[llvm-commits] [llvm] r117267 - /llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.html

[Charles Davis]

Author: cdavis
Date: Mon Oct 25 11:29:03 2010
New Revision: 117267

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=117267&view=rev
Log:
Make hotpatch attribute description a little less Wintel-specific.

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=117267&r1=117266&r2=117267&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.html (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/LangRef.html Mon Oct 25 11:29:03 2010
@@ -1132,9 +1132,11 @@
       threshold for this caller.</dd>
 
   <dt><tt><b>hotpatch</b></tt></dt>
-  <dd>This attribute indicates that the prologue should contain a 'hotpatch'
-      sequence at the beginning. This is the same sequence used in the
-      system DLLs in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and higher.</dd>
+  <dd>This attribute indicates that the function should be 'hotpatchable',
+      meaning the function can be patched even while it is loaded into memory.
+      On x86, the function prologue will contain a two-byte no-op sequence;
+      this is the same sequence used in the system DLLs in Microsoft Windows
+      XP Service Pack 2 and higher.</dd>
 
   <dt><tt><b>inlinehint</b></tt></dt>
   <dd>This attribute indicates that the source code contained a hint that inlining