[llvm] [clang] [Clang][IR] add TBAA metadata on pointer, union and array types. (PR #75177)

[John McCall via cfe-commits]

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@@ -105,13 +105,34 @@ static bool isValidBaseType(QualType QTy) {
     if (RD->hasFlexibleArrayMember())
       return false;
     // RD can be struct, union, class, interface or enum.
-    // For now, we only handle struct and class.
-    if (RD->isStruct() || RD->isClass())
+    if (RD->isStruct() || RD->isClass() ||
+        (RD->isUnion() && CodeGenOpts.UnionTBAA))
       return true;
   }
   return false;
 }
 
+// Give unique tag for compatible types.
+std::string CodeGenTBAA::getPointeeName(const Type *Ty) {
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rjmccall wrote:

Since this is always being used to build a larger string, could you make this 
append to a `raw_ostream`?

I guess `Ty` *is* guaranteed to be a canonical type here, because that's 
apparently a precondition of `getTypeInfoHelper`.  Could you assert that?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/75177
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