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diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h b/include/llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h
index 5eca438..95b0109 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h
@@ -86,16 +86,19 @@ namespace llvm {
unsigned line=0);
}
-/// Prints the message and location info to stderr in !NDEBUG builds.
-/// This is intended to be used for "impossible" situations that imply
-/// a bug in the compiler.
+/// Marks that the current location is not supposed to be reachable.
+/// In !NDEBUG builds, prints the message and location info to stderr.
+/// In NDEBUG builds, becomes an optimizer hint that the current location
+/// is not supposed to be reachable. On compilers that don't support
+/// such hints, prints a reduced message instead.
///
-/// In NDEBUG mode it only prints "UNREACHABLE executed".
-/// Use this instead of assert(0), so that the compiler knows this path
-/// is not reachable even for NDEBUG builds.
+/// Use this instead of assert(0). It conveys intent more clearly and
+/// allows compilers to omit some unnecessary code.
#ifndef NDEBUG
#define llvm_unreachable(msg) \
::llvm::llvm_unreachable_internal(msg, __FILE__, __LINE__)
+#elif defined(LLVM_BUILTIN_UNREACHABLE)
+#define llvm_unreachable(msg) LLVM_BUILTIN_UNREACHABLE
#else
#define llvm_unreachable(msg) ::llvm::llvm_unreachable_internal()
#endif
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