// Useful predicates
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-/// isKnownNonNull - Return true if we know that the specified value is never
-/// null.
-static bool isKnownNonNull(const Value *V) {
- // Alloca never returns null, malloc might.
- if (isa<AllocaInst>(V)) return true;
-
- // A byval argument is never null.
- if (const Argument *A = dyn_cast<Argument>(V))
- return A->hasByValAttr();
-
- // Global values are not null unless extern weak.
- if (const GlobalValue *GV = dyn_cast<GlobalValue>(V))
- return !GV->hasExternalWeakLinkage();
- return false;
-}
-
/// isNonEscapingLocalObject - Return true if the pointer is to a function-local
/// object that never escapes from the function.
static bool isNonEscapingLocalObject(const Value *V) {