llvm/llvm/lib/Transforms/ObjCARC/ProvenanceAnalysis.h

//===- ProvenanceAnalysis.h - ObjC ARC Optimization -------------*- C++ -*-===//
//
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
//
/// \file
///
/// This file declares a special form of Alias Analysis called ``Provenance
/// Analysis''. The word ``provenance'' refers to the history of the ownership
/// of an object. Thus ``Provenance Analysis'' is an analysis which attempts to
/// use various techniques to determine if locally
///
/// WARNING: This file knows about certain library functions. It recognizes them
/// by name, and hardwires knowledge of their semantics.
///
/// WARNING: This file knows about how certain Objective-C library functions are
/// used. Naive LLVM IR transformations which would otherwise be
/// behavior-preserving may break these assumptions.
//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//

#ifndef LLVM_LIB_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_PROVENANCEANALYSIS_H
#define LLVM_LIB_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_PROVENANCEANALYSIS_H

#include "llvm/ADT/DenseMap.h"
#include "llvm/IR/PassManager.h"
#include "llvm/IR/ValueHandle.h"
#include <utility>

namespace llvm {

class AAResults;
class PHINode;
class SelectInst;
class Value;

namespace objcarc {

/// This is similar to BasicAliasAnalysis, and it uses many of the same
/// techniques, except it uses special ObjC-specific reasoning about pointer
/// relationships.
///
/// In this context ``Provenance'' is defined as the history of an object's
/// ownership. Thus ``Provenance Analysis'' is defined by using the notion of
/// an ``independent provenance source'' of a pointer to determine whether or
/// not two pointers have the same provenance source and thus could
/// potentially be related.
class ProvenanceAnalysis { … };

} // end namespace objcarc

} // end namespace llvm

#endif // LLVM_LIB_TRANSFORMS_OBJCARC_PROVENANCEANALYSIS_H