This is a cleaned up version of the isFree() function in
MachineTraceMetrics.cpp.
Transient instructions are very unlikely to produce any code in the
final output. Either because they get eliminated by RegisterCoalescing,
or because they are pseudo-instructions like labels and debug values.
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The MachineTraceMetrics analysis must be invalidated before modifying
the CFG. This will catch some of the violations of that rule.
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This is still a work in progress.
Out-of-order CPUs usually execute instructions from multiple basic
blocks simultaneously, so it is necessary to look at longer traces when
estimating the performance effects of code transformations.
The MachineTraceMetrics analysis will pick a typical trace through a
given basic block and provide performance metrics for the trace. Metrics
will include:
- Instruction count through the trace.
- Issue count per functional unit.
- Critical path length, and per-instruction 'slack'.
These metrics can be used to determine the performance limiting factor
when executing the trace, and how it will be affected by a code
transformation.
Initially, this will be used by the early if-conversion pass.
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