[llvm] [VPlan] Use SCEV to prove non-aliasing for stores at different offsets. (PR #170347)

Florian Hahn via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Dec 2 10:39:44 PST 2025


https://github.com/fhahn created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/170347

Extend the logic add in https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/168771 to also allow sinking stores past stores in the same noalias set by checking if we can prove no-alias via the distance between accesses, checked via SCEV.

>From 1f067d6b5fdbf231974ea11cdadfdc193a605aaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Hahn <flo at fhahn.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 18:34:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [VPlan] Use SCEV to prove non-aliasing for stores at
 different offsets.

Extend the logic add in https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/168771
to also allow sinking stores past stores in the same noalias set by
checking if we can prove no-alias via the distance between accesses,
checked via SCEV.
---
 .../Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp  | 59 +++++++++++++++++--
 ...predicated-loads-with-predicated-stores.ll | 48 ++++++---------
 2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp
index 38024aa6897fc..bccc48ba33223 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,43 @@ bool VPlanTransforms::tryToConvertVPInstructionsToVPRecipes(
   return true;
 }
 
+// Return true if \p A and \p B are known to not alias for all VFs in the plan,
+// checked via the distance between the accesses
+static bool isNoAliasViaDistance(VPReplicateRecipe *A, VPReplicateRecipe *B,
+                                 ScalarEvolution &SE, const Loop &L,
+                                 VPTypeAnalysis &TypeInfo) {
+  if (A->getOpcode() != Instruction::Store ||
+      B->getOpcode() != Instruction::Store)
+    return false;
+
+  VPValue *AddrA = A->getOperand(1);
+  const SCEV *SCEVA = vputils::getSCEVExprForVPValue(AddrA, SE, &L);
+  VPValue *AddrB = B->getOperand(1);
+  const SCEV *SCEVB = vputils::getSCEVExprForVPValue(AddrB, SE, &L);
+  if (isa<SCEVCouldNotCompute>(SCEVA) || isa<SCEVCouldNotCompute>(SCEVB))
+    return false;
+
+  const SCEV *Distance = SE.getMinusSCEV(SCEVA, SCEVB);
+  auto *ConstDist = dyn_cast<SCEVConstant>(Distance);
+  if (!ConstDist)
+    return false;
+
+  const DataLayout &DL = L.getHeader()->getModule()->getDataLayout();
+  Type *TyA = TypeInfo.inferScalarType(A->getOperand(0));
+  TypeSize SizeA = DL.getTypeStoreSize(TyA);
+  Type *TyB = TypeInfo.inferScalarType(B->getOperand(0));
+  TypeSize SizeB = DL.getTypeStoreSize(TyB);
+
+  // Use the maximum store size to ensure no overlap from either direction.
+  uint64_t MaxStoreSize =
+      std::max(SizeA.getFixedValue(), SizeB.getFixedValue());
+  const APInt &DistValue = ConstDist->getAPInt();
+  auto VFs = B->getParent()->getPlan()->vectorFactors();
+  ElementCount MaxVF = *max_element(VFs, ElementCount::isKnownLT);
+  return DistValue.abs().uge(
+      MaxVF.multiplyCoefficientBy(MaxStoreSize).getFixedValue());
+}
+
 // Check if a memory operation doesn't alias with memory operations in blocks
 // between FirstBB and LastBB using scoped noalias metadata.
 // For load hoisting, we only check writes in one direction.
@@ -146,7 +183,10 @@ bool VPlanTransforms::tryToConvertVPInstructionsToVPRecipes(
 static bool canHoistOrSinkWithNoAliasCheck(
     const MemoryLocation &MemLoc, VPBasicBlock *FirstBB, VPBasicBlock *LastBB,
     bool CheckReads,
-    const SmallPtrSetImpl<VPRecipeBase *> *ExcludeRecipes = nullptr) {
+    const SmallPtrSetImpl<VPRecipeBase *> *ExcludeRecipes = nullptr,
+    ScalarEvolution *SE = nullptr, const Loop *L = nullptr,
+    VPTypeAnalysis *TypeInfo = nullptr,
+    ArrayRef<VPReplicateRecipe *> MemOpsInGroup = {}) {
   if (!MemLoc.AATags.Scope)
     return false;
 
@@ -165,6 +205,13 @@ static bool canHoistOrSinkWithNoAliasCheck(
       if (!R.mayWriteToMemory() && !(CheckReads && R.mayReadFromMemory()))
         continue;
 
+      // For stores, check if we can use SCEV to prove no-alias.
+      if (auto *Store = dyn_cast<VPReplicateRecipe>(&R)) {
+        if (SE && L && TypeInfo && !MemOpsInGroup.empty() &&
+            isNoAliasViaDistance(Store, MemOpsInGroup[0], *SE, *L, *TypeInfo))
+          continue;
+      }
+
       auto Loc = vputils::getMemoryLocation(R);
       if (!Loc)
         // Conservatively assume aliasing for memory operations without
@@ -4296,7 +4343,9 @@ void VPlanTransforms::hoistPredicatedLoads(VPlan &Plan, ScalarEvolution &SE,
 }
 
 static bool
-canSinkStoreWithNoAliasCheck(ArrayRef<VPReplicateRecipe *> StoresToSink) {
+canSinkStoreWithNoAliasCheck(ArrayRef<VPReplicateRecipe *> StoresToSink,
+                             ScalarEvolution *SE, const Loop *L,
+                             VPTypeAnalysis &TypeInfo) {
   auto StoreLoc = vputils::getMemoryLocation(*StoresToSink.front());
   if (!StoreLoc || !StoreLoc->AATags.Scope)
     return false;
@@ -4309,7 +4358,8 @@ canSinkStoreWithNoAliasCheck(ArrayRef<VPReplicateRecipe *> StoresToSink) {
   VPBasicBlock *FirstBB = StoresToSink.front()->getParent();
   VPBasicBlock *LastBB = StoresToSink.back()->getParent();
   return canHoistOrSinkWithNoAliasCheck(*StoreLoc, FirstBB, LastBB,
-                                        /*CheckReads=*/true, &StoresToSinkSet);
+                                        /*CheckReads=*/true, &StoresToSinkSet,
+                                        SE, L, &TypeInfo, StoresToSink);
 }
 
 void VPlanTransforms::sinkPredicatedStores(VPlan &Plan, ScalarEvolution &SE,
@@ -4320,13 +4370,14 @@ void VPlanTransforms::sinkPredicatedStores(VPlan &Plan, ScalarEvolution &SE,
     return;
 
   VPDominatorTree VPDT(Plan);
+  VPTypeAnalysis TypeInfo(Plan);
 
   for (auto &Group : Groups) {
     sort(Group, [&VPDT](VPReplicateRecipe *A, VPReplicateRecipe *B) {
       return VPDT.properlyDominates(A, B);
     });
 
-    if (!canSinkStoreWithNoAliasCheck(Group))
+    if (!canSinkStoreWithNoAliasCheck(Group, &SE, L, TypeInfo))
       continue;
 
     // Use the last (most dominated) store's location for the unconditional
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/hoist-predicated-loads-with-predicated-stores.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/hoist-predicated-loads-with-predicated-stores.ll
index cdbe9bb555834..7450fcccbb484 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/hoist-predicated-loads-with-predicated-stores.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/hoist-predicated-loads-with-predicated-stores.ll
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ define void @sink_multiple_store_groups_noalias_via_scev(ptr %dst, ptr %src) {
 ; CHECK:       [[VECTOR_PH]]:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[VECTOR_BODY:.*]]
 ; CHECK:       [[VECTOR_BODY]]:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDEX1:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[VECTOR_PH]] ], [ [[INDEX_NEXT:%.*]], %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE7:.*]] ]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDEX1:%.*]] = phi i64 [ 0, %[[VECTOR_PH]] ], [ [[INDEX_NEXT:%.*]], %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE3:.*]] ]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDEX:%.*]] = mul i64 [[INDEX1]], 16
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[IV:%.*]] = add i64 [[INDEX]], 0
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP17:%.*]] = add i64 [[INDEX]], 16
@@ -781,42 +781,30 @@ define void @sink_multiple_store_groups_noalias_via_scev(ptr %dst, ptr %src) {
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP14:%.*]] = load double, ptr [[TMP22]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META78]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP15:%.*]] = insertelement <2 x double> poison, double [[TMP13]], i32 0
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[WIDE_LOAD:%.*]] = insertelement <2 x double> [[TMP15]], double [[TMP14]], i32 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP16:%.*]] = xor <2 x i1> [[TMP10]], splat (i1 true)
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP34:%.*]] = fadd <2 x double> [[WIDE_LOAD]], splat (double 8.000000e+00)
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP24:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x i1> [[TMP16]], i32 0
-; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[TMP24]], label %[[PRED_STORE_IF:.*]], label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE:.*]]
-; CHECK:       [[PRED_STORE_IF]]:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP18:%.*]] = getelementptr double, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP19:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x double> [[TMP34]], i32 0
-; CHECK-NEXT:    store double [[TMP19]], ptr [[TMP18]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81:![0-9]+]], !noalias [[META78]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP21:%.*]] = getelementptr double, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[TMP17]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP31:%.*]] = insertelement <2 x ptr> poison, ptr [[TMP18]], i32 0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP19:%.*]] = insertelement <2 x ptr> [[TMP31]], ptr [[TMP21]], i32 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP20:%.*]] = select <2 x i1> [[TMP10]], <2 x double> [[WIDE_LOAD]], <2 x double> [[TMP34]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP32:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x double> [[TMP20]], i32 0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    store double [[TMP32]], ptr [[TMP18]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81:![0-9]+]], !noalias [[META78]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP33:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x double> [[TMP20]], i32 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    store double [[TMP33]], ptr [[TMP21]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81]], !noalias [[META78]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP23:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x i1> [[TMP10]], i32 0
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[TMP23]], label %[[PRED_STORE_IF:.*]], label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE:.*]]
+; CHECK:       [[PRED_STORE_IF]]:
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP24:%.*]] = getelementptr i8, ptr [[TMP18]], i64 16
+; CHECK-NEXT:    store double 1.000000e+01, ptr [[TMP24]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81]], !noalias [[META78]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE]]
 ; CHECK:       [[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE]]:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP20:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x i1> [[TMP16]], i32 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[TMP20]], label %[[PRED_STORE_IF2:.*]], label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE3:.*]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP25:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x i1> [[TMP10]], i32 1
+; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[TMP25]], label %[[PRED_STORE_IF2:.*]], label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE3]]
 ; CHECK:       [[PRED_STORE_IF2]]:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP21:%.*]] = getelementptr double, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[TMP17]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP33:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x double> [[TMP34]], i32 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    store double [[TMP33]], ptr [[TMP21]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81]], !noalias [[META78]]
+; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP35:%.*]] = getelementptr i8, ptr [[TMP21]], i64 16
+; CHECK-NEXT:    store double 1.000000e+01, ptr [[TMP35]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81]], !noalias [[META78]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE3]]
 ; CHECK:       [[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE3]]:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP23:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x i1> [[TMP10]], i32 0
-; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[TMP23]], label %[[PRED_STORE_IF4:.*]], label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE5:.*]]
-; CHECK:       [[PRED_STORE_IF4]]:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP31:%.*]] = getelementptr double, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[IV]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    store double [[TMP13]], ptr [[TMP31]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81]], !noalias [[META78]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP37:%.*]] = getelementptr i8, ptr [[TMP31]], i64 16
-; CHECK-NEXT:    store double 1.000000e+01, ptr [[TMP37]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81]], !noalias [[META78]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE5]]
-; CHECK:       [[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE5]]:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP25:%.*]] = extractelement <2 x i1> [[TMP10]], i32 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[TMP25]], label %[[PRED_STORE_IF6:.*]], label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE7]]
-; CHECK:       [[PRED_STORE_IF6]]:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP32:%.*]] = getelementptr double, ptr [[DST]], i64 [[TMP17]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    store double [[TMP14]], ptr [[TMP32]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81]], !noalias [[META78]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP47:%.*]] = getelementptr i8, ptr [[TMP32]], i64 16
-; CHECK-NEXT:    store double 1.000000e+01, ptr [[TMP47]], align 8, !alias.scope [[META81]], !noalias [[META78]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE7]]
-; CHECK:       [[PRED_STORE_CONTINUE7]]:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDEX_NEXT]] = add nuw i64 [[INDEX1]], 2
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP52:%.*]] = icmp eq i64 [[INDEX_NEXT]], 100
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[TMP52]], label %[[MIDDLE_BLOCK:.*]], label %[[VECTOR_BODY]], !llvm.loop [[LOOP83:![0-9]+]]



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