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+// Copyright 2014 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "src/compiler/move-optimizer.h"
+#include "test/unittests/compiler/instruction-sequence-unittest.h"
+
+namespace v8 {
+namespace internal {
+namespace compiler {
+
+class MoveOptimizerTest : public InstructionSequenceTest {
+ public:
+  GapInstruction* LastGap() {
+    auto instruction = sequence()->instructions().back();
+    if (!instruction->IsGapMoves()) {
+      instruction = *(sequence()->instructions().rbegin() + 1);
+    }
+    return GapInstruction::cast(instruction);
+  }
+
+  void AddMove(GapInstruction* gap, TestOperand from, TestOperand to,
+               GapInstruction::InnerPosition pos = GapInstruction::START) {
+    auto parallel_move = gap->GetOrCreateParallelMove(pos, zone());
+    parallel_move->AddMove(ConvertMoveArg(from), ConvertMoveArg(to), zone());
+  }
+
+  int NonRedundantSize(ParallelMove* move) {
+    int i = 0;
+    auto ops = move->move_operands();
+    for (auto op = ops->begin(); op != ops->end(); ++op) {
+      if (op->IsRedundant()) continue;
+      i++;
+    }
+    return i;
+  }
+
+  bool Contains(ParallelMove* move, TestOperand from_op, TestOperand to_op) {
+    auto from = ConvertMoveArg(from_op);
+    auto to = ConvertMoveArg(to_op);
+    auto ops = move->move_operands();
+    for (auto op = ops->begin(); op != ops->end(); ++op) {
+      if (op->IsRedundant()) continue;
+      if (op->source()->Equals(from) && op->destination()->Equals(to)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // TODO(dcarney): add a verifier.
+  void Optimize() {
+    WireBlocks();
+    if (FLAG_trace_turbo) {
+      OFStream os(stdout);
+      PrintableInstructionSequence printable = {config(), sequence()};
+      os << "----- Instruction sequence before move optimization -----\n"
+         << printable;
+    }
+    MoveOptimizer move_optimizer(zone(), sequence());
+    move_optimizer.Run();
+    if (FLAG_trace_turbo) {
+      OFStream os(stdout);
+      PrintableInstructionSequence printable = {config(), sequence()};
+      os << "----- Instruction sequence after move optimization -----\n"
+         << printable;
+    }
+  }
+
+ private:
+  InstructionOperand* ConvertMoveArg(TestOperand op) {
+    CHECK_EQ(kNoValue, op.vreg_.value_);
+    CHECK_NE(kNoValue, op.value_);
+    switch (op.type_) {
+      case kConstant:
+        return ConstantOperand::Create(op.value_, zone());
+      case kFixedSlot:
+        return StackSlotOperand::Create(op.value_, zone());
+      case kFixedRegister:
+        CHECK(0 <= op.value_ && op.value_ < num_general_registers());
+        return RegisterOperand::Create(op.value_, zone());
+      default:
+        break;
+    }
+    CHECK(false);
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+};
+
+
+TEST_F(MoveOptimizerTest, RemovesRedundant) {
+  StartBlock();
+  AddMove(LastGap(), Reg(0), Reg(1));
+  EmitNop();
+  AddMove(LastGap(), Reg(1), Reg(0));
+  EmitNop();
+  EndBlock(Last());
+
+  Optimize();
+
+  auto gap = LastGap();
+  auto move = gap->parallel_moves()[0];
+  CHECK_EQ(1, NonRedundantSize(move));
+  CHECK(Contains(move, Reg(0), Reg(1)));
+}
+
+
+TEST_F(MoveOptimizerTest, SplitsConstants) {
+  StartBlock();
+  EndBlock(Last());
+
+  auto gap = LastGap();
+  AddMove(gap, Const(1), Slot(0));
+  AddMove(gap, Const(1), Slot(1));
+  AddMove(gap, Const(1), Reg(0));
+  AddMove(gap, Const(1), Slot(2));
+
+  Optimize();
+
+  auto move = gap->parallel_moves()[0];
+  CHECK_EQ(1, NonRedundantSize(move));
+  CHECK(Contains(move, Const(1), Reg(0)));
+
+  move = gap->parallel_moves()[1];
+  CHECK_EQ(3, NonRedundantSize(move));
+  CHECK(Contains(move, Reg(0), Slot(0)));
+  CHECK(Contains(move, Reg(0), Slot(1)));
+  CHECK(Contains(move, Reg(0), Slot(2)));
+}
+
+}  // namespace compiler
+}  // namespace internal
+}  // namespace v8