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alias.h
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1 /* Exported functions from alias.c
2  Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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19 
20 #ifndef GCC_ALIAS_H
21 #define GCC_ALIAS_H
22 
23 /* The type of an alias set. Code currently assumes that variables of
24  this type can take the values 0 (the alias set which aliases
25  everything) and -1 (sometimes indicating that the alias set is
26  unknown, sometimes indicating a memory barrier) and -2 (indicating
27  that the alias set should be set to a unique value but has not been
28  set yet). */
29 typedef int alias_set_type;
30 
31 extern alias_set_type new_alias_set (void);
32 extern alias_set_type get_alias_set (tree);
33 extern alias_set_type get_deref_alias_set (tree);
34 extern alias_set_type get_varargs_alias_set (void);
35 extern alias_set_type get_frame_alias_set (void);
36 extern tree component_uses_parent_alias_set_from (const_tree);
37 extern bool alias_set_subset_of (alias_set_type, alias_set_type);
38 extern void record_alias_subset (alias_set_type, alias_set_type);
39 extern void record_component_aliases (tree);
40 extern int alias_sets_conflict_p (alias_set_type, alias_set_type);
41 extern int alias_sets_must_conflict_p (alias_set_type, alias_set_type);
42 extern int objects_must_conflict_p (tree, tree);
43 extern int nonoverlapping_memrefs_p (const_rtx, const_rtx, bool);
44 tree reference_alias_ptr_type (tree);
45 bool alias_ptr_types_compatible_p (tree, tree);
46 
47 /* This alias set can be used to force a memory to conflict with all
48  other memories, creating a barrier across which no memory reference
49  can move. Note that there are other legacy ways to create such
50  memory barriers, including an address of SCRATCH. */
51 #define ALIAS_SET_MEMORY_BARRIER ((alias_set_type) -1)
52 
53 #endif /* GCC_ALIAS_H */