[llvm-commits] dependence analysis

[Hal Finkel]

On Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:31:44 -0700
Preston Briggs <preston.briggs at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Evan Cheng <evan.cheng at apple.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >> I wrote a test driver that makes dependence queries along with 100+
> >> tests that exercise most everything.
> >> Again, I'm not sure how to organize all this into a format LLVM
> >> can use.
> >
> > Can they be made into unit tests? The first step is to send the 2
> > files for review. It would be worthwhile to include a few of these
> > tests so folks can get a better idea what they look like and how
> > the analysis can be used. But I don't expect anyone will look
> > through all of them right away.
> 
> Looking the testing infrastructure document...
> I was thinking in terms of regression tests.
> So far, I've organized the tests into 14 C files,
> translated the C files into 14 .ll files,
> and created result files for each of the 14.
> 
> Seems odd to throw away the C source and keep only the .ll
> How will people ever understand what's going on?

You could include the C loop in a comment block in the .ll file.

 -Hal

> 
> Is there a different test framework I should be using?
> 
> Thanks,
> Preston



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Hal Finkel
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Argonne National Laboratory