[llvm] [ValueTracking] isNonEqual Pointers with with a recursive GEP (PR #70459)

[David Sherwood via llvm-commits]

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@@ -3141,6 +3141,63 @@ static bool isNonEqualSelect(const Value *V1, const Value *V2, unsigned Depth,
          isKnownNonEqual(SI1->getFalseValue(), V2, Depth + 1, Q);
 }
 
+static bool isNonEqualPointersWithRecursiveGEP(const Value *A, const Value *B,
+                                               unsigned Depth,
+                                               const SimplifyQuery &Q) {
+  // Where A is a recursive GEP for an incoming value of PHI indicating a
+  // loop. B can be a ptr/GEP.
+  // If the PHI has 2 incoming values, one of it being the recursive GEP A
+  // and other a ptr at same base and at an same/higher offset than B we are
+  // only incrementing the pointer further in loop if offset of recursive GEP is
+  // greater than 0.
+  if (!A->getType()->isPointerTy() || !B->getType()->isPointerTy())
+    return false;
+
+  auto *GEPA = dyn_cast<GEPOperator>(A);
+  // Is of type GEP.
+  if (!GEPA)
+    return false;
+
+  // Handle 2 incoming PHI values with one being a recursive GEP.
+  auto *PN = dyn_cast<PHINode>(GEPA->getPointerOperand());
+  if (!PN || PN->getNumIncomingValues() != 2)
+    return false;
+
+  // Recursive GEP in second incoming value. Always keep Recursive GEP as
+  // Step
+  Value *Start = nullptr, *Step = nullptr;
+  for (unsigned i = 0; i != 2; ++i) {
+    // Check if A is a Recursive GEP in one of the incoming values.
+    if (PN->getIncomingValue(i) == A && GEPA->getNumIndices() == 1 &&
+        isa<Constant>(GEPA->idx_begin())) {
+      Step = PN->getIncomingValue(i);
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david-arm wrote:

I think the word `Step` here is a bit misleading, because it implies it's the difference between two values. However, it's really the updated ptr value for the next iteration. How about `NextStep` or `NextVal`?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/70459