Function stripPointerCasts

transform/llvm.go:82–96

stripPointerCasts strips instruction pointer casts (getelementptr and bitcast) and returns the original value without the casts.

(value llvm.Value)

// stripPointerCasts strips instruction pointer casts (getelementptr and
// bitcast) and returns the original value without the casts.
func stripPointerCasts(value llvm.Value) llvm.Value {
	if !value.IsAConstantExpr().IsNil() {
		switch value.Opcode() {
		case llvm.GetElementPtr, llvm.BitCast:
			return stripPointerCasts(value.Operand(0))
		}
	}
	if !value.IsAInstruction().IsNil() {
		switch value.InstructionOpcode() {
		case llvm.GetElementPtr, llvm.BitCast:
			return stripPointerCasts(value.Operand(0))
		}
	}
	return value
}