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authorStephen Lin <stephenwlin@gmail.com>2013-04-20 05:14:40 +0000
committerStephen Lin <stephenwlin@gmail.com>2013-04-20 05:14:40 +0000
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Add CodeGen support for functions that always return arguments via a new parameter attribute 'returned', which is taken advantage of in target-independent tail call opportunity detection and in ARM call lowering (when placed on an integral first parameter).
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@179925 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
Diffstat (limited to 'include/llvm/IR')
-rw-r--r--include/llvm/IR/Argument.h4
-rw-r--r--include/llvm/IR/Attributes.h1
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/llvm/IR/Argument.h b/include/llvm/IR/Argument.h
index ef4e4fc7aa..40d61ff685 100644
--- a/include/llvm/IR/Argument.h
+++ b/include/llvm/IR/Argument.h
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ public:
/// containing function.
bool hasStructRetAttr() const;
+ /// \brief Return true if this argument has the returned attribute on it in
+ /// its containing function.
+ bool hasReturnedAttr() const;
+
/// \brief Add a Attribute to an argument.
void addAttr(AttributeSet AS);
diff --git a/include/llvm/IR/Attributes.h b/include/llvm/IR/Attributes.h
index f93f28b239..c801436910 100644
--- a/include/llvm/IR/Attributes.h
+++ b/include/llvm/IR/Attributes.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ public:
OptimizeForSize, ///< opt_size
ReadNone, ///< Function does not access memory
ReadOnly, ///< Function only reads from memory
+ Returned, ///< Return value is always equal to this argument
ReturnsTwice, ///< Function can return twice
SExt, ///< Sign extended before/after call
StackAlignment, ///< Alignment of stack for function (3 bits)