Add 'nonnull', a new parameter and return attribute which indicates that the pointer is not null. Instcombine will elide comparisons between these and null. Patch by Luqman Aden!

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@209185 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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Nick Lewycky
2014-05-20 01:23:40 +00:00
parent 30e5830301
commit fe47ebfad3
14 changed files with 44 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -2065,9 +2065,9 @@ bool llvm::isKnownNonNull(const Value *V, const TargetLibraryInfo *TLI) {
// Alloca never returns null, malloc might.
if (isa<AllocaInst>(V)) return true;
// A byval or inalloca argument is never null.
// A byval, inalloca, or nonnull argument is never null.
if (const Argument *A = dyn_cast<Argument>(V))
return A->hasByValOrInAllocaAttr();
return A->hasByValOrInAllocaAttr() || A->hasNonNullAttr();
// Global values are not null unless extern weak.
if (const GlobalValue *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalValue>(V))