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authorDimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>2017-06-16 21:03:24 +0000
committerDimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>2017-06-16 21:03:24 +0000
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tree99ec531924f6078534b100ab9d7696abce848099 /docs/BranchWeightMetadata.rst
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Vendor import of llvm trunk r305575:vendor/llvm/llvm-trunk-r305575
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svn path=/vendor/llvm/dist/; revision=320013 svn path=/vendor/llvm/llvm-trunk-r305575/; revision=320014; tag=vendor/llvm/llvm-trunk-r305575
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@@ -64,6 +64,20 @@ Branch weights are assigned to every destination.
[ , i32 <LABEL_BRANCH_WEIGHT> ... ]
}
+``CallInst``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Calls may have branch weight metadata, containing the execution count of
+the call. It is currently used in SamplePGO mode only, to augment the
+block and entry counts which may not be accurate with sampling.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ !0 = metadata !{
+ metadata !"branch_weights",
+ i32 <CALL_BRANCH_WEIGHT>
+ }
+
Other
^^^^^