Fix a problem in alias analysis. It is about the misinterpretation of "Object".

This problem is exposed by r171325 which is already reverted. It is rather
hard to fabricate a testing case without it.

r171325 should *NOT* be resurrected as it has a potential problem although 
this problem dosen't directly contribute to PR14988.

The bug is tracked by:
  - rdar://13063553, and
  - http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=14988

Thank Arnold for coming up a better solution to this problem. After
comparing this solution and my original proposal, I decided to ditch mine.

llvm-svn: 176225
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Shuxin Yang 2013-02-28 00:24:45 +00:00
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@ -98,6 +98,35 @@ static uint64_t getObjectSize(const Value *V, const DataLayout &TD,
static bool isObjectSmallerThan(const Value *V, uint64_t Size,
const DataLayout &TD,
const TargetLibraryInfo &TLI) {
// Note that the meanings of the "object" are slightly different in the
// following contexts:
// c1: llvm::getObjectSize()
// c2: llvm.objectsize() intrinsic
// c3: isObjectSmallerThan()
// c1 and c2 share the same meaning; however, the meaning of "object" in c3
// refers to the "entire object".
//
// Consider this example:
// char *p = (char*)malloc(100)
// char *q = p+80;
//
// In the context of c1 and c2, the "object" pointed by q refers to the
// stretch of memory of q[0:19]. So, getObjectSize(q) should return 20.
//
// However, in the context of c3, the "object" refers to the chunk of memory
// being allocated. So, the "object" has 100 bytes, and q points to the middle
// the "object". In case q is passed to isObjectSmallerThan() as the 1st
// parameter, before the llvm::getObjectSize() is called to get the size of
// entire object, we should:
// - either rewind the pointer q to the base-address of the object in
// question (in this case rewind to p), or
// - just give up. It is up to caller to make sure the pointer is pointing
// to the base address the object.
//
// We go for 2nd option for simplicity.
if (!isIdentifiedObject(V))
return false;
// This function needs to use the aligned object size because we allow
// reads a bit past the end given sufficient alignment.
uint64_t ObjectSize = getObjectSize(V, TD, TLI, /*RoundToAlign*/true);