1 //===- ObjCARC.h - ObjC ARC Optimization --------------*- C++ -*-----------===//
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 file defines common definitions/declarations used by the ObjC ARC
11 /// Optimizer. ARC stands for Automatic Reference Counting and is a system for
12 /// managing reference counts for objects in Objective C.
14 /// WARNING: This file knows about certain library functions. It recognizes them
15 /// by name, and hardwires knowledge of their semantics.
17 /// WARNING: This file knows about how certain Objective-C library functions are
18 /// used. Naive LLVM IR transformations which would otherwise be
19 /// behavior-preserving may break these assumptions.
21 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
23 #ifndef LLVM_LIB_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_OBJCARC_H
24 #define LLVM_LIB_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_OBJCARC_H
26 #include "llvm/ADT/StringSwitch.h"
27 #include "llvm/ADT/Optional.h"
28 #include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
29 #include "llvm/Analysis/ObjCARCAnalysisUtils.h"
30 #include "llvm/Analysis/ObjCARCInstKind.h"
31 #include "llvm/Analysis/Passes.h"
32 #include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
33 #include "llvm/IR/CallSite.h"
34 #include "llvm/IR/InstIterator.h"
35 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
36 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
37 #include "llvm/Transforms/ObjCARC.h"
38 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/Local.h"
47 /// \brief Erase the given instruction.
49 /// Many ObjC calls return their argument verbatim,
50 /// so if it's such a call and the return value has users, replace them with the
53 static inline void EraseInstruction(Instruction *CI) {
54 Value *OldArg = cast<CallInst>(CI)->getArgOperand(0);
56 bool Unused = CI->use_empty();
59 // Replace the return value with the argument.
60 assert((IsForwarding(GetBasicARCInstKind(CI)) ||
61 (IsNoopOnNull(GetBasicARCInstKind(CI)) &&
62 isa<ConstantPointerNull>(OldArg))) &&
63 "Can't delete non-forwarding instruction with users!");
64 CI->replaceAllUsesWith(OldArg);
67 CI->eraseFromParent();
70 RecursivelyDeleteTriviallyDeadInstructions(OldArg);
73 } // end namespace objcarc
74 } // end namespace llvm