[llvm-dev] Custom Alloca implementation

[Alberto Barbaro via llvm-dev]

Hello Udit,
I'm not sure but can't you achieve the same just using metadata avoiding to
change the alloca instruction?

Thanks
Alberto

On Mon, Jan 27, 2020, 12:09 Udit agarwal via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> In my project, I need to allocate an extra 4 Bytes in every Alloca
> instruction. These additional bytes will be used to store the 'allocation
> info'(like size and structure of the allocated object etc). Instead of
> adding 4 bytes to the Alloca 'size' operand at every Alloca Instruction, I
> was thinking to make this change at the level where Alloca gets converted
> to machine IR.
> Can anyone please point me towards the code which actually handles this
> conversion(lowering of Alloca Inst)?
> --
> Regards,
> Udit kumar agarwal
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