If a call argument has the "returned" attribute, we can simplify
the call to the value of that argument. This was already partially
handled by InstSimplify/InstCombine for the case where the argument
is an integer constant, and the result is thus known via known bits.
The non-constant (or non-int) argument cases weren't handled though.
This previously landed as an InstSimplify transform, but was reverted
due to assertion failures when compiling the Linux kernel. The reason
is that simplifying a call to another call breaks assumptions in
call graph updating during inlining. As the code is not easy to fix,
and there is no particularly strong motivation for having this in
InstSimplify, the transform is only performed in InstCombine instead.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D75815
If a call argument has the "returned" attribute, we can simplify
the call to the value of that argument. The "-inst-simplify" pass
already handled this for the constant integer argument case via
known bits, which is invoked in SimplifyInstruction. However,
non-constant (or non-int) arguments are not handled at all right now.
This addresses one of the regressions from D75801.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D75815
Summary:
This reverts commit c3b06d0c39.
Reason for revert: Caused miscompiles when inserting assume for undef.
Also adds a test to prevent similar breakage in future.
Fixes PR44154.
Reviewers: rnk, jdoerfert, efriedma, xbolva00
Reviewed By: rnk
Subscribers: thakis, hiraditya, llvm-commits
Tags: #llvm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D70933
Nikita Popov