[llvm-dev] llvm.memcpy for struct copy

[Craig Topper via llvm-dev]

The i8 type in the pointers doesn't matter a whole lot. There's a long term
plan to remove the type from all pointers in llvm IR.

Yes, clang will use memcpy for struct copies. You can see example IR here
https://godbolt.org/g/8gQ18m. You'll see that the struct pointers are
bitcasted to i8* before the call.

~Craig

On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 11:12 PM, ma jun via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

>
> Hi all
>      I'm new here, and I have some question about llvm.memcpy intrinsic.
>      why does llvm.memcpy intrinsic only support i8*  for first two
> arguments?  and does clang will also transform struct copy into llvm.memcpy
> ? what format does IR looks like?
>      Thanks !
>
>      Regards
>      Jun
>
>
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