[PATCH] D20297: AMDGPU/SI: Add implicitarg.ptr intrinsic.

[Matt Arsenault via llvm-commits]

arsenm added a comment.

In http://reviews.llvm.org/D20297#442193, @tstellarAMD wrote:

> In http://reviews.llvm.org/D20297#441156, @arsenm wrote:
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> > Why not the offset from the base pointer intrinsic rather than an intrinsic to the offset?
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> Because if the implict args are stored after the explict kernel args, then the offset from kernarg.base.ptr to the start of implicit args is not known until compile time.


Why is this an issue? This won't be known anyway


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http://reviews.llvm.org/D20297