target datalayout = "e-m:e-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128" target triple = "x86_64--linux" @str = constant [6 x i8] c"foobar" declare { ptr, i64, i64 } @runtime.stringToBytes(ptr, i64) declare void @printByte(i8) declare void @printSlice(ptr nocapture readonly, i64, i64) declare void @writeToSlice(ptr nocapture, i64, i64) ; Test that runtime.stringToBytes can be fully optimized away. define void @testReadOnly() { entry: %0 = call fastcc { ptr, i64, i64 } @runtime.stringToBytes(ptr @str, i64 6) %1 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %0, 0 %2 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %0, 1 %3 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %0, 2 call fastcc void @printSlice(ptr %1, i64 %2, i64 %3) ; print(slice[0]) %indexaddr.ptr1 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %0, 0 %4 = getelementptr inbounds i8, ptr %indexaddr.ptr1, i64 0 %5 = load i8, ptr %4, align 1 call fastcc void @printByte(i8 %5) ret void } ; Test that even though the slice is written to, some values can be propagated. define void @testReadWrite() { entry: %0 = call fastcc { ptr, i64, i64 } @runtime.stringToBytes(ptr @str, i64 6) %1 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %0, 0 %2 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %0, 1 %3 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %0, 2 call fastcc void @writeToSlice(ptr %1, i64 %2, i64 %3) ret void } ; Test that pointer values are never propagated if there is even a single write ; to the pointer value (but len/cap values still can be). define void @testReadSome() { entry: %s = call fastcc { ptr, i64, i64 } @runtime.stringToBytes(ptr @str, i64 6) %s.ptr = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %s, 0 %s.len = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %s, 1 %s.cap = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %s, 2 call fastcc void @writeToSlice(ptr %s.ptr, i64 %s.len, i64 %s.cap) %s.ptr2 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %s, 0 %s.len2 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %s, 1 %s.cap2 = extractvalue { ptr, i64, i64 } %s, 2 call fastcc void @printSlice(ptr %s.ptr2, i64 %s.len2, i64 %s.cap2) ret void }