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-rw-r--r--llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/DeadStoreElimination.cpp11
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/DeadStoreElimination.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/DeadStoreElimination.cpp
index 6aa1c63f929..f4b432f88e5 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/DeadStoreElimination.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/DeadStoreElimination.cpp
@@ -261,9 +261,6 @@ bool DSE::handleEndBlock(BasicBlock& BB,
for (BasicBlock::iterator BBI = BB.end(); BBI != BB.begin(); ){
--BBI;
- if (deadPointers.empty())
- break;
-
// If we find a store whose pointer is dead...
if (StoreInst* S = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(BBI)) {
if (!S->isVolatile()) {
@@ -271,8 +268,12 @@ bool DSE::handleEndBlock(BasicBlock& BB,
// See through pointer-to-pointer bitcasts
TranslatePointerBitCasts(pointerOperand);
- if (isa<AllocaInst>(pointerOperand) &&
- deadPointers.count(cast<AllocaInst>(pointerOperand))) {
+ // Alloca'd pointers or byval arguments (which are functionally like
+ // alloca's) are valid candidates for removal.
+ if ( (isa<AllocaInst>(pointerOperand) &&
+ deadPointers.count(cast<AllocaInst>(pointerOperand))) ||
+ (isa<Argument>(pointerOperand) &&
+ cast<Argument>(pointerOperand)->hasByValAttr())) {
// Remove it!
MD.removeInstruction(S);
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