Index: lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp =================================================================== --- lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp +++ lib/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.cpp @@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ // it is racy (undefined) or there is a release followed by an acquire // between the pair of accesses under consideration. + // If the load is invariant, we "know" that it doesn't alias *any* write. We + // do want to respect mustalias results since defs are useful for value + // forwarding, but any mayalias write can be assumed to be noalias. + // Arguably, this logic should be pushed inside AliasAnalysis itself. if (isLoad && QueryInst) { LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast(QueryInst); if (LI && LI->getMetadata(LLVMContext::MD_invariant_load) != nullptr) @@ -601,6 +605,8 @@ if (AccessPtr == Inst || AA->isMustAlias(Inst, AccessPtr)) return MemDepResult::getDef(Inst); + if (isInvariantLoad) + continue; // Be conservative if the accessed pointer may alias the allocation. if (AA->alias(Inst, AccessPtr) != AliasAnalysis::NoAlias) return MemDepResult::getClobber(Inst); @@ -611,6 +617,9 @@ continue; } + if (isInvariantLoad) + continue; + // See if this instruction (e.g. a call or vaarg) mod/ref's the pointer. AliasAnalysis::ModRefResult MR = AA->getModRefInfo(Inst, MemLoc); // If necessary, perform additional analysis. Index: test/Transforms/GVN/invariant-load.ll =================================================================== --- test/Transforms/GVN/invariant-load.ll +++ test/Transforms/GVN/invariant-load.ll @@ -65,5 +65,55 @@ ret i32 %res } +; Checks that we return the mustalias store as a def +; so that it contributes to value forwarding. Note +; that we could and should remove the store too. +define i32 @test5(i1 %cnd, i32* %p) { +; CHECK-LABEL: test5 +; CHECK-LABEL: entry: +; CHECK-NEXT: store i32 5, i32* %p +; CHECK-NEXT: ret i32 5 +entry: + %v1 = load i32, i32* %p, !invariant.load !0 + store i32 5, i32* %p ;; must alias store, want to exploit + %v2 = load i32, i32* %p, !invariant.load !0 + ret i32 %v2 +} + + +declare void @foo() + +; Clobbering (mayalias) stores, even in function calls, can be ignored +define i32 @test6(i1 %cnd, i32* %p) { +; CHECK-LABEL: test6 +; CHECK-LABEL: entry: +; CHECK-NEXT: @foo +; CHECK-NEXT: ret i32 0 +entry: + %v1 = load i32, i32* %p, !invariant.load !0 + call void @foo() + %v2 = load i32, i32* %p, !invariant.load !0 + %res = sub i32 %v1, %v2 + ret i32 %res +} + +declare noalias i32* @bar(...) + +; Same as previous, but a function with a noalias result (since they're handled +; differently in MDA) +define i32 @test7(i1 %cnd, i32* %p) { +; CHECK-LABEL: test7 +; CHECK-LABEL: entry: +; CHECK-NEXT: @bar +; CHECK-NEXT: ret i32 0 +entry: + %v1 = load i32, i32* %p, !invariant.load !0 + call i32* (...)* @bar(i32* %p) + %v2 = load i32, i32* %p, !invariant.load !0 + %res = sub i32 %v1, %v2 + ret i32 %res +} + + !0 = !{ }