// Properties of allocation functions
//
/// Return false if the allocation can have side effects on the program state
/// we are required to preserve beyond the effect of allocating a new object.
/// Ex: If our allocation routine has a counter for the number of objects
/// allocated, and the program prints it on exit, can the value change due
/// to optimization? Answer is highly language dependent.
/// Note: *Removable* really does mean removable; it does not mean observable.
/// A language (e.g. C++) can allow removing allocations without allowing
/// insertion or speculative execution of allocation routines.
bool isAllocRemovable(const CallBase *V, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI);
/// Gets the alignment argument for an aligned_alloc-like function
Value *getAllocAlignment(const CallBase *V, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI);

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@ -298,6 +298,17 @@ bool llvm::isStrdupLikeFn(const Value *V, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI) {
return getAllocationData(V, StrDupLike, TLI).hasValue();
}
bool llvm::isAllocRemovable(const CallBase *CB, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI) {
assert(isAllocationFn(CB, TLI));
// Note: Removability is highly dependent on the source language. For
// example, recent C++ requires direct calls to the global allocation
// [basic.stc.dynamic.allocation] to be observable unless part of a new
// expression [expr.new paragraph 13].
// Historically we've treated the C family allocation routines as removable
return isAllocLikeFn(CB, TLI);
}
Value *llvm::getAllocAlignment(const CallBase *V,
const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI) {

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@ -2761,7 +2761,8 @@ Instruction *InstCombinerImpl::visitCallBase(CallBase &Call) {
Call, Builder.CreateBitOrPointerCast(ReturnedArg, CallTy));
}
if (isAllocLikeFn(&Call, &TLI))
if (isAllocationFn(&Call, &TLI) &&
isAllocRemovable(&cast<CallBase>(Call), &TLI))
return visitAllocSite(Call);
// Handle intrinsics which can be used in both call and invoke context.

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@ -2696,6 +2696,8 @@ static bool isAllocSiteRemovable(Instruction *AI,
}
Instruction *InstCombinerImpl::visitAllocSite(Instruction &MI) {
assert(isa<AllocaInst>(MI) || isAllocRemovable(&cast<CallBase>(MI), &TLI));
// If we have a malloc call which is only used in any amount of comparisons to
// null and free calls, delete the calls and replace the comparisons with true
// or false as appropriate.

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@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ bool llvm::wouldInstructionBeTriviallyDead(Instruction *I,
}
}
if (isAllocLikeFn(I, TLI))
if (isAllocationFn(I, TLI) && isAllocRemovable(cast<CallBase>(I), TLI))
return true;
if (CallInst *CI = isFreeCall(I, TLI))