[VPlan] Simplify HCFG construction of region blocks (NFC).

[fhahn]

Summary

Update the logic to update the successors and predecessors of region
blocks directly. This adds special handling for header and latch blocks
in place, and removes the separate loop to fix up the region blocks.

Helps to simplify D158333.

[Ayal]

Title should indicate this is an HCFG simplification patch.

Worth indicating that this refactoring assists D158333.

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

53

Mapping BB's to their VPBB's except for header BB's that are mapped to the enclosing VPRegion may be confusing (exacerbated by reusing VPBB or using VPB for VPBlockBase), and should be documented.

Would it be better to keep BB2VPBB as is, mapping BB's to their VPBasicBlocks, and augment it with a getRegionOfHeader() function that checks if a VPBB is the entry of its enclosing region and if so returns the region, otherwise returns the given VPBasicBlock?

84

Would two methods be clearer, one taking a VPBasicBlock and the other a VPRegionBlock?

91

Can be simplified - trying to select one of two expected predecessors?

109

Should avoid connecting VPBBPred-VPBB that are latch-header, handled above?

111

Two cases:

1. VPBBPred's parent == VPBB's grandparent: VPBBPred-VPBB are preheader-header, handled above?
2. VPBBPred's grandparent == VPBB's parent: VPBBPred-VPBB are latch-exit, handled here?

151

Independent cleanup?

167

nit: deserves brackets.

174

This check if BB is a header should probably be generalized (e.g., into isHeader(BasicBlock*)) and used below.

344

Why/Is the above change needed? HeaderVPBB sounds like a VPBasicBlock, rather than its region.

367

nit: "during the RPO traversal" - Recipes will be created for each successor when it is reached later during this RPO traversal.

370–371

nit: assert VPBB and SuccVPBB have same parent.

nit: set predecessors (checking if header?) and early continue;

370–371

Worth dealing here with four cases explicitly: BB is header or not, BB is latch or not?

Setting predecessors: easier to check if BB is header of its loop, and if so hook the region of its VPBB (setting its entry) to a single predecessor - the VPBB of preheader - having a distinct Region? Otherwise setVPBBPredsFromBB.

Setting successors: easier to check if BB is latch of its loop, and if so hook the region of its VPBB (setting its exit) to a single successor - the VPBB of exit - having a distinct Region? Otherwise set VPBB's successor(s).

370–371

Better to check if BB is a header before calling setVPBBPredsFromBB?

370–371

nit: consider asserting at the outset that NumSuccs is 1 or 2, to save indentation.

375

SuccVPBB >> ExitVPBB, or OutOfRegionSuccVPBB.

397

An empty VPBB was created, and set as successor, but not hooked up to its predecessor, which is done here. Setting predecessors separately from setting successors (rather than together as bidirectional edges), presumably to keep predecessors in order.
Instructions of loop exit weren't visited, nor are they visited here.

400

nit: independent cleanup?

[fhahn]

Address latest comments and update description, thanks!

[fhahn]

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

53

Undone changes here, getOrCreateVPB checks if the created VPBB is the entry for a region. I still retained getOrCreateVPB, because it is convenient to get the block to set the successors, e.g. when connecting the pre-header to the inner loop header.

84

Moved out, thanks!

91

Retained loop to add an assert that we only have. single predecessors.

109

Yes, the check here is to catch setting the predecessor for the exit block, as it needs to connect to the predecessor region. Added a comment.

111

In the else case, VPBB Is the exit block of PredVPBB's region, which isn't handled elsewhere (checking elsewhere would be more complicated I think.

151

This was needed after changing the map, undone now.

167

added, thanks!

174

This code is not needed in the latest version

344

We need to connect the pre-header to the top region and set the name of the header block (to avoid unnecessary test changes). Update to clarify that.

370–371

Added assert to setOneSuccessor and fixed an issue uncovered where the parent for regions wasn't set properly.

[fhahn]

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

370–371

Updated and moved before setting successors. Checking if it's a header can be done by checking if the VPBB is the entry to its parent region

370–371

Updated to handle header and latch separately while setting successors. To simplify the latter, I updated the code to collect the successors in a vector, as this is used to check for the latch.

375

adjusted, thanks!

397

Yes, predecessors are only set once the block has been visited in RPO for that reason, so it needs to be done explicitly here.

400

Was only needed after changing the map, undone, thanks!

[fhahn]

Undo uneeded change

[fhahn]

ping :)

[Ayal]

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

113

Comment needs updating.

116

This assumes/asserts BB is not a header block, with a preheader PredVPBB having VPBB's region as a single successor.

This assumes successors have already been set, before setting predecessors.

nit: assert first; add error message.

116

Better to distinguish between latch and preheader by checking if enclosing regions are the same, as in setVPBBPredsFromBB(), rather than relying on having already set the successor(s) of preheader but not yet of the latch? The latch should have no successors even after processing it.

165–166

CurrentLoop >> LoopOfBB
ParentR >> RegionOfVPBB

165–166

May be clearer to do something like

bool RegionExists = Loop2Region.contains(CurrentLoop);
if (RegionExists)
  ParentR = Loop2Region[CurrentLoop];
else {
  ParentR = new VPRegionBlock(...);
  ParentR->setEntry(VPBB); // Or feed it in the constructor.
  Loop2Region.insert({CurrentLoop, ParentR});
}

170

nit: worth separating the two if's with an empty line.

174

Should VPBB's parent be set to ParentR also for header blocks which create the region when visited?

348

Simpler to do something like

VPBlockBase *HeaderVPBB = getOrCreateVPBB(TheLoop->getHeader());
HeaderVPBB->setName("vector.body");
ThePreheaderVPBB->setOneSuccessor(HeaderVPBB->getParent());

?

368

Check if BB is header of its loop according to LI, and assert that Region's entry is VPBB, rather than the other way around? I.e., have isHeaderBB() rather than isHeaderVPBB().

370–371

Proposed above to check for latch using parental regions than number of successors.

374

else {

Already asserted above that numSuccs is 1 or 2.

375

Make sure first successor corresponds to True?

379

nit: count >> contains

382

"one of its predecessors is the region" >> "one of its successors is the header, which is set to its region by getOrCreateVPB(), in constrast to getOrCreateVPBB()".

This is confusing.
Can we keep using getOrCreateVPBB() only, checking if BB is pre/header/latch using LI, and processing its (predecessors and) successors accordingly?

[Ayal]

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

333

buildPlain/HierarchicalCFG() is called following VPlan::createInitialVPlan(), which creates VPBB's (and will create more, plus Region, in D158333) directly rather than via getOrCreateVPBB(); so need to revisit them and update BB2VPBB, Loop2Region, setParent. Worth a comment.

[fhahn]

Address latest comments, thanks!

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

113

Updated, thanks!

116

Reordered assert, added message, thanks!

116

Adjusted to check the parent region, thanks!

165–166

Renamed, thanks!

165–166

adjusted, thanks!

170

Moved the code to the earlier if

174

That should be handled by setEntry IIUC

333

Added a comment, thanks!

348

Simplified, thanks!

368

Flipped, thanks!

374

Adjusted, thanks!

375

Added assert, thanks!

379

Adjusted, thanks!

382

Updated to us LI to check for latch and use early continue.

[Ayal]

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

159

isHeaderVPBB used only in assert, define under !NDEBUG?
Suggest below to reuse it outside of asserts.

165–166

nit: BlockIt is not needed below, can simply check

// Retrieve VPBB if exists.
if (BB2VPBB.contains(BB))
  return BB2VPBB[BB];

175

nit: can early exit here via

if (!LoopOfBB)
  return VPBB;

and define RegionOfVPBB inside then/else when setting it.

178

nit: assert BB-is-header xor RegionExists?

184

VPBB->setParent(RegionOfVPBB);
here too?

185

When called with BB being the header of TheLoop, its parentLoop may be null or not; in any case, will Loop2Region[TheLoop->getParentLoop()] surely return null?
Can set the parent of RegionOfVPBB only if LoopOfBB != TheLoop.

187

357

nit: can handle the simpler non-header case first.

385

Trying to sketch how this could be done using only getOrCreateVPBB(), i.e., w/o getOrCreateVPB(), ordered according to simplicity:

unsigned NumSuccs = succ_size(BB);
if (NumSuccs == 1) {
  auto *Successor = getOrCreateVPBB(BB->getSingleSuccessor());
  VPBB->setOneSuccessor(isHeaderVPBB(Successor) ? Successor->getParent()
                                                : Successor);
  continue;
}

assert(NumSuccs == 2 && "block must have one or two successors");
// Look up the branch condition to get the corresponding VPValue
// representing the condition bit in VPlan (which may be in another VPBB).
assert(IRDef2VPValue.contains(BI->getCondition()) &&
       "Missing condition bit in IRDef2VPValue!");
VPBasicBlock *Successor0 = getOrCreateVPBB(BI->getSuccessor(0));
VPBasicBlock *Successor1 = getOrCreateVPBB(BI->getSuccessor(1));
if (!isLatchBB(BB, LoopForBB)) {
  VPBB->setTwoSuccessors(Successor0, Successor1);
  continue;
}
// For a latch we need to set the successor of the region rather than that
// of VPBB and it should be set to the exit, i.e., non-header successor.
Region->setOneSuccessor(isHeaderVPBB(Successor0) ? Successor1 : Successor0);
Region->setExiting(VPBB);

390

Should the parents of Region and ExitVPBB already be set, presumably to the same parent?
(As will be asserted when setting one to be the successor of the other.)

[Ayal]

Title should indicate this is an HCFG simplification patch.

[fhahn]

Address latest comments, thanks!

[fhahn]

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

165–166

Yes, but that would require 2 lookups I think?

175

Adjusted, thanks!

178

added, thanks!

184

this will be done by setEntry

185

It should be guaranteed to be null for TheLoop->getParentLoop(), as no entries for it will be added.

187

adjusted, thanks!

357

reordered, thanks!

385

Adjusted, thanks!

390

Yep, parent of the region is already set, removed, thanks!

[Ayal]

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

85–103

Perhaps the following would more clearly update the current code by handling the exit block case separately, than during traversal over all predecessors:

if (auto *LatchBB = getLatchOfExit(BB)) {
  auto *PredRegion = getOrCreateVPBB(LatchBB)->getParent();
  assert(VPBB == cast<VPBasicBlock>(PredRegion->getSingleSuccessor()) &&
         "successor must already be set for PredRegion; it must have VPBB "
         "as single successor");
  VPBB->setPredecessors({PredRegion});
  return;
}
// Collect VPBB predecessors.
SmallVector<VPBlockBase *, 2> VPBBPreds;
for (BasicBlock *Pred : predecessors(BB))
  VPBBPreds.push_back(getOrCreateVPBB(Pred));
VPBB->setPredecessors(VPBBPreds);

where a lambda or function would check isExitBB(), analogous to isHeaderBB(), possibly along with providing the Latch:

BasicBlock* getLatchOfExit(BasicBlock *BB) {
  auto *SinglePred = BB->getSinglePredecessor();
  if (!SinglePred || LI->getLoopFor(SinglePred) == LI->getLoopFor(BB))
    return nullptr;
  // can assert SinglePred is the latch of its loop.
  return SinglePred;
}

?

114

Worth augmenting the comment with a note that this loop not only searches for the preheader (for which it could early-break once found or employ find_if()) but also (gets or) creates VPBB's for (all) its latch(es).

This loop over predecessors has a trip count of 2; would unrolling it be clearer?

assert(pred_size(BB) == 2 && "A preheader and single latch are expected");
auto PredBBI = pred_begin(BB);
auto *PredVPBB0 = getOrCreateVPBB(*PredBBI);
auto *PredVPBB1 = getOrCreateVPBB(*++PredBBI);
int Pred0InRegion = PredVPBB0->getParent() == Region;
assert(Pred0InRegion ^ PredVPBB1->getParent() == Region &&
       "Expecting latch to be in region but not preheader");
Region->setPredecessors({Pred0InRegion ? PredVPBB1 : PredVPBB0});

165–166

Yes, but such 2 lookups should be folded by the compiler rather than the programmer...
We do use contains()/[] below for Loop2Region.
Would this work better:

// Retrieve VPBB if exists.
if (auto BlockIt = BB2VPBB.find(BB) != BB2VPBB.end())
  return BlockIt->second;

?

182–184

385

Note that checking if BB == LoopForBB->getLoopLatch() implies a single latch, compared to checking if LoopForBB->isLoopLatch(BB). This is fine, and independent of handling loops with multiple exiting blocks.

[fhahn]

Address latest comments, thanks!

[fhahn]

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

85–103

update, thanks!

114

Now that we liberally use loop info, we can just use that here as well to identify the loop predecessor.

165–166

Yes, but such 2 lookups should be folded by the compiler rather than the programmer...

Agreed, but I think in this case the current compilers won't be able to do so :(

Would this work better:

I don't think this will work, as BlockIt would be a bool I think (result of the compare).

Probably better to use lookup, which returns nullptr if the key doesn't exist.

182–184

I think the current coding standard recommends using branches for both if and else when either requires them (https://llvm.org/docs/CodingStandards.html#don-t-use-braces-on-simple-single-statement-bodies-of-if-else-loop-statements). Left the code as is for now.

385

Ack!

[Ayal]

This looks good to me, thanks for accommodating! Adding a couple of last minor comments.

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

89

This comment should be replaced by an assert, or dropped.

Note (somewhere) that exit blocks are assumed to have a single predecessor.

114

Using LoopOfBB->getLoopPredecessor() is indeed much simpler!
Note that the latch VPBB will now be created (potentially) later when visiting its predecessor rather than here when visiting its successor (the header).

165–166

Yes, lookup looks fine!
The default value constructed in case of absence would be a nullptr, given that value type is VPBasicBlock*.
(A parenthesis might make BlockIt the desired iterator.)

179

Use lookup here as well instead of contains and []?
The default value constructed in case of absence would be a nullptr, given that value type is VPRegionBlock*.

186

Worth a comment, something like:
// If BB's loop is nested inside another loop within VPlan's scope, the header of that enclosing loop was already visited and its region constructed and recorded in Loop2Region. That region is now set as the parent of VPBB's region. Otherwise it is set to null.

357–359

Very well, let's be consistent.

[fhahn]

Thanks!

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

89

Right, adjusted, thanks!

179

Updated, thanks!

186

added, thanks!

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlan.h

VPBlockBase *getSingleHierarchicalPredecessor() {
     return getEnclosingBlockWithPredecessors()->getSinglePredecessor();
   }
 
   /// Set a given VPBlockBase \p Successor as the single successor of this
   /// VPBlockBase. This VPBlockBase is not added as predecessor of \p Successor.
   /// This VPBlockBase must have no successors.
   void setOneSuccessor(VPBlockBase *Successor) {
     assert(Successors.empty() && "Setting one successor when others exist.");
+    assert(Successor->getParent() == getParent() &&
+           "connected blocks must have the same parent");
     appendSuccessor(Successor);
   }
 
   /// Set two given VPBlockBases \p IfTrue and \p IfFalse to be the two
   /// successors of this VPBlockBase. This VPBlockBase is not added as
   /// predecessor of \p IfTrue or \p IfFalse. This VPBlockBase must have no
   /// successors.
   void setTwoSuccessors(VPBlockBase *IfTrue, VPBlockBase *IfFalse) {

llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanHCFGBuilder.cpp

private:
   // Builder of the VPlan instruction-level representation.
   VPBuilder VPIRBuilder;
 
   // NOTE: The following maps are intentionally destroyed after the plain CFG
   // construction because subsequent VPlan-to-VPlan transformation may
   // invalidate them.
   // Map incoming BasicBlocks to their newly-created VPBasicBlocks.
   DenseMap<BasicBlock *, VPBasicBlock *> BB2VPBB;
   // Map incoming Value definitions to their newly-created VPValues.
   DenseMap<Value *, VPValue *> IRDef2VPValue;
 
   // Hold phi node's that need to be fixed once the plain CFG has been built.
   SmallVector<PHINode *, 8> PhisToFix;
 
   /// Maps loops in the original IR to their corresponding region.
   DenseMap<Loop *, VPRegionBlock *> Loop2Region;
 
   // Utility functions.
   void setVPBBPredsFromBB(VPBasicBlock *VPBB, BasicBlock *BB);
+  void setRegionPredsFromBB(VPRegionBlock *VPBB, BasicBlock *BB);
   void fixPhiNodes();
   VPBasicBlock *getOrCreateVPBB(BasicBlock *BB);
 #ifndef NDEBUG
   bool isExternalDef(Value *Val);
 #endif
   VPValue *getOrCreateVPOperand(Value *IRVal);
   void createVPInstructionsForVPBB(VPBasicBlock *VPBB, BasicBlock *BB);
 
 public:
   PlainCFGBuilder(Loop *Lp, LoopInfo *LI, VPlan &P)
       : TheLoop(Lp), LI(LI), Plan(P) {}
 
   /// Build plain CFG for TheLoop  and connects it to Plan's entry.
   void buildPlainCFG();
 };
 } // anonymous namespace
 
 // Set predecessors of \p VPBB in the same order as they are in \p BB. \p VPBB
 // must have no predecessors.
 void PlainCFGBuilder::setVPBBPredsFromBB(VPBasicBlock *VPBB, BasicBlock *BB) {
-  SmallVector<VPBlockBase *, 8> VPBBPreds;
+  auto GetLatchOfExit = [this](BasicBlock *BB) -> BasicBlock * {
+    auto *SinglePred = BB->getSinglePredecessor();
+    Loop *LoopForBB = LI->getLoopFor(BB);
+    if (!SinglePred || LI->getLoopFor(SinglePred) == LoopForBB)
+      return nullptr;
+    // The input IR must be in loop-simplify form, ensuring a single predecessor
+    // for exit blocks.
+    assert(SinglePred == LI->getLoopFor(SinglePred)->getLoopLatch() &&
+           "SinglePred must be the only loop latch");
+    return SinglePred;
+  };
+  if (auto *LatchBB = GetLatchOfExit(BB)) {
+    auto *PredRegion = getOrCreateVPBB(LatchBB)->getParent();
+    assert(VPBB == cast<VPBasicBlock>(PredRegion->getSingleSuccessor()) &&
+           "successor must already be set for PredRegion; it must have VPBB "
+           "as single successor");
+    VPBB->setPredecessors({PredRegion});
+    return;
+  }
   // Collect VPBB predecessors.
+  SmallVector<VPBlockBase *, 2> VPBBPreds;
   for (BasicBlock *Pred : predecessors(BB))
     VPBBPreds.push_back(getOrCreateVPBB(Pred));
-
   VPBB->setPredecessors(VPBBPreds);
 }
 
 static bool isHeaderBB(BasicBlock *BB, Loop *L) {
   return L && BB == L->getHeader();
 }
 
+void PlainCFGBuilder::setRegionPredsFromBB(VPRegionBlock *Region,
+                                           BasicBlock *BB) {
+  // BB is a loop header block. Connect the region to the loop preheader.
+  Loop *LoopOfBB = LI->getLoopFor(BB);
+  Region->setPredecessors({getOrCreateVPBB(LoopOfBB->getLoopPredecessor())});
+}
+
 // Add operands to VPInstructions representing phi nodes from the input IR.
 void PlainCFGBuilder::fixPhiNodes() {
   for (auto *Phi : PhisToFix) {
     assert(IRDef2VPValue.count(Phi) && "Missing VPInstruction for PHINode.");
     VPValue *VPVal = IRDef2VPValue[Phi];
     assert(isa<VPWidenPHIRecipe>(VPVal) &&
            "Expected WidenPHIRecipe for phi node.");
     auto *VPPhi = cast<VPWidenPHIRecipe>(VPVal);
if (isHeaderBB(Phi->getParent(), L)) {
       VPPhi->addIncoming(
           getOrCreateVPOperand(Phi->getIncomingValueForBlock(LoopLatch)),
           BB2VPBB[LoopLatch]);
       continue;
     }
 
     for (unsigned I = 0; I != Phi->getNumOperands(); ++I)
       VPPhi->addIncoming(getOrCreateVPOperand(Phi->getIncomingValue(I)),
                          BB2VPBB[Phi->getIncomingBlock(I)]);
   }
 }
 
+static bool isHeaderVPBB(VPBasicBlock *VPBB) {
+  return VPBB->getParent() && VPBB->getParent()->getEntry() == VPBB;
+}
+
 // Create a new empty VPBasicBlock for an incoming BasicBlock in the region
 // corresponding to the containing loop  or retrieve an existing one if it was
 // already created. If no region exists yet for the loop containing \p BB, a new
 // one is created.
 VPBasicBlock *PlainCFGBuilder::getOrCreateVPBB(BasicBlock *BB) {
-  auto BlockIt = BB2VPBB.find(BB);
-  if (BlockIt != BB2VPBB.end())
+  if (auto *VPBB = BB2VPBB.lookup(BB)) {
     // Retrieve existing VPBB.
-    return BlockIt->second;
-
-  // Get or create a region for the loop containing BB.
-  Loop *CurrentLoop = LI->getLoopFor(BB);
-  VPRegionBlock *ParentR = nullptr;
-  if (CurrentLoop) {
-    auto Iter = Loop2Region.insert({CurrentLoop, nullptr});
-    if (Iter.second)
-      Iter.first->second = new VPRegionBlock(
-          CurrentLoop->getHeader()->getName().str(), false /*isReplicator*/);
-    ParentR = Iter.first->second;
+    return VPBB;
   }
 
   // Create new VPBB.
   LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Creating VPBasicBlock for " << BB->getName() << "\n");
   VPBasicBlock *VPBB = new VPBasicBlock(BB->getName());
   BB2VPBB[BB] = VPBB;
-  VPBB->setParent(ParentR);
+
+  // Get or create a region for the loop containing BB.
+  Loop *LoopOfBB = LI->getLoopFor(BB);
+  if (!LoopOfBB)
+    return VPBB;
+
+  VPRegionBlock *RegionOfBB = Loop2Region.lookup(LoopOfBB);
+  assert((RegionOfBB != nullptr) ^ isHeaderBB(BB, LoopOfBB) &&
+         "region must exist or BB must be a loop header");
+  if (RegionOfBB) {
+    VPBB->setParent(RegionOfBB);
+  } else {
+    // If BB's loop is nested inside another loop within VPlan's scope, the
+    // header of that enclosing loop was already visited and its region
+    // constructed and recorded in Loop2Region. That region is now set as the
+    // parent of VPBB's region. Otherwise it is set to null.
+    auto *RegionOfVPBB = new VPRegionBlock(
+        LoopOfBB->getHeader()->getName().str(), false /*isReplicator*/);
+    RegionOfVPBB->setParent(Loop2Region[LoopOfBB->getParentLoop()]);
+    RegionOfVPBB->setEntry(VPBB);
+    Loop2Region[LoopOfBB] = RegionOfVPBB;
+  }
   return VPBB;
 }
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 // Return true if \p Val is considered an external definition. An external
 // definition is either:
 // 1. A Value that is not an Instruction. This will be refined in the future.
 // 2. An Instruction that is outside of the CFG snippet represented in VPlan,
void PlainCFGBuilder::buildPlainCFG() {
   // Otherwise, there might be problems with existing phi nodes and algorithm
   // based on predecessors traversal.
 
   // Loop PH needs to be explicitly visited since it's not taken into account by
   // LoopBlocksDFS.
   BasicBlock *ThePreheaderBB = TheLoop->getLoopPreheader();
   assert((ThePreheaderBB->getTerminator()->getNumSuccessors() == 1) &&
          "Unexpected loop preheader");
+  // buildPlainCFG needs to be called after createInitialVPlan, which creates
+  // the initial skeleton (including the preheader VPBB). buildPlainCFG builds
+  // the CFG for the loop nest and hooks it up to the initial skeleton.
   VPBasicBlock *ThePreheaderVPBB = Plan.getEntry();
   BB2VPBB[ThePreheaderBB] = ThePreheaderVPBB;
   ThePreheaderVPBB->setName("vector.ph");
   for (auto &I : *ThePreheaderBB) {
     if (I.getType()->isVoidTy())
       continue;
     IRDef2VPValue[&I] = Plan.getVPValueOrAddLiveIn(&I);
   }
-  // Create empty VPBB for Loop H so that we can link PH->H.
+  // Create region (and header block) for the outer loop, so that we can link
+  // PH->Region.
   VPBlockBase *HeaderVPBB = getOrCreateVPBB(TheLoop->getHeader());
   HeaderVPBB->setName("vector.body");
-  ThePreheaderVPBB->setOneSuccessor(HeaderVPBB);
+  ThePreheaderVPBB->setOneSuccessor(HeaderVPBB->getParent());
 
   LoopBlocksRPO RPO(TheLoop);
   RPO.perform(LI);
 
   for (BasicBlock *BB : RPO) {
     // Create or retrieve the VPBasicBlock for this BB and create its
     // VPInstructions.
     VPBasicBlock *VPBB = getOrCreateVPBB(BB);
+    VPRegionBlock *Region = VPBB->getParent();
     createVPInstructionsForVPBB(VPBB, BB);
+    Loop *LoopForBB = LI->getLoopFor(BB);
+    // Set VPBB predecessors in the same order as they are in the incoming BB.
+    if (!isHeaderBB(BB, LoopForBB))
+      setVPBBPredsFromBB(VPBB, BB);
+    else {
+      // BB is a loop header, set the predecessor for the region.
+      assert(isHeaderVPBB(VPBB) && "isHeaderBB and isHeaderVPBB disagree");
+      setRegionPredsFromBB(Region, BB);
+    }
 
     // Set VPBB successors. We create empty VPBBs for successors if they don't
     // exist already. Recipes will be created when the successor is visited
     // during the RPO traversal.
-    Instruction *TI = BB->getTerminator();
-    assert(TI && "Terminator expected.");
-    unsigned NumSuccs = TI->getNumSuccessors();
-
+    auto *BI = cast<BranchInst>(BB->getTerminator());
+    unsigned NumSuccs = succ_size(BB);
     if (NumSuccs == 1) {
-      VPBasicBlock *SuccVPBB = getOrCreateVPBB(TI->getSuccessor(0));
-      assert(SuccVPBB && "VPBB Successor not found.");
-      VPBB->setOneSuccessor(SuccVPBB);
-    } else if (NumSuccs == 2) {
-      VPBasicBlock *SuccVPBB0 = getOrCreateVPBB(TI->getSuccessor(0));
-      assert(SuccVPBB0 && "Successor 0 not found.");
-      VPBasicBlock *SuccVPBB1 = getOrCreateVPBB(TI->getSuccessor(1));
-      assert(SuccVPBB1 && "Successor 1 not found.");
-
-      // Get VPBB's condition bit.
-      assert(isa<BranchInst>(TI) && "Unsupported terminator!");
-      // Look up the branch condition to get the corresponding VPValue
-      // representing the condition bit in VPlan (which may be in another VPBB).
-      assert(IRDef2VPValue.count(cast<BranchInst>(TI)->getCondition()) &&
-             "Missing condition bit in IRDef2VPValue!");
-
-      // Link successors.
-      VPBB->setTwoSuccessors(SuccVPBB0, SuccVPBB1);
-    } else
-      llvm_unreachable("Number of successors not supported.");
-
-    // Set VPBB predecessors in the same order as they are in the incoming BB.
-    setVPBBPredsFromBB(VPBB, BB);
+      auto *Successor = getOrCreateVPBB(BB->getSingleSuccessor());
+      VPBB->setOneSuccessor(isHeaderVPBB(Successor)
+                                ? Successor->getParent()
+                                : static_cast<VPBlockBase *>(Successor));
+      continue;
+    }
+    assert(BI->isConditional() && NumSuccs == 2 && BI->isConditional() &&
+           "block must have conditional branch with 2 successors");
+    assert(IRDef2VPValue.contains(BI->getCondition()) &&
+    VPBasicBlock *Successor0 = getOrCreateVPBB(BI->getSuccessor(0));
+    VPBasicBlock *Successor1 = getOrCreateVPBB(BI->getSuccessor(1));
+    if (!LoopForBB || BB != LoopForBB->getLoopLatch()) {
+      VPBB->setTwoSuccessors(Successor0, Successor1);
+      continue;
+    }
+    // For a latch we need to set the successor of the region rather than that
+    // of VPBB and it should be set to the exit, i.e., non-header successor.
+    Region->setOneSuccessor(isHeaderVPBB(Successor0) ? Successor1 : Successor0);
+    Region->setExiting(VPBB);
   }
 
   // 2. Process outermost loop exit. We created an empty VPBB for the loop
   // single exit BB during the RPO traversal of the loop body but Instructions
   // weren't visited because it's not part of the loop.
   BasicBlock *LoopExitBB = TheLoop->getUniqueExitBlock();
   assert(LoopExitBB && "Loops with multiple exits are not supported.");
   VPBasicBlock *LoopExitVPBB = BB2VPBB[LoopExitBB];
   // Loop exit was already set as successor of the loop exiting BB.
   // We only set its predecessor VPBB now.
   setVPBBPredsFromBB(LoopExitVPBB, LoopExitBB);
 
-  // 3. Fix up region blocks for loops. For each loop,
-  //   * use the header block as entry to the corresponding region,
-  //   * use the latch block as exit of the corresponding region,
-  //   * set the region as successor of the loop pre-header, and
-  //   * set the exit block as successor to the region.
-  SmallVector<Loop *> LoopWorkList;
-  LoopWorkList.push_back(TheLoop);
-  while (!LoopWorkList.empty()) {
-    Loop *L = LoopWorkList.pop_back_val();
-    BasicBlock *Header = L->getHeader();
-    BasicBlock *Exiting = L->getLoopLatch();
-    assert(Exiting == L->getExitingBlock() &&
-           "Latch must be the only exiting block");
-    VPRegionBlock *Region = Loop2Region[L];
-    VPBasicBlock *HeaderVPBB = getOrCreateVPBB(Header);
-    VPBasicBlock *ExitingVPBB = getOrCreateVPBB(Exiting);
-
-    // Disconnect backedge and pre-header from header.
-    VPBasicBlock *PreheaderVPBB = getOrCreateVPBB(L->getLoopPreheader());
-    VPBlockUtils::disconnectBlocks(PreheaderVPBB, HeaderVPBB);
-    VPBlockUtils::disconnectBlocks(ExitingVPBB, HeaderVPBB);
-
-    Region->setParent(PreheaderVPBB->getParent());
-    Region->setEntry(HeaderVPBB);
-    VPBlockUtils::connectBlocks(PreheaderVPBB, Region);
-
-    // Disconnect exit block from exiting (=latch) block, set exiting block and
-    // connect region to exit block.
-    VPBasicBlock *ExitVPBB = getOrCreateVPBB(L->getExitBlock());
-    VPBlockUtils::disconnectBlocks(ExitingVPBB, ExitVPBB);
-    Region->setExiting(ExitingVPBB);
-    VPBlockUtils::connectBlocks(Region, ExitVPBB);
-
-    // Queue sub-loops for processing.
-    LoopWorkList.append(L->begin(), L->end());
-  }
-  // 4. The whole CFG has been built at this point so all the input Values must
+  // 3. The whole CFG has been built at this point so all the input Values must
   // have a VPlan couterpart. Fix VPlan phi nodes by adding their corresponding
   // VPlan operands.
   fixPhiNodes();
 }
 
 void VPlanHCFGBuilder::buildPlainCFG() {
   PlainCFGBuilder PCFGBuilder(TheLoop, LI, Plan);
   PCFGBuilder.buildPlainCFG();