1//===- UnifyFunctionExitNodes.cpp - Make all functions have a single exit -===//
2//
3// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6//
7//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8//
9// This pass is used to ensure that functions have at most one return and one
10// unreachable instruction in them.
11//
12//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
13
14#include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/UnifyFunctionExitNodes.h"
15#include "llvm/IR/BasicBlock.h"
16#include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
17#include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
18#include "llvm/IR/Type.h"
19#include "llvm/Transforms/Utils.h"
20using namespace llvm;
21
22namespace {
23
24bool unifyUnreachableBlocks(Function &F) {
25 std::vector<BasicBlock *> UnreachableBlocks;
26
27 for (BasicBlock &I : F)
28 if (isa<UnreachableInst>(Val: I.getTerminator()))
29 UnreachableBlocks.push_back(x: &I);
30
31 if (UnreachableBlocks.size() <= 1)
32 return false;
33
34 BasicBlock *UnreachableBlock =
35 BasicBlock::Create(Context&: F.getContext(), Name: "UnifiedUnreachableBlock", Parent: &F);
36 new UnreachableInst(F.getContext(), UnreachableBlock);
37
38 for (BasicBlock *BB : UnreachableBlocks) {
39 BB->back().eraseFromParent(); // Remove the unreachable inst.
40 BranchInst::Create(IfTrue: UnreachableBlock, InsertAtEnd: BB);
41 }
42
43 return true;
44}
45
46bool unifyReturnBlocks(Function &F) {
47 std::vector<BasicBlock *> ReturningBlocks;
48
49 for (BasicBlock &I : F)
50 if (isa<ReturnInst>(Val: I.getTerminator()))
51 ReturningBlocks.push_back(x: &I);
52
53 if (ReturningBlocks.size() <= 1)
54 return false;
55
56 // Insert a new basic block into the function, add PHI nodes (if the function
57 // returns values), and convert all of the return instructions into
58 // unconditional branches.
59 BasicBlock *NewRetBlock = BasicBlock::Create(Context&: F.getContext(),
60 Name: "UnifiedReturnBlock", Parent: &F);
61
62 PHINode *PN = nullptr;
63 if (F.getReturnType()->isVoidTy()) {
64 ReturnInst::Create(C&: F.getContext(), retVal: nullptr, InsertAtEnd: NewRetBlock);
65 } else {
66 // If the function doesn't return void... add a PHI node to the block...
67 PN = PHINode::Create(Ty: F.getReturnType(), NumReservedValues: ReturningBlocks.size(),
68 NameStr: "UnifiedRetVal");
69 PN->insertInto(ParentBB: NewRetBlock, It: NewRetBlock->end());
70 ReturnInst::Create(C&: F.getContext(), retVal: PN, InsertAtEnd: NewRetBlock);
71 }
72
73 // Loop over all of the blocks, replacing the return instruction with an
74 // unconditional branch.
75 for (BasicBlock *BB : ReturningBlocks) {
76 // Add an incoming element to the PHI node for every return instruction that
77 // is merging into this new block...
78 if (PN)
79 PN->addIncoming(V: BB->getTerminator()->getOperand(i: 0), BB);
80
81 BB->back().eraseFromParent(); // Remove the return insn
82 BranchInst::Create(IfTrue: NewRetBlock, InsertAtEnd: BB);
83 }
84
85 return true;
86}
87} // namespace
88
89PreservedAnalyses UnifyFunctionExitNodesPass::run(Function &F,
90 FunctionAnalysisManager &AM) {
91 bool Changed = false;
92 Changed |= unifyUnreachableBlocks(F);
93 Changed |= unifyReturnBlocks(F);
94 return Changed ? PreservedAnalyses() : PreservedAnalyses::all();
95}
96

source code of llvm/lib/Transforms/Utils/UnifyFunctionExitNodes.cpp