Add MemoryBuffer::getBufferKind() to report whether a memory buffer uses malloc'ed or mmap'ed memory. This is for performance analysis.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@130432 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h b/include/llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h
index 9a2aff04c7..d912e86c8b 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h
@@ -119,6 +119,21 @@ public:
   static error_code getFileOrSTDIN(const char *Filename,
                                    OwningPtr<MemoryBuffer> &result,
                                    int64_t FileSize = -1);
+  
+  
+  //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+  // Provided for performance analysis.
+  //===--------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+  /// The kind of memory backing used to support the MemoryBuffer.
+  enum BufferKind {
+    MemoryBuffer_Malloc,
+    MemoryBuffer_MMap
+  };
+
+  /// Return information on the memory mechanism used to support the
+  /// MemoryBuffer.
+  virtual BufferKind getBufferKind() const = 0;  
 };
 
 } // end namespace llvm