llvm-project/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/RegionUtils.cpp

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//===- RegionUtils.cpp - Region-related transformation utilities ----------===//
//
// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#include "mlir/Transforms/RegionUtils.h"
#include "mlir/IR/Block.h"
#include "mlir/IR/Operation.h"
#include "mlir/IR/RegionGraphTraits.h"
#include "mlir/IR/Value.h"
#include "mlir/Interfaces/ControlFlowInterfaces.h"
#include "mlir/Interfaces/SideEffectInterfaces.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/DepthFirstIterator.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/PostOrderIterator.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/SmallSet.h"
using namespace mlir;
void mlir::replaceAllUsesInRegionWith(Value orig, Value replacement,
Region &region) {
for (auto &use : llvm::make_early_inc_range(orig.getUses())) {
if (region.isAncestor(use.getOwner()->getParentRegion()))
use.set(replacement);
}
}
void mlir::visitUsedValuesDefinedAbove(
Region &region, Region &limit, function_ref<void(OpOperand *)> callback) {
assert(limit.isAncestor(&region) &&
"expected isolation limit to be an ancestor of the given region");
// Collect proper ancestors of `limit` upfront to avoid traversing the region
// tree for every value.
SmallPtrSet<Region *, 4> properAncestors;
for (auto *reg = limit.getParentRegion(); reg != nullptr;
reg = reg->getParentRegion()) {
properAncestors.insert(reg);
}
region.walk([callback, &properAncestors](Operation *op) {
for (OpOperand &operand : op->getOpOperands())
// Callback on values defined in a proper ancestor of region.
if (properAncestors.count(operand.get().getParentRegion()))
callback(&operand);
});
}
void mlir::visitUsedValuesDefinedAbove(
MutableArrayRef<Region> regions, function_ref<void(OpOperand *)> callback) {
for (Region &region : regions)
visitUsedValuesDefinedAbove(region, region, callback);
}
void mlir::getUsedValuesDefinedAbove(Region &region, Region &limit,
llvm::SetVector<Value> &values) {
visitUsedValuesDefinedAbove(region, limit, [&](OpOperand *operand) {
values.insert(operand->get());
});
}
void mlir::getUsedValuesDefinedAbove(MutableArrayRef<Region> regions,
llvm::SetVector<Value> &values) {
for (Region &region : regions)
getUsedValuesDefinedAbove(region, region, values);
}
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
// Unreachable Block Elimination
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
/// Erase the unreachable blocks within the provided regions. Returns success
/// if any blocks were erased, failure otherwise.
// TODO: We could likely merge this with the DCE algorithm below.
static LogicalResult eraseUnreachableBlocks(MutableArrayRef<Region> regions) {
// Set of blocks found to be reachable within a given region.
llvm::df_iterator_default_set<Block *, 16> reachable;
// If any blocks were found to be dead.
bool erasedDeadBlocks = false;
SmallVector<Region *, 1> worklist;
worklist.reserve(regions.size());
for (Region &region : regions)
worklist.push_back(&region);
while (!worklist.empty()) {
Region *region = worklist.pop_back_val();
if (region->empty())
continue;
// If this is a single block region, just collect the nested regions.
if (std::next(region->begin()) == region->end()) {
for (Operation &op : region->front())
for (Region &region : op.getRegions())
worklist.push_back(&region);
continue;
}
// Mark all reachable blocks.
reachable.clear();
for (Block *block : depth_first_ext(&region->front(), reachable))
(void)block /* Mark all reachable blocks */;
// Collect all of the dead blocks and push the live regions onto the
// worklist.
for (Block &block : llvm::make_early_inc_range(*region)) {
if (!reachable.count(&block)) {
block.dropAllDefinedValueUses();
block.erase();
erasedDeadBlocks = true;
continue;
}
// Walk any regions within this block.
for (Operation &op : block)
for (Region &region : op.getRegions())
worklist.push_back(&region);
}
}
return success(erasedDeadBlocks);
}
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
// Dead Code Elimination
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
namespace {
/// Data structure used to track which values have already been proved live.
///
/// Because Operation's can have multiple results, this data structure tracks
/// liveness for both Value's and Operation's to avoid having to look through
/// all Operation results when analyzing a use.
///
/// This data structure essentially tracks the dataflow lattice.
/// The set of values/ops proved live increases monotonically to a fixed-point.
class LiveMap {
public:
/// Value methods.
bool wasProvenLive(Value value) { return liveValues.count(value); }
void setProvedLive(Value value) {
changed |= liveValues.insert(value).second;
}
/// Operation methods.
bool wasProvenLive(Operation *op) { return liveOps.count(op); }
void setProvedLive(Operation *op) { changed |= liveOps.insert(op).second; }
/// Methods for tracking if we have reached a fixed-point.
void resetChanged() { changed = false; }
bool hasChanged() { return changed; }
private:
bool changed = false;
DenseSet<Value> liveValues;
DenseSet<Operation *> liveOps;
};
} // namespace
static bool isUseSpeciallyKnownDead(OpOperand &use, LiveMap &liveMap) {
Operation *owner = use.getOwner();
unsigned operandIndex = use.getOperandNumber();
// This pass generally treats all uses of an op as live if the op itself is
// considered live. However, for successor operands to terminators we need a
// finer-grained notion where we deduce liveness for operands individually.
// The reason for this is easiest to think about in terms of a classical phi
// node based SSA IR, where each successor operand is really an operand to a
// *separate* phi node, rather than all operands to the branch itself as with
// the block argument representation that MLIR uses.
//
// And similarly, because each successor operand is really an operand to a phi
// node, rather than to the terminator op itself, a terminator op can't e.g.
// "print" the value of a successor operand.
if (owner->isKnownTerminator()) {
if (BranchOpInterface branchInterface = dyn_cast<BranchOpInterface>(owner))
if (auto arg = branchInterface.getSuccessorBlockArgument(operandIndex))
return !liveMap.wasProvenLive(*arg);
return false;
}
return false;
}
static void processValue(Value value, LiveMap &liveMap) {
bool provedLive = llvm::any_of(value.getUses(), [&](OpOperand &use) {
if (isUseSpeciallyKnownDead(use, liveMap))
return false;
return liveMap.wasProvenLive(use.getOwner());
});
if (provedLive)
liveMap.setProvedLive(value);
}
static bool isOpIntrinsicallyLive(Operation *op) {
// This pass doesn't modify the CFG, so terminators are never deleted.
if (!op->isKnownNonTerminator())
return true;
// If the op has a side effect, we treat it as live.
// TODO: Properly handle region side effects.
return !MemoryEffectOpInterface::hasNoEffect(op) || op->getNumRegions() != 0;
}
static void propagateLiveness(Region &region, LiveMap &liveMap);
static void propagateTerminatorLiveness(Operation *op, LiveMap &liveMap) {
// Terminators are always live.
liveMap.setProvedLive(op);
// Check to see if we can reason about the successor operands and mutate them.
BranchOpInterface branchInterface = dyn_cast<BranchOpInterface>(op);
if (!branchInterface) {
for (Block *successor : op->getSuccessors())
for (BlockArgument arg : successor->getArguments())
liveMap.setProvedLive(arg);
return;
}
// If we can't reason about the operands to a successor, conservatively mark
// all arguments as live.
for (unsigned i = 0, e = op->getNumSuccessors(); i != e; ++i) {
if (!branchInterface.getMutableSuccessorOperands(i))
for (BlockArgument arg : op->getSuccessor(i)->getArguments())
liveMap.setProvedLive(arg);
}
}
static void propagateLiveness(Operation *op, LiveMap &liveMap) {
// All Value's are either a block argument or an op result.
// We call processValue on those cases.
// Recurse on any regions the op has.
for (Region &region : op->getRegions())
propagateLiveness(region, liveMap);
// Process terminator operations.
if (op->isKnownTerminator())
return propagateTerminatorLiveness(op, liveMap);
// Process the op itself.
if (isOpIntrinsicallyLive(op)) {
liveMap.setProvedLive(op);
return;
}
for (Value value : op->getResults())
processValue(value, liveMap);
bool provedLive = llvm::any_of(op->getResults(), [&](Value value) {
return liveMap.wasProvenLive(value);
});
if (provedLive)
liveMap.setProvedLive(op);
}
static void propagateLiveness(Region &region, LiveMap &liveMap) {
if (region.empty())
return;
for (Block *block : llvm::post_order(&region.front())) {
// We process block arguments after the ops in the block, to promote
// faster convergence to a fixed point (we try to visit uses before defs).
for (Operation &op : llvm::reverse(block->getOperations()))
propagateLiveness(&op, liveMap);
for (Value value : block->getArguments())
processValue(value, liveMap);
}
}
static void eraseTerminatorSuccessorOperands(Operation *terminator,
LiveMap &liveMap) {
BranchOpInterface branchOp = dyn_cast<BranchOpInterface>(terminator);
if (!branchOp)
return;
for (unsigned succI = 0, succE = terminator->getNumSuccessors();
succI < succE; succI++) {
// Iterating successors in reverse is not strictly needed, since we
// aren't erasing any successors. But it is slightly more efficient
// since it will promote later operands of the terminator being erased
// first, reducing the quadratic-ness.
unsigned succ = succE - succI - 1;
Optional<MutableOperandRange> succOperands =
branchOp.getMutableSuccessorOperands(succ);
if (!succOperands)
continue;
Block *successor = terminator->getSuccessor(succ);
for (unsigned argI = 0, argE = succOperands->size(); argI < argE; ++argI) {
// Iterating args in reverse is needed for correctness, to avoid
// shifting later args when earlier args are erased.
unsigned arg = argE - argI - 1;
if (!liveMap.wasProvenLive(successor->getArgument(arg)))
succOperands->erase(arg);
}
}
}
static LogicalResult deleteDeadness(MutableArrayRef<Region> regions,
LiveMap &liveMap) {
bool erasedAnything = false;
for (Region &region : regions) {
if (region.empty())
continue;
// We do the deletion in an order that deletes all uses before deleting
// defs.
// MLIR's SSA structural invariants guarantee that except for block
// arguments, the use-def graph is acyclic, so this is possible with a
// single walk of ops and then a final pass to clean up block arguments.
//
// To do this, we visit ops in an order that visits domtree children
// before domtree parents. A CFG post-order (with reverse iteration with a
// block) satisfies that without needing an explicit domtree calculation.
for (Block *block : llvm::post_order(&region.front())) {
eraseTerminatorSuccessorOperands(block->getTerminator(), liveMap);
for (Operation &childOp :
llvm::make_early_inc_range(llvm::reverse(block->getOperations()))) {
erasedAnything |=
succeeded(deleteDeadness(childOp.getRegions(), liveMap));
if (!liveMap.wasProvenLive(&childOp)) {
erasedAnything = true;
childOp.erase();
}
}
}
// Delete block arguments.
// The entry block has an unknown contract with their enclosing block, so
// skip it.
for (Block &block : llvm::drop_begin(region.getBlocks(), 1)) {
// Iterate in reverse to avoid shifting later arguments when deleting
// earlier arguments.
for (unsigned i = 0, e = block.getNumArguments(); i < e; i++)
if (!liveMap.wasProvenLive(block.getArgument(e - i - 1))) {
block.eraseArgument(e - i - 1);
erasedAnything = true;
}
}
}
return success(erasedAnything);
}
// This function performs a simple dead code elimination algorithm over the
// given regions.
//
// The overall goal is to prove that Values are dead, which allows deleting ops
// and block arguments.
//
// This uses an optimistic algorithm that assumes everything is dead until
// proved otherwise, allowing it to delete recursively dead cycles.
//
// This is a simple fixed-point dataflow analysis algorithm on a lattice
// {Dead,Alive}. Because liveness flows backward, we generally try to
// iterate everything backward to speed up convergence to the fixed-point. This
// allows for being able to delete recursively dead cycles of the use-def graph,
// including block arguments.
//
// This function returns success if any operations or arguments were deleted,
// failure otherwise.
static LogicalResult runRegionDCE(MutableArrayRef<Region> regions) {
LiveMap liveMap;
do {
liveMap.resetChanged();
for (Region &region : regions)
propagateLiveness(region, liveMap);
} while (liveMap.hasChanged());
return deleteDeadness(regions, liveMap);
}
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
// Block Merging
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
// BlockEquivalenceData
namespace {
/// This class contains the information for comparing the equivalencies of two
/// blocks. Blocks are considered equivalent if they contain the same operations
/// in the same order. The only allowed divergence is for operands that come
/// from sources outside of the parent block, i.e. the uses of values produced
/// within the block must be equivalent.
/// e.g.,
/// Equivalent:
/// ^bb1(%arg0: i32)
/// return %arg0, %foo : i32, i32
/// ^bb2(%arg1: i32)
/// return %arg1, %bar : i32, i32
/// Not Equivalent:
/// ^bb1(%arg0: i32)
/// return %foo, %arg0 : i32, i32
/// ^bb2(%arg1: i32)
/// return %arg1, %bar : i32, i32
struct BlockEquivalenceData {
BlockEquivalenceData(Block *block);
/// Return the order index for the given value that is within the block of
/// this data.
unsigned getOrderOf(Value value) const;
/// The block this data refers to.
Block *block;
/// A hash value for this block.
llvm::hash_code hash;
/// A map of result producing operations to their relative orders within this
/// block. The order of an operation is the number of defined values that are
/// produced within the block before this operation.
DenseMap<Operation *, unsigned> opOrderIndex;
};
} // end anonymous namespace
BlockEquivalenceData::BlockEquivalenceData(Block *block)
: block(block), hash(0) {
unsigned orderIt = block->getNumArguments();
for (Operation &op : *block) {
if (unsigned numResults = op.getNumResults()) {
opOrderIndex.try_emplace(&op, orderIt);
orderIt += numResults;
}
auto opHash = OperationEquivalence::computeHash(
&op, OperationEquivalence::Flags::IgnoreOperands);
hash = llvm::hash_combine(hash, opHash);
}
}
unsigned BlockEquivalenceData::getOrderOf(Value value) const {
assert(value.getParentBlock() == block && "expected value of this block");
// Arguments use the argument number as the order index.
if (BlockArgument arg = value.dyn_cast<BlockArgument>())
return arg.getArgNumber();
// Otherwise, the result order is offset from the parent op's order.
OpResult result = value.cast<OpResult>();
auto opOrderIt = opOrderIndex.find(result.getDefiningOp());
assert(opOrderIt != opOrderIndex.end() && "expected op to have an order");
return opOrderIt->second + result.getResultNumber();
}
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
// BlockMergeCluster
namespace {
/// This class represents a cluster of blocks to be merged together.
class BlockMergeCluster {
public:
BlockMergeCluster(BlockEquivalenceData &&leaderData)
: leaderData(std::move(leaderData)) {}
/// Attempt to add the given block to this cluster. Returns success if the
/// block was merged, failure otherwise.
LogicalResult addToCluster(BlockEquivalenceData &blockData);
/// Try to merge all of the blocks within this cluster into the leader block.
LogicalResult merge();
private:
/// The equivalence data for the leader of the cluster.
BlockEquivalenceData leaderData;
/// The set of blocks that can be merged into the leader.
llvm::SmallSetVector<Block *, 1> blocksToMerge;
/// A set of operand+index pairs that correspond to operands that need to be
/// replaced by arguments when the cluster gets merged.
std::set<std::pair<int, int>> operandsToMerge;
};
} // end anonymous namespace
LogicalResult BlockMergeCluster::addToCluster(BlockEquivalenceData &blockData) {
if (leaderData.hash != blockData.hash)
return failure();
Block *leaderBlock = leaderData.block, *mergeBlock = blockData.block;
if (leaderBlock->getArgumentTypes() != mergeBlock->getArgumentTypes())
return failure();
// A set of operands that mismatch between the leader and the new block.
SmallVector<std::pair<int, int>, 8> mismatchedOperands;
auto lhsIt = leaderBlock->begin(), lhsE = leaderBlock->end();
auto rhsIt = blockData.block->begin(), rhsE = blockData.block->end();
for (int opI = 0; lhsIt != lhsE && rhsIt != rhsE; ++lhsIt, ++rhsIt, ++opI) {
// Check that the operations are equivalent.
if (!OperationEquivalence::isEquivalentTo(
&*lhsIt, &*rhsIt, OperationEquivalence::Flags::IgnoreOperands))
return failure();
// Compare the operands of the two operations. If the operand is within
// the block, it must refer to the same operation.
auto lhsOperands = lhsIt->getOperands(), rhsOperands = rhsIt->getOperands();
for (int operand : llvm::seq<int>(0, lhsIt->getNumOperands())) {
Value lhsOperand = lhsOperands[operand];
Value rhsOperand = rhsOperands[operand];
if (lhsOperand == rhsOperand)
continue;
// Check that the types of the operands match.
if (lhsOperand.getType() != rhsOperand.getType())
return failure();
// Check that these uses are both external, or both internal.
bool lhsIsInBlock = lhsOperand.getParentBlock() == leaderBlock;
bool rhsIsInBlock = rhsOperand.getParentBlock() == mergeBlock;
if (lhsIsInBlock != rhsIsInBlock)
return failure();
// Let the operands differ if they are defined in a different block. These
// will become new arguments if the blocks get merged.
if (!lhsIsInBlock) {
mismatchedOperands.emplace_back(opI, operand);
continue;
}
// Otherwise, these operands must have the same logical order within the
// parent block.
if (leaderData.getOrderOf(lhsOperand) != blockData.getOrderOf(rhsOperand))
return failure();
}
// If the lhs or rhs has external uses, the blocks cannot be merged as the
// merged version of this operation will not be either the lhs or rhs
// alone (thus semantically incorrect), but some mix dependening on which
// block preceeded this.
// TODO allow merging of operations when one block does not dominate the
// other
if (rhsIt->isUsedOutsideOfBlock(mergeBlock) ||
lhsIt->isUsedOutsideOfBlock(leaderBlock)) {
return failure();
}
}
// Make sure that the block sizes are equivalent.
if (lhsIt != lhsE || rhsIt != rhsE)
return failure();
// If we get here, the blocks are equivalent and can be merged.
operandsToMerge.insert(mismatchedOperands.begin(), mismatchedOperands.end());
blocksToMerge.insert(blockData.block);
return success();
}
/// Returns true if the predecessor terminators of the given block can not have
/// their operands updated.
static bool ableToUpdatePredOperands(Block *block) {
for (auto it = block->pred_begin(), e = block->pred_end(); it != e; ++it) {
auto branch = dyn_cast<BranchOpInterface>((*it)->getTerminator());
if (!branch || !branch.getMutableSuccessorOperands(it.getSuccessorIndex()))
return false;
}
return true;
}
LogicalResult BlockMergeCluster::merge() {
// Don't consider clusters that don't have blocks to merge.
if (blocksToMerge.empty())
return failure();
Block *leaderBlock = leaderData.block;
if (!operandsToMerge.empty()) {
// If the cluster has operands to merge, verify that the predecessor
// terminators of each of the blocks can have their successor operands
// updated.
// TODO: We could try and sub-partition this cluster if only some blocks
// cause the mismatch.
if (!ableToUpdatePredOperands(leaderBlock) ||
!llvm::all_of(blocksToMerge, ableToUpdatePredOperands))
return failure();
// Collect the iterators for each of the blocks to merge. We will walk all
// of the iterators at once to avoid operand index invalidation.
SmallVector<Block::iterator, 2> blockIterators;
blockIterators.reserve(blocksToMerge.size() + 1);
blockIterators.push_back(leaderBlock->begin());
for (Block *mergeBlock : blocksToMerge)
blockIterators.push_back(mergeBlock->begin());
// Update each of the predecessor terminators with the new arguments.
SmallVector<SmallVector<Value, 8>, 2> newArguments(
1 + blocksToMerge.size(),
SmallVector<Value, 8>(operandsToMerge.size()));
unsigned curOpIndex = 0;
for (auto it : llvm::enumerate(operandsToMerge)) {
unsigned nextOpOffset = it.value().first - curOpIndex;
curOpIndex = it.value().first;
// Process the operand for each of the block iterators.
for (unsigned i = 0, e = blockIterators.size(); i != e; ++i) {
Block::iterator &blockIter = blockIterators[i];
std::advance(blockIter, nextOpOffset);
auto &operand = blockIter->getOpOperand(it.value().second);
newArguments[i][it.index()] = operand.get();
// Update the operand and insert an argument if this is the leader.
if (i == 0)
operand.set(leaderBlock->addArgument(operand.get().getType()));
}
}
// Update the predecessors for each of the blocks.
auto updatePredecessors = [&](Block *block, unsigned clusterIndex) {
for (auto predIt = block->pred_begin(), predE = block->pred_end();
predIt != predE; ++predIt) {
auto branch = cast<BranchOpInterface>((*predIt)->getTerminator());
unsigned succIndex = predIt.getSuccessorIndex();
branch.getMutableSuccessorOperands(succIndex)->append(
newArguments[clusterIndex]);
}
};
updatePredecessors(leaderBlock, /*clusterIndex=*/0);
for (unsigned i = 0, e = blocksToMerge.size(); i != e; ++i)
updatePredecessors(blocksToMerge[i], /*clusterIndex=*/i + 1);
}
// Replace all uses of the merged blocks with the leader and erase them.
for (Block *block : blocksToMerge) {
block->replaceAllUsesWith(leaderBlock);
block->erase();
}
return success();
}
/// Identify identical blocks within the given region and merge them, inserting
/// new block arguments as necessary. Returns success if any blocks were merged,
/// failure otherwise.
static LogicalResult mergeIdenticalBlocks(Region &region) {
if (region.empty() || llvm::hasSingleElement(region))
return failure();
// Identify sets of blocks, other than the entry block, that branch to the
// same successors. We will use these groups to create clusters of equivalent
// blocks.
DenseMap<SuccessorRange, SmallVector<Block *, 1>> matchingSuccessors;
for (Block &block : llvm::drop_begin(region, 1))
matchingSuccessors[block.getSuccessors()].push_back(&block);
bool mergedAnyBlocks = false;
for (ArrayRef<Block *> blocks : llvm::make_second_range(matchingSuccessors)) {
if (blocks.size() == 1)
continue;
SmallVector<BlockMergeCluster, 1> clusters;
for (Block *block : blocks) {
BlockEquivalenceData data(block);
// Don't allow merging if this block has any regions.
// TODO: Add support for regions if necessary.
bool hasNonEmptyRegion = llvm::any_of(*block, [](Operation &op) {
return llvm::any_of(op.getRegions(),
[](Region &region) { return !region.empty(); });
});
if (hasNonEmptyRegion)
continue;
// Try to add this block to an existing cluster.
bool addedToCluster = false;
for (auto &cluster : clusters)
if ((addedToCluster = succeeded(cluster.addToCluster(data))))
break;
if (!addedToCluster)
clusters.emplace_back(std::move(data));
}
for (auto &cluster : clusters)
mergedAnyBlocks |= succeeded(cluster.merge());
}
return success(mergedAnyBlocks);
}
/// Identify identical blocks within the given regions and merge them, inserting
/// new block arguments as necessary.
static LogicalResult mergeIdenticalBlocks(MutableArrayRef<Region> regions) {
llvm::SmallSetVector<Region *, 1> worklist;
for (auto &region : regions)
worklist.insert(&region);
bool anyChanged = false;
while (!worklist.empty()) {
Region *region = worklist.pop_back_val();
if (succeeded(mergeIdenticalBlocks(*region))) {
worklist.insert(region);
anyChanged = true;
}
// Add any nested regions to the worklist.
for (Block &block : *region)
for (auto &op : block)
for (auto &nestedRegion : op.getRegions())
worklist.insert(&nestedRegion);
}
return success(anyChanged);
}
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
// Region Simplification
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
/// Run a set of structural simplifications over the given regions. This
/// includes transformations like unreachable block elimination, dead argument
/// elimination, as well as some other DCE. This function returns success if any
/// of the regions were simplified, failure otherwise.
LogicalResult mlir::simplifyRegions(MutableArrayRef<Region> regions) {
bool eliminatedBlocks = succeeded(eraseUnreachableBlocks(regions));
bool eliminatedOpsOrArgs = succeeded(runRegionDCE(regions));
bool mergedIdenticalBlocks = succeeded(mergeIdenticalBlocks(regions));
return success(eliminatedBlocks || eliminatedOpsOrArgs ||
mergedIdenticalBlocks);
}