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+from collections import defaultdict
+import logging
+
+import networkx
+import networkx.algorithms
+
+
+def shallow_reverse(g) -> networkx.DiGraph:
+    """
+    Make a shallow copy of a directional graph and reverse the edges. This is a workaround to solve the issue that one
+    cannot easily make a shallow reversed copy of a graph in NetworkX 2, since networkx.reverse(copy=False) now returns
+    a GraphView, and GraphViews are always read-only.
+
+    :param networkx.DiGraph g:  The graph to reverse.
+    :return:                    A new networkx.DiGraph that has all nodes and all edges of the original graph, with
+                                edges reversed.
+    """
+
+    new_g = networkx.DiGraph()
+
+    new_g.add_nodes_from(g.nodes())
+    for src, dst, data in g.edges(data=True):
+        new_g.add_edge(dst, src, **data)
+
+    return new_g
+
+
+def inverted_idoms(graph: networkx.DiGraph) -> tuple[networkx.DiGraph, dict | None]:
+    """
+    Invert the given graph and generate the immediate dominator tree on the inverted graph. This is useful for
+    computing post-dominators.
+
+    :param graph:   The graph to invert and generate immediate dominator tree for.
+    :return:        A tuple of the inverted graph and the immediate dominator tree.
+    """
+
+    end_nodes = {n for n in graph.nodes() if graph.out_degree(n) == 0}
+    inverted_graph: networkx.DiGraph = shallow_reverse(graph)
+    if end_nodes:
+        if len(end_nodes) > 1:
+            # make sure there is only one end node
+            dummy_node = "DUMMY_NODE"
+            for end_node in end_nodes:
+                inverted_graph.add_edge(dummy_node, end_node)
+            endnode = dummy_node
+        else:
+            endnode = next(iter(end_nodes))  # pick the end node
+
+        idoms = networkx.immediate_dominators(inverted_graph, endnode)
+    else:
+        idoms = None
+    return inverted_graph, idoms
+
+
+def to_acyclic_graph(
+    graph: networkx.DiGraph, ordered_nodes: list | None = None, loop_heads: list | None = None
+) -> networkx.DiGraph:
+    """
+    Convert a given DiGraph into an acyclic graph.
+
+    :param graph:           The graph to convert.
+    :param ordered_nodes:   A list of nodes sorted in a topological order.
+    :param loop_heads:      A list of known loop head nodes.
+    :return:                The converted acyclic graph.
+    """
+
+    if ordered_nodes is None:
+        # take the quasi-topological order of the graph
+        ordered_nodes = GraphUtils.quasi_topological_sort_nodes(graph, loop_heads=loop_heads)
+
+    acyclic_graph = networkx.DiGraph()
+
+    # add each node and its edge into the graph
+    visited = set()
+    for node in ordered_nodes:
+        visited.add(node)
+        acyclic_graph.add_node(node)
+        for successor in graph.successors(node):
+            if successor not in visited:
+                acyclic_graph.add_edge(node, successor)
+
+    return acyclic_graph
+
+
+def dfs_back_edges(graph, start_node):
+    """
+    Perform an iterative DFS traversal of the graph, returning back edges.
+
+    :param graph:       The graph to traverse.
+    :param start_node:  The node where to start the traversal.
+    :returns:           An iterator of 'backward' edges.
+    """
+    if start_node not in graph:
+        return  # Ensures that the start node is in the graph
+
+    visited = set()  # Tracks visited nodes
+    finished = set()  # Tracks nodes whose descendants are fully explored
+    stack = [(start_node, iter(graph[start_node]))]
+
+    while stack:
+        node, children = stack[-1]
+        visited.add(node)
+
+        try:
+            child = next(children)
+            if child in visited:
+                if child not in finished:
+                    yield node, child  # Found a back edge
+            elif child not in finished:  # Check if the child has not been finished
+                stack.append((child, iter(graph[child])))
+        except StopIteration:
+            stack.pop()  # Done with this node's children
+            finished.add(node)  # Mark this node as finished
+
+
+def subgraph_between_nodes(graph, source, frontier, include_frontier=False):
+    """
+    For a directed graph, return a subgraph that includes all nodes going from a source node to a target node.
+
+    :param networkx.DiGraph graph:  The directed graph.
+    :param source:                  The source node.
+    :param list frontier:           A collection of target nodes.
+    :param bool include_frontier:   Should nodes in frontier be included in the subgraph.
+    :return:                        A subgraph.
+    :rtype:                         networkx.DiGraph
+    """
+
+    graph = networkx.DiGraph(graph)  # make a copy
+    for pred in list(graph.predecessors(source)):
+        # make sure we cannot go from any other node to the source node
+        graph.remove_edge(pred, source)
+
+    g0 = networkx.DiGraph()
+
+    if source not in graph or any(node not in graph for node in frontier):
+        raise KeyError("Source node or frontier nodes are not in the source graph.")
+
+    # BFS on graph and add new nodes to g0
+    queue = [source]
+    traversed = set()
+
+    frontier = set(frontier)
+
+    while queue:
+        node = queue.pop(0)
+        traversed.add(node)
+
+        for _, succ, data in graph.out_edges(node, data=True):
+            if g0.has_edge(node, succ):
+                continue
+
+            g0.add_edge(node, succ, **data)
+            if succ in traversed or succ in frontier:
+                continue
+            for frontier_node in frontier:
+                if networkx.has_path(graph, succ, frontier_node):
+                    queue.append(succ)
+                    break
+
+    # recursively remove all nodes that have less than two neighbors
+    to_remove = [
+        n
+        for n in g0.nodes()
+        if n not in frontier and n is not source and (g0.out_degree[n] == 0 or g0.in_degree[n] == 0)
+    ]
+    while to_remove:
+        g0.remove_nodes_from(to_remove)
+        to_remove = [
+            n
+            for n in g0.nodes()
+            if n not in frontier and n is not source and (g0.out_degree[n] == 0 or g0.in_degree[n] == 0)
+        ]
+
+    if not include_frontier:
+        # remove the frontier nodes
+        g0.remove_nodes_from(frontier)
+
+    return g0
+
+
+def dominates(idom, dominator_node, node):
+    n = node
+    while n:
+        if n == dominator_node:
+            return True
+        if n in idom and n != idom[n]:
+            n = idom[n]
+        else:
+            n = None
+    return False
+
+
+#
+# Dominance frontier
+#
+
+
+def compute_dominance_frontier(graph, domtree):
+    """
+    Compute a dominance frontier based on the given post-dominator tree.
+
+    This implementation is based on figure 2 of paper An Efficient Method of Computing Static Single Assignment
+    Form by Ron Cytron, etc.
+
+    :param graph:   The graph where we want to compute the dominance frontier.
+    :param domtree: The dominator tree
+    :returns:       A dict of dominance frontier
+    """
+
+    df = {}
+
+    # Perform a post-order search on the dominator tree
+    for x in networkx.dfs_postorder_nodes(domtree):
+        if x not in graph:
+            # Skip nodes that are not in the graph
+            continue
+
+        df[x] = set()
+
+        # local set
+        for y in graph.successors(x):
+            if x not in domtree.predecessors(y):
+                df[x].add(y)
+
+        # up set
+        if x is None:
+            continue
+
+        for z in domtree.successors(x):
+            if z is x:
+                continue
+            if z not in df:
+                continue
+            for y in df[z]:
+                if x not in list(domtree.predecessors(y)):
+                    df[x].add(y)
+
+    return df
+
+
+#
+# Dominators and post-dominators
+#
+
+
+class TemporaryNode:
+    """
+    A temporary node.
+
+    Used as the start node and end node in post-dominator tree generation. Also used in some test cases.
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ["_label"]
+
+    def __init__(self, label):
+        self._label = label
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "TN[%s]" % self._label
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, TemporaryNode) and other._label == self._label:
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(("TemporaryNode", self._label))
+
+
+class ContainerNode:
+    """
+    A container node.
+
+    Only used in dominator tree generation. We did this so we can set the index property without modifying the
+    original object.
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ["_obj", "index"]
+
+    def __init__(self, obj):
+        self._obj = obj
+        self.index = None
+
+    @property
+    def obj(self):
+        return self._obj
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, ContainerNode):
+            return self._obj is other._obj
+        return False
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash(("CN", self._obj))
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "CN[%s]" % repr(self._obj)
+
+
+class Dominators:
+    """
+    Describes dominators in a graph.
+    """
+
+    dom: networkx.DiGraph
+
+    def __init__(self, graph, entry_node, successors_func=None, reverse=False):
+        self._l = logging.getLogger("utils.graph.dominators")
+        self._graph_successors_func = successors_func
+
+        self._reverse = reverse  # Set it to True to generate a post-dominator tree.
+
+        # Temporary variables
+        self._ancestor = None
+        self._semi = None
+        self._label = None
+
+        # Output
+        self.dom = None  # type: ignore # this is guaranteed to be not null after the __init__ returns
+        self.prepared_graph = None
+
+        self._construct(graph, entry_node)
+
+    def _graph_successors(self, graph, node):
+        """
+        Return the successors of a node in the graph.
+        This method can be overriden in case there are special requirements with the graph and the successors. For
+        example, when we are dealing with a control flow graph, we may not want to get the FakeRet successors.
+
+        :param graph: The graph.
+        :param node:  The node of which we want to get the successors.
+        :return:      An iterator of successors.
+        :rtype:       iter
+        """
+
+        if self._graph_successors_func is not None:
+            return self._graph_successors_func(graph, node)
+
+        return graph.successors(node)
+
+    def _construct(self, graph, entry_node):
+        """
+        Find post-dominators for each node in the graph.
+
+        This implementation is based on paper A Fast Algorithm for Finding Dominators in a Flow Graph by Thomas
+        Lengauer and Robert E. Tarjan from Stanford University, ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems,
+        Vol. 1, No. 1, July 1979
+        """
+
+        # Step 1
+
+        _prepared_graph, vertices, parent = self._prepare_graph(graph, entry_node)
+        # vertices is a list of ContainerNode instances
+        # parent is a dict storing the mapping from ContainerNode to ContainerNode
+        # Each node in prepared_graph is a ContainerNode instance
+
+        bucket = defaultdict(set)
+        dom = [None] * (len(vertices))
+        self._ancestor = [None] * (len(vertices) + 1)
+
+        for i in range(len(vertices) - 1, 0, -1):
+            w = vertices[i]
+
+            # Step 2
+            if w not in parent:
+                # It's one of the start nodes
+                continue
+
+            predecessors = _prepared_graph.predecessors(w)
+            for v in predecessors:
+                u = self._pd_eval(v)
+                if self._semi[u.index].index < self._semi[w.index].index:
+                    self._semi[w.index] = self._semi[u.index]
+
+            bucket[vertices[self._semi[w.index].index].index].add(w)
+
+            self._pd_link(parent[w], w)
+
+            # Step 3
+            for v in bucket[parent[w].index]:
+                u = self._pd_eval(v)
+                if self._semi[u.index].index < self._semi[v.index].index:
+                    dom[v.index] = u
+                else:
+                    dom[v.index] = parent[w]
+
+            bucket[parent[w].index].clear()
+
+        for i in range(1, len(vertices)):
+            w = vertices[i]
+            if w not in parent:
+                continue
+            if dom[w.index].index != vertices[self._semi[w.index].index].index:
+                dom[w.index] = dom[dom[w.index].index]
+
+        self.dom = networkx.DiGraph()  # The post-dom tree described in a directional graph
+        for i in range(1, len(vertices)):
+            if dom[i] is not None and vertices[i] is not None:
+                self.dom.add_edge(dom[i].obj, vertices[i].obj)
+
+        # Output
+        self.prepared_graph = _prepared_graph
+
+    def _prepare_graph(self, graph, entry):
+        # We want to reverse the graph, and label each node according to its order in a DFS
+        new_graph = networkx.DiGraph()
+
+        n = entry
+
+        queue = [n]
+        start_node = TemporaryNode("start_node")
+        # Put the start_node into a Container as well
+        start_node = ContainerNode(start_node)
+        # Create the end_node, too
+        end_node = ContainerNode(TemporaryNode("end_node"))
+
+        container_nodes = {}
+
+        traversed_nodes = set()
+        while queue:
+            node = queue.pop()
+
+            successors = list(self._graph_successors(graph, node))
+
+            # Put it into a container
+            if node in container_nodes:
+                container_node = container_nodes[node]
+            else:
+                container_node = ContainerNode(node)
+                container_nodes[node] = container_node
+
+            traversed_nodes.add(container_node)
+
+            if len(successors) == 0:
+                # Note that this condition may never be satisfied if there is no real "end node" in the graph: the graph
+                # may end with a loop.
+                if self._reverse:
+                    # Add an edge between the start node and this node
+                    new_graph.add_edge(start_node, container_node)
+                else:
+                    # Add an edge between our this node and end node
+                    new_graph.add_edge(container_node, end_node)
+
+            for s in successors:
+                if s in container_nodes:
+                    container_s = container_nodes[s]
+                else:
+                    container_s = ContainerNode(s)
+                    container_nodes[s] = container_s
+                if self._reverse:
+                    new_graph.add_edge(container_s, container_node)  # Reversed
+                else:
+                    new_graph.add_edge(container_node, container_s)  # Reversed
+                if container_s not in traversed_nodes:
+                    queue.append(s)
+
+        if self._reverse:
+            # Add the end node
+            new_graph.add_edge(container_nodes[n], end_node)
+        else:
+            # Add the start node
+            new_graph.add_edge(start_node, container_nodes[n])
+
+        all_nodes_count = new_graph.number_of_nodes()
+        self._l.debug("There should be %d nodes in all", all_nodes_count)
+        counter = 0
+        vertices = [ContainerNode("placeholder")]
+        scanned_nodes = set()
+        parent = {}
+        while True:
+            # DFS from the current start node
+            stack = [start_node]
+            while len(stack) > 0:
+                node = stack.pop()
+                if node in scanned_nodes:
+                    continue
+                counter += 1
+
+                # Mark it as scanned
+                scanned_nodes.add(node)
+
+                # Put the container node into vertices list
+                vertices.append(node)
+
+                # Put each successors into the stack
+                successors = new_graph.successors(node)
+
+                # Set the index property of it
+                node.index = counter
+
+                for s in successors:
+                    if s not in scanned_nodes:
+                        stack.append(s)
+                        parent[s] = node
+
+            if counter >= all_nodes_count:
+                break
+
+            self._l.debug(
+                "%d nodes are left out during the DFS. They must formed a cycle themselves.", all_nodes_count - counter
+            )
+            # Find those nodes
+            leftovers = [s for s in traversed_nodes if s not in scanned_nodes]
+            new_graph.add_edge(start_node, leftovers[0])
+            # We have to start over...
+            counter = 0
+            parent = {}
+            scanned_nodes = set()
+            vertices = [ContainerNode("placeholder")]
+
+        self._semi = vertices[::]
+        self._label = vertices[::]
+
+        return new_graph, vertices, parent
+
+    def _pd_link(self, v, w):
+        self._ancestor[w.index] = v
+
+    def _pd_eval(self, v):
+        if self._ancestor[v.index] is None:
+            return v
+        else:
+            self._pd_compress(v)
+            return self._label[v.index]
+
+    def _pd_compress(self, v):
+        if self._ancestor[self._ancestor[v.index].index] is not None:
+            self._pd_compress(self._ancestor[v.index])
+            if (
+                self._semi[self._label[self._ancestor[v.index].index].index].index
+                < self._semi[self._label[v.index].index].index
+            ):
+                self._label[v.index] = self._label[self._ancestor[v.index].index]
+            self._ancestor[v.index] = self._ancestor[self._ancestor[v.index].index]
+
+
+class PostDominators(Dominators):
+    """
+    Describe post-dominators in a graph.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, graph, entry_node, successors_func=None):
+        super().__init__(graph, entry_node, successors_func=successors_func, reverse=True)
+
+    @property
+    def post_dom(self) -> networkx.DiGraph:
+        return self.dom
+
+
+class SCCPlaceholder:
+    """
+    Describes a placeholder for strongly-connected-components in a graph.
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ("scc_id",)
+
+    def __init__(self, scc_id):
+        self.scc_id = scc_id
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return isinstance(other, SCCPlaceholder) and other.scc_id == self.scc_id
+
+    def __hash__(self):
+        return hash("scc_placeholder_%d" % self.scc_id)
+
+
+class GraphUtils:
+    """
+    A helper class with some static methods and algorithms implemented, that in fact, might take more than just normal
+    CFGs.
+    """
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def find_merge_points(function_addr, function_endpoints, graph):  # pylint:disable=unused-argument
+        """
+        Given a local transition graph of a function, find all merge points inside, and then perform a
+        quasi-topological sort of those merge points.
+
+        A merge point might be one of the following cases:
+        - two or more paths come together, and ends at the same address.
+        - end of the current function
+
+        :param int function_addr: Address of the function.
+        :param list function_endpoints: Endpoints of the function. They typically come from Function.endpoints.
+        :param networkx.DiGraph graph: A local transition graph of a function. Normally it comes from Function.graph.
+        :return: A list of ordered addresses of merge points.
+        :rtype: list
+        """
+
+        merge_points = set()
+
+        for node in graph.nodes():
+            if graph.in_degree(node) > 1:
+                merge_points.add(node)
+
+        ordered_merge_points = GraphUtils.quasi_topological_sort_nodes(graph, merge_points)
+
+        addrs = [n.addr for n in ordered_merge_points]
+        return addrs
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def find_widening_points(function_addr, function_endpoints, graph):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        """
+        Given a local transition graph of a function, find all widening points inside.
+
+        Correctly choosing widening points is very important in order to not lose too much information during static
+        analysis. We mainly consider merge points that has at least one loop back edges coming in as widening points.
+
+        :param int function_addr: Address of the function.
+        :param list function_endpoints: Endpoints of the function, typically coming from Function.endpoints.
+        :param networkx.DiGraph graph: A local transition graph of a function, normally Function.graph.
+        :return: A list of addresses of widening points.
+        :rtype: list
+        """
+
+        sccs = networkx.strongly_connected_components(graph)
+
+        widening_addrs = set()
+
+        for scc in sccs:
+            if len(scc) == 1:
+                node = next(iter(scc))
+                if graph.has_edge(node, node):
+                    # self loop
+                    widening_addrs.add(node.addr)
+            else:
+                for n in scc:
+                    predecessors = graph.predecessors(n)
+                    if any(p not in scc for p in predecessors):
+                        widening_addrs.add(n.addr)
+                        break
+
+        return list(widening_addrs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def reverse_post_order_sort_nodes(graph, nodes=None):
+        """
+        Sort a given set of nodes in reverse post ordering.
+
+        :param networkx.DiGraph graph: A local transition graph of a function.
+        :param iterable nodes: A collection of nodes to sort.
+        :return: A list of sorted nodes.
+        :rtype: list
+        """
+
+        post_order = networkx.dfs_postorder_nodes(graph)
+
+        if nodes is None:
+            return reversed(list(post_order))
+
+        addrs_to_index = {n.addr: i for (i, n) in enumerate(post_order)}
+        return sorted(nodes, key=lambda n: addrs_to_index[n.addr], reverse=True)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def quasi_topological_sort_nodes(
+        graph: networkx.DiGraph, nodes: list | None = None, loop_heads: list | None = None
+    ) -> list:
+        """
+        Sort a given set of nodes from a graph based on the following rules:
+
+        # - if A -> B and not B -> A, then we have A < B
+        # - if A -> B and B -> A, then the ordering is undefined
+
+        Following the above rules gives us a quasi-topological sorting of nodes in the graph. It also works for cyclic
+        graphs.
+
+        :param graph:       A local transition graph of the function.
+        :param nodes:       A list of nodes to sort. None if you want to sort all nodes inside the graph.
+        :param loop_heads:  A list of nodes that should be treated loop heads.
+        :return:            A list of ordered nodes.
+        """
+
+        # fast path for single node graphs
+        if graph.number_of_nodes() == 1:
+            if nodes is None:
+                return list(graph.nodes)
+            return [n for n in graph.nodes() if n in nodes]
+
+        # make a copy to the graph since we are gonna modify it
+        graph_copy = networkx.DiGraph()
+
+        # find all strongly connected components in the graph
+        sccs = [scc for scc in networkx.strongly_connected_components(graph) if len(scc) > 1]
+
+        def _sort_edge(edge):
+            """
+            A sorter to make a deterministic order of edges.
+            """
+            _src, _dst = edge
+            src_addr, dst_addr = 0, 0
+            if hasattr(_src, "addr"):
+                src_addr = _src.addr
+            elif isinstance(_src, int):
+                src_addr = _src
+
+            if hasattr(_dst, "addr"):
+                dst_addr = _dst.addr
+            elif isinstance(_dst, int):
+                dst_addr = _dst
+
+            return src_addr + dst_addr
+
+        # collapse all strongly connected components
+        edges = sorted(list(graph.edges()), key=_sort_edge)
+        for src, dst in edges:
+            scc_index = GraphUtils._components_index_node(sccs, src)
+            if scc_index is not None:
+                src = SCCPlaceholder(scc_index)
+            scc_index = GraphUtils._components_index_node(sccs, dst)
+            if scc_index is not None:
+                dst = SCCPlaceholder(scc_index)
+
+            if isinstance(src, SCCPlaceholder) and isinstance(dst, SCCPlaceholder) and src == dst:
+                if src not in graph_copy:
+                    graph_copy.add_node(src)
+                continue
+            if src == dst:
+                if src not in graph_copy:
+                    graph_copy.add_node(src)
+                continue
+
+            graph_copy.add_edge(src, dst)
+
+        # add loners
+        out_degree_zero_nodes = [node for (node, degree) in graph.out_degree() if degree == 0]
+        for node in out_degree_zero_nodes:
+            if graph.in_degree(node) == 0:
+                graph_copy.add_node(node)
+
+        # topological sort on acyclic graph `graph_copy`
+        tmp_nodes = networkx.topological_sort(graph_copy)
+
+        ordered_nodes = []
+        for n in tmp_nodes:
+            if isinstance(n, SCCPlaceholder):
+                GraphUtils._append_scc(graph, ordered_nodes, sccs[n.scc_id], loop_head_candidates=loop_heads)
+            else:
+                ordered_nodes.append(n)
+
+        if nodes is None:
+            return ordered_nodes
+
+        nodes = set(nodes)
+        ordered_nodes = [n for n in ordered_nodes if n in nodes]
+        return ordered_nodes
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _components_index_node(components, node):
+        for i, comp in enumerate(components):
+            if node in comp:
+                return i
+        return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _append_scc(
+        graph: networkx.DiGraph, ordered_nodes: list, scc: set, loop_head_candidates: list | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Append all nodes from a strongly connected component to a list of ordered nodes and ensure the topological
+        order.
+
+        :param graph: The graph where all nodes belong to.
+        :param ordered_nodes:     Ordered nodes.
+        :param scc:           A set of nodes that forms a strongly connected component in the graph.
+        """
+
+        loop_head = None
+
+        if loop_head_candidates is not None:
+            # find the first node that appears in loop_heads
+            loop_head_candidates = set(loop_head_candidates)
+            for n in scc:
+                if n in loop_head_candidates:
+                    loop_head = n
+                    break
+
+        if loop_head is None:
+            for parent_node in reversed(ordered_nodes):
+                # find all successors to this node
+                succs = set(graph.successors(parent_node))
+                scc_succs = scc.intersection(succs)
+                if len(scc_succs) == 1:
+                    loop_head = next(iter(scc_succs))
+                    break
+                if len(scc_succs) > 1:
+                    # calculate the distance between each pair of nodes within scc_succs, pick the one with the
+                    # shortest total distance
+                    scc_node_distance = defaultdict(int)
+                    for scc_succ in scc_succs:
+                        for other_node in scc_succs:
+                            if other_node is scc_succ:
+                                continue
+                            scc_node_distance[scc_succ] += networkx.algorithms.shortest_path_length(
+                                graph, scc_succ, other_node
+                            )
+                    distance_to_node = {v: k for k, v in scc_node_distance.items()}
+                    lowest_distance = min(distance_to_node)
+                    loop_head = distance_to_node[lowest_distance]
+                    break
+
+        if loop_head is None:
+            # randomly pick one
+            loop_head = next(iter(scc))
+
+        subgraph: networkx.DiGraph = graph.subgraph(scc).copy()
+        for src, _ in list(subgraph.in_edges(loop_head)):
+            subgraph.remove_edge(src, loop_head)
+
+        # panic mode: if the strongly connected component has too many edges (imagine an almost complete graph), it
+        # will take too long to converge if we only remove one node out of the component each time. we introduce a
+        # panic mode that will aggressively remove edges
+
+        if len(subgraph) > 3000 and len(subgraph.edges) > len(subgraph) * 1.4:
+            for n in scc:
+                if subgraph.in_degree[n] >= 1 and subgraph.out_degree[n] >= 1:
+                    for src in list(subgraph.predecessors(n)):
+                        if src is not n:
+                            subgraph.remove_edge(src, n)
+                            if len(subgraph.edges) <= len(subgraph) * 1.4:
+                                break
+
+        ordered_nodes.extend(GraphUtils.quasi_topological_sort_nodes(subgraph))