void SelectionDAGBuilder::visitGetElementPtr(const User &I) {
SDValue N = getValue(I.getOperand(0));
- Type *Ty = I.getOperand(0)->getType();
- // If this is a vector of pointers, use the size of the
- // vector element and not the size of the pointer.
- if (VectorType *VTy = dyn_cast<VectorType>(Ty))
- Ty = VTy->getElementType();
+ // Note that the pointer operand may be a vector of pointers. Take the scalar
+ // element which holds a pointer.
+ Type *Ty = I.getOperand(0)->getType()->getScalarType();
for (GetElementPtrInst::const_op_iterator OI = I.op_begin()+1, E = I.op_end();
OI != E; ++OI) {