+static bool isKnownBaseResult(Value *V);
+namespace {
+/// A single base defining value - An immediate base defining value for an
+/// instruction 'Def' is an input to 'Def' whose base is also a base of 'Def'.
+/// For instructions which have multiple pointer [vector] inputs or that
+/// transition between vector and scalar types, there is no immediate base
+/// defining value. The 'base defining value' for 'Def' is the transitive
+/// closure of this relation stopping at the first instruction which has no
+/// immediate base defining value. The b.d.v. might itself be a base pointer,
+/// but it can also be an arbitrary derived pointer.
+struct BaseDefiningValueResult {
+ /// Contains the value which is the base defining value.
+ Value * const BDV;
+ /// True if the base defining value is also known to be an actual base
+ /// pointer.
+ const bool IsKnownBase;
+ BaseDefiningValueResult(Value *BDV, bool IsKnownBase)
+ : BDV(BDV), IsKnownBase(IsKnownBase) {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+ // Check consistency between new and old means of checking whether a BDV is
+ // a base.
+ bool MustBeBase = isKnownBaseResult(BDV);
+ assert(!MustBeBase || MustBeBase == IsKnownBase);
+#endif
+ }
+};
+}
+
+static BaseDefiningValueResult findBaseDefiningValue(Value *I);