[llvm] [BasicAA] Use nuw attribute of GEPs (PR #98608)
Nikita Popov via llvm-commits
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Wed Aug 14 03:51:14 PDT 2024
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@@ -1239,6 +1240,20 @@ AliasResult BasicAAResult::aliasGEP(
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+ // If the difference between pointers is Offset +<nuw> Indices then we know
+ // that the addition does not wrap the pointer index type (add nuw) and the
+ // constant Offset is a lower bound on the distance between the pointers. We
+ // can then prove NoAlias via Offset u>= VLeftSize.
+ // + + +
+ // | BaseOffset | +<nuw> Indices |
+ // ---------------->|-------------------->|
+ // |-->VLeftSize | |-------> VRightSize
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nikic wrote:
```suggestion
// |-->V2Size | |-------> V1Size
```
I think? WOuld be good to have the names here line up with the variable names.
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/98608
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