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<b><a class="bz_bug_link
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title="NEW - B3 should have a Depend operation"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162350#c2">Comment # 2</a>
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title="NEW - B3 should have a Depend operation"
href="https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162350">bug 162350</a>
from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:fpizlo@apple.com" title="Filip Pizlo <fpizlo@apple.com>"> <span class="fn">Filip Pizlo</span></a>
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<pre>(In reply to <a href="show_bug.cgi?id=162350#c1">comment #1</a>)
<span class="quote">> Dependency should also support straight pointer chasing dependency. The key
> is that the compiler can't dematerialize the original pointer load. If you
> express this dependency then you can skip acquire fences as well.
>
> The address dependency rule is an extra complication for non-pointer-chasing
> dependencies.</span >
I think that B3 already supports pointer chasing dependencies correctly. Depend fills in the non-pointer-chasing case.</pre>
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