[LLVMdev] loop clone?

[Johannes Doerfert]

Hi Linhai,

I'm not aware of a function to clone a loop but you can extract the loop
into its own function [1] and clone the function [2]. In the end you
just need a conditional to decide which function to call.

I hope this helps,
  Johannes

[1] http://llvm.org/docs/doxygen/html/classllvm_1_1CodeExtractor.html#a52e4200738c1e0cb57d15647de3125a0
[2] http://llvm.org/docs/doxygen/html/namespacellvm.html#a5596246c2350cb74f31ffa7695d5923c

On 09/24, Linhai wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>     I want to add a branch before a loop, and clone the loop to the else
> part. After that, I can do instrumentation in one loop, and keep the other
> one uninstrumented. Does llvm have existing functionality to clone loops, or
> similar codes I can check?
> 
>     Thanks a lot!
> 
>     Best,
> 
> Linhai
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