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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Utils/LowerInvoke.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Utils/LowerInvoke.cpp
index 3385ba1c64..507fb86f56 100644
--- a/lib/Transforms/Utils/LowerInvoke.cpp
+++ b/lib/Transforms/Utils/LowerInvoke.cpp
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ splitLiveRangesLiveAcrossInvokes(std::vector<InvokeInst*> &Invokes) {
Function *F = Invokes.back()->getParent()->getParent();
// To avoid having to handle incoming arguments specially, we lower each arg
- // to a copy instruction in the entry block. This ensure that the argument
+ // to a copy instruction in the entry block. This ensures that the argument
// value itself cannot be live across the entry block.
BasicBlock::iterator AfterAllocaInsertPt = F->begin()->begin();
while (isa<AllocaInst>(AfterAllocaInsertPt) &&
@@ -334,10 +334,16 @@ splitLiveRangesLiveAcrossInvokes(std::vector<InvokeInst*> &Invokes) {
++AfterAllocaInsertPt;
for (Function::arg_iterator AI = F->arg_begin(), E = F->arg_end();
AI != E; ++AI) {
- CastInst *NC = new CastInst(AI, AI->getType(), AI->getName()+".tmp",
- AfterAllocaInsertPt);
+ // This is always a no-op cast because we're casting AI to AI->getType() so
+ // src and destination types are identical. BitCast is the only possibility.
+ CastInst *NC = new BitCastInst(
+ AI, AI->getType(), AI->getName()+".tmp", AfterAllocaInsertPt);
AI->replaceAllUsesWith(NC);
- NC->setOperand(0, AI);
+ // Normally its is forbidden to replace a CastInst's operand because it
+ // could cause the opcode to reflect an illegal conversion. However, we're
+ // replacing it here with the same value it was constructed with to simply
+ // make NC its user.
+ NC->setOperand(0, AI);
}
// Finally, scan the code looking for instructions with bad live ranges.