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-rw-r--r--llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h
index c645c20cc17..b99dbf0fc97 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstr.h
@@ -722,8 +722,10 @@ public:
};
/// Return true if this instruction is identical to \p Other.
- /// Identical meaning same opcode and all operands reported as
- /// isIdenticalOp() (equal except for liveness flags).
+ /// Two instructions are identical if they have the same opcode and all their
+ /// operands are identical (with respect to MachineOperand::isIdenticalTo()).
+ /// Note that this means liveness related flags (dead, undef, kill) do not
+ /// affect the notion of identical.
bool isIdenticalTo(const MachineInstr &Other,
MICheckType Check = CheckDefs) const;
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