* \file opt_if_simplification.cpp
*
* Moves constant branches of if statements out to the surrounding
- * instruction stream.
+ * instruction stream, and inverts if conditionals to avoid empty
+ * "then" blocks.
*/
#include "ir.h"
}
ir->remove();
this->made_progress = true;
+ return visit_continue;
+ }
+
+ /* Turn:
+ *
+ * if (cond) {
+ * } else {
+ * do_work();
+ * }
+ *
+ * into :
+ *
+ * if (!cond)
+ * do_work();
+ *
+ * which avoids control flow for "else" (which is usually more
+ * expensive than normal operations), and the "not" can usually be
+ * folded into the generation of "cond" anyway.
+ */
+ if (ir->then_instructions.is_empty()) {
+ ir->condition = new(ralloc_parent(ir->condition))
+ ir_expression(ir_unop_logic_not, ir->condition);
+ ir->else_instructions.move_nodes_to(&ir->then_instructions);
+ this->made_progress = true;
}
return visit_continue;