[llvm] [InstCombinePHI] Enhance PHI CSE to remove redundant phis (PR #163453)
Yingwei Zheng via llvm-commits
llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Oct 15 10:16:47 PDT 2025
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@@ -1621,11 +1621,90 @@ Instruction *InstCombinerImpl::visitPHINode(PHINode &PN) {
// Note that even though we've just canonicalized this PHI, due to the
// worklist visitation order, there are no guarantess that *every* PHI
// has been canonicalized, so we can't just compare operands ranges.
- if (!PN.isIdenticalToWhenDefined(&IdenticalPN))
- continue;
- // Just use that PHI instead then.
- ++NumPHICSEs;
- return replaceInstUsesWith(PN, &IdenticalPN);
+ if (PN.isIdenticalToWhenDefined(&IdenticalPN)) {
+ // Just use that PHI instead then.
+ ++NumPHICSEs;
+ return replaceInstUsesWith(PN, &IdenticalPN);
+ }
+
+ // Look for the following pattern and do PHI CSE to clean up the
+ // redundant %phi. Here %phi, %1 and %phi.next perform the same
+ // functionality as %identicalPhi and hence %phi can be eliminated.
+ //
+ // BB1:
+ // %identicalPhi = phi [ X, %BB0 ], [ %identicalPhi.next, %BB1 ]
+ // %phi = phi [ X, %BB0 ], [ %phi.next, %BB1 ]
+ // ...
+ // %identicalPhi.next = select %cmp, %val, %identicalPhi
+ // %1 = select %cmp2, %identicalPhi, float %phi
+ // %phi.next = select %cmp, %val, %1
+ //
+ // Prove that %phi and %identicalPhi are the same by induction:
+ //
+ // Base case: Both %phi and %identicalPhi are equal on entry to the loop.
+ // Inductive case:
+ // Suppose %phi and %identicalPhi are equal at iteration i.
+ // We look at their values at iteration i+1 which are %phi.next and
+ // %identicalPhi.next. They would have become different only when %cmp is
+ // false and the corresponding values %1 and %identicalPhi differ.
+ //
+ // The only condition when %1 and %identicalPh could differ is when %cmp2
+ // is false and %1 is %phi, which contradicts our inductive hypothesis
+ // that %phi and %identicalPhi are equal. Thus %phi and %identicalPhi are
+ // always equal at iteration i+1.
+
+ if (PN.getNumIncomingValues() == 2 && PN.getNumUses() == 1) {
+ unsigned diffVals = 0;
+ unsigned diffValIdx = 0;
+ // Check that only the backedge incoming value is different.
+ for (unsigned i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+ if (PN.getIncomingValue(i) != IdenticalPN.getIncomingValue(i)) {
+ diffVals++;
+ diffValIdx = i;
+ }
+ }
+ BasicBlock *CurBB = PN.getParent();
+ if (diffVals == 2 || PN.getIncomingBlock(diffValIdx) != CurBB)
+ continue;
+ // Now check that the backedge incoming values are two select
+ // instructions that are in the same BB, and have the same condition,
+ // true value.
+ auto *Val = PN.getIncomingValue(diffValIdx);
+ auto *IdenticalVal = IdenticalPN.getIncomingValue(diffValIdx);
+ if (!isa<SelectInst>(Val) || !isa<SelectInst>(IdenticalVal))
+ continue;
+
+ auto *SI = cast<SelectInst>(Val);
+ auto *IdenticalSI = cast<SelectInst>(IdenticalVal);
+ if (SI->getParent() != CurBB || IdenticalSI->getParent() != CurBB)
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dtcxzyw wrote:
See my comment above.
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/163453
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