[LoopUnroll] Modify a comment to clarify the usage of TripCount. NFC.

Make it clear that TripCount is the upper bound of the iteration on which
control exits LatchBlock.

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D26675

llvm-svn: 290199
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Haicheng Wu 2016-12-20 20:23:48 +00:00
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@ -178,14 +178,14 @@ static bool needToInsertPhisForLCSSA(Loop *L, std::vector<BasicBlock *> Blocks,
/// branch instruction. However, if the trip count (and multiple) are not known,
/// loop unrolling will mostly produce more code that is no faster.
///
/// TripCount is generally defined as the number of times the loop header
/// executes. UnrollLoop relaxes the definition to permit early exits: here
/// TripCount is the iteration on which control exits LatchBlock if no early
/// exits were taken. Note that UnrollLoop assumes that the loop counter test
/// terminates LatchBlock in order to remove unnecesssary instances of the
/// test. In other words, control may exit the loop prior to TripCount
/// iterations via an early branch, but control may not exit the loop from the
/// LatchBlock's terminator prior to TripCount iterations.
/// TripCount is the upper bound of the iteration on which control exits
/// LatchBlock. Control may exit the loop prior to TripCount iterations either
/// via an early branch in other loop block or via LatchBlock terminator. This
/// is relaxed from the general definition of trip count which is the number of
/// times the loop header executes. Note that UnrollLoop assumes that the loop
/// counter test is in LatchBlock in order to remove unnecesssary instances of
/// the test. If control can exit the loop from the LatchBlock's terminator
/// prior to TripCount iterations, flag PreserveCondBr needs to be set.
///
/// PreserveCondBr indicates whether the conditional branch of the LatchBlock
/// needs to be preserved. It is needed when we use trip count upper bound to