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-rw-r--r--lib/Target/X86/README.txt20
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diff --git a/lib/Target/X86/README.txt b/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
index 567d5c4ebb..9a5ca427e1 100644
--- a/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
+++ b/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
@@ -651,6 +651,26 @@ _f:
etc.
+Another is:
+int usesbb(unsigned int a, unsigned int b) {
+ return (a < b ? -1 : 0);
+}
+to:
+_usesbb:
+ movl 8(%esp), %eax
+ cmpl %eax, 4(%esp)
+ sbbl %eax, %eax
+ ret
+
+instead of:
+_usesbb:
+ xorl %eax, %eax
+ movl 8(%esp), %ecx
+ cmpl %ecx, 4(%esp)
+ movl $4294967295, %ecx
+ cmovb %ecx, %eax
+ ret
+
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
Currently we don't have elimination of redundant stack manipulations. Consider