[llvm] [ObjCARC] Delete empty autoreleasepools with no autoreleases in them (PR #144788)

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Fri Jun 20 13:09:34 PDT 2025


https://github.com/AZero13 updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/144788

>From f8f4e47a0e164e30d2978101bd30732e7c2c5441 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rose <gfunni234 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:05:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [ObjCARC] Delete empty autoreleasepools with no autoreleases
 in them

Erase empty autorelease pools that have no autorelease in them
---
 .../ObjCARC/ARCRuntimeEntryPoints.h           |  16 +
 llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCAPElim.cpp |   8 +
 llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp   | 244 +++++++++++++-
 .../ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll          | 319 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 582 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 llvm/test/Transforms/ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ARCRuntimeEntryPoints.h b/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ARCRuntimeEntryPoints.h
index 3fa844eda21cf..6135c7b938a3e 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ARCRuntimeEntryPoints.h
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ARCRuntimeEntryPoints.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ enum class ARCRuntimeEntryPointKind {
   UnsafeClaimRV,
   RetainAutorelease,
   RetainAutoreleaseRV,
+  AutoreleasePoolPush,
+  AutoreleasePoolPop,
 };
 
 /// Declarations for ObjC runtime functions and constants. These are initialized
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ class ARCRuntimeEntryPoints {
     UnsafeClaimRV = nullptr;
     RetainAutorelease = nullptr;
     RetainAutoreleaseRV = nullptr;
+    AutoreleasePoolPush = nullptr;
+    AutoreleasePoolPop = nullptr;
   }
 
   Function *get(ARCRuntimeEntryPointKind kind) {
@@ -101,6 +105,12 @@ class ARCRuntimeEntryPoints {
     case ARCRuntimeEntryPointKind::RetainAutoreleaseRV:
       return getIntrinsicEntryPoint(RetainAutoreleaseRV,
                                 Intrinsic::objc_retainAutoreleaseReturnValue);
+    case ARCRuntimeEntryPointKind::AutoreleasePoolPush:
+      return getIntrinsicEntryPoint(AutoreleasePoolPush,
+                                    Intrinsic::objc_autoreleasePoolPush);
+    case ARCRuntimeEntryPointKind::AutoreleasePoolPop:
+      return getIntrinsicEntryPoint(AutoreleasePoolPop,
+                                    Intrinsic::objc_autoreleasePoolPop);
     }
 
     llvm_unreachable("Switch should be a covered switch.");
@@ -143,6 +153,12 @@ class ARCRuntimeEntryPoints {
   /// Declaration for objc_retainAutoreleaseReturnValue().
   Function *RetainAutoreleaseRV = nullptr;
 
+  /// Declaration for objc_autoreleasePoolPush().
+  Function *AutoreleasePoolPush = nullptr;
+
+  /// Declaration for objc_autoreleasePoolPop().
+  Function *AutoreleasePoolPop = nullptr;
+
   Function *getIntrinsicEntryPoint(Function *&Decl, Intrinsic::ID IntID) {
     if (Decl)
       return Decl;
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCAPElim.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCAPElim.cpp
index dceb2ebb1863e..d08a28deb2450 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCAPElim.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCAPElim.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ bool OptimizeBB(BasicBlock *BB) {
       if (MayAutorelease(cast<CallBase>(Inst)))
         Push = nullptr;
       break;
+    case ARCInstKind::Call:
+    case ARCInstKind::Autorelease:
+    case ARCInstKind::AutoreleaseRV:
+    case ARCInstKind::FusedRetainAutorelease:
+    case ARCInstKind::FusedRetainAutoreleaseRV:
+    case ARCInstKind::LoadWeak:
+      Push = nullptr;
+      break;
     default:
       break;
     }
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp
index 5eb3f51d38945..e831c27fba9c5 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Analysis/ObjCARCAnalysisUtils.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/ObjCARCInstKind.h"
 #include "llvm/Analysis/ObjCARCUtil.h"
+#include "llvm/Analysis/OptimizationRemarkEmitter.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/CFG.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Constant.h"
@@ -132,11 +133,8 @@ static const Value *FindSingleUseIdentifiedObject(const Value *Arg) {
 //
 // The second retain and autorelease can be deleted.
 
-// TODO: It should be possible to delete
-// objc_autoreleasePoolPush and objc_autoreleasePoolPop
-// pairs if nothing is actually autoreleased between them. Also, autorelease
-// calls followed by objc_autoreleasePoolPop calls (perhaps in ObjC++ code
-// after inlining) can be turned into plain release calls.
+// TODO: Autorelease calls followed by objc_autoreleasePoolPop calls (perhaps in
+// ObjC++ code after inlining) can be turned into plain release calls.
 
 // TODO: Critical-edge splitting. If the optimial insertion point is
 // a critical edge, the current algorithm has to fail, because it doesn't
@@ -566,6 +564,8 @@ class ObjCARCOpt {
 
   void OptimizeReturns(Function &F);
 
+  void OptimizeAutoreleasePools(Function &F);
+
   template <typename PredicateT>
   static void cloneOpBundlesIf(CallBase *CI,
                                SmallVectorImpl<OperandBundleDef> &OpBundles,
@@ -2473,6 +2473,11 @@ bool ObjCARCOpt::run(Function &F, AAResults &AA) {
                             (1 << unsigned(ARCInstKind::AutoreleaseRV))))
     OptimizeReturns(F);
 
+  // Optimizations for autorelease pools.
+  if (UsedInThisFunction & ((1 << unsigned(ARCInstKind::AutoreleasepoolPush)) |
+                            (1 << unsigned(ARCInstKind::AutoreleasepoolPop))))
+    OptimizeAutoreleasePools(F);
+
   // Gather statistics after optimization.
 #ifndef NDEBUG
   if (AreStatisticsEnabled()) {
@@ -2485,6 +2490,235 @@ bool ObjCARCOpt::run(Function &F, AAResults &AA) {
   return Changed;
 }
 
+/// Interprocedurally determine if calls made by the given call site can
+/// possibly produce autoreleases.
+bool MayAutorelease(const CallBase &CB, unsigned Depth = 0) {
+  if (CB.onlyReadsMemory())
+    return false;
+
+  // This recursion depth limit is arbitrary. It's just great
+  // enough to cover known interesting testcases.
+  if (Depth > 5)
+    return true;
+
+  if (const Function *Callee = CB.getCalledFunction()) {
+    if (!Callee->hasExactDefinition())
+      return true;
+    for (const BasicBlock &BB : *Callee) {
+      // If we come across an autoreleasepool push and a pop in the same block,
+      // we can ignore the instructions between them.
+      // TODO: Can we check inter-block autorelease pool pairs?
+      // This would involve tracking autorelease pool state across blocks.
+
+      // First pass: find all push/pop pairs and their positions in this basic
+      // block
+      SmallVector<std::pair<unsigned, unsigned>, 4>
+          ShadowedRegions; // (push_pos, pop_pos)
+      SmallVector<std::pair<unsigned, const Instruction *>, 4>
+          PushStack; // (index, push_inst)
+
+      unsigned InstIndex = 0;
+      for (const Instruction &I : BB) {
+        if (GetBasicARCInstKind(&I) == ARCInstKind::AutoreleasepoolPush) {
+          PushStack.push_back({InstIndex, &I});
+        } else if (GetBasicARCInstKind(&I) == ARCInstKind::AutoreleasepoolPop) {
+          if (!PushStack.empty()) {
+            auto [PushIndex, PushInst] = PushStack.back();
+            // Verify this pop actually pops the corresponding push
+            const auto *PopCall = cast<CallInst>(&I);
+            if (PopCall->getArgOperand(0)->stripPointerCasts() == PushInst) {
+              // Valid push/pop pair - add to shadowed regions
+              ShadowedRegions.push_back({PushIndex, InstIndex});
+              PushStack.pop_back();
+            }
+            // If pop doesn't match the most recent push, it might be for an
+            // outer pool in a different basic block, so we leave the stack
+            // unchanged
+          }
+        }
+        InstIndex++;
+      }
+
+      // Second pass: check for autoreleases, ignoring shadowed regions
+      InstIndex = 0;
+      for (const Instruction &I : BB) {
+        // Check if this instruction is in a shadowed region (between inner
+        // push/pop pairs)
+        bool InShadowedRegion = false;
+        for (auto [PushIndex, PopIndex] : ShadowedRegions) {
+          if (InstIndex > PushIndex && InstIndex < PopIndex) {
+            InShadowedRegion = true;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (InShadowedRegion) {
+          InstIndex++;
+          continue; // Skip instructions in shadowed regions - they don't affect
+                    // outer pools
+        }
+
+        ARCInstKind InstKind = GetBasicARCInstKind(&I);
+        switch (InstKind) {
+        case ARCInstKind::Autorelease:
+        case ARCInstKind::AutoreleaseRV:
+        case ARCInstKind::FusedRetainAutorelease:
+        case ARCInstKind::FusedRetainAutoreleaseRV:
+        case ARCInstKind::LoadWeak:
+          // These may produce autoreleases
+          return true;
+
+        case ARCInstKind::Retain:
+        case ARCInstKind::RetainRV:
+        case ARCInstKind::UnsafeClaimRV:
+        case ARCInstKind::RetainBlock:
+        case ARCInstKind::Release:
+        case ARCInstKind::NoopCast:
+        case ARCInstKind::LoadWeakRetained:
+        case ARCInstKind::StoreWeak:
+        case ARCInstKind::InitWeak:
+        case ARCInstKind::MoveWeak:
+        case ARCInstKind::CopyWeak:
+        case ARCInstKind::DestroyWeak:
+        case ARCInstKind::StoreStrong:
+        case ARCInstKind::AutoreleasepoolPush:
+        case ARCInstKind::AutoreleasepoolPop:
+          // These ObjC runtime functions don't produce autoreleases
+          break;
+
+        case ARCInstKind::CallOrUser:
+        case ARCInstKind::Call:
+          // For non-ObjC function calls, recursively analyze
+          if (MayAutorelease(cast<CallBase>(I), Depth + 1))
+            return true;
+          break;
+
+        case ARCInstKind::IntrinsicUser:
+        case ARCInstKind::User:
+        case ARCInstKind::None:
+          // These are not relevant for autorelease analysis
+          break;
+        }
+        InstIndex++;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+/// Optimize autorelease pools by eliminating empty push/pop pairs.
+void ObjCARCOpt::OptimizeAutoreleasePools(Function &F) {
+  LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "\n== ObjCARCOpt::OptimizeAutoreleasePools ==\n");
+
+  OptimizationRemarkEmitter ORE(&F);
+
+  // Process each basic block independently.
+  // TODO: Can we optimize inter-block autorelease pool pairs?
+  // This would involve tracking autorelease pool state across blocks.
+  for (BasicBlock &BB : F) {
+    // Use a stack to track nested autorelease pools
+    SmallVector<std::pair<CallInst *, bool>, 4>
+        PoolStack; // {push_inst, has_autorelease_in_scope}
+
+    for (Instruction &Inst : llvm::make_early_inc_range(BB)) {
+      ARCInstKind Class = GetBasicARCInstKind(&Inst);
+
+      switch (Class) {
+      case ARCInstKind::AutoreleasepoolPush: {
+        // Start tracking a new autorelease pool scope
+        auto *Push = cast<CallInst>(&Inst);
+        PoolStack.push_back(
+            {Push, false}); // {push_inst, has_autorelease_in_scope}
+        LLVM_DEBUG(dbgs() << "Found autorelease pool push: " << *Push << "\n");
+        break;
+      }
+
+      case ARCInstKind::AutoreleasepoolPop: {
+        auto *Pop = cast<CallInst>(&Inst);
+
+        if (PoolStack.empty())
+          break;
+
+        auto &TopPool = PoolStack.back();
+        CallInst *PendingPush = TopPool.first;
+        bool HasAutoreleaseInScope = TopPool.second;
+
+        // Pop the stack - remove this pool scope
+        PoolStack.pop_back();
+
+        // Bail if this pop doesn't match the pending push
+        if (Pop->getArgOperand(0)->stripPointerCasts() != PendingPush)
+          break;
+
+        // Bail if there were autoreleases in this scope
+        if (HasAutoreleaseInScope)
+          break;
+
+        // Optimize: eliminate this empty autorelease pool pair
+        ORE.emit([&]() {
+          return OptimizationRemark(DEBUG_TYPE, "AutoreleasePoolElimination",
+                                    PendingPush)
+                 << "eliminated empty autorelease pool pair";
+        });
+
+        // Replace all uses of push with poison before deletion
+        PendingPush->replaceAllUsesWith(
+            PoisonValue::get(PendingPush->getType()));
+
+        PendingPush->eraseFromParent();
+        Pop->eraseFromParent();
+
+        Changed = true;
+        ++NumNoops;
+        break;
+      }
+      case ARCInstKind::CallOrUser:
+      case ARCInstKind::Call:
+        if (!MayAutorelease(cast<CallBase>(Inst)))
+          break;
+        [[fallthrough]];
+      case ARCInstKind::Autorelease:
+      case ARCInstKind::AutoreleaseRV:
+      case ARCInstKind::FusedRetainAutorelease:
+      case ARCInstKind::FusedRetainAutoreleaseRV:
+      case ARCInstKind::LoadWeak: {
+        // Track that we have autorelease calls in the current pool scope
+        if (!PoolStack.empty()) {
+          PoolStack.back().second = true; // Set has_autorelease_in_scope = true
+          LLVM_DEBUG(
+              dbgs()
+              << "Found autorelease or potiential autorelease in pool scope: "
+              << Inst << "\n");
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+
+      // Enumerate all remaining ARCInstKind cases explicitly
+      case ARCInstKind::Retain:
+      case ARCInstKind::RetainRV:
+      case ARCInstKind::UnsafeClaimRV:
+      case ARCInstKind::RetainBlock:
+      case ARCInstKind::Release:
+      case ARCInstKind::NoopCast:
+      case ARCInstKind::LoadWeakRetained:
+      case ARCInstKind::StoreWeak:
+      case ARCInstKind::InitWeak:
+      case ARCInstKind::MoveWeak:
+      case ARCInstKind::CopyWeak:
+      case ARCInstKind::DestroyWeak:
+      case ARCInstKind::StoreStrong:
+      case ARCInstKind::IntrinsicUser:
+      case ARCInstKind::User:
+      case ARCInstKind::None:
+        // These instruction kinds don't affect autorelease pool optimization
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /// @}
 ///
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1238170e0e1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,319 @@
+; NOTE: Assertions have been autogenerated by utils/update_test_checks.py UTC_ARGS: --version 5
+; Test for autorelease pool optimizations
+; RUN: opt -passes=objc-arc < %s -S | FileCheck %s
+
+declare ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+declare void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr)
+declare ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr)
+declare ptr @llvm.objc.retain(ptr)
+declare ptr @create_object()
+declare void @use_object(ptr)
+declare ptr @object_with_thing()
+declare void @opaque_callee()
+
+; Test 1: Empty autorelease pool should be eliminated
+define void @test_empty_pool() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_empty_pool() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 2: Pool with only release should be removed
+define void @test_autorelease_to_release() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_autorelease_to_release() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr [[OBJ]]) #[[ATTR0:[0-9]+]], !clang.imprecise_release [[META0:![0-9]+]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %obj = call ptr @create_object()
+  %pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 3: Pool with autoreleases should not be optimized
+define void @test_multiple_autoreleases() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_multiple_autoreleases() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ1:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ2:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[POOL:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush() #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @use_object(ptr [[OBJ1]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr [[OBJ1]]) #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @use_object(ptr [[OBJ2]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP2:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr [[OBJ2]]) #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr [[POOL]]) #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %obj1 = call ptr @create_object()
+  %obj2 = call ptr @create_object()
+  %pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call void @use_object(ptr %obj1)
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj1)
+  call void @use_object(ptr %obj2)
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj2)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 4: Pool with calls should not be optimized
+define void @test_calls() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_calls() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[POOL:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush() #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ1:%.*]] = call ptr @object_with_thing()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @use_object(ptr [[OBJ1]])
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr [[POOL]]) #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  %obj1 = call ptr @object_with_thing()
+  call void @use_object(ptr %obj1)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 5: Pool with opaque call should not be optimized
+define void @test_opaque_call() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_opaque_call() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[POOL:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush() #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @opaque_callee()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr [[POOL]]) #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call void @opaque_callee()
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 6: Nested empty pools should be eliminated
+define void @test_nested_empty_pools() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_nested_empty_pools() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %pool1 = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  %pool2 = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool2)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool1)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 7: Empty pool with cast should be eliminated
+define void @test_empty_pool_with_cast() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_empty_pool_with_cast() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CAST:%.*]] = bitcast ptr poison to ptr
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  %cast = bitcast ptr %pool to ptr
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %cast)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 8: Autorelease shadowing - autorelease in inner pool doesn't prevent outer optimization
+define void @test_autorelease_shadowing_basic() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_autorelease_shadowing_basic() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr [[OBJ]]) #[[ATTR0]], !clang.imprecise_release [[META0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %obj = call ptr @create_object()
+  %outer_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+
+  ; Inner pool with autorelease - this should be shadowed
+  %inner_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %inner_pool)
+
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %outer_pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 9: Multiple nested levels with shadowing
+define void @test_multiple_nested_shadowing() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_multiple_nested_shadowing() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ1:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ2:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr [[OBJ1]]) #[[ATTR0]], !clang.imprecise_release [[META0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr [[OBJ2]]) #[[ATTR0]], !clang.imprecise_release [[META0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %obj1 = call ptr @create_object()
+  %obj2 = call ptr @create_object()
+  %outer_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+
+  ; First inner pool
+  %inner1_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj1)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %inner1_pool)
+
+  ; Second inner pool with nested level
+  %inner2_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  %inner3_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj2)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %inner3_pool)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %inner2_pool)
+
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %outer_pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 10: Autorelease outside inner pool prevents optimization
+define void @test_autorelease_outside_inner_pool() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_autorelease_outside_inner_pool() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ1:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ2:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr [[OBJ1]]) #[[ATTR0]], !clang.imprecise_release [[META0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr [[OBJ2]]) #[[ATTR0]], !clang.imprecise_release [[META0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %obj1 = call ptr @create_object()
+  %obj2 = call ptr @create_object()
+  %outer_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+
+  ; This autorelease is NOT in an inner pool, so outer pool can't be optimized
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj1)
+
+  ; Inner pool with autorelease (shadowed)
+  %inner_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj2)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %inner_pool)
+
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %outer_pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 11: Known ObjC functions don't prevent optimization
+define void @test_known_objc_functions() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_known_objc_functions() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %obj = call ptr @create_object()
+  %pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+
+  ; These are all known ObjC runtime functions that don't produce autoreleases
+  %retained = call ptr @llvm.objc.retain(ptr %obj)
+  call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr %obj)
+
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 12: Complex shadowing with mixed autoreleases
+define void @test_complex_shadowing() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_complex_shadowing() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ1:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ2:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ3:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr [[OBJ1]]) #[[ATTR0]], !clang.imprecise_release [[META0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr [[OBJ2]]) #[[ATTR0]], !clang.imprecise_release [[META0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INNER2_POOL:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush() #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr [[OBJ3]]) #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr [[INNER2_POOL]]) #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %obj1 = call ptr @create_object()
+  %obj2 = call ptr @create_object()
+  %obj3 = call ptr @create_object()
+  %outer_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+
+  ; This autorelease is outside inner pools - prevents optimization
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj1)
+
+  ; Inner pool 1 with shadowed autorelease
+  %inner1_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj2)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %inner1_pool)
+
+  ; Some safe ObjC operations
+  %retained = call ptr @llvm.objc.retain(ptr %obj3)
+  call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr %retained)
+
+  ; Inner pool 2 with shadowed autorelease
+  %inner2_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj3)
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %inner2_pool)
+
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %outer_pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 13: Non-ObjC function that may autorelease prevents optimization
+define void @test_non_objc_may_autorelease() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_non_objc_may_autorelease() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[POOL:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush() #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = call ptr @function_that_might_autorelease()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr [[POOL]]) #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call ptr @function_that_might_autorelease()
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 14: Non-ObjC function that doesn't autorelease allows optimization
+define void @test_non_objc_no_autorelease() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_non_objc_no_autorelease() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @safe_function()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call void @safe_function()
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %pool)
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Test 15: Incomplete push/pop pairs across blocks - only inner pairs count
+define void @test_incomplete_pairs_inner_shadowing() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_incomplete_pairs_inner_shadowing() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OUTER_POOL:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush() #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @llvm.objc.release(ptr [[OBJ]]) #[[ATTR0]], !clang.imprecise_release [[META0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %obj = call ptr @create_object()
+  %outer_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+
+  ; Inner complete pair - autorelease should be shadowed by this
+  %inner_pool = call ptr @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPush()
+  call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj)      ; This SHOULD be shadowed by inner pair
+  call void @llvm.objc.autoreleasePoolPop(ptr %inner_pool)  ; Completes the inner pair
+
+  ; Note: %outer_pool pop is in a different block (common pattern)
+  ; But the autorelease was shadowed by the complete inner pair
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Helper functions for testing interprocedural analysis
+
+; Safe function that doesn't call autorelease
+define void @safe_function() {
+  ; Just some computation, no autoreleases
+; CHECK-LABEL: define void @safe_function() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[X:%.*]] = add i32 1, 2
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret void
+;
+  %x = add i32 1, 2
+  ret void
+}
+
+; Function that may produce autoreleases (simulated by calling autorelease)
+define ptr @function_that_might_autorelease() {
+; CHECK-LABEL: define ptr @function_that_might_autorelease() {
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[OBJ:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[AUTORELEASED:%.*]] = call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr [[OBJ]]) #[[ATTR0]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    ret ptr [[AUTORELEASED]]
+;
+  %obj = call ptr @create_object()
+  %autoreleased = call ptr @llvm.objc.autorelease(ptr %obj)
+  ret ptr %autoreleased
+}
+
+;.
+; CHECK: [[META0]] = !{}
+;.



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