[llvm-dev] Use def chain for static data dependency

[John Criswell via llvm-dev]

On 9/15/16 11:55 AM, qamar ilyas via llvm-dev wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am new in this group. I have a basic question. Can use-def chain be 
> used for static data dependency?. Any help regarding this is greatly 
> appreciated.

The def-use chains explicit in the LLVM IR can be used to detect data 
dependencies on data that is always held in SSA virtual registers.

If you want to analyze the data-flow through memory (e.g., through 
memory allocated by the alloca instruction or a call to the heap 
allocator), then you need to use iterative data-flow analysis and alias 
analysis.  For example, if a value is the result of an LLVM load 
instruction, you must use iterative data-flow analysis to determine 
properties of the value(s) that were stored to that memory location.

Regards,

John Criswell


>
> Thanks,
> Qamar
>
>
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John Criswell
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Department of Computer Science, University of Rochester
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