This patch implements the enhancement proposed by https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/59312.
Suppose we have following code
v0 = load %addr br %LoadBB LoadBB: v1 = load %addr ... PredBB: ... br %cond, label %LoadBB, label %SuccBB SuccBB: v2 = load %addr ...
Instruction v1 in LoadBB is partially redundant, edge (PredBB, LoadBB) is a critical edge. SuccBB is another successor of PredBB, it contains another load v2 which is identical to v1. Current GVN splits the critical edge (PredBB, LoadBB) and inserts a new load in it. A better method is move the load of v2 into PredBB, then v1 can be changed to a PHI instruction.
If there are two or more similar predecessors, like the test case in the bug entry, current GVN simply gives up because otherwise it needs to split multiple critical edges. But we can move all loads in successor blocks into predecessors.
This is the second try of D139582, with the following enhancement.
- Don't try to move load instructions across exception handling instructions.
- In function replaceValuesPerBlockEntry ValuesPerBlock[BB] may not be the moved loaded value, in this case we should not replace its value.
More specific name, smth related to critical edges maybe?