Make SCEVAddRecExpr's getType return a pointer type when the add

has a pointer member. This helps reduce unnecessary bitcasting
and uglygeps.


git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@93939 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h b/include/llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h
index 2c50350..64b8b0b 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Analysis/ScalarEvolutionExpressions.h
@@ -295,6 +295,13 @@ namespace llvm {
   public:
     virtual const char *getOperationStr() const { return " + "; }
 
+    virtual const Type *getType() const {
+      // Use the type of the last operand, which is likely to be a pointer
+      // type, if there is one. This doesn't usually matter, but it can help
+      // reduce casts when the expressions are expanded.
+      return getOperand(getNumOperands() - 1)->getType();
+    }
+
     /// Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
     static inline bool classof(const SCEVAddExpr *S) { return true; }
     static inline bool classof(const SCEV *S) {