[llvm] [SCEV] Collect guard info for ICMP NE w/o constants. (PR #160500)

Florian Hahn via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Sep 24 04:06:58 PDT 2025


https://github.com/fhahn created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/160500

When collecting information from loop guards, use UMax(1, %b - %a) for ICMP NE %a, %b, if neither are constant.

This improves results in some cases, and will be even more useful together with
 * https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/160012
 * https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/159942

https://alive2.llvm.org/ce/z/YyBvoT

>From 2492c4875b26ee47c15396d1c97c29bd77a7c430 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Hahn <flo at fhahn.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:46:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [SCEV] Collect guard info for ICMP NE w/o constants.

When collecting information from loop guards, use UMax(1, %b - %a) for
ICMP NE %a, %b, if neither are constant.

This improves results in some cases, and will be even more useful
together with
 * https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/160012
 * https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/159942

https://alive2.llvm.org/ce/z/YyBvoT
---
 llvm/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp                  | 10 ++++++++++
 llvm/test/Analysis/ScalarEvolution/ptrtoint.ll         | 10 +++++-----
 .../Transforms/IndVarSimplify/pointer-loop-guards.ll   |  2 +-
 llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/scevunroll.ll          |  3 +--
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
index b08399b381f34..d9f14bbceeffd 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/ScalarEvolution.cpp
@@ -15866,6 +15866,16 @@ void ScalarEvolution::LoopGuards::collectFromBlock(
           const SCEV *OneAlignedUp =
               DividesBy ? GetNextSCEVDividesByDivisor(One, DividesBy) : One;
           To = SE.getUMaxExpr(FromRewritten, OneAlignedUp);
+        } else {
+          if (LHS->getType()->isPointerTy()) {
+            LHS = SE.getLosslessPtrToIntExpr(LHS);
+            RHS = SE.getLosslessPtrToIntExpr(RHS);
+            if (isa<SCEVCouldNotCompute>(LHS) || isa<SCEVCouldNotCompute>(RHS))
+              break;
+          }
+          From = SE.getMinusSCEV(RHS, LHS);
+          FromRewritten = From;
+          To = SE.getUMaxExpr(FromRewritten, SE.getOne(From->getType()));
         }
         break;
       default:
diff --git a/llvm/test/Analysis/ScalarEvolution/ptrtoint.ll b/llvm/test/Analysis/ScalarEvolution/ptrtoint.ll
index e784d25385980..6db2f21352c49 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Analysis/ScalarEvolution/ptrtoint.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Analysis/ScalarEvolution/ptrtoint.ll
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ define void @pr46786_c26_char(ptr %arg, ptr %arg1, ptr %arg2) {
 ; X64-NEXT:    %i9 = ptrtoint ptr %i7 to i64
 ; X64-NEXT:    --> {(ptrtoint ptr %arg to i64),+,1}<nuw><%bb6> U: full-set S: full-set Exits: (-1 + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i64)) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
 ; X64-NEXT:    %i10 = sub i64 %i9, %i4
-; X64-NEXT:    --> {0,+,1}<nuw><%bb6> U: full-set S: full-set Exits: (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i64)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i64)) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
+; X64-NEXT:    --> {0,+,1}<nuw><%bb6> U: [0,-1) S: [0,-1) Exits: (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i64)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i64)) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
 ; X64-NEXT:    %i11 = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr %arg2, i64 %i10
 ; X64-NEXT:    --> {%arg2,+,1}<nw><%bb6> U: full-set S: full-set Exits: (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i64)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i64) + %arg2) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
 ; X64-NEXT:    %i12 = load i8, ptr %i11, align 1
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ define void @pr46786_c26_char(ptr %arg, ptr %arg1, ptr %arg2) {
 ; X64-NEXT:    --> {(1 + %arg),+,1}<nuw><%bb6> U: full-set S: full-set Exits: ((-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i64)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i64) + %arg) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
 ; X64-NEXT:  Determining loop execution counts for: @pr46786_c26_char
 ; X64-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: backedge-taken count is (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i64)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i64))
-; X64-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: constant max backedge-taken count is i64 -1
+; X64-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: constant max backedge-taken count is i64 -2
 ; X64-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: symbolic max backedge-taken count is (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i64)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i64))
 ; X64-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: Trip multiple is 1
 ;
@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@ define void @pr46786_c26_char(ptr %arg, ptr %arg1, ptr %arg2) {
 ; X32-NEXT:    %i8 = load i8, ptr %i7, align 1
 ; X32-NEXT:    --> %i8 U: full-set S: full-set Exits: <<Unknown>> LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Variant }
 ; X32-NEXT:    %i9 = ptrtoint ptr %i7 to i64
-; X32-NEXT:    --> {(zext i32 (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32) to i64),+,1}<nuw><%bb6> U: [0,8589934591) S: [0,8589934591) Exits: ((zext i32 (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i32)) to i64) + (zext i32 (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32) to i64)) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
+; X32-NEXT:    --> {(zext i32 (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32) to i64),+,1}<nuw><%bb6> U: [0,8589934590) S: [0,8589934590) Exits: ((zext i32 (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i32)) to i64) + (zext i32 (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32) to i64)) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
 ; X32-NEXT:    %i10 = sub i64 %i9, %i4
-; X32-NEXT:    --> {0,+,1}<nuw><%bb6> U: [0,4294967296) S: [0,4294967296) Exits: (zext i32 (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i32)) to i64) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
+; X32-NEXT:    --> {0,+,1}<nuw><%bb6> U: [0,4294967295) S: [0,4294967295) Exits: (zext i32 (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i32)) to i64) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
 ; X32-NEXT:    %i11 = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr %arg2, i64 %i10
 ; X32-NEXT:    --> {%arg2,+,1}<%bb6> U: full-set S: full-set Exits: (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i32) + %arg2) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
 ; X32-NEXT:    %i12 = load i8, ptr %i11, align 1
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ define void @pr46786_c26_char(ptr %arg, ptr %arg1, ptr %arg2) {
 ; X32-NEXT:    --> {(1 + %arg),+,1}<nuw><%bb6> U: full-set S: full-set Exits: ((-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i32) + %arg) LoopDispositions: { %bb6: Computable }
 ; X32-NEXT:  Determining loop execution counts for: @pr46786_c26_char
 ; X32-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: backedge-taken count is (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i32))
-; X32-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: constant max backedge-taken count is i32 -1
+; X32-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: constant max backedge-taken count is i32 -2
 ; X32-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: symbolic max backedge-taken count is (-1 + (-1 * (ptrtoint ptr %arg to i32)) + (ptrtoint ptr %arg1 to i32))
 ; X32-NEXT:  Loop %bb6: Trip multiple is 1
 ;
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/IndVarSimplify/pointer-loop-guards.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/IndVarSimplify/pointer-loop-guards.ll
index 89b132e981899..9371fe24be05d 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/IndVarSimplify/pointer-loop-guards.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/IndVarSimplify/pointer-loop-guards.ll
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ define i64 @test_ptr_compare_guard(ptr %start, ptr %end) {
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[C_1]], label %[[LOOP_LATCH]], label %[[EXIT_LOOPEXIT:.*]]
 ; CHECK:       [[LOOP_LATCH]]:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[PTR_IV_NEXT]] = getelementptr i8, ptr [[PTR_IV]], i64 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[I64_IV_NEXT]] = add i64 [[I64_IV]], 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[I64_IV_NEXT]] = add nuw i64 [[I64_IV]], 1
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[C_2:%.*]] = icmp eq ptr [[PTR_IV_NEXT]], [[END]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[C_2]], label %[[EXIT_LOOPEXIT]], label %[[LOOP_HEADER]]
 ; CHECK:       [[EXIT_LOOPEXIT]]:
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/scevunroll.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/scevunroll.ll
index fa55eab062198..bc63f79296a30 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/scevunroll.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopUnroll/scevunroll.ll
@@ -465,8 +465,7 @@ define void @peel_int_eq_condition(i32 %start) {
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label [[LOOP:%.*]]
 ; CHECK:       loop:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[IV:%.*]] = phi i32 [ [[IV_NEXT_PEEL]], [[ENTRY_PEEL_NEWPH]] ], [ [[IV_NEXT:%.*]], [[LOOP_LATCH:%.*]] ]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[C_0:%.*]] = icmp eq i32 [[IV]], [[START]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[C_0]], label [[IF_THEN:%.*]], label [[LOOP_LATCH]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 false, label [[IF_THEN:%.*]], label [[LOOP_LATCH]]
 ; CHECK:       if.then:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    call void @fn(i32 [[IV]])
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label [[LOOP_LATCH]]



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