[llvm] [ArgPromotion] Handle pointer arguments of recursive calls (PR #78735)

[Vedant Paranjape via llvm-commits]

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@@ -610,13 +610,78 @@ static bool findArgParts(Argument *Arg, const DataLayout &DL, AAResults &AAR,
       // unknown users
     }
 
+    auto *CB = dyn_cast<CallBase>(V);
+    Value *PtrArg = dyn_cast<Value>(U);
+    if (IsRecursive && CB && PtrArg) {
+      Type *PtrTy = PtrArg->getType();
+      Align PtrAlign = PtrArg->getPointerAlignment(DL);
+      APInt Offset(DL.getIndexTypeSizeInBits(PtrArg->getType()), 0);
+      PtrArg = PtrArg->stripAndAccumulateConstantOffsets(
+          DL, Offset,
+          /* AllowNonInbounds= */ true);
+      if (PtrArg != Arg)
+        return false;
+
+      if (Offset.getSignificantBits() >= 64)
+        return false;
+
+      // If this is a recursive function and one of the argument types is a
+      // pointer that isn't loaded to a non pointer type, it can lead to
+      // recursive promotion. Look for any Load candidates above the function
+      // call that load a non pointer type from this argument pointer. If we
+      // don't find even one such use, return false. For reference, you can
+      // refer to Transforms/ArgumentPromotion/pr42028-recursion.ll and
+      // Transforms/ArgumentPromotion/2008-09-08-CGUpdateSelfEdge.ll
+      // testcases.
+      bool doesPointerResolve = false;
+      for (auto Load : Loads)
+        if (Load->getPointerOperand() == PtrArg &&
+            !Load->getType()->isPointerTy())
+          doesPointerResolve = true;
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vedantparanjape-amd wrote:

it is a mechanical pass check. The crux here is, if some ptr argument isn't loaded into a value then we shouldn't try to promote it, as due to opaque pointers we don't the depth of the pointers.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/78735