VTIL-Core/VTIL-Compiler/optimizer/dead_code_elimination_pass.cpp

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// Copyright (c) 2020 Can Boluk and contributors of the VTIL Project
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#include "dead_code_elimination_pass.hpp"
#include <vtil/utility>
#include "../common/auxiliaries.hpp"
namespace vtil::optimizer
{
// Returns whether the instruction is a semantic equivalent of NOP or not.
//
static bool is_semantic_nop( const instruction& ins )
{
if ( ins.base == &ins::mov ||
ins.base == &ins::movsx )
{
if ( ins.operands[ 0 ] == ins.operands[ 1 ] )
return true;
}
return false;
}
// Implement the pass.
//
size_t dead_code_elimination_pass::pass( basic_block* blk, bool xblock )
{
size_t counter = 0;
if ( blk->empty() )
return 0;
auto [rbegin, rend] = reverse_iterators( *blk );
for ( auto it = rbegin; it != rend; ++it )
{
// Skip if volatile or branching.
//
if ( it->base->is_branching() || it->is_volatile() )
continue;
// Check if results are used if not semantically nop.
//
bool used = false;
if ( !is_semantic_nop( *it ) )
{
// Check register results:
//
for ( auto [op, type] : it->enum_operands() )
{
// Skip if not written to.
//
if ( type < operand_type::write )
continue;
// Create symbolic variable.
//
symbolic::variable var = { it, op.reg() };
if ( used = aux::is_used( var, xblock, &ctrace ) )
break;
}
// Check memory results:
//
if ( !used && it->base->writes_memory() )
{
auto [base, offset] = it->memory_location();
symbolic::pointer ptr = { ctrace.trace_p( { it, base } ) + offset };
if ( !( ptr.flags & register_stack_pointer ) )
used = true;
else
used = aux::is_used( { it, { ptr, it->access_size() } }, xblock, &ctrace );
}
}
// If result is not used, nop it.
//
if ( !used )
{
( +it )->base = &ins::nop;
( +it )->operands = {};
counter++;
}
}
// Purge simplifier cache since block iterators are invalided thus cache may fail.
//
ctrace.flush( blk );
if ( counter != 0 )
symbolic::purge_simplifier_state();
// Remove all nops.
//
for ( auto it = blk->begin(); !it.is_end(); )
{
if ( !it->is_volatile() && it->base == &ins::nop )
it = blk->erase( it );
else
it++;
}
return counter;
}
};