Index: runtime/vm/flow_graph_compiler_ia32.cc |
diff --git a/runtime/vm/flow_graph_compiler_ia32.cc b/runtime/vm/flow_graph_compiler_ia32.cc |
index fbc891ea0969355d6d23ca36eb9940e5f5dbad65..dda190a2db487da2652a732416132201a591d158 100644 |
--- a/runtime/vm/flow_graph_compiler_ia32.cc |
+++ b/runtime/vm/flow_graph_compiler_ia32.cc |
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ RawSubtypeTestCache* FlowGraphCompiler::GenerateInlineInstanceof( |
// If instanceof type test cannot be performed successfully at compile time and |
// therefore eliminated, optimize it by adding inlined tests for: |
-// - NULL -> return false. |
+// - NULL -> return type == Null (type is not Object or dynamic). |
// - Smi -> compile time subtype check (only if dst class is not parameterized). |
// - Class equality (only if class is not parameterized). |
// Inputs: |
@@ -577,13 +577,13 @@ void FlowGraphCompiler::GenerateInstanceOf(TokenPosition token_pos, |
// If type is instantiated and non-parameterized, we can inline code |
// checking whether the tested instance is a Smi. |
if (type.IsInstantiated()) { |
- // A null object is only an instance of Object and dynamic, which has |
- // already been checked above (if the type is instantiated). So we can |
- // return false here if the instance is null (and if the type is |
- // instantiated). |
+ // A null object is only an instance of Null, Object, and dynamic. |
+ // Object and dynamic have already been checked above (if the type is |
+ // instantiated). So we can return false here if the instance is null, |
+ // unless the type is Null (and if the type is instantiated). |
// We can only inline this null check if the type is instantiated at compile |
- // time, since an uninstantiated type at compile time could be Object or |
- // dynamic at run time. |
+ // time, since an uninstantiated type at compile time could be Null, Object, |
+ // or dynamic at run time. |
__ cmpl(EAX, raw_null); |
__ j(EQUAL, type.IsNullType() ? &is_instance : &is_not_instance); |
} |