[TailCallElim] Enable marking of calls with byval as tails

In r339636 the alias analysis rules were changed with regards to tail calls
and byval arguments. Previously, tail calls were assumed not to alias
allocas from the current frame. This has been updated, to not assume this
for arguments with the byval attribute.

This patch aligns TailCallElim with the new rule. Tail marking can now be
more aggressive and mark more calls as tails, e.g.:

define void @test() {
  %f = alloca %struct.foo
  call void @bar(%struct.foo* byval %f)
  ret void
}

define void @test2(%struct.foo* byval %f) {
  call void @bar(%struct.foo* byval %f)
  ret void
}

define void @test3(%struct.foo* byval %f) {
  %agg.tmp = alloca %struct.foo
  %0 = bitcast %struct.foo* %agg.tmp to i8*
  %1 = bitcast %struct.foo* %f to i8*
  call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* %0, i8* %1, i64 40, i1 false)
  call void @bar(%struct.foo* byval %agg.tmp)
  ret void
}

The problematic case where a byval parameter is captured by a call is still
handled correctly, and will not be marked as a tail (see PR7272).

llvm-svn: 343986

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/TailRecursionElimination.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/TailRecursionElimination.cpp
index 0b22f56edfa..6a77a2d414f 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/TailRecursionElimination.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/TailRecursionElimination.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@ struct AllocaDerivedValueTracker {
       case Instruction::Call:
       case Instruction::Invoke: {
         CallSite CS(I);
+        // If the alloca-derived argument is passed byval it is not an escape
+        // point, or a use of an alloca. Calling with byval copies the contents
+        // of the alloca into argument registers or stack slots, which exist
+        // beyond the lifetime of the current frame.
+        if (CS.isArgOperand(U) && CS.isByValArgument(CS.getArgumentNo(U)))
+          continue;
         bool IsNocapture =
             CS.isDataOperand(U) && CS.doesNotCapture(CS.getDataOperandNo(U));
         callUsesLocalStack(CS, IsNocapture);