Move Value::getUnderlyingObject to be a standalone
function so that it can live in Analysis instead of
VMCore.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@121885 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp b/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
index a612f13..d1b75c3 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/ValueTracking.cpp
@@ -1426,3 +1426,23 @@
// an empty string as a length.
return Len == ~0ULL ? 1 : Len;
}
+
+Value *llvm::GetUnderlyingObject(Value *V, unsigned MaxLookup) {
+ if (!V->getType()->isPointerTy())
+ return V;
+ for (unsigned Count = 0; MaxLookup == 0 || Count < MaxLookup; ++Count) {
+ if (GEPOperator *GEP = dyn_cast<GEPOperator>(V)) {
+ V = GEP->getPointerOperand();
+ } else if (Operator::getOpcode(V) == Instruction::BitCast) {
+ V = cast<Operator>(V)->getOperand(0);
+ } else if (GlobalAlias *GA = dyn_cast<GlobalAlias>(V)) {
+ if (GA->mayBeOverridden())
+ return V;
+ V = GA->getAliasee();
+ } else {
+ return V;
+ }
+ assert(V->getType()->isPointerTy() && "Unexpected operand type!");
+ }
+ return V;
+}