<li><a href="#callingconv">Calling Conventions</a></li>
<li><a href="#globalvars">Global Variables</a></li>
<li><a href="#functionstructure">Functions</a></li>
- <li><a href="#aliasstructure">Aliases</a>
+ <li><a href="#aliasstructure">Aliases</a></li>
<li><a href="#paramattrs">Parameter Attributes</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#fnattrs">Function Attributes</a></li>
<li><a href="#gc">Garbage Collector Names</a></li>
<li><a href="#moduleasm">Module-Level Inline Assembly</a></li>
<li><a href="#datalayout">Data Layout</a></li>
</li>
<li><a href="#constants">Constants</a>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#simpleconstants">Simple Constants</a>
- <li><a href="#aggregateconstants">Aggregate Constants</a>
- <li><a href="#globalconstants">Global Variable and Function Addresses</a>
- <li><a href="#undefvalues">Undefined Values</a>
- <li><a href="#constantexprs">Constant Expressions</a>
+ <li><a href="#simpleconstants">Simple Constants</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#aggregateconstants">Aggregate Constants</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#globalconstants">Global Variable and Function Addresses</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#undefvalues">Undefined Values</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#constantexprs">Constant Expressions</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#othervalues">Other Values</a>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#inlineasm">Inline Assembler Expressions</a>
+ <li><a href="#inlineasm">Inline Assembler Expressions</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li><a href="#instref">Instruction Reference</a>
<li><a href="#i_inttoptr">'<tt>inttoptr .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li>
<li><a href="#i_bitcast">'<tt>bitcast .. to</tt>' Instruction</a></li>
</ol>
+ </li>
<li><a href="#otherops">Other Operations</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#i_icmp">'<tt>icmp</tt>' Instruction</a></li>
<li><a href="#i_select">'<tt>select</tt>' Instruction</a></li>
<li><a href="#i_call">'<tt>call</tt>' Instruction</a></li>
<li><a href="#i_va_arg">'<tt>va_arg</tt>' Instruction</a></li>
- <li><a href="#i_getresult">'<tt>getresult</tt>' Instruction</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<li><a href="#int_it">'<tt>llvm.init.trampoline</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
- <li><a href="#int_atomics">Atomic intrinsics</a>
- <ol>
- <li><a href="#int_memory_barrier"><tt>llvm.memory_barrier</tt></a></li>
- <li><a href="#int_atomic_lcs"><tt>llvm.atomic.lcs</tt></a></li>
- <li><a href="#int_atomic_las"><tt>llvm.atomic.las</tt></a></li>
- <li><a href="#int_atomic_swap"><tt>llvm.atomic.swap</tt></a></li>
- </ol>
- </li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomics">Atomic intrinsics</a>
+ <ol>
+ <li><a href="#int_memory_barrier"><tt>llvm.memory_barrier</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_cmp_swap"><tt>llvm.atomic.cmp.swap</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_swap"><tt>llvm.atomic.swap</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_add"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.add</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_sub"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.sub</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_and"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.and</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_nand"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.nand</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_or"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.or</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_xor"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.xor</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_max"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.max</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_min"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.min</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_umax"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.umax</tt></a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_atomic_load_umin"><tt>llvm.atomic.load.umin</tt></a></li>
+ </ol>
+ </li>
<li><a href="#int_general">General intrinsics</a>
<ol>
<li><a href="#int_var_annotation">
- <tt>llvm.var.annotation</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li>
+ '<tt>llvm.var.annotation</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li>
<li><a href="#int_annotation">
- <tt>llvm.annotation.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li>
+ '<tt>llvm.annotation.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li>
<li><a href="#int_trap">
- <tt>llvm.trap</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li>
+ '<tt>llvm.trap</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#int_stackprotector">
+ '<tt>llvm.stackprotector</tt>' Intrinsic</a></li>
</ol>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="doc_text">
<p>This document is a reference manual for the LLVM assembly language.
-LLVM is an SSA based representation that provides type safety,
-low-level operations, flexibility, and the capability of representing
-'all' high-level languages cleanly. It is the common code
+LLVM is a Static Single Assignment (SSA) based representation that provides
+type safety, low-level operations, flexibility, and the capability of
+representing 'all' high-level languages cleanly. It is the common code
representation used throughout all phases of the LLVM compilation
strategy.</p>
</div>
<p>LLVM identifiers come in two basic types: global and local. Global
identifiers (functions, global variables) begin with the @ character. Local
identifiers (register names, types) begin with the % character. Additionally,
- there are three different formats for identifiers, for different purposes:
+ there are three different formats for identifiers, for different purposes:</p>
<ol>
<li>Named values are represented as a string of characters with their prefix.
For example, %foo, @DivisionByZero, %a.really.long.identifier. The actual
regular expression used is '<tt>[%@][a-zA-Z$._][a-zA-Z$._0-9]*</tt>'.
Identifiers which require other characters in their names can be surrounded
- with quotes. In this way, anything except a <tt>"</tt> character can
- be used in a named value.</li>
+ with quotes. Special characters may be escaped using "\xx" where xx is the
+ ASCII code for the character in hexadecimal. In this way, any character can
+ be used in a name value, even quotes themselves.
<li>Unnamed values are represented as an unsigned numeric value with their
prefix. For example, %12, @2, %44.</li>
</dd>
<dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_externweak">extern_weak</a></b></tt>: </dt>
- <dd>The semantics of this linkage follow the ELF model: the symbol is weak
- until linked, if not linked, the symbol becomes null instead of being an
- undefined reference.
+ <dd>The semantics of this linkage follow the ELF object file model: the
+ symbol is weak until linked, if not linked, the symbol becomes null instead
+ of being an undefined reference.
</dd>
<dt><tt><b><a name="linkage_external">externally visible</a></b></tt>:</dt>
<p>
The next two types of linkage are targeted for Microsoft Windows platform
only. They are designed to support importing (exporting) symbols from (to)
- DLLs.
+ DLLs (Dynamic Link Libraries).
</p>
<dl>
</dl>
-<p><a name="linkage_external"></a>For example, since the "<tt>.LC0</tt>"
+<p>For example, since the "<tt>.LC0</tt>"
variable is defined to be internal, if another module defined a "<tt>.LC0</tt>"
variable and was linked with this one, one of the two would be renamed,
preventing a collision. Since "<tt>main</tt>" and "<tt>puts</tt>" are
to have any linkage type other than "externally visible", <tt>dllimport</tt>,
or <tt>extern_weak</tt>.</p>
<p>Aliases can have only <tt>external</tt>, <tt>internal</tt> and <tt>weak</tt>
-linkages.
+linkages.</p>
</div>
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
<dd>This calling convention attempts to make calls as fast as possible
(e.g. by passing things in registers). This calling convention allows the
target to use whatever tricks it wants to produce fast code for the target,
- without having to conform to an externally specified ABI. Implementations of
- this convention should allow arbitrary
+ without having to conform to an externally specified ABI (Application Binary
+ Interface). Implementations of this convention should allow arbitrary
<a href="CodeGenerator.html#tailcallopt">tail call optimization</a> to be
supported. This calling convention does not support varargs and requires the
prototype of all callees to exactly match the prototype of the function
<dl>
<dt><b>"<tt>default</tt>" - Default style</b>:</dt>
- <dd>On ELF, default visibility means that the declaration is visible to other
+ <dd>On targets that use the ELF object file format, default visibility means
+ that the declaration is visible to other
modules and, in shared libraries, means that the declared entity may be
overridden. On Darwin, default visibility means that the declaration is
visible to other modules. Default visibility corresponds to "external
<a href="#callingconv">calling convention</a>, a return type, an optional
<a href="#paramattrs">parameter attribute</a> for the return type, a function
name, a (possibly empty) argument list (each with optional
-<a href="#paramattrs">parameter attributes</a>), an optional section, an
-optional alignment, an optional <a href="#gc">garbage collector name</a>, an
-opening curly brace, a list of basic blocks, and a closing curly brace.
+<a href="#paramattrs">parameter attributes</a>), optional
+<a href="#fnattrs">function attributes</a>, an optional section,
+an optional alignment, an optional <a href="#gc">garbage collector name</a>,
+an opening curly brace, a list of basic blocks, and a closing curly brace.
LLVM function declarations consist of the "<tt>declare</tt>" keyword, an
optional <a href="#linkage">linkage type</a>, an optional
name, a possibly empty list of arguments, an optional alignment, and an optional
<a href="#gc">garbage collector name</a>.</p>
-<p>A function definition contains a list of basic blocks, forming the CFG for
+<p>A function definition contains a list of basic blocks, forming the CFG
+(Control Flow Graph) for
the function. Each basic block may optionally start with a label (giving the
basic block a symbol table entry), contains a list of instructions, and ends
with a <a href="#terminators">terminator</a> instruction (such as a branch or
function is forced to have at least that much alignment. All alignments must be
a power of 2.</p>
+ <h5>Syntax:</h5>
+
+<div class="doc_code">
+<tt>
+define [<a href="#linkage">linkage</a>] [<a href="#visibility">visibility</a>]
+ [<a href="#callingconv">cconv</a>] [<a href="#paramattrs">ret attrs</a>]
+ <ResultType> @<FunctionName> ([argument list])
+ [<a href="#fnattrs">fn Attrs</a>] [section "name"] [align N]
+ [<a href="#gc">gc</a>] { ... }
+</tt>
+</div>
+
</div>
<div class="doc_code">
<pre>
-@<Name> = [Linkage] [Visibility] alias <AliaseeTy> @<Aliasee>
+@<Name> = alias [Linkage] [Visibility] <AliaseeTy> @<Aliasee>
</pre>
</div>
<div class="doc_code">
<pre>
-declare i32 @printf(i8* noalias , ...) nounwind
-declare i32 @atoi(i8*) nounwind readonly
+declare i32 @printf(i8* noalias , ...)
+declare i32 @atoi(i8 zeroext)
+declare signext i8 @returns_signed_char()
</pre>
</div>
<p>Currently, only the following parameter attributes are defined:</p>
<dl>
<dt><tt>zeroext</tt></dt>
- <dd>This indicates that the parameter should be zero extended just before
- a call to this function.</dd>
+ <dd>This indicates to the code generator that the parameter or return value
+ should be zero-extended to a 32-bit value by the caller (for a parameter)
+ or the callee (for a return value).</dd>
<dt><tt>signext</tt></dt>
- <dd>This indicates that the parameter should be sign extended just before
- a call to this function.</dd>
+ <dd>This indicates to the code generator that the parameter or return value
+ should be sign-extended to a 32-bit value by the caller (for a parameter)
+ or the callee (for a return value).</dd>
<dt><tt>inreg</tt></dt>
- <dd>This indicates that the parameter should be placed in register (if
- possible) during assembling function call. Support for this attribute is
- target-specific</dd>
+ <dd>This indicates that this parameter or return value should be treated
+ in a special target-dependent fashion during while emitting code for a
+ function call or return (usually, by putting it in a register as opposed
+ to memory, though some targets use it to distinguish between two different
+ kinds of registers). Use of this attribute is target-specific.</dd>
- <dt><tt>byval</tt></dt>
+ <dt><tt><a name="byval">byval</a></tt></dt>
<dd>This indicates that the pointer parameter should really be passed by
value to the function. The attribute implies that a hidden copy of the
pointee is made between the caller and the callee, so the callee is unable
- to modify the value in the callee. This attribute is only valid on llvm
+ to modify the value in the callee. This attribute is only valid on LLVM
pointer arguments. It is generally used to pass structs and arrays by
- value, but is also valid on scalars (even though this is silly).</dd>
+ value, but is also valid on pointers to scalars. The copy is considered to
+ belong to the caller not the callee (for example,
+ <tt><a href="#readonly">readonly</a></tt> functions should not write to
+ <tt>byval</tt> parameters). This is not a valid attribute for return
+ values. </dd>
<dt><tt>sret</tt></dt>
<dd>This indicates that the pointer parameter specifies the address of a
structure that is the return value of the function in the source program.
- Loads and stores to the structure are assumed not to trap.
- May only be applied to the first parameter.</dd>
+ This pointer must be guaranteed by the caller to be valid: loads and stores
+ to the structure may be assumed by the callee to not to trap. This may only
+ be applied to the first parameter. This is not a valid attribute for
+ return values. </dd>
<dt><tt>noalias</tt></dt>
- <dd>This indicates that the parameter does not alias any global or any other
- parameter. The caller is responsible for ensuring that this is the case,
- usually by placing the value in a stack allocation.</dd>
-
- <dt><tt>noreturn</tt></dt>
- <dd>This function attribute indicates that the function never returns. This
- indicates to LLVM that every call to this function should be treated as if
- an <tt>unreachable</tt> instruction immediately followed the call.</dd>
-
- <dt><tt>nounwind</tt></dt>
- <dd>This function attribute indicates that no exceptions unwind out of the
- function. Usually this is because the function makes no use of exceptions,
- but it may also be that the function catches any exceptions thrown when
- executing it.</dd>
+ <dd>This indicates that the pointer does not alias any global or any other
+ parameter. The caller is responsible for ensuring that this is the
+ case. On a function return value, <tt>noalias</tt> additionally indicates
+ that the pointer does not alias any other pointers visible to the
+ caller. For further details, please see the discussion of the NoAlias
+ response in
+ <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/AliasAnalysis.html#MustMayNo">alias
+ analysis</a>.</dd>
+
+ <dt><tt>nocapture</tt></dt>
+ <dd>This indicates that the callee does not make any copies of the pointer
+ that outlive the callee itself. This is not a valid attribute for return
+ values.</dd>
<dt><tt>nest</tt></dt>
- <dd>This indicates that the parameter can be excised using the
- <a href="#int_trampoline">trampoline intrinsics</a>.</dd>
- <dt><tt>readonly</tt></dt>
- <dd>This function attribute indicates that the function has no side-effects
- except for producing a return value or throwing an exception. The value
- returned must only depend on the function arguments and/or global variables.
- It may use values obtained by dereferencing pointers.</dd>
- <dt><tt>readnone</tt></dt>
- <dd>A <tt>readnone</tt> function has the same restrictions as a <tt>readonly</tt>
- function, but in addition it is not allowed to dereference any pointer arguments
- or global variables.
+ <dd>This indicates that the pointer parameter can be excised using the
+ <a href="#int_trampoline">trampoline intrinsics</a>. This is not a valid
+ attribute for return values.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
the named garbage collection algorithm.</p>
</div>
+<!-- ======================================================================= -->
+<div class="doc_subsection">
+ <a name="fnattrs">Function Attributes</a>
+</div>
+
+<div class="doc_text">
+
+<p>Function attributes are set to communicate additional information about
+ a function. Function attributes are considered to be part of the function,
+ not of the function type, so functions with different parameter attributes
+ can have the same function type.</p>
+
+ <p>Function attributes are simple keywords that follow the type specified. If
+ multiple attributes are needed, they are space separated. For
+ example:</p>
+
+<div class="doc_code">
+<pre>
+define void @f() noinline { ... }
+define void @f() alwaysinline { ... }
+define void @f() alwaysinline optsize { ... }
+define void @f() optsize
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><tt>alwaysinline</tt></dt>
+<dd>This attribute indicates that the inliner should attempt to inline this
+function into callers whenever possible, ignoring any active inlining size
+threshold for this caller.</dd>
+
+<dt><tt>noinline</tt></dt>
+<dd>This attribute indicates that the inliner should never inline this function
+in any situation. This attribute may not be used together with the
+<tt>alwaysinline</tt> attribute.</dd>
+
+<dt><tt>optsize</tt></dt>
+<dd>This attribute suggests that optimization passes and code generator passes
+make choices that keep the code size of this function low, and otherwise do
+optimizations specifically to reduce code size.</dd>
+
+<dt><tt>noreturn</tt></dt>
+<dd>This function attribute indicates that the function never returns normally.
+This produces undefined behavior at runtime if the function ever does
+dynamically return.</dd>
+
+<dt><tt>nounwind</tt></dt>
+<dd>This function attribute indicates that the function never returns with an
+unwind or exceptional control flow. If the function does unwind, its runtime
+behavior is undefined.</dd>
+
+<dt><tt>readnone</tt></dt>
+<dd>This attribute indicates that the function computes its result (or the
+exception it throws) based strictly on its arguments, without dereferencing any
+pointer arguments or otherwise accessing any mutable state (e.g. memory, control
+registers, etc) visible to caller functions. It does not write through any
+pointer arguments (including <tt><a href="#byval">byval</a></tt> arguments) and
+never changes any state visible to callers.</dd>
+
+<dt><tt><a name="readonly">readonly</a></tt></dt>
+<dd>This attribute indicates that the function does not write through any
+pointer arguments (including <tt><a href="#byval">byval</a></tt> arguments)
+or otherwise modify any state (e.g. memory, control registers, etc) visible to
+caller functions. It may dereference pointer arguments and read state that may
+be set in the caller. A readonly function always returns the same value (or
+throws the same exception) when called with the same set of arguments and global
+state.</dd>
+
+<dt><tt><a name="ssp">ssp</a></tt></dt>
+<dd>This attribute indicates that the function should emit a stack smashing
+protector. It is in the form of a "canary"—a random value placed on the
+stack before the local variables that's checked upon return from the function to
+see if it has been overwritten. A heuristic is used to determine if a function
+needs stack protectors or not.
+
+<p>If a function that has an <tt>ssp</tt> attribute is inlined into a function
+that doesn't have an <tt>ssp</tt> attribute, then the resulting function will
+have an <tt>ssp</tt> attribute.</p></dd>
+
+<dt><tt>sspreq</tt></dt>
+<dd>This attribute indicates that the function should <em>always</em> emit a
+stack smashing protector. This overrides the <tt><a href="#ssp">ssp</a></tt>
+function attribute.
+
+<p>If a function that has an <tt>sspreq</tt> attribute is inlined into a
+function that doesn't have an <tt>sspreq</tt> attribute or which has
+an <tt>ssp</tt> attribute, then the resulting function will have
+an <tt>sspreq</tt> attribute.</p></dd>
+</dl>
+
+</div>
+
<!-- ======================================================================= -->
<div class="doc_subsection">
<a name="moduleasm">Module-Level Inline Assembly</a>
<dd>Specifies that the target lays out data in big-endian form. That is, the
bits with the most significance have the lowest address location.</dd>
<dt><tt>e</tt></dt>
- <dd>Specifies that hte target lays out data in little-endian form. That is,
+ <dd>Specifies that the target lays out data in little-endian form. That is,
the bits with the least significance have the lowest address location.</dd>
<dt><tt>p:<i>size</i>:<i>abi</i>:<i>pref</i></tt></dt>
<dd>This specifies the <i>size</i> of a pointer and its <i>abi</i> and
<li><tt>i8:8:8</tt> - i8 is 8-bit (byte) aligned</li>
<li><tt>i16:16:16</tt> - i16 is 16-bit aligned</li>
<li><tt>i32:32:32</tt> - i32 is 32-bit aligned</li>
- <li><tt>i64:32:64</tt> - i64 has abi alignment of 32-bits but preferred
+ <li><tt>i64:32:64</tt> - i64 has ABI alignment of 32-bits but preferred
alignment of 64-bits</li>
<li><tt>f32:32:32</tt> - float is 32-bit aligned</li>
<li><tt>f64:64:64</tt> - double is 64-bit aligned</li>
<li><tt>v128:128:128</tt> - 128-bit vector is 128-bit aligned</li>
<li><tt>a0:0:1</tt> - aggregates are 8-bit aligned</li>
</ul>
-<p>When llvm is determining the alignment for a given type, it uses the
-following rules:
+<p>When LLVM is determining the alignment for a given type, it uses the
+following rules:</p>
<ol>
<li>If the type sought is an exact match for one of the specifications, that
specification is used.</li>
i65 and i256 will use the alignment of i64 (largest specified).</li>
<li>If no match is found, and the type sought is a vector type, then the
largest vector type that is smaller than the sought vector type will be used
- as a fall back. This happens because <128 x double> can be implemented in
- terms of 64 <2 x double>, for example.</li>
+ as a fall back. This happens because <128 x double> can be implemented
+ in terms of 64 <2 x double>, for example.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<p>The LLVM type system is one of the most important features of the
intermediate representation. Being typed enables a number of
-optimizations to be performed on the IR directly, without having to do
+optimizations to be performed on the intermediate representation directly,
+without having to do
extra analyses on the side before the transformation. A strong type
system makes it easier to read the generated code and enables novel
analyses and transformations that are not feasible to perform on normal
<td><a href="#t_primitive">primitive</a></td>
<td><a href="#t_label">label</a>,
<a href="#t_void">void</a>,
- <a href="#t_integer">integer</a>,
<a href="#t_floating">floating point</a>.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<a href="#t_pstruct">packed structure</a>,
<a href="#t_vector">vector</a>,
<a href="#t_opaque">opaque</a>.
+ </td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr><tr class="layout">
<td class="left"><tt>{i32, i32} (i32)</tt></td>
- <td class="left">A function taking an <tt>i32></tt>, returning two
- <tt> i32 </tt> values as an aggregate of type <tt>{ i32, i32 }</tt>
+ <td class="left">A function taking an <tt>i32</tt>, returning two
+ <tt>i32</tt> values as an aggregate of type <tt>{ i32, i32 }</tt>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<td class="left"><tt>< { i32, i32, i32 } ></tt></td>
<td class="left">A triple of three <tt>i32</tt> values</td>
</tr><tr class="layout">
- <td class="left"><tt>< { float, i32 (i32)* } ></tt></td>
+ <td class="left">
+<tt>< { float, i32 (i32)* } ></tt></td>
<td class="left">A pair, where the first element is a <tt>float</tt> and the
second element is a <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to a
<a href="#t_function">function</a> that takes an <tt>i32</tt>, returning
was stored to memory and read back as TYPE. In other words, no bits change
with this operator, just the type. This can be used for conversion of
vector types to any other type, as long as they have the same bit width. For
- pointers it is only valid to cast to another pointer type.
+ pointers it is only valid to cast to another pointer type. It is not valid
+ to bitcast to or from an aggregate type.
</dd>
<dt><b><tt>getelementptr ( CSTPTR, IDX0, IDX1, ... )</tt></b></dt>
<dt><b><tt>extractelement ( VAL, IDX )</tt></b></dt>
<dd>Perform the <a href="#i_extractelement">extractelement
- operation</a> on constants.
+ operation</a> on constants.</dd>
<dt><b><tt>insertelement ( VAL, ELT, IDX )</tt></b></dt>
<p>TODO: The format of the asm and constraints string still need to be
documented here. Constraints on what can be done (e.g. duplication, moving, etc
-need to be documented).
+need to be documented). This is probably best done by reference to another
+document that covers inline asm from a holistic perspective.
</p>
</div>
Instruction</a> </div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> ret <type> <value> <i>; Return a value from a non-void function</i>
+<pre>
+ ret <type> <value> <i>; Return a value from a non-void function</i>
ret void <i>; Return from void function</i>
- ret <type> <value>, <type> <value> <i>; Return two values from a non-void function </i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
-<p>The '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction is used to return control flow (and a
-value) from a function back to the caller.</p>
+<p>The '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction is used to return control flow (and
+optionally a value) from a function back to the caller.</p>
<p>There are two forms of the '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction: one that
-returns value(s) and then causes control flow, and one that just causes
+returns a value and then causes control flow, and one that just causes
control flow to occur.</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
-<p>The '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction may return zero, one or multiple values.
-The type of each return value must be a '<a href="#t_firstclass">first
-class</a>' type. Note that a function is not <a href="#wellformed">well
-formed</a> if there exists a '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction inside of the
-function that returns values that do not match the return type of the
-function.</p>
+<p>The '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction optionally accepts a single argument,
+the return value. The type of the return value must be a
+'<a href="#t_firstclass">first class</a>' type.</p>
+
+<p>A function is not <a href="#wellformed">well formed</a> if
+it it has a non-void return type and contains a '<tt>ret</tt>'
+instruction with no return value or a return value with a type that
+does not match its type, or if it has a void return type and contains
+a '<tt>ret</tt>' instruction with a return value.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
href="#i_invoke"><tt>invoke</tt></a>" instruction, execution continues
at the beginning of the "normal" destination block. If the instruction
returns a value, that value shall set the call or invoke instruction's
-return value. If the instruction returns multiple values then these
-values can only be accessed through a '<a href="#i_getresult"><tt>getresult</tt>
-</a>' instruction.</p>
+return value.</p>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre>
ret i32 5 <i>; Return an integer value of 5</i>
ret void <i>; Return from a void function</i>
- ret i32 4, i8 2 <i>; Return two values 4 and 2 </i>
+ ret { i32, i8 } { i32 4, i8 2 } <i>; Return an aggregate of values 4 and 2</i>
</pre>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = invoke [<a href="#callingconv">cconv</a>] <ptr to function ty> <function ptr val>(<function args>)
+ <result> = invoke [<a href="#callingconv">cconv</a>] [<a href="#paramattrs">ret attrs</a>] <ptr to function ty> <function ptr val>(<function args>) [<a href="#fnattrs">fn attrs</a>]
to label <normal label> unwind label <exception label>
</pre>
"<tt><a href="#i_ret">ret</a></tt>" instruction, control flow will return to the
"normal" label. If the callee (or any indirect callees) returns with the "<a
href="#i_unwind"><tt>unwind</tt></a>" instruction, control is interrupted and
-continued at the dynamically nearest "exception" label. If the callee function
-returns multiple values then individual return values are only accessible through
-a '<tt><a href="#i_getresult">getresult</a></tt>' instruction.</p>
+continued at the dynamically nearest "exception" label.</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
convention</a> the call should use. If none is specified, the call defaults
to using C calling conventions.
</li>
+
+ <li>The optional <a href="#paramattrs">Parameter Attributes</a> list for
+ return values. Only '<tt>zeroext</tt>', '<tt>signext</tt>',
+ and '<tt>inreg</tt>' attributes are valid here.</li>
+
<li>'<tt>ptr to function ty</tt>': shall be the signature of the pointer to
function value being invoked. In most cases, this is a direct function
invocation, but indirect <tt>invoke</tt>s are just as possible, branching off
<li>'<tt>exception label</tt>': the label reached when a callee returns with
the <a href="#i_unwind"><tt>unwind</tt></a> instruction. </li>
+ <li>The optional <a href="#fnattrs">function attributes</a> list. Only
+ '<tt>noreturn</tt>', '<tt>nounwind</tt>', '<tt>readonly</tt>' and
+ '<tt>readnone</tt>' attributes are valid here.</li>
</ol>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = add <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+ <result> = add <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = sub <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+ <result> = sub <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = mul <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = mul <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>mul</tt>' instruction returns the product of its two
</a></div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = udiv <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = udiv <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>udiv</tt>' instruction returns the quotient of its two
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = sdiv <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+ <result> = sdiv <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = fdiv <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+ <result> = fdiv <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = urem <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = urem <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>urem</tt>' instruction returns the remainder from the
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = srem <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+ <result> = srem <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>This instruction returns the <i>remainder</i> of a division (where the result
-has the same sign as the dividend, <tt>var1</tt>), not the <i>modulo</i>
-operator (where the result has the same sign as the divisor, <tt>var2</tt>) of
+has the same sign as the dividend, <tt>op1</tt>), not the <i>modulo</i>
+operator (where the result has the same sign as the divisor, <tt>op2</tt>) of
a value. For more information about the difference, see <a
href="http://mathforum.org/dr.math/problems/anne.4.28.99.html">The
Math Forum</a>. For a table of how this is implemented in various languages,
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = frem <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = frem <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>frem</tt>' instruction returns the remainder from the
Instruction</a> </div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = shl <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = shl <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>Both arguments to the '<tt>shl</tt>' instruction must be the same <a
- href="#t_integer">integer</a> type. '<tt>var2</tt>' is treated as an
-unsigned value. This instruction does not support
-<a href="#t_vector">vector</a> operands.</p>
+ href="#t_integer">integer</a> or <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> of integer
+type. '<tt>op2</tt>' is treated as an unsigned value.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
-<p>The value produced is <tt>var1</tt> * 2<sup><tt>var2</tt></sup> mod 2<sup>n</sup>,
-where n is the width of the result. If <tt>var2</tt> is (statically or dynamically) negative or
-equal to or larger than the number of bits in <tt>var1</tt>, the result is undefined.</p>
+<p>The value produced is <tt>op1</tt> * 2<sup><tt>op2</tt></sup> mod 2<sup>n</sup>,
+where n is the width of the result. If <tt>op2</tt> is (statically or dynamically) negative or
+equal to or larger than the number of bits in <tt>op1</tt>, the result is undefined.
+If the arguments are vectors, each vector element of <tt>op1</tt> is shifted by the
+corresponding shift amount in <tt>op2</tt>.</p>
<h5>Example:</h5><pre>
<result> = shl i32 4, %var <i>; yields {i32}: 4 << %var</i>
<result> = shl i32 4, 2 <i>; yields {i32}: 16</i>
<result> = shl i32 1, 10 <i>; yields {i32}: 1024</i>
<result> = shl i32 1, 32 <i>; undefined</i>
+ <result> = shl <2 x i32> < i32 1, i32 1>, < i32 1, i32 2> <i>; yields: result=<2 x i32> < i32 2, i32 4></i>
</pre>
</div>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
Instruction</a> </div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = lshr <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = lshr <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>Both arguments to the '<tt>lshr</tt>' instruction must be the same
-<a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type. '<tt>var2</tt>' is treated as an
-unsigned value. This instruction does not support
-<a href="#t_vector">vector</a> operands.</p>
+<a href="#t_integer">integer</a> or <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> of integer
+type. '<tt>op2</tt>' is treated as an unsigned value.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>This instruction always performs a logical shift right operation. The most
significant bits of the result will be filled with zero bits after the
-shift. If <tt>var2</tt> is (statically or dynamically) equal to or larger than
-the number of bits in <tt>var1</tt>, the result is undefined.</p>
+shift. If <tt>op2</tt> is (statically or dynamically) equal to or larger than
+the number of bits in <tt>op1</tt>, the result is undefined. If the arguments are
+vectors, each vector element of <tt>op1</tt> is shifted by the corresponding shift
+amount in <tt>op2</tt>.</p>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre>
<result> = lshr i8 4, 3 <i>; yields {i8}:result = 0</i>
<result> = lshr i8 -2, 1 <i>; yields {i8}:result = 0x7FFFFFFF </i>
<result> = lshr i32 1, 32 <i>; undefined</i>
+ <result> = lshr <2 x i32> < i32 -2, i32 4>, < i32 1, i32 2> <i>; yields: result=<2 x i32> < i32 0x7FFFFFFF, i32 1></i>
</pre>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = ashr <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = ashr <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>Both arguments to the '<tt>ashr</tt>' instruction must be the same
-<a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type. '<tt>var2</tt>' is treated as an
-unsigned value. This instruction does not support
-<a href="#t_vector">vector</a> operands.</p>
+<a href="#t_integer">integer</a> or <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> of integer
+type. '<tt>op2</tt>' is treated as an unsigned value.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>This instruction always performs an arithmetic shift right operation,
The most significant bits of the result will be filled with the sign bit
-of <tt>var1</tt>. If <tt>var2</tt> is (statically or dynamically) equal to or
-larger than the number of bits in <tt>var1</tt>, the result is undefined.
-</p>
+of <tt>op1</tt>. If <tt>op2</tt> is (statically or dynamically) equal to or
+larger than the number of bits in <tt>op1</tt>, the result is undefined. If the
+arguments are vectors, each vector element of <tt>op1</tt> is shifted by the
+corresponding shift amount in <tt>op2</tt>.</p>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre>
<result> = ashr i8 4, 3 <i>; yields {i8}:result = 0</i>
<result> = ashr i8 -2, 1 <i>; yields {i8}:result = -1</i>
<result> = ashr i32 1, 32 <i>; undefined</i>
+ <result> = ashr <2 x i32> < i32 -2, i32 4>, < i32 1, i32 3> <i>; yields: result=<2 x i32> < i32 -1, i32 0></i>
</pre>
</div>
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = and <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+ <result> = and <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>The truth table used for the '<tt>and</tt>' instruction is:</p>
<p> </p>
-<div style="align: center">
+<div>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<tbody>
<tr>
<div class="doc_subsubsection"> <a name="i_or">'<tt>or</tt>' Instruction</a> </div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = or <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = or <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>or</tt>' instruction returns the bitwise logical inclusive
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>The truth table used for the '<tt>or</tt>' instruction is:</p>
<p> </p>
-<div style="align: center">
+<div>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<tbody>
<tr>
Instruction</a> </div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = xor <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = xor <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>xor</tt>' instruction returns the bitwise logical exclusive
<p>The truth table used for the '<tt>xor</tt>' instruction is:</p>
<p> </p>
-<div style="align: center">
+<div>
<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
<tbody>
<tr>
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = shufflevector <n x <ty>> <v1>, <n x <ty>> <v2>, <n x i32> <mask> <i>; yields <n x <ty>></i>
+ <result> = shufflevector <n x <ty>> <v1>, <n x <ty>> <v2>, <m x i32> <mask> <i>; yields <m x <ty>></i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>
The '<tt>shufflevector</tt>' instruction constructs a permutation of elements
-from two input vectors, returning a vector of the same type.
+from two input vectors, returning a vector with the same element type as
+the input and length that is the same as the shuffle mask.
</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>
-The first two operands of a '<tt>shufflevector</tt>' instruction are vectors
-with types that match each other and types that match the result of the
-instruction. The third argument is a shuffle mask, which has the same number
-of elements as the other vector type, but whose element type is always 'i32'.
+The first two operands of a '<tt>shufflevector</tt>' instruction are vectors
+with types that match each other. The third argument is a shuffle mask whose
+element type is always 'i32'. The result of the instruction is a vector whose
+length is the same as the shuffle mask and whose element type is the same as
+the element type of the first two operands.
</p>
<p>
<p>
The elements of the two input vectors are numbered from left to right across
both of the vectors. The shuffle mask operand specifies, for each element of
-the result vector, which element of the two input registers the result element
+the result vector, which element of the two input vectors the result element
gets. The element selector may be undef (meaning "don't care") and the second
operand may be undef if performing a shuffle from only one vector.
</p>
<4 x i32> <i32 0, i32 4, i32 1, i32 5> <i>; yields <4 x i32></i>
%result = shufflevector <4 x i32> %v1, <4 x i32> undef,
<4 x i32> <i32 0, i32 1, i32 2, i32 3> <i>; yields <4 x i32></i> - Identity shuffle.
+ %result = shufflevector <8 x i32> %v1, <8 x i32> undef,
+ <4 x i32> <i32 0, i32 1, i32 2, i32 3> <i>; yields <4 x i32></i>
+ %result = shufflevector <4 x i32> %v1, <4 x i32> %v2,
+ <8 x i32> <i32 0, i32 1, i32 2, i32 3, i32 4, i32 5, i32 6, i32 7 > <i>; yields <8 x i32></i>
</pre>
</div>
'<tt><a href="#i_getelementptr">getelementptr</a></tt>' instruction.
The value to insert must have the same type as the value identified
by the indices.
+</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre>
- %result = insertvalue {i32, float} %agg, 1, 0 <i>; yields {i32, float}</i>
+ %result = insertvalue {i32, float} %agg, i32 1, 0 <i>; yields {i32, float}</i>
</pre>
</div>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>Memory is allocated using the system "<tt>malloc</tt>" function, and
-a pointer is returned. The result of a zero byte allocattion is undefined. The
+a pointer is returned. The result of a zero byte allocation is undefined. The
result is null if there is insufficient memory available.</p>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = getelementptr <ty>* <ptrval>{, <ty> <idx>}*
+ <result> = getelementptr <pty>* <ptrval>{, <ty> <idx>}*
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>
The '<tt>getelementptr</tt>' instruction is used to get the address of a
-subelement of an aggregate data structure.</p>
+subelement of an aggregate data structure. It performs address calculation only
+and does not access memory.</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
-<p>This instruction takes a list of integer operands that indicate what
-elements of the aggregate object to index to. The actual types of the arguments
-provided depend on the type of the first pointer argument. The
-'<tt>getelementptr</tt>' instruction is used to index down through the type
-levels of a structure or to a specific index in an array. When indexing into a
-structure, only <tt>i32</tt> integer constants are allowed. When indexing
-into an array or pointer, only integers of 32 or 64 bits are allowed; 32-bit
-values will be sign extended to 64-bits if required.</p>
+<p>The first argument is always a pointer, and forms the basis of the
+calculation. The remaining arguments are indices, that indicate which of the
+elements of the aggregate object are indexed. The interpretation of each index
+is dependent on the type being indexed into. The first index always indexes the
+pointer value given as the first argument, the second index indexes a value of
+the type pointed to (not necessarily the value directly pointed to, since the
+first index can be non-zero), etc. The first type indexed into must be a pointer
+value, subsequent types can be arrays, vectors and structs. Note that subsequent
+types being indexed into can never be pointers, since that would require loading
+the pointer before continuing calculation.</p>
+
+<p>The type of each index argument depends on the type it is indexing into.
+When indexing into a (packed) structure, only <tt>i32</tt> integer
+<b>constants</b> are allowed. When indexing into an array, pointer or vector,
+only integers of 32 or 64 bits are allowed (also non-constants). 32-bit values
+will be sign extended to 64-bits if required.</p>
<p>For example, let's consider a C code fragment and how it gets
compiled to LLVM:</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
-<p>The index types specified for the '<tt>getelementptr</tt>' instruction depend
-on the pointer type that is being indexed into. <a href="#t_pointer">Pointer</a>
-and <a href="#t_array">array</a> types can use a 32-bit or 64-bit
-<a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type but the value will always be sign extended
-to 64-bits. <a href="#t_struct">Structure</a> and <a href="#t_pstruct">packed
-structure</a> types require <tt>i32</tt> <b>constants</b>.</p>
-
<p>In the example above, the first index is indexing into the '<tt>%ST*</tt>'
type, which is a pointer, yielding a '<tt>%ST</tt>' = '<tt>{ i32, double, %RT
}</tt>' type, a structure. The second index indexes into the third element of
<pre>
<i>; yields [12 x i8]*:aptr</i>
- %aptr = getelementptr {i32, [12 x i8]}* %sptr, i64 0, i32 1
+ %aptr = getelementptr {i32, [12 x i8]}* %saptr, i64 0, i32 1
+ <i>; yields i8*:vptr</i>
+ %vptr = getelementptr {i32, <2 x i8>}* %svptr, i64 0, i32 1, i32 1
+ <i>; yields i8*:eptr</i>
+ %eptr = getelementptr [12 x i8]* %aptr, i64 0, i32 1
</pre>
</div>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre>
%X = uitofp i32 257 to float <i>; yields float:257.0</i>
- %Y = uitofp i8 -1 to double <i>; yields double:255.0</i>
+ %Y = uitofp i8 -1 to double <i>; yields double:255.0</i>
</pre>
</div>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre>
%X = sitofp i32 257 to float <i>; yields float:257.0</i>
- %Y = sitofp i8 -1 to double <i>; yields double:-1.0</i>
+ %Y = sitofp i8 -1 to double <i>; yields double:-1.0</i>
</pre>
</div>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>ptrtoint</tt>' instruction takes a <tt>value</tt> to cast, which
must be a <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> value, and a type to cast it to
-<tt>ty2</tt>, which must be an <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type.
+<tt>ty2</tt>, which must be an <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> type.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>ptrtoint</tt>' instruction converts <tt>value</tt> to integer type
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>inttoptr</tt>' instruction takes an <a href="#t_integer">integer</a>
value to cast, and a type to cast it to, which must be a
-<a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> type.
+<a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> type.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>inttoptr</tt>' instruction converts <tt>value</tt> to type
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>bitcast</tt>' instruction takes a value to cast, which must be
-a first class value, and a type to cast it to, which must also be a <a
- href="#t_firstclass">first class</a> type. The bit sizes of <tt>value</tt>
+a non-aggregate first class value, and a type to cast it to, which must also be
+a non-aggregate <a href="#t_firstclass">first class</a> type. The bit sizes of
+<tt>value</tt>
and the destination type, <tt>ty2</tt>, must be identical. If the source
type is a pointer, the destination type must also be a pointer. This
instruction supports bitwise conversion of vectors to integers and to vectors
<pre>
%X = bitcast i8 255 to i8 <i>; yields i8 :-1</i>
%Y = bitcast i32* %x to sint* <i>; yields sint*:%x</i>
- %Z = bitcast <2xint> %V to i64; <i>; yields i64: %V</i>
+ %Z = bitcast <2 x int> %V to i64; <i>; yields i64: %V</i>
</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = icmp <cond> <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {i1}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = icmp <cond> <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {i1} or {<N x i1>}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
-<p>The '<tt>icmp</tt>' instruction returns a boolean value based on comparison
-of its two integer or pointer operands.</p>
+<p>The '<tt>icmp</tt>' instruction returns a boolean value or
+a vector of boolean values based on comparison
+of its two integer, integer vector, or pointer operands.</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>icmp</tt>' instruction takes three operands. The first operand is
the condition code indicating the kind of comparison to perform. It is not
a value, just a keyword. The possible condition code are:
+</p>
<ol>
<li><tt>eq</tt>: equal</li>
<li><tt>ne</tt>: not equal </li>
<li><tt>sle</tt>: signed less or equal</li>
</ol>
<p>The remaining two arguments must be <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> or
-<a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> typed. They must also be identical types.</p>
+<a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a>
+or integer <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> typed.
+They must also be identical types.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
-<p>The '<tt>icmp</tt>' compares <tt>var1</tt> and <tt>var2</tt> according to
+<p>The '<tt>icmp</tt>' compares <tt>op1</tt> and <tt>op2</tt> according to
the condition code given as <tt>cond</tt>. The comparison performed always
-yields a <a href="#t_primitive">i1</a> result, as follows:
+yields either an <a href="#t_primitive"><tt>i1</tt></a> or vector of <tt>i1</tt> result, as follows:
+</p>
<ol>
<li><tt>eq</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if the operands are equal,
<tt>false</tt> otherwise. No sign interpretation is necessary or performed.
</li>
<li><tt>ne</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if the operands are unequal,
- <tt>false</tt> otherwise. No sign interpretation is necessary or performed.
+ <tt>false</tt> otherwise. No sign interpretation is necessary or performed.</li>
<li><tt>ugt</tt>: interprets the operands as unsigned values and yields
- <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is greater than <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>true</tt> if <tt>op1</tt> is greater than <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>uge</tt>: interprets the operands as unsigned values and yields
- <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>true</tt> if <tt>op1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>ult</tt>: interprets the operands as unsigned values and yields
- <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is less than <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>true</tt> if <tt>op1</tt> is less than <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>ule</tt>: interprets the operands as unsigned values and yields
- <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>true</tt> if <tt>op1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>sgt</tt>: interprets the operands as signed values and yields
- <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is greater than <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>true</tt> if <tt>op1</tt> is greater than <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>sge</tt>: interprets the operands as signed values and yields
- <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>true</tt> if <tt>op1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>slt</tt>: interprets the operands as signed values and yields
- <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is less than <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>true</tt> if <tt>op1</tt> is less than <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>sle</tt>: interprets the operands as signed values and yields
- <tt>true</tt> if <tt>var1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>true</tt> if <tt>op1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
</ol>
<p>If the operands are <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> typed, the pointer
values are compared as if they were integers.</p>
+<p>If the operands are integer vectors, then they are compared
+element by element. The result is an <tt>i1</tt> vector with
+the same number of elements as the values being compared.
+Otherwise, the result is an <tt>i1</tt>.
+</p>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre> <result> = icmp eq i32 4, 5 <i>; yields: result=false</i>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = fcmp <cond> <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {i1}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = fcmp <cond> <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {i1} or {<N x i1>}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
-<p>The '<tt>fcmp</tt>' instruction returns a boolean value based on comparison
-of its floating point operands.</p>
+<p>The '<tt>fcmp</tt>' instruction returns a boolean value
+or vector of boolean values based on comparison
+of its operands.</p>
+<p>
+If the operands are floating point scalars, then the result
+type is a boolean (<a href="#t_primitive"><tt>i1</tt></a>).
+</p>
+<p>If the operands are floating point vectors, then the result type
+is a vector of boolean with the same number of elements as the
+operands being compared.</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>fcmp</tt>' instruction takes three operands. The first operand is
the condition code indicating the kind of comparison to perform. It is not
-a value, just a keyword. The possible condition code are:
+a value, just a keyword. The possible condition code are:</p>
<ol>
<li><tt>false</tt>: no comparison, always returns false</li>
<li><tt>oeq</tt>: ordered and equal</li>
</ol>
<p><i>Ordered</i> means that neither operand is a QNAN while
<i>unordered</i> means that either operand may be a QNAN.</p>
-<p>The <tt>val1</tt> and <tt>val2</tt> arguments must be
-<a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> typed. They must have identical
-types.</p>
+<p>Each of <tt>val1</tt> and <tt>val2</tt> arguments must be
+either a <a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> type
+or a <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> of floating point type.
+They must have identical types.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
-<p>The '<tt>fcmp</tt>' instruction compares <tt>var1</tt> and <tt>var2</tt>
-according to the condition code given as <tt>cond</tt>. The comparison performed
-always yields a <a href="#t_primitive">i1</a> result, as follows:
+<p>The '<tt>fcmp</tt>' instruction compares <tt>op1</tt> and <tt>op2</tt>
+according to the condition code given as <tt>cond</tt>.
+If the operands are vectors, then the vectors are compared
+element by element.
+Each comparison performed
+always yields an <a href="#t_primitive">i1</a> result, as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li><tt>false</tt>: always yields <tt>false</tt>, regardless of operands.</li>
<li><tt>oeq</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and
- <tt>var1</tt> is equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>ogt</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and
- <tt>var1</tt> is greather than <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is greather than <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>oge</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and
- <tt>var1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>olt</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and
- <tt>var1</tt> is less than <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is less than <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>ole</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and
- <tt>var1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>one</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN and
- <tt>var1</tt> is not equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is not equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>ord</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if both operands are not a QNAN.</li>
<li><tt>ueq</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or
- <tt>var1</tt> is equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>ugt</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or
- <tt>var1</tt> is greater than <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is greater than <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>uge</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or
- <tt>var1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is greater than or equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>ult</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or
- <tt>var1</tt> is less than <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is less than <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>ule</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or
- <tt>var1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is less than or equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>une</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN or
- <tt>var1</tt> is not equal to <tt>var2</tt>.</li>
+ <tt>op1</tt> is not equal to <tt>op2</tt>.</li>
<li><tt>uno</tt>: yields <tt>true</tt> if either operand is a QNAN.</li>
<li><tt>true</tt>: always yields <tt>true</tt>, regardless of operands.</li>
</ol>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre> <result> = fcmp oeq float 4.0, 5.0 <i>; yields: result=false</i>
- <result> = icmp one float 4.0, 5.0 <i>; yields: result=true</i>
- <result> = icmp olt float 4.0, 5.0 <i>; yields: result=true</i>
- <result> = icmp ueq double 1.0, 2.0 <i>; yields: result=false</i>
+ <result> = fcmp one float 4.0, 5.0 <i>; yields: result=true</i>
+ <result> = fcmp olt float 4.0, 5.0 <i>; yields: result=true</i>
+ <result> = fcmp ueq double 1.0, 2.0 <i>; yields: result=false</i>
</pre>
</div>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = vicmp <cond> <ty> <var1>, <var2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
+<pre> <result> = vicmp <cond> <ty> <op1>, <op2> <i>; yields {ty}:result</i>
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>vicmp</tt>' instruction returns an integer vector value based on
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>vicmp</tt>' instruction takes three operands. The first operand is
the condition code indicating the kind of comparison to perform. It is not
-a value, just a keyword. The possible condition code are:
+a value, just a keyword. The possible condition code are:</p>
<ol>
<li><tt>eq</tt>: equal</li>
<li><tt>ne</tt>: not equal </li>
<li><tt>slt</tt>: signed less than</li>
<li><tt>sle</tt>: signed less or equal</li>
</ol>
-<p>The remaining two arguments must be <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> of
+<p>The remaining two arguments must be <a href="#t_vector">vector</a> or
<a href="#t_integer">integer</a> typed. They must also be identical types.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
-<p>The '<tt>vicmp</tt>' instruction compares <tt>var1</tt> and <tt>var2</tt>
+<p>The '<tt>vicmp</tt>' instruction compares <tt>op1</tt> and <tt>op2</tt>
according to the condition code given as <tt>cond</tt>. The comparison yields a
<a href="#t_vector">vector</a> of <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> result, of
identical type as the values being compared. The most significant bit in each
element is 1 if the element-wise comparison evaluates to true, and is 0
otherwise. All other bits of the result are undefined. The condition codes
are evaluated identically to the <a href="#i_icmp">'<tt>icmp</tt>'
-instruction</a>.
+instruction</a>.</p>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre> <result> = vfcmp <cond> <ty> <var1>, <var2></pre>
+<pre> <result> = vfcmp <cond> <ty> <op1>, <op2></pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>vfcmp</tt>' instruction returns an integer vector value based on
element-wise comparison of its two floating point vector operands. The output
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>The '<tt>vfcmp</tt>' instruction takes three operands. The first operand is
the condition code indicating the kind of comparison to perform. It is not
-a value, just a keyword. The possible condition code are:
+a value, just a keyword. The possible condition code are:</p>
<ol>
<li><tt>false</tt>: no comparison, always returns false</li>
<li><tt>oeq</tt>: ordered and equal</li>
<a href="#t_floating">floating point</a> typed. They must also be identical
types.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
-<p>The '<tt>vfcmp</tt>' instruction compares <tt>var1</tt> and <tt>var2</tt>
+<p>The '<tt>vfcmp</tt>' instruction compares <tt>op1</tt> and <tt>op2</tt>
according to the condition code given as <tt>cond</tt>. The comparison yields a
<a href="#t_vector">vector</a> of <a href="#t_integer">integer</a> result, with
an identical number of elements as the values being compared, and each element
significant bit in each element is 1 if the element-wise comparison evaluates to
true, and is 0 otherwise. All other bits of the result are undefined. The
condition codes are evaluated identically to the
-<a href="#i_fcmp">'<tt>fcmp</tt>' instruction</a>.
+<a href="#i_fcmp">'<tt>fcmp</tt>' instruction</a>.</p>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = vfcmp oeq <2 x float> < float 4, float 0 >, < float 5, float 0 > <i>; yields: result=<2 x i32> < i32 0, i32 -1 ></i>
- <result> = vfcmp ult <2 x double> < double 1, double 2 >, < double 2, double 2> <i>; yields: result=<2 x i64> < i64 -1, i64 0 ></i>
+ <i>; yields: result=<2 x i32> < i32 0, i32 -1 ></i>
+ <result> = vfcmp oeq <2 x float> < float 4, float 0 >, < float 5, float 0 >
+
+ <i>; yields: result=<2 x i64> < i64 -1, i64 0 ></i>
+ <result> = vfcmp ult <2 x double> < double 1, double 2 >, < double 2, double 2>
</pre>
</div>
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = select i1 <cond>, <ty> <val1>, <ty> <val2> <i>; yields ty</i>
+ <result> = select <i>selty</i> <cond>, <ty> <val1>, <ty> <val2> <i>; yields ty</i>
+
+ <i>selty</i> is either i1 or {<N x i1>}
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>
-The '<tt>select</tt>' instruction requires an 'i1' value indicating the
+The '<tt>select</tt>' instruction requires an 'i1' value or
+a vector of 'i1' values indicating the
condition, and two values of the same <a href="#t_firstclass">first class</a>
-type. If the val1/val2 are vectors, the entire vectors are selected, not
+type. If the val1/val2 are vectors and
+the condition is a scalar, then entire vectors are selected, not
individual elements.
</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>
-If the i1 condition evaluates is 1, the instruction returns the first
+If the condition is an i1 and it evaluates to 1, the instruction returns the first
value argument; otherwise, it returns the second value argument.
</p>
+<p>
+If the condition is a vector of i1, then the value arguments must
+be vectors of the same size, and the selection is done element
+by element.
+</p>
<h5>Example:</h5>
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre>
- <result> = [tail] call [<a href="#callingconv">cconv</a>] <ty> [<fnty>*] <fnptrval>(<param list>)
+ <result> = [tail] call [<a href="#callingconv">cconv</a>] [<a href="#paramattrs">ret attrs</a>] <ty> [<fnty>*] <fnptrval>(<function args>) [<a href="#fnattrs">fn attrs</a>]
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
any allocas or varargs in the caller. If the "tail" marker is present, the
function call is eligible for tail call optimization. Note that calls may
be marked "tail" even if they do not occur before a <a
- href="#i_ret"><tt>ret</tt></a> instruction.
+ href="#i_ret"><tt>ret</tt></a> instruction.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>The optional "cconv" marker indicates which <a href="#callingconv">calling
convention</a> the call should use. If none is specified, the call defaults
- to using C calling conventions.
+ to using C calling conventions.</p>
</li>
+
+ <li>
+ <p>The optional <a href="#paramattrs">Parameter Attributes</a> list for
+ return values. Only '<tt>zeroext</tt>', '<tt>signext</tt>',
+ and '<tt>inreg</tt>' attributes are valid here.</p>
+ </li>
+
<li>
<p>'<tt>ty</tt>': the type of the call instruction itself which is also
the type of the return value. Functions that return no value are marked
indicates the function accepts a variable number of arguments, the extra
arguments can be specified.</p>
</li>
+ <li>
+ <p>The optional <a href="#fnattrs">function attributes</a> list. Only
+ '<tt>noreturn</tt>', '<tt>nounwind</tt>', '<tt>readonly</tt>' and
+ '<tt>readnone</tt>' attributes are valid here.</p>
+ </li>
</ol>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
the specified values. Upon a '<tt><a href="#i_ret">ret</a></tt>'
instruction in the called function, control flow continues with the
instruction after the function call, and the return value of the
-function is bound to the result argument. If the callee returns multiple
-values then the return values of the function are only accessible through
-the '<tt><a href="#i_getresult">getresult</a></tt>' instruction.</p>
+function is bound to the result argument.</p>
<h5>Example:</h5>
call void %foo(i8 97 signext)
%struct.A = type { i32, i8 }
- %r = call %struct.A @foo() <i>; yields { 32, i8 }</i>
- %gr = getresult %struct.A %r, 0 <i>; yields i32</i>
- %gr1 = getresult %struct.A %r, 1 <i>; yields i8</i>
+ %r = call %struct.A @foo() <i>; yields { 32, i8 }</i>
+ %gr = extractvalue %struct.A %r, 0 <i>; yields i32</i>
+ %gr1 = extractvalue %struct.A %r, 1 <i>; yields i8</i>
+ %Z = call void @foo() noreturn <i>; indicates that %foo never returns normally</i>
+ %ZZ = call zeroext i32 @bar() <i>; Return value is %zero extended</i>
</pre>
</div>
</div>
-<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
-<div class="doc_subsubsection">
- <a name="i_getresult">'<tt>getresult</tt>' Instruction</a>
-</div>
-
-<div class="doc_text">
-
-<h5>Syntax:</h5>
-<pre>
- <resultval> = getresult <type> <retval>, <index>
-</pre>
-
-<h5>Overview:</h5>
-
-<p> The '<tt>getresult</tt>' instruction is used to extract individual values
-from a '<tt><a href="#i_call">call</a></tt>'
-or '<tt><a href="#i_invoke">invoke</a></tt>' instruction that returns multiple
-results.</p>
-
-<h5>Arguments:</h5>
-
-<p>The '<tt>getresult</tt>' instruction takes a call or invoke value as its
-first argument, or an undef value. The value must have <a
-href="#t_struct">structure type</a>. The second argument is a constant
-unsigned index value which must be in range for the number of values returned
-by the call.</p>
-
-<h5>Semantics:</h5>
-
-<p>The '<tt>getresult</tt>' instruction extracts the element identified by
-'<tt>index</tt>' from the aggregate value.</p>
-
-<h5>Example:</h5>
-
-<pre>
- %struct.A = type { i32, i8 }
-
- %r = call %struct.A @foo()
- %gr = getresult %struct.A %r, 0 <i>; yields i32:%gr</i>
- %gr1 = getresult %struct.A %r, 1 <i>; yields i8:%gr1</i>
- add i32 %gr, 42
- add i8 %gr1, 41
-</pre>
-
-</div>
-
<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
<div class="doc_section"> <a name="intrinsics">Intrinsic Functions</a> </div>
<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<pre> declare void %llvm.va_start(i8* <arglist>)<br></pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
-<P>The '<tt>llvm.va_start</tt>' intrinsic initializes
+<p>The '<tt>llvm.va_start</tt>' intrinsic initializes
<tt>*<arglist></tt> for subsequent use by <tt><a
href="#i_va_arg">va_arg</a></tt>.</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
-<P>The argument is a pointer to a <tt>va_list</tt> element to initialize.</p>
+<p>The argument is a pointer to a <tt>va_list</tt> element to initialize.</p>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
-<P>The '<tt>llvm.va_start</tt>' intrinsic works just like the <tt>va_start</tt>
+<p>The '<tt>llvm.va_start</tt>' intrinsic works just like the <tt>va_start</tt>
macro available in C. In a target-dependent way, it initializes the
<tt>va_list</tt> element to which the argument points, so that the next call to
<tt>va_arg</tt> will produce the first variable argument passed to the function.
<p>
LLVM support for <a href="GarbageCollection.html">Accurate Garbage
-Collection</a> requires the implementation and generation of these intrinsics.
+Collection</a> (GC) requires the implementation and generation of these
+intrinsics.
These intrinsics allow identification of <a href="#int_gcroot">GC roots on the
stack</a>, as well as garbage collector implementations that require <a
href="#int_gcread">read</a> and <a href="#int_gcwrite">write</a> barriers.
<p>
The '<tt>llvm.pcmarker</tt>' intrinsic is a method to export a Program Counter
-(PC) in a region of
-code to simulators and other tools. The method is target specific, but it is
-expected that the marker will use exported symbols to transmit the PC of the marker.
-The marker makes no guarantees that it will remain with any specific instruction
-after optimizations. It is possible that the presence of a marker will inhibit
+(PC) in a region of
+code to simulators and other tools. The method is target specific, but it is
+expected that the marker will use exported symbols to transmit the PC of the
+marker.
+The marker makes no guarantees that it will remain with any specific instruction
+after optimizations. It is possible that the presence of a marker will inhibit
optimizations. The intended use is to be inserted after optimizations to allow
correlations of simulation runs.
</p>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
+<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use llvm.memcpy on any integer bit
+width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
<pre>
+ declare void @llvm.memcpy.i8(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>,
+ i8 <len>, i32 <align>)
+ declare void @llvm.memcpy.i16(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>,
+ i16 <len>, i32 <align>)
declare void @llvm.memcpy.i32(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>,
i32 <len>, i32 <align>)
declare void @llvm.memcpy.i64(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>,
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
+<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use llvm.memmove on any integer bit
+width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
<pre>
+ declare void @llvm.memmove.i8(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>,
+ i8 <len>, i32 <align>)
+ declare void @llvm.memmove.i16(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>,
+ i16 <len>, i32 <align>)
declare void @llvm.memmove.i32(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>,
i32 <len>, i32 <align>)
declare void @llvm.memmove.i64(i8 * <dest>, i8 * <src>,
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
+<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use llvm.memset on any integer bit
+width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
<pre>
+ declare void @llvm.memset.i8(i8 * <dest>, i8 <val>,
+ i8 <len>, i32 <align>)
+ declare void @llvm.memset.i16(i8 * <dest>, i8 <val>,
+ i16 <len>, i32 <align>)
declare void @llvm.memset.i32(i8 * <dest>, i8 <val>,
i32 <len>, i32 <align>)
declare void @llvm.memset.i64(i8 * <dest>, i8 <val>,
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.sqrt</tt> on any
floating point or vector of floating point type. Not all targets support all
-types however.
+types however.</p>
<pre>
declare float @llvm.sqrt.f32(float %Val)
declare double @llvm.sqrt.f64(double %Val)
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.powi</tt> on any
floating point or vector of floating point type. Not all targets support all
-types however.
+types however.</p>
<pre>
declare float @llvm.powi.f32(float %Val, i32 %power)
declare double @llvm.powi.f64(double %Val, i32 %power)
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.sin</tt> on any
floating point or vector of floating point type. Not all targets support all
-types however.
+types however.</p>
<pre>
declare float @llvm.sin.f32(float %Val)
declare double @llvm.sin.f64(double %Val)
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.cos</tt> on any
floating point or vector of floating point type. Not all targets support all
-types however.
+types however.</p>
<pre>
declare float @llvm.cos.f32(float %Val)
declare double @llvm.cos.f64(double %Val)
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.pow</tt> on any
floating point or vector of floating point type. Not all targets support all
-types however.
+types however.</p>
<pre>
declare float @llvm.pow.f32(float %Val, float %Power)
declare double @llvm.pow.f64(double %Val, double %Power)
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic function. You can use bswap on any integer
-type that is an even number of bytes (i.e. BitWidth % 16 == 0).
+type that is an even number of bytes (i.e. BitWidth % 16 == 0).</p>
<pre>
declare i16 @llvm.bswap.i16(i16 <id>)
declare i32 @llvm.bswap.i32(i32 <id>)
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use llvm.ctpop on any integer bit
-width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.
+width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
<pre>
declare i8 @llvm.ctpop.i8 (i8 <src>)
declare i16 @llvm.ctpop.i16(i16 <src>)
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.ctlz</tt> on any
-integer bit width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.
+integer bit width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
<pre>
declare i8 @llvm.ctlz.i8 (i8 <src>)
declare i16 @llvm.ctlz.i16(i16 <src>)
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.cttz</tt> on any
-integer bit width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.
+integer bit width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
<pre>
declare i8 @llvm.cttz.i8 (i8 <src>)
declare i16 @llvm.cttz.i16(i16 <src>)
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.part.select</tt>
-on any integer bit width.
+on any integer bit width.</p>
<pre>
declare i17 @llvm.part.select.i17 (i17 %val, i32 %loBit, i32 %hiBit)
declare i29 @llvm.part.select.i29 (i29 %val, i32 %loBit, i32 %hiBit)
<li>The <tt>%loBits</tt> value is subtracted from the <tt>%hiBits</tt> value
to determine the number of bits to retain.</li>
<li>A mask of the retained bits is created by shifting a -1 value.</li>
- <li>The mask is ANDed with <tt>%val</tt> to produce the result.
+ <li>The mask is ANDed with <tt>%val</tt> to produce the result.</li>
</ol>
<p>In reverse mode, a similar computation is made except that the bits are
returned in the reverse order. So, for example, if <tt>X</tt> has the value
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.part.set</tt>
-on any integer bit width.
+on any integer bit width.</p>
<pre>
declare i17 @llvm.part.set.i17.i9 (i17 %val, i9 %repl, i32 %lo, i32 %hi)
declare i29 @llvm.part.set.i29.i9 (i29 %val, i9 %repl, i32 %lo, i32 %hi)
<p>In forward mode, the bits between <tt>%lo</tt> and <tt>%hi</tt> (inclusive)
are replaced with corresponding bits from <tt>%repl</tt>. That is the 0th bit
in <tt>%repl</tt> replaces the <tt>%lo</tt>th bit in <tt>%val</tt> and etc. up
-to the <tt>%hi</tt>th bit.
+to the <tt>%hi</tt>th bit.</p>
<p>In reverse mode, a similar computation is made except that the bits are
reversed. That is, the <tt>0</tt>th bit in <tt>%repl</tt> replaces the
-<tt>%hi</tt> bit in <tt>%val</tt> and etc. down to the <tt>%lo</tt>th bit.
+<tt>%hi</tt> bit in <tt>%val</tt> and etc. down to the <tt>%lo</tt>th bit.</p>
<h5>Examples:</h5>
<pre>
llvm.part.set(0xFFFF, 0, 4, 7) -> 0xFF0F
These intrinsic functions expand the "universal IR" of LLVM to represent
hardware constructs for atomic operations and memory synchronization. This
provides an interface to the hardware, not an interface to the programmer. It
- is aimed at a low enough level to allow any programming models or APIs which
+ is aimed at a low enough level to allow any programming models or APIs
+ (Application Programming Interfaces) which
need atomic behaviors to map cleanly onto it. It is also modeled primarily on
hardware behavior. Just as hardware provides a "universal IR" for source
languages, it also provides a starting point for developing a "universal"
<li><tt>ls</tt>: load-store barrier</li>
<li><tt>sl</tt>: store-load barrier</li>
<li><tt>ss</tt>: store-store barrier</li>
- <li><tt>device</tt>: barrier applies to device and uncached memory also.
+ <li><tt>device</tt>: barrier applies to device and uncached memory also.</li>
</ul>
<h5>Semantics:</h5>
<p>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection">
- <a name="int_atomic_lcs">'<tt>llvm.atomic.lcs.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a>
+ <a name="int_atomic_cmp_swap">'<tt>llvm.atomic.cmp.swap.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>
- This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.atomic.lcs</tt> on any
- integer bit width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
+ This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.atomic.cmp.swap</tt> on
+ any integer bit width and for different address spaces. Not all targets
+ support all bit widths however.</p>
<pre>
-declare i8 @llvm.atomic.lcs.i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <cmp>, i8 <val> )
-declare i16 @llvm.atomic.lcs.i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <cmp>, i16 <val> )
-declare i32 @llvm.atomic.lcs.i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <cmp>, i32 <val> )
-declare i64 @llvm.atomic.lcs.i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <cmp>, i64 <val> )
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.cmp.swap.i8.p0i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <cmp>, i8 <val> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.cmp.swap.i16.p0i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <cmp>, i16 <val> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.cmp.swap.i32.p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <cmp>, i32 <val> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.cmp.swap.i64.p0i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <cmp>, i64 <val> )
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
</p>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>
- The <tt>llvm.atomic.lcs</tt> intrinsic takes three arguments. The result as
+ The <tt>llvm.atomic.cmp.swap</tt> intrinsic takes three arguments. The result as
well as both <tt>cmp</tt> and <tt>val</tt> must be integer values with the
same bit width. The <tt>ptr</tt> argument must be a pointer to a value of
this integer type. While any bit width integer may be used, targets may only
store i32 4, %ptr
%val1 = add i32 4, 4
-%result1 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.lcs.i32( i32* %ptr, i32 4, %val1 )
+%result1 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.cmp.swap.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 4, %val1 )
<i>; yields {i32}:result1 = 4</i>
%stored1 = icmp eq i32 %result1, 4 <i>; yields {i1}:stored1 = true</i>
%memval1 = load i32* %ptr <i>; yields {i32}:memval1 = 8</i>
%val2 = add i32 1, 1
-%result2 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.lcs.i32( i32* %ptr, i32 5, %val2 )
+%result2 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.cmp.swap.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 5, %val2 )
<i>; yields {i32}:result2 = 8</i>
%stored2 = icmp eq i32 %result2, 5 <i>; yields {i1}:stored2 = false</i>
This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.atomic.swap</tt> on any
integer bit width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
<pre>
-declare i8 @llvm.atomic.swap.i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <val> )
-declare i16 @llvm.atomic.swap.i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <val> )
-declare i32 @llvm.atomic.swap.i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <val> )
-declare i64 @llvm.atomic.swap.i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <val> )
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.swap.i8.p0i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <val> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.swap.i16.p0i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <val> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.swap.i32.p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <val> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.swap.i64.p0i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <val> )
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<h5>Arguments:</h5>
<p>
- The <tt>llvm.atomic.ls</tt> intrinsic takes two arguments. Both the
+ The <tt>llvm.atomic.swap</tt> intrinsic takes two arguments. Both the
<tt>val</tt> argument and the result must be integers of the same bit width.
The first argument, <tt>ptr</tt>, must be a pointer to a value of this
integer type. The targets may only lower integer representations they
store i32 4, %ptr
%val1 = add i32 4, 4
-%result1 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.swap.i32( i32* %ptr, i32 %val1 )
+%result1 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.swap.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 %val1 )
<i>; yields {i32}:result1 = 4</i>
%stored1 = icmp eq i32 %result1, 4 <i>; yields {i1}:stored1 = true</i>
%memval1 = load i32* %ptr <i>; yields {i32}:memval1 = 8</i>
%val2 = add i32 1, 1
-%result2 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.swap.i32( i32* %ptr, i32 %val2 )
+%result2 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.swap.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 %val2 )
<i>; yields {i32}:result2 = 8</i>
%stored2 = icmp eq i32 %result2, 8 <i>; yields {i1}:stored2 = true</i>
<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
<div class="doc_subsubsection">
- <a name="int_atomic_las">'<tt>llvm.atomic.las.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a>
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_add">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.add.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a>
</div>
<div class="doc_text">
<h5>Syntax:</h5>
<p>
- This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.atomic.las</tt> on any
+ This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.atomic.load.add</tt> on any
integer bit width. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
<pre>
-declare i8 @llvm.atomic.las.i8.( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
-declare i16 @llvm.atomic.las.i16.( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
-declare i32 @llvm.atomic.las.i32.( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
-declare i64 @llvm.atomic.las.i64.( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.add.i8..p0i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.add.i16..p0i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.add.i32..p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.add.i64..p0i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
</pre>
<h5>Overview:</h5>
<pre>
%ptr = malloc i32
store i32 4, %ptr
-%result1 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.las.i32( i32* %ptr, i32 4 )
+%result1 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.add.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 4 )
<i>; yields {i32}:result1 = 4</i>
-%result2 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.las.i32( i32* %ptr, i32 2 )
+%result2 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.add.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 2 )
<i>; yields {i32}:result2 = 8</i>
-%result3 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.las.i32( i32* %ptr, i32 5 )
+%result3 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.add.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 5 )
<i>; yields {i32}:result3 = 10</i>
-%memval = load i32* %ptr <i>; yields {i32}:memval1 = 15</i>
+%memval1 = load i32* %ptr <i>; yields {i32}:memval1 = 15</i>
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
+<div class="doc_subsubsection">
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_sub">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.sub.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a>
+
+</div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+<h5>Syntax:</h5>
+<p>
+ This is an overloaded intrinsic. You can use <tt>llvm.atomic.load.sub</tt> on
+ any integer bit width and for different address spaces. Not all targets
+ support all bit widths however.</p>
+<pre>
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.sub.i8.p0i32( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.sub.i16.p0i32( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.sub.i32.p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.sub.i64.p0i32( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+
+</pre>
+<h5>Overview:</h5>
+<p>
+ This intrinsic subtracts <tt>delta</tt> to the value stored in memory at
+ <tt>ptr</tt>. It yields the original value at <tt>ptr</tt>.
+</p>
+<h5>Arguments:</h5>
+<p>
+
+ The intrinsic takes two arguments, the first a pointer to an integer value
+ and the second an integer value. The result is also an integer value. These
+ integer types can have any bit width, but they must all have the same bit
+ width. The targets may only lower integer representations they support.
+</p>
+<h5>Semantics:</h5>
+<p>
+ This intrinsic does a series of operations atomically. It first loads the
+ value stored at <tt>ptr</tt>. It then subtracts <tt>delta</tt>, stores the
+ result to <tt>ptr</tt>. It yields the original value stored at <tt>ptr</tt>.
+</p>
+
+<h5>Examples:</h5>
+<pre>
+%ptr = malloc i32
+ store i32 8, %ptr
+%result1 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.sub.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 4 )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result1 = 8</i>
+%result2 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.sub.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 2 )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result2 = 4</i>
+%result3 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.sub.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 5 )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result3 = 2</i>
+%memval1 = load i32* %ptr <i>; yields {i32}:memval1 = -3</i>
+</pre>
+</div>
+
+<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
+<div class="doc_subsubsection">
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_and">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.and.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a><br>
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_nand">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.nand.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a><br>
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_or">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.or.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a><br>
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_xor">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.xor.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a><br>
+
+</div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+<h5>Syntax:</h5>
+<p>
+ These are overloaded intrinsics. You can use <tt>llvm.atomic.load_and</tt>,
+ <tt>llvm.atomic.load_nand</tt>, <tt>llvm.atomic.load_or</tt>, and
+ <tt>llvm.atomic.load_xor</tt> on any integer bit width and for different
+ address spaces. Not all targets support all bit widths however.</p>
+<pre>
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.and.i8.p0i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.and.i16.p0i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.and.i32.p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.and.i64.p0i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+
+</pre>
+
+<pre>
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.or.i8.p0i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.or.i16.p0i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.or.i32.p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.or.i64.p0i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+
+</pre>
+
+<pre>
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.nand.i8.p0i32( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.nand.i16.p0i32( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.nand.i32.p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.nand.i64.p0i32( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+
+</pre>
+
+<pre>
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.xor.i8.p0i32( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.xor.i16.p0i32( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.xor.i32.p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.xor.i64.p0i32( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+
+</pre>
+<h5>Overview:</h5>
+<p>
+ These intrinsics bitwise the operation (and, nand, or, xor) <tt>delta</tt> to
+ the value stored in memory at <tt>ptr</tt>. It yields the original value
+ at <tt>ptr</tt>.
+</p>
+<h5>Arguments:</h5>
+<p>
+
+ These intrinsics take two arguments, the first a pointer to an integer value
+ and the second an integer value. The result is also an integer value. These
+ integer types can have any bit width, but they must all have the same bit
+ width. The targets may only lower integer representations they support.
+</p>
+<h5>Semantics:</h5>
+<p>
+ These intrinsics does a series of operations atomically. They first load the
+ value stored at <tt>ptr</tt>. They then do the bitwise operation
+ <tt>delta</tt>, store the result to <tt>ptr</tt>. They yield the original
+ value stored at <tt>ptr</tt>.
+</p>
+
+<h5>Examples:</h5>
+<pre>
+%ptr = malloc i32
+ store i32 0x0F0F, %ptr
+%result0 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.nand.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 0xFF )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result0 = 0x0F0F</i>
+%result1 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.and.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 0xFF )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result1 = 0xFFFFFFF0</i>
+%result2 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.or.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 0F )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result2 = 0xF0</i>
+%result3 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.xor.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 0F )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result3 = FF</i>
+%memval1 = load i32* %ptr <i>; yields {i32}:memval1 = F0</i>
</pre>
</div>
+<!-- _______________________________________________________________________ -->
+<div class="doc_subsubsection">
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_max">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.max.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a><br>
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_min">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.min.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a><br>
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_umax">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.umax.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a><br>
+ <a name="int_atomic_load_umin">'<tt>llvm.atomic.load.umin.*</tt>' Intrinsic</a><br>
+
+</div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+<h5>Syntax:</h5>
+<p>
+ These are overloaded intrinsics. You can use <tt>llvm.atomic.load_max</tt>,
+ <tt>llvm.atomic.load_min</tt>, <tt>llvm.atomic.load_umax</tt>, and
+ <tt>llvm.atomic.load_umin</tt> on any integer bit width and for different
+ address spaces. Not all targets
+ support all bit widths however.</p>
+<pre>
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.max.i8.p0i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.max.i16.p0i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.max.i32.p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.max.i64.p0i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+
+</pre>
+
+<pre>
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.min.i8.p0i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.min.i16.p0i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.min.i32..p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.min.i64..p0i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+
+</pre>
+
+<pre>
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.umax.i8.p0i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.umax.i16.p0i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.umax.i32.p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.umax.i64.p0i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+
+</pre>
+
+<pre>
+declare i8 @llvm.atomic.load.umin.i8..p0i8( i8* <ptr>, i8 <delta> )
+declare i16 @llvm.atomic.load.umin.i16.p0i16( i16* <ptr>, i16 <delta> )
+declare i32 @llvm.atomic.load.umin.i32..p0i32( i32* <ptr>, i32 <delta> )
+declare i64 @llvm.atomic.load.umin.i64..p0i64( i64* <ptr>, i64 <delta> )
+
+</pre>
+<h5>Overview:</h5>
+<p>
+ These intrinsics takes the signed or unsigned minimum or maximum of
+ <tt>delta</tt> and the value stored in memory at <tt>ptr</tt>. It yields the
+ original value at <tt>ptr</tt>.
+</p>
+<h5>Arguments:</h5>
+<p>
+
+ These intrinsics take two arguments, the first a pointer to an integer value
+ and the second an integer value. The result is also an integer value. These
+ integer types can have any bit width, but they must all have the same bit
+ width. The targets may only lower integer representations they support.
+</p>
+<h5>Semantics:</h5>
+<p>
+ These intrinsics does a series of operations atomically. They first load the
+ value stored at <tt>ptr</tt>. They then do the signed or unsigned min or max
+ <tt>delta</tt> and the value, store the result to <tt>ptr</tt>. They yield
+ the original value stored at <tt>ptr</tt>.
+</p>
+
+<h5>Examples:</h5>
+<pre>
+%ptr = malloc i32
+ store i32 7, %ptr
+%result0 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.min.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 -2 )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result0 = 7</i>
+%result1 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.max.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 8 )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result1 = -2</i>
+%result2 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.umin.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 10 )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result2 = 8</i>
+%result3 = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.umax.i32.p0i32( i32* %ptr, i32 30 )
+ <i>; yields {i32}:result3 = 8</i>
+%memval1 = load i32* %ptr <i>; yields {i32}:memval1 = 30</i>
+</pre>
+</div>
+
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<a name="int_general">General Intrinsics</a>
with arbitrary strings. This can be useful for special purpose optimizations
that want to look for these annotations. These have no other defined use, they
are ignored by code generation and optimization.
+</p>
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+<div class="doc_subsubsection">
+ <a name="int_stackprotector">'<tt>llvm.stackprotector</tt>' Intrinsic</a>
+</div>
+<div class="doc_text">
+<h5>Syntax:</h5>
+<pre>
+declare void @llvm.stackprotector( i8* <guard>, i8** <slot> )
+
+</pre>
+<h5>Overview:</h5>
+<p>
+ The <tt>llvm.stackprotector</tt> intrinsic takes the <tt>guard</tt> and stores
+ it onto the stack at <tt>slot</tt>. The stack slot is adjusted to ensure that
+ it is placed on the stack before local variables.
+</p>
+<h5>Arguments:</h5>
+<p>
+ The <tt>llvm.stackprotector</tt> intrinsic requires two pointer arguments. The
+ first argument is the value loaded from the stack guard
+ <tt>@__stack_chk_guard</tt>. The second variable is an <tt>alloca</tt> that
+ has enough space to hold the value of the guard.
+</p>
+<h5>Semantics:</h5>
+<p>
+ This intrinsic causes the prologue/epilogue inserter to force the position of
+ the <tt>AllocaInst</tt> stack slot to be before local variables on the
+ stack. This is to ensure that if a local variable on the stack is overwritten,
+ it will destroy the value of the guard. When the function exits, the guard on
+ the stack is checked against the original guard. If they're different, then
+ the program aborts by calling the <tt>__stack_chk_fail()</tt> function.
+</p>
+</div>
+
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