[docs] Make it clear shifts yield poison when shift amount >= bitwidth

Some InstCombine optimizations already rely on the result being poison
rather than undef.

For example, the following rewrite is wrong if undef is used:
; (1 << Y) * X  ->  X << Y
%Op0 = shl 1, %Y
%r = mul %Op0, %Op1
  =>
%r = shl %Op1, %Y

ERROR: Mismatch in values for i4 %r

Example:
i4 %Y = 0x8 (8, -8)
i4 %Op0 = 0x0 (0)
i4 %Op1 = 0x0 (0)
source: 0x0 (0)
target: 0x1 (1)

The optimization is correct if poison is returned instead:
http://rise4fun.com/Alive/ygX


Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D33654



git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@304780 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/docs/LangRef.rst b/docs/LangRef.rst
index 2e339183ef11..e063f6bd35fe 100644
--- a/docs/LangRef.rst
+++ b/docs/LangRef.rst
@@ -6691,15 +6691,14 @@ Semantics:
 The value produced is ``op1`` \* 2\ :sup:`op2` mod 2\ :sup:`n`,
 where ``n`` is the width of the result. If ``op2`` is (statically or
 dynamically) equal to or larger than the number of bits in
-``op1``, the result is undefined. If the arguments are vectors, each
-vector element of ``op1`` is shifted by the corresponding shift amount
-in ``op2``.
+``op1``, this instruction returns a :ref:`poison value <poisonvalues>`.
+If the arguments are vectors, each vector element of ``op1`` is shifted
+by the corresponding shift amount in ``op2``.
 
-If the ``nuw`` keyword is present, then the shift produces a :ref:`poison
-value <poisonvalues>` if it shifts out any non-zero bits. If the
-``nsw`` keyword is present, then the shift produces a :ref:`poison
-value <poisonvalues>` if it shifts out any bits that disagree with the
-resultant sign bit.
+If the ``nuw`` keyword is present, then the shift produces a poison
+value if it shifts out any non-zero bits.
+If the ``nsw`` keyword is present, then the shift produces a poison
+value it shifts out any bits that disagree with the resultant sign bit.
 
 Example:
 """"""""
@@ -6742,13 +6741,12 @@ Semantics:
 This instruction always performs a logical shift right operation. The
 most significant bits of the result will be filled with zero bits after
 the shift. If ``op2`` is (statically or dynamically) equal to or larger
-than the number of bits in ``op1``, the result is undefined. If the
-arguments are vectors, each vector element of ``op1`` is shifted by the
-corresponding shift amount in ``op2``.
+than the number of bits in ``op1``, this instruction returns a :ref:`poison
+value <poisonvalues>`. If the arguments are vectors, each vector element
+of ``op1`` is shifted by the corresponding shift amount in ``op2``.
 
 If the ``exact`` keyword is present, the result value of the ``lshr`` is
-a :ref:`poison value <poisonvalues>` if any of the bits shifted out are
-non-zero.
+a poison value if any of the bits shifted out are non-zero.
 
 Example:
 """"""""
@@ -6793,13 +6791,12 @@ Semantics:
 This instruction always performs an arithmetic shift right operation,
 The most significant bits of the result will be filled with the sign bit
 of ``op1``. If ``op2`` is (statically or dynamically) equal to or larger
-than the number of bits in ``op1``, the result is undefined. If the
-arguments are vectors, each vector element of ``op1`` is shifted by the
-corresponding shift amount in ``op2``.
+than the number of bits in ``op1``, this instruction returns a :ref:`poison
+value <poisonvalues>`. If the arguments are vectors, each vector element
+of ``op1`` is shifted by the corresponding shift amount in ``op2``.
 
 If the ``exact`` keyword is present, the result value of the ``ashr`` is
-a :ref:`poison value <poisonvalues>` if any of the bits shifted out are
-non-zero.
+a poison value if any of the bits shifted out are non-zero.
 
 Example:
 """"""""