FlattenCFG.cpp revision 360784
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
29using namespace llvm;
30
31#define DEBUG_TYPE "flattencfg"
32
33namespace {
34
35class 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
55public:
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.
136bool 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.
324bool 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;
398bool 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
485bool 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.
499bool llvm::FlattenCFG(BasicBlock *BB, AliasAnalysis *AA) {
500  return FlattenCFGOpt(AA).run(BB);
501}
502