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# 6a2ea846 18-May-2021 Yonghong Song <[email protected]>

BPF: Add more relocation kinds

Currently, BPF only contains three relocations:
R_BPF_NONE for no relocation
R_BPF_64_64 for LD_imm64 and normal 64-bit data relocation
R_BPF_64_32 for call

BPF: Add more relocation kinds

Currently, BPF only contains three relocations:
R_BPF_NONE for no relocation
R_BPF_64_64 for LD_imm64 and normal 64-bit data relocation
R_BPF_64_32 for call insn and normal 32-bit data relocation

Also .BTF and .BTF.ext sections contain symbols in allocated
program and data sections. These two sections reserved 32bit
space to hold the offset relative to the symbol's section.
When LLVM JIT is used, the LLVM ExecutionEngine RuntimeDyld
may attempt to resolve relocations for .BTF and .BTF.ext,
which we want to prevent. So we used R_BPF_NONE for such relocations.

This all works fine until when we try to do linking of
multiple objects.
. R_BPF_64_64 handling of LD_imm64 vs. normal 64-bit data
is different, so lld target->relocate() needs more context
to do a correct job.
. The same for R_BPF_64_32. More context is needed for
lld target->relocate() to differentiate call insn vs.
normal 32-bit data relocation.
. Since relocations in .BTF and .BTF.ext are set to R_BPF_NONE,
they will not be relocated properly when multiple .BTF/.BTF.ext
sections are merged by lld.

This patch intends to address this issue by adding additional
relocation kinds:
R_BPF_64_ABS64 for normal 64-bit data relocation
R_BPF_64_ABS32 for normal 32-bit data relocation
R_BPF_64_NODYLD32 for .BTF and .BTF.ext style relocations.
The old R_BPF_64_{64,32} semantics:
R_BPF_64_64 for LD_imm64 relocation
R_BPF_64_32 for call insn relocation

The existing R_BPF_64_64/R_BPF_64_32 mapping to numeric values
is maintained. They are the most common use cases for
bpf programs and we want to maintain backward compatibility
as much as possible.

ExecutionEngine RuntimeDyld BPF relocations are adjusted as well.
R_BPF_64_{ABS64,ABS32} relocations will be resolved properly and
other relocations will be ignored.
Two tests are added for RuntimeDyld. Not handling R_BPF_64_NODYLD32 in
RuntimeDyldELF.cpp will result in "Relocation type not implemented yet!"
fatal error.

FK_SecRel_4 usages in BPFAsmBackend.cpp and BPFELFObjectWriter.cpp
are removed as they are not triggered in BPF backend.
BPF backend used FK_SecRel_8 for LD_imm64 instruction operands.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D102712

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Revision tags: llvmorg-12.0.0, llvmorg-12.0.0-rc5, llvmorg-12.0.0-rc4, llvmorg-12.0.0-rc3, llvmorg-12.0.0-rc2, llvmorg-11.1.0, llvmorg-11.1.0-rc3, llvmorg-12.0.0-rc1, llvmorg-13-init, llvmorg-11.1.0-rc2, llvmorg-11.1.0-rc1, llvmorg-11.0.1, llvmorg-11.0.1-rc2, llvmorg-11.0.1-rc1, llvmorg-11.0.0, llvmorg-11.0.0-rc6, llvmorg-11.0.0-rc5, llvmorg-11.0.0-rc4, llvmorg-11.0.0-rc3, llvmorg-11.0.0-rc2, llvmorg-11.0.0-rc1, llvmorg-12-init, llvmorg-10.0.1, llvmorg-10.0.1-rc4, llvmorg-10.0.1-rc3, llvmorg-10.0.1-rc2, llvmorg-10.0.1-rc1, llvmorg-10.0.0, llvmorg-10.0.0-rc6, llvmorg-10.0.0-rc5, llvmorg-10.0.0-rc4, llvmorg-10.0.0-rc3, llvmorg-10.0.0-rc2, llvmorg-10.0.0-rc1, llvmorg-11-init, llvmorg-9.0.1, llvmorg-9.0.1-rc3, llvmorg-9.0.1-rc2, llvmorg-9.0.1-rc1, llvmorg-9.0.0, llvmorg-9.0.0-rc6, llvmorg-9.0.0-rc5, llvmorg-9.0.0-rc4, llvmorg-9.0.0-rc3
# 90b6bb75 23-Aug-2019 Sam Clegg <[email protected]>

[MC] Minor cleanup to MCFixup::Kind handling. NFC.

Prefer `MCFixupKind` where possible and add getTargetKind() to
convert to `unsigned` when needed rather than scattering cast
operators around the p

[MC] Minor cleanup to MCFixup::Kind handling. NFC.

Prefer `MCFixupKind` where possible and add getTargetKind() to
convert to `unsigned` when needed rather than scattering cast
operators around the place.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D59890

llvm-svn: 369720

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# 0eaee545 15-Aug-2019 Jonas Devlieghere <[email protected]>

[llvm] Migrate llvm::make_unique to std::make_unique

Now that we've moved to C++14, we no longer need the llvm::make_unique
implementation from STLExtras.h. This patch is a mechanical replacement
of

[llvm] Migrate llvm::make_unique to std::make_unique

Now that we've moved to C++14, we no longer need the llvm::make_unique
implementation from STLExtras.h. This patch is a mechanical replacement
of (hopefully) all the llvm::make_unique instances across the monorepo.

llvm-svn: 369013

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Revision tags: llvmorg-9.0.0-rc2, llvmorg-9.0.0-rc1, llvmorg-10-init, llvmorg-8.0.1, llvmorg-8.0.1-rc4, llvmorg-8.0.1-rc3, llvmorg-8.0.1-rc2
# e698958a 26-May-2019 Yonghong Song <[email protected]>

[BPF] generate R_BPF_NONE relocation for BTF DataSec variables

The variables in BTF DataSec type encode in-section offset.
R_BPF_NONE should be generated instead of R_BPF_64_32.

Signed-off-by: Yong

[BPF] generate R_BPF_NONE relocation for BTF DataSec variables

The variables in BTF DataSec type encode in-section offset.
R_BPF_NONE should be generated instead of R_BPF_64_32.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <[email protected]>

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D62460

llvm-svn: 361742

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Revision tags: llvmorg-8.0.1-rc1, llvmorg-8.0.0, llvmorg-8.0.0-rc5, llvmorg-8.0.0-rc4, llvmorg-8.0.0-rc3, llvmorg-7.1.0, llvmorg-7.1.0-rc1, llvmorg-8.0.0-rc2, llvmorg-8.0.0-rc1
# 2946cd70 19-Jan-2019 Chandler Carruth <[email protected]>

Update the file headers across all of the LLVM projects in the monorepo
to reflect the new license.

We understand that people may be surprised that we're moving the header
entirely to discuss the ne

Update the file headers across all of the LLVM projects in the monorepo
to reflect the new license.

We understand that people may be surprised that we're moving the header
entirely to discuss the new license. We checked this carefully with the
Foundation's lawyer and we believe this is the correct approach.

Essentially, all code in the project is now made available by the LLVM
project under our new license, so you will see that the license headers
include that license only. Some of our contributors have contributed
code under our old license, and accordingly, we have retained a copy of
our old license notice in the top-level files in each project and
repository.

llvm-svn: 351636

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# 0d99031d 08-Jan-2019 Yonghong Song <[email protected]>

[BPF] Fix .BTF.ext reloc type assigment issue

Commit f1db33c5c1a9 ("[BPF] Disable relocation for .BTF.ext section")
assigned relocation type R_BPF_NONE if the fixup type
is FK_Data_4 and the symbol

[BPF] Fix .BTF.ext reloc type assigment issue

Commit f1db33c5c1a9 ("[BPF] Disable relocation for .BTF.ext section")
assigned relocation type R_BPF_NONE if the fixup type
is FK_Data_4 and the symbol is temporary.
The reason is we use FK_Data_4 as a fixup type
for insn offsets in .BTF.ext section.

Just checking whether the symbol is temporary is not enough.
For example, .debug_info may reference some strings whose
fixup is FK_Data_4 with a temporary symbol as well.

To truely reflect the case for .BTF.ext section,
this patch further checks that the section associateed with the symbol
must be SHF_ALLOC and SHF_EXECINSTR, i.e., in the text section.
This fixed the above-mentioned problem.

Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <[email protected]>
llvm-svn: 350637

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# 821c93d5 20-Dec-2018 Yonghong Song <[email protected]>

[BPF] Disable relocation for .BTF.ext section

Build llvm with assertion on, and then build bcc against this llvm.
Run any bcc tool with debug=8 (turning on -g for clang compilation),
you will get th

[BPF] Disable relocation for .BTF.ext section

Build llvm with assertion on, and then build bcc against this llvm.
Run any bcc tool with debug=8 (turning on -g for clang compilation),
you will get the following assertion errors,
/home/yhs/work/llvm/lib/ExecutionEngine/RuntimeDyld/RuntimeDyldELF.cpp:888:
void llvm::RuntimeDyldELF::resolveBPFRelocation(const llvm::SectionEntry&, uint64_t,
uint64_t, uint32_t, int64_t): Assertion `Value <= (4294967295U)' failed.

The .BTF.ext ELF section uses Fixup's to get the instruction
offsets. The data width of the Fixup is 4 bytes since we only need
the insn offset within the section.

This caused the above error though since R_BPF_64_32 expects
4-byte value and the Runtime Dyld tried to resolve the actual
insn address which is 8 bytes.

Actually the offset within the section is all what we need.
Therefore, there is no need to perform any kind of relocation
for .BTF.ext section and such relocation will actually cause
incorrect result.

This patch changed BPFELFObjectWriter::getRelocType() such that
for Fixup Kind FK_Data_4, if the relocation Target is a temporary
symbol, let us skip the relocation (ELF::R_BPF_NONE).

Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <[email protected]>
llvm-svn: 349778

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Revision tags: llvmorg-7.0.1, llvmorg-7.0.1-rc3, llvmorg-7.0.1-rc2, llvmorg-7.0.1-rc1, llvmorg-7.0.0, llvmorg-7.0.0-rc3, llvmorg-7.0.0-rc2, llvmorg-7.0.0-rc1, llvmorg-6.0.1, llvmorg-6.0.1-rc3, llvmorg-6.0.1-rc2
# dcd7d6c3 21-May-2018 Peter Collingbourne <[email protected]>

MC: Separate creating a generic object writer from creating a target object writer. NFCI.

With this we gain a little flexibility in how the generic object
writer is created.

Part of PR37466.

Diffe

MC: Separate creating a generic object writer from creating a target object writer. NFCI.

With this we gain a little flexibility in how the generic object
writer is created.

Part of PR37466.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D47045

llvm-svn: 332868

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Revision tags: llvmorg-6.0.1-rc1, llvmorg-5.0.2, llvmorg-5.0.2-rc2, llvmorg-5.0.2-rc1, llvmorg-6.0.0, llvmorg-6.0.0-rc3, llvmorg-6.0.0-rc2, llvmorg-6.0.0-rc1, llvmorg-5.0.1, llvmorg-5.0.1-rc3, llvmorg-5.0.1-rc2
# 9a67245d 19-Nov-2017 Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>

[bpf] allow direct and indirect calls

kernel verifier is becoming smarter and soon will support
direct and indirect function calls.
Remove obsolete error from BPF backend.
Make call to use PCRel_4 f

[bpf] allow direct and indirect calls

kernel verifier is becoming smarter and soon will support
direct and indirect function calls.
Remove obsolete error from BPF backend.
Make call to use PCRel_4 fixup.
'bpf to bpf' calls are distinguished from 'bpf to kernel' calls
by insn->src_reg == BPF_PSEUDO_CALL == 1 which is used as relocation
indicator similar to ld_imm64->src_reg == BPF_PSEUDO_MAP_FD == 1
The actual 'call' instruction remains the same for both
'bpf to kernel' and 'bpf to bpf' calls.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
llvm-svn: 318614

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Revision tags: llvmorg-5.0.1-rc1
# 60fbc7cc 10-Oct-2017 Lang Hames <[email protected]>

[MC] Thread unique_ptr<MCObjectWriter> through the create.*ObjectWriter
functions.

This makes the ownership of the resulting MCObjectWriter clear, and allows us
to remove one instance of MCObjectStr

[MC] Thread unique_ptr<MCObjectWriter> through the create.*ObjectWriter
functions.

This makes the ownership of the resulting MCObjectWriter clear, and allows us
to remove one instance of MCObjectStreamer's bizarre "holding ownership via
someone else's reference" trick.

llvm-svn: 315327

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# dcb312bd 09-Oct-2017 Lang Hames <[email protected]>

[MC] Plumb unique_ptr<MCELFObjectTargetWriter> through createELFObjectWriter to
ELFObjectWriter's constructor.

Fixes the same ownership issue for ELF that r315245 did for MachO:
ELFObjectWriter take

[MC] Plumb unique_ptr<MCELFObjectTargetWriter> through createELFObjectWriter to
ELFObjectWriter's constructor.

Fixes the same ownership issue for ELF that r315245 did for MachO:
ELFObjectWriter takes ownership of its MCELFObjectTargetWriter, so we want to
pass this through to the constructor via a unique_ptr, rather than a raw ptr.

llvm-svn: 315254

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Revision tags: llvmorg-5.0.0, llvmorg-5.0.0-rc5, llvmorg-5.0.0-rc4, llvmorg-5.0.0-rc3, llvmorg-5.0.0-rc2, llvmorg-5.0.0-rc1, llvmorg-4.0.1, llvmorg-4.0.1-rc3
# 264b5d9e 07-Jun-2017 Zachary Turner <[email protected]>

Move Object format code to lib/BinaryFormat.

This creates a new library called BinaryFormat that has all of
the headers from llvm/Support containing structure and layout
definitions for various type

Move Object format code to lib/BinaryFormat.

This creates a new library called BinaryFormat that has all of
the headers from llvm/Support containing structure and layout
definitions for various types of binary formats like dwarf, coff,
elf, etc as well as the code for identifying a file from its
magic.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D33843

llvm-svn: 304864

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Revision tags: llvmorg-4.0.1-rc2, llvmorg-4.0.1-rc1, llvmorg-4.0.0, llvmorg-4.0.0-rc4, llvmorg-4.0.0-rc3, llvmorg-4.0.0-rc2, llvmorg-4.0.0-rc1
# 4282c404 06-Jan-2017 Eugene Zelenko <[email protected]>

[BPF] Fix some Clang-tidy modernize and Include What You Use warnings; other minor fixes (NFC).

llvm-svn: 291297


Revision tags: llvmorg-3.9.1, llvmorg-3.9.1-rc3, llvmorg-3.9.1-rc2, llvmorg-3.9.1-rc1
# 7ab125db 21-Nov-2016 Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>

[bpf] fix dwarf elf relocs and line numbers

- teach RelocVisitor to recognize bpf relocations
- fix AsmInfo->PointerSize to make sure dwarf is emitted correctly
- add a test for the above

Signed-of

[bpf] fix dwarf elf relocs and line numbers

- teach RelocVisitor to recognize bpf relocations
- fix AsmInfo->PointerSize to make sure dwarf is emitted correctly
- add a test for the above

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
llvm-svn: 287521

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Revision tags: llvmorg-3.9.0, llvmorg-3.9.0-rc3, llvmorg-3.9.0-rc2, llvmorg-3.9.0-rc1
# cfb51f54 15-Jul-2016 Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>

BPF: Use official ELF e_machine value

The same value for EM_BPF is being propagated to glibc,
elfutils, and binutils.

Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starov

BPF: Use official ELF e_machine value

The same value for EM_BPF is being propagated to glibc,
elfutils, and binutils.

Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>
llvm-svn: 275633

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Revision tags: llvmorg-3.8.1, llvmorg-3.8.1-rc1, llvmorg-3.8.0, llvmorg-3.8.0-rc3, llvmorg-3.8.0-rc2, llvmorg-3.8.0-rc1
# 8340f94d 13-Jan-2016 Rafael Espindola <[email protected]>

Convert a few assert failures into proper errors.

Fixes PR25944.

llvm-svn: 257697


Revision tags: llvmorg-3.7.1, llvmorg-3.7.1-rc2, llvmorg-3.7.1-rc1, llvmorg-3.7.0, llvmorg-3.7.0-rc4, llvmorg-3.7.0-rc3, llvmorg-3.7.0-rc2
# 01886a05 24-Jul-2015 Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>

[bpf] initial support for debug_info

llvm-svn: 243087


Revision tags: llvmorg-3.7.0-rc1, llvmorg-3.6.2, llvmorg-3.6.2-rc1
# f00654e3 23-Jun-2015 Alexander Kornienko <[email protected]>

Revert r240137 (Fixed/added namespace ending comments using clang-tidy. NFC)

Apparently, the style needs to be agreed upon first.

llvm-svn: 240390


# 70bc5f13 19-Jun-2015 Alexander Kornienko <[email protected]>

Fixed/added namespace ending comments using clang-tidy. NFC

The patch is generated using this command:

tools/clang/tools/extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py -fix \
-checks=-*,llvm-namespace-c

Fixed/added namespace ending comments using clang-tidy. NFC

The patch is generated using this command:

tools/clang/tools/extra/clang-tidy/tool/run-clang-tidy.py -fix \
-checks=-*,llvm-namespace-comment -header-filter='llvm/.*|clang/.*' \
llvm/lib/


Thanks to Eugene Kosov for the original patch!

llvm-svn: 240137

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# 310deada 04-Jun-2015 Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>

[bpf] add big- and host- endian support

Summary:
-march=bpf -> host endian
-march=bpf_le -> little endian
-match=bpf_be -> big endian

Test Plan:
v1 was tested by IBM s390 guys and appears to be

[bpf] add big- and host- endian support

Summary:
-march=bpf -> host endian
-march=bpf_le -> little endian
-match=bpf_be -> big endian

Test Plan:
v1 was tested by IBM s390 guys and appears to be working there.
It bit rots too fast here.

Reviewers: chandlerc, tstellarAMD

Subscribers: llvm-commits

Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D10177

llvm-svn: 239071

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Revision tags: llvmorg-3.6.1, llvmorg-3.6.1-rc1
# 1a8102e0 15-Apr-2015 Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>

[bpf] fix build

fix build due to refactoring in DIL/MDL and raw_pwrite_stream

llvm-svn: 234971


Revision tags: llvmorg-3.5.2, llvmorg-3.5.2-rc1, llvmorg-3.6.0, llvmorg-3.6.0-rc4, llvmorg-3.6.0-rc3, llvmorg-3.6.0-rc2
# e4c8c807 24-Jan-2015 Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>

BPF backend

Summary:
V8->V9:
- cleanup tests

V7->V8:
- addressed feedback from David:
- switched to range-based 'for' loops
- fixed formatting of tests

V6->V7:
- rebased and adjusted AsmPrinter ar

BPF backend

Summary:
V8->V9:
- cleanup tests

V7->V8:
- addressed feedback from David:
- switched to range-based 'for' loops
- fixed formatting of tests

V6->V7:
- rebased and adjusted AsmPrinter args
- CamelCased .td, fixed formatting, cleaned up names, removed unused patterns
- diffstat: 3 files changed, 203 insertions(+), 227 deletions(-)

V5->V6:
- addressed feedback from Chandler:
- reinstated full verbose standard banner in all files
- fixed variables that were not in CamelCase
- fixed names of #ifdef in header files
- removed redundant braces in if/else chains with single statements
- fixed comments
- removed trailing empty line
- dropped debug annotations from tests
- diffstat of these changes:
46 files changed, 456 insertions(+), 469 deletions(-)

V4->V5:
- fix setLoadExtAction() interface
- clang-formated all where it made sense

V3->V4:
- added CODE_OWNERS entry for BPF backend

V2->V3:
- fix metadata in tests

V1->V2:
- addressed feedback from Tom and Matt
- removed top level change to configure (now everything via 'experimental-backend')
- reworked error reporting via DiagnosticInfo (similar to R600)
- added few more tests
- added cmake build
- added Triple::bpf
- tested on linux and darwin

V1 cover letter:
---------------------
recently linux gained "universal in-kernel virtual machine" which is called
eBPF or extended BPF. The name comes from "Berkeley Packet Filter", since
new instruction set is based on it.
This patch adds a new backend that emits extended BPF instruction set.

The concept and development are covered by the following articles:
http://lwn.net/Articles/599755/
http://lwn.net/Articles/575531/
http://lwn.net/Articles/603983/
http://lwn.net/Articles/606089/
http://lwn.net/Articles/612878/

One of use cases: dtrace/systemtap alternative.

bpf syscall manpage:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b4fc1a460f3017e958e6a8ea560ea0afd91bf6fe

instruction set description and differences vs classic BPF:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/networking/filter.txt

Short summary of instruction set:
- 64-bit registers
R0 - return value from in-kernel function, and exit value for BPF program
R1 - R5 - arguments from BPF program to in-kernel function
R6 - R9 - callee saved registers that in-kernel function will preserve
R10 - read-only frame pointer to access stack
- two-operand instructions like +, -, *, mov, load/store
- implicit prologue/epilogue (invisible stack pointer)
- no floating point, no simd

Short history of extended BPF in kernel:
interpreter in 3.15, x64 JIT in 3.16, arm64 JIT, verifier, bpf syscall in 3.18, more to come in the future.

It's a very small and simple backend.
There is no support for global variables, arbitrary function calls, floating point, varargs,
exceptions, indirect jumps, arbitrary pointer arithmetic, alloca, etc.
From C front-end point of view it's very restricted. It's done on purpose, since kernel
rejects all programs that it cannot prove safe. It rejects programs with loops
and with memory accesses via arbitrary pointers. When kernel accepts the program it is
guaranteed that program will terminate and will not crash the kernel.

This patch implements all 'must have' bits. There are several things on TODO list,
so this is not the end of development.
Most of the code is a boiler plate code, copy-pasted from other backends.
Only odd things are lack or < and <= instructions, specialized load_byte intrinsics
and 'compare and goto' as single instruction.
Current instruction set is fixed, but more instructions can be added in the future.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email protected]>

Subscribers: majnemer, chandlerc, echristo, joerg, pete, rengolin, kristof.beyls, arsenm, t.p.northover, tstellarAMD, aemerson, llvm-commits

Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D6494

llvm-svn: 227008

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