[llvm-dev] Optimizations using profile information

[Piotr Padlewski via llvm-dev]

2016-07-15 21:05 GMT-07:00 Mehdi Amini via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
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> On Jul 15, 2016, at 3:14 AM, Emma Espinosa via llvm-dev <
> llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
> Which optimization passes use profile information?
> http://llvm.org/docs/Passes.html seems to suggest only block placement
> uses it, is that correct?
>
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> Using grep in the codebase to look for BlockFrequencyInfo
> and BranchProbabilityInfo yield a bunch of middle passes like
> JumpThreading, LoopUnswitch, LoopVectorize, InductiveRangeCheckElimination.
> There are more in the CodeGen. And I know that we also try to use it to
> drive ThinLTO importing.
>
> ThinLTO doesn't care much about profile date right now, but it should in 2
months.

Piotr


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