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+; this should not crash the ppc backend
+
+; RUN: llvm-as < %s | llc -march=ppc32
+
+uint %test( int %j.0.0.i) {
+  %tmp.85.i = and int %j.0.0.i, 7
+  %tmp.161278.i = cast int %tmp.85.i to uint
+  %tmp.5.i77.i = shr uint %tmp.161278.i, ubyte 3
+  ret uint %tmp.5.i77.i
+}
+
+