lib/Transforms/Scalar/DecomposeMultiDimRefs.cpp

//===- llvm/Transforms/DecomposeMultiDimRefs.cpp - Lower array refs to 1D -===//
// 
//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file was developed by the LLVM research group and is distributed under
// the University of Illinois Open Source License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
// 
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
// DecomposeMultiDimRefs - Convert multi-dimensional references consisting of
// any combination of 2 or more array and structure indices into a sequence of
// instructions (using getelementpr and cast) so that each instruction has at
// most one index (except structure references, which need an extra leading
// index of [0]).
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
#include "llvm/DerivedTypes.h"
#include "llvm/Constants.h"
#include "llvm/Constant.h"
#include "llvm/iMemory.h"
#include "llvm/iOther.h"
#include "llvm/BasicBlock.h"
#include "llvm/Pass.h"
#include "Support/Statistic.h"

namespace {
  Statistic<> NumAdded("lowerrefs", "# of getelementptr instructions added");

  struct DecomposePass : public BasicBlockPass {
    virtual bool runOnBasicBlock(BasicBlock &BB);
  };
}

RegisterOpt<DecomposePass> X("lowerrefs", "Decompose multi-dimensional "
                             "structure/array references");

FunctionPass
*createDecomposeMultiDimRefsPass()
{
  return new DecomposePass();
}


// runOnBasicBlock - Entry point for array or structure references with multiple
// indices.
//
bool
DecomposePass::runOnBasicBlock(BasicBlock &BB)
{
  bool changed = false;
  for (BasicBlock::iterator II = BB.begin(); II != BB.end(); )
    if (GetElementPtrInst *gep = dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(II++)) // pre-inc
      if (gep->getNumIndices() >= 2)
        changed |= DecomposeArrayRef(gep); // always modifies II
  return changed;
}


// Function: DecomposeArrayRef()
//  
// For any GetElementPtrInst with 2 or more array and structure indices:
// 
//      opCode CompositeType* P, [uint|ubyte] idx1, ..., [uint|ubyte] idxN
// 
// this function generates the foll sequence:
// 
//      ptr1   = getElementPtr P,         idx1
//      ptr2   = getElementPtr ptr1,   0, idx2
//      ...
//      ptrN-1 = getElementPtr ptrN-2, 0, idxN-1
//      opCode                 ptrN-1, 0, idxN  // New-MAI
// 
// Then it replaces the original instruction with this sequence,
// and replaces all uses of the original instruction with New-MAI.
// If idx1 is 0, we simply omit the first getElementPtr instruction.
// 
// On return: BBI points to the instruction after the current one
//            (whether or not *BBI was replaced).
// 
// Return value: true if the instruction was replaced; false otherwise.
// 
bool
DecomposeArrayRef(GetElementPtrInst* GEP)
{
  if (GEP->getNumIndices() < 2)
    return false;

  BasicBlock *BB = GEP->getParent();
  Value *LastPtr = GEP->getPointerOperand();
  Instruction *InsertPoint = GEP->getNext(); // Insert before the next insn

  // The vector of new instructions to be created
  std::vector<Instruction*> NewInsts;

  // Process each index except the last one.
  User::const_op_iterator OI = GEP->idx_begin(), OE = GEP->idx_end();
  for (; OI+1 != OE; ++OI) {
    std::vector<Value*> Indices;
    
    // If this is the first index and is 0, skip it and move on!
    if (OI == GEP->idx_begin()) {
      if (*OI == ConstantInt::getNullValue((*OI)->getType()))
        continue;
    }
    else // Not the first index: include initial [0] to deref the last ptr
      Indices.push_back(Constant::getNullValue(Type::LongTy));

    Indices.push_back(*OI);

    // New Instruction: nextPtr1 = GetElementPtr LastPtr, Indices
    LastPtr = new GetElementPtrInst(LastPtr, Indices, "ptr1", InsertPoint);
    ++NumAdded;
  }

  // Now create a new instruction to replace the original one
  //
  const PointerType *PtrTy = cast<PointerType>(LastPtr->getType());

  // Get the final index vector, including an initial [0] as before.
  std::vector<Value*> Indices;
  Indices.push_back(Constant::getNullValue(Type::LongTy));
  Indices.push_back(*OI);

  Value *NewVal = new GetElementPtrInst(LastPtr, Indices, GEP->getName(),
                                        InsertPoint);

  // Replace all uses of the old instruction with the new
  GEP->replaceAllUsesWith(NewVal);

  // Now remove and delete the old instruction...
  BB->getInstList().erase(GEP);

  return true;
}