[llvm-branch-commits] [llvm][IR] Extend BranchWeightMetadata to track provenance of weights (PR #86609)

[Matthias Braun via llvm-branch-commits]

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@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ MDNode *getBranchWeightMDNode(const Instruction &I);
 /// Nullptr otherwise.
 MDNode *getValidBranchWeightMDNode(const Instruction &I);
 
+/// Check if Branch Weight Metadata has an "expected" field from an llvm.expect*
+/// intrinsic
+bool hasExpectedProvenance(const Instruction &I);
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MatzeB wrote:

Hmm maybe this should somehow have the name "Weight" in the name, to not introduce confusion with alias-analysis things (at least I immediately think "alias analysis" when I see the word  "provenance") or find different term than "provenance"?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/86609