llvm-project/llvm/docs
Bill Wendling 23c2a5ce33 Allow "callbr" to return non-void values
Summary:
Terminators in LLVM aren't prohibited from returning values. This means that
the "callbr" instruction, which is used for "asm goto", can support "asm goto
with outputs."

This patch removes all restrictions against "callbr" returning values. The
heavy lifting is done by the code generator. The "INLINEASM_BR" instruction's
a terminator, and the code generator doesn't allow non-terminator instructions
after a terminator. In order to correctly model the feature, we need to copy
outputs from "INLINEASM_BR" into virtual registers. Of course, those copies
aren't terminators.

To get around this issue, we split the block containing the "INLINEASM_BR"
right before the "COPY" instructions. This results in two cheats:

  - Any physical registers defined by "INLINEASM_BR" need to be marked as
    live-in into the block with the "COPY" instructions. This violates an
    assumption that physical registers aren't marked as "live-in" until after
    register allocation. But it seems as if the live-in information only
    needs to be correct after register allocation. So we're able to get away
    with this.

  - The indirect branches from the "INLINEASM_BR" are moved to the "COPY"
    block. This is to satisfy PHI nodes.

I've been told that MLIR can support this handily, but until we're able to
use it, we'll have to stick with the above.

Reviewers: jyknight, nickdesaulniers, hfinkel, MaskRay, lattner

Reviewed By: nickdesaulniers, MaskRay, lattner

Subscribers: rriddle, qcolombet, jdoerfert, MatzeB, echristo, MaskRay, xbolva00, aaron.ballman, cfe-commits, JonChesterfield, hiraditya, llvm-commits, rnk, craig.topper

Tags: #llvm, #clang

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D69868
2020-02-24 18:29:06 -08:00
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AMDGPU [AMDGPU][MC][DOC] Updated AMD GPU assembler syntax description. 2020-02-07 16:23:46 +03:00
CommandGuide [NFC][llvm-exegesis] Docs/help: opcode-index=-1 means measure everything 2020-02-13 12:46:12 +03:00
DependenceGraphs [llvm] NFC: fix trivial typos in documents 2020-01-22 11:32:51 +08:00
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AMDGPUInstructionSyntax.rst [AMDGPU][MC][DOC] Updated AMD GPU assembler syntax description. 2019-07-08 16:50:11 +00:00
AMDGPUModifierSyntax.rst [AMDGPU][MC][DOC] Updated AMD GPU assembler syntax description. 2019-12-25 17:51:53 +03:00
AMDGPUOperandSyntax.rst [AMDGPU][MC][DOC] Updated AMD GPU assembler syntax description. 2019-12-25 17:51:53 +03:00
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AliasAnalysis.rst [doc] Removed obsolete -count-aa from AliasAnalysis documentation 2018-04-23 13:45:28 +00:00
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BitCodeFormat.rst [X86] Add new calling convention that guarantees tail call optimization 2019-10-07 22:28:58 +00:00
BlockFrequencyTerminology.rst [llvm] NFC: fix trivial typos in documents 2020-01-22 11:32:51 +08:00
BranchWeightMetadata.rst [TI removal] Remove discussion of `TerminatorInst` from the LLVM 2018-10-18 07:40:24 +00:00
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CodingStandards.rst Add coding standard recommending use of qualifiers in cpp files 2020-02-18 14:08:56 -08:00
CommandLine.rst [CommandLine] Add callbacks to Options 2019-12-06 15:16:45 -08:00
CompileCudaWithLLVM.rst [llvm] NFC: fix trivial typos in documents 2020-01-22 11:32:51 +08:00
CompilerWriterInfo.rst [PowerPC][docs] Update Embedded PowerPC docs in Compiler Writers Info page 2019-12-30 20:22:37 +00:00
Contributing.rst Add discussion of git-format-patch to Phabricator.html 2019-12-03 18:54:46 -05:00
Coroutines.rst fix another doc typo to cycle bots 2019-12-20 21:59:51 -05:00
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DebuggingJITedCode.rst [docs] Fix references to a renamed flag. 2019-11-06 14:42:57 -08:00
DeveloperPolicy.rst [doc] Clarify responsibility for fixing experimental target problems 2020-02-14 09:50:18 +00:00
Docker.rst [build] Rename clang-headers to clang-resource-headers 2019-03-04 21:19:53 +00:00
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Extensions.rst [Frontend] Replace CC1 option -mcode-model with -mcmodel= 2020-02-21 23:10:50 -08:00
FAQ.rst [docs] Tiny rewording in the portability FAQ entry 2019-11-20 16:40:30 -08:00
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GarbageCollection.rst [AsmPrinter] De-capitalize all AsmPrinter::Emit* but EmitInstruction 2020-02-13 17:06:24 -08:00
GetElementPtr.rst [DOC] Fix `load` instructions' syntax, function definition. 2019-06-12 11:24:22 +00:00
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GoldPlugin.rst [docs][gold] Fix a typo 2018-08-21 21:00:54 +00:00
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LangRef.rst Allow "callbr" to return non-void values 2020-02-24 18:29:06 -08:00
Lexicon.rst [docs] fix typo in Lexicon.rst 2019-12-24 09:47:15 +01:00
LibFuzzer.rst [libFuzzer] Minor documentation fixes. 2020-02-03 14:41:06 -08:00
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