ObjCARCAliasAnalysis.h

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//===- ObjCARCAliasAnalysis.h - ObjC ARC Alias Analysis ---------*- C++ -*-===//
//
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// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
/// \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_ANALYSIS_OBJCARCALIASANALYSIS_H
#define LLVM_ANALYSIS_OBJCARCALIASANALYSIS_H
 
#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Pass.h"
 
namespace llvm {
namespace objcarc {
 
/// 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 ObjCARCAAResult : public AAResultBase {
  const DataLayout &DL;
 
public:
  explicit ObjCARCAAResult(const DataLayout &DL) : DL(DL) {}
  ObjCARCAAResult(ObjCARCAAResult &&Arg)
      : AAResultBase(std::move(Arg)), DL(Arg.DL) {}
 
  /// Handle invalidation events from the new pass manager.
  ///
  /// By definition, this result is stateless and so remains valid.
  bool invalidate(Function &, const PreservedAnalyses &,
                  FunctionAnalysisManager::Invalidator &) {
    return false;
  }
 
  AliasResult alias(const MemoryLocation &LocA, const MemoryLocation &LocB,
                    AAQueryInfo &AAQI, const Instruction *CtxI);
  ModRefInfo getModRefInfoMask(const MemoryLocation &Loc, AAQueryInfo &AAQI,
                               bool IgnoreLocals);
 
  using AAResultBase::getMemoryEffects;
  MemoryEffects getMemoryEffects(const Function *F);
 
  using AAResultBase::getModRefInfo;
  ModRefInfo getModRefInfo(const CallBase *Call, const MemoryLocation &Loc,
                           AAQueryInfo &AAQI);
};
 
/// Analysis pass providing a never-invalidated alias analysis result.
class ObjCARCAA : public AnalysisInfoMixin<ObjCARCAA> {
  friend AnalysisInfoMixin<ObjCARCAA>;
  static AnalysisKey Key;
 
public:
  typedef ObjCARCAAResult Result;
 
  ObjCARCAAResult run(Function &F, FunctionAnalysisManager &AM);
};
 
} // namespace objcarc
} // namespace llvm
 
#endif