[llvm-commits] [llvm] r83717 - /llvm/trunk/docs/Passes.html
Chris Lattner
sabre at nondot.org
Sat Oct 10 11:40:48 PDT 2009
Author: lattner
Date: Sat Oct 10 13:40:48 2009
New Revision: 83717
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=83717&view=rev
Log:
remove some dead passes
Modified:
llvm/trunk/docs/Passes.html
Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/Passes.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/Passes.html?rev=83717&r1=83716&r2=83717&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/Passes.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/Passes.html Sat Oct 10 13:40:48 2009
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@
<tr><td><a href="#anders-aa">-anders-aa</a></td><td>Andersen's Interprocedural Alias Analysis</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#basicaa">-basicaa</a></td><td>Basic Alias Analysis (default AA impl)</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#basiccg">-basiccg</a></td><td>Basic CallGraph Construction</td></tr>
-<tr><td><a href="#basicvn">-basicvn</a></td><td>Basic Value Numbering (default GVN impl)</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#codegenprepare">-codegenprepare</a></td><td>Optimize for code generation</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#count-aa">-count-aa</a></td><td>Count Alias Analysis Query Responses</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#debug-aa">-debug-aa</a></td><td>AA use debugger</td></tr>
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@
<tr><td><a href="#globalsmodref-aa">-globalsmodref-aa</a></td><td>Simple mod/ref analysis for globals</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#instcount">-instcount</a></td><td>Counts the various types of Instructions</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#intervals">-intervals</a></td><td>Interval Partition Construction</td></tr>
-<tr><td><a href="#load-vn">-load-vn</a></td><td>Load Value Numbering</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#loops">-loops</a></td><td>Natural Loop Construction</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#memdep">-memdep</a></td><td>Memory Dependence Analysis</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#no-aa">-no-aa</a></td><td>No Alias Analysis (always returns 'may' alias)</td></tr>
@@ -125,11 +123,9 @@
<tr><td><a href="#deadtypeelim">-deadtypeelim</a></td><td>Dead Type Elimination</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#die">-die</a></td><td>Dead Instruction Elimination</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#dse">-dse</a></td><td>Dead Store Elimination</td></tr>
-<tr><td><a href="#gcse">-gcse</a></td><td>Global Common Subexpression Elimination</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#globaldce">-globaldce</a></td><td>Dead Global Elimination</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#globalopt">-globalopt</a></td><td>Global Variable Optimizer</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#gvn">-gvn</a></td><td>Global Value Numbering</td></tr>
-<tr><td><a href="#gvnpre">-gvnpre</a></td><td>Global Value Numbering/Partial Redundancy Elimination</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#indmemrem">-indmemrem</a></td><td>Indirect Malloc and Free Removal</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#indvars">-indvars</a></td><td>Canonicalize Induction Variables</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#inline">-inline</a></td><td>Function Integration/Inlining</td></tr>
@@ -161,7 +157,6 @@
<tr><td><a href="#mem2reg">-mem2reg</a></td><td>Promote Memory to Register</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#memcpyopt">-memcpyopt</a></td><td>Optimize use of memcpy and friends</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#mergereturn">-mergereturn</a></td><td>Unify function exit nodes</td></tr>
-<tr><td><a href="#predsimplify">-predsimplify</a></td><td>Predicate Simplifier</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#prune-eh">-prune-eh</a></td><td>Remove unused exception handling info</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#raiseallocs">-raiseallocs</a></td><td>Raise allocations from calls to instructions</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#reassociate">-reassociate</a></td><td>Reassociate expressions</td></tr>
@@ -304,25 +299,6 @@
<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
<div class="doc_subsection">
- <a name="basicvn">Basic Value Numbering (default Value Numbering impl)</a>
-</div>
-<div class="doc_text">
- <p>
- This is the default implementation of the <code>ValueNumbering</code>
- interface. It walks the SSA def-use chains to trivially identify
- lexically identical expressions. This does not require any ahead of time
- analysis, so it is a very fast default implementation.
- </p>
- <p>
- The ValueNumbering analysis passes are mostly deprecated. They are only used
- by the <a href="#gcse">Global Common Subexpression Elimination pass</a>, which
- is deprecated by the <a href="#gvn">Global Value Numbering pass</a> (which
- does its value numbering on its own).
- </p>
-</div>
-
-<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
-<div class="doc_subsection">
<a name="codegenprepare">Optimize for code generation</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
@@ -461,28 +437,6 @@
<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
<div class="doc_subsection">
- <a name="load-vn">Load Value Numbering</a>
-</div>
-<div class="doc_text">
- <p>
- This pass value numbers load and call instructions. To do this, it finds
- lexically identical load instructions, and uses alias analysis to determine
- which loads are guaranteed to produce the same value. To value number call
- instructions, it looks for calls to functions that do not write to memory
- which do not have intervening instructions that clobber the memory that is
- read from.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- This pass builds off of another value numbering pass to implement value
- numbering for non-load and non-call instructions. It uses Alias Analysis so
- that it can disambiguate the load instructions. The more powerful these base
- analyses are, the more powerful the resultant value numbering will be.
- </p>
-</div>
-
-<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
-<div class="doc_subsection">
<a name="loops">Natural Loop Construction</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
@@ -865,23 +819,6 @@
<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
<div class="doc_subsection">
- <a name="gcse">Global Common Subexpression Elimination</a>
-</div>
-<div class="doc_text">
- <p>
- This pass is designed to be a very quick global transformation that
- eliminates global common subexpressions from a function. It does this by
- using an existing value numbering analysis pass to identify the common
- subexpressions, eliminating them when possible.
- </p>
- <p>
- This pass is deprecated by the <a href="#gvn">Global Value Numbering pass</a>
- (which does a better job with its own value numbering).
- </p>
-</div>
-
-<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
-<div class="doc_subsection">
<a name="globaldce">Dead Global Elimination</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
@@ -912,35 +849,11 @@
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>
- This pass performs global value numbering to eliminate fully redundant
- instructions. It also performs simple dead load elimination.
- </p>
- <p>
- Note that this pass does the value numbering itself, it does not use the
- ValueNumbering analysis passes.
+ This pass performs global value numbering to eliminate fully and partially
+ redundant instructions. It also performs redundant load elimination.
</p>
</div>
-<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
-<div class="doc_subsection">
- <a name="gvnpre">Global Value Numbering/Partial Redundancy Elimination</a>
-</div>
-<div class="doc_text">
- <p>
- This pass performs a hybrid of global value numbering and partial redundancy
- elimination, known as GVN-PRE. It performs partial redundancy elimination on
- values, rather than lexical expressions, allowing a more comprehensive view
- the optimization. It replaces redundant values with uses of earlier
- occurences of the same value. While this is beneficial in that it eliminates
- unneeded computation, it also increases register pressure by creating large
- live ranges, and should be used with caution on platforms that are very
- sensitive to register pressure.
- </p>
- <p>
- Note that this pass does the value numbering itself, it does not use the
- ValueNumbering analysis passes.
- </p>
-</div>
<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
<div class="doc_subsection">
@@ -1578,28 +1491,6 @@
<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
<div class="doc_subsection">
- <a name="predsimplify">Predicate Simplifier</a>
-</div>
-<div class="doc_text">
- <p>
- Path-sensitive optimizer. In a branch where <tt>x == y</tt>, replace uses of
- <tt>x</tt> with <tt>y</tt>. Permits further optimization, such as the
- elimination of the unreachable call:
- </p>
-
-<blockquote><pre
->void test(int *p, int *q)
-{
- if (p != q)
- return;
-
- if (*p != *q)
- foo(); // unreachable
-}</pre></blockquote>
-</div>
-
-<!-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -->
-<div class="doc_subsection">
<a name="prune-eh">Remove unused exception handling info</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
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