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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
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+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
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+ */
+package org.graalvm.compiler.replacements.nodes;
+
+import org.graalvm.compiler.core.common.type.StampFactory;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.graph.NodeClass;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodeinfo.NodeInfo;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodeinfo.Verbosity;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.FixedWithNextNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.ValueNode;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.spi.LIRLowerable;
+import org.graalvm.compiler.nodes.spi.NodeLIRBuilderTool;
+
+import jdk.vm.ci.code.Register;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.Value;
+
+/**
+ * Changes the value of a specific register.
+ */
+@NodeInfo(nameTemplate = "WriteRegister %{p#register}")
+public final class WriteRegisterNode extends FixedWithNextNode implements LIRLowerable {
+
+    public static final NodeClass<WriteRegisterNode> TYPE = NodeClass.create(WriteRegisterNode.class);
+    /**
+     * The fixed register to access.
+     */
+    protected final Register register;
+
+    /**
+     * The new value assigned to the register.
+     */
+    @Input ValueNode value;
+
+    public WriteRegisterNode(Register register, ValueNode value) {
+        super(TYPE, StampFactory.forVoid());
+        this.register = register;
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void generate(NodeLIRBuilderTool generator) {
+        Value val = generator.operand(value);
+        generator.getLIRGeneratorTool().emitMove(register.asValue(val.getValueKind()), val);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString(Verbosity verbosity) {
+        if (verbosity == Verbosity.Name) {
+            return super.toString(Verbosity.Name) + "%" + register;
+        } else {
+            return super.toString(verbosity);
+        }
+    }
+}