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authorMatthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>2008-06-05 07:55:49 +0000
committerMatthijs Kooijman <matthijs@stdin.nl>2008-06-05 07:55:49 +0000
commit845f524c25de18917f72e8847d7e138d65e4ef08 (patch)
treeecaa9ac4209ddead0213f491182c122ef7ece196 /docs/Passes.html
parent67944fc42755a32a864c105d604e8829e5ccc4b2 (diff)
Update comments and documentation to reflect that GCSE and ValueNumbering are
deprecated by the GVN and GVNPRE passes. git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@51983 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ perl -e '$/ = undef; for (split(/\n/, <>)) { s:^ *///? ?::; print " <p>\n" if !
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<div class="doc_subsection">
- <a name="basicvn">Basic Value Numbering (default GVN impl)</a>
+ <a name="basicvn">Basic Value Numbering (default Value Numbering impl)</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>
@@ -307,6 +307,12 @@ perl -e '$/ = undef; for (split(/\n/, <>)) { s:^ *///? ?::; print " <p>\n" if !
lexically identical expressions. This does not require any ahead of time
analysis, so it is a very fast default implementation.
</p>
+ <p>
+ The ValueNumbering analysis passes are mostly deprecated. They are only used
+ by the <a href="#gcse">Global Common Subexpression Elimination pass</a>, which
+ is deprecated by the <a href="#gvn">Global Value Numbering pass</a> (which
+ does its value numbering on its own).
+ </p>
</div>
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@@ -859,9 +865,13 @@ perl -e '$/ = undef; for (split(/\n/, <>)) { s:^ *///? ?::; print " <p>\n" if !
<p>
This pass is designed to be a very quick global transformation that
eliminates global common subexpressions from a function. It does this by
- using an existing value numbering implementation to identify the common
+ using an existing value numbering analysis pass to identify the common
subexpressions, eliminating them when possible.
</p>
+ <p>
+ This pass is deprecated by the <a href="#gvn">Global Value Numbering pass</a>
+ (which does a better job with its own value numbering).
+ </p>
</div>
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@@ -899,6 +909,10 @@ perl -e '$/ = undef; for (split(/\n/, <>)) { s:^ *///? ?::; print " <p>\n" if !
This pass performs global value numbering to eliminate fully redundant
instructions. It also performs simple dead load elimination.
</p>
+ <p>
+ Note that this pass does the value numbering itself, it does not use the
+ ValueNumbering analysis passes.
+ </p>
</div>
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@@ -916,6 +930,10 @@ perl -e '$/ = undef; for (split(/\n/, <>)) { s:^ *///? ?::; print " <p>\n" if !
live ranges, and should be used with caution on platforms that are very
sensitive to register pressure.
</p>
+ <p>
+ Note that this pass does the value numbering itself, it does not use the
+ ValueNumbering analysis passes.
+ </p>
</div>
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