llvm-6502/lib/Analysis
Hal Finkel b3b2aac5be Make use of the align parameter attribute for all pointer arguments
We previously supported the align attribute on all (pointer) parameters, but we
only used it for byval parameters. However, it is completely consistent at the
IR level to treat 'align n' on all pointer parameters as an alignment
assumption on the pointer, and now we wll. Specifically, this causes
computeKnownBits to use the align attribute on all pointer parameters, not just
byval parameters. I've also added an explicit parameter attribute test for this
to test/Bitcode/attributes.ll.

And I've updated the LangRef to document the align parameter attribute (as it
turns out, it was not documented at all previously, although the byval
documentation mentioned that it could be used).

There are (at least) two benefits to doing this:
 - It allows enhancing alignment based on the pointer alignment after inlining callees.
 - It allows simplification of pointer arithmetic.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@213670 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
2014-07-22 16:58:55 +00:00
..
IPA Remove uses of the redundant ".reset(nullptr)" of unique_ptr, in favor of ".reset()" 2014-07-19 01:05:11 +00:00
AliasAnalysis.cpp Match semantics of PointerMayBeCapturedBefore to its name by default 2014-07-21 21:30:22 +00:00
AliasAnalysisCounter.cpp
AliasAnalysisEvaluator.cpp
AliasDebugger.cpp
AliasSetTracker.cpp
Analysis.cpp Templatify RegionInfo so it works on MachineBasicBlocks 2014-07-19 18:29:29 +00:00
BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp Move isIdentifiedFunctionLocal from BasicAA to AA 2014-07-21 12:27:23 +00:00
BlockFrequencyInfo.cpp Revert "Introduce a string_ostream string builder facilty" 2014-06-26 22:52:05 +00:00
BlockFrequencyInfoImpl.cpp BFI: Add constructor for Weight 2014-07-12 00:26:00 +00:00
BranchProbabilityInfo.cpp Revert "[C++11] Add predecessors(BasicBlock *) / successors(BasicBlock *) iterator ranges." 2014-07-21 17:06:51 +00:00
CaptureTracking.cpp Match semantics of PointerMayBeCapturedBefore to its name by default 2014-07-21 21:30:22 +00:00
CFG.cpp
CFGPrinter.cpp
CGSCCPassManager.cpp
CMakeLists.txt Add a new attribute called 'jumptable' that creates jump-instruction tables for functions marked with this attribute. 2014-06-05 19:29:43 +00:00
CodeMetrics.cpp
ConstantFolding.cpp Look through addrspacecast in IsConstantOffsetFromGlobal 2014-07-14 22:39:26 +00:00
CostModel.cpp [CostModel][x86] Improved cost model for alternate shuffles. 2014-07-03 22:24:18 +00:00
Delinearization.cpp
DependenceAnalysis.cpp
DominanceFrontier.cpp Templatify DominanceFrontier. 2014-07-12 21:59:52 +00:00
DomPrinter.cpp
InstCount.cpp
InstructionSimplify.cpp Rectify r213231. Use proper version of 'ComputeNumSignBits'. 2014-07-17 19:07:00 +00:00
Interval.cpp Revert "[C++11] Add predecessors(BasicBlock *) / successors(BasicBlock *) iterator ranges." 2014-07-21 17:06:51 +00:00
IntervalPartition.cpp
IVUsers.cpp Add back functionality removed in r210497. 2014-06-21 02:43:02 +00:00
JumpInstrTableInfo.cpp Add a new attribute called 'jumptable' that creates jump-instruction tables for functions marked with this attribute. 2014-06-05 19:29:43 +00:00
LazyCallGraph.cpp
LazyValueInfo.cpp Revert "[C++11] Add predecessors(BasicBlock *) / successors(BasicBlock *) iterator ranges." 2014-07-21 17:06:51 +00:00
LibCallAliasAnalysis.cpp
LibCallSemantics.cpp
Lint.cpp Revert "Introduce a string_ostream string builder facilty" 2014-06-26 22:52:05 +00:00
LLVMBuild.txt
Loads.cpp
LoopInfo.cpp Revert "[C++11] Add predecessors(BasicBlock *) / successors(BasicBlock *) iterator ranges." 2014-07-21 17:06:51 +00:00
LoopPass.cpp Add back functionality removed in r210497. 2014-06-21 02:43:02 +00:00
Makefile
MemDepPrinter.cpp
MemoryBuiltins.cpp
MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp
ModuleDebugInfoPrinter.cpp
NoAliasAnalysis.cpp Improve BasicAA CS-CS queries (redux) 2014-07-17 01:28:25 +00:00
PHITransAddr.cpp
PostDominators.cpp
PtrUseVisitor.cpp
README.txt
RegionInfo.cpp Fix msc17 build. RegionInfo::RegionInfo::recalculate() doesn't make sense. 2014-07-20 03:57:51 +00:00
RegionPass.cpp Templatify RegionInfo so it works on MachineBasicBlocks 2014-07-19 18:29:29 +00:00
RegionPrinter.cpp Templatify RegionInfo so it works on MachineBasicBlocks 2014-07-19 18:29:29 +00:00
ScalarEvolution.cpp Revert "[C++11] Add predecessors(BasicBlock *) / successors(BasicBlock *) iterator ranges." 2014-07-21 17:06:51 +00:00
ScalarEvolutionAliasAnalysis.cpp
ScalarEvolutionExpander.cpp SCEVExpander: Fold constant PHIs harder. The logic below only understands proper IVs. 2014-06-21 11:47:18 +00:00
ScalarEvolutionNormalization.cpp
SparsePropagation.cpp
TargetTransformInfo.cpp
Trace.cpp
TypeBasedAliasAnalysis.cpp
ValueTracking.cpp Make use of the align parameter attribute for all pointer arguments 2014-07-22 16:58:55 +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.

//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//

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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