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@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ perl -e '$/ = undef; for (split(/\n/, <>)) { s:^ *///? ?::; print " <p>\n" if !
<tr><td><a href="#loop-unroll">-loop-unroll</a></td><td>Unroll loops</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#loop-unswitch">-loop-unswitch</a></td><td>Unswitch loops</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#loopsimplify">-loopsimplify</a></td><td>Canonicalize natural loops</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="#loweratomic">-loweratomic</a></td><td>Lower atomic intrinsics</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#lowerinvoke">-lowerinvoke</a></td><td>Lower invoke and unwind, for unwindless code generators</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#lowersetjmp">-lowersetjmp</a></td><td>Lower Set Jump</td></tr>
<tr><td><a href="#lowerswitch">-lowerswitch</a></td><td>Lower SwitchInst's to branches</td></tr>
@@ -1549,6 +1550,24 @@ if (X &lt; 3) {</pre>
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<div class="doc_subsection">
+ <a name="loweratomic">-loweratomic: Lower atomic intrinsics
+</div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+ <p>
+ This pass lowers atomic intrinsics to non-atomic form for use in a known
+ non-preemptible environment.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The pass does not verify that the environment is non-preemptible (in
+ general this would require knowledge of the entire call graph of the
+ program including any libraries which may not be available in bitcode form);
+ it simply lowers every atomic intrinsic.
+ </p>
+</div>
+
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+<div class="doc_subsection">
<a name="lowerinvoke">-lowerinvoke: Lower invoke and unwind, for unwindless code generators</a>
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