Index: llvm/include/llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/include/llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h
+++ llvm/include/llvm/ADT/STLExtras.h
@@ -1360,6 +1360,15 @@
                                   Indices{});
 }
 
+/// Wrapper function around std::equal to detect if all elements
+/// in a container are same.
+template <typename R> 
+bool is_splat(R &&Range) {
+  size_t range_size = size(Range);
+  return range_size != 0 && (range_size == 1 ||
+         std::equal(adl_begin(Range) + 1, adl_end(Range), adl_begin(Range)));
+}
+
 } // end namespace llvm
 
 #endif // LLVM_ADT_STLEXTRAS_H
Index: llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/SelectionDAGBuilder.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/SelectionDAGBuilder.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/SelectionDAGBuilder.cpp
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@
     ISD::VSELECT : ISD::SELECT;
 
   // Min/max matching is only viable if all output VTs are the same.
-  if (std::equal(ValueVTs.begin(), ValueVTs.end(), ValueVTs.begin())) {
+  if (is_splat(ValueVTs)) {
     EVT VT = ValueVTs[0];
     LLVMContext &Ctx = *DAG.getContext();
     auto &TLI = DAG.getTargetLoweringInfo();
Index: llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/NewGVN.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/NewGVN.cpp
+++ llvm/lib/Transforms/Scalar/NewGVN.cpp
@@ -3174,10 +3174,7 @@
   SmallVector<const Value *, 32> OperandList;
   std::copy(FilteredPhiArgs.begin(), FilteredPhiArgs.end(),
             std::back_inserter(OperandList));
-  bool Okay = OperandList.size() == 1;
-  if (!Okay)
-    Okay =
-        std::equal(OperandList.begin(), OperandList.end(), OperandList.begin());
+  bool Okay = is_splat(OperandList);
   if (Okay)
     return singleReachablePHIPath(Visited, cast<MemoryAccess>(OperandList[0]),
                                   Second);
@@ -3272,8 +3269,7 @@
                        const MemoryDef *MD = cast<MemoryDef>(U);
                        return ValueToClass.lookup(MD->getMemoryInst());
                      });
-      assert(std::equal(PhiOpClasses.begin(), PhiOpClasses.end(),
-                        PhiOpClasses.begin()) &&
+      assert(is_splat(PhiOpClasses) &&
              "All MemoryPhi arguments should be in the same class");
     }
   }
Index: llvm/unittests/ADT/STLExtrasTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/unittests/ADT/STLExtrasTest.cpp
+++ llvm/unittests/ADT/STLExtrasTest.cpp
@@ -415,4 +415,19 @@
   EXPECT_EQ(EIR.end(), I);
 }
 
+TEST(STLExtrasTest, splat) {
+  std::vector<int> V;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(is_splat(V));
+
+  V.push_back(1);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(is_splat(V));
+
+  V.push_back(1);
+  V.push_back(1);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(is_splat(V));
+
+  V.push_back(2);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(is_splat(V));
+}
+
 } // namespace