For a simple loop like:
struct S { int x; int y; char b; }; unsigned foo(S* __restrict__ a, S* b, int n) { for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) a[i] = b[i]; return sizeof(a[0]); }
We could eliminate the loop and convert it to a large memcpy of 12*n bytes. Currently this is not handled. Output of opt -loop-idiom -S < memcpy_before.ll
%struct.S = type { i32, i32, i8 } define dso_local i32 @_Z3fooP1SS0_i(%struct.S* noalias nocapture %a, %struct.S* nocapture readonly %b, i32 %n) local_unnamed_addr { entry: %cmp7 = icmp sgt i32 %n, 0 br i1 %cmp7, label %for.body.preheader, label %for.cond.cleanup for.body.preheader: ; preds = %entry br label %for.body for.cond.cleanup.loopexit: ; preds = %for.body br label %for.cond.cleanup for.cond.cleanup: ; preds = %for.cond.cleanup.loopexit, %entry ret i32 12 for.body: ; preds = %for.body, %for.body.preheader %i.08 = phi i32 [ %inc, %for.body ], [ 0, %for.body.preheader ] %idxprom = zext i32 %i.08 to i64 %arrayidx = getelementptr inbounds %struct.S, %struct.S* %b, i64 %idxprom %arrayidx2 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.S, %struct.S* %a, i64 %idxprom %0 = bitcast %struct.S* %arrayidx2 to i8* %1 = bitcast %struct.S* %arrayidx to i8* call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* nonnull align 4 dereferenceable(12) %0, i8* nonnull align 4 dereferenceable(12) %1, i64 12, i1 false) %inc = add nuw nsw i32 %i.08, 1 %cmp = icmp slt i32 %inc, %n br i1 %cmp, label %for.body, label %for.cond.cleanup.loopexit } ; Function Attrs: argmemonly nofree nosync nounwind willreturn declare void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* noalias nocapture writeonly, i8* noalias nocapture readonly, i64, i1 immarg) #0 attributes #0 = { argmemonly nofree nosync nounwind willreturn }
The loop idiom pass currently only handles load and store instructions. Since struct S is too big to fit in a register, the loop body contains a memcpy intrinsic.
With this change, re-run opt -loop-idiom -S < memcpy_before.ll. The loop memcpy is promoted to loop preheader. For this trivial case, the loop is dead and will be removed by another pass.
%struct.S = type { i32, i32, i8 } define dso_local i32 @_Z3fooP1SS0_i(%struct.S* noalias nocapture %a, %struct.S* nocapture readonly %b, i32 %n) local_unnamed_addr { entry: %a1 = bitcast %struct.S* %a to i8* %b2 = bitcast %struct.S* %b to i8* %cmp7 = icmp sgt i32 %n, 0 br i1 %cmp7, label %for.body.preheader, label %for.cond.cleanup for.body.preheader: ; preds = %entry %0 = zext i32 %n to i64 %1 = mul nuw nsw i64 %0, 12 call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* align 4 %a1, i8* align 4 %b2, i64 %1, i1 false) br label %for.body for.cond.cleanup.loopexit: ; preds = %for.body br label %for.cond.cleanup for.cond.cleanup: ; preds = %for.cond.cleanup.loopexit, %entry ret i32 12 for.body: ; preds = %for.body, %for.body.preheader %i.08 = phi i32 [ %inc, %for.body ], [ 0, %for.body.preheader ] %idxprom = zext i32 %i.08 to i64 %arrayidx = getelementptr inbounds %struct.S, %struct.S* %b, i64 %idxprom %arrayidx2 = getelementptr inbounds %struct.S, %struct.S* %a, i64 %idxprom %2 = bitcast %struct.S* %arrayidx2 to i8* %3 = bitcast %struct.S* %arrayidx to i8* %inc = add nuw nsw i32 %i.08, 1 %cmp = icmp slt i32 %inc, %n br i1 %cmp, label %for.body, label %for.cond.cleanup.loopexit } ; Function Attrs: argmemonly nofree nosync nounwind willreturn declare void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* noalias nocapture writeonly, i8* noalias nocapture readonly, i64, i1 immarg) #0 attributes #0 = { argmemonly nofree nosync nounwind willreturn }
No need of this continue?