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-rw-r--r--docs/LangRef.html12
-rw-r--r--include/llvm/Attributes.h39
-rw-r--r--lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp23
-rw-r--r--test/Analysis/BasicAA/nocapture.ll14
4 files changed, 66 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/docs/LangRef.html b/docs/LangRef.html
index 83bd667..95fb8de 100644
--- a/docs/LangRef.html
+++ b/docs/LangRef.html
@@ -894,9 +894,15 @@ declare signext i8 @returns_signed_char()
parameter. The caller is responsible for ensuring that this is the
case. On a function return value, <tt>noalias</tt> additionally indicates
that the pointer does not alias any other pointers visible to the
- caller. Note that this applies only to pointers that can be used to actually
- load/store a value: NULL, unique pointers from malloc(0), and freed pointers
- are considered to not alias anything.</dd>
+ caller. For further details, please see the discussion of the NoAlias
+ response in
+ <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/AliasAnalysis.html#MustMayNo">alias
+ analysis</a>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><tt>nocapture</tt></dt>
+ <dd>This indicates that the callee does not make any copies of the pointer
+ that outlive the callee itself. This is not a valid attribute for return
+ values.</dd>
<dt><tt>nest</tt></dt>
<dd>This indicates that the pointer parameter can be excised using the
diff --git a/include/llvm/Attributes.h b/include/llvm/Attributes.h
index 57f4e17..ab09378 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Attributes.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Attributes.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#ifndef LLVM_ATTRIBUTES_H
#define LLVM_ATTRIBUTES_H
+#include "llvm/Support/MathExtras.h"
#include <cassert>
#include <string>
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ class Type;
/// Attributes - A bitset of attributes.
typedef unsigned Attributes;
-
+
namespace Attribute {
/// Function parameters and results can have attributes to indicate how they
@@ -44,16 +45,18 @@ const Attributes ByVal = 1<<7; ///< Pass structure by value
const Attributes Nest = 1<<8; ///< Nested function static chain
const Attributes ReadNone = 1<<9; ///< Function does not access memory
const Attributes ReadOnly = 1<<10; ///< Function only reads from memory
-const Attributes NoInline = 1<<11; // inline=never
-const Attributes AlwaysInline = 1<<12; // inline=always
-const Attributes OptimizeForSize = 1<<13; // opt_size
-const Attributes StackProtect = 1<<14; // Stack protection.
-const Attributes StackProtectReq = 1<<15; // Stack protection required.
-const Attributes Alignment = 0xffff<<16; ///< Alignment of parameter (16 bits)
- // 0 = unknown, else in clear (not log)
-
+const Attributes NoInline = 1<<11; ///< inline=never
+const Attributes AlwaysInline = 1<<12; ///< inline=always
+const Attributes OptimizeForSize = 1<<13; ///< opt_size
+const Attributes StackProtect = 1<<14; ///< Stack protection.
+const Attributes StackProtectReq = 1<<15; ///< Stack protection required.
+const Attributes Alignment = 31<<16; ///< Alignment of parameter (5 bits)
+ // stored as log2 of alignment with +1 bias
+ // 0 means unaligned different from align 1
+const Attributes NoCapture = 1<<21; ///< Function creates no aliases of pointer
+
/// @brief Attributes that only apply to function parameters.
-const Attributes ParameterOnly = ByVal | Nest | StructRet;
+const Attributes ParameterOnly = ByVal | Nest | StructRet | NoCapture;
/// @brief Attributes that only apply to function.
const Attributes FunctionOnly = NoReturn | NoUnwind | ReadNone | ReadOnly |
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ const Attributes VarArgsIncompatible = StructRet;
/// @brief Attributes that are mutually incompatible.
const Attributes MutuallyIncompatible[4] = {
- ByVal | InReg | Nest | StructRet,
+ ByVal | InReg | Nest | StructRet,
ZExt | SExt,
ReadNone | ReadOnly,
NoInline | AlwaysInline
@@ -76,7 +79,13 @@ Attributes typeIncompatible(const Type *Ty);
/// This turns an int alignment (a power of 2, normally) into the
/// form used internally in Attributes.
inline Attributes constructAlignmentFromInt(unsigned i) {
- return (i << 16);
+ // Default alignment, allow the target to define how to align it.
+ if (i == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ assert(isPowerOf2_32(i) && "Alignment must be a power of two.");
+ assert(i <= 0x40000000 && "Alignment too large.");
+ return (Log2_32(i)+1) << 16;
}
/// The set of Attributes set in Attributes is converted to a
@@ -175,7 +184,11 @@ public:
/// getParamAlignment - Return the alignment for the specified function
/// parameter.
unsigned getParamAlignment(unsigned Idx) const {
- return (getAttributes(Idx) & Attribute::Alignment) >> 16;
+ Attributes Align = getAttributes(Idx) & Attribute::Alignment;
+ if (Align == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ return 1ull << ((Align >> 16) - 1);
}
/// hasAttrSomewhere - Return true if the specified attribute is set for at
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp b/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
index 3270f35..57d3209 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
@@ -63,12 +63,23 @@ static bool AddressMightEscape(const Value *V) {
// callees could modify it.
break; // next use
case Instruction::Call:
- // If the call is to a few known safe intrinsics, we know that it does
- // not escape.
- // TODO: Eventually just check the 'nocapture' attribute.
- if (!isa<MemIntrinsic>(I))
- return true;
- break; // next use
+ // If the argument to the call has the nocapture attribute, then the call
+ // may store or load to the pointer, but it cannot escape.
+ if (cast<CallInst>(I)->paramHasAttr(UI.getOperandNo(),
+ Attribute::NoCapture))
+ continue;
+
+ // FIXME: MemIntrinsics should have their operands marked nocapture!
+ if (isa<MemIntrinsic>(I))
+ continue; // next use
+ return true;
+ case Instruction::Invoke:
+ // If the argument to the call has the nocapture attribute, then the call
+ // may store or load to the pointer, but it cannot escape.
+ if (cast<InvokeInst>(I)->paramHasAttr(UI.getOperandNo()-2,
+ Attribute::NoCapture))
+ continue;
+ return true;
default:
return true;
}
diff --git a/test/Analysis/BasicAA/nocapture.ll b/test/Analysis/BasicAA/nocapture.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ca444c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Analysis/BasicAA/nocapture.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | opt -basicaa -gvn -instcombine | llvm-dis | grep {ret i32 0}
+
+declare i32* @test(i32* nocapture)
+
+define i32 @test2() {
+ %P = alloca i32
+ %Q = call i32* @test(i32* %P)
+ %a = load i32* %P
+ store i32 4, i32* %Q ;; cannot clobber P since it is nocapture.
+ %b = load i32* %P
+ %c = sub i32 %a, %b
+ ret i32 %c
+}
+