//
// Method: runOnModule()
//
// Description:
//  Entry point for this LLVM pass.
//
// Return value:
//  true  - The module was modified.
//  false - The module was not modified.
//
bool
BreakConstantStrings::runOnModule (Module & M) {
  bool modified = false;
  const Type * Int8Type  = IntegerType::getInt8Ty(getGlobalContext());

  //
  // Scan through all the global variables in the module.  Mark a variable as
  // non-constant if:
  //  o) The variable is constant
  //  o) The variable is an array of characters (Int8Ty).
  //  o) The variable is not in a special section (e.g. debug info section).
  //     This ensures that we don't mess up debug information or other special
  //     strings within the code.
  //
  Module::global_iterator i,e;
  for (i = M.global_begin(), e = M.global_end(); i != e; ++i) {
    GlobalVariable * GV = i;

    //
    // All global variables are pointer types.  Find the type of what the
    // global variable pointer is pointing at.
    //
    if (GV->isConstant() && (!GV->hasSection())) {
      const PointerType * PT = dyn_cast<PointerType>(GV->getType());
      if (const ArrayType * AT = dyn_cast<ArrayType>(PT->getElementType())) {
        if (AT->getElementType() == Int8Type) {
          modified = true;
          ++GVChanges;
          GV->setConstant (false);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  return modified;
}
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bool ConstantMerge::runOnModule(Module &M) {
  TD = getAnalysisIfAvailable<TargetData>();

  // Find all the globals that are marked "used".  These cannot be merged.
  SmallPtrSet<const GlobalValue*, 8> UsedGlobals;
  FindUsedValues(M.getGlobalVariable("llvm.used"), UsedGlobals);
  FindUsedValues(M.getGlobalVariable("llvm.compiler.used"), UsedGlobals);
  
  // Map unique <constants, has-unknown-alignment> pairs to globals.  We don't
  // want to merge globals of unknown alignment with those of explicit
  // alignment.  If we have TargetData, we always know the alignment.
  DenseMap<PointerIntPair<Constant*, 1, bool>, GlobalVariable*> CMap;

  // Replacements - This vector contains a list of replacements to perform.
  SmallVector<std::pair<GlobalVariable*, GlobalVariable*>, 32> Replacements;

  bool MadeChange = false;

  // Iterate constant merging while we are still making progress.  Merging two
  // constants together may allow us to merge other constants together if the
  // second level constants have initializers which point to the globals that
  // were just merged.
  while (1) {

    // First: Find the canonical constants others will be merged with.
    for (Module::global_iterator GVI = M.global_begin(), E = M.global_end();
         GVI != E; ) {
      GlobalVariable *GV = GVI++;

      // If this GV is dead, remove it.
      GV->removeDeadConstantUsers();
      if (GV->use_empty() && GV->hasLocalLinkage()) {
        GV->eraseFromParent();
        continue;
      }

      // Only process constants with initializers in the default address space.
      if (!GV->isConstant() || !GV->hasDefinitiveInitializer() ||
          GV->getType()->getAddressSpace() != 0 || GV->hasSection() ||
          // Don't touch values marked with attribute(used).
          UsedGlobals.count(GV))
        continue;

      // This transformation is legal for weak ODR globals in the sense it
      // doesn't change semantics, but we really don't want to perform it
      // anyway; it's likely to pessimize code generation, and some tools
      // (like the Darwin linker in cases involving CFString) don't expect it.
      if (GV->isWeakForLinker())
        continue;

      Constant *Init = GV->getInitializer();

      // Check to see if the initializer is already known.
      PointerIntPair<Constant*, 1, bool> Pair(Init, hasKnownAlignment(GV));
      GlobalVariable *&Slot = CMap[Pair];

      // If this is the first constant we find or if the old one is local,
      // replace with the current one. If the current is externally visible
      // it cannot be replace, but can be the canonical constant we merge with.
      if (Slot == 0 || IsBetterCannonical(*GV, *Slot))
        Slot = GV;
    }

    // Second: identify all globals that can be merged together, filling in
    // the Replacements vector.  We cannot do the replacement in this pass
    // because doing so may cause initializers of other globals to be rewritten,
    // invalidating the Constant* pointers in CMap.
    for (Module::global_iterator GVI = M.global_begin(), E = M.global_end();
         GVI != E; ) {
      GlobalVariable *GV = GVI++;

      // Only process constants with initializers in the default address space.
      if (!GV->isConstant() || !GV->hasDefinitiveInitializer() ||
          GV->getType()->getAddressSpace() != 0 || GV->hasSection() ||
          // Don't touch values marked with attribute(used).
          UsedGlobals.count(GV))
        continue;

      // We can only replace constant with local linkage.
      if (!GV->hasLocalLinkage())
        continue;

      Constant *Init = GV->getInitializer();

      // Check to see if the initializer is already known.
      PointerIntPair<Constant*, 1, bool> Pair(Init, hasKnownAlignment(GV));
      GlobalVariable *Slot = CMap[Pair];

      if (!Slot || Slot == GV)
        continue;

      if (!Slot->hasUnnamedAddr() && !GV->hasUnnamedAddr())
        continue;

      if (!GV->hasUnnamedAddr())
        Slot->setUnnamedAddr(false);

      // Make all uses of the duplicate constant use the canonical version.
      Replacements.push_back(std::make_pair(GV, Slot));
    }

    if (Replacements.empty())
      return MadeChange;
    CMap.clear();

    // Now that we have figured out which replacements must be made, do them all
    // now.  This avoid invalidating the pointers in CMap, which are unneeded
    // now.
    for (unsigned i = 0, e = Replacements.size(); i != e; ++i) {
      // Bump the alignment if necessary.
      if (Replacements[i].first->getAlignment() ||
          Replacements[i].second->getAlignment()) {
        Replacements[i].second->setAlignment(std::max(
            Replacements[i].first->getAlignment(),
            Replacements[i].second->getAlignment()));
      }

      // Eliminate any uses of the dead global.
      Replacements[i].first->replaceAllUsesWith(Replacements[i].second);

      // Delete the global value from the module.
      assert(Replacements[i].first->hasLocalLinkage() &&
             "Refusing to delete an externally visible global variable.");
      Replacements[i].first->eraseFromParent();
    }

    NumMerged += Replacements.size();
    Replacements.clear();
  }
}