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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.addPreservedID(LowerSwitchID);
     39 }
     40 
     41 // UnifyAllExitNodes - Unify all exit nodes of the CFG by creating a new
     42 // BasicBlock, and converting all returns to unconditional branches to this
     43 // new basic block.  The singular exit node is returned.
     44 //
     45 // If there are no return stmts in the Function, a null pointer is returned.
     46 //
     47 bool UnifyFunctionExitNodes::runOnFunction(Function &F) {
     48   // Loop over all of the blocks in a function, tracking all of the blocks that
     49   // return.
     50   //
     51   std::vector<BasicBlock*> ReturningBlocks;
     52   std::vector<BasicBlock*> UnreachableBlocks;
     53   for (BasicBlock &I : F)
     54     if (isa<ReturnInst>(I.getTerminator()))
     55       ReturningBlocks.push_back(&I);
     56     else if (isa<UnreachableInst>(I.getTerminator()))
     57       UnreachableBlocks.push_back(&I);
     58 
     59   // Then unreachable blocks.
     60   if (UnreachableBlocks.empty()) {
     61     UnreachableBlock = nullptr;
     62   } else if (UnreachableBlocks.size() == 1) {
     63     UnreachableBlock = UnreachableBlocks.front();
     64   } else {
     65     UnreachableBlock = BasicBlock::Create(F.getContext(),
     66                                           "UnifiedUnreachableBlock", &F);
     67     new UnreachableInst(F.getContext(), UnreachableBlock);
     68 
     69     for (std::vector<BasicBlock*>::iterator I = UnreachableBlocks.begin(),
     70            E = UnreachableBlocks.end(); I != E; ++I) {
     71       BasicBlock *BB = *I;
     72       BB->getInstList().pop_back();  // Remove the unreachable inst.
     73       BranchInst::Create(UnreachableBlock, BB);
     74     }
     75   }
     76 
     77   // Now handle return blocks.
     78   if (ReturningBlocks.empty()) {
     79     ReturnBlock = nullptr;
     80     return false;                          // No blocks return
     81   } else if (ReturningBlocks.size() == 1) {
     82     ReturnBlock = ReturningBlocks.front(); // Already has a single return block
     83     return false;
     84   }
     85 
     86   // Otherwise, we need to insert a new basic block into the function, add a PHI
     87   // nodes (if the function returns values), and convert all of the return
     88   // instructions into unconditional branches.
     89   //
     90   BasicBlock *NewRetBlock = BasicBlock::Create(F.getContext(),
     91                                                "UnifiedReturnBlock", &F);
     92 
     93   PHINode *PN = nullptr;
     94   if (F.getReturnType()->isVoidTy()) {
     95     ReturnInst::Create(F.getContext(), nullptr, NewRetBlock);
     96   } else {
     97     // If the function doesn't return void... add a PHI node to the block...
     98     PN = PHINode::Create(F.getReturnType(), ReturningBlocks.size(),
     99                          "UnifiedRetVal");
    100     NewRetBlock->getInstList().push_back(PN);
    101     ReturnInst::Create(F.getContext(), PN, NewRetBlock);
    102   }
    103 
    104   // Loop over all of the blocks, replacing the return instruction with an
    105   // unconditional branch.
    106   //
    107   for (std::vector<BasicBlock*>::iterator I = ReturningBlocks.begin(),
    108          E = ReturningBlocks.end(); I != E; ++I) {
    109     BasicBlock *BB = *I;
    110 
    111     // Add an incoming element to the PHI node for every return instruction that
    112     // is merging into this new block...
    113     if (PN)
    114       PN->addIncoming(BB->getTerminator()->getOperand(0), BB);
    115 
    116     BB->getInstList().pop_back();  // Remove the return insn
    117     BranchInst::Create(NewRetBlock, BB);
    118   }
    119   ReturnBlock = NewRetBlock;
    120   return true;
    121 }
    122