[PATCH] D41761: Introduce llvm.nospeculateload intrinsic

[Chandler Carruth via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

chandlerc added a comment.

Just as an FYI, we have been experimenting with similar APIs ourselves. We developed two candidate alternative APIs that, IMO, seem substantially better than this.

Sadly, we've just not had the time to prepare them for publication (in part due to the unexpected early disclosure). At least on x86, these are likely to be significantly cheaper. I suspect the same will be true on ARM. They will also likely be significantly easier for deployment in our experience auditing a few quite large systems where this is relevant.

I don't really want to hold this up if it needs to land very quickly though. Folks on our end will be working Very Rapidly on at least sharing the design we have in mind if not a complete implementation. Hopefully early next week, but we're still playing a bit of catch-up....


https://reviews.llvm.org/D41761