[llvm] [Transforms] Preserve inbound of transformed GEPs when flattening loops (PR #86961)

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Author: AtariDreams (AtariDreams)

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When flattening the loop, if the GEP was inbound, it should stay inbound, because the only thing that changed is how the pointers are calculated, not the elements being accessed.

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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/86961.diff


2 Files Affected:

- (modified) llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopFlatten.cpp (+3-2) 
- (modified) llvm/test/Transforms/LoopFlatten/loop-flatten-gep.ll (+3-3) 


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diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopFlatten.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopFlatten.cpp
index 0e9cf328f149be..9316333aa2dd6d 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopFlatten.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/LoopFlatten.cpp
@@ -808,8 +808,9 @@ static bool DoFlattenLoopPair(FlattenInfo &FI, DominatorTree *DT, LoopInfo *LI,
       // we need to insert the new GEP where the old GEP was.
       if (!DT->dominates(Base, &*Builder.GetInsertPoint()))
         Builder.SetInsertPoint(cast<Instruction>(V));
-      OuterValue = Builder.CreateGEP(GEP->getSourceElementType(), Base,
-                                     OuterValue, "flatten." + V->getName());
+      OuterValue =
+          Builder.CreateGEP(GEP->getSourceElementType(), Base, OuterValue,
+                            "flatten." + V->getName(), GEP->isInBounds());
     }
 
     LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Replacing: "; V->dump(); dbgs() << "with:      ";
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopFlatten/loop-flatten-gep.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopFlatten/loop-flatten-gep.ll
index f4b8ea97237fe6..e30001670b1e95 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopFlatten/loop-flatten-gep.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopFlatten/loop-flatten-gep.ll
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ for.outer.preheader:
   br label %for.inner.preheader
 
 ; CHECK-LABEL: for.inner.preheader:
-; CHECK: %flatten.arrayidx = getelementptr i32, ptr %A, i32 %i
+; CHECK: %flatten.arrayidx = getelementptr inbounds i32, ptr %A, i32 %i
 for.inner.preheader:
   %i = phi i32 [ 0, %for.outer.preheader ], [ %inc2, %for.outer ]
   br label %for.inner
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ for.outer.preheader:
   br label %for.inner.preheader
 
 ; CHECK-LABEL: for.inner.preheader:
-; CHECK-NOT: getelementptr i32, ptr %ptr, i32 %i
+; CHECK-NOT: getelementptr inbounds i32, ptr %ptr, i32 %i
 for.inner.preheader:
   %i = phi i32 [ 0, %for.outer.preheader ], [ %inc2, %for.outer ]
   br label %for.inner
 
 ; CHECK-LABEL: for.inner:
-; CHECK: %flatten.arrayidx = getelementptr i32, ptr %ptr, i32 %i
+; CHECK: %flatten.arrayidx = getelementptr inbounds i32, ptr %ptr, i32 %i
 ; CHECK: store i32 0, ptr %flatten.arrayidx, align 4
 ; CHECK: br label %for.outer
 for.inner:

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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/86961