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    IR: Make metadata typeless in assembly · be7ea19b
    Duncan P. N. Exon Smith authored
    Now that `Metadata` is typeless, reflect that in the assembly.  These
    are the matching assembly changes for the metadata/value split in
    r223802.
    
      - Only use the `metadata` type when referencing metadata from a call
        intrinsic -- i.e., only when it's used as a `Value`.
    
      - Stop pretending that `ValueAsMetadata` is wrapped in an `MDNode`
        when referencing it from call intrinsics.
    
    So, assembly like this:
    
        define @foo(i32 %v) {
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata !{i32 %v}, metadata !0)
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata !{i32 7}, metadata !0)
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata !1, metadata !0)
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata !3, metadata !0)
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata !{metadata !3}, metadata !0)
          ret void, !bar !2
        }
        !0 = metadata !{metadata !2}
        !1 = metadata !{i32* @global}
        !2 = metadata !{metadata !3}
        !3 = metadata !{}
    
    turns into this:
    
        define @foo(i32 %v) {
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata i32 %v, metadata !0)
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata i32 7, metadata !0)
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata i32* @global, metadata !0)
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata !3, metadata !0)
          call void @llvm.foo(metadata !{!3}, metadata !0)
          ret void, !bar !2
        }
        !0 = !{!2}
        !1 = !{i32* @global}
        !2 = !{!3}
        !3 = !{}
    
    I wrote an upgrade script that handled almost all of the tests in llvm
    and many of the tests in cfe (even handling many `CHECK` lines).  I've
    attached it (or will attach it in a moment if you're speedy) to PR21532
    to help everyone update their out-of-tree testcases.
    
    This is part of PR21532.
    
    llvm-svn: 224257
    be7ea19b
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