The old analysis pass doesn't take into account profile data, nor does
it consider post-dominance. It primarily dealt with _fastPath/_slowPath.
A block that is dominated by a cold block is itself cold. That's true
whether it's forwards or backwards dominance.
We can also consider a call to any `Never` returning function as a
cold-exit, though the block(s) leading up to that call may be executed
frequently because of concurrency. For now, I'm ignoring the concurrency
case and assuming it's cold. To make use of this "no return" prediction,
use the `-enable-noreturn-prediction` flag, which is currently off by
default.
(Headers first)
It has been generally agreed that we need to do this reorg, and now
seems like the perfect time. Some major pass reorganization is in the
works.
This does not have to be the final word on the matter. The consensus
among those working on the code is that it's much better than what we
had and a better starting point for future bike shedding.
Note that the previous organization was designed to allow separate
analysis and optimization libraries. It turns out this is an
artificial distinction and not an important goal.
