/// getPrefTypeAlignment - Return the preferred stack/global alignment for
- /// the specified type.
+ /// the specified type. This is always at least as good as the ABI alignment.
unsigned char getPrefTypeAlignment(const Type *Ty) const;
/// getPreferredTypeAlignmentShift - Return the preferred alignment for the
/// avoid a dangling pointer in this cache.
void InvalidateStructLayoutInfo(const StructType *Ty) const;
+ /// getPreferredAlignment - Return the preferred alignment of the specified
+ /// global. This includes an explicitly requested alignment (if the global
+ /// has one).
+ unsigned getPreferredAlignment(const GlobalVariable *GV) const;
+
/// getPreferredAlignmentLog - Return the preferred alignment of the
/// specified global, returned in log form. This includes an explicitly
/// requested alignment (if the global has one).