DependencyAnalysis.h

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//===- DependencyAnalysis.h - ObjC ARC Optimization ---*- C++ -*-----------===//
//
//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
//
// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
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/// \file
///
/// This file declares special dependency analysis routines used in Objective C
/// ARC Optimizations.
///
/// WARNING: This file knows about certain library functions. It recognizes them
/// by name, and hardwires knowledge of their semantics.
///
/// WARNING: This file knows about how certain Objective-C library functions are
/// used. Naive LLVM IR transformations which would otherwise be
/// behavior-preserving may break these assumptions.
///
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#ifndef LLVM_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_DEPEDENCYANALYSIS_H
#define LLVM_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_DEPEDENCYANALYSIS_H

#include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"

namespace llvm {
  class BasicBlock;
  class Instruction;
  class Value;
}

namespace llvm {
namespace objcarc {

class ProvenanceAnalysis;

/// \enum DependenceKind
/// \brief Defines different dependence kinds among various ARC constructs.
///
/// There are several kinds of dependence-like concepts in use here.
///
enum DependenceKind {
  NeedsPositiveRetainCount,
  AutoreleasePoolBoundary,
  CanChangeRetainCount,
  RetainAutoreleaseDep,       ///< Blocks objc_retainAutorelease.
  RetainAutoreleaseRVDep,     ///< Blocks objc_retainAutoreleaseReturnValue.
  RetainRVDep                 ///< Blocks objc_retainAutoreleasedReturnValue.
};

void FindDependencies(DependenceKind Flavor,
                      const Value *Arg,
                      BasicBlock *StartBB, Instruction *StartInst,
                      SmallPtrSet<Instruction *, 4> &DependingInstructions,
                      SmallPtrSet<const BasicBlock *, 4> &Visited,
                      ProvenanceAnalysis &PA);

bool
Depends(DependenceKind Flavor, Instruction *Inst, const Value *Arg,
        ProvenanceAnalysis &PA);

/// Test whether the given instruction can "use" the given pointer's object in a
/// way that requires the reference count to be positive.
bool
CanUse(const Instruction *Inst, const Value *Ptr, ProvenanceAnalysis &PA,
       InstructionClass Class);

/// Test whether the given instruction can result in a reference count
/// modification (positive or negative) for the pointer's object.
bool
CanAlterRefCount(const Instruction *Inst, const Value *Ptr,
                 ProvenanceAnalysis &PA, InstructionClass Class);

} // namespace objcarc
} // namespace llvm

#endif // LLVM_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_DEPEDENCYANALYSIS_H