Add a comment: don't expect from external function resolver in interpreter

things, it wasn't designed to handle.

llvm-svn: 40608

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/ExternalFunctions.cpp b/llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/ExternalFunctions.cpp
index 55391df8886..e86c1bc2b45 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/ExternalFunctions.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/Interpreter/ExternalFunctions.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ static char getTypeID(const Type *Ty) {
   }
 }
 
+// Try to find address of external function given a Function object.
+// Please note, that interpreter doesn't know how to assemble a
+// real call in general case (this is JIT job), that's why it assumes,
+// that all external functions has the same (and pretty "general") signature.
+// The typical example of such functions are "lle_X_" ones.
 static ExFunc lookupFunction(const Function *F) {
   // Function not found, look it up... start by figuring out what the
   // composite function name should be.