//===- TypeBasedAliasAnalysis.cpp - Type-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 TypeBasedAliasAnalysis pass, which implements // metadata-based TBAA. // // In LLVM IR, memory does not have types, so LLVM's own type system is not // suitable for doing TBAA. Instead, metadata is added to the IR to describe // a type system of a higher level language. This can be used to implement // typical C/C++ TBAA, but it can also be used to implement custom alias // analysis behavior for other languages. // // The current metadata format is very simple. TBAA MDNodes have up to // three fields, e.g.: // !0 = metadata !{ metadata !"an example type tree" } // !1 = metadata !{ metadata !"int", metadata !0 } // !2 = metadata !{ metadata !"float", metadata !0 } // !3 = metadata !{ metadata !"const float", metadata !2, i64 1 } // // The first field is an identity field. It can be any value, usually // an MDString, which uniquely identifies the type. The most important // name in the tree is the name of the root node. Two trees with // different root node names are entirely disjoint, even if they // have leaves with common names. // // The second field identifies the type's parent node in the tree, or // is null or omitted for a root node. A type is considered to alias // all of its decendents and all of its ancestors in the tree. Also, // a type is considered to alias all types in other trees, so that // bitcode produced from multiple front-ends is handled conservatively. // // If the third field is present, it's an integer which if equal to 1 // indicates that the type is "constant" (meaning pointsToConstantMemory // should return true; see // http://llvm.org/docs/AliasAnalysis.html#OtherItfs). // // TODO: The current metadata format doesn't support struct // fields. For example: // struct X { // double d; // int i; // }; // void foo(struct X *x, struct X *y, double *p) { // *x = *y; // *p = 0.0; // } // Struct X has a double member, so the store to *x can alias the store to *p. // Currently it's not possible to precisely describe all the things struct X // aliases, so struct assignments must use conservative TBAA nodes. There's // no scheme for attaching metadata to @llvm.memcpy yet either. // //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h" #include "llvm/Analysis/Passes.h" #include "llvm/Constants.h" #include "llvm/LLVMContext.h" #include "llvm/Module.h" #include "llvm/Metadata.h" #include "llvm/Pass.h" #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h" using namespace llvm; // A handy option for disabling TBAA functionality. The same effect can also be // achieved by stripping the !tbaa tags from IR, but this option is sometimes // more convenient. static cl::opt EnableTBAA("enable-tbaa", cl::init(true)); namespace { /// TBAANode - This is a simple wrapper around an MDNode which provides a /// higher-level interface by hiding the details of how alias analysis /// information is encoded in its operands. class TBAANode { const MDNode *Node; public: TBAANode() : Node(0) {} explicit TBAANode(const MDNode *N) : Node(N) {} /// getNode - Get the MDNode for this TBAANode. const MDNode *getNode() const { return Node; } /// getParent - Get this TBAANode's Alias tree parent. TBAANode getParent() const { if (Node->getNumOperands() < 2) return TBAANode(); MDNode *P = dyn_cast_or_null(Node->getOperand(1)); if (!P) return TBAANode(); // Ok, this node has a valid parent. Return it. return TBAANode(P); } /// TypeIsImmutable - Test if this TBAANode represents a type for objects /// which are not modified (by any means) in the context where this /// AliasAnalysis is relevant. bool TypeIsImmutable() const { if (Node->getNumOperands() < 3) return false; ConstantInt *CI = dyn_cast(Node->getOperand(2)); if (!CI) return false; return CI->getValue()[0]; } }; } namespace { /// TypeBasedAliasAnalysis - This is a simple alias analysis /// implementation that uses TypeBased to answer queries. class TypeBasedAliasAnalysis : public ImmutablePass, public AliasAnalysis { public: static char ID; // Class identification, replacement for typeinfo TypeBasedAliasAnalysis() : ImmutablePass(ID) { initializeTypeBasedAliasAnalysisPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry()); } virtual void initializePass() { InitializeAliasAnalysis(this); } /// getAdjustedAnalysisPointer - This method is used when a pass implements /// an analysis interface through multiple inheritance. If needed, it /// should override this to adjust the this pointer as needed for the /// specified pass info. virtual void *getAdjustedAnalysisPointer(const void *PI) { if (PI == &AliasAnalysis::ID) return (AliasAnalysis*)this; return this; } bool Aliases(const MDNode *A, const MDNode *B) const; private: virtual void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const; virtual AliasResult alias(const Location &LocA, const Location &LocB); virtual bool pointsToConstantMemory(const Location &Loc, bool OrLocal); virtual ModRefBehavior getModRefBehavior(ImmutableCallSite CS); virtual ModRefBehavior getModRefBehavior(const Function *F); virtual ModRefResult getModRefInfo(ImmutableCallSite CS, const Location &Loc); virtual ModRefResult getModRefInfo(ImmutableCallSite CS1, ImmutableCallSite CS2); }; } // End of anonymous namespace // Register this pass... char TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::ID = 0; INITIALIZE_AG_PASS(TypeBasedAliasAnalysis, AliasAnalysis, "tbaa", "Type-Based Alias Analysis", false, true, false) ImmutablePass *llvm::createTypeBasedAliasAnalysisPass() { return new TypeBasedAliasAnalysis(); } void TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const { AU.setPreservesAll(); AliasAnalysis::getAnalysisUsage(AU); } /// Aliases - Test whether the type represented by A may alias the /// type represented by B. bool TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::Aliases(const MDNode *A, const MDNode *B) const { // Keep track of the root node for A and B. TBAANode RootA, RootB; // Climb the tree from A to see if we reach B. for (TBAANode T(A); ; ) { if (T.getNode() == B) // B is an ancestor of A. return true; RootA = T; T = T.getParent(); if (!T.getNode()) break; } // Climb the tree from B to see if we reach A. for (TBAANode T(B); ; ) { if (T.getNode() == A) // A is an ancestor of B. return true; RootB = T; T = T.getParent(); if (!T.getNode()) break; } // Neither node is an ancestor of the other. // If they have different roots, they're part of different potentially // unrelated type systems, so we must be conservative. if (RootA.getNode() != RootB.getNode()) return true; // If they have the same root, then we've proved there's no alias. return false; } AliasAnalysis::AliasResult TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::alias(const Location &LocA, const Location &LocB) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AliasAnalysis::alias(LocA, LocB); // Get the attached MDNodes. If either value lacks a tbaa MDNode, we must // be conservative. const MDNode *AM = LocA.TBAATag; if (!AM) return AliasAnalysis::alias(LocA, LocB); const MDNode *BM = LocB.TBAATag; if (!BM) return AliasAnalysis::alias(LocA, LocB); // If they may alias, chain to the next AliasAnalysis. if (Aliases(AM, BM)) return AliasAnalysis::alias(LocA, LocB); // Otherwise return a definitive result. return NoAlias; } bool TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::pointsToConstantMemory(const Location &Loc, bool OrLocal) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AliasAnalysis::pointsToConstantMemory(Loc, OrLocal); const MDNode *M = Loc.TBAATag; if (!M) return AliasAnalysis::pointsToConstantMemory(Loc, OrLocal); // If this is an "immutable" type, we can assume the pointer is pointing // to constant memory. if (TBAANode(M).TypeIsImmutable()) return true; return AliasAnalysis::pointsToConstantMemory(Loc, OrLocal); } AliasAnalysis::ModRefBehavior TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(ImmutableCallSite CS) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(CS); ModRefBehavior Min = UnknownModRefBehavior; // If this is an "immutable" type, we can assume the call doesn't write // to memory. if (const MDNode *M = CS.getInstruction()->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa)) if (TBAANode(M).TypeIsImmutable()) Min = OnlyReadsMemory; return ModRefBehavior(AliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(CS) & Min); } AliasAnalysis::ModRefBehavior TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(const Function *F) { // Functions don't have metadata. Just chain to the next implementation. return AliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(F); } AliasAnalysis::ModRefResult TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(ImmutableCallSite CS, const Location &Loc) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CS, Loc); if (const MDNode *L = Loc.TBAATag) if (const MDNode *M = CS.getInstruction()->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa)) if (!Aliases(L, M)) return NoModRef; return AliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CS, Loc); } AliasAnalysis::ModRefResult TypeBasedAliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(ImmutableCallSite CS1, ImmutableCallSite CS2) { if (!EnableTBAA) return AliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CS1, CS2); if (const MDNode *M1 = CS1.getInstruction()->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa)) if (const MDNode *M2 = CS2.getInstruction()->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_tbaa)) if (!Aliases(M1, M2)) return NoModRef; return AliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CS1, CS2); }