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#. ``llvm/include/llvm/IR/Intrinsics*.td``:
- Add an entry for your intrinsic. Describe its memory access characteristics
- for optimization (this controls whether it will be DCE'd, CSE'd, etc). Note
- that any intrinsic using one of the ``llvm_any*_ty`` types for an argument or
- return type will be deemed by ``tblgen`` as overloaded and the corresponding
- suffix will be required on the intrinsic's name.
+ Add an entry for your intrinsic. Describe its memory access
+ characteristics for optimization (this controls whether it will be
+ DCE'd, CSE'd, etc). If any arguments need to be immediates, these
+ must be indicated with the ImmArg property. Note that any intrinsic
+ using one of the ``llvm_any*_ty`` types for an argument or return
+ type will be deemed by ``tblgen`` as overloaded and the
+ corresponding suffix will be required on the intrinsic's name.
#. ``llvm/lib/Analysis/ConstantFolding.cpp``:
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