[llvm] r216934 - Add note to documentation about machine node chains.

[Matt Arsenault]

Author: arsenm
Date: Tue Sep  2 14:18:52 2014
New Revision: 216934

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=216934&view=rev
Log:
Add note to documentation about machine node chains.

I've been assuming chain operands were always the first operand,
since the documentation says this. I was confused about why they
were missing after instruction selection. Apparently the convention
changes to using the last operand for MachineSDNodes and I've never
noticed before.

Modified:
    llvm/trunk/docs/CodeGenerator.rst

Modified: llvm/trunk/docs/CodeGenerator.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/trunk/docs/CodeGenerator.rst?rev=216934&r1=216933&r2=216934&view=diff
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--- llvm/trunk/docs/CodeGenerator.rst (original)
+++ llvm/trunk/docs/CodeGenerator.rst Tue Sep  2 14:18:52 2014
@@ -769,7 +769,9 @@ provide an ordering between nodes that h
 calls, returns, etc).  All nodes that have side effects should take a token
 chain as input and produce a new one as output.  By convention, token chain
 inputs are always operand #0, and chain results are always the last value
-produced by an operation.
+produced by an operation. However, after instruction selection, the
+machine nodes have their chain after the instruction's operands, and
+may be followed by glue nodes.
 
 A SelectionDAG has designated "Entry" and "Root" nodes.  The Entry node is
 always a marker node with an Opcode of ``ISD::EntryToken``.  The Root node is