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+
+#ifndef V8_HYDROGEN_ALIAS_ANALYSIS_H_
+#define V8_HYDROGEN_ALIAS_ANALYSIS_H_
+
+#include "hydrogen.h"
+
+namespace v8 {
+namespace internal {
+
+enum HAliasing {
+ kMustAlias,
+ kMayAlias,
+ kNoAlias
+};
+
+
+// Defines the interface to alias analysis for the rest of the compiler.
+// A simple implementation can use only local reasoning, but a more powerful
+// analysis might employ points-to analysis.
+class HAliasAnalyzer : public ZoneObject {
+ public:
+ // Simple alias analysis distinguishes allocations, parameters,
+ // and constants using only local reasoning.
+ HAliasing Query(HValue* a, HValue* b) {
+ // The same SSA value always references the same object.
+ if (a == b) return kMustAlias;
+
+ if (a->IsAllocate() || a->IsInnerAllocatedObject()) {
+ // Two non-identical allocations can never be aliases.
+ if (b->IsAllocate()) return kNoAlias;
+ if (b->IsInnerAllocatedObject()) return kNoAlias;
+ // An allocation can never alias a parameter or a constant.
+ if (b->IsParameter()) return kNoAlias;
+ if (b->IsConstant()) return kNoAlias;
+ }
+ if (b->IsAllocate() || b->IsInnerAllocatedObject()) {
+ // An allocation can never alias a parameter or a constant.
+ if (a->IsParameter()) return kNoAlias;
+ if (a->IsConstant()) return kNoAlias;
+ }
+
+ // TODO(titzer): return MustAlias for two equivalent constants.
+ return kMayAlias;
+ }
+
+ // Checks whether the objects referred to by the given instructions may
+ // ever be aliases. Note that this is more conservative than checking
+ // {Query(a, b) == kMayAlias}, since this method considers kMustAlias
+ // objects to also be may-aliasing.
+ inline bool MayAlias(HValue* a, HValue* b) {
+ return Query(a, b) != kNoAlias;
+ }
+
+ inline bool MustAlias(HValue* a, HValue* b) {
+ return Query(a, b) == kMayAlias;
+ }
+
+ inline bool NoAlias(HValue* a, HValue* b) {
+ return Query(a, b) == kNoAlias;
+ }
+
+ // Returns the actual value of an instruction. In the case of a chain
+ // of informative definitions, return the root of the chain.
+ HValue* ActualValue(HValue* obj) {
+ while (obj->IsInformativeDefinition()) { // Walk a chain of idefs.
+ obj = obj->RedefinedOperand();
+ }
+ return obj;
+ }
+};
+
+
+} } // namespace v8::internal
+
+#endif // V8_HYDROGEN_ALIAS_ANALYSIS_H_