[flang-commits] [flang] [flang] Disable copy-out to INTENT(IN) args (PR #192382)

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llvmbot wrote:


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Author: Eugene Epshteyn (eugeneepshteyn)

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<summary>Changes</summary>

Don't copy out to actual args that themselves happen to be INTENT(IN) dummy args.
```
    subroutine test(a)
      real, intent(in) :: a(:)
      call require_contiguous_arg(a(1:n:2))  ! copy-in only, no copy-out
    end
```

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/192382.diff


2 Files Affected:

- (modified) flang/lib/Evaluate/check-expression.cpp (+11) 
- (modified) flang/test/Lower/call-copy-in-out.f90 (+15) 


``````````diff
diff --git a/flang/lib/Evaluate/check-expression.cpp b/flang/lib/Evaluate/check-expression.cpp
index be7db0f20821d..25a6dfa799e9e 100644
--- a/flang/lib/Evaluate/check-expression.cpp
+++ b/flang/lib/Evaluate/check-expression.cpp
@@ -1649,6 +1649,17 @@ std::optional<bool> ActualArgNeedsCopy(const ActualArgument *actual,
     // Expressions are copy-in, but not copy-out.
     return forCopyIn;
   }
+  if (forCopyOut) {
+    // If the actual argument's base object has INTENT(IN) in the caller's
+    // context, copy-out would violate the read-only semantics of INTENT(IN).
+    if (const Expr<SomeType> *expr{actual->UnwrapExpr()}) {
+      if (const Symbol *symbol{GetFirstSymbol(*expr)}) {
+        if (semantics::IsIntentIn(*symbol)) {
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
   auto maybeContigActual{IsContiguous(*actual, fc)};
   if (dummyObj) { // Explict interface
     CopyInOutExplicitInterface check{fc, *actual, *dummyObj};
diff --git a/flang/test/Lower/call-copy-in-out.f90 b/flang/test/Lower/call-copy-in-out.f90
index fa2182ac11bac..e87ae5e294a84 100644
--- a/flang/test/Lower/call-copy-in-out.f90
+++ b/flang/test/Lower/call-copy-in-out.f90
@@ -84,6 +84,21 @@ subroutine bar_intent_in(x)
   call bar_intent_in(x)
 end subroutine
 
+! Test copy-out is skipped when the actual argument has INTENT(IN).
+! CHECK-LABEL: func @_QPtest_actual_arg_intent_in(
+subroutine test_actual_arg_intent_in(x)
+  real, intent(in) :: x(:)
+! CHECK: hlfir.copy_in
+! CHECK-SAME: to
+! CHECK: fir.call @_QPbar
+! Note: no-op hlfir.copy_out has comma separated list of args.
+! The actual working hlfir.copy_out has "to" in it.
+! CHECK: hlfir.copy_out
+! CHECK-SAME: ,
+! CHECK: return
+  call bar(x)
+end subroutine
+
 ! Test copy-in/copy-out is done for intent(inout)
 ! CHECK-LABEL: func @_QPtest_intent_inout(
 subroutine test_intent_inout(x)

``````````

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/192382


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