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1/* Tree based alias analysis and alias oracle.
2 Copyright (C) 2008-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 Contributed by Richard Guenther <rguenther@suse.de>
4
5 This file is part of GCC.
6
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9 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
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11
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16
17 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
18 along with GCC; see the file COPYING3. If not see
19 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
20
21#ifndef TREE_SSA_ALIAS_H
22#define TREE_SSA_ALIAS_H
23
24/* The points-to solution.
25
26 The points-to solution is a union of pt_vars and the abstract
27 sets specified by the flags. */
28struct GTY(()) pt_solution
29{
30 /* Nonzero if points-to analysis couldn't determine where this pointer
31 is pointing to. */
32 unsigned int anything : 1;
33
34 /* Nonzero if the points-to set includes any global memory. Note that
35 even if this is zero pt_vars can still include global variables. */
36 unsigned int nonlocal : 1;
37
38 /* Nonzero if the points-to set includes the local escaped solution by
39 reference. */
40 unsigned int escaped : 1;
41
42 /* Nonzero if the points-to set includes the IPA escaped solution by
43 reference. */
44 unsigned int ipa_escaped : 1;
45
46 /* Nonzero if the points-to set includes 'nothing', the points-to set
47 includes memory at address NULL. */
48 unsigned int null : 1;
49
50 /* Nonzero if the points-to set includes a readonly object like a
51 STRING_CST that does not have an underlying declaration but will
52 end up in the constant pool. */
53 unsigned int const_pool : 1;
54
55 /* Nonzero if the vars bitmap includes a variable included in 'nonlocal'. */
56 unsigned int vars_contains_nonlocal : 1;
57 /* Nonzero if the vars bitmap includes a local automatic variable. */
58 unsigned int vars_contains_auto : 1;
59 /* Nonzero if the vars bitmap includes a variable included in 'escaped'. */
60 unsigned int vars_contains_escaped : 1;
61 /* Nonzero if the vars bitmap includes a anonymous heap variable that
62 escaped the function and thus became global. */
64 /* Nonzero if the vars bitmap includes a anonymous variable used to
65 represent storage pointed to by a restrict qualified pointer. */
66 unsigned int vars_contains_restrict : 1;
67 /* Nonzero if the vars bitmap includes an interposable variable. */
69
70 /* Set of variables that this pointer may point to. */
72};
73
74
75/* Simplified and cached information about a memory reference tree.
76 Used by the alias-oracle internally and externally in alternate
77 interfaces. */
78class ao_ref
79{
80public:
81 /* The original full memory reference tree or NULL_TREE if that is
82 not available. */
84
85 /* The following fields are the decomposed reference as returned
86 by get_ref_base_and_extent. */
87 /* The base object of the memory reference or NULL_TREE if all of
88 the following fields are not yet computed. */
90 /* The offset relative to the base. */
92 /* The size of the access. */
94 /* The maximum possible extent of the access or -1 if unconstrained. */
96
97 /* The alias set of the access or -1 if not yet computed. */
99
100 /* The alias set of the base object or -1 if not yet computed. */
102
103 /* Whether the memory is considered a volatile access. */
105
106 bool max_size_known_p () const;
107};
108
109/* Return true if the maximum size is known, rather than the special -1
110 marker. */
111
112inline bool
114{
115 return known_size_p (max_size);
116}
117
118/* In tree-ssa-alias.cc */
119extern void ao_ref_init (ao_ref *, tree);
121extern void ao_ref_init_from_ptr_and_range (ao_ref *, tree, bool,
123 poly_int64);
124extern tree ao_ref_base (ao_ref *);
129extern bool ao_ref_alignment (ao_ref *, unsigned int *,
130 unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT *);
131extern bool ptr_deref_may_alias_global_p (tree, bool);
132extern bool ptr_deref_may_alias_auto_p (tree);
133extern bool ptr_derefs_may_alias_p (tree, tree);
134extern bool ptrs_compare_unequal (tree, tree);
135extern bool ref_may_alias_global_p (tree, bool);
136extern bool ref_may_alias_global_p (ao_ref *, bool);
137extern bool refs_may_alias_p (tree, tree, bool = true);
138extern bool refs_may_alias_p_1 (ao_ref *, ao_ref *, bool);
139extern bool refs_anti_dependent_p (tree, tree);
140extern bool refs_output_dependent_p (tree, tree);
141extern bool ref_maybe_used_by_stmt_p (gimple *, tree, bool = true);
142extern bool ref_maybe_used_by_stmt_p (gimple *, ao_ref *, bool = true);
143extern bool stmt_may_clobber_global_p (gimple *, bool);
144extern bool stmt_may_clobber_ref_p (gimple *, tree, bool = true);
145extern bool stmt_may_clobber_ref_p_1 (gimple *, ao_ref *, bool = true);
146extern bool call_may_clobber_ref_p (gcall *, tree, bool = true);
147extern bool call_may_clobber_ref_p_1 (gcall *, ao_ref *, bool = true);
148extern bool stmt_kills_ref_p (gimple *, tree);
149extern bool stmt_kills_ref_p (gimple *, ao_ref *);
151
155 unsigned int &, bitmap *, bool,
156 void *(*)(ao_ref *, tree, void *,
158 void *,
159 bool (*)(edge, void *) = nullptr,
162extern void *walk_non_aliased_vuses (ao_ref *, tree, bool,
163 void *(*)(ao_ref *, tree, void *),
164 void *(*)(ao_ref *, tree, void *,
166 bool (*)(edge, void *),
167 tree (*)(tree), unsigned &, void *);
168extern int walk_aliased_vdefs (ao_ref *, tree,
169 bool (*)(ao_ref *, tree, void *),
170 void *, bitmap *,
171 bool *function_entry_reached = NULL,
172 unsigned int limit = 0);
173extern void dump_alias_info (FILE *);
174extern void debug_alias_info (void);
175extern void dump_points_to_solution (FILE *, struct pt_solution *);
176extern void debug (pt_solution &ref);
177extern void debug (pt_solution *ptr);
178extern void dump_points_to_info_for (FILE *, tree);
179extern void debug_points_to_info_for (tree);
180extern void dump_alias_stats (FILE *);
181
182
183/* In tree-ssa-structalias.cc */
184extern unsigned int compute_may_aliases (void);
185extern bool pt_solution_empty_p (const pt_solution *);
186extern bool pt_solution_singleton_or_null_p (struct pt_solution *, unsigned *);
187extern bool pt_solution_includes_global (struct pt_solution *, bool);
188extern bool pt_solution_includes_auto (struct pt_solution *);
189extern bool pt_solution_includes (struct pt_solution *, const_tree);
190extern bool pt_solution_includes_const_pool (struct pt_solution *);
191extern bool pt_solutions_intersect (struct pt_solution *, struct pt_solution *);
192extern void pt_solution_reset (struct pt_solution *);
193extern void pt_solution_set (struct pt_solution *, bitmap, bool);
194extern void pt_solution_set_var (struct pt_solution *, tree);
195
196extern void dump_pta_stats (FILE *);
197
198extern GTY(()) struct pt_solution ipa_escaped_pt;
199
200/* Return true, if the two ranges [POS1, SIZE1] and [POS2, SIZE2]
201 overlap. SIZE1 and/or SIZE2 can be (unsigned)-1 in which case the
202 range is open-ended. Otherwise return false. */
203
204inline bool
205ranges_overlap_p (HOST_WIDE_INT pos1,
206 unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT size1,
207 HOST_WIDE_INT pos2,
208 unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT size2)
209{
210 if (size1 == 0 || size2 == 0)
211 return false;
212 if (pos1 >= pos2
213 && (size2 == (unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT)-1
214 || pos1 < (pos2 + (HOST_WIDE_INT) size2)))
215 return true;
216 if (pos2 >= pos1
217 && (size1 == (unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT)-1
218 || pos2 < (pos1 + (HOST_WIDE_INT) size1)))
219 return true;
220
221 return false;
222}
223
224
225
226#endif /* TREE_SSA_ALIAS_H */
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:79
poly_int64 offset
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:91
bool volatile_p
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:104
tree base
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:89
poly_int64 size
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:93
tree ref
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:83
alias_set_type ref_alias_set
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:98
poly_int64 max_size
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:95
alias_set_type base_alias_set
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:101
bool max_size_known_p() const
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:113
bool debug
Definition collect-utils.cc:34
class edge_def * edge
Definition coretypes.h:348
const union tree_node * const_tree
Definition coretypes.h:98
#define GTY(x)
Definition coretypes.h:41
class bitmap_head * bitmap
Definition coretypes.h:51
union tree_node * tree
Definition coretypes.h:97
int alias_set_type
Definition coretypes.h:345
static bool ranges_overlap_p(const insn_range_info &r1, const insn_range_info &r2)
Definition pair-fusion.cc:757
poly_int< NUM_POLY_INT_COEFFS, HOST_WIDE_INT > poly_int64
Definition poly-int-types.h:24
Definition gimple.h:355
Definition gimple.h:224
Definition gimple.h:464
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:29
unsigned int vars_contains_escaped
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:60
bitmap vars
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:71
unsigned int vars_contains_interposable
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:68
unsigned int vars_contains_auto
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:58
unsigned int vars_contains_escaped_heap
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:63
unsigned int nonlocal
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:36
unsigned int vars_contains_restrict
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:66
unsigned int null
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:48
unsigned int escaped
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:40
unsigned int ipa_escaped
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:44
unsigned int const_pool
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:53
unsigned int vars_contains_nonlocal
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:56
unsigned int anything
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:32
#define NULL
Definition system.h:50
void ao_ref_init_from_ptr_and_size(ao_ref *, tree, tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:965
bool call_may_clobber_ref_p(gcall *, tree, bool=true)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:3283
bool ref_can_have_store_data_races(tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:3738
bool ranges_overlap_p(HOST_WIDE_INT pos1, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT size1, HOST_WIDE_INT pos2, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT size2)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:205
struct pt_solution ipa_escaped_pt
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1838
translate_flags
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:153
@ TR_VALUEIZE_AND_DISAMBIGUATE
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:153
@ TR_TRANSLATE
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:153
@ TR_DISAMBIGUATE
Definition tree-ssa-alias.h:153
bool refs_output_dependent_p(tree, tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:2641
tree ao_ref_base(ao_ref *)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:795
void pt_solution_set(struct pt_solution *, bitmap, bool)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1006
int walk_aliased_vdefs(ao_ref *, tree, bool(*)(ao_ref *, tree, void *), void *, bitmap *, bool *function_entry_reached=NULL, unsigned int limit=0)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:4101
unsigned int compute_may_aliases(void)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1721
bool ptr_deref_may_alias_auto_p(tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:245
bool ptrs_compare_unequal(tree, tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:447
bool ao_ref_alignment(ao_ref *, unsigned int *, unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT *)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:874
bool pt_solution_singleton_or_null_p(struct pt_solution *, unsigned *)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1093
bool stmt_may_clobber_global_p(gimple *, bool)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:582
void * walk_non_aliased_vuses(ao_ref *, tree, bool, void *(*)(ao_ref *, tree, void *), void *(*)(ao_ref *, tree, void *, translate_flags *), bool(*)(edge, void *), tree(*)(tree), unsigned &, void *)
void dump_pta_stats(FILE *)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:971
bool refs_may_alias_p(tree, tree, bool=true)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:2617
void debug_points_to_info_for(tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:771
void ao_ref_init(ao_ref *, tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:780
bool pt_solution_includes_global(struct pt_solution *, bool)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1109
bool pt_solutions_intersect(struct pt_solution *, struct pt_solution *)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1262
bool refs_anti_dependent_p(tree, tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:2629
tree ao_ref_base_alias_ptr_type(ao_ref *)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:842
bool ptr_derefs_may_alias_p(tree, tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:341
bool ref_may_alias_global_p(tree, bool)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:571
alias_set_type ao_ref_base_alias_set(ao_ref *)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:809
void debug_alias_info(void)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:663
bool call_may_clobber_ref_p_1(gcall *, ao_ref *, bool=true)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:3117
void dump_points_to_solution(FILE *, struct pt_solution *)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:672
bool ptr_deref_may_alias_global_p(tree, bool)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:221
void pt_solution_set_var(struct pt_solution *, tree)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1020
bool refs_may_alias_p_1(ao_ref *, ao_ref *, bool)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:2598
tree get_continuation_for_phi(gphi *, ao_ref *, bool, unsigned int &, bitmap *, bool, void *(*)(ao_ref *, tree, void *, translate_flags *), void *, bool(*)(edge, void *)=nullptr, translate_flags=TR_VALUEIZE_AND_DISAMBIGUATE)
bool pt_solution_includes(struct pt_solution *, const_tree)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1187
void pt_solution_reset(struct pt_solution *)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:993
void dump_alias_info(FILE *)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:615
bool stmt_may_clobber_ref_p_1(gimple *, ao_ref *, bool=true)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:3301
bool pt_solution_includes_auto(struct pt_solution *)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1139
bool stmt_may_clobber_ref_p(gimple *, tree, bool=true)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:3334
void dump_points_to_info_for(FILE *, tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:753
bool pt_solution_includes_const_pool(struct pt_solution *)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1201
tree ao_ref_alias_ptr_type(ao_ref *)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:861
alias_set_type ao_ref_alias_set(ao_ref *)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:828
void dump_alias_stats(FILE *)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:135
void ao_ref_init_from_ptr_and_range(ao_ref *, tree, bool, poly_int64, poly_int64, poly_int64)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:901
bool ref_maybe_used_by_stmt_p(gimple *, tree, bool=true)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:3106
bool stmt_kills_ref_p(gimple *, tree)
Definition tree-ssa-alias.cc:3728
bool pt_solution_empty_p(const pt_solution *)
Definition tree-ssa-structalias.cc:1066