compiler: move GC passes to the transform package

transform/llvm.go

@@ -65,3 +65,27 @@ func replaceGlobalIntWithArray(mod llvm.Module, name string, buf interface{}) ll
 	global.SetName(name)
 	return global
 }
+
+// typeHasPointers returns whether this type is a pointer or contains pointers.
+// If the type is an aggregate type, it will check whether there is a pointer
+// inside.
+func typeHasPointers(t llvm.Type) bool {
+	switch t.TypeKind() {
+	case llvm.PointerTypeKind:
+		return true
+	case llvm.StructTypeKind:
+		for _, subType := range t.StructElementTypes() {
+			if typeHasPointers(subType) {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+		return false
+	case llvm.ArrayTypeKind:
+		if typeHasPointers(t.ElementType()) {
+			return true
+		}
+		return false
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}