Hal Finkel 2993617e41 [LVI] Check for @llvm.assume dominating the edge branch
When LazyValueInfo uses @llvm.assume intrinsics to provide edge-value
constraints, we should check for intrinsics that dominate the edge's branch,
not just any potential context instructions. An assumption that dominates the
edge's branch represents a truth on that edge. This is specifically useful, for
example, if multiple predecessors assume a pointer to be nonnull, allowing us
to simplify a later null comparison.

The test case, and an initial patch, were provided by Philip Reames. Thanks!

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@219688 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
2014-10-14 16:04:49 +00:00
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2014-08-26 02:03:40 +00:00

Analysis Opportunities:

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In test/Transforms/LoopStrengthReduce/quadradic-exit-value.ll, the
ScalarEvolution expression for %r is this:

  {1,+,3,+,2}<loop>

Outside the loop, this could be evaluated simply as (%n * %n), however
ScalarEvolution currently evaluates it as

  (-2 + (2 * (trunc i65 (((zext i64 (-2 + %n) to i65) * (zext i64 (-1 + %n) to i65)) /u 2) to i64)) + (3 * %n))

In addition to being much more complicated, it involves i65 arithmetic,
which is very inefficient when expanded into code.

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In formatValue in test/CodeGen/X86/lsr-delayed-fold.ll,

ScalarEvolution is forming this expression:

((trunc i64 (-1 * %arg5) to i32) + (trunc i64 %arg5 to i32) + (-1 * (trunc i64 undef to i32)))

This could be folded to

(-1 * (trunc i64 undef to i32))

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