// up behind an easier to use interface makes sense. Descriptions of the
// functions are included below.
//
+// For reference, the order of operands for memory references is:
+// (Operand), Base, Scale, Index, Displacement.
+//
//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
#ifndef X86INSTRBUILDER_H
#include "llvm/CodeGen/MachineInstrBuilder.h"
/// addDirectMem - This function is used to add a direct memory reference to the
-/// current instruction. Because memory references are always represented with
-/// four values, this adds: Reg, [1, NoReg, 0] to the instruction
-///
+/// current instruction -- that is, a dereference of an address in a register, with
+/// no scale, index or displacement. An example is: DWORD PTR [EAX].
inline const MachineInstrBuilder &addDirectMem(const MachineInstrBuilder &MIB,
unsigned Reg) {
+ // Because memory references are always represented with four
+ // values, this adds: Reg, [1, NoReg, 0] to the instruction.
return MIB.addReg(Reg).addZImm(1).addMReg(0).addSImm(0);
}
-/// addRegOffset -
-///
-///
+/// addRegOffset - This function is used to add a memory reference of
+/// the form [Reg + Offset], i.e., one with no scale or index, but
+/// with a displacement. An example is: DWORD PTR [EAX + 4].
inline const MachineInstrBuilder &addRegOffset(const MachineInstrBuilder &MIB,
unsigned Reg, unsigned Offset) {
return MIB.addReg(Reg).addZImm(1).addMReg(0).addSImm(Offset);