The <undef> flag says that a MachineOperand doesn't read its register,
or doesn't depend on the previous value of its register.
A full register def never depends on the previous register value. A
partial register def may depend on the previous value if it is intended
to update part of a register.
For example:
%vreg10:dsub_0<def,undef> = COPY %vreg1
%vreg10:dsub_1<def> = COPY %vreg2
The first copy instruction defines the full %vreg10 register with the
bits not covered by dsub_0 defined as <undef>. It is not considered a
read of %vreg10.
The second copy modifies part of %vreg10 while preserving the rest. It
has an implicit read of %vreg10.
This patch adds a MachineOperand::readsReg() method to determine if an
operand reads its register.
Previously, this was modelled by adding a full-register <imp-def>
operand to the instruction. This approach makes it possible to
determine directly from a MachineOperand if it reads its register. No
scanning of MI operands is required.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@141124 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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