[LLVMdev] On calling intrinsics

David Given dg at cowlark.com
Sun Jan 20 16:06:32 PST 2013


On 20/01/13 21:19, Craig Topper wrote:
> sqrtf is detected by code in SelectionDAGBuilder.cpp. This gets turns
> into a FSQRT ISD node type that the target can handle just like any
> other ISD node. If the target doesn't mark ISD::FSQRT as Legal or Custom
> then ExpandNode in LegalizeDAG.cpp turns it back into a sqrtf libcall.

Solved! It turns out that the secret is that SelectionDAGBuilder only
converts such libcalls into intrinsics *if they are marked readnone*.
Which, of course, I wasn't doing in my JIT.

Anyway, ta. I'm producing much better code now.

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