Avoid pointless allocas for "nil" return values

By using "void" instead of "{}" as the LLVM type for nil, we can avoid
the alloca/store/load sequence for the return value, resulting in less
and simpler IR code.

This reduces compile times by about 10%.

src/librustc/middle/trans/base.rs

@@ -1653,7 +1653,9 @@ pub fn new_fn_ctxt_w_id(ccx: @mut CrateContext,
     fcx.llenv = unsafe {
           llvm::LLVMGetParam(llfndecl, fcx.env_arg_pos() as c_uint)
     };
-    fcx.llretptr = Some(make_return_pointer(fcx, substd_output_type));
+    if !ty::type_is_nil(substd_output_type) {
+        fcx.llretptr = Some(make_return_pointer(fcx, substd_output_type));
+    }
     fcx
 }
 
@@ -1808,7 +1810,7 @@ pub fn build_return_block(fcx: fn_ctxt) {
     let ret_cx = raw_block(fcx, false, fcx.llreturn);
 
     // Return the value if this function immediate; otherwise, return void.
-    if fcx.has_immediate_return_value {
+    if fcx.llretptr.is_some() && fcx.has_immediate_return_value {
         Ret(ret_cx, Load(ret_cx, fcx.llretptr.get()))
     } else {
         RetVoid(ret_cx)
@@ -2340,8 +2342,7 @@ pub fn create_entry_wrapper(ccx: @mut CrateContext,
             llvm::LLVMGetParam(llfdecl, env_arg as c_uint)
         };
         let args = ~[llenvarg];
-        let llresult = Call(bcx, main_llfn, args);
+        Call(bcx, main_llfn, args);
-        Store(bcx, llresult, fcx.llretptr.get());
 
         build_return(bcx);
         finish_fn(fcx, lltop);

src/librustc/middle/trans/cabi.rs

@@ -179,16 +179,18 @@ impl FnType {
             }
         }
 
-        let llretval = load_inbounds(bcx, llargbundle, [ 0, arg_tys.len() ]);
+        if bcx.fcx.llretptr.is_some() {
-        let llretval = if self.ret_ty.cast {
+            let llretval = load_inbounds(bcx, llargbundle, [ 0, arg_tys.len() ]);
-            let retptr = BitCast(bcx, llretval, T_ptr(self.ret_ty.ty));
+            let llretval = if self.ret_ty.cast {
-            Load(bcx, retptr)
+                let retptr = BitCast(bcx, llretval, T_ptr(self.ret_ty.ty));
-        } else {
+                Load(bcx, retptr)
-            Load(bcx, llretval)
+            } else {
-        };
+                Load(bcx, llretval)
-        let llretptr = BitCast(bcx,
+            };
-                               bcx.fcx.llretptr.get(),
+            let llretptr = BitCast(bcx,
-                               T_ptr(self.ret_ty.ty));
+                                   bcx.fcx.llretptr.get(),
-        Store(bcx, llretval, llretptr);
+                                   T_ptr(self.ret_ty.ty));
+            Store(bcx, llretval, llretptr);
+        }
     }
 }

src/librustc/middle/trans/cabi_x86.rs

@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ impl ABIInfo for X86_ABIInfo {
                 cast: false,
                 ty: T_void(),
             };
+        } else if !ret_def {
+            ret_ty = LLVMType {
+                cast: false,
+                ty: T_void()
+            };
         }
 
         return FnType {

src/librustc/middle/trans/closure.rs

@@ -297,7 +297,10 @@ pub fn build_closure(bcx0: block,
         // the right thing):
         let ret_true = match bcx.fcx.loop_ret {
             Some((_, retptr)) => retptr,
-            None => bcx.fcx.llretptr.get()
+            None => match bcx.fcx.llretptr {
+                None => C_null(T_ptr(T_nil())),
+                Some(retptr) => retptr,
+            }
         };
         let ret_casted = PointerCast(bcx, ret_true, T_ptr(T_nil()));
         let ret_datum = Datum {val: ret_casted, ty: ty::mk_nil(),

src/librustc/middle/trans/controlflow.rs

@@ -298,24 +298,27 @@ pub fn trans_cont(bcx: block, label_opt: Option<ident>) -> block {
 pub fn trans_ret(bcx: block, e: Option<@ast::expr>) -> block {
     let _icx = bcx.insn_ctxt("trans_ret");
     let mut bcx = bcx;
-    let retptr = match copy bcx.fcx.loop_ret {
+    let dest = match copy bcx.fcx.loop_ret {
       Some((flagptr, retptr)) => {
         // This is a loop body return. Must set continue flag (our retptr)
         // to false, return flag to true, and then store the value in the
         // parent's retptr.
         Store(bcx, C_bool(true), flagptr);
         Store(bcx, C_bool(false), bcx.fcx.llretptr.get());
-        match e {
+        expr::SaveIn(match e {
           Some(x) => PointerCast(bcx, retptr,
                                  T_ptr(type_of(bcx.ccx(), expr_ty(bcx, x)))),
           None => retptr
-        }
+        })
+      }
+      None => match bcx.fcx.llretptr {
+        None => expr::Ignore,
+        Some(retptr) => expr::SaveIn(retptr),
       }
-      None => bcx.fcx.llretptr.get()
     };
     match e {
       Some(x) => {
-        bcx = expr::trans_into(bcx, x, expr::SaveIn(retptr));
+        bcx = expr::trans_into(bcx, x, dest);
       }
       _ => ()
     }

src/librustc/middle/trans/foreign.rs

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ fn shim_types(ccx: @mut CrateContext, id: ast::node_id) -> ShimTypes {
         llsig: llsig,
         ret_def: ret_def,
         bundle_ty: bundle_ty,
-        shim_fn_ty: T_fn([T_ptr(bundle_ty)], T_nil()),
+        shim_fn_ty: T_fn([T_ptr(bundle_ty)], T_void()),
         fn_ty: fn_ty
     }
 }
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fn build_shim_fn_(ccx: @mut CrateContext,
     tie_up_header_blocks(fcx, lltop);
 
     let ret_cx = raw_block(fcx, false, fcx.llreturn);
-    Ret(ret_cx, C_null(T_nil()));
+    RetVoid(ret_cx);
 
     return llshimfn;
 }
@@ -530,8 +530,10 @@ pub fn trans_foreign_mod(ccx: @mut CrateContext,
 
                 store_inbounds(bcx, llargval, llargbundle, [0u, i]);
             }
-            let llretptr = bcx.fcx.llretptr.get();
+
-            store_inbounds(bcx, llretptr, llargbundle, [0u, n]);
+            for bcx.fcx.llretptr.iter().advance |&retptr| {
+                store_inbounds(bcx, retptr, llargbundle, [0u, n]);
+            }
         }
 
         fn build_ret(bcx: block,
@@ -539,8 +541,10 @@ pub fn trans_foreign_mod(ccx: @mut CrateContext,
                      llargbundle: ValueRef) {
             let _icx = bcx.insn_ctxt("foreign::wrap::build_ret");
             let arg_count = shim_types.fn_sig.inputs.len();
-            let llretptr = load_inbounds(bcx, llargbundle, [0, arg_count]);
+            for bcx.fcx.llretptr.iter().advance |&retptr| {
-            Store(bcx, Load(bcx, llretptr), bcx.fcx.llretptr.get());
+                let llretptr = load_inbounds(bcx, llargbundle, [0, arg_count]);
+                Store(bcx, Load(bcx, llretptr), retptr);
+            }
             build_return(bcx);
         }
     }
@@ -1294,7 +1298,7 @@ pub fn trans_foreign_fn(ccx: @mut CrateContext,
                      shim_types: &ShimTypes,
                      llargbundle: ValueRef,
                      llretval: ValueRef) {
-            if ty::type_is_immediate(shim_types.fn_sig.output) {
+            if bcx.fcx.llretptr.is_some() && ty::type_is_immediate(shim_types.fn_sig.output) {
                 // Write the value into the argument bundle.
                 let arg_count = shim_types.fn_sig.inputs.len();
                 let llretptr = load_inbounds(bcx,

src/librustc/middle/trans/type_of.rs

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub fn type_of_fn(cx: &mut CrateContext, inputs: &[ty::t], output: ty::t)
         atys.push_all(type_of_explicit_args(cx, inputs));
 
         // Use the output as the actual return value if it's immediate.
-        if output_is_immediate {
+        if output_is_immediate && !ty::type_is_nil(output) {
             T_fn(atys, lloutputtype)
         } else {
             T_fn(atys, llvm::LLVMVoidTypeInContext(cx.llcx))
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ pub fn llvm_type_name(cx: &CrateContext,
 }
 
 pub fn type_of_dtor(ccx: &mut CrateContext, self_ty: ty::t) -> TypeRef {
-    T_fn([T_ptr(type_of(ccx, self_ty))] /* self */, T_nil())
+    T_fn([T_ptr(type_of(ccx, self_ty))] /* self */, T_void())
 }
 
 pub fn type_of_rooted(ccx: &mut CrateContext, t: ty::t) -> TypeRef {
@@ -364,5 +364,5 @@ pub fn type_of_rooted(ccx: &mut CrateContext, t: ty::t) -> TypeRef {
 
 pub fn type_of_glue_fn(ccx: &CrateContext) -> TypeRef {
     let tydescpp = T_ptr(T_ptr(ccx.tydesc_type));
-    return T_fn([T_ptr(T_nil()), tydescpp, T_ptr(T_i8())], T_nil());
+    return T_fn([T_ptr(T_nil()), tydescpp, T_ptr(T_i8())], T_void());
 }