-Value *Value::getUnderlyingObject(unsigned MaxLookup) {
- if (!getType()->isPointerTy())
- return this;
- Value *V = this;
- 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;
+/// isDereferenceablePointer - Test if this value is always a pointer to
+/// allocated and suitably aligned memory for a simple load or store.
+bool Value::isDereferenceablePointer() const {
+ // Note that it is not safe to speculate into a malloc'd region because
+ // malloc may return null.
+ // It's also not always safe to follow a bitcast, for example:
+ // bitcast i8* (alloca i8) to i32*
+ // would result in a 4-byte load from a 1-byte alloca. Some cases could
+ // be handled using TargetData to check sizes and alignments though.
+
+ // These are obviously ok.
+ if (isa<AllocaInst>(this)) return true;
+
+ // Global variables which can't collapse to null are ok.
+ if (const GlobalVariable *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalVariable>(this))
+ return !GV->hasExternalWeakLinkage();
+
+ // byval arguments are ok.
+ if (const Argument *A = dyn_cast<Argument>(this))
+ return A->hasByValAttr();
+
+ // For GEPs, determine if the indexing lands within the allocated object.
+ if (const GEPOperator *GEP = dyn_cast<GEPOperator>(this)) {
+ // Conservatively require that the base pointer be fully dereferenceable.
+ if (!GEP->getOperand(0)->isDereferenceablePointer())
+ return false;
+ // Check the indices.
+ gep_type_iterator GTI = gep_type_begin(GEP);
+ for (User::const_op_iterator I = GEP->op_begin()+1,
+ E = GEP->op_end(); I != E; ++I) {
+ Value *Index = *I;
+ Type *Ty = *GTI++;
+ // Struct indices can't be out of bounds.
+ if (isa<StructType>(Ty))
+ continue;
+ ConstantInt *CI = dyn_cast<ConstantInt>(Index);
+ if (!CI)
+ return false;
+ // Zero is always ok.
+ if (CI->isZero())
+ continue;
+ // Check to see that it's within the bounds of an array.
+ ArrayType *ATy = dyn_cast<ArrayType>(Ty);
+ if (!ATy)
+ return false;
+ if (CI->getValue().getActiveBits() > 64)
+ return false;
+ if (CI->getZExtValue() >= ATy->getNumElements())
+ return false;