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      1 //===- UnifyFunctionExitNodes.cpp - Make all functions have a single exit -===//
      2 //
      3 //                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
      4 //
      5 // This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
      6 // License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
      7 //
      8 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
      9 //
     10 // This pass is used to ensure that functions have at most one return
     11 // instruction in them.  Additionally, it keeps track of which node is the new
     12 // exit node of the CFG.  If there are no exit nodes in the CFG, the getExitNode
     13 // method will return a null pointer.
     14 //
     15 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     16 
     17 #include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/UnifyFunctionExitNodes.h"
     18 #include "llvm/ADT/StringExtras.h"
     19 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
     20 #include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
     21 #include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
     22 #include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
     23 #include "llvm/Transforms/Scalar.h"
     24 using namespace llvm;
     25 
     26 char UnifyFunctionExitNodes::ID = 0;
     27 INITIALIZE_PASS(UnifyFunctionExitNodes, "mergereturn",
     28                 "Unify function exit nodes", false, false)
     29 
     30 Pass *llvm::createUnifyFunctionExitNodesPass() {
     31   return new UnifyFunctionExitNodes();
     32 }
     33 
     34 void UnifyFunctionExitNodes::getAnalysisUsage(AnalysisUsage &AU) const{
     35   // We preserve the non-critical-edgeness property
     36   AU.addPreservedID(BreakCriticalEdgesID);
     37   // This is a cluster of orthogonal Transforms
     38   AU.addPreserved("mem2reg");
     39   AU.addPreservedID(LowerSwitchID);
     40 }
     41 
     42 // UnifyAllExitNodes - Unify all exit nodes of the CFG by creating a new
     43 // BasicBlock, and converting all returns to unconditional branches to this
     44 // new basic block.  The singular exit node is returned.
     45 //
     46 // If there are no return stmts in the Function, a null pointer is returned.
     47 //
     48 bool UnifyFunctionExitNodes::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
     49   // Loop over all of the blocks in a function, tracking all of the blocks that
     50   // return.
     51   //
     52   std::vector<BasicBlock*> ReturningBlocks;
     53   std::vector<BasicBlock*> UnreachableBlocks;
     54   for(Function::iterator I = F.begin(), E = F.end(); I != E; ++I)
     55     if (isa<ReturnInst>(I->getTerminator()))
     56       ReturningBlocks.push_back(I);
     57     else if (isa<UnreachableInst>(I->getTerminator()))
     58       UnreachableBlocks.push_back(I);
     59 
     60   // Then unreachable blocks.
     61   if (UnreachableBlocks.empty()) {
     62     UnreachableBlock = 0;
     63   } else if (UnreachableBlocks.size() == 1) {
     64     UnreachableBlock = UnreachableBlocks.front();
     65   } else {
     66     UnreachableBlock = BasicBlock::Create(F.getContext(),
     67                                           "UnifiedUnreachableBlock", &F);
     68     new UnreachableInst(F.getContext(), UnreachableBlock);
     69 
     70     for (std::vector<BasicBlock*>::iterator I = UnreachableBlocks.begin(),
     71            E = UnreachableBlocks.end(); I != E; ++I) {
     72       BasicBlock *BB = *I;
     73       BB->getInstList().pop_back();  // Remove the unreachable inst.
     74       BranchInst::Create(UnreachableBlock, BB);
     75     }
     76   }
     77 
     78   // Now handle return blocks.
     79   if (ReturningBlocks.empty()) {
     80     ReturnBlock = 0;
     81     return false;                          // No blocks return
     82   } else if (ReturningBlocks.size() == 1) {
     83     ReturnBlock = ReturningBlocks.front(); // Already has a single return block
     84     return false;
     85   }
     86 
     87   // Otherwise, we need to insert a new basic block into the function, add a PHI
     88   // nodes (if the function returns values), and convert all of the return
     89   // instructions into unconditional branches.
     90   //
     91   BasicBlock *NewRetBlock = BasicBlock::Create(F.getContext(),
     92                                                "UnifiedReturnBlock", &F);
     93 
     94   PHINode *PN = 0;
     95   if (F.getReturnType()->isVoidTy()) {
     96     ReturnInst::Create(F.getContext(), NULL, NewRetBlock);
     97   } else {
     98     // If the function doesn't return void... add a PHI node to the block...
     99     PN = PHINode::Create(F.getReturnType(), ReturningBlocks.size(),
    100                          "UnifiedRetVal");
    101     NewRetBlock->getInstList().push_back(PN);
    102     ReturnInst::Create(F.getContext(), PN, NewRetBlock);
    103   }
    104 
    105   // Loop over all of the blocks, replacing the return instruction with an
    106   // unconditional branch.
    107   //
    108   for (std::vector<BasicBlock*>::iterator I = ReturningBlocks.begin(),
    109          E = ReturningBlocks.end(); I != E; ++I) {
    110     BasicBlock *BB = *I;
    111 
    112     // Add an incoming element to the PHI node for every return instruction that
    113     // is merging into this new block...
    114     if (PN)
    115       PN->addIncoming(BB->getTerminator()->getOperand(0), BB);
    116 
    117     BB->getInstList().pop_back();  // Remove the return insn
    118     BranchInst::Create(NewRetBlock, BB);
    119   }
    120   ReturnBlock = NewRetBlock;
    121   return true;
    122 }
    123