LoopUtils.h

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//===- llvm/Transforms/Utils/LoopUtils.h - Loop utilities -*- 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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//
// This file defines some loop transformation utilities.
//
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#ifndef LLVM_TRANSFORMS_UTILS_LOOPUTILS_H
#define LLVM_TRANSFORMS_UTILS_LOOPUTILS_H

namespace llvm {
class AliasAnalysis;
class AssumptionTracker;
class BasicBlock;
class DataLayout;
class DominatorTree;
class Loop;
class LoopInfo;
class Pass;
class ScalarEvolution;

BasicBlock *InsertPreheaderForLoop(Loop *L, Pass *P);

/// \brief Simplify each loop in a loop nest recursively.
///
/// This takes a potentially un-simplified loop L (and its children) and turns
/// it into a simplified loop nest with preheaders and single backedges. It
/// will optionally update \c AliasAnalysis and \c ScalarEvolution analyses if
/// passed into it.
bool simplifyLoop(Loop *L, DominatorTree *DT, LoopInfo *LI, Pass *PP,
                  AliasAnalysis *AA = nullptr, ScalarEvolution *SE = nullptr,
                  const DataLayout *DL = nullptr,
                  AssumptionTracker *AT = nullptr);

/// \brief Put loop into LCSSA form.
///
/// Looks at all instructions in the loop which have uses outside of the
/// current loop. For each, an LCSSA PHI node is inserted and the uses outside
/// the loop are rewritten to use this node.
///
/// LoopInfo and DominatorTree are required and preserved.
///
/// If ScalarEvolution is passed in, it will be preserved.
///
/// Returns true if any modifications are made to the loop.
bool formLCSSA(Loop &L, DominatorTree &DT, ScalarEvolution *SE = nullptr);

/// \brief Put a loop nest into LCSSA form.
///
/// This recursively forms LCSSA for a loop nest.
///
/// LoopInfo and DominatorTree are required and preserved.
///
/// If ScalarEvolution is passed in, it will be preserved.
///
/// Returns true if any modifications are made to the loop.
bool formLCSSARecursively(Loop &L, DominatorTree &DT,
                          ScalarEvolution *SE = nullptr);
}

#endif