Nick Lewycky fac554a131 Teach ConstantFolding to do a better job when folding gep(bitcast).
This permits the devirtualization of llvm.org/PR3100#c9 when compiled by clang.


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@90099 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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In test/Transforms/LoopStrengthReduce/quadradic-exit-value.ll, the
ScalarEvolution expression for %r is this:

  {1,+,3,+,2}<loop>

Outside the loop, this could be evaluated simply as (%n * %n), however
ScalarEvolution currently evaluates it as

  (-2 + (2 * (trunc i65 (((zext i64 (-2 + %n) to i65) * (zext i64 (-1 + %n) to i65)) /u 2) to i64)) + (3 * %n))

In addition to being much more complicated, it involves i65 arithmetic,
which is very inefficient when expanded into code.

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