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August 23, 2025 at 02:10 AM
Let's break this down step by step to understand this LLVM IR code.
Definition:
The function is defined as follows:
define i32 @foo(i32, i32, i32 %arg)
- The function is named
foo
. - It takes three 32-bit integer arguments: the first two unnamed (
%0
,%1
), and the third one explicitly named (%arg
). - It returns a value of type
i32
(32-bit integer).
Entry Basic Block:
entry:
%myid = add i32 %0, %1
%31 = mul i32 %myid, 2
%45 = shl i32 %31, 5
%"00~random~00" = udiv i32 %45, %arg
br label %46
br label %47
-
%myid = add i32 %0, %1
:- Adds the first two arguments (
%0
and%1
) together and stores the result in%myid
.
- Adds the first two arguments (
-
%31 = mul i32 %myid, 2
:- Multiplies the value in
%myid
by2
and stores it in%31
.
- Multiplies the value in
-
%45 = shl i32 %31, 5
:- Performs a left shift (
shl
) on%31
by 5 bits. This is equivalent to multiplying%31
by (2^5 = 32).
- Performs a left shift (
-
%"00~random~00" = udiv i32 %45, %arg
:- Performs an unsigned division (
udiv
) of%45
by the third argument%arg
. The result of the division is stored in the variable"00~random~00"
.
- Performs an unsigned division (
-
br label %46
andbr label %47
:- Two branch (
br
) instructions. However, it looks like the code is invalid or incomplete because:- There is no block
%46
, so the first branch is a dead branch. - Control flow actually continues into block
%47
.
- There is no block
- Two branch (
Block 47:
47:
ret i32 %"00~random~00"
- The function ends by returning the value stored in
"00~random~00"
, which is the result of the unsigned division.
Observations:
- The branch to
%46
is unreachable because the secondbr
statement immediately overwrites the first one. - Block
%46
is never defined, so it looks like there is an error or incomplete logic in the code.
Ignoring these issues, the function essentially:
- Adds
%0
and%1
. - Multiplies the sum by 2.
- Left shifts the result by 5 (equivalent to multiplying by 32).
- Divides the shifted value by
%arg
. - Returns the result.
Simplified Behavior:
result = ((%0 + %1) * 2 * 32) / %arg
return result
This assumes %arg
is non-zero. If %arg
is zero, this would lead to undefined behavior due to division by zero.
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