With opaque pointers, we cannot use the pointer element type to
determine the LocationSize for the AA query. Instead, -aa-eval
tests are now required to have an explicit load or store for any
pointer they want to compute alias results for, and the load/store
types are used to determine the location size.
This may affect ordering of results, and sorting within one result,
as the type is not considered part of the sorted string anymore.
To somewhat minimize the churn, printing still uses faux typed
pointer notation.
Currently, DecomposeGEP() bails out on the whole decomposition if
it encounters a scalable GEP type anywhere. However, it is fine to
still analyze other GEPs that we look through before hitting the
scalable GEP. This does mean that the decomposed GEP base is no
longer required to be the same as the underlying object. However,
I don't believe this property is necessary for correctness anymore.
This allows us to compute slightly more precise aliasing results
for GEP chains containing scalable vectors, though my primary
interest here is simplifying the code.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D110511
Summary:
Don't attempt to analyze the decomposed GEP for scalable type.
GEP index scale is not compile-time constant for scalable type.
Be conservative, return MayAlias.
Explicitly call TypeSize::getFixedSize() to assert on places where
scalable type doesn't make sense.
Add unit tests to check functionality of -basicaa for scalable type.
This patch is needed for D76944.
Reviewers: sdesmalen, efriedma, spatel, bjope, ctetreau
Reviewed By: efriedma
Subscribers: tschuett, hiraditya, rkruppe, psnobl, llvm-commits
Tags: #llvm
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D77828
Nikita Popov