[llvm] [VPlan] Allow cleanup of dead ExpandSCEVs (PR #208952)

Ramkumar Ramachandra via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Jul 17 09:07:34 PDT 2026


https://github.com/artagnon updated https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/208952

>From 79fff721360b3c14bbc898b45a700f9036dbdc29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon at tenstorrent.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:43:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [VPlan] Allow cleanup of dead ExpandSCEVs

With the caveat that those that define trip-count must be skipped.
---
 llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanRecipes.cpp        |  3 +++
 llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp     |  5 +++++
 llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/cast-induction.ll  |  1 -
 .../Transforms/LoopVectorize/pointer-induction.ll     |  8 +++-----
 .../LoopVectorize/reuse-lcssa-phi-scev-expansion.ll   | 11 -----------
 .../Transforms/LoopVectorize/version-mem-access.ll    |  1 -
 .../PhaseOrdering/AArch64/indvars-vectorization.ll    |  2 +-
 7 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanRecipes.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanRecipes.cpp
index c62c4a082b95e..91d9d01692e41 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanRecipes.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanRecipes.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ bool VPRecipeBase::mayWriteToMemory() const {
   case VPReductionPHISC:
   case VPScalarIVStepsSC:
   case VPPredInstPHISC:
+  case VPExpandSCEVSC:
     return false;
   case VPBlendSC:
   case VPReductionEVLSC:
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ bool VPRecipeBase::mayReadFromMemory() const {
   case VPScalarIVStepsSC:
   case VPWidenStoreEVLSC:
   case VPWidenStoreSC:
+  case VPExpandSCEVSC:
     return false;
   case VPBlendSC:
   case VPReductionEVLSC:
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ bool VPRecipeBase::mayHaveSideEffects() const {
   case VPReductionPHISC:
   case VPPredInstPHISC:
   case VPVectorEndPointerSC:
+  case VPExpandSCEVSC:
     return false;
   case VPInstructionSC: {
     auto *VPI = cast<VPInstruction>(this);
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp
index 1dc13889af4d6..44c12d840e193 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/VPlanTransforms.cpp
@@ -804,6 +804,11 @@ static bool isDeadRecipe(VPRecipeBase &R) {
   if (R.mayHaveSideEffects())
     return false;
 
+  // Forbid removing trip-count expressions.
+  VPlan &Plan = *R.getParent()->getPlan();
+  if (isa<VPExpandSCEVRecipe>(R) && R.getVPSingleValue() == Plan.getTripCount())
+    return false;
+
   // Recipe is dead if no user keeps the recipe alive.
   return all_of(R.definedValues(), [](VPValue *V) { return V->user_empty(); });
 }
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/cast-induction.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/cast-induction.ll
index b087ed0e0b412..2a446e4413680 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/cast-induction.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/cast-induction.ll
@@ -321,7 +321,6 @@ define void @test_start_zext(i32 %start, ptr %dst) {
 ; VF4-SAME: i32 [[START:%.*]], ptr [[DST:%.*]]) {
 ; VF4-NEXT:  [[ENTRY:.*:]]
 ; VF4-NEXT:    [[START_EXT:%.*]] = zext i32 [[START]] to i64
-; VF4-NEXT:    [[TMP0:%.*]] = sub i64 100, [[START_EXT]]
 ; VF4-NEXT:    br label %[[VECTOR_SCEVCHECK:.*]]
 ; VF4:       [[VECTOR_SCEVCHECK]]:
 ; VF4-NEXT:    [[IDENT_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ne i32 [[START]], 1
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/pointer-induction.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/pointer-induction.ll
index e154764f62092..034741c74440d 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/pointer-induction.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/pointer-induction.ll
@@ -702,19 +702,17 @@ define void @strided_ptr_iv_runtime_stride(ptr %pIn, ptr %pOut, i32 %nCols, i32
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:  entry:
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[PIN2:%.*]] = ptrtoaddr ptr [[PIN:%.*]] to i64
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[POUT1:%.*]] = ptrtoaddr ptr [[POUT:%.*]] to i64
-; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = sext i32 [[STRIDE:%.*]] to i64
-; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[TMP2:%.*]] = shl nsw i64 [[TMP1]], 2
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[TMP10:%.*]] = zext i32 [[NCOLS:%.*]] to i64
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[UMAX:%.*]] = call i64 @llvm.umax.i64(i64 [[TMP10]], i64 1)
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ult i64 [[UMAX]], 4
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    br i1 [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK]], label [[SCALAR_PH:%.*]], label [[VECTOR_SCEVCHECK:%.*]]
 ; STRIDED:       vector.scevcheck:
-; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[IDENT_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ne i32 [[STRIDE]], 1
+; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[IDENT_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ne i32 [[STRIDE:%.*]], 1
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    br i1 [[IDENT_CHECK]], label [[SCALAR_PH]], label [[VECTOR_MEMCHECK:%.*]]
 ; STRIDED:       vector.memcheck:
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[TMP3:%.*]] = sub i64 [[POUT1]], [[PIN2]]
-; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[TMP10:%.*]] = sub i64 [[TMP3]], 1
-; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[DIFF_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ult i64 [[TMP10]], 15
+; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[TMP2:%.*]] = sub i64 [[TMP3]], 1
+; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[DIFF_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ult i64 [[TMP2]], 15
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    br i1 [[DIFF_CHECK]], label [[SCALAR_PH]], label [[VECTOR_PH:%.*]]
 ; STRIDED:       vector.ph:
 ; STRIDED-NEXT:    [[N_MOD_VF:%.*]] = urem i64 [[UMAX]], 4
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/reuse-lcssa-phi-scev-expansion.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/reuse-lcssa-phi-scev-expansion.ll
index 26f7fc23d7ef7..1e150062efa80 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/reuse-lcssa-phi-scev-expansion.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/reuse-lcssa-phi-scev-expansion.ll
@@ -212,17 +212,6 @@ define void @expand_diff_scev_unknown(ptr %dst, i1 %invar.c, i32 %step) mustprog
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP3:%.*]] = mul i32 [[INDVAR]], -1
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP14:%.*]] = add i32 [[TMP3]], -1
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP15:%.*]] = add i32 [[SMAX1]], [[TMP14]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP1:%.*]] = add i32 [[IV_1_LCSSA]], [[STEP]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[SMAX:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.smax.i32(i32 [[TMP1]], i32 0)
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP2:%.*]] = mul i32 [[STEP]], -2
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP4:%.*]] = add i32 [[TMP3]], [[TMP2]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP5:%.*]] = add i32 [[SMAX]], [[TMP4]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[UMIN:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.umin.i32(i32 [[TMP5]], i32 1)
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP6:%.*]] = add i32 [[UMIN]], 1
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP7:%.*]] = sub i32 [[TMP5]], [[UMIN]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[UMAX:%.*]] = call i32 @llvm.umax.i32(i32 [[STEP]], i32 1)
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP8:%.*]] = udiv i32 [[TMP7]], [[UMAX]]
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP9:%.*]] = add i32 [[TMP6]], [[TMP8]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ult i32 [[TMP15]], 2
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[MIN_ITERS_CHECK]], label %[[SCALAR_PH:.*]], label %[[VECTOR_SCEVCHECK:.*]]
 ; CHECK:       [[VECTOR_SCEVCHECK]]:
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/version-mem-access.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/version-mem-access.ll
index 3a98ae31b02b4..0f54a05984bcf 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/version-mem-access.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/LoopVectorize/version-mem-access.ll
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ define void @fn1(ptr noalias %x, ptr noalias %c, double %a) {
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP8:%.*]] = icmp sgt i32 [[CONV2]], 0
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[CMP8]], label %[[LOOP_PREHEADER:.*]], [[EXIT:label %.*]]
 ; CHECK:       [[LOOP_PREHEADER]]:
-; CHECK-NEXT:    [[TMP0:%.*]] = zext i32 [[CONV2]] to i64
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label %[[VECTOR_SCEVCHECK:.*]]
 ; CHECK:       [[VECTOR_SCEVCHECK]]:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[IDENT_CHECK:%.*]] = icmp ne i32 [[CONV]], 1
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/PhaseOrdering/AArch64/indvars-vectorization.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/PhaseOrdering/AArch64/indvars-vectorization.ll
index fac74551a8add..f338bec08be6d 100644
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/PhaseOrdering/AArch64/indvars-vectorization.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/PhaseOrdering/AArch64/indvars-vectorization.ll
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ define void @s172(i32 noundef %xa, i32 noundef %xb, ptr noundef %a, ptr noundef
 ; CHECK:       middle.block:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[CMP_N:%.*]] = icmp eq i64 [[TMP8]], [[N_VEC]]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br i1 [[CMP_N]], label [[FOR_END]], label [[FOR_BODY_PREHEADER13]]
-; CHECK:       for.body.preheader13:
+; CHECK:       for.body.preheader10:
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    [[INDVARS_IV_PH:%.*]] = phi i64 [ [[TMP0]], [[VECTOR_MEMCHECK]] ], [ [[TMP0]], [[FOR_BODY_PREHEADER]] ], [ [[IND_END]], [[MIDDLE_BLOCK]] ]
 ; CHECK-NEXT:    br label [[FOR_BODY:%.*]]
 ; CHECK:       for.body:



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