Introduce @llvm.experimental.deoptimize
Summary: This intrinsic, together with deoptimization operand bundles, allow frontends to express transfer of control and frame-local state from one (typically more specialized, hence faster) version of a function into another (typically more generic, hence slower) version. In languages with a fully integrated managed runtime this intrinsic can be used to implement "uncommon trap" like functionality. In unmanaged languages like C and C++, this intrinsic can be used to represent the slow paths of specialized functions. Note: this change does not address how `@llvm.experimental_deoptimize` is lowered. That will be done in a later change. Reviewers: chandlerc, rnk, atrick, reames Subscribers: llvm-commits, kmod, mjacob, maksfb, mcrosier, JosephTremoulet Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D17732 llvm-svn: 263281
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