1 //===- FlatternCFG.cpp - Code to perform CFG flattening -------------------===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 //
9 // Reduce conditional branches in CFG.
10 //
11 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
12
13 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"
14 #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
15 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/Local.h"
16 #include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
17 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
18 #include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
19 #include "llvm/IR/InstrTypes.h"
20 #include "llvm/IR/Instruction.h"
21 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
22 #include "llvm/IR/Value.h"
23 #include "llvm/Support/Casting.h"
24 #include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
25 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
26 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/BasicBlockUtils.h"
27 #include <cassert>
28
29 using namespace llvm;
30
31 #define DEBUG_TYPE "flattencfg"
32
33 namespace {
34
35 class FlattenCFGOpt {
36 AliasAnalysis *AA;
37
38 /// Use parallel-and or parallel-or to generate conditions for
39 /// conditional branches.
40 bool FlattenParallelAndOr(BasicBlock *BB, IRBuilder<> &Builder);
41
42 /// If \param BB is the merge block of an if-region, attempt to merge
43 /// the if-region with an adjacent if-region upstream if two if-regions
44 /// contain identical instructions.
45 bool MergeIfRegion(BasicBlock *BB, IRBuilder<> &Builder);
46
47 /// Compare a pair of blocks: \p Block1 and \p Block2, which
48 /// are from two if-regions whose entry blocks are \p Head1 and \p
49 /// Head2. \returns true if \p Block1 and \p Block2 contain identical
50 /// instructions, and have no memory reference alias with \p Head2.
51 /// This is used as a legality check for merging if-regions.
52 bool CompareIfRegionBlock(BasicBlock *Head1, BasicBlock *Head2,
53 BasicBlock *Block1, BasicBlock *Block2);
54
55 public:
FlattenCFGOpt(AliasAnalysis * AA)56 FlattenCFGOpt(AliasAnalysis *AA) : AA(AA) {}
57
58 bool run(BasicBlock *BB);
59 };
60
61 } // end anonymous namespace
62
63 /// If \param [in] BB has more than one predecessor that is a conditional
64 /// branch, attempt to use parallel and/or for the branch condition. \returns
65 /// true on success.
66 ///
67 /// Before:
68 /// ......
69 /// %cmp10 = fcmp une float %tmp1, %tmp2
70 /// br i1 %cmp10, label %if.then, label %lor.rhs
71 ///
72 /// lor.rhs:
73 /// ......
74 /// %cmp11 = fcmp une float %tmp3, %tmp4
75 /// br i1 %cmp11, label %if.then, label %ifend
76 ///
77 /// if.end: // the merge block
78 /// ......
79 ///
80 /// if.then: // has two predecessors, both of them contains conditional branch.
81 /// ......
82 /// br label %if.end;
83 ///
84 /// After:
85 /// ......
86 /// %cmp10 = fcmp une float %tmp1, %tmp2
87 /// ......
88 /// %cmp11 = fcmp une float %tmp3, %tmp4
89 /// %cmp12 = or i1 %cmp10, %cmp11 // parallel-or mode.
90 /// br i1 %cmp12, label %if.then, label %ifend
91 ///
92 /// if.end:
93 /// ......
94 ///
95 /// if.then:
96 /// ......
97 /// br label %if.end;
98 ///
99 /// Current implementation handles two cases.
100 /// Case 1: \param BB is on the else-path.
101 ///
102 /// BB1
103 /// / |
104 /// BB2 |
105 /// / \ |
106 /// BB3 \ | where, BB1, BB2 contain conditional branches.
107 /// \ | / BB3 contains unconditional branch.
108 /// \ | / BB4 corresponds to \param BB which is also the merge.
109 /// BB => BB4
110 ///
111 ///
112 /// Corresponding source code:
113 ///
114 /// if (a == b && c == d)
115 /// statement; // BB3
116 ///
117 /// Case 2: \param BB BB is on the then-path.
118 ///
119 /// BB1
120 /// / |
121 /// | BB2
122 /// \ / | where BB1, BB2 contain conditional branches.
123 /// BB => BB3 | BB3 contains unconditiona branch and corresponds
124 /// \ / to \param BB. BB4 is the merge.
125 /// BB4
126 ///
127 /// Corresponding source code:
128 ///
129 /// if (a == b || c == d)
130 /// statement; // BB3
131 ///
132 /// In both cases, \param BB is the common successor of conditional branches.
133 /// In Case 1, \param BB (BB4) has an unconditional branch (BB3) as
134 /// its predecessor. In Case 2, \param BB (BB3) only has conditional branches
135 /// as its predecessors.
FlattenParallelAndOr(BasicBlock * BB,IRBuilder<> & Builder)136 bool FlattenCFGOpt::FlattenParallelAndOr(BasicBlock *BB, IRBuilder<> &Builder) {
137 PHINode *PHI = dyn_cast<PHINode>(BB->begin());
138 if (PHI)
139 return false; // For simplicity, avoid cases containing PHI nodes.
140
141 BasicBlock *LastCondBlock = nullptr;
142 BasicBlock *FirstCondBlock = nullptr;
143 BasicBlock *UnCondBlock = nullptr;
144 int Idx = -1;
145
146 // Check predecessors of \param BB.
147 SmallPtrSet<BasicBlock *, 16> Preds(pred_begin(BB), pred_end(BB));
148 for (SmallPtrSetIterator<BasicBlock *> PI = Preds.begin(), PE = Preds.end();
149 PI != PE; ++PI) {
150 BasicBlock *Pred = *PI;
151 BranchInst *PBI = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(Pred->getTerminator());
152
153 // All predecessors should terminate with a branch.
154 if (!PBI)
155 return false;
156
157 BasicBlock *PP = Pred->getSinglePredecessor();
158
159 if (PBI->isUnconditional()) {
160 // Case 1: Pred (BB3) is an unconditional block, it should
161 // have a single predecessor (BB2) that is also a predecessor
162 // of \param BB (BB4) and should not have address-taken.
163 // There should exist only one such unconditional
164 // branch among the predecessors.
165 if (UnCondBlock || !PP || (Preds.count(PP) == 0) ||
166 Pred->hasAddressTaken())
167 return false;
168
169 UnCondBlock = Pred;
170 continue;
171 }
172
173 // Only conditional branches are allowed beyond this point.
174 assert(PBI->isConditional());
175
176 // Condition's unique use should be the branch instruction.
177 Value *PC = PBI->getCondition();
178 if (!PC || !PC->hasOneUse())
179 return false;
180
181 if (PP && Preds.count(PP)) {
182 // These are internal condition blocks to be merged from, e.g.,
183 // BB2 in both cases.
184 // Should not be address-taken.
185 if (Pred->hasAddressTaken())
186 return false;
187
188 // Instructions in the internal condition blocks should be safe
189 // to hoist up.
190 for (BasicBlock::iterator BI = Pred->begin(), BE = PBI->getIterator();
191 BI != BE;) {
192 Instruction *CI = &*BI++;
193 if (isa<PHINode>(CI) || !isSafeToSpeculativelyExecute(CI))
194 return false;
195 }
196 } else {
197 // This is the condition block to be merged into, e.g. BB1 in
198 // both cases.
199 if (FirstCondBlock)
200 return false;
201 FirstCondBlock = Pred;
202 }
203
204 // Find whether BB is uniformly on the true (or false) path
205 // for all of its predecessors.
206 BasicBlock *PS1 = PBI->getSuccessor(0);
207 BasicBlock *PS2 = PBI->getSuccessor(1);
208 BasicBlock *PS = (PS1 == BB) ? PS2 : PS1;
209 int CIdx = (PS1 == BB) ? 0 : 1;
210
211 if (Idx == -1)
212 Idx = CIdx;
213 else if (CIdx != Idx)
214 return false;
215
216 // PS is the successor which is not BB. Check successors to identify
217 // the last conditional branch.
218 if (Preds.count(PS) == 0) {
219 // Case 2.
220 LastCondBlock = Pred;
221 } else {
222 // Case 1
223 BranchInst *BPS = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(PS->getTerminator());
224 if (BPS && BPS->isUnconditional()) {
225 // Case 1: PS(BB3) should be an unconditional branch.
226 LastCondBlock = Pred;
227 }
228 }
229 }
230
231 if (!FirstCondBlock || !LastCondBlock || (FirstCondBlock == LastCondBlock))
232 return false;
233
234 Instruction *TBB = LastCondBlock->getTerminator();
235 BasicBlock *PS1 = TBB->getSuccessor(0);
236 BasicBlock *PS2 = TBB->getSuccessor(1);
237 BranchInst *PBI1 = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(PS1->getTerminator());
238 BranchInst *PBI2 = dyn_cast<BranchInst>(PS2->getTerminator());
239
240 // If PS1 does not jump into PS2, but PS2 jumps into PS1,
241 // attempt branch inversion.
242 if (!PBI1 || !PBI1->isUnconditional() ||
243 (PS1->getTerminator()->getSuccessor(0) != PS2)) {
244 // Check whether PS2 jumps into PS1.
245 if (!PBI2 || !PBI2->isUnconditional() ||
246 (PS2->getTerminator()->getSuccessor(0) != PS1))
247 return false;
248
249 // Do branch inversion.
250 BasicBlock *CurrBlock = LastCondBlock;
251 bool EverChanged = false;
252 for (; CurrBlock != FirstCondBlock;
253 CurrBlock = CurrBlock->getSinglePredecessor()) {
254 auto *BI = cast<BranchInst>(CurrBlock->getTerminator());
255 auto *CI = dyn_cast<CmpInst>(BI->getCondition());
256 if (!CI)
257 continue;
258
259 CmpInst::Predicate Predicate = CI->getPredicate();
260 // Canonicalize icmp_ne -> icmp_eq, fcmp_one -> fcmp_oeq
261 if ((Predicate == CmpInst::ICMP_NE) || (Predicate == CmpInst::FCMP_ONE)) {
262 CI->setPredicate(ICmpInst::getInversePredicate(Predicate));
263 BI->swapSuccessors();
264 EverChanged = true;
265 }
266 }
267 return EverChanged;
268 }
269
270 // PS1 must have a conditional branch.
271 if (!PBI1 || !PBI1->isUnconditional())
272 return false;
273
274 // PS2 should not contain PHI node.
275 PHI = dyn_cast<PHINode>(PS2->begin());
276 if (PHI)
277 return false;
278
279 // Do the transformation.
280 BasicBlock *CB;
281 BranchInst *PBI = cast<BranchInst>(FirstCondBlock->getTerminator());
282 bool Iteration = true;
283 IRBuilder<>::InsertPointGuard Guard(Builder);
284 Value *PC = PBI->getCondition();
285
286 do {
287 CB = PBI->getSuccessor(1 - Idx);
288 // Delete the conditional branch.
289 FirstCondBlock->getInstList().pop_back();
290 FirstCondBlock->getInstList()
291 .splice(FirstCondBlock->end(), CB->getInstList());
292 PBI = cast<BranchInst>(FirstCondBlock->getTerminator());
293 Value *CC = PBI->getCondition();
294 // Merge conditions.
295 Builder.SetInsertPoint(PBI);
296 Value *NC;
297 if (Idx == 0)
298 // Case 2, use parallel or.
299 NC = Builder.CreateOr(PC, CC);
300 else
301 // Case 1, use parallel and.
302 NC = Builder.CreateAnd(PC, CC);
303
304 PBI->replaceUsesOfWith(CC, NC);
305 PC = NC;
306 if (CB == LastCondBlock)
307 Iteration = false;
308 // Remove internal conditional branches.
309 CB->dropAllReferences();
310 // make CB unreachable and let downstream to delete the block.
311 new UnreachableInst(CB->getContext(), CB);
312 } while (Iteration);
313
314 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Use parallel and/or in:\n" << *FirstCondBlock);
315 return true;
316 }
317
318 /// Compare blocks from two if-regions, where \param Head1 is the entry of the
319 /// 1st if-region. \param Head2 is the entry of the 2nd if-region. \param
320 /// Block1 is a block in the 1st if-region to compare. \param Block2 is a block
321 // in the 2nd if-region to compare. \returns true if \param Block1 and \param
322 /// Block2 have identical instructions and do not have memory reference alias
323 /// with \param Head2.
CompareIfRegionBlock(BasicBlock * Head1,BasicBlock * Head2,BasicBlock * Block1,BasicBlock * Block2)324 bool FlattenCFGOpt::CompareIfRegionBlock(BasicBlock *Head1, BasicBlock *Head2,
325 BasicBlock *Block1,
326 BasicBlock *Block2) {
327 Instruction *PTI2 = Head2->getTerminator();
328 Instruction *PBI2 = &Head2->front();
329
330 bool eq1 = (Block1 == Head1);
331 bool eq2 = (Block2 == Head2);
332 if (eq1 || eq2) {
333 // An empty then-path or else-path.
334 return (eq1 == eq2);
335 }
336
337 // Check whether instructions in Block1 and Block2 are identical
338 // and do not alias with instructions in Head2.
339 BasicBlock::iterator iter1 = Block1->begin();
340 BasicBlock::iterator end1 = Block1->getTerminator()->getIterator();
341 BasicBlock::iterator iter2 = Block2->begin();
342 BasicBlock::iterator end2 = Block2->getTerminator()->getIterator();
343
344 while (true) {
345 if (iter1 == end1) {
346 if (iter2 != end2)
347 return false;
348 break;
349 }
350
351 if (!iter1->isIdenticalTo(&*iter2))
352 return false;
353
354 // Illegal to remove instructions with side effects except
355 // non-volatile stores.
356 if (iter1->mayHaveSideEffects()) {
357 Instruction *CurI = &*iter1;
358 StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(CurI);
359 if (!SI || SI->isVolatile())
360 return false;
361 }
362
363 // For simplicity and speed, data dependency check can be
364 // avoided if read from memory doesn't exist.
365 if (iter1->mayReadFromMemory())
366 return false;
367
368 if (iter1->mayWriteToMemory()) {
369 for (BasicBlock::iterator BI(PBI2), BE(PTI2); BI != BE; ++BI) {
370 if (BI->mayReadFromMemory() || BI->mayWriteToMemory()) {
371 // Check alias with Head2.
372 if (!AA || AA->alias(&*iter1, &*BI))
373 return false;
374 }
375 }
376 }
377 ++iter1;
378 ++iter2;
379 }
380
381 return true;
382 }
383
384 /// Check whether \param BB is the merge block of a if-region. If yes, check
385 /// whether there exists an adjacent if-region upstream, the two if-regions
386 /// contain identical instructions and can be legally merged. \returns true if
387 /// the two if-regions are merged.
388 ///
389 /// From:
390 /// if (a)
391 /// statement;
392 /// if (b)
393 /// statement;
394 ///
395 /// To:
396 /// if (a || b)
397 /// statement;
MergeIfRegion(BasicBlock * BB,IRBuilder<> & Builder)398 bool FlattenCFGOpt::MergeIfRegion(BasicBlock *BB, IRBuilder<> &Builder) {
399 BasicBlock *IfTrue2, *IfFalse2;
400 Value *IfCond2 = GetIfCondition(BB, IfTrue2, IfFalse2);
401 Instruction *CInst2 = dyn_cast_or_null<Instruction>(IfCond2);
402 if (!CInst2)
403 return false;
404
405 BasicBlock *SecondEntryBlock = CInst2->getParent();
406 if (SecondEntryBlock->hasAddressTaken())
407 return false;
408
409 BasicBlock *IfTrue1, *IfFalse1;
410 Value *IfCond1 = GetIfCondition(SecondEntryBlock, IfTrue1, IfFalse1);
411 Instruction *CInst1 = dyn_cast_or_null<Instruction>(IfCond1);
412 if (!CInst1)
413 return false;
414
415 BasicBlock *FirstEntryBlock = CInst1->getParent();
416
417 // Either then-path or else-path should be empty.
418 if ((IfTrue1 != FirstEntryBlock) && (IfFalse1 != FirstEntryBlock))
419 return false;
420 if ((IfTrue2 != SecondEntryBlock) && (IfFalse2 != SecondEntryBlock))
421 return false;
422
423 Instruction *PTI2 = SecondEntryBlock->getTerminator();
424 Instruction *PBI2 = &SecondEntryBlock->front();
425
426 if (!CompareIfRegionBlock(FirstEntryBlock, SecondEntryBlock, IfTrue1,
427 IfTrue2))
428 return false;
429
430 if (!CompareIfRegionBlock(FirstEntryBlock, SecondEntryBlock, IfFalse1,
431 IfFalse2))
432 return false;
433
434 // Check whether \param SecondEntryBlock has side-effect and is safe to
435 // speculate.
436 for (BasicBlock::iterator BI(PBI2), BE(PTI2); BI != BE; ++BI) {
437 Instruction *CI = &*BI;
438 if (isa<PHINode>(CI) || CI->mayHaveSideEffects() ||
439 !isSafeToSpeculativelyExecute(CI))
440 return false;
441 }
442
443 // Merge \param SecondEntryBlock into \param FirstEntryBlock.
444 FirstEntryBlock->getInstList().pop_back();
445 FirstEntryBlock->getInstList()
446 .splice(FirstEntryBlock->end(), SecondEntryBlock->getInstList());
447 BranchInst *PBI = cast<BranchInst>(FirstEntryBlock->getTerminator());
448 Value *CC = PBI->getCondition();
449 BasicBlock *SaveInsertBB = Builder.GetInsertBlock();
450 BasicBlock::iterator SaveInsertPt = Builder.GetInsertPoint();
451 Builder.SetInsertPoint(PBI);
452 Value *NC = Builder.CreateOr(CInst1, CC);
453 PBI->replaceUsesOfWith(CC, NC);
454 Builder.SetInsertPoint(SaveInsertBB, SaveInsertPt);
455
456 // Handle PHI node to replace its predecessors to FirstEntryBlock.
457 for (BasicBlock *Succ : successors(PBI)) {
458 for (PHINode &Phi : Succ->phis()) {
459 for (unsigned i = 0, e = Phi.getNumIncomingValues(); i != e; ++i) {
460 if (Phi.getIncomingBlock(i) == SecondEntryBlock)
461 Phi.setIncomingBlock(i, FirstEntryBlock);
462 }
463 }
464 }
465
466 // Remove IfTrue1
467 if (IfTrue1 != FirstEntryBlock) {
468 IfTrue1->dropAllReferences();
469 IfTrue1->eraseFromParent();
470 }
471
472 // Remove IfFalse1
473 if (IfFalse1 != FirstEntryBlock) {
474 IfFalse1->dropAllReferences();
475 IfFalse1->eraseFromParent();
476 }
477
478 // Remove \param SecondEntryBlock
479 SecondEntryBlock->dropAllReferences();
480 SecondEntryBlock->eraseFromParent();
481 LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "If conditions merged into:\n" << *FirstEntryBlock);
482 return true;
483 }
484
run(BasicBlock * BB)485 bool FlattenCFGOpt::run(BasicBlock *BB) {
486 assert(BB && BB->getParent() && "Block not embedded in function!");
487 assert(BB->getTerminator() && "Degenerate basic block encountered!");
488
489 IRBuilder<> Builder(BB);
490
491 if (FlattenParallelAndOr(BB, Builder) || MergeIfRegion(BB, Builder))
492 return true;
493 return false;
494 }
495
496 /// FlattenCFG - This function is used to flatten a CFG. For
497 /// example, it uses parallel-and and parallel-or mode to collapse
498 /// if-conditions and merge if-regions with identical statements.
FlattenCFG(BasicBlock * BB,AliasAnalysis * AA)499 bool llvm::FlattenCFG(BasicBlock *BB, AliasAnalysis *AA) {
500 return FlattenCFGOpt(AA).run(BB);
501 }
502