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authorDan Gohman <gohman@apple.com>2009-04-25 17:09:45 +0000
committerDan Gohman <gohman@apple.com>2009-04-25 17:09:45 +0000
commit4128700ab11d0db62e5ba7ed8a8fc301c7aaa8b1 (patch)
tree789b89c65576604f7c661b90847a36c8c46b4cc8
parent2c73d5fb9e3d68c96bb2242bbbf2930a8db10343 (diff)
Add a top-level comment about DAGCombiner's role in the compiler.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@70052 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
-rw-r--r--lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp b/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp
index 72b3e3627e..b937eaff75 100644
--- a/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp
+++ b/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/DAGCombiner.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
// This pass combines dag nodes to form fewer, simpler DAG nodes. It can be run
// both before and after the DAG is legalized.
//
+// This pass is not a substitute for the LLVM IR instcombine pass. This pass is
+// primarily intended to handle simplification opportunities that are implicit
+// in the LLVM IR and exposed by the various codegen lowering phases.
+//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#define DEBUG_TYPE "dagcombine"