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authorChris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org>2011-01-01 22:57:31 +0000
committerChris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org>2011-01-01 22:57:31 +0000
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a missed __builtin_object_size case.
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@@ -2074,3 +2074,20 @@ define i1 @g(i32 a) nounwind readnone {
}
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+This code can be seen in viterbi:
+
+ %64 = call noalias i8* @malloc(i64 %62) nounwind
+...
+ %67 = call i64 @llvm.objectsize.i64(i8* %64, i1 false) nounwind
+ %68 = call i8* @__memset_chk(i8* %64, i32 0, i64 %62, i64 %67) nounwind
+
+llvm.objectsize.i64 should be taught about malloc/calloc, allowing it to
+fold to %62. This is a security win (overflows of malloc will get caught)
+and also a performance win by exposing more memsets to the optimizer.
+
+This occurs several times in viterbi.
+
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+