`.next().unwrap_unchecked()` on Iterator doesn't optimize as expected

[scottmcm]

Update: per #107681 (comment), this will be fixed with LLVM 19

(Context: this is a minimized example of the behaviour I hit while working on https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/107634/files#r1096624164)

I tried this code: https://rust.godbolt.org/z/EjWscs1e9

pub unsafe fn demo_std(x: &mut Copied<Iter<'_, u32>>) -> u32 {
    x.next().unwrap_unchecked()
}

I expected to see this happen: the code would read and bump the pointer in the iterator without checking the end, something like

example::demo_std:
        mov     rax, qword ptr [rdi + 8]
        lea     rcx, [rax + 4]
        mov     qword ptr [rdi + 8], rcx
        mov     eax, dword ptr [rax]
        ret

Instead, this happened: it still checks the iterator ending condition

example::demo_std:
        mov     rax, qword ptr [rdi + 8]
        cmp     rax, qword ptr [rdi]
        je      .LBB0_1
        lea     rcx, [rax + 4]
        mov     qword ptr [rdi + 8], rcx
        mov     eax, dword ptr [rax]
        ret
.LBB0_1:
        ret

Dunno where the problem is here -- could be LLVM, could be how the functions are written, could be how MIR handles things...

---

LLVM after optimizing:

define noundef i32 @_ZN7example8demo_std17hd41113e4f46707e0E(ptr noalias nocapture noundef align 8 dereferenceable(16) %x) unnamed_addr #0 personality ptr @rust_eh_personality {
start:
  tail call void @llvm.experimental.noalias.scope.decl(metadata !2)
  %0 = getelementptr inbounds { ptr, ptr }, ptr %x, i64 0, i32 1
  %self1.i.i = load ptr, ptr %0, align 8, !alias.scope !5, !nonnull !8, !noundef !8
  %self2.i.i = load ptr, ptr %x, align 8, !alias.scope !5, !nonnull !8, !noundef !8
  %_10.i.i = icmp eq ptr %self1.i.i, %self2.i.i
  br i1 %_10.i.i, label %"_ZN104_$LT$core..iter..adapters..copied..Copied$LT$I$GT$$u20$as$u20$core..iter..traits..iterator..Iterator$GT$4next17h1de76f250ae29b09E.exit", label %bb3.i.i

bb3.i.i:                                          ; preds = %start
  %1 = getelementptr inbounds i32, ptr %self1.i.i, i64 1
  store ptr %1, ptr %0, align 8, !alias.scope !5
  %v.i.i = load i32, ptr %self1.i.i, align 4, !alias.scope !9, !noalias !2, !noundef !8
  br label %"_ZN104_$LT$core..iter..adapters..copied..Copied$LT$I$GT$$u20$as$u20$core..iter..traits..iterator..Iterator$GT$4next17h1de76f250ae29b09E.exit"

"_ZN104_$LT$core..iter..adapters..copied..Copied$LT$I$GT$$u20$as$u20$core..iter..traits..iterator..Iterator$GT$4next17h1de76f250ae29b09E.exit": ; preds = %start, %bb3.i.i
  %.sroa.3.0.i.i = phi i32 [ %v.i.i, %bb3.i.i ], [ undef, %start ]
  %2 = xor i1 %_10.i.i, true
  tail call void @llvm.assume(i1 %2)
  ret i32 %.sroa.3.0.i.i
}

Looks like CSE figured out that it's assuming the same thing as the br condition in start, but nothing moved it up to start even though that block dominates the assume? If it had, then I think the the branch and compare might have properly disappeared?

[nikic]

Looks like CSE figured out that it's assuming the same thing as the br condition in start, but nothing moved it up to start even though that block dominates the assume?

It's not sufficient for the block to dominate, we also need the assume to post-dominate and there to be no implicit control flow.

I think from the LLVM side, the better way to look at this is that the edge to the end block is dead because it would result in assume(false). One could interpret this is a degenerate jump threading optimization.

[Joymfl]

Hi, I'm pretty new to rust, so please forgive me if this sounds ignorant, but how did you get the asm equivalent of your code?

[the8472]

@Joymfl there are various ways to do that

• for small snippets you can use godbolt or rust playground
• pass --emit asm to rustc
• extract that via objdump from a binary or use some other disassembler