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| -rw-r--r-- | include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/PromoteMemToReg.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/PromoteMemToReg.h b/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/PromoteMemToReg.h index 52a6157..fde4b81 100644 --- a/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/PromoteMemToReg.h +++ b/include/llvm/Transforms/Utils/PromoteMemToReg.h @@ -23,19 +23,23 @@ class AllocaInst; class DominatorTree; class AliasSetTracker; -/// isAllocaPromotable - Return true if this alloca is legal for promotion. -/// This is true if there are only loads and stores to the alloca... +/// \brief Return true if this alloca is legal for promotion. /// +/// This is true if there are only loads, stores, and lifetime markers +/// (transitively) using this alloca. This also enforces that there is only +/// ever one layer of bitcasts or GEPs between the alloca and the lifetime +/// markers. bool isAllocaPromotable(const AllocaInst *AI); -/// PromoteMemToReg - Promote the specified list of alloca instructions into -/// scalar registers, inserting PHI nodes as appropriate. This function makes -/// use of DominanceFrontier information. This function does not modify the CFG -/// of the function at all. All allocas must be from the same function. +/// \brief Promote the specified list of alloca instructions into scalar +/// registers, inserting PHI nodes as appropriate. +/// +/// This function makes use of DominanceFrontier information. This function +/// does not modify the CFG of the function at all. All allocas must be from +/// the same function. /// /// If AST is specified, the specified tracker is updated to reflect changes /// made to the IR. -/// void PromoteMemToReg(const std::vector<AllocaInst*> &Allocas, DominatorTree &DT, AliasSetTracker *AST = 0); |