[llvm] [ObjCARC] Delete empty autoreleasepools with no autoreleases in them (PR #144788)
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https://github.com/AZero13 updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/144788
>From f494d039112c6c310ff53e1cabe4de1888957155 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rose <gfunni234 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:05:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] [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/ObjCARCOpts.cpp | 192 ++++++++++-
.../ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll | 319 ++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 522 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/ObjCARCOpts.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp
index 5eb3f51d38945..e879b8f06e912 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 +2490,183 @@ 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) {
+ for (const Instruction &I : BB) {
+ // TODO: Ignore all instructions between autorelease 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;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ 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 potential 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]] = !{}
+;.
>From 2cf7ddab1bd41b516838e21e5be350f05f0b738f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rose <gfunni234 at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 11:15:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fix concerns
---
llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp | 2 +-
.../ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll | 30 +++++++++----------
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp
index e879b8f06e912..09db464ec6a25 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ObjCARCOpts.cpp
@@ -2615,8 +2615,8 @@ void ObjCARCOpt::OptimizeAutoreleasePools(Function &F) {
PendingPush->replaceAllUsesWith(
PoisonValue::get(PendingPush->getType()));
- PendingPush->eraseFromParent();
Pop->eraseFromParent();
+ PendingPush->eraseFromParent();
Changed = true;
++NumNoops;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll
index 1238170e0e1fd..896717f92146f 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/ObjCARC/test_autorelease_pool.ll
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ declare void @use_object(ptr)
declare ptr @object_with_thing()
declare void @opaque_callee()
-; Test 1: Empty autorelease pool should be eliminated
+; Empty autorelease pool should be eliminated
define void @test_empty_pool() {
; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_empty_pool() {
; CHECK-NEXT: ret void
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ define void @test_empty_pool() {
ret void
}
-; Test 2: Pool with only release should be removed
+; 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()
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ define void @test_autorelease_to_release() {
ret void
}
-; Test 3: Pool with autoreleases should not be optimized
+; 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()
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ define void @test_multiple_autoreleases() {
ret void
}
-; Test 4: Pool with calls should not be optimized
+; 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]]
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ define void @test_calls() {
ret void
}
-; Test 5: Pool with opaque call should not be optimized
+; 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]]
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ define void @test_opaque_call() {
ret void
}
-; Test 6: Nested empty pools should be eliminated
+; Nested empty pools should be eliminated
define void @test_nested_empty_pools() {
; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_nested_empty_pools() {
; CHECK-NEXT: ret void
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ define void @test_nested_empty_pools() {
ret void
}
-; Test 7: Empty pool with cast should be eliminated
+; 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
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ define void @test_empty_pool_with_cast() {
ret void
}
-; Test 8: Autorelease shadowing - autorelease in inner pool doesn't prevent outer optimization
+; 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()
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ define void @test_autorelease_shadowing_basic() {
ret void
}
-; Test 9: Multiple nested levels with shadowing
+; 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()
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ define void @test_multiple_nested_shadowing() {
ret void
}
-; Test 10: Autorelease outside inner pool prevents optimization
+; 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()
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ define void @test_autorelease_outside_inner_pool() {
ret void
}
-; Test 11: Known ObjC functions don't prevent optimization
+; 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()
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ define void @test_known_objc_functions() {
ret void
}
-; Test 12: Complex shadowing with mixed autoreleases
+; Complex shadowing with mixed autoreleases
define void @test_complex_shadowing() {
; CHECK-LABEL: define void @test_complex_shadowing() {
; CHECK-NEXT: [[OBJ1:%.*]] = call ptr @create_object()
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ define void @test_complex_shadowing() {
ret void
}
-; Test 13: Non-ObjC function that may autorelease prevents optimization
+; 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]]
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ define void @test_non_objc_may_autorelease() {
ret void
}
-; Test 14: Non-ObjC function that doesn't autorelease allows optimization
+; 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()
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ define void @test_non_objc_no_autorelease() {
ret void
}
-; Test 15: Incomplete push/pop pairs across blocks - only inner pairs count
+; 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()
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