Teach getModRefInfo that memcpy, memmove, and memset don't "capture" memory addresses.

Also, noalias arguments are be considered "like" stack allocated ones for this purpose, because
the only way they can be modref'ed is if they escape somewhere in the current function.

llvm-svn: 47247

lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "llvm/ParameterAttributes.h"
 #include "llvm/GlobalVariable.h"
 #include "llvm/Instructions.h"
-#include "llvm/Intrinsics.h"
+#include "llvm/IntrinsicInst.h"
 #include "llvm/Pass.h"
 #include "llvm/Target/TargetData.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
@@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ static bool AddressMightEscape(const Value *V) {
       // If returned, the address will escape to calling functions, but no
       // callees could modify it.
       break; // next use
+    case Instruction::Call:
+      // If the call is to a few known safe intrinsics, we know that it does
+      // not escape
+      if (isa<MemIntrinsic>(I))
+        return false;
+      else
+        return true;
     default:
       return true;
     }
@@ -247,8 +254,11 @@ BasicAliasAnalysis::getModRefInfo(CallSite CS, Value *P, unsigned Size) {
     // Allocations and byval arguments are "new" objects.
     if (Object &&
         (isa<AllocationInst>(Object) ||
-         (isa<Argument>(Object) && cast<Argument>(Object)->hasByValAttr()))) {
-      // Okay, the pointer is to a stack allocated object.  If we can prove that
+         (isa<Argument>(Object) &&
+                                 (cast<Argument>(Object)->hasByValAttr() ||
+                                  cast<Argument>(Object)->hasNoAliasAttr())))) {
+      // Okay, the pointer is to a stack allocated (or effectively so, for 
+      // for noalias parameters) object.  If we can prove that
       // the pointer never "escapes", then we know the call cannot clobber it,
       // because it simply can't get its address.
       if (!AddressMightEscape(Object))