[PATCH] D29395: [ValueTracking] avoid crashing from bad assumptions (PR31809)

Sanjay Patel via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Feb 1 07:52:57 PST 2017


This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.
Closed by commit rL293773: [ValueTracking] avoid crashing from bad assumptions (PR31809) (authored by spatel).

Changed prior to commit:
  https://reviews.llvm.org/D29395?vs=86633&id=86639#toc

Repository:
  rL LLVM

https://reviews.llvm.org/D29395

Files:
  llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
  llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/InstSimplify/assume.ll


Index: llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/InstSimplify/assume.ll
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/InstSimplify/assume.ll
+++ llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/InstSimplify/assume.ll
@@ -10,5 +10,41 @@
 
 }
 
+; The alloca guarantees that the low bits of %a are zero because of alignment.
+; The assume says the opposite. The assume is processed last, so that's the 
+; return value. There's no way to win (we can't undo transforms that happened
+; based on half-truths), so just don't crash.
+
+define i64 @PR31809() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @PR31809(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i64 3
+;
+  %a = alloca i32
+  %t1 = ptrtoint i32* %a to i64
+  %cond = icmp eq i64 %t1, 3
+  call void @llvm.assume(i1 %cond)
+  ret i64 %t1
+}
+
+; Similar to above: there's no way to know which assumption is truthful,
+; so just don't crash. The second icmp+assume gets processed later, so that
+; determines the return value. This can be improved by permanently invalidating
+; the cached assumptions for this function. 
+
+define i8 @conflicting_assumptions(i8 %x) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @conflicting_assumptions(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.assume(i1 false)
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[COND2:%.*]] = icmp eq i8 %x, 4
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.assume(i1 [[COND2]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i8 5
+;
+  %add = add i8 %x, 1
+  %cond1 = icmp eq i8 %x, 3
+  call void @llvm.assume(i1 %cond1)
+  %cond2 = icmp eq i8 %x, 4
+  call void @llvm.assume(i1 %cond2)
+  ret i8 %add
+}
+
 declare void @llvm.assume(i1) nounwind
 
Index: llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
@@ -788,6 +788,23 @@
           APInt::getHighBitsSet(BitWidth, RHSKnownZero.countLeadingOnes());
     }
   }
+
+  // If assumptions conflict with each other or previous known bits, then we
+  // have a logical fallacy. This should only happen when a program has
+  // undefined behavior. We can't assert/crash, so clear out the known bits and
+  // hope for the best.
+
+  // FIXME: Publish a warning/remark that we have encountered UB or the compiler
+  // is broken.
+
+  // FIXME: Implement a stronger version of "I give up" by invalidating/clearing
+  // the assumption cache. This should indicate that the cache is corrupted so
+  // future callers will not waste time repopulating it with faulty assumptions.
+
+  if ((KnownZero & KnownOne) != 0) {
+    KnownZero.clearAllBits();
+    KnownOne.clearAllBits();
+  }
 }
 
 // Compute known bits from a shift operator, including those with a


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