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authorNick Lewycky <nicholas@mxc.ca>2010-08-08 07:04:25 +0000
committerNick Lewycky <nicholas@mxc.ca>2010-08-08 07:04:25 +0000
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Add optimization to Target/README.txt.
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@@ -1919,5 +1919,21 @@ something like the following, which eliminates a branch:
ret
.LBB0_2:
jmp foo # TAILCALL
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+Given a branch where the two target blocks are identical ("ret i32 %b" in
+both), simplifycfg will simplify them away. But not so for a switch statement:
+
+define i32 @f(i32 %a, i32 %b) nounwind readnone {
+entry:
+ switch i32 %a, label %bb3 [
+ i32 4, label %bb
+ i32 6, label %bb
+ ]
+bb: ; preds = %entry, %entry
+ ret i32 %b
+
+bb3: ; preds = %entry
+ ret i32 %b
+}
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//