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Fix a SimplifyCFG typo that leads to unbounded optimization
Fixes rdar://73357726 ([SR-14068]: Compiling with optimisation runs
indefinitely for grpc-swift)
The root cause of this problem is that SimplifyCFG::tryJumpThreading
jump threads into loops, effectively peeling loops. This is not the
right way to implement loop peeling. That belongs in a loop
optimization pass. There's is simply no sane way to control jump
threading if it is allowed across loop boundaries, both from the
standpoint of requiring optimizations to terminate and from the
standpoint of reducing senseless code bloat.
SimplifyCFG does have a mechanism to avoid jump-threading into loop in
most cases. That mechanism would actually prevent the infinite loop
peeling in this particular case if it were implemented correctly. But
the original implementation circa 2014 appears to have a typo.
This commit fixes that obvious bug. I do not think it's a sufficient
to ensure we never see the bad behavior. I will file separate bugs for
the broader issue.
This bad behavior was exposed incidentally by splitting critical
edges. Without edge splitting, SimplifyCFG::simplifyBlocks only
performs "jump threading" once, creating a critical edge to the loop
header. Because simplifyBlocks works under the assumption that there
are no critical edges, it never attempts to perform jump threading
again. In other words, the presence of the critical edge "breaks" the
optimization, preventing it from continuing as intended.
With edge splitting, the simplifyBlocks worklist performs "jump
threading" followed by "jump to trampoline" removal, which creates a
new loop-back edge to the original loop header. This is fine. However,
simplifyBlocks iteratively attempts all optimizations up to a fix
point and it does not stop at loop headers! So, splitting the critical
edge causes simplifyBlocks to work as intended, which leads to
infinite loop peeling. The end result is an infinite sequence of
nested loops. Each peeled iteration is actually within the parent
loop.
(cherry picked from commit 8948f75)
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