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</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to HiPE.</p>
+<section><title>Hipe 3.16</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix hipe compiler flags <c>o0</c> and <c>o1</c> that have
+ previously been ignored by mistake.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13862 Aux Id: PR-1154 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix LLVM backend to not convert all remote calls to own
+ module, like <c>?MODULE:foo()</c>, into local calls.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13983</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Hipe optional LLVM backend does require LLVM version 3.9
+ or later as older versions forced strong dependencies on
+ erts internals structures.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14238</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix a bug that has been seen causing failed loading of
+ hipe compiled modules on NetBSD due to unaligned data
+ pointers.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14302 Aux Id: ERL-376, PR-1386 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix miscompilation bug in hipe that could cause wrong
+ function clause to be called from non-tail calls, where
+ the return value is unused, if the right function clause
+ is only reachable from those non-tail calls.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14306 Aux Id: ERL-278, PR-1392 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Improve hipe compilation time for large functions.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13810 Aux Id: PR-1124 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Replaced usage of deprecated symbolic <seealso
+ marker="erts:erlang#type-time_unit"><c>time
+ unit</c></seealso> representations.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13831 Aux Id: OTP-13735 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Speed up hipe compile time register allocation for larger
+ function.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-13879</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Various code generation improvements.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14261 Aux Id: PR-1360 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Improve hipe compiler to generate code with better CPU
+ register utilization at runtime by the use of 'Live Range
+ Splitting' techniques.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14293 Aux Id: PR-1380 </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Allow HiPE to run on VM built with
+ <c>--enable-m32-build</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-14330 Aux Id: PR-1397 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Hipe 3.15.4</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>