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| -rw-r--r-- | src/passes/Asyncify.cpp | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/passes/pass.cpp | 2 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/passes/Asyncify.cpp b/src/passes/Asyncify.cpp index 02c2dc427..a283ac359 100644 --- a/src/passes/Asyncify.cpp +++ b/src/passes/Asyncify.cpp @@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ // The approach here is a third-generation design after Emscripten's original // Asyncify and then Emterpreter-Async approaches: // -// * Asyncify rewrote control flow in LLVM IR. A problem is that this needs -// to save all SSA registers as part of the local state, which can be +// * Old Asyncify rewrote control flow in LLVM IR. A problem is that this +// needs to save all SSA registers as part of the local state, which can be // very costly. A further increase can happen because of phis that are // added because of control flow transformations. As a result we saw // pathological cases where the code size increase was unacceptable. @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ // high-speed code that it calls, and in which cannot be an async operation, // remain at full speed. // -// Asyncify's design learns from both of those: +// New Asyncify's design learns from both of those: // // * The code rewrite is done in Binaryen, that is, at the wasm level. At // this level we will only need to save wasm locals, which is a much smaller @@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ // for obvious reasons, while Emterpreter-Async proved it is tolerable to // have *some* overhead, if the transform can be applied selectively. // -// The specific transform implemented here is simpler than Asyncify but should -// still have low overhead when properly optimized. Asyncify worked at the CFG -// level and added branches there; Asyncify on the other hand works on the +// The specific transform implemented here is nicknamed "Bysyncify" (as it is +// in BinarYen, and "B" comes after "A"). It is simpler than old Asyncify but +// has low overhead when properly optimized. Old Asyncify worked at the CFG +// level and added branches there; new Asyncify on the other hand works on the // structured control flow of wasm and simply "skips over" code when rewinding // the stack, and jumps out when unwinding. The transformed code looks // conceptually like this: diff --git a/src/passes/pass.cpp b/src/passes/pass.cpp index f5284e4db..0b5c53296 100644 --- a/src/passes/pass.cpp +++ b/src/passes/pass.cpp @@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ void PassRegistry::registerPasses() { registerPass("asyncify", "async/await style transform, allowing pausing and resuming", createAsyncifyPass); - registerPass( - "bysyncify", "(temporary alias for asyncify)", createAsyncifyPass); registerPass("avoid-reinterprets", "Tries to avoid reinterpret operations via more loads", createAvoidReinterpretsPass); |