[LLVMdev] The "scope" of passes

[ether zhhb]

hi,

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Arjun Singri <arjunsingri at gmail.com> wrote:

> But is there a better way of getting the loops in a function than using
> LoopInfo?


maybe you could try the scc_iterator.


> For some tasks it is necessary that we don't process the same loop twice.

a looppass will not process a loop twice if you do not reinsert it into the
queue of loopmanager.


> Doing that with LoopInfo requires the use of a flag.


>
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Devang Patel <devang.patel at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Arjun <arjunsingri at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Personally, I would make everything a FunctionPass.
>> >
>> > What if a FunctionPass requires the results of a LoopPass? Is there a
>> way to get
>> > all loops of a function without using LoopPass and LoopInfo?
>>
>> A LoopPass operates on loops. It updates/deletes loops. Its end result
>> is modified loops.
>> A FunctionPass operates on entire function.
>>
>> LoopInfo is a FunctionPass that collect loops from a function. A
>> FunctionPass can certainly request another FunctionPass such as
>> LoopInfo.
>> -
>> Devang
>>
>
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