patch brings numerous advantages to LLVM. One way to look at it
is through diffstat:
109 files changed, 3005 insertions(+), 5906 deletions(-)
Removing almost 3K lines of code is a good thing. Other advantages
include:
1. Value::getType() is a simple load that can be CSE'd, not a mutating
union-find operation.
2. Types a uniqued and never move once created, defining away PATypeHolder.
3. Structs can be "named" now, and their name is part of the identity that
uniques them. This means that the compiler doesn't merge them structurally
which makes the IR much less confusing.
4. Now that there is no way to get a cycle in a type graph without a named
struct type, "upreferences" go away.
5. Type refinement is completely gone, which should make LTO much MUCH faster
in some common cases with C++ code.
6. Types are now generally immutable, so we can use "Type *" instead
"const Type *" everywhere.
Downsides of this patch are that it removes some functions from the C API,
so people using those will have to upgrade to (not yet added) new API.
"LLVM 3.0" is the right time to do this.
There are still some cleanups pending after this, this patch is large enough
as-is.
llvm-svn: 134829
cases, and implement target-independent folding rules for alignof and
offsetof. Also, reassociate reassociative operators when it leads to
more folding.
Generalize ScalarEvolution's isOffsetOf to recognize offsetof on
arrays. Rename getAllocSizeExpr to getSizeOfExpr, and getFieldOffsetExpr
to getOffsetOfExpr, for consistency with analagous ConstantExpr routines.
Make the target-dependent folder promote GEP array indices to
pointer-sized integers, to make implicit casting explicit and exposed
to subsequent folding.
And add a bunch of testcases for this new functionality, and a bunch
of related existing functionality.
llvm-svn: 94987
Update testcases that rely on malloc insts being present.
Also prematurely remove MallocInst handling from IndMemRemoval and RaiseAllocations to help pass tests in this incremental step.
llvm-svn: 84292
input filename so that opt doesn't print the input filename in the
output so that grep lines in the tests don't unintentionally match
strings in the input filename.
llvm-svn: 81537
how to fold notionally-out-of-bounds array getelementptr indices instead
of just doing these in lib/Analysis/ConstantFolding.cpp, because it can
be done in a fairly general way without TargetData, and because not all
constants are visited by lib/Analysis/ConstantFolding.cpp. This enables
more constant folding.
Also, set the "inbounds" flag when the getelementptr indices are
one-past-the-end.
llvm-svn: 81483
within the notional bounds of the static type of the getelementptr (which
is not the same as "inbounds") from GlobalOpt into a utility routine,
and use it in ConstantFold.cpp to check whether there are any mis-behaved
indices.
llvm-svn: 81478
