Basic DCE pass.

src/alloy/compiler/passes.h

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 //#include <alloy/compiler/passes/constant_propagation_pass.h>
 //#include <alloy/compiler/passes/context_promotion_pass.h>
-//#include <alloy/compiler/passes/dead_code_elimination_pass.h>
+#include <alloy/compiler/passes/dead_code_elimination_pass.h>
 //#include <alloy/compiler/passes/dead_store_elimination_pass.h>
 #include <alloy/compiler/passes/simplification_pass.h>
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 //     store_context +100, v0  <-- removed due to following store
 //     store_context +100, v1
 //   This is more generally done by DSE, however if it could be done here
-//   instead as it may be faster (at least on the block-level). 
+//   instead as it may be faster (at least on the block-level).
 //
 // - ConstantPropagation
 //   One ContextPromotion has run there will likely be a whole slew of

src/alloy/compiler/passes/dead_code_elimination_pass.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/**
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * Xenia : Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project                                 *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright 2013 Ben Vanik. All rights reserved.                             *
+ * Released under the BSD license - see LICENSE in the root for more details. *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ */
+
+#include <alloy/compiler/passes/dead_code_elimination_pass.h>
+
+using namespace alloy;
+using namespace alloy::compiler;
+using namespace alloy::compiler::passes;
+using namespace alloy::hir;
+
+
+DeadCodeEliminationPass::DeadCodeEliminationPass() :
+    Pass() {
+}
+
+DeadCodeEliminationPass::~DeadCodeEliminationPass() {
+}
+
+int DeadCodeEliminationPass::Run(FunctionBuilder* builder) {
+  // ContextPromotion/DSE will likely leave around a lot of dead statements.
+  // Code generated for comparison/testing produces many unused statements and
+  // with proper use analysis it should be possible to remove most of them:
+  // After context promotion/simplification:
+  //   v33.i8 = compare_ult v31.i32, 0
+  //   v34.i8 = compare_ugt v31.i32, 0
+  //   v35.i8 = compare_eq v31.i32, 0
+  //   store_context +300, v33.i8
+  //   store_context +301, v34.i8
+  //   store_context +302, v35.i8
+  //   branch_true v35.i8, loc_8201A484
+  // After DSE:
+  //   v33.i8 = compare_ult v31.i32, 0
+  //   v34.i8 = compare_ugt v31.i32, 0
+  //   v35.i8 = compare_eq v31.i32, 0
+  //   branch_true v35.i8, loc_8201A484
+  // After DCE:
+  //   v35.i8 = compare_eq v31.i32, 0
+  //   branch_true v35.i8, loc_8201A484
+
+  // We process DCE by reverse iterating over instructions and looking at the
+  // use count of the dest value. If it's zero, we can safely remove the
+  // instruction. Once we do that, the use counts of any of the src ops may
+  // go to zero and we recursively kill up the graph. This is kind of
+  // nasty in that we walk randomly and scribble all over memory, but (I think)
+  // it's better than doing passes over all instructions until we quiesce.
+  // To prevent our iteration from getting all messed up we just replace
+  // all removed ops with NOP and then do a single pass that removes them
+  // all.
+
+  const OpcodeInfo* nop = builder->GetNopOpcode();
+
+  bool any_removed = false;
+  Block* block = builder->first_block();
+  while (block) {
+    Instr* i = block->instr_tail;
+    while (i) {
+      Instr* prev = i->prev;
+
+      const OpcodeInfo* opcode = i->opcode;
+      uint32_t signature = opcode->signature;
+      if (!(opcode->flags & OPCODE_FLAG_VOLATILE) &&
+          i->dest && !i->dest->use_head) {
+        // Has no uses and is not volatile. This instruction can die!
+        MakeNopRecursive(nop, i);
+        any_removed = true;
+      }
+
+      i = prev;
+    }
+
+    block = block->next;
+  }
+
+  // Remove all nops.
+  if (any_removed) {
+    Block* block = builder->first_block();
+    while (block) {
+      Instr* i = block->instr_head;
+      while (i) {
+        Instr* next = i->next;
+        if (i->opcode->num == OPCODE_NOP) {
+          // Nop - remove!
+          i->Remove();
+        }
+        i = next;
+      }
+      block = block->next;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void DeadCodeEliminationPass::MakeNopRecursive(
+    const OpcodeInfo* nop, Instr* i) {
+  i->opcode = nop;
+  i->dest->def = NULL;
+  i->dest = NULL;
+
+#define MAKE_NOP_SRC(n) \
+  if (i->src##n##_use) { \
+    Value::Use* use = i->src##n##_use; \
+    Value* value = i->src##n##.value; \
+    i->src##n##_use = NULL; \
+    i->src##n##.value = NULL; \
+    value->RemoveUse(use); \
+    if (!value->use_head) { \
+      /* Value is now unused, so recursively kill it. */ \
+      if (value->def && value->def != i) { \
+        MakeNopRecursive(nop, value->def); \
+      } \
+    } \
+  }
+  MAKE_NOP_SRC(1);
+  MAKE_NOP_SRC(2);
+  MAKE_NOP_SRC(3);
+}

src/alloy/compiler/passes/dead_code_elimination_pass.h

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * Xenia : Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project                                 *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright 2013 Ben Vanik. All rights reserved.                             *
+ * Released under the BSD license - see LICENSE in the root for more details. *
+ ******************************************************************************
+ */
+
+#ifndef ALLOY_COMPILER_PASSES_DEAD_CODE_ELIMINATION_PASS_H_
+#define ALLOY_COMPILER_PASSES_DEAD_CODE_ELIMINATION_PASS_H_
+
+#include <alloy/compiler/pass.h>
+
+
+namespace alloy {
+namespace compiler {
+namespace passes {
+
+
+class DeadCodeEliminationPass : public Pass {
+public:
+  DeadCodeEliminationPass();
+  virtual ~DeadCodeEliminationPass();
+
+  virtual int Run(hir::FunctionBuilder* builder);
+
+private:
+  void MakeNopRecursive(const hir::OpcodeInfo* nop, hir::Instr* i);
+};
+
+
+}  // namespace passes
+}  // namespace compiler
+}  // namespace alloy
+
+
+#endif  // ALLOY_COMPILER_PASSES_DEAD_CODE_ELIMINATION_PASS_H_

src/alloy/compiler/passes/simplification_pass.cc

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <alloy/compiler/passes/simplification_pass.h>
-#include <alloy/hir/function_builder.h>
 
 using namespace alloy;
 using namespace alloy::compiler;

src/alloy/compiler/passes/sources.gypi

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
     #'constant_propagation_pass.h',
     #'context_promotion_pass.cc',
     #'context_promotion_pass.h',
-    #'dead_code_elimination_pass.cc',
-    #'dead_code_elimination_pass.h',
+    'dead_code_elimination_pass.cc',
+    'dead_code_elimination_pass.h',
     #'dead_store_elimination_pass.cc',
     #'dead_store_elimination_pass.h',
     'simplification_pass.cc',

src/alloy/frontend/ppc/ppc_translator.cc

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PPCTranslator::PPCTranslator(PPCFrontend* frontend) :
   //compiler_->AddPass(new passes::ByteSwapEliminationPass());
   compiler_->AddPass(new passes::SimplificationPass());
   //compiler_->AddPass(new passes::DeadStoreEliminationPass());
-  //compiler_->AddPass(new passes::DeadCodeEliminationPass());
+  compiler_->AddPass(new passes::DeadCodeEliminationPass());
 
   Backend* backend = frontend->runtime()->backend();
   assembler_ = backend->CreateAssembler();

src/alloy/hir/block.h

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 namespace alloy {
 namespace hir {
 
+class FunctionBuilder;
 class Instr;
 class Label;
 

src/alloy/hir/function_builder.cc

@@ -374,14 +374,17 @@ void FunctionBuilder::Comment(const char* format, ...) {
   i->src2.value = i->src3.value = NULL;
 }
 
-void FunctionBuilder::Nop() {
+const OpcodeInfo* FunctionBuilder::GetNopOpcode() const {
   STATIC_OPCODE(
       OPCODE_NOP,
       "nop",
       OPCODE_SIG_X,
       OPCODE_FLAG_IGNORE);
+  return &opcode;
+}
 
-  Instr* i = AppendInstr(opcode, 0);
+void FunctionBuilder::Nop() {
+  Instr* i = AppendInstr(*GetNopOpcode(), 0);
   i->src1.value = i->src2.value = i->src3.value = NULL;
 }
 

src/alloy/hir/function_builder.h

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public:
 
   void Comment(const char* format, ...);
 
+  const OpcodeInfo* GetNopOpcode() const;
   void Nop();
 
   // trace info/etc

src/alloy/hir/instr.cc

@@ -47,3 +47,33 @@ void Instr::set_src3(Value* value) {
   src3.value = value;
   src3_use = value ? value->AddUse(block->arena, this) : NULL;
 }
+
+void Instr::Remove() {
+  if (dest) {
+    XEASSERT(!dest->use_head);
+    dest->def = NULL;
+  }
+  if (src1_use) {
+    src1.value->RemoveUse(src1_use);
+    src1_use = NULL;
+  }
+  if (src2_use) {
+    src2.value->RemoveUse(src2_use);
+    src2_use = NULL;
+  }
+  if (src3_use) {
+    src3.value->RemoveUse(src3_use);
+    src3_use = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (prev) {
+    prev->next = next;
+  } else {
+    block->instr_head = next;
+  }
+  if (next) {
+    next->prev = prev;
+  } else {
+    block->instr_tail = prev;
+  }
+}

src/alloy/hir/instr.h

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ public:
   void set_src1(Value* value);
   void set_src2(Value* value);
   void set_src3(Value* value);
+
+  void Remove();
 };