1 //===- GlobalsModRef.cpp - Simple Mod/Ref Analysis for Globals ------------===//
3 // The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
10 // This simple pass provides alias and mod/ref information for global values
11 // that do not have their address taken, and keeps track of whether functions
12 // read or write memory (are "pure"). For this simple (but very common) case,
13 // we can provide pretty accurate and useful information.
15 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
17 #define DEBUG_TYPE "globalsmodref-aa"
18 #include "llvm/Analysis/Passes.h"
19 #include "llvm/Module.h"
20 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
21 #include "llvm/Instructions.h"
22 #include "llvm/Constants.h"
23 #include "llvm/DerivedTypes.h"
24 #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
25 #include "llvm/Analysis/CallGraph.h"
26 #include "llvm/Analysis/MemoryBuiltins.h"
27 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
28 #include "llvm/Support/InstIterator.h"
29 #include "llvm/ADT/Statistic.h"
30 #include "llvm/ADT/SCCIterator.h"
34 STATISTIC(NumNonAddrTakenGlobalVars,
35 "Number of global vars without address taken");
36 STATISTIC(NumNonAddrTakenFunctions,"Number of functions without address taken");
37 STATISTIC(NumNoMemFunctions, "Number of functions that do not access memory");
38 STATISTIC(NumReadMemFunctions, "Number of functions that only read memory");
39 STATISTIC(NumIndirectGlobalVars, "Number of indirect global objects");
42 /// FunctionRecord - One instance of this structure is stored for every
43 /// function in the program. Later, the entries for these functions are
44 /// removed if the function is found to call an external function (in which
45 /// case we know nothing about it.
46 struct FunctionRecord {
47 /// GlobalInfo - Maintain mod/ref info for all of the globals without
48 /// addresses taken that are read or written (transitively) by this
50 std::map<GlobalValue*, unsigned> GlobalInfo;
52 /// MayReadAnyGlobal - May read global variables, but it is not known which.
53 bool MayReadAnyGlobal;
55 unsigned getInfoForGlobal(GlobalValue *GV) const {
56 unsigned Effect = MayReadAnyGlobal ? AliasAnalysis::Ref : 0;
57 std::map<GlobalValue*, unsigned>::const_iterator I = GlobalInfo.find(GV);
58 if (I != GlobalInfo.end())
63 /// FunctionEffect - Capture whether or not this function reads or writes to
64 /// ANY memory. If not, we can do a lot of aggressive analysis on it.
65 unsigned FunctionEffect;
67 FunctionRecord() : MayReadAnyGlobal (false), FunctionEffect(0) {}
70 /// GlobalsModRef - The actual analysis pass.
71 class GlobalsModRef : public ModulePass, public AliasAnalysis {
72 /// NonAddressTakenGlobals - The globals that do not have their addresses
74 std::set<GlobalValue*> NonAddressTakenGlobals;
76 /// IndirectGlobals - The memory pointed to by this global is known to be
77 /// 'owned' by the global.
78 std::set<GlobalValue*> IndirectGlobals;
80 /// AllocsForIndirectGlobals - If an instruction allocates memory for an
81 /// indirect global, this map indicates which one.
82 std::map<Value*, GlobalValue*> AllocsForIndirectGlobals;
84 /// FunctionInfo - For each function, keep track of what globals are
86 std::map<Function*, FunctionRecord> FunctionInfo;
90 GlobalsModRef() : ModulePass(&ID) {}
92 bool runOnModule(Module &M) {
93 InitializeAliasAnalysis(this); // set up super class
94 AnalyzeGlobals(M); // find non-addr taken globals
95 AnalyzeCallGraph(getAnalysis<CallGraph>(), M); // Propagate on CG
99 virtual void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const {
100 AliasAnalysis::getAnalysisUsage(AU);
101 AU.addRequired<CallGraph>();
102 AU.setPreservesAll(); // Does not transform code
105 //------------------------------------------------
106 // Implement the AliasAnalysis API
108 AliasResult alias(const Value *V1, unsigned V1Size,
109 const Value *V2, unsigned V2Size);
110 ModRefResult getModRefInfo(CallSite CS, Value *P, unsigned Size);
111 ModRefResult getModRefInfo(CallSite CS1, CallSite CS2) {
112 return AliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CS1,CS2);
115 /// getModRefBehavior - Return the behavior of the specified function if
116 /// called from the specified call site. The call site may be null in which
117 /// case the most generic behavior of this function should be returned.
118 ModRefBehavior getModRefBehavior(Function *F,
119 std::vector<PointerAccessInfo> *Info) {
120 if (FunctionRecord *FR = getFunctionInfo(F)) {
121 if (FR->FunctionEffect == 0)
122 return DoesNotAccessMemory;
123 else if ((FR->FunctionEffect & Mod) == 0)
124 return OnlyReadsMemory;
126 return AliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(F, Info);
129 /// getModRefBehavior - Return the behavior of the specified function if
130 /// called from the specified call site. The call site may be null in which
131 /// case the most generic behavior of this function should be returned.
132 ModRefBehavior getModRefBehavior(CallSite CS,
133 std::vector<PointerAccessInfo> *Info) {
134 Function* F = CS.getCalledFunction();
135 if (!F) return AliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(CS, Info);
136 if (FunctionRecord *FR = getFunctionInfo(F)) {
137 if (FR->FunctionEffect == 0)
138 return DoesNotAccessMemory;
139 else if ((FR->FunctionEffect & Mod) == 0)
140 return OnlyReadsMemory;
142 return AliasAnalysis::getModRefBehavior(CS, Info);
145 virtual void deleteValue(Value *V);
146 virtual void copyValue(Value *From, Value *To);
148 /// getAdjustedAnalysisPointer - This method is used when a pass implements
149 /// an analysis interface through multiple inheritance. If needed, it
150 /// should override this to adjust the this pointer as needed for the
151 /// specified pass info.
152 virtual void *getAdjustedAnalysisPointer(const StaticPassInfo *PI) {
153 if (PI->isPassID(&AliasAnalysis::ID))
154 return (AliasAnalysis*)this;
159 /// getFunctionInfo - Return the function info for the function, or null if
160 /// we don't have anything useful to say about it.
161 FunctionRecord *getFunctionInfo(Function *F) {
162 std::map<Function*, FunctionRecord>::iterator I = FunctionInfo.find(F);
163 if (I != FunctionInfo.end())
168 void AnalyzeGlobals(Module &M);
169 void AnalyzeCallGraph(CallGraph &CG, Module &M);
170 bool AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(Value *V, std::vector<Function*> &Readers,
171 std::vector<Function*> &Writers,
172 GlobalValue *OkayStoreDest = 0);
173 bool AnalyzeIndirectGlobalMemory(GlobalValue *GV);
177 char GlobalsModRef::ID = 0;
178 static RegisterPass<GlobalsModRef>
179 X("globalsmodref-aa", "Simple mod/ref analysis for globals", false, true);
180 static RegisterAnalysisGroup<AliasAnalysis> Y(X);
182 Pass *llvm::createGlobalsModRefPass() { return new GlobalsModRef(); }
184 /// AnalyzeGlobals - Scan through the users of all of the internal
185 /// GlobalValue's in the program. If none of them have their "address taken"
186 /// (really, their address passed to something nontrivial), record this fact,
187 /// and record the functions that they are used directly in.
188 void GlobalsModRef::AnalyzeGlobals(Module &M) {
189 std::vector<Function*> Readers, Writers;
190 for (Module::iterator I = M.begin(), E = M.end(); I != E; ++I)
191 if (I->hasLocalLinkage()) {
192 if (!AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(I, Readers, Writers)) {
193 // Remember that we are tracking this global.
194 NonAddressTakenGlobals.insert(I);
195 ++NumNonAddrTakenFunctions;
197 Readers.clear(); Writers.clear();
200 for (Module::global_iterator I = M.global_begin(), E = M.global_end();
202 if (I->hasLocalLinkage()) {
203 if (!AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(I, Readers, Writers)) {
204 // Remember that we are tracking this global, and the mod/ref fns
205 NonAddressTakenGlobals.insert(I);
207 for (unsigned i = 0, e = Readers.size(); i != e; ++i)
208 FunctionInfo[Readers[i]].GlobalInfo[I] |= Ref;
210 if (!I->isConstant()) // No need to keep track of writers to constants
211 for (unsigned i = 0, e = Writers.size(); i != e; ++i)
212 FunctionInfo[Writers[i]].GlobalInfo[I] |= Mod;
213 ++NumNonAddrTakenGlobalVars;
215 // If this global holds a pointer type, see if it is an indirect global.
216 if (I->getType()->getElementType()->isPointerTy() &&
217 AnalyzeIndirectGlobalMemory(I))
218 ++NumIndirectGlobalVars;
220 Readers.clear(); Writers.clear();
224 /// AnalyzeUsesOfPointer - Look at all of the users of the specified pointer.
225 /// If this is used by anything complex (i.e., the address escapes), return
226 /// true. Also, while we are at it, keep track of those functions that read and
227 /// write to the value.
229 /// If OkayStoreDest is non-null, stores into this global are allowed.
230 bool GlobalsModRef::AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(Value *V,
231 std::vector<Function*> &Readers,
232 std::vector<Function*> &Writers,
233 GlobalValue *OkayStoreDest) {
234 if (!V->getType()->isPointerTy()) return true;
236 for (Value::use_iterator UI = V->use_begin(), E=V->use_end(); UI != E; ++UI) {
238 if (LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(U)) {
239 Readers.push_back(LI->getParent()->getParent());
240 } else if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(U)) {
241 if (V == SI->getOperand(1)) {
242 Writers.push_back(SI->getParent()->getParent());
243 } else if (SI->getOperand(1) != OkayStoreDest) {
244 return true; // Storing the pointer
246 } else if (GetElementPtrInst *GEP = dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(U)) {
247 if (AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(GEP, Readers, Writers)) return true;
248 } else if (BitCastInst *BCI = dyn_cast<BitCastInst>(U)) {
249 if (AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(BCI, Readers, Writers, OkayStoreDest))
251 } else if (isFreeCall(U)) {
252 Writers.push_back(cast<Instruction>(U)->getParent()->getParent());
253 } else if (CallInst *CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(U)) {
254 // Make sure that this is just the function being called, not that it is
255 // passing into the function.
256 for (unsigned i = 0, e = CI->getNumArgOperands(); i != e; ++i)
257 if (CI->getArgOperand(i) == V) return true;
258 } else if (InvokeInst *II = dyn_cast<InvokeInst>(U)) {
259 // Make sure that this is just the function being called, not that it is
260 // passing into the function.
261 for (unsigned i = 0, e = II->getNumArgOperands(); i != e; ++i)
262 if (II->getArgOperand(i) == V) return true;
263 } else if (ConstantExpr *CE = dyn_cast<ConstantExpr>(U)) {
264 if (CE->getOpcode() == Instruction::GetElementPtr ||
265 CE->getOpcode() == Instruction::BitCast) {
266 if (AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(CE, Readers, Writers))
271 } else if (ICmpInst *ICI = dyn_cast<ICmpInst>(U)) {
272 if (!isa<ConstantPointerNull>(ICI->getOperand(1)))
273 return true; // Allow comparison against null.
282 /// AnalyzeIndirectGlobalMemory - We found an non-address-taken global variable
283 /// which holds a pointer type. See if the global always points to non-aliased
284 /// heap memory: that is, all initializers of the globals are allocations, and
285 /// those allocations have no use other than initialization of the global.
286 /// Further, all loads out of GV must directly use the memory, not store the
287 /// pointer somewhere. If this is true, we consider the memory pointed to by
288 /// GV to be owned by GV and can disambiguate other pointers from it.
289 bool GlobalsModRef::AnalyzeIndirectGlobalMemory(GlobalValue *GV) {
290 // Keep track of values related to the allocation of the memory, f.e. the
291 // value produced by the malloc call and any casts.
292 std::vector<Value*> AllocRelatedValues;
294 // Walk the user list of the global. If we find anything other than a direct
295 // load or store, bail out.
296 for (Value::use_iterator I = GV->use_begin(), E = GV->use_end(); I != E; ++I){
298 if (LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(U)) {
299 // The pointer loaded from the global can only be used in simple ways:
300 // we allow addressing of it and loading storing to it. We do *not* allow
301 // storing the loaded pointer somewhere else or passing to a function.
302 std::vector<Function*> ReadersWriters;
303 if (AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(LI, ReadersWriters, ReadersWriters))
304 return false; // Loaded pointer escapes.
305 // TODO: Could try some IP mod/ref of the loaded pointer.
306 } else if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(U)) {
307 // Storing the global itself.
308 if (SI->getOperand(0) == GV) return false;
310 // If storing the null pointer, ignore it.
311 if (isa<ConstantPointerNull>(SI->getOperand(0)))
314 // Check the value being stored.
315 Value *Ptr = SI->getOperand(0)->getUnderlyingObject();
319 } else if (CallInst *CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(Ptr)) {
320 Function *F = CI->getCalledFunction();
321 if (!F || !F->isDeclaration()) return false; // Too hard to analyze.
322 if (F->getName() != "calloc") return false; // Not calloc.
324 return false; // Too hard to analyze.
327 // Analyze all uses of the allocation. If any of them are used in a
328 // non-simple way (e.g. stored to another global) bail out.
329 std::vector<Function*> ReadersWriters;
330 if (AnalyzeUsesOfPointer(Ptr, ReadersWriters, ReadersWriters, GV))
331 return false; // Loaded pointer escapes.
333 // Remember that this allocation is related to the indirect global.
334 AllocRelatedValues.push_back(Ptr);
336 // Something complex, bail out.
341 // Okay, this is an indirect global. Remember all of the allocations for
342 // this global in AllocsForIndirectGlobals.
343 while (!AllocRelatedValues.empty()) {
344 AllocsForIndirectGlobals[AllocRelatedValues.back()] = GV;
345 AllocRelatedValues.pop_back();
347 IndirectGlobals.insert(GV);
351 /// AnalyzeCallGraph - At this point, we know the functions where globals are
352 /// immediately stored to and read from. Propagate this information up the call
353 /// graph to all callers and compute the mod/ref info for all memory for each
355 void GlobalsModRef::AnalyzeCallGraph(CallGraph &CG, Module &M) {
356 // We do a bottom-up SCC traversal of the call graph. In other words, we
357 // visit all callees before callers (leaf-first).
358 for (scc_iterator<CallGraph*> I = scc_begin(&CG), E = scc_end(&CG); I != E;
360 std::vector<CallGraphNode *> &SCC = *I;
361 assert(!SCC.empty() && "SCC with no functions?");
363 if (!SCC[0]->getFunction()) {
364 // Calls externally - can't say anything useful. Remove any existing
365 // function records (may have been created when scanning globals).
366 for (unsigned i = 0, e = SCC.size(); i != e; ++i)
367 FunctionInfo.erase(SCC[i]->getFunction());
371 FunctionRecord &FR = FunctionInfo[SCC[0]->getFunction()];
373 bool KnowNothing = false;
374 unsigned FunctionEffect = 0;
376 // Collect the mod/ref properties due to called functions. We only compute
378 for (unsigned i = 0, e = SCC.size(); i != e && !KnowNothing; ++i) {
379 Function *F = SCC[i]->getFunction();
385 if (F->isDeclaration()) {
386 // Try to get mod/ref behaviour from function attributes.
387 if (F->doesNotAccessMemory()) {
388 // Can't do better than that!
389 } else if (F->onlyReadsMemory()) {
390 FunctionEffect |= Ref;
391 if (!F->isIntrinsic())
392 // This function might call back into the module and read a global -
393 // consider every global as possibly being read by this function.
394 FR.MayReadAnyGlobal = true;
396 FunctionEffect |= ModRef;
397 // Can't say anything useful unless it's an intrinsic - they don't
398 // read or write global variables of the kind considered here.
399 KnowNothing = !F->isIntrinsic();
404 for (CallGraphNode::iterator CI = SCC[i]->begin(), E = SCC[i]->end();
405 CI != E && !KnowNothing; ++CI)
406 if (Function *Callee = CI->second->getFunction()) {
407 if (FunctionRecord *CalleeFR = getFunctionInfo(Callee)) {
408 // Propagate function effect up.
409 FunctionEffect |= CalleeFR->FunctionEffect;
411 // Incorporate callee's effects on globals into our info.
412 for (std::map<GlobalValue*, unsigned>::iterator GI =
413 CalleeFR->GlobalInfo.begin(), E = CalleeFR->GlobalInfo.end();
415 FR.GlobalInfo[GI->first] |= GI->second;
416 FR.MayReadAnyGlobal |= CalleeFR->MayReadAnyGlobal;
418 // Can't say anything about it. However, if it is inside our SCC,
419 // then nothing needs to be done.
420 CallGraphNode *CalleeNode = CG[Callee];
421 if (std::find(SCC.begin(), SCC.end(), CalleeNode) == SCC.end())
429 // If we can't say anything useful about this SCC, remove all SCC functions
430 // from the FunctionInfo map.
432 for (unsigned i = 0, e = SCC.size(); i != e; ++i)
433 FunctionInfo.erase(SCC[i]->getFunction());
437 // Scan the function bodies for explicit loads or stores.
438 for (unsigned i = 0, e = SCC.size(); i != e && FunctionEffect != ModRef;++i)
439 for (inst_iterator II = inst_begin(SCC[i]->getFunction()),
440 E = inst_end(SCC[i]->getFunction());
441 II != E && FunctionEffect != ModRef; ++II)
442 if (isa<LoadInst>(*II)) {
443 FunctionEffect |= Ref;
444 if (cast<LoadInst>(*II).isVolatile())
445 // Volatile loads may have side-effects, so mark them as writing
446 // memory (for example, a flag inside the processor).
447 FunctionEffect |= Mod;
448 } else if (isa<StoreInst>(*II)) {
449 FunctionEffect |= Mod;
450 if (cast<StoreInst>(*II).isVolatile())
451 // Treat volatile stores as reading memory somewhere.
452 FunctionEffect |= Ref;
453 } else if (isMalloc(&cast<Instruction>(*II)) ||
454 isFreeCall(&cast<Instruction>(*II))) {
455 FunctionEffect |= ModRef;
458 if ((FunctionEffect & Mod) == 0)
459 ++NumReadMemFunctions;
460 if (FunctionEffect == 0)
462 FR.FunctionEffect = FunctionEffect;
464 // Finally, now that we know the full effect on this SCC, clone the
465 // information to each function in the SCC.
466 for (unsigned i = 1, e = SCC.size(); i != e; ++i)
467 FunctionInfo[SCC[i]->getFunction()] = FR;
473 /// alias - If one of the pointers is to a global that we are tracking, and the
474 /// other is some random pointer, we know there cannot be an alias, because the
475 /// address of the global isn't taken.
476 AliasAnalysis::AliasResult
477 GlobalsModRef::alias(const Value *V1, unsigned V1Size,
478 const Value *V2, unsigned V2Size) {
479 // Get the base object these pointers point to.
480 Value *UV1 = const_cast<Value*>(V1->getUnderlyingObject());
481 Value *UV2 = const_cast<Value*>(V2->getUnderlyingObject());
483 // If either of the underlying values is a global, they may be non-addr-taken
484 // globals, which we can answer queries about.
485 GlobalValue *GV1 = dyn_cast<GlobalValue>(UV1);
486 GlobalValue *GV2 = dyn_cast<GlobalValue>(UV2);
488 // If the global's address is taken, pretend we don't know it's a pointer to
490 if (GV1 && !NonAddressTakenGlobals.count(GV1)) GV1 = 0;
491 if (GV2 && !NonAddressTakenGlobals.count(GV2)) GV2 = 0;
493 // If the two pointers are derived from two different non-addr-taken
494 // globals, or if one is and the other isn't, we know these can't alias.
495 if ((GV1 || GV2) && GV1 != GV2)
498 // Otherwise if they are both derived from the same addr-taken global, we
499 // can't know the two accesses don't overlap.
502 // These pointers may be based on the memory owned by an indirect global. If
503 // so, we may be able to handle this. First check to see if the base pointer
504 // is a direct load from an indirect global.
506 if (LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(UV1))
507 if (GlobalVariable *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(LI->getOperand(0)))
508 if (IndirectGlobals.count(GV))
510 if (LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(UV2))
511 if (GlobalVariable *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(LI->getOperand(0)))
512 if (IndirectGlobals.count(GV))
515 // These pointers may also be from an allocation for the indirect global. If
516 // so, also handle them.
517 if (AllocsForIndirectGlobals.count(UV1))
518 GV1 = AllocsForIndirectGlobals[UV1];
519 if (AllocsForIndirectGlobals.count(UV2))
520 GV2 = AllocsForIndirectGlobals[UV2];
522 // Now that we know whether the two pointers are related to indirect globals,
523 // use this to disambiguate the pointers. If either pointer is based on an
524 // indirect global and if they are not both based on the same indirect global,
525 // they cannot alias.
526 if ((GV1 || GV2) && GV1 != GV2)
529 return AliasAnalysis::alias(V1, V1Size, V2, V2Size);
532 AliasAnalysis::ModRefResult
533 GlobalsModRef::getModRefInfo(CallSite CS, Value *P, unsigned Size) {
534 unsigned Known = ModRef;
536 // If we are asking for mod/ref info of a direct call with a pointer to a
537 // global we are tracking, return information if we have it.
538 if (GlobalValue *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalValue>(P->getUnderlyingObject()))
539 if (GV->hasLocalLinkage())
540 if (Function *F = CS.getCalledFunction())
541 if (NonAddressTakenGlobals.count(GV))
542 if (FunctionRecord *FR = getFunctionInfo(F))
543 Known = FR->getInfoForGlobal(GV);
545 if (Known == NoModRef)
546 return NoModRef; // No need to query other mod/ref analyses
547 return ModRefResult(Known & AliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CS, P, Size));
551 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
552 // Methods to update the analysis as a result of the client transformation.
554 void GlobalsModRef::deleteValue(Value *V) {
555 if (GlobalValue *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalValue>(V)) {
556 if (NonAddressTakenGlobals.erase(GV)) {
557 // This global might be an indirect global. If so, remove it and remove
558 // any AllocRelatedValues for it.
559 if (IndirectGlobals.erase(GV)) {
560 // Remove any entries in AllocsForIndirectGlobals for this global.
561 for (std::map<Value*, GlobalValue*>::iterator
562 I = AllocsForIndirectGlobals.begin(),
563 E = AllocsForIndirectGlobals.end(); I != E; ) {
564 if (I->second == GV) {
565 AllocsForIndirectGlobals.erase(I++);
574 // Otherwise, if this is an allocation related to an indirect global, remove
576 AllocsForIndirectGlobals.erase(V);
578 AliasAnalysis::deleteValue(V);
581 void GlobalsModRef::copyValue(Value *From, Value *To) {
582 AliasAnalysis::copyValue(From, To);