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-rw-r--r--lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp30
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp
index 1b5cfb1..90af9f1 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Instructions.cpp
@@ -1037,26 +1037,30 @@ GetElementPtrInst::GetElementPtrInst(Value *Ptr, Value *Idx,
init(Ptr, Idx, Name);
}
-// getIndexedType - Returns the type of the element that would be loaded with
-// a load instruction with the specified parameters.
-//
-// The Idxs pointer should point to a continuous piece of memory containing the
-// indices, either as Value* or uint64_t.
-//
-// A null type is returned if the indices are invalid for the specified
-// pointer type.
-//
+/// getIndexedType - Returns the type of the element that would be accessed with
+/// a gep instruction with the specified parameters.
+///
+/// The Idxs pointer should point to a continuous piece of memory containing the
+/// indices, either as Value* or uint64_t.
+///
+/// A null type is returned if the indices are invalid for the specified
+/// pointer type.
+///
template <typename IndexTy>
-static const Type* getIndexedTypeInternal(const Type *Ptr,
- IndexTy const *Idxs,
- unsigned NumIdx) {
+static const Type* getIndexedTypeInternal(const Type *Ptr, IndexTy const *Idxs,
+ unsigned NumIdx) {
const PointerType *PTy = dyn_cast<PointerType>(Ptr);
if (!PTy) return 0; // Type isn't a pointer type!
const Type *Agg = PTy->getElementType();
- // Handle the special case of the empty set index set...
+ // Handle the special case of the empty set index set, which is always valid.
if (NumIdx == 0)
return Agg;
+
+ // If there is at least one index, the top level type must be sized, otherwise
+ // it cannot be 'stepped over'.
+ if (!Agg->isSized())
+ return 0;
unsigned CurIdx = 1;
for (; CurIdx != NumIdx; ++CurIdx) {