lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCAliasAnalysis.h

//===- ObjCARCAliasAnalysis.h - ObjC ARC Optimization -*- C++ -*-----------===//
//
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//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
/// \file
/// This file declares a simple ARC-aware AliasAnalysis using special knowledge
/// of Objective C to enhance other optimization passes which rely on the Alias
/// Analysis infrastructure.
///
/// WARNING: This file knows about certain library functions. It recognizes them
/// by name, and hardwires knowledge of their semantics.
///
/// WARNING: This file knows about how certain Objective-C library functions are
/// used. Naive LLVM IR transformations which would otherwise be
/// behavior-preserving may break these assumptions.
///
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#ifndef LLVM_LIB_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_OBJCARCALIASANALYSIS_H
#define LLVM_LIB_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_OBJCARCALIASANALYSIS_H

#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Pass.h"

namespace llvm {
namespace objcarc {

  /// \brief This is a simple alias analysis implementation that uses knowledge
  /// of ARC constructs to answer queries.
  ///
  /// TODO: This class could be generalized to know about other ObjC-specific
  /// tricks. Such as knowing that ivars in the non-fragile ABI are non-aliasing
  /// even though their offsets are dynamic.
  class ObjCARCAliasAnalysis : public ImmutablePass,
                               public AliasAnalysis {
  public:
    static char ID; // Class identification, replacement for typeinfo
    ObjCARCAliasAnalysis() : ImmutablePass(ID) {
      initializeObjCARCAliasAnalysisPass(*PassRegistry::getPassRegistry());
    }

  private:
    bool doInitialization(Module &M) override;

    /// This method is used when a pass implements an analysis interface through
    /// multiple inheritance.  If needed, it should override this to adjust the
    /// this pointer as needed for the specified pass info.
    void *getAdjustedAnalysisPointer(const void *PI) override {
      if (PI == &AliasAnalysis::ID)
        return static_cast<AliasAnalysis *>(this);
      return this;
    }

    void getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const override;
    AliasResult alias(const MemoryLocation &LocA,
                      const MemoryLocation &LocB) override;
    bool pointsToConstantMemory(const MemoryLocation &Loc,
                                bool OrLocal) override;
    ModRefBehavior getModRefBehavior(ImmutableCallSite CS) override;
    ModRefBehavior getModRefBehavior(const Function *F) override;
    ModRefResult getModRefInfo(ImmutableCallSite CS,
                               const MemoryLocation &Loc) override;
    ModRefResult getModRefInfo(ImmutableCallSite CS1,
                               ImmutableCallSite CS2) override;
  };

} // namespace objcarc
} // namespace llvm

#endif