[SimplifyCFG] Defer folding unconditional branches to LateSimplifyCFG if it can destroy canonical loop structure.

Summary:
When simplifying unconditional branches from empty blocks, we pre-test if the
BB belongs to a set of loop headers and keep the block to prevent passes from
destroying canonical loop structure. However, the current algorithm fails if
the destination of the branch is a loop header. Especially when such a loop's
latch block is folded into loop header it results in additional backedges and
LoopSimplify turns it into a nested loop which prevent later optimizations
from being applied (e.g., loop  unrolling and loop interleaving).

This patch augments the existing algorithm by further checking if the
destination of the branch belongs to a set of loop headers and defer
eliminating it if yes to LateSimplifyCFG.

Fixes PR33605: https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33605

Reviewers: efriedma, mcrosier, pacxx, hsung, davidxl

Reviewed By: efriedma

Subscribers: ashutosh.nema, gberry, javed.absar, llvm-commits

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D35411

llvm-svn: 308422

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp
index 4056cc5cb34..c5557bef8cc 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp
@@ -231,13 +231,15 @@ bool JumpThreadingPass::runImpl(Function &F, TargetLibraryInfo *TLI_,
       // Can't thread an unconditional jump, but if the block is "almost
       // empty", we can replace uses of it with uses of the successor and make
       // this dead.
-      // We should not eliminate the loop header either, because eliminating
-      // a loop header might later prevent LoopSimplify from transforming nested
-      // loops into simplified form.
+      // We should not eliminate the loop header or latch either, because
+      // eliminating a loop header or latch might later prevent LoopSimplify
+      // from transforming nested loops into simplified form. We will rely on
+      // later passes in backend to clean up empty blocks.
       if (BI && BI->isUnconditional() &&
           BB != &BB->getParent()->getEntryBlock() &&
           // If the terminator is the only non-phi instruction, try to nuke it.
-          BB->getFirstNonPHIOrDbg()->isTerminator() && !LoopHeaders.count(BB)) {
+          BB->getFirstNonPHIOrDbg()->isTerminator() && !LoopHeaders.count(BB) &&
+          !LoopHeaders.count(BI->getSuccessor(0))) {
         // FIXME: It is always conservatively correct to drop the info
         // for a block even if it doesn't get erased.  This isn't totally
         // awesome, but it allows us to use AssertingVH to prevent nasty