Add comments. Addressing review comments from Evan on r204690.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@204864 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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Manman Ren 2014-03-26 22:14:09 +00:00
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@ -2122,6 +2122,11 @@ unsigned RAGreedy::selectOrSplitImpl(LiveInterval &VirtReg,
CSRFirstUse = true;
BlockFrequency CSRCost(CSRFirstTimeCost);
// Using a CSR for the first time has a cost because it causes push|pop
// to be added to prologue|epilogue. Splitting a cold section of the live
// range can have lower cost than using the CSR for the first time;
// Spilling a live range in the cold path can have lower cost than using
// the CSR for the first time.
if (getStage(VirtReg) == RS_Spill && CSRFirstUse && NewVRegs.empty() &&
CSRFirstTimeCost > 0 && VirtReg.isSpillable()) {
// We choose spill over using the CSR for the first time if the spill cost