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-rw-r--r--lib/compiler/src/beam_block.erl35
-rw-r--r--lib/compiler/src/cerl.erl6
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/lib/compiler/src/beam_block.erl b/lib/compiler/src/beam_block.erl
index 9c6f835ab0..c45874597a 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/src/beam_block.erl
+++ b/lib/compiler/src/beam_block.erl
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@ function({function,Name,Arity,CLabel,Is0}, Lc0) ->
%% Collect basic blocks and optimize them.
Is2 = blockify(Is1),
- Is3 = beam_utils:live_opt(Is2),
- Is4 = opt_blocks(Is3),
- Is5 = beam_utils:delete_live_annos(Is4),
+ Is3 = move_allocates(Is2),
+ Is4 = beam_utils:live_opt(Is3),
+ Is5 = opt_blocks(Is4),
+ Is6 = beam_utils:delete_live_annos(Is5),
%% Optimize bit syntax.
- {Is,Lc} = bsm_opt(Is5, Lc0),
+ {Is,Lc} = bsm_opt(Is6, Lc0),
%% Done.
{{function,Name,Arity,CLabel,Is},Lc}
@@ -156,11 +157,7 @@ opt_blocks([I|Is]) ->
opt_blocks([]) -> [].
opt_block(Is0) ->
- %% We explicitly move any allocate instruction upwards before optimising
- %% moves, to avoid any potential problems with the calculation of live
- %% registers.
- Is1 = move_allocates(Is0),
- Is = find_fixpoint(fun opt/1, Is1),
+ Is = find_fixpoint(fun opt/1, Is0),
opt_alloc(Is).
find_fixpoint(OptFun, Is0) ->
@@ -170,11 +167,21 @@ find_fixpoint(OptFun, Is0) ->
end.
%% move_allocates(Is0) -> Is
-%% Move allocates upwards in the instruction stream, in the hope of
-%% getting more possibilities for optimizing away moves later.
-
-move_allocates(Is) ->
- move_allocates_1(reverse(Is), []).
+%% Move allocate instructions upwards in the instruction stream, in the
+%% hope of getting more possibilities for optimizing away moves later.
+%%
+%% NOTE: Moving allocation instructions is only safe because it is done
+%% immediately after code generation so that we KNOW that if {x,X} is
+%% initialized, all x registers with lower numbers are also initialized.
+%% That assumption may not be true after other optimizations, such as
+%% the beam_utils:live_opt/1 optimization.
+
+move_allocates([{block,Bl0}|Is]) ->
+ Bl = move_allocates_1(reverse(Bl0), []),
+ [{block,Bl}|move_allocates(Is)];
+move_allocates([I|Is]) ->
+ [I|move_allocates(Is)];
+move_allocates([]) -> [].
move_allocates_1([{set,[],[],{alloc,_,_}=Alloc}|Is0], Acc0) ->
{Is,Acc} = move_allocates_2(Alloc, Is0, Acc0),
diff --git a/lib/compiler/src/cerl.erl b/lib/compiler/src/cerl.erl
index d1fd9d40e2..4b74d60e9f 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/src/cerl.erl
+++ b/lib/compiler/src/cerl.erl
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ atom_name(Node) ->
%% TODO: replace the use of the unofficial 'write_string/2'.
--spec atom_lit(cerl()) -> string().
+-spec atom_lit(cerl()) -> nonempty_string().
atom_lit(Node) ->
io_lib:write_string(atom_name(Node), $'). %' stupid Emacs.
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ char_val(Node) ->
%%
%% @see c_char/1
--spec char_lit(c_literal()) -> string().
+-spec char_lit(c_literal()) -> nonempty_string().
char_lit(Node) ->
io_lib:write_char(char_val(Node)).
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ string_val(Node) ->
%%
%% @see c_string/1
--spec string_lit(c_literal()) -> string().
+-spec string_lit(c_literal()) -> nonempty_string().
string_lit(Node) ->
io_lib:write_string(string_val(Node)).