X-Git-Url: http://plrg.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FTransforms%2FScalar%2FJumpThreading.cpp;h=964fe90c467d9b556d3c69f9782258d7b46a3f76;hb=a8a118b68fa3ca1632e7280cd6994aa0f8f1eec1;hp=991b11110b41eec883c6c2b550bf0437f1fa456d;hpb=9b34849a6ba605082822b5ec6416c67fabbf57a4;p=oota-llvm.git diff --git a/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp b/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp index 991b11110b4..964fe90c467 100644 --- a/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp +++ b/lib/Transforms/Scalar/JumpThreading.cpp @@ -9,6 +9,23 @@ // // This file implements the Jump Threading pass. // +// Jump threading tries to find distinct threads of control flow running through +// a basic block. This pass looks at blocks that have multiple predecessors and +// multiple successors. If one or more of the predecessors of the block can be +// proven to always cause a jump to one of the successors, we forward the edge +// from the predecessor to the successor by duplicating the contents of this +// block. +// +// An example of when this can occur is code like this: +// +// if () { ... +// X = 4; +// } +// if (X < 3) { +// +// In this case, the unconditional branch at the end of the first if can be +// revectored to the false side of the second if. +// //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===// #define DEBUG_TYPE "jump-threading" @@ -33,22 +50,6 @@ Threshold("jump-threading-threshold", cl::init(6), cl::Hidden); namespace { - /// This pass performs 'jump threading', which looks at blocks that have - /// multiple predecessors and multiple successors. If one or more of the - /// predecessors of the block can be proven to always jump to one of the - /// successors, we forward the edge from the predecessor to the successor by - /// duplicating the contents of this block. - /// - /// An example of when this can occur is code like this: - /// - /// if () { ... - /// X = 4; - /// } - /// if (X < 3) { - /// - /// In this case, the unconditional branch at the end of the first if can be - /// revectored to the false side of the second if. - /// class VISIBILITY_HIDDEN JumpThreading : public FunctionPass { public: static char ID; // Pass identification