From LangRef:
The '`llvm.memcpy.*`' intrinsics copy a block of memory from the
source location to the destination location, which are not allowed to overlap.
Quick demo with -aa-eval:
; opt -basicaa -aa-eval -print-all-alias-modref-info Transforms/Util/MemorySSA/basicaa-memcpy.ll declare void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* nocapture, i8* nocapture, i64, i32, i1) nounwind define void @source_clobber(i8* %a, i8* %b) { call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* %a, i8* %b, i64 128, i32 1, i1 false) %x = load i8, i8* %b ret void } ; Function: source_clobber: 2 pointers, 1 call sites ; MayAlias: i8* %a, i8* %b ; Just Mod: Ptr: i8* %a <-> call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* %a, i8* %b, i64 128, i32 1, i1 false) ; Just Ref: Ptr: i8* %b <-> call void @llvm.memcpy.p0i8.p0i8.i64(i8* %a, i8* %b, i64 128, i32 1, i1 false)
Note the "Just {Mod,Ref}" results.
This shadows the Inst variable in the outer scope, which can potentially be confusing. How about auto *MCI = dyn_cast<...>(...))?