[llvm-dev] Module::createRNG() and new PassManager

[Fedor Sergeev via llvm-dev]

Dominic,

what is the intended use of this interface? It seems to be unused in 
llvm repo.
It is not clear to me why is it needed to seed RNG with pass name, but 
you surely can do that :)

regards,
   Fedor.

On 1/25/20 12:55 AM, Dominic Chen via llvm-dev wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but is Module::CreateRNG(Pass *) unusable with
> the new PassManager? Since each pass is defined as a
> llvm::PassInfoMixIn<DerivedT> instead of inheriting from llvm::Pass, it
> doesn't seem possible to obtain the underlying llvm::Pass * from e.g.
> llvm::ModuleAnalysisManager. Would it make sense to change the
> definition/implementation to Module::CreateRNG(StringRef PassName)?
>
> Please CC me on responses.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dominic
>
>
>
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