This patch makes the final major change of the RemoveDIs project, changing the
default IR output from debug intrinsics to debug records. This is expected to
break a large number of tests: every single one that tests for uses or
declarations of debug intrinsics and does not explicitly disable writing
records.
If this patch has broken your downstream tests (or upstream tests on a
configuration I wasn't able to run):
1. If you need to immediately unblock a build, pass
`--write-experimental-debuginfo=false` to LLVM's option processing for all
failing tests (remember to use `-mllvm` for clang/flang to forward arguments to
LLVM).
2. For most test failures, the changes are trivial and mechanical, enough that
they can be done by script; see the migration guide for a guide on how to do
this: https://llvm.org/docs/RemoveDIsDebugInfo.html#test-updates
3. If any tests fail for reasons other than FileCheck check lines that need
updating, such as assertion failures, that is most likely a real bug with this
patch and should be reported as such.
For more information, see the recent PSA:
https://discourse.llvm.org/t/psa-ir-output-changing-from-debug-intrinsics-to-debug-records/79578
A ValueAsMetadata may be replaced with nullptr for several reasons including
deleting (certain) values and value remapping a use-before-def. In the case of
a MetadataAsValue user, handleChangedOperand intercepts and replaces the
metadata with an empty tuple (!{}).
At the moment, an empty metadata operand in a debug intrinsics signals that it
can be deleted.
Given that we end up with empty metadata operands in circumstances where the
Value has been "lost" the current behaviour can lead to incorrect variable
locations. Instead, we should treat empty metadata as meaning "there is no
location for the variable" (the same as we currently treat undef operands).
This patch removes the deletion logic from wouldInstructionBeTriviallyDead.
Related to https://discourse.llvm.org/t/auto-undef-debug-uses-of-a-deleted-value
Reviewed By: StephenTozer
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D140901
