2 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/llvm/GlobalAlias.h b/include/llvm/GlobalAlias.h
index 572de67037..1dee0414eb 100644
--- a/include/llvm/GlobalAlias.h
+++ b/include/llvm/GlobalAlias.h
@@ -78,7 +78,12 @@ public:
   /// getAliasedGlobal() - Aliasee can be either global or bitcast of
   /// global. This method retrives the global for both aliasee flavours.
   const GlobalValue* getAliasedGlobal() const;
-    
+
+  /// resolveAliasedGlobal() - This method tries to ultimately resolve alias by
+  /// going through aliasing chain and trying to find the very last
+  /// global. Return NULL is cycle was found.
+  const GlobalValue* resolveAliasedGlobal() const;
+
   // Methods for support type inquiry through isa, cast, and dyn_cast:
   static inline bool classof(const GlobalAlias *) { return true; }
   static inline bool classof(const Value *V) {
diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Globals.cpp b/lib/VMCore/Globals.cpp
index dae22e48ae..d66d351bc2 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Globals.cpp
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Globals.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "llvm/GlobalAlias.h"
 #include "llvm/DerivedTypes.h"
 #include "llvm/Module.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/LeakDetector.h"
 using namespace llvm;
 
@@ -230,3 +231,18 @@ const GlobalValue *GlobalAlias::getAliasedGlobal() const {
   return 0;
 }
 
+const GlobalValue *GlobalAlias::resolveAliasedGlobal() const {
+  SmallPtrSet<const GlobalValue*, 1> Visited;
+
+  const GlobalValue *GV = getAliasedGlobal();
+  Visited.insert(GV);
+
+  while (const GlobalAlias *GA = dyn_cast<GlobalAlias>(GV)) {
+    GV = GA->getAliasedGlobal();
+
+    if (!Visited.insert(GV))
+      return NULL;
+  }
+
+  return GV;
+}