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title = "Loop Heuristic"
date = "2022-05-11"
author = "Yann Herklotz"
tags = []
categories = []
backlinks = ["1c2h"]
forwardlinks = ["1c2h2"]
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> The successor does not postdominate the branch and is either a loop
> head or a loop preheader (i.e., passes control unconditionally to a
> loop head which it dominates). If the heuristic applies, predict the
> successor *with* the property.

This property says that if one is at a loop head, then one should
predict that one takes the back-edge and does not exit the loop.