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authorClement Courbet <courbet@google.com>2018-04-04 11:37:06 +0000
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Re-land r329156 "Add llvm-exegesis tool."
Fixed to depend on and initialize the native target instead of X86. llvm-svn: 329169
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* Symbols starting with ``?`` are no longer mangled by LLVM when using the
Windows ``x`` or ``w`` IR mangling schemes.
+* A new tool named :doc:`llvm-exegesis <CommandGuide/llvm-exegesis>` has been
+ added. :program:`llvm-exegesis` automatically measures instruction scheduling
+ properties (latency/uops) and provides a principled way to edit scheduling
+ models.
+
* A new tool named :doc:`llvm-mca <CommandGuide/llvm-mca>` has been added.
:program:`llvm-mca` is a static performance analysis tool that uses
information available in LLVM to statically predict the performance of
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