[LLVMdev] [RFC] Stackmap and Patchpoint Intrinsic Proposal

[Andrew Trick]

On Oct 23, 2013, at 5:27 PM, Philip Reames <listmail at philipreames.com> wrote:

>> The implementation of the two intrinsics is actually very similar. In this case, the difference would be that llvm.stackmap does not reserve space for patching, while llvm.patchpoint does.
> I'm slightly confused by this given that stackmap takes an argument indicating the number of nops to emit as well, but it's not worth debating this any more.  Let's move on.  We can revisit this once I'm actually using the new intrinsics and can provide real concrete feedback.  


I want this to be clear when we expose the intrinsics to other developers. I’ve been making an effort to improve the docs: http://llvm-reviews.chandlerc.com/D1981. Please let me know where clarification is needed.

-Andy


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