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diff --git a/llvm/docs/Bugpoint.rst b/llvm/docs/Bugpoint.rst index f3bb54cffb5..747781708ac 100644 --- a/llvm/docs/Bugpoint.rst +++ b/llvm/docs/Bugpoint.rst @@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ non-obvious ways. Here are some hints and tips: miscompilation. Programs should be temporarily modified to disable outputs that are likely to vary from run to run. +* In the `crash debugger`_, ``bugpoint`` does not distiguish different crashes + during reduction. Thus, if new crash or miscompilation happens, ``bugpoint`` + will continue with the new crash instead. If you would like to stick to + particular crash, you should write check scripts to validate the error + message, see ``-compile-command`` in :doc:`/Bugpoint`_. + * In the code generator and miscompilation debuggers, debugging will go faster if you manually modify the program or its inputs to reduce the runtime, but still exhibit the problem. |
