Ehud Katz via llvm-dev
2019-Nov-04 17:57 UTC
[llvm-dev] RFC: Implement the Waymarking as an independent utility
Hello devs, I am proposing to export the Waymarking algorithm from the `Use` class to an independent utility. This is useful for using it in other places, if needed. I have created a review https://reviews.llvm.org/D69332, but I think it should have been more appropriate to start from the llvm-dev mailing list (too late for that - sorry about that, I am a new contributor). The patch in the review, is an implementation that I am using for quite some time, for a personal project. Its need came from the requirement to use the algorithm for other purposes than the `Use` class. I thought it could benefit others as well. In any case, such a general algorithm deserves to be in the ADT library and not embedded into a specific usage. This way we also separate those logics from the `Use` class. Note that, this is an improved version of the waymarking algorithm currently present - which combines the STOP flag with the Offset's digits. Further explanation available in the header file, attached in the patch for review. Please share your thoughts about it. Thanks, Ehud. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/attachments/20191104/e752af3d/attachment.html>