ObjCARC.h   [plain text]

//===- ObjCARC.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.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
/// \file
/// This file defines common definitions/declarations used by the ObjC ARC
/// Optimizer. ARC stands for Automatic Reference Counting and is a system for
/// managing reference counts for objects in Objective C.
///
/// 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.
///
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#ifndef LLVM_LIB_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_OBJCARC_H
#define LLVM_LIB_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_OBJCARC_H

#include "llvm/ADT/StringSwitch.h"
#include "llvm/ADT/Optional.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/AliasAnalysis.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/ObjCARCAnalysisUtils.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/ObjCARCInstKind.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/Passes.h"
#include "llvm/Analysis/ValueTracking.h"
#include "llvm/IR/CallSite.h"
#include "llvm/IR/InstIterator.h"
#include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
#include "llvm/Pass.h"
#include "llvm/Transforms/ObjCARC.h"
#include "llvm/Transforms/Utils/Local.h"

namespace llvm {
class raw_ostream;
}

namespace llvm {
namespace objcarc {

/// \brief Erase the given instruction.
///
/// Many ObjC calls return their argument verbatim,
/// so if it's such a call and the return value has users, replace them with the
/// argument value.
///
static inline void EraseInstruction(Instruction *CI) {
  Value *OldArg = cast<CallInst>(CI)->getArgOperand(0);

  bool Unused = CI->use_empty();

  if (!Unused) {
    // Replace the return value with the argument.
    assert((IsForwarding(GetBasicARCInstKind(CI)) ||
            (IsNoopOnNull(GetBasicARCInstKind(CI)) &&
             isa<ConstantPointerNull>(OldArg))) &&
           "Can't delete non-forwarding instruction with users!");
    CI->replaceAllUsesWith(OldArg);
  }

  CI->eraseFromParent();

  if (Unused)
    RecursivelyDeleteTriviallyDeadInstructions(OldArg);
}

} // end namespace objcarc
} // end namespace llvm

#endif