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@@ -225,20 +225,6 @@ stuff quickly rather than wait until later when it's more work to get
rid of it. This pass is located in @file{tree-cfg.c} and described by
@code{pass_remove_useless_stmts}.
-@item Mudflap declaration registration
-
-If mudflap (@pxref{Optimize Options,,-fmudflap -fmudflapth
--fmudflapir,gcc,Using the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)}) is
-enabled, we generate code to register some variable declarations with
-the mudflap runtime. Specifically, the runtime tracks the lifetimes of
-those variable declarations that have their addresses taken, or whose
-bounds are unknown at compile time (@code{extern}). This pass generates
-new exception handling constructs (@code{try}/@code{finally}), and so
-must run before those are lowered. In addition, the pass enqueues
-declarations of static variables whose lifetimes extend to the entire
-program. The pass is located in @file{tree-mudflap.c} and is described
-by @code{pass_mudflap_1}.
-
@item OpenMP lowering
If OpenMP generation (@option{-fopenmp}) is enabled, this pass lowers
@@ -576,18 +562,6 @@ run last so that we have as much time as possible to prove that the
statement is not reachable. It is located in @file{tree-cfg.c} and
is described by @code{pass_warn_function_return}.
-@item Mudflap statement annotation
-
-If mudflap is enabled, we rewrite some memory accesses with code to
-validate that the memory access is correct. In particular, expressions
-involving pointer dereferences (@code{INDIRECT_REF}, @code{ARRAY_REF},
-etc.) are replaced by code that checks the selected address range
-against the mudflap runtime's database of valid regions. This check
-includes an inline lookup into a direct-mapped cache, based on
-shift/mask operations of the pointer value, with a fallback function
-call into the runtime. The pass is located in @file{tree-mudflap.c} and
-is described by @code{pass_mudflap_2}.
-
@item Leave static single assignment form
This pass rewrites the function such that it is in normal form. At
@@ -968,10 +942,7 @@ This pass outputs the assembler code for the function. The source files
are @file{final.c} plus @file{insn-output.c}; the latter is generated
automatically from the machine description by the tool @file{genoutput}.
The header file @file{conditions.h} is used for communication between
-these files. If mudflap is enabled, the queue of deferred declarations
-and any addressed constants (e.g., string literals) is processed by
-@code{mudflap_finish_file} into a synthetic constructor function
-containing calls into the mudflap runtime.
+these files.
@item Debugging information output