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authorChris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org>2008-02-17 19:43:57 +0000
committerChris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org>2008-02-17 19:43:57 +0000
commit1f6520842c2873aff772a39d53582c469b4f399d (patch)
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move PR2053 to here.
llvm-svn: 47237
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diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
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--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/README.txt
@@ -1516,3 +1516,15 @@ should generate:
lock ; mov %esp, %esp
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+The generated code on x86 for checking for signed overflow on a multiply the
+obvious way is much longer than it needs to be.
+
+int x(int a, int b) {
+ long long prod = (long long)a*b;
+ return prod > 0x7FFFFFFF || prod < (-0x7FFFFFFF-1);
+}
+
+See PR2053 for more details.
+
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
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