mibintc added inline comments.

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Comment at: clang/lib/CodeGen/CGBuiltin.cpp:2844
+      return RValue::get(
+          Builder.CreateArithmeticFence(ArgValue, ConvertType(ArgType)));
+    return RValue::get(ArgValue);
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mibintc wrote:
> kpn wrote:
> > Does this say that the fence will be silently dropped if any of the fast 
> > math flags are disabled? Silently dropping something used for correctness 
> > makes me nervous. Is there a case where all of these flags are required for 
> > correct behavior of the fence?
> Yes that is the idea, the clang builtin is only meaningful for float 
> operations when -ffast-math is enabled.  If fast math isn't enabled then the 
> operations should already be performed strictly.  I didn't have "isFast", 
> should rewrite with isFast to make it easier to understand 
Oops I'm wrong. @kbsmith1 tells me only the reassoc bit is interesting. i'll 
need to fix this in the documentation etc. Thanks for your careful reading. 


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