summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/llvm/include
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'llvm/include')
-rw-r--r--llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.h5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.h
index 4d5dd1987f2..f2e33535ae2 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Analysis/MemoryDependenceAnalysis.h
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ namespace llvm {
/// this occurs when we see a may-aliased store to the memory location we
/// care about.
///
+ /// There are several cases that may be interesting here:
+ /// 1. Loads are clobbered by may-alias stores.
+ /// 2. Loads are considered clobbered by partially-aliased loads. The
+ /// client may choose to analyze deeper into these cases.
+ ///
/// A dependence query on the first instruction of the entry block will
/// return a clobber(self) result.
Clobber,
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud