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diff --git a/llvm/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp b/llvm/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
index b4c985962837..0a0b53796add 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Analysis/BasicAliasAnalysis.cpp
@@ -1010,10 +1010,13 @@ ModRefInfo BasicAAResult::getModRefInfo(const CallBase *Call,
return ModRefInfo::NoModRef;
}
- // The semantics of memcpy intrinsics either exactly overlap or do not
- // overlap, i.e., source and destination of any given memcpy are either
- // no-alias or must-alias.
- if (auto *Inst = dyn_cast<AnyMemCpyInst>(Call)) {
+ // Ideally, there should be no need to special case for memcpy/memove
+ // intrinsics here since general machinery (based on memory attributes) should
+ // already handle it just fine. Unfortunately, it doesn't due to deficiency in
+ // operand bundles support. At the moment it's not clear if complexity behind
+ // enhancing general mechanism worths it.
+ // TODO: Consider improving operand bundles support in general mechanism.
+ if (auto *Inst = dyn_cast<AnyMemTransferInst>(Call)) {
AliasResult SrcAA =
getBestAAResults().alias(MemoryLocation::getForSource(Inst), Loc, AAQI);
AliasResult DestAA =