llvm dev - Oct 2014 - [LLVMdev] [PATCH v2] LangRef: clarify that va_arg doesn't work on x86_64

Since x86_64 is easily the most popular platform, it deserves special
mention. varargs on x86_64 probably requires a separate page.

Cc: Tim Northover <t.p.northover at gmail.com>
Cc: Reid Kleckner <rnk at google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon at gmail.com>
---
 docs/LangRef.rst | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/LangRef.rst b/docs/LangRef.rst
index ddef803..b288f9b 100644
--- a/docs/LangRef.rst
+++ b/docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -6695,7 +6695,8 @@ Overview:
 
 The '``va_arg``' instruction is used to access arguments passed through
 the "variable argument" area of a function call. It is used to
implement
-the ``va_arg`` macro in C.
+the ``va_arg`` macro in C. Note that ``va_arg`` does not work on
+platforms that have a non-builtin ``va_list`` type, like x86_64.
 
 Arguments:
 """"""""""
@@ -6879,8 +6880,10 @@ value type "``va_list``". The LLVM assembly
language reference manual
 does not define what this type is, so all transformations should be
 prepared to handle these functions regardless of the type used.
 
-This example shows how the :ref:`va_arg <i_va_arg>` instruction and the
-variable argument handling intrinsic functions are used.
+This example shows how the :ref:`va_arg <i_va_arg>` instruction and
+the variable argument handling intrinsic functions are used. Note that
+this is for platforms where ``va_list`` is an ``i8**``, most notably
+not x86_64.
 
 .. code-block:: llvm
 
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