5 files changed, 64 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/expr.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/expr.go
index 9c5fbbc9aa..dc28483907 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/expr.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/expr.go
@@ -700,6 +700,15 @@ func NewDynamicTypeAssertExpr(pos src.XPos, op Op, x, t Node) *DynamicTypeAssert
 	return n
 }
 
+func (n *DynamicTypeAssertExpr) SetOp(op Op) {
+	switch op {
+	default:
+		panic(n.no("SetOp " + op.String()))
+	case ODYNAMICDOTTYPE, ODYNAMICDOTTYPE2:
+		n.op = op
+	}
+}
+
 // A UnaryExpr is a unary expression Op X,
 // or Op(X) for a builtin function that does not end up being a call.
 type UnaryExpr struct {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node.go
index e5f0c38f86..f071cb78ce 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node.go
@@ -258,7 +258,8 @@ const (
 	OBREAK // break [Label]
 	// OCASE:  case List: Body (List==nil means default)
 	//   For OTYPESW, List is a OTYPE node for the specified type (or OLITERAL
-	//   for nil), and, if a type-switch variable is specified, Rlist is an
+	//   for nil) or an ODYNAMICTYPE indicating a runtime type for generics.
+	//   If a type-switch variable is specified, Var is an
 	//   ONAME for the version of the type-switch variable with the specified
 	//   type.
 	OCASE
@@ -320,8 +321,9 @@ const (
 	OLINKSYMOFFSET // offset within a name
 
 	// opcodes for generics
-	ODYNAMICDOTTYPE
-	ODYNAMICDOTTYPE2
+	ODYNAMICDOTTYPE  // x = i.(T) where T is a type parameter (or derived from a type parameter)
+	ODYNAMICDOTTYPE2 // x, ok = i.(T) where T is a type parameter (or derived from a type parameter)
+	ODYNAMICTYPE     // a type node for type switches (represents a dynamic target type for a type switch)
 
 	// arch-specific opcodes
 	OTAILCALL    // tail call to another function
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node_gen.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node_gen.go
index 56db6bb9cf..aa41c03beb 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node_gen.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/node_gen.go
@@ -463,6 +463,34 @@ func (n *Decl) editChildren(edit func(Node) Node) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (n *DynamicType) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) { fmtNode(n, s, verb) }
+func (n *DynamicType) copy() Node {
+	c := *n
+	c.init = copyNodes(c.init)
+	return &c
+}
+func (n *DynamicType) doChildren(do func(Node) bool) bool {
+	if doNodes(n.init, do) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if n.X != nil && do(n.X) {
+		return true
+	}
+	if n.ITab != nil && do(n.ITab) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+func (n *DynamicType) editChildren(edit func(Node) Node) {
+	editNodes(n.init, edit)
+	if n.X != nil {
+		n.X = edit(n.X).(Node)
+	}
+	if n.ITab != nil {
+		n.ITab = edit(n.ITab).(Node)
+	}
+}
+
 func (n *DynamicTypeAssertExpr) Format(s fmt.State, verb rune) { fmtNode(n, s, verb) }
 func (n *DynamicTypeAssertExpr) copy() Node {
 	c := *n
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/op_string.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/op_string.go
index 7b08ee287a..b8cee71818 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/op_string.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/op_string.go
@@ -164,16 +164,17 @@ func _() {
 	_ = x[OLINKSYMOFFSET-153]
 	_ = x[ODYNAMICDOTTYPE-154]
 	_ = x[ODYNAMICDOTTYPE2-155]
-	_ = x[OTAILCALL-156]
-	_ = x[OGETG-157]
-	_ = x[OGETCALLERPC-158]
-	_ = x[OGETCALLERSP-159]
-	_ = x[OEND-160]
+	_ = x[ODYNAMICTYPE-156]
+	_ = x[OTAILCALL-157]
+	_ = x[OGETG-158]
+	_ = x[OGETCALLERPC-159]
+	_ = x[OGETCALLERSP-160]
+	_ = x[OEND-161]
 }
 
-const _Op_name = "XXXNAMENONAMETYPEPACKLITERALNILADDSUBORXORADDSTRADDRANDANDAPPENDBYTES2STRBYTES2STRTMPRUNES2STRSTR2BYTESSTR2BYTESTMPSTR2RUNESSLICE2ARRPTRASAS2AS2DOTTYPEAS2FUNCAS2MAPRAS2RECVASOPCALLCALLFUNCCALLMETHCALLINTERCAPCLOSECLOSURECOMPLITMAPLITSTRUCTLITARRAYLITSLICELITPTRLITCONVCONVIFACECONVIDATACONVNOPCOPYDCLDCLFUNCDCLCONSTDCLTYPEDELETEDOTDOTPTRDOTMETHDOTINTERXDOTDOTTYPEDOTTYPE2EQNELTLEGEGTDEREFINDEXINDEXMAPKEYSTRUCTKEYLENMAKEMAKECHANMAKEMAPMAKESLICEMAKESLICECOPYMULDIVMODLSHRSHANDANDNOTNEWNOTBITNOTPLUSNEGORORPANICPRINTPRINTNPARENSENDSLICESLICEARRSLICESTRSLICE3SLICE3ARRSLICEHEADERRECOVERRECOVERFPRECVRUNESTRSELRECV2IOTAREALIMAGCOMPLEXALIGNOFOFFSETOFSIZEOFUNSAFEADDUNSAFESLICEMETHEXPRMETHVALUEBLOCKBREAKCASECONTINUEDEFERFALLFORFORUNTILGOTOIFLABELGORANGERETURNSELECTSWITCHTYPESWFUNCINSTTCHANTMAPTSTRUCTTINTERTFUNCTARRAYTSLICEINLCALLEFACEITABIDATASPTRCFUNCCHECKNILVARDEFVARKILLVARLIVERESULTINLMARKLINKSYMOFFSETDYNAMICDOTTYPEDYNAMICDOTTYPE2TAILCALLGETGGETCALLERPCGETCALLERSPEND"
+const _Op_name = "XXXNAMENONAMETYPEPACKLITERALNILADDSUBORXORADDSTRADDRANDANDAPPENDBYTES2STRBYTES2STRTMPRUNES2STRSTR2BYTESSTR2BYTESTMPSTR2RUNESSLICE2ARRPTRASAS2AS2DOTTYPEAS2FUNCAS2MAPRAS2RECVASOPCALLCALLFUNCCALLMETHCALLINTERCAPCLOSECLOSURECOMPLITMAPLITSTRUCTLITARRAYLITSLICELITPTRLITCONVCONVIFACECONVIDATACONVNOPCOPYDCLDCLFUNCDCLCONSTDCLTYPEDELETEDOTDOTPTRDOTMETHDOTINTERXDOTDOTTYPEDOTTYPE2EQNELTLEGEGTDEREFINDEXINDEXMAPKEYSTRUCTKEYLENMAKEMAKECHANMAKEMAPMAKESLICEMAKESLICECOPYMULDIVMODLSHRSHANDANDNOTNEWNOTBITNOTPLUSNEGORORPANICPRINTPRINTNPARENSENDSLICESLICEARRSLICESTRSLICE3SLICE3ARRSLICEHEADERRECOVERRECOVERFPRECVRUNESTRSELRECV2IOTAREALIMAGCOMPLEXALIGNOFOFFSETOFSIZEOFUNSAFEADDUNSAFESLICEMETHEXPRMETHVALUEBLOCKBREAKCASECONTINUEDEFERFALLFORFORUNTILGOTOIFLABELGORANGERETURNSELECTSWITCHTYPESWFUNCINSTTCHANTMAPTSTRUCTTINTERTFUNCTARRAYTSLICEINLCALLEFACEITABIDATASPTRCFUNCCHECKNILVARDEFVARKILLVARLIVERESULTINLMARKLINKSYMOFFSETDYNAMICDOTTYPEDYNAMICDOTTYPE2DYNAMICTYPETAILCALLGETGGETCALLERPCGETCALLERSPEND"
 
-var _Op_index = [...]uint16{0, 3, 7, 13, 17, 21, 28, 31, 34, 37, 39, 42, 48, 52, 58, 64, 73, 85, 94, 103, 115, 124, 136, 138, 141, 151, 158, 165, 172, 176, 180, 188, 196, 205, 208, 213, 220, 227, 233, 242, 250, 258, 264, 268, 277, 286, 293, 297, 300, 307, 315, 322, 328, 331, 337, 344, 352, 356, 363, 371, 373, 375, 377, 379, 381, 383, 388, 393, 401, 404, 413, 416, 420, 428, 435, 444, 457, 460, 463, 466, 469, 472, 475, 481, 484, 487, 493, 497, 500, 504, 509, 514, 520, 525, 529, 534, 542, 550, 556, 565, 576, 583, 592, 596, 603, 611, 615, 619, 623, 630, 637, 645, 651, 660, 671, 679, 688, 693, 698, 702, 710, 715, 719, 722, 730, 734, 736, 741, 743, 748, 754, 760, 766, 772, 780, 785, 789, 796, 802, 807, 813, 819, 826, 831, 835, 840, 844, 849, 857, 863, 870, 877, 883, 890, 903, 917, 932, 940, 944, 955, 966, 969}
+var _Op_index = [...]uint16{0, 3, 7, 13, 17, 21, 28, 31, 34, 37, 39, 42, 48, 52, 58, 64, 73, 85, 94, 103, 115, 124, 136, 138, 141, 151, 158, 165, 172, 176, 180, 188, 196, 205, 208, 213, 220, 227, 233, 242, 250, 258, 264, 268, 277, 286, 293, 297, 300, 307, 315, 322, 328, 331, 337, 344, 352, 356, 363, 371, 373, 375, 377, 379, 381, 383, 388, 393, 401, 404, 413, 416, 420, 428, 435, 444, 457, 460, 463, 466, 469, 472, 475, 481, 484, 487, 493, 497, 500, 504, 509, 514, 520, 525, 529, 534, 542, 550, 556, 565, 576, 583, 592, 596, 603, 611, 615, 619, 623, 630, 637, 645, 651, 660, 671, 679, 688, 693, 698, 702, 710, 715, 719, 722, 730, 734, 736, 741, 743, 748, 754, 760, 766, 772, 780, 785, 789, 796, 802, 807, 813, 819, 826, 831, 835, 840, 844, 849, 857, 863, 870, 877, 883, 890, 903, 917, 932, 943, 951, 955, 966, 977, 980}
 
 func (i Op) String() string {
 	if i >= Op(len(_Op_index)-1) {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/type.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/type.go
index 431468375a..63dd673dcd 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/type.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/type.go
@@ -319,3 +319,17 @@ func TypeNodeAt(pos src.XPos, t *types.Type) Ntype {
 	}
 	return newTypeNode(pos, t)
 }
+
+// A DynamicType represents the target type in a type switch.
+type DynamicType struct {
+	miniExpr
+	X    Node // a *runtime._type for the targeted type
+	ITab Node // for type switches from nonempty interfaces to non-interfaces, this is the itab for that pair.
+}
+
+func NewDynamicType(pos src.XPos, x Node) *DynamicType {
+	n := &DynamicType{X: x}
+	n.pos = pos
+	n.op = ODYNAMICTYPE
+	return n
+}