diff --git a/docs/AliasAnalysis.html b/docs/AliasAnalysis.html index 01492293eef..2aa841a9423 100644 --- a/docs/AliasAnalysis.html +++ b/docs/AliasAnalysis.html @@ -690,6 +690,27 @@ aggressive local analysis that "knows" many important facts:

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+ The -globalsmodref-aa pass +
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This pass implements a simple context-sensitive mod/ref and alias analysis +for internal global variables that don't "have their address taken". If a +global does not have its address taken, the pass knows that no pointers alias +the global. +

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The real power of this pass is that it provides context-sensitive mod/ref +information for call instructions. This allows the optimizer to know that +calls to a function do not clobber or read the value of the global, allowing +loads and stores to be eliminated.

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Note that this pass is somewhat limited in its scope (only support +non-address taken globals), but is very quick analysis.

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