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diff --git a/include/llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h b/include/llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h
index ae4859a..4d940d5 100644
--- a/include/llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h
+++ b/include/llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Module;
class SMDiagnostic;
class DiagnosticInfo;
template <typename T> class SmallVectorImpl;
+class Function;
+class DebugLoc;
/// This is an important class for using LLVM in a threaded context. It
/// (opaquely) owns and manages the core "global" data of LLVM's core
@@ -70,6 +72,10 @@ public:
/// \see LLVMContext::diagnose.
typedef void (*DiagnosticHandlerTy)(const DiagnosticInfo &DI, void *Context);
+ /// Defines the type of a yield callback.
+ /// \see LLVMContext::setYieldCallback.
+ typedef void (*YieldCallbackTy)(LLVMContext *Context, void *OpaqueHandle);
+
/// setInlineAsmDiagnosticHandler - This method sets a handler that is invoked
/// when problems with inline asm are detected by the backend. The first
/// argument is a function pointer and the second is a context pointer that
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ public:
/// LLVMContext doesn't take ownership or interpret either of these
/// pointers.
void setInlineAsmDiagnosticHandler(InlineAsmDiagHandlerTy DiagHandler,
- void *DiagContext = 0);
+ void *DiagContext = nullptr);
/// getInlineAsmDiagnosticHandler - Return the diagnostic handler set by
/// setInlineAsmDiagnosticHandler.
@@ -96,7 +102,7 @@ public:
/// LLVMContext doesn't take ownership or interpret either of these
/// pointers.
void setDiagnosticHandler(DiagnosticHandlerTy DiagHandler,
- void *DiagContext = 0);
+ void *DiagContext = nullptr);
/// getDiagnosticHandler - Return the diagnostic handler set by
/// setDiagnosticHandler.
@@ -116,6 +122,32 @@ public:
/// for RS_Error, "warning: " for RS_Warning, and "note: " for RS_Note.
void diagnose(const DiagnosticInfo &DI);
+ /// \brief Registers a yield callback with the given context.
+ ///
+ /// The yield callback function may be called by LLVM to transfer control back
+ /// to the client that invoked the LLVM compilation. This can be used to yield
+ /// control of the thread, or perform periodic work needed by the client.
+ /// There is no guaranteed frequency at which callbacks must occur; in fact,
+ /// the client is not guaranteed to ever receive this callback. It is at the
+ /// sole discretion of LLVM to do so and only if it can guarantee that
+ /// suspending the thread won't block any forward progress in other LLVM
+ /// contexts in the same process.
+ ///
+ /// At a suspend point, the state of the current LLVM context is intentionally
+ /// undefined. No assumptions about it can or should be made. Only LLVM
+ /// context API calls that explicitly state that they can be used during a
+ /// yield callback are allowed to be used. Any other API calls into the
+ /// context are not supported until the yield callback function returns
+ /// control to LLVM. Other LLVM contexts are unaffected by this restriction.
+ void setYieldCallback(YieldCallbackTy Callback, void *OpaqueHandle);
+
+ /// \brief Calls the yield callback (if applicable).
+ ///
+ /// This transfers control of the current thread back to the client, which may
+ /// suspend the current thread. Only call this method when LLVM doesn't hold
+ /// any global mutex or cannot block the execution in another LLVM context.
+ void yield();
+
/// emitError - Emit an error message to the currently installed error handler
/// with optional location information. This function returns, so code should
/// be prepared to drop the erroneous construct on the floor and "not crash".