transform: do not special-case zero or one implementations of a method call

This is a common case, but it also complicates the code. Removing this
special case does have a negative effect on code size in rare cases, but
I don't think it's worth keeping around (and possibly causing bugs) for
such uncommon cases.

This should not result in functional changes, although the output (as
stated above) sometimes changes a little bit.

Author: aykevl

transform/interface-lowering.go

@@ -292,58 +292,40 @@ func (p *lowerInterfacesPass) run() error {
 
 		methodSet := use.Operand(1).Operand(0) // global variable
 		itf := p.interfaces[methodSet.Name()]
-		if len(itf.types) == 0 {
-			// This method call is impossible: no type implements this
-			// interface. In fact, the previous type assert that got this
-			// interface value should already have returned false.
-			// Replace the function pointer with undef (which will then be
-			// called), indicating to the optimizer this code is unreachable.
-			use.ReplaceAllUsesWith(llvm.Undef(p.uintptrType))
-			use.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
-		} else if len(itf.types) == 1 {
-			// There is only one implementation of the given type.
-			// Call that function directly.
-			err := p.replaceInvokeWithCall(use, itf.types[0], signature)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		} else {
-			// There are multiple types implementing this interface, thus there
-			// are multiple possible functions to call. Delegate calling the
-			// right function to a special wrapper function.
-			inttoptrs := getUses(use)
-			if len(inttoptrs) != 1 || inttoptrs[0].IsAIntToPtrInst().IsNil() {
-				return errorAt(use, "internal error: expected exactly one inttoptr use of runtime.interfaceMethod")
+
+		// Delegate calling the right function to a special wrapper function.
+		inttoptrs := getUses(use)
+		if len(inttoptrs) != 1 || inttoptrs[0].IsAIntToPtrInst().IsNil() {
+			return errorAt(use, "internal error: expected exactly one inttoptr use of runtime.interfaceMethod")
+		}
+		inttoptr := inttoptrs[0]
+		calls := getUses(inttoptr)
+		for _, call := range calls {
+			// Set up parameters for the call. First copy the regular params...
+			params := make([]llvm.Value, call.OperandsCount())
+			paramTypes := make([]llvm.Type, len(params))
+			for i := 0; i < len(params)-1; i++ {
+				params[i] = call.Operand(i)
+				paramTypes[i] = params[i].Type()
 			}
-			inttoptr := inttoptrs[0]
-			calls := getUses(inttoptr)
-			for _, call := range calls {
-				// Set up parameters for the call. First copy the regular params...
-				params := make([]llvm.Value, call.OperandsCount())
-				paramTypes := make([]llvm.Type, len(params))
-				for i := 0; i < len(params)-1; i++ {
-					params[i] = call.Operand(i)
-					paramTypes[i] = params[i].Type()
-				}
-				// then add the typecode to the end of the list.
-				params[len(params)-1] = typecode
-				paramTypes[len(params)-1] = p.uintptrType
-
-				// Create a function that redirects the call to the destination
-				// call, after selecting the right concrete type.
-				redirector := p.getInterfaceMethodFunc(itf, signature, call.Type(), paramTypes)
-
-				// Replace the old lookup/inttoptr/call with the new call.
-				p.builder.SetInsertPointBefore(call)
-				retval := p.builder.CreateCall(redirector, append(params, llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(p.ctx.Int8Type(), 0))), "")
-				if retval.Type().TypeKind() != llvm.VoidTypeKind {
-					call.ReplaceAllUsesWith(retval)
-				}
-				call.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
+			// then add the typecode to the end of the list.
+			params[len(params)-1] = typecode
+			paramTypes[len(params)-1] = p.uintptrType
+
+			// Create a function that redirects the call to the destination
+			// call, after selecting the right concrete type.
+			redirector := p.getInterfaceMethodFunc(itf, signature, call.Type(), paramTypes)
+
+			// Replace the old lookup/inttoptr/call with the new call.
+			p.builder.SetInsertPointBefore(call)
+			retval := p.builder.CreateCall(redirector, append(params, llvm.ConstNull(llvm.PointerType(p.ctx.Int8Type(), 0))), "")
+			if retval.Type().TypeKind() != llvm.VoidTypeKind {
+				call.ReplaceAllUsesWith(retval)
 			}
-			inttoptr.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
-			use.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
+			call.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
 		}
+		inttoptr.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
+		use.EraseFromParentAsInstruction()
 	}
 
 	// Replace all typeasserts on interface types with matches on their concrete

transform/testdata/interface.out.ll

@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ typeswitch.notUnmatched:                          ; preds = %0
   br i1 %typeassert.ok, label %typeswitch.Doubler, label %typeswitch.notDoubler
 
 typeswitch.Doubler:                               ; preds = %typeswitch.notUnmatched
-  %doubler.result = call i32 @"(Number).Double$invoke"(i8* %value, i8* null)
-  call void @runtime.printint32(i32 %doubler.result)
+  %1 = call i32 @"(Doubler).Double"(i8* %value, i8* null, i32 %typecode, i8* null)
+  call void @runtime.printint32(i32 %1)
   ret void
 
 typeswitch.notDoubler:                            ; preds = %typeswitch.notUnmatched
@@ -76,6 +76,20 @@ define i32 @"(Number).Double$invoke"(i8* %receiverPtr, i8* %parentHandle) {
   ret i32 %ret
 }
 
+define internal i32 @"(Doubler).Double"(i8* %0, i8* %1, i32 %actualType, i8* %parentHandle) unnamed_addr {
+entry:
+  switch i32 %actualType, label %default [
+    i32 68, label %"reflect/types.type:named:Number"
+  ]
+
+default:                                          ; preds = %entry
+  unreachable
+
+"reflect/types.type:named:Number":                ; preds = %entry
+  %2 = call i32 @"(Number).Double$invoke"(i8* %0, i8* %1)
+  ret i32 %2
+}
+
 define internal i1 @"Doubler$typeassert"(i32 %actualType) unnamed_addr {
 entry:
   switch i32 %actualType, label %else [