diff --git a/docs/WritingAnLLVMPass.html b/docs/WritingAnLLVMPass.html index 3b116074b71..c9813ef11c5 100644 --- a/docs/WritingAnLLVMPass.html +++ b/docs/WritingAnLLVMPass.html @@ -466,7 +466,9 @@ class is the most general of all superclasses that you can use. Deriving from ModulePass indicates that your pass uses the entire program as a unit, refering to function bodies in no predictable order, or adding and removing functions. Because nothing is known about the behavior of ModulePass -subclasses, no optimization can be done for their execution.
+subclasses, no optimization can be done for their execution. A module pass +can use function level passes (e.g. dominators) using getAnalysis interface + getAnalysisTo write a correct ModulePass subclass, derive from ModulePass and overload the runOnModule method with the @@ -1127,7 +1129,21 @@ runtime assertion failure if you attempt to get an analysis that you did not declare as required in your getAnalysisUsage implementation. This method can be called by your run* method implementation, or by any -other local method invoked by your run* method.
+other local method invoked by your run* method. + +A module level pass can use function level analysis info using this interface. +For example: + ++ bool ModuleLevelPass::runOnModule(Module &M) { + ... + DominatorTree &DT = getAnalysis<DominatorTree>(Function &F); + ... + } +
If your pass is capable of updating analyses if they exist (e.g.,