[llvm] [ValueTracking] Fold max/min when incrementing/decrementing by 1 (PR #142466)

Alex MacLean via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Jun 3 09:14:02 PDT 2025


https://github.com/AlexMaclean updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/142466

>From 3cf60d1bc2491cb8ec0ee56e813e7dc6f8e7aed6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Maclean <amaclean at nvidia.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 16:30:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] pre-commit tests

---
 .../Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll     | 40 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
index cd376b74fb36c..799efe47c1ff9 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
@@ -1596,3 +1596,43 @@ define <2 x i32> @test_umax_smax_vec_neg(<2 x i32> %x) {
   %umax = call <2 x i32> @llvm.umax.v2i32(<2 x i32> %smax, <2 x i32> <i32 1, i32 10>)
   ret <2 x i32> %umax
 }
+
+define i32 @test_smin_sub1_nsw(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_smin_sub1_nsw(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP:%.*]] = icmp slt i32 [[X:%.*]], [[W:%.*]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[SUB:%.*]] = add nsw i32 [[W]], -1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = select i1 [[CMP]], i32 [[X]], i32 [[SUB]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
+;
+  %cmp = icmp slt i32 %x, %w
+  %sub = add nsw i32 %w, -1
+  %r = select i1 %cmp, i32 %x, i32 %sub
+  ret i32 %r
+}
+
+define i32 @test_smax_add1_nsw(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_smax_add1_nsw(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP:%.*]] = icmp sgt i32 [[X:%.*]], [[W:%.*]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[X2:%.*]] = add nsw i32 [[W]], 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = select i1 [[CMP]], i32 [[X]], i32 [[X2]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
+;
+  %cmp = icmp sgt i32 %x, %w
+  %add = add nsw i32 %w, 1
+  %r = select i1 %cmp, i32 %x, i32 %add
+  ret i32 %r
+}
+
+define i32 @test_umax_add1_nsw(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_umax_add1_nsw(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP:%.*]] = icmp ugt i32 [[X:%.*]], [[W:%.*]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[X2:%.*]] = add nuw i32 [[W]], 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = select i1 [[CMP]], i32 [[X]], i32 [[X2]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
+;
+  %cmp = icmp ugt i32 %x, %w
+  %add = add nuw i32 %w, 1
+  %r = select i1 %cmp, i32 %x, i32 %add
+  ret i32 %r
+}
+

>From a77521b5fd5b2607c735068f60c8e8a92b85046d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Maclean <amaclean at nvidia.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2025 16:32:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] [ValueTracking] Fold max/min when
 incrementing/decrementing by 1

---
 llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp            | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll | 15 ++++++---------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
index fc19b2ccf7964..416d586d52963 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
@@ -8388,6 +8388,24 @@ static SelectPatternResult matchMinMax(CmpInst::Predicate Pred,
     }
   }
 
+  // (X > Y) ? X : (Y - 1) ==> MIN(X, Y - 1)
+  // (X < Y) ? X : (Y + 1) ==> MAX(X, Y + 1)
+  // When overflow corresponding to the sign of the comparison is poison.
+  // Note that the UMIN case is not possible as we canonicalize to addition.
+  if (CmpLHS == TrueVal) {
+    if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_SGT &&
+        match(FalseVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_ConstantInt<1>())))
+      return {SPF_SMAX, SPNB_NA, false};
+
+    if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_SLT &&
+        match(FalseVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_ConstantInt<-1>())))
+      return {SPF_SMIN, SPNB_NA, false};
+
+    if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_UGT &&
+        match(FalseVal, m_NUWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_ConstantInt<1>())))
+      return {SPF_UMAX, SPNB_NA, false};
+  }
+
   if (Pred != CmpInst::ICMP_SGT && Pred != CmpInst::ICMP_SLT)
     return {SPF_UNKNOWN, SPNB_NA, false};
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
index 799efe47c1ff9..cf3515614321d 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
@@ -1599,9 +1599,8 @@ define <2 x i32> @test_umax_smax_vec_neg(<2 x i32> %x) {
 
 define i32 @test_smin_sub1_nsw(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: @test_smin_sub1_nsw(
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP:%.*]] = icmp slt i32 [[X:%.*]], [[W:%.*]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[SUB:%.*]] = add nsw i32 [[W]], -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = select i1 [[CMP]], i32 [[X]], i32 [[SUB]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[SUB:%.*]] = add nsw i32 [[W:%.*]], -1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.smin.i32(i32 [[X:%.*]], i32 [[SUB]])
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
 ;
   %cmp = icmp slt i32 %x, %w
@@ -1612,9 +1611,8 @@ define i32 @test_smin_sub1_nsw(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
 
 define i32 @test_smax_add1_nsw(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: @test_smax_add1_nsw(
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP:%.*]] = icmp sgt i32 [[X:%.*]], [[W:%.*]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[X2:%.*]] = add nsw i32 [[W]], 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = select i1 [[CMP]], i32 [[X]], i32 [[X2]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[X2:%.*]] = add nsw i32 [[W:%.*]], 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.smax.i32(i32 [[X:%.*]], i32 [[X2]])
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
 ;
   %cmp = icmp sgt i32 %x, %w
@@ -1625,9 +1623,8 @@ define i32 @test_smax_add1_nsw(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
 
 define i32 @test_umax_add1_nsw(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: @test_umax_add1_nsw(
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP:%.*]] = icmp ugt i32 [[X:%.*]], [[W:%.*]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[X2:%.*]] = add nuw i32 [[W]], 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = select i1 [[CMP]], i32 [[X]], i32 [[X2]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[X2:%.*]] = add nuw i32 [[W:%.*]], 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.umax.i32(i32 [[X:%.*]], i32 [[X2]])
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
 ;
   %cmp = icmp ugt i32 %x, %w

>From 8e46c7b7706f7294536f6e03edcdb002c78c87b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Maclean <amaclean at nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 14:50:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] address comments

---
 llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp           | 17 +++--
 .../Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll     | 71 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
index 416d586d52963..35ca41030963c 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
@@ -8390,20 +8390,27 @@ static SelectPatternResult matchMinMax(CmpInst::Predicate Pred,
 
   // (X > Y) ? X : (Y - 1) ==> MIN(X, Y - 1)
   // (X < Y) ? X : (Y + 1) ==> MAX(X, Y + 1)
-  // When overflow corresponding to the sign of the comparison is poison.
-  // Note that the UMIN case is not possible as we canonicalize to addition.
+  // This transformation is valid when overflow corresponding to the sign of
+  // the comparison is poison and we must drop the non-matching overflow flag.
+  // Note: that the UMIN case is not possible as we canonicalize to addition.
   if (CmpLHS == TrueVal) {
     if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_SGT &&
-        match(FalseVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_ConstantInt<1>())))
+        match(FalseVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_One()))) {
+      cast<Instruction>(FalseVal)->setHasNoUnsignedWrap(false);
       return {SPF_SMAX, SPNB_NA, false};
+    }
 
     if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_SLT &&
-        match(FalseVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_ConstantInt<-1>())))
+        match(FalseVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_AllOnes()))) {
+      cast<Instruction>(FalseVal)->setHasNoUnsignedWrap(false);
       return {SPF_SMIN, SPNB_NA, false};
+    }
 
     if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_UGT &&
-        match(FalseVal, m_NUWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_ConstantInt<1>())))
+        match(FalseVal, m_NUWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_One()))) {
+      cast<Instruction>(FalseVal)->setHasNoSignedWrap(false);
       return {SPF_UMAX, SPNB_NA, false};
+    }
   }
 
   if (Pred != CmpInst::ICMP_SGT && Pred != CmpInst::ICMP_SLT)
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
index cf3515614321d..b2be2bde69440 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
@@ -1633,3 +1633,74 @@ define i32 @test_umax_add1_nsw(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
   ret i32 %r
 }
 
+define <2 x i16> @test_smin_sub1_nsw_vec(<2 x i16> %x, <2 x i16> %w) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_smin_sub1_nsw_vec(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[SUB:%.*]] = add nsw <2 x i16> [[W:%.*]], splat (i16 -1)
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call <2 x i16> @llvm.smin.v2i16(<2 x i16> [[X:%.*]], <2 x i16> [[SUB]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret <2 x i16> [[R]]
+;
+  %cmp = icmp slt <2 x i16> %x, %w
+  %sub = add nsw <2 x i16> %w, splat (i16 -1)
+  %r = select <2 x i1> %cmp, <2 x i16> %x, <2 x i16> %sub
+  ret <2 x i16> %r
+}
+
+define <2 x i16> @test_smax_add1_nsw_vec(<2 x i16> %x, <2 x i16> %w) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_smax_add1_nsw_vec(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[ADD:%.*]] = add nsw <2 x i16> [[W:%.*]], splat (i16 1)
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call <2 x i16> @llvm.smax.v2i16(<2 x i16> [[X:%.*]], <2 x i16> [[ADD]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret <2 x i16> [[R]]
+;
+  %cmp = icmp sgt <2 x i16> %x, %w
+  %add = add nsw <2 x i16> %w, splat (i16 1)
+  %r = select <2 x i1> %cmp, <2 x i16> %x, <2 x i16> %add
+  ret <2 x i16> %r
+}
+
+define <2 x i16> @test_umax_add1_nsw_vec(<2 x i16> %x, <2 x i16> %w) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_umax_add1_nsw_vec(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[ADD:%.*]] = add nuw <2 x i16> [[W:%.*]], splat (i16 1)
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call <2 x i16> @llvm.umax.v2i16(<2 x i16> [[X:%.*]], <2 x i16> [[ADD]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret <2 x i16> [[R]]
+;
+  %cmp = icmp ugt <2 x i16> %x, %w
+  %add = add nuw <2 x i16> %w, splat (i16 1)
+  %r = select <2 x i1> %cmp, <2 x i16> %x, <2 x i16> %add
+  ret <2 x i16> %r
+}
+
+define i32 @test_smin_sub1_nsw_drop_flags(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_smin_sub1_nsw_drop_flags(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[SUB:%.*]] = add nsw i32 [[W:%.*]], -1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.smin.i32(i32 [[X:%.*]], i32 [[SUB]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
+;
+  %cmp = icmp slt i32 %x, %w
+  %sub = add nsw nuw i32 %w, -1
+  %r = select i1 %cmp, i32 %x, i32 %sub
+  ret i32 %r
+}
+
+define i32 @test_smax_add1_nsw_drop_flags(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_smax_add1_nsw_drop_flags(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[ADD:%.*]] = add nsw i32 [[W:%.*]], 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.smax.i32(i32 [[X:%.*]], i32 [[ADD]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
+;
+  %cmp = icmp sgt i32 %x, %w
+  %add = add nsw nuw i32 %w, 1
+  %r = select i1 %cmp, i32 %x, i32 %add
+  ret i32 %r
+}
+
+define i32 @test_umax_add1_nsw_drop_flags(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
+; CHECK-LABEL: @test_umax_add1_nsw_drop_flags(
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[ADD:%.*]] = add nuw i32 [[W:%.*]], 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.umax.i32(i32 [[X:%.*]], i32 [[ADD]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
+;
+  %cmp = icmp ugt i32 %x, %w
+  %add = add nuw nsw i32 %w, 1
+  %r = select i1 %cmp, i32 %x, i32 %add
+  ret i32 %r
+}

>From c8106aec7a7f05a49dd3b26b84a1cfd122adbb98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Maclean <amaclean at nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 16:13:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] address more comments

---
 llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp           | 25 ------------
 .../InstCombine/InstCombineSelect.cpp         | 40 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll     |  4 +-
 3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
index 35ca41030963c..fc19b2ccf7964 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
@@ -8388,31 +8388,6 @@ static SelectPatternResult matchMinMax(CmpInst::Predicate Pred,
     }
   }
 
-  // (X > Y) ? X : (Y - 1) ==> MIN(X, Y - 1)
-  // (X < Y) ? X : (Y + 1) ==> MAX(X, Y + 1)
-  // This transformation is valid when overflow corresponding to the sign of
-  // the comparison is poison and we must drop the non-matching overflow flag.
-  // Note: that the UMIN case is not possible as we canonicalize to addition.
-  if (CmpLHS == TrueVal) {
-    if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_SGT &&
-        match(FalseVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_One()))) {
-      cast<Instruction>(FalseVal)->setHasNoUnsignedWrap(false);
-      return {SPF_SMAX, SPNB_NA, false};
-    }
-
-    if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_SLT &&
-        match(FalseVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_AllOnes()))) {
-      cast<Instruction>(FalseVal)->setHasNoUnsignedWrap(false);
-      return {SPF_SMIN, SPNB_NA, false};
-    }
-
-    if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_UGT &&
-        match(FalseVal, m_NUWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_One()))) {
-      cast<Instruction>(FalseVal)->setHasNoSignedWrap(false);
-      return {SPF_UMAX, SPNB_NA, false};
-    }
-  }
-
   if (Pred != CmpInst::ICMP_SGT && Pred != CmpInst::ICMP_SLT)
     return {SPF_UNKNOWN, SPNB_NA, false};
 
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineSelect.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineSelect.cpp
index 3882d4cb59e01..6a41147b6b809 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineSelect.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/InstCombine/InstCombineSelect.cpp
@@ -564,6 +564,43 @@ Instruction *InstCombinerImpl::foldSelectIntoOp(SelectInst &SI, Value *TrueVal,
   return nullptr;
 }
 
+/// Try to fold a select to a min/max intrinsic. Many cases are already handled
+/// by matchDecomposedSelectPattern but here we handle the cases where more
+/// exensive modification of the IR is required.
+static Value *foldSelectICmpMinMax(const ICmpInst *Cmp, Value *TVal,
+                                   Value *FVal,
+                                   InstCombiner::BuilderTy &Builder) {
+  const Value *CmpLHS = Cmp->getOperand(0);
+  const Value *CmpRHS = Cmp->getOperand(1);
+  const ICmpInst::Predicate Pred = Cmp->getPredicate();
+
+  // (X > Y) ? X : (Y - 1) ==> MIN(X, Y - 1)
+  // (X < Y) ? X : (Y + 1) ==> MAX(X, Y + 1)
+  // This transformation is valid when overflow corresponding to the sign of
+  // the comparison is poison and we must drop the non-matching overflow flag.
+  // Note: that the UMIN case is not possible as we canonicalize to addition.
+  if (CmpLHS == TVal) {
+    if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_SGT &&
+        match(FVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_One()))) {
+      cast<Instruction>(FVal)->setHasNoUnsignedWrap(false);
+      return Builder.CreateBinaryIntrinsic(Intrinsic::smax, TVal, FVal);
+    }
+
+    if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_SLT &&
+        match(FVal, m_NSWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_AllOnes()))) {
+      cast<Instruction>(FVal)->setHasNoUnsignedWrap(false);
+      return Builder.CreateBinaryIntrinsic(Intrinsic::smin, TVal, FVal);
+    }
+
+    if (Pred == CmpInst::ICMP_UGT &&
+        match(FVal, m_NUWAddLike(m_Specific(CmpRHS), m_One()))) {
+      cast<Instruction>(FVal)->setHasNoSignedWrap(false);
+      return Builder.CreateBinaryIntrinsic(Intrinsic::umax, TVal, FVal);
+    }
+  }
+  return nullptr;
+}
+
 /// We want to turn:
 ///   (select (icmp eq (and X, Y), 0), (and (lshr X, Z), 1), 1)
 /// into:
@@ -1916,6 +1953,9 @@ Instruction *InstCombinerImpl::foldSelectInstWithICmp(SelectInst &SI,
     return &SI;
   }
 
+  if (Value *V = foldSelectICmpMinMax(ICI, TrueVal, FalseVal, Builder))
+    return replaceInstUsesWith(SI, V);
+
   if (Instruction *V =
           foldSelectICmpAndAnd(SI.getType(), ICI, TrueVal, FalseVal, Builder))
     return V;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
index b2be2bde69440..f76c5b520475b 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/InstCombine/minmax-fold.ll
@@ -1671,8 +1671,8 @@ define <2 x i16> @test_umax_add1_nsw_vec(<2 x i16> %x, <2 x i16> %w) {
 
 define i32 @test_smin_sub1_nsw_drop_flags(i32 %x, i32 %w) {
 ; CHECK-LABEL: @test_smin_sub1_nsw_drop_flags(
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[SUB:%.*]] = add nsw i32 [[W:%.*]], -1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.smin.i32(i32 [[X:%.*]], i32 [[SUB]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP:%.*]] = icmp slt i32 [[X:%.*]], [[W:%.*]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[R:%.*]] = select i1 [[CMP]], i32 [[X]], i32 -1
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    ret i32 [[R]]
 ;
   %cmp = icmp slt i32 %x, %w



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