1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/vm/compiler/Frontend.cpp b/vm/compiler/Frontend.cpp
index 65ef1ebd9..3cebe8238 100644
--- a/vm/compiler/Frontend.cpp
+++ b/vm/compiler/Frontend.cpp
@@ -1484,6 +1484,11 @@ static bool exhaustTrace(CompilationUnit *cUnit, BasicBlock *curBlock)
     return true;
 }
 
+/* placeholder of future passes */
+__attribute__((weak)) void dvmExtraPass(CompilationUnit *cUnit)
+{
+}
+
 /* Compile a loop */
 static bool compileLoop(CompilationUnit *cUnit, unsigned int startOffset,
                         JitTraceDescription *desc, int numMaxInsts,
@@ -1574,12 +1579,15 @@ static bool compileLoop(CompilationUnit *cUnit, unsigned int startOffset,
 
     dvmCompilerLoopOpt(cUnit);
 
+
     /*
      * Change the backward branch to the backward chaining cell after dataflow
      * analsys/optimizations are done.
      */
     dvmCompilerInsertBackwardChaining(cUnit);
 
+    dvmExtraPass(cUnit);
+
 #if defined(ARCH_IA32)
     /* Convert MIR to LIR, etc. */
     dvmCompilerMIR2LIR(cUnit, info);