[LLVMdev] addrspace attribute and intrisics

[Chris Lattner]

On Thu, 3 Jul 2008, Benedict Gaster wrote:
> I am slightly unclear about the semantics of the addrspace attribute and 
> there use with intrinsics. For example, is the following code valid:
>
> % ptr      = malloc i32 addrspace(11)
> % result = call i32 @llvm.atomic.load.add.i32( i32 addrspace(11)* %ptr, 
> i32 4);
>
> If this is valid it means that a certain amount of type information is lost 
> at the LLVM IL level and if it is not valid, then it is impossible to use any 
> of the built-in functions for anything other than the default address space.

That is not currently supported, but Mon Ping is working on it (as I 
understand).  Mon Ping, are you still working on this?  If so, what is the 
status?

-Chris

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