llvm-mirror/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis.cpp
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//===- ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis.cpp - SCEV-based Alias Analysis -------===//
//
// The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// This file defines the ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis pass, which implements a
// simple alias analysis implemented in terms of ScalarEvolution queries.
//
// ScalarEvolution has a more complete understanding of pointer arithmetic
// than BasicAliasAnalysis' collection of ad-hoc analyses.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/Passes.h"
#include "llvm/Pass.h"
#include "llvm/Support/Compiler.h"
using namespace llvm;
namespace {
/// ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis - This is a simple alias analysis
/// implementation that uses ScalarEvolution to answer queries.
class VISIBILITY_HIDDEN ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis : public FunctionPass,
public AliasAnalysis {
ScalarEvolution *SE;
public:
static char ID; // Class identification, replacement for typeinfo
ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis() : FunctionPass(&ID), SE(0) {}
private:
virtual void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const;
virtual bool runOnFunction(Function &F);
virtual AliasResult alias(const Value *V1, unsigned V1Size,
const Value *V2, unsigned V2Size);
Value *GetUnderlyingIdentifiedObject(const SCEV *S);
};
} // End of anonymous namespace
// Register this pass...
char ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis::ID = 0;
static RegisterPass<ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis>
X("scev-aa", "ScalarEvolution-based Alias Analysis", false, true);
// Declare that we implement the AliasAnalysis interface
static RegisterAnalysisGroup<AliasAnalysis> Y(X);
FunctionPass *llvm::createScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysisPass() {
return new ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis();
}
void
ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
AU.addRequiredTransitive<ScalarEvolution>();
AU.setPreservesAll();
AliasAnalysis::getAnalysisUsage(AU);
}
bool
ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
InitializeAliasAnalysis(this);
SE = &getAnalysis<ScalarEvolution>();
return false;
}
/// GetUnderlyingIdentifiedObject - Given an expression, try to find an
/// "identified object" (see AliasAnalysis::isIdentifiedObject) base
/// value. Return null is none was found.
Value *
ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis::GetUnderlyingIdentifiedObject(const SCEV *S) {
if (const SCEVAddRecExpr *AR = dyn_cast<SCEVAddRecExpr>(S)) {
// In an addrec, assume that the base will be in the start, rather
// than the step.
return GetUnderlyingIdentifiedObject(AR->getStart());
} else if (const SCEVAddExpr *A = dyn_cast<SCEVAddExpr>(S)) {
// If there's a pointer operand, it'll be sorted at the end of the list.
const SCEV *Last = A->getOperand(A->getNumOperands()-1);
if (isa<PointerType>(Last->getType()))
return GetUnderlyingIdentifiedObject(Last);
} else if (const SCEVUnknown *U = dyn_cast<SCEVUnknown>(S)) {
// Determine if we've found an Identified object.
Value *V = U->getValue();
if (isIdentifiedObject(V))
return V;
}
// No Identified object found.
return 0;
}
AliasAnalysis::AliasResult
ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis::alias(const Value *A, unsigned ASize,
const Value *B, unsigned BSize) {
// This is ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis. Get the SCEVs!
const SCEV *AS = SE->getSCEV(const_cast<Value *>(A));
const SCEV *BS = SE->getSCEV(const_cast<Value *>(B));
// If they evaluate to the same expression, it's a MustAlias.
if (AS == BS) return MustAlias;
// If something is known about the difference between the two addresses,
// see if it's enough to prove a NoAlias.
if (SE->getEffectiveSCEVType(AS->getType()) ==
SE->getEffectiveSCEVType(BS->getType())) {
unsigned BitWidth = SE->getTypeSizeInBits(AS->getType());
APInt AI(BitWidth, ASize);
const SCEV *BA = SE->getMinusSCEV(BS, AS);
if (AI.ule(SE->getUnsignedRange(BA).getUnsignedMin())) {
APInt BI(BitWidth, BSize);
const SCEV *AB = SE->getMinusSCEV(AS, BS);
if (BI.ule(SE->getUnsignedRange(AB).getUnsignedMin()))
return NoAlias;
}
}
// If ScalarEvolution can find an underlying object, form a new query.
// The correctness of this depends on ScalarEvolution not recognizing
// inttoptr and ptrtoint operators.
Value *AO = GetUnderlyingIdentifiedObject(AS);
Value *BO = GetUnderlyingIdentifiedObject(BS);
if ((AO && AO != A) || (BO && BO != B))
if (alias(AO ? AO : A, AO ? ~0u : ASize,
BO ? BO : B, BO ? ~0u : BSize) == NoAlias)
return NoAlias;
// Forward the query to the next analysis.
return AliasAnalysis::alias(A, ASize, B, BSize);
}