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#1

I find this pattern as below from /test/CodeGen/Mips/alloca.ll, and want to know what front end pattern can be translated into this. Anybody know this answer?

%tmp1 = alloca i8, i32 %size, align 4 // has %size variable, not pattern, alloca i8, align 4

define i32 @twoalloca(i32 %size) nounwind {
entry:
…
%tmp1 = alloca i8, i32 %size, align 4
}

Jonathan

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#2

Hi Jonathan,

I find this pattern as below from
<llvm-source-tree>/test/CodeGen/Mips/alloca.ll, and want to know what front end
pattern can be translated into this. Anybody know this answer?

%tmp1 = alloca i8, i32 %size, align 4 // has %size variable, not pattern, alloca
i8, align 4

define i32 @twoalloca(i32 %size) nounwind {
entry:
...
   %tmp1 = alloca i8, i32 %size, align 4
}

for example, the following code:

void use(char *);

void foo(long size) {
   char A[size];
   use(A);
}

->

define void @foo(i64 %size) unnamed_addr #0 {
entry:
   %0 = alloca i8, i64 %size, align 16
   call void @use(i8* %0) #1
   ret void
}

declare void @use(i8*)

attributes #0 = { nounwind uwtable }
attributes #1 = { nounwind }

Ciao, Duncan.