[llvm-commits] [llvm] r120932 - in /llvm/trunk: lib/Target/X86/X86ISelLowering.cpp test/CodeGen/X86/select.ll

[Chris Lattner]

On Dec 6, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Bob Wilson wrote:

>>>> Along these lines, I wonder if it would be enough to just mark IR select/condbr instructions with an instruction MDNode like !highlybiased (optionally with a direction).  This could be preserved down to codegen level and used for expansion there. This would also be a straight-forward way to model __builtin_expect.
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>>> Do we want to make it a more generic MDNode so we can use it to encode branch probability?
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>> Yes, making it more general than just "biased" makes sense.
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> I've been thinking about and talking with a few people about doing exactly that for recording profile information as well.  I don't yet have enough details to make a real proposal, but if you're planning to do anything like that soon, I'd be interested.

I don't have any plans or anything concrete to propose, I'd be happy for someone else to write up a proposal if they're interested.

-Chris