* add `GlobalVariable.staticInitializerInstructions` to access all initializer instructions of a global
* implement `GlobalVariable.staticInitValue` with `GlobalVariable.staticInitializerInstructions`
* this requires that `InstructionList.reversed()` works without accessing the parent block of the iterator instruction
* allow `Context.erase(instruction:)` to delete instructions from a global's initializer list, which means to handle the case where a deleted instruction has no parent function.
For a redundant pair of pointer-address conversions, e.g.
%2 = address_to_pointer %1
%3 = pointer_to_address %2 [strict]
replace all uses of %3 with %1.
Before this change, if a global variable is required to be statically initialized (e.g. due to @_section attribute), we don't allow its type to be a struct, only a scalar type works. This change improves on that by teaching MandatoryPerformanceOptimizations pass to inline struct initializer calls into initializer of globals, as long as they are simple enough so that we can be sure that we don't trigger recursive/infinite inlining.
The `bare` attribute indicates that the object header is not used throughout the lifetime of the value.
This means, no reference counting operations are performed on the object and its metadata is not used.
The header of bare objects doesn't need to be initialized.
The `bare` attribute indicates that the object header is not used throughout the lifetime of the object.
This means, no reference counting operations are performed on the object and its metadata is not used.
The header of bare objects doesn't need to be initialized.
Look through `upcast` and `init_existential_ref` instructions and replace the operand of this cast instruction with the original value.
For example:
```
%2 = upcast %1 : $Derived to $Base
%3 = init_existential_ref %2 : $Base : $Base, $AnyObject
checked_cast_br %3 : $AnyObject to Derived, bb1, bb2
```
This makes it more likely that the cast can be constant folded because the source operand's type is more accurate.
In the example above, the cast reduces to
```
checked_cast_br %1 : $Derived to Derived, bb1, bb2
```
which can be trivially folded to always-succeeds.
Found while looking at `_SwiftDeferredNSDictionary.bridgeValues()`
* add `UnownedRetainInst` and `UnownedReleaseInst`
* add `var value` to `RetainValueInst` and `ReleaseValueInst`
* make the protocol `UnaryInstruction` be an `Instruction`
* add `var Type.isValueTypeWithDeinit`
* add `var Type.isUnownedStorageType`
* add `var OperandArray.values`
* add the StaticInitCloner utility
* remove bridging of `copyStaticInitializer` and `createStaticInitializer`
* add `Context.mangleOutlinedVariable` and `Context.createGlobalVariable`
* add new create-functions for instructions
* allow the Builder to build static initializer instructions for global variables
* some refactoring to simplify the implementation
A type (mostly classes) can be attributed with `@_semantics("arc.immortal")`.
ARC operations on values of such types are eliminated.
This is useful for the bridged SIL objects in the swift compiler sources.
Instead of doing the type casts and/or conformance lookup on the swift side, do it on the C++ side.
It makes a significant performance difference because `Operand.value` is a time critical function
The instance type of a metatype instruction is not necessarily a legal lowered SIL Type.
Lower the type before converting it to a SILType.
rdar://105502403
This instruction can be inserted by Onone optimizations as a replacement for deleted instructions to
ensure that it's possible to single step on its location.
