[LLVMdev] [llvm-commits] [llvm] r172534 - /llvm/trunk/test/Transforms/LoopStrengthReduce/post-inc-icmpzero.ll

[Chandler Carruth]

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Andrew Trick <atrick at apple.com> wrote:

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> On Jan 21, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Chandler Carruth <chandlerc at google.com>
> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Andrew Trick <atrick at apple.com> wrote:
>
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>> On Jan 21, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Chandler Carruth <chandlerc at google.com>
>> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Andrew Trick <atrick at apple.com> wrote:
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>>> Moving to llvmdev...
>>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Nadav Rotem <nrotem at apple.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi Manish,
>>> >
>>> > Thank you for looking at this. Recently opt started using the
>>> "-mtriple" command line flag to initialize the TargetMachine for IR-level
>>> transformations that use it. Currently only the following passes are using
>>> this feature: LSR, LowerSwitch, BBVectorizer and LoopVectorizer. If you
>>> look at the tests in LoopVectorize you will see that the target-dependent
>>> tests are in target-dependent directories.
>>>
>>> The tests in the platform directories are fine. The question is what to
>>> do about all the tests in target-independent directories that have "target
>>> triple" in the bitcode. These tests don't use -mtriple. Instead, their
>>> behavior changes in subtle ways depending on which targets are built. It's
>>> certainly a confusing situation.
>>>
>>
>> My proposed resolution:
>> - If the tests are target independent, delete the triple.
>> - If they aren't, sink them to a target-specific subdirectory so they're
>> skipped in the absence of the target being built.
>>
>>
>> Filed llvm.org/pr15025.
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>>  - Make a triple an error if there is not support for that target.
>>
>>
>> Filed llvm.org/pr15026.
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>>
>> I assume opt should completely ignore target triple when -mtriple is
>> provided,
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> Yep.
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>>  potentially bypassing the error.
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> I would expect opt to error on an invalid '-mtriple' just as it would for
> an invalid triple in the IR....
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>
> Yes, that's what llc does.
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> The point is, as long as you specify a valid -mtriple you won't get any
> warning about a bad IR target triple. Common sense.
>

Oh, of course. Yes. =D

>
> -Andy
>
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