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authorDan Gohman <dan433584@gmail.com>2013-01-31 02:45:26 +0000
committerDan Gohman <dan433584@gmail.com>2013-01-31 02:45:26 +0000
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diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/InstructionSimplify.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/InstructionSimplify.cpp
index 9f2aa59863f..18d90b62ce3 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/InstructionSimplify.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/InstructionSimplify.cpp
@@ -663,6 +663,10 @@ Value *llvm::SimplifyAddInst(Value *Op0, Value *Op1, bool isNSW, bool isNUW,
/// accumulates the total constant offset applied in the returned constant. It
/// returns 0 if V is not a pointer, and returns the constant '0' if there are
/// no constant offsets applied.
+///
+/// This is very similar to GetPointerBaseWithConstantOffset except it doesn't
+/// follow non-inbounds geps. This allows it to remain usable for icmp ult/etc.
+/// folding.
static Constant *stripAndComputeConstantOffsets(const DataLayout &TD,
Value *&V) {
assert(V->getType()->isPointerTy());
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