CodeGenPrepare.cpp

    Instruction *I = BBI++;
    
    if (CastInst *CI = dyn_cast<CastInst>(I)) {
      // If the source of the cast is a constant, then this should have
      // already been constant folded.  The only reason NOT to constant fold
      // it is if something (e.g. LSR) was careful to place the constant
      // evaluation in a block other than then one that uses it (e.g. to hoist
      // the address of globals out of a loop).  If this is the case, we don't
      // want to forward-subst the cast.
      if (isa<Constant>(CI->getOperand(0)))
        continue;
      
      bool Change = false;
      if (TLI) {
        Change = OptimizeNoopCopyExpression(CI, *TLI);
        MadeChange |= Change;
      }

      if (OptExtUses && !Change && (isa<ZExtInst>(I) || isa<SExtInst>(I)))
        MadeChange |= OptimizeExtUses(I);
    } else if (CmpInst *CI = dyn_cast<CmpInst>(I)) {
      MadeChange |= OptimizeCmpExpression(CI);
    } else if (LoadInst *LI = dyn_cast<LoadInst>(I)) {
      if (TLI)
        MadeChange |= OptimizeLoadStoreInst(I, I->getOperand(0), LI->getType(),
                                            SunkAddrs);
    } else if (StoreInst *SI = dyn_cast<StoreInst>(I)) {
      if (TLI)
        MadeChange |= OptimizeLoadStoreInst(I, SI->getOperand(1),
                                            SI->getOperand(0)->getType(),
                                            SunkAddrs);
    } else if (GetElementPtrInst *GEPI = dyn_cast<GetElementPtrInst>(I)) {
      if (GEPI->hasAllZeroIndices()) {
        /// The GEP operand must be a pointer, so must its result -> BitCast
        Instruction *NC = new BitCastInst(GEPI->getOperand(0), GEPI->getType(), 
                                          GEPI->getName(), GEPI);
        GEPI->replaceAllUsesWith(NC);
        GEPI->eraseFromParent();
        MadeChange = true;
        BBI = NC;
      }
    } else if (CallInst *CI = dyn_cast<CallInst>(I)) {
      // If we found an inline asm expession, and if the target knows how to
      // lower it to normal LLVM code, do so now.
      if (TLI && isa<InlineAsm>(CI->getCalledValue()))
        if (const TargetAsmInfo *TAI = 
            TLI->getTargetMachine().getTargetAsmInfo()) {
          if (TAI->ExpandInlineAsm(CI))
            BBI = BB.begin();
        }
    }
  }
    
  return MadeChange;
}