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author | Bill Wendling <isanbard@gmail.com> | 2012-01-12 23:05:03 +0000 |
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committer | Bill Wendling <isanbard@gmail.com> | 2012-01-12 23:05:03 +0000 |
commit | 86b1a7d61413aed40a68f98f1e8f17fd79ebd7a2 (patch) | |
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Fix the code that was WRONG.
The registers are placed into the saved registers list in the reverse order,
which is why the original loop was written to loop backwards.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@148064 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/docs/LangRef.html b/docs/LangRef.html index 2799083..6881620 100644 --- a/docs/LangRef.html +++ b/docs/LangRef.html @@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ <li><a href="#fpaccuracy">'<tt>fpaccuracy</tt>' Metadata</a></li> </ol> </li> + <li><a href="#module_flags">Module Flags Metadata</a> + <ol> + <li><a href="#objc_metadata">Objective-C Metadata</a></li> + </ol> + </li> </ol> </li> <li><a href="#intrinsic_globals">Intrinsic Global Variables</a> @@ -3026,6 +3031,138 @@ call void @llvm.dbg.value(metadata !24, i64 0, metadata !25) </div> +<!-- ======================================================================= --> +<h3> + <a name="module_flags">Module Flags Metadata</a> +</h3> + +<div> + +<p>Occasionally, the front-end needs to transmit data to the linker which + affects its behavior. The LLVM IR isn't sufficient to transmit this + information, so one should use the <tt>llvm.module.flags</tt> named + metadata.</p> + +<p>The <tt>llvm.module.flags</tt> metadata is a named metadata, whose elements + consist of metadata triplets. For example:</p> + +<pre class="doc_code"> +!0 = metadata !{ i32 0, metadata !"foo", i32 1 } +!1 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"bar", i32 37 } + +!llvm.module.flags = !{ !0, !1 } +</pre> + +<p>The first field specifies the behavior of the linker upon encountering two of + the same values. Behavior could range from: emitting an error if some of the + modules' flags disagree, emitting a warning, etc. The second field is the + name of the metadata. The third field is the value of the metadata.</p> + +<p>When two modules are linked together, the <tt>llvm.module.flags</tt> metadata + are unioned together.</p> + +</div> + +<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ --> +<h4> + <a name="objc_metadata">Objective-C Metadata</a> +</h4> + +<div> + +<p>The following module flags are used to convey Objective-C metadata to the + linker.</p> + +<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <th>Value</th> + <th>Behavior</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>1</td> + <td align="left"> + <dl> + <dt><tt>Error</tt></dt> + <dd>Causes the linker to emit an error when two values disagree.</dd> + </dl> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>2</td> + <td align="left"> + <dl> + <dt><tt>Require</tt></dt> + <dd>Causes the linker to emit an error when the specified value is not + present.</dd> + </dl> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td>3</td> + <td align="left"> + <dl> + <dt><tt>Override</tt></dt> + <dd>Causes the linker to use the specified value if the two values + disagree. It's an error if two pieces of the same metadata have + the <tt>Override</tt> behavior but different values.</dd> + </dl> + </td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table> + +<p>The names are:</p> + +<ul> + <li><tt>Objective-C Version</tt></li> + <li><tt>Objective-C Garbage Collection</tt></li> + <li><tt>Objective-C GC Only</tt></li> + <li><tt>Objective-C Image Info Section</tt></li> +</ul> + +<p> + +<p>Here is an example of how to use the Objective-C metadata:</p> + +<pre class="doc_code"> +<u>Module A</u> +!0 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C Version", i32 2 } +!1 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C Garbage Collection", i32 2 } +!2 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C Image Info Section", + metadata !"__DATA, __objc_imageinfo, regular, no_dead_strip" } +!llvm.module.flags = !{ !0, !1, !2 } + +<u>Module B</u> +!0 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C Version", i32 2 } +!1 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C Garbage Collection", i32 2 } +!2 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C GC Only", i32 4 } +!3 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C Image Info Section", + metadata !"__DATA, __objc_imageinfo, regular, no_dead_strip" } +!4 = metadata !{ i32 2, metadata !"Objective-C GC Only", + metadata !{ + metadata !"Objective-C Garbage Collection", i32 2 + } +} +!llvm.module.flags = !{ !0, !1, !2, !3, !4 } + +<u>Linked Module</u> +!0 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C Version", i32 2 } +!1 = metadata !{ i32 3, metadata !"Objective-C Garbage Collection", i32 2 } +!2 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C GC Only", i32 4 } +!3 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"Objective-C Image Info Section", + metadata !"__DATA, __objc_imageinfo, regular, no_dead_strip" } +!4 = metadata !{ i32 2, metadata !"Objective-C GC Only", + metadata !{ + metadata !"Objective-C Garbage Collection", i32 2 + } +} +!llvm.module.flags = !{ !0, !1, !2, !3, !4 } +</pre> + + +</div> + </div> <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |