InstCombine makes assumptions on math functions

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Hello,

I see InstCombine makes assumptions on functions named with C math function names.

For example it will optimize the following code:

target datalayout = “e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128”
target triple = “x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu”

define dso_local double @fabs(double %x) {
%res = fmul double %x, %x
ret double %res
}

define dso_local float @_Z3foof(float %x) {
entry:
%conv = fpext float %x to double
%0 = call double @fabs(double %conv)
%conv1 = fptrunc double %0 to float
ret float %conv1
}

Into the following:

target datalayout = “e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128”
target triple = “x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu”

define dso_local float @_Z3foof(float %x) {
entry:
%conv1 = call float @llvm.fabs.f32(float %x)
ret float %conv1
}

; Function Attrs: nounwind readnone speculatable
declare double @llvm.fabs.f64(double) #0

; Function Attrs: nounwind readnone speculatable
declare float @llvm.fabs.f32(float) #0

attributes #0 = { nounwind readnone speculatable }

It seems to have assumed my @fabs function was the @llvm.fabs.f64 intrinsic.

Is that correct behavior?

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Correct, that can be debated. Expected, yes.
To avoid this, use `nobuiltin`: Compiler Explorer

~ Johannes