If both inputs are constant offsets from the same pointer then we
can evaluate NeqPtr and EqPtr at compile time. Triggers a few times
during all.bash. Removes a conditional branch in the following
code:
copy(x[1:], x[:])
This branch was recently added as an optimization in CL 94596. We
now skip the memmove if the pointers are equal. However, in the
above code we know at compile time that they are never equal.
Also, when the offset is variable, check if the offset is zero
rather than if the pointers are equal. For example:
copy(x[a:], x[:])
This would now skip the copy if a == 0, rather than if x + a == x.
Finally I've also added a rule to make IsNonNil true for pointers
to values on the stack. The nil check elimination pass will catch
these anyway, but eliminating them here might eliminate branches
earlier.
Change-Id: If72f436fef0a96ad0f4e296d3a1f8b6c3e712085
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/106635
Run-TryBot: Michael Munday <mike.munday@ibm.com>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Keith Randall <khr@golang.org>
