pass: add PruneSelfMoves cleanup pass (#80)

In some cases natural use of abstraction in avo programs can lead to redundant move instructions, specifically self-moves such as MOVQ AX, AX. This does not produce incorrect code but it is incorrect and inelegant.

This diff introduces a PruneSelfMoves pass that removes such unnecessary instructions.

Closes #76

pass/cleanup.go

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+package pass
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mmcloughlin/avo/ir"
+	"github.com/mmcloughlin/avo/operand"
+)
+
+// PruneSelfMoves removes move instructions from one register to itself.
+func PruneSelfMoves(fn *ir.Function) error {
+	return removeinstructions(fn, func(i *ir.Instruction) bool {
+		switch i.Opcode {
+		case "MOVB", "MOVW", "MOVL", "MOVQ":
+		default:
+			return false
+		}
+
+		return operand.IsRegister(i.Operands[0]) && operand.IsRegister(i.Operands[1]) && i.Operands[0] == i.Operands[1]
+	})
+}
+
+// removeinstructions deletes instructions from the given function which match predicate.
+func removeinstructions(fn *ir.Function, predicate func(*ir.Instruction) bool) error {
+	// Removal of instructions has the potential to invalidate CFG structures.
+	// Clear them to prevent accidental use of stale structures after this pass.
+	invalidatecfg(fn)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(fn.Nodes); i++ {
+		n := fn.Nodes[i]
+
+		inst, ok := n.(*ir.Instruction)
+		if !ok || !predicate(inst) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		copy(fn.Nodes[i:], fn.Nodes[i+1:])
+		fn.Nodes[len(fn.Nodes)-1] = nil
+		fn.Nodes = fn.Nodes[:len(fn.Nodes)-1]
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// invalidatecfg clears CFG structures.
+func invalidatecfg(fn *ir.Function) {
+	fn.LabelTarget = nil
+	for _, i := range fn.Instructions() {
+		i.Pred = nil
+		i.Succ = nil
+	}
+}