[llvm-commits] [llvm] r44860 - /llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.html

[Christopher Lamb]

Author: clamb
Date: Tue Dec 11 03:31:00 2007
New Revision: 44860

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=44860&view=rev
Log:
Add information on address space qualifiers for pointer types and global 
declarations to the LangRef.

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.html

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.html
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.html?rev=44860&r1=44859&r2=44860&view=diff

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--- llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.html Tue Dec 11 03:31:00 2007
@@ -668,6 +668,11 @@
 describe a region of memory, and all memory objects in LLVM are
 accessed through pointers.</p>
 
+<p>A global variable may be declared to reside in a target-specifc numbered 
+address space. For targets that support them, address spaces may affect how
+optimizations are performed and/or what target instructions are used to access 
+the variable. The default address space is zero.</p>
+
 <p>LLVM allows an explicit section to be specified for globals.  If the target
 supports it, it will emit globals to the section specified.</p>
 
@@ -677,12 +682,12 @@
 global is forced to have at least that much alignment.  All alignments must be
 a power of 2.</p>
 
-<p>For example, the following defines a global with an initializer, section,
-   and alignment:</p>
+<p>For example, the following defines a global in a numbered address space with 
+an initializer, section, and alignment:</p>
 
 <div class="doc_code">
 <pre>
- at G = constant float 1.0, section "foo", align 4
+ at G = constant float 1.0 addrspace(5), section "foo", align 4
 </pre>
 </div>
 
@@ -1256,7 +1261,10 @@
 <div class="doc_text">
 <h5>Overview:</h5>
 <p>As in many languages, the pointer type represents a pointer or
-reference to another object, which must live in memory.</p>
+reference to another object, which must live in memory. Pointer types may have 
+an optional address space attribute defining the target-specific numbered 
+address space where the pointed-to object resides. The default address space is 
+zero.</p>
 <h5>Syntax:</h5>
 <pre>  <type> *<br></pre>
 <h5>Examples:</h5>
@@ -1265,6 +1273,7 @@
     <td class="left">
       <tt>[4x i32]*</tt><br/>
       <tt>i32 (i32 *) *</tt><br/>
+			<tt>i32 addrspace(5)*</tt><br/>
     </td>
     <td class="left">
       A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to <a href="#t_array">array</a> of
@@ -1272,6 +1281,8 @@
       A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to a <a
       href="#t_function">function</a> that takes an <tt>i32*</tt>, returning an
       <tt>i32</tt>.<br/>
+			A <a href="#t_pointer">pointer</a> to an <tt>i32</tt> value that resides 
+			in address space 5.<br/>
     </td>
   </tr>
 </table>