LLVM: llvm::PointerType Class Reference

LLVM API Documentation

#include <DerivedTypes.h>

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Public Member Functions
unsigned	getAddressSpace () const
	Return the address space of the Pointer type.
Static Public Member Functions
static PointerType *	get (Type *ElementType, unsigned AddressSpace)
static PointerType *	getUnqual (Type *ElementType)
static bool	isValidElementType (Type *ElemTy)
static bool	classof (const Type *T)
	Implement support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast.

Detailed Description

PointerType - Class to represent pointers.

Definition at line 442 of file DerivedTypes.h.

Member Function Documentation

static bool llvm::PointerType::classof ( const Type * T ) [inline, static]

Implement support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast.

Reimplemented from llvm::SequentialType.

Definition at line 465 of file DerivedTypes.h.

References llvm::Type::getTypeID(), and llvm::Type::PointerTyID.

PointerType * PointerType::get	(	Type *	ElementType,
		unsigned	AddressSpace
	)		`[static]`

PointerType::get - This constructs a pointer to an object of the specified type in a numbered address space.

Definition at line 736 of file Type.cpp.

References llvm::LLVMContextImpl::ASPointerTypes, llvm::Type::getContext(), isValidElementType(), llvm::LLVMContext::pImpl, llvm::LLVMContextImpl::PointerTypes, and llvm::LLVMContextImpl::TypeAllocator.

Referenced by AnalyzeLoadFromClobberingMemInst(), ConstantFoldGetElementPtrImpl(), convertMemSetToLoop(), CreatePrologue(), DecodeFixedType(), getAccessType(), llvm::SelectionDAG::getEVTAlignment(), getFoldedAlignOf(), getFoldedSizeOf(), llvm::GetElementPtrInst::getGEPReturnType(), GetHeapSROAValue(), GetLoadValueForLoad(), GetMemInstValueForLoad(), llvm::Module::getOrInsertGlobal(), llvm::Type::getPointerTo(), InstCombineStoreToCast(), LLVMPointerType(), llvm::R600TargetLowering::LowerFormalArguments(), llvm::NVPTXTargetLowering::LowerFormalArguments(), PerformHeapAllocSRoA(), SimplifyGEPInst(), and llvm::InstCombiner::visitAddrSpaceCast().

unsigned llvm::PointerType::getAddressSpace ( ) const [inline]

Return the address space of the Pointer type.

Definition at line 462 of file DerivedTypes.h.

References llvm::Type::getSubclassData().

Referenced by canDemoteGlobalVar(), llvm::CastInst::castIsValid(), ConstantFoldGetElementPtrImpl(), llvm::GlobalAlias::create(), FoldReinterpretLoadFromConstPtr(), llvm::GlobalAddressSDNode::getAddressSpace(), llvm::ConstantExpr::getAddrSpaceCast(), llvm::SelectionDAG::getGlobalAddress(), GetHeapSROAValue(), getNaturalGEPWithOffset(), INITIALIZE_PASS(), InstCombineLoadCast(), InstCombineStoreToCast(), llvm::isAllocaPromotable(), isTypeCongruent(), nvptx::LowerConstant(), llvm::TypePrinting::print(), llvm::AssemblyWriter::printGlobal(), SimplifyGEPInst(), SRAGlobal(), StripPtrCastKeepAS(), TryToShrinkGlobalToBoolean(), llvm::InstCombiner::visitAddrSpaceCast(), llvm::InstCombiner::visitGetElementPtrInst(), and WriteTypeTable().

static PointerType* llvm::PointerType::getUnqual ( Type * ElementType ) [inline, static]

PointerType::getUnqual - This constructs a pointer to an object of the specified type in the generic address space (address space zero).

Definition at line 453 of file DerivedTypes.h.

References llvm::IntegerType::get().

Referenced by appendToGlobalArray(), createMalloc(), llvm::InlineAsm::get(), llvm::TypeBuilder< T *, cross >::get(), llvm::ScalarEvolution::getElementSize(), getMemCmpLoad(), llvm::ConstantExpr::getOffsetOf(), llvm::ScalarEvolution::getOffsetOfExpr(), llvm::Module::getOrInsertFunction(), llvm::ConstantExpr::getSizeOf(), llvm::ScalarEvolution::getSizeOfExpr(), llvm::TargetLowering::LowerCallTo(), llvm::SparcTargetLowering::LowerF128_LibCallArg(), llvm::SparcTargetLowering::LowerF128Op(), llvm::UpgradeIntrinsicCall(), and llvm::InstCombiner::visitCallInst().

bool PointerType::isValidElementType ( Type * ElemTy ) [static]

isValidElementType - Return true if the specified type is valid as a element type.

Definition at line 766 of file Type.cpp.

References llvm::Type::isLabelTy(), llvm::Type::isMetadataTy(), and llvm::Type::isVoidTy().

Referenced by get().

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