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Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | <div class="doc_title">LLVM 2.5 Release Notes</div> |
Mikhail Glushenkov | ea65d7d | 2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | <ol> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | <li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | <li><a href="#subproj">Sub-project Status Update</a></li> |
| 16 | <li><a href="#whatsnew">What's New in LLVM?</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 4b538b9 | 2004-04-30 22:17:12 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 17 | <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">Installation Instructions</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | <li><a href="#portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a></li> |
Dan Gohman | 44aa921 | 2008-10-14 16:23:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | <li><a href="#knownproblems">Known Problems</a></li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | <li><a href="#additionalinfo">Additional Information</a></li> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | </ol> |
| 22 | |
Chris Lattner | 7911ce2 | 2004-05-23 21:07:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | <div class="doc_author"> |
Dan Gohman | 44aa921 | 2008-10-14 16:23:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | <p>Written by the <a href="http://llvm.org">LLVM Team</a></p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | |
| 27 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 29 | <a name="intro">Introduction</a> |
| 30 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 32 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 33 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 34 | |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 35 | <p>This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | Infrastructure, release 2.5. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 37 | major improvements from the previous release and significant known problems. |
| 38 | All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the <a |
| 39 | href="http://llvm.org/releases/">LLVM releases web site</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 1909261 | 2003-10-02 16:38:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 40 | |
Chris Lattner | 7506b1d | 2004-12-07 08:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 41 | <p>For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest |
Chris Lattner | c463b27 | 2005-10-29 07:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 42 | release, please check out the <a href="http://llvm.org/">main LLVM |
Chris Lattner | 47ad72c | 2003-10-07 21:38:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 43 | web site</a>. If you have questions or comments, the <a |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 44 | href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVM Developer's Mailing |
| 45 | List</a> is a good place to send them.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 46 | |
Mikhail Glushenkov | ea65d7d | 2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 47 | <p>Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 48 | main LLVM web page, this document applies to the <i>next</i> release, not the |
Gabor Greif | fa933f8 | 2008-10-14 11:00:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 49 | current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please see the |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 50 | <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">releases page</a>.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 51 | |
| 52 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 53 | |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 54 | <!-- Unfinished features in 2.5: |
Chris Lattner | acce85d | 2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 55 | Machine LICM |
| 56 | Machine Sinking |
Chris Lattner | 74c80df | 2009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 57 | target-specific intrinsics |
| 58 | gold lto plugin |
Chris Lattner | 99f375b | 2009-02-25 07:32:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 59 | pre-alloc splitter, strong phi elim |
Chris Lattner | 547a391 | 2008-10-12 19:47:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 60 | llc -enable-value-prop, propagation of value info (sign/zero ext info) from |
| 61 | one MBB to another |
Chris Lattner | 74c80df | 2009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 62 | debug info for optimized code |
Chris Lattner | 99f375b | 2009-02-25 07:32:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 63 | |
Chris Lattner | acce85d | 2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 64 | --> |
Mikhail Glushenkov | ea65d7d | 2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 65 | |
Chris Lattner | 547a391 | 2008-10-12 19:47:48 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 66 | <!-- for announcement email: |
Chris Lattner | 74c80df | 2009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 67 | --> |
Chris Lattner | acce85d | 2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 68 | |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 69 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 70 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 71 | <a name="subproj">Sub-project Status Update</a> |
Chris Lattner | ea34f64 | 2008-06-08 21:34:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 72 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 73 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Chris Lattner | ea34f64 | 2008-06-08 21:34:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 74 | |
| 75 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 76 | <p> |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 77 | The LLVM 2.5 distribution currently consists of code from the core LLVM |
Chris Lattner | fb97b2d | 2008-10-13 18:11:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 78 | repository (which roughly includes the LLVM optimizers, code generators and |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 79 | supporting tools) and the llvm-gcc repository. In addition to this code, the |
| 80 | LLVM Project includes other sub-projects that are in development. The two which |
Chris Lattner | 857fb13 | 2008-10-11 18:18:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 81 | are the most actively developed are the <a href="#clang">Clang Project</a> and |
Nicolas Geoffray | 99a4d30 | 2008-10-14 19:23:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 82 | the <a href="#vmkit">VMKit Project</a>. |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 83 | </p> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 84 | |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 85 | </div> |
| 86 | |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 87 | |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 88 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 89 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | fb97b2d | 2008-10-13 18:11:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 90 | <a name="clang">Clang: C/C++/Objective-C Frontend Toolkit</a> |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 91 | </div> |
| 92 | |
| 93 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 94 | |
| 95 | <p>The <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/">Clang project</a> is an effort to build |
| 96 | a set of new 'LLVM native' front-end technologies for the LLVM optimizer |
Chris Lattner | f40c40b | 2009-02-25 05:09:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 97 | and code generator. While Clang is not included in the LLVM 2.5 release, it |
| 98 | is continuing to make major strides forward in all areas. Its C and Objective-C |
| 99 | parsing and code generation support is now very solid. For example, it is |
| 100 | capable of successfully building many real applications for X86-32 and X86-64, |
| 101 | including the FreeBSD kernel. C++ is also making <a |
| 102 | href="http://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html">incredible progress</a>, and work |
| 103 | on templates has recently started.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 104 | |
Chris Lattner | f40c40b | 2009-02-25 05:09:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 105 | <p>While Clang is not yet production quality, it is progressing very nicely and |
| 106 | is quite usable for building many C and Objective-C applications. If you are |
| 107 | interested in fast compiles and good diagnostics, we encourage you to try it out |
Chris Lattner | 74c80df | 2009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 108 | by <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html">building from mainline</a> |
Chris Lattner | f40c40b | 2009-02-25 05:09:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 109 | and reporting any issues you hit to the <a |
| 110 | href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev">Clang front-end mailing |
| 111 | list</a>.</p> |
| 112 | |
| 113 | <p>In the LLVM 2.5 time-frame, the Clang team has made many improvements:</p> |
Bill Wendling | 741748a | 2008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 114 | |
Daniel Dunbar | 1373943 | 2008-10-14 23:25:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 115 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | f40c40b | 2009-02-25 05:09:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 116 | <li>Clang now has a new driver, which is focused on providing a GCC-compatible |
| 117 | interface.</li> |
| 118 | <li>The X86-64 ABI is now supported.</li> |
| 119 | <li>Precompiled header support is now implemented.</li> |
| 120 | <li>Objective-C support is significantly improved beyond LLVM 2.4, supporting |
| 121 | many features, such as Objective-C Garbage Collection.</li> |
| 122 | <li>Many many bugs are fixed.</li> |
Chris Lattner | fb97b2d | 2008-10-13 18:11:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 123 | </div> |
| 124 | |
| 125 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 126 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 127 | <a name="clangsa">Clang Static Analyzer</a> |
| 128 | </div> |
| 129 | |
| 130 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 131 | |
Ted Kremenek | 3c3ec0c | 2008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 132 | <p>The Clang project also includes an early stage static source code analysis |
| 133 | tool for <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/StaticAnalysis.html">automatically |
| 134 | finding bugs</a> in C and Objective-C programs. The tool performs a growing set |
Chris Lattner | c702d16 | 2008-10-14 06:02:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 135 | of checks to find bugs that occur on a specific path within a program. Examples |
Ted Kremenek | 3c3ec0c | 2008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 136 | of bugs the tool finds include logic errors such as null dereferences, |
| 137 | violations of various API rules, dead code, and potential memory leaks in |
Chris Lattner | c702d16 | 2008-10-14 06:02:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 138 | Objective-C programs. Since its inception, public feedback on the tool has been |
| 139 | extremely positive, and conservative estimates put the number of real bugs it |
| 140 | has found in industrial-quality software on the order of thousands.</p> |
Chris Lattner | cc04261 | 2008-10-14 00:52:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 141 | |
Ted Kremenek | 3c3ec0c | 2008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 142 | <p>The tool also provides a simple web GUI to inspect potential bugs found by |
Chris Lattner | c702d16 | 2008-10-14 06:02:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 143 | the tool. While still early in development, the GUI illustrates some of the key |
Ted Kremenek | 3c3ec0c | 2008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 144 | features of Clang: accurate source location information, which is used by the |
| 145 | GUI to highlight specific code expressions that relate to a bug (including those |
Bill Wendling | 741748a | 2008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 146 | that span multiple lines); and built-in knowledge of macros, which is used to |
Ted Kremenek | 3c3ec0c | 2008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 147 | perform inline expansion of macros within the GUI itself.</p> |
| 148 | |
Chris Lattner | c702d16 | 2008-10-14 06:02:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 149 | <p>The set of checks performed by the static analyzer is gradually expanding, |
Bill Wendling | 741748a | 2008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 150 | and future plans for the tool include full source-level inter-procedural |
| 151 | analysis and deeper checks such as buffer overrun detection. There are many |
| 152 | opportunities to extend and enhance the static analyzer, and anyone interested |
| 153 | in working on this project is encouraged to get involved!</p> |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 154 | |
| 155 | </div> |
| 156 | |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 157 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 158 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Nicolas Geoffray | 99a4d30 | 2008-10-14 19:23:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 159 | <a name="vmkit">VMKit: JVM/CLI Virtual Machine Implementation</a> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 160 | </div> |
| 161 | |
| 162 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 163 | <p> |
Nicolas Geoffray | 99a4d30 | 2008-10-14 19:23:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 164 | The <a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/">VMKit project</a> is an implementation of |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 165 | a JVM and a CLI Virtual Machines (Microsoft .NET is an |
| 166 | implementation of the CLI) using the Just-In-Time compiler of LLVM.</p> |
| 167 | |
Chris Lattner | 1f85986 | 2009-02-25 05:45:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 168 | <p>Following LLVM 2.5, VMKit has its first release ? that you can find on its |
Nicolas Geoffray | 56d313d | 2008-10-15 20:25:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 169 | <a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/releases/">webpage</a>. The release includes |
| 170 | bug fixes, cleanup and new features. The major changes are:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 171 | |
Nicolas Geoffray | 99a4d30 | 2008-10-14 19:23:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 172 | <ul> |
| 173 | |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 174 | <li>?</li> |
Nicolas Geoffray | 99a4d30 | 2008-10-14 19:23:04 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 175 | |
| 176 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 177 | </div> |
| 178 | |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 179 | |
| 180 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 181 | <div class="doc_section"> |
Chris Lattner | 96a445e | 2008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 182 | <a name="whatsnew">What's New in LLVM?</a> |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 183 | </div> |
| 184 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 185 | |
Chris Lattner | f8e0b4e | 2008-06-08 22:59:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 186 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 187 | |
Bill Wendling | 741748a | 2008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 188 | <p>This release includes a huge number of bug fixes, performance tweaks, and |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 189 | minor improvements. Some of the major improvements and new features are listed |
| 190 | in this section. |
Chris Lattner | f8e0b4e | 2008-06-08 22:59:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 191 | </p> |
| 192 | </div> |
| 193 | |
Chris Lattner | 8348b47 | 2008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 194 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
Chris Lattner | ea34f64 | 2008-06-08 21:34:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 195 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 196 | <a name="majorfeatures">Major New Features</a> |
| 197 | </div> |
| 198 | |
| 199 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 200 | |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 201 | <p>LLVM 2.5 includes several major new capabilities:</p> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 202 | |
| 203 | <ul> |
Duncan Sands | 8524cb9 | 2009-02-25 11:37:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 204 | <li><p>The code generator now supports arbitrary precision integers. |
| 205 | Types like <tt>i33</tt> have long been valid in the LLVM IR, but previously |
| 206 | could only be used with the interpreter. |
| 207 | Now IR using such types can be compiled to native code on all targets. |
| 208 | All operations are supported if the integer is not bigger than twice the |
| 209 | target machine word size. |
| 210 | Simple operations like loads, stores and shifts by a constant amount are |
| 211 | supported for integers of any size. |
| 212 | </p></li> |
Chris Lattner | 74c80df | 2009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 213 | |
| 214 | <!-- |
| 215 | Random stuff: |
| 216 | |
Chris Lattner | 99f375b | 2009-02-25 07:32:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 217 | xcore backend! |
| 218 | fortran on darwin! |
| 219 | |
Chris Lattner | 74c80df | 2009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 220 | .ll parser rewrite. |
| 221 | GCC inliner off. |
| 222 | cmake mature? |
| 223 | x86 backend FS/GS segment address spaces? |
| 224 | nocapture |
| 225 | memdep is faster / more aggressive. |
Chris Lattner | 99f375b | 2009-02-25 07:32:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 226 | how to write a backend doc docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html |
Chris Lattner | 74c80df | 2009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 227 | fastisel + exception handling |
| 228 | vector widening <3 x float> -> <4 x float> |
Chris Lattner | 99f375b | 2009-02-25 07:32:53 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 229 | arm port improvements? arm jit encoding stuff, constant island support? |
| 230 | JIT TLS support on x86 |
| 231 | mem2reg now faster on code with huge basic blocks |
| 232 | stack protectors/stack canaries, -fstack-protector, controllable on a |
| 233 | per-function basis with attributes. |
| 234 | shufflevector is generalized to allow different shuffle mask width than its |
| 235 | input vectors. |
| 236 | loop optimizer improves floating point induction variables |
| 237 | llvm/Analysis/DebugInfo.h classes, llvm-gcc and clang and codegen use them. |
| 238 | asmprinters seperate from targets for jits |
Chris Lattner | 74c80df | 2009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 239 | --> |
Chris Lattner | bc5786b | 2008-06-05 06:57:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 240 | |
Chris Lattner | 8170c10 | 2008-02-10 08:18:42 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 241 | </ul> |
| 242 | |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 243 | </div> |
| 244 | |
Chris Lattner | 791f77b | 2008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 245 | |
| 246 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 247 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | ea34f64 | 2008-06-08 21:34:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 248 | <a name="llvm-gcc">llvm-gcc 4.2 Improvements</a> |
Chris Lattner | 791f77b | 2008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 249 | </div> |
| 250 | |
| 251 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 252 | |
Chris Lattner | b82eb06 | 2008-10-13 20:47:20 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 253 | <p>LLVM fully supports the llvm-gcc 4.2 front-end, which marries the GCC |
| 254 | front-ends and driver with the LLVM optimizer and code generator. It currently |
| 255 | includes support for the C, C++, Objective-C, Ada, and Fortran front-ends.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 791f77b | 2008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 256 | |
Chris Lattner | f8e0b4e | 2008-06-08 22:59:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 257 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 258 | <li>?</li> |
Gabor Greif | a3bd11d | 2008-06-09 06:06:18 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 259 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 791f77b | 2008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 260 | |
Chris Lattner | 791f77b | 2008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 261 | </div> |
| 262 | |
| 263 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 264 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 265 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | f304ffc | 2008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 266 | <a name="coreimprovements">LLVM Core Improvements</a> |
| 267 | </div> |
| 268 | |
| 269 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Bill Wendling | 741748a | 2008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 270 | <p>New features include:</p> |
Chris Lattner | f304ffc | 2008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 271 | |
Chris Lattner | 791f77b | 2008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 272 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 273 | <li>?</li> |
Chris Lattner | 7752d1a | 2008-10-13 20:59:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 274 | |
Chris Lattner | f304ffc | 2008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 275 | </ul> |
Mikhail Glushenkov | ea65d7d | 2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 276 | |
Chris Lattner | f304ffc | 2008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 277 | </div> |
| 278 | |
| 279 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 280 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | acce85d | 2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 281 | <a name="optimizer">Optimizer Improvements</a> |
| 282 | </div> |
| 283 | |
| 284 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 285 | |
Chris Lattner | f301387 | 2008-10-13 21:50:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 286 | <p>In addition to a huge array of bug fixes and minor performance tweaks, this |
| 287 | release includes a few major enhancements and additions to the optimizers:</p> |
Chris Lattner | acce85d | 2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 288 | |
| 289 | <ul> |
| 290 | |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 291 | <li>?</li> |
Chris Lattner | f301387 | 2008-10-13 21:50:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 292 | |
Chris Lattner | 0b83220 | 2008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 293 | </ul> |
| 294 | |
| 295 | </div> |
| 296 | |
| 297 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 298 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 299 | <a name="codegen">Code Generator Improvements</a> |
| 300 | </div> |
| 301 | |
| 302 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 303 | |
Gabor Greif | a8b8490 | 2008-10-14 11:31:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 304 | <p>We have put a significant amount of work into the code generator infrastructure, |
Chris Lattner | 0b83220 | 2008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 305 | which allows us to implement more aggressive algorithms and make it run |
| 306 | faster:</p> |
| 307 | |
| 308 | <ul> |
Duncan Sands | 07636ea | 2009-02-25 11:50:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 309 | <li>The type legalization logic has been completely rewritten, and is now |
| 310 | more powerful (it supports arbitrary precision integer types for example) |
| 311 | and hopefully more correct. |
| 312 | The type legalizer converts operations on types that are not natively |
| 313 | supported by the target machine into equivalent code sequences that only use |
| 314 | natively supported types. |
| 315 | The old type legalizer is still available and will be used if |
| 316 | <tt>-disable-legalize-types</tt> is passed to <tt>llc</tt>. |
| 317 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 318 | <li>?</li> |
Chris Lattner | 0b83220 | 2008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 319 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 320 | </ul> |
| 321 | |
| 322 | </div> |
| 323 | |
| 324 | |
| 325 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 326 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | eeb4da0 | 2008-10-13 22:06:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 327 | <a name="targetspecific">Target Specific Improvements</a> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 328 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 60893e5 | 2007-05-18 06:33:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 329 | |
Chris Lattner | 738bd30 | 2006-04-18 06:32:08 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 330 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | f304ffc | 2008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 331 | <p>New target-specific features include: |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 332 | </p> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 333 | |
| 334 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 335 | <li>?</li> |
Chris Lattner | 77d29b1 | 2008-06-05 08:02:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 336 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 77d29b1 | 2008-06-05 08:02:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 337 | |
Mikhail Glushenkov | ea65d7d | 2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 338 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 77d29b1 | 2008-06-05 08:02:49 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 339 | |
| 340 | |
| 341 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 342 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 343 | <a name="otherimprovements">Other Improvements</a> |
| 344 | </div> |
| 345 | |
| 346 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 347 | <p>New features include: |
| 348 | </p> |
| 349 | |
| 350 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 351 | <li>?</li> |
Tanya Lattner | a7ec706 | 2008-11-04 18:40:27 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 352 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 353 | </ul> |
Mikhail Glushenkov | ea65d7d | 2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 354 | |
Chris Lattner | 8497764 | 2007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 355 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | c5d658a | 2006-03-03 00:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 356 | |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 357 | <!--=========================================================================--> |
| 358 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 359 | <a name="changes">Major Changes and Removed Features</a> |
| 360 | </div> |
| 361 | |
| 362 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 363 | |
Chris Lattner | eeb4da0 | 2008-10-13 22:06:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 364 | <p>If you're already an LLVM user or developer with out-of-tree changes based |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 365 | on LLVM 2.4, this section lists some "gotchas" that you may run into upgrading |
Chris Lattner | eeb4da0 | 2008-10-13 22:06:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 366 | from the previous release.</p> |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 367 | |
| 368 | <ul> |
| 369 | |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 370 | <li>?</li> |
Chris Lattner | eeb4da0 | 2008-10-13 22:06:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 371 | </ul> |
| 372 | |
| 373 | |
| 374 | <p>In addition, many APIs have changed in this release. Some of the major LLVM |
| 375 | API changes are:</p> |
| 376 | |
| 377 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 378 | <li>?</li> |
Devang Patel | b34dd13 | 2008-10-14 20:03:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 379 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 380 | |
Chris Lattner | 38ab04c | 2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 381 | <li>?</li> |
Chris Lattner | f6662f9 | 2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 382 | </ul> |
| 383 | |
| 384 | </div> |
| 385 | |
| 386 | |
| 387 | |
Chris Lattner | 1909261 | 2003-10-02 16:38:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 388 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 389 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 390 | <a name="portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a> |
| 391 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 1909261 | 2003-10-02 16:38:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 392 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 393 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 394 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 395 | |
John Criswell | 0b5b5e9 | 2004-12-08 20:35:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 396 | <p>LLVM is known to work on the following platforms:</p> |
Chris Lattner | 4654bdb | 2004-06-01 18:22:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 397 | |
| 398 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | e18b32e | 2008-11-10 05:40:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 399 | <li>Intel and AMD machines (IA32, X86-64, AMD64, EMT-64) running Red Hat |
| 400 | Linux, Fedora Core and FreeBSD (and probably other unix-like systems).</li> |
| 401 | <li>PowerPC and X86-based Mac OS X systems, running 10.3 and above in 32-bit |
| 402 | and 64-bit modes.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 403 | <li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 using MinGW libraries (native).</li> |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 404 | <li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 with the Cygwin libraries (limited |
| 405 | support is available for native builds with Visual C++).</li> |
Gabor Greif | 96a89c7 | 2008-06-05 18:39:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 406 | <li>Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Solaris 10.</li> |
John Criswell | 9321fa8 | 2005-05-13 20:28:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 407 | <li>Alpha-based machines running Debian GNU/Linux.</li> |
Gabor Greif | 96a89c7 | 2008-06-05 18:39:01 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 408 | <li>Itanium-based (IA64) machines running Linux and HP-UX.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 4654bdb | 2004-06-01 18:22:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 409 | </ul> |
| 410 | |
Chris Lattner | bc5786b | 2008-06-05 06:57:39 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 411 | <p>The core LLVM infrastructure uses GNU autoconf to adapt itself |
Brian Gaeke | b0fd761 | 2004-05-09 05:28:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 412 | to the machine and operating system on which it is built. However, minor |
| 413 | porting may be required to get LLVM to work on new platforms. We welcome your |
| 414 | portability patches and reports of successful builds or error messages.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 415 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 416 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 417 | |
| 418 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 419 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 420 | <a name="knownproblems">Known Problems</a> |
| 421 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 422 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 423 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 424 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 425 | |
Chris Lattner | e18b32e | 2008-11-10 05:40:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 426 | <p>This section contains significant known problems with the LLVM system, |
| 427 | listed by component. If you run into a problem, please check the <a |
Chris Lattner | c463b27 | 2005-10-29 07:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 428 | href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database</a> and submit a bug if |
Chris Lattner | 5eccca4 | 2003-12-12 21:22:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 429 | there isn't already one.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 430 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 431 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 432 | |
Chris Lattner | f5ee170 | 2004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 433 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 434 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 435 | <a name="experimental">Experimental features included with this release</a> |
| 436 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 437 | |
Chris Lattner | f5ee170 | 2004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 438 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 439 | |
Misha Brukman | 6df9e2c | 2004-05-12 21:46:05 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 440 | <p>The following components of this LLVM release are either untested, known to |
| 441 | be broken or unreliable, or are in early development. These components should |
| 442 | not be relied on, and bugs should not be filed against them, but they may be |
| 443 | useful to some people. In particular, if you would like to work on one of these |
Chris Lattner | 2b659ef | 2008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 444 | components, please contact us on the <a |
| 445 | href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev list</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | f5ee170 | 2004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 446 | |
| 447 | <ul> |
Gabor Greif | a8b8490 | 2008-10-14 11:31:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 448 | <li>The MSIL, IA64, Alpha, SPU, MIPS, and PIC16 backends are experimental.</li> |
Duncan Sands | 27aff87 | 2008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 449 | <li>The llc "<tt>-filetype=asm</tt>" (the default) is the only supported |
Chris Lattner | 000c73b | 2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 450 | value for this option.</li> |
Chris Lattner | f5ee170 | 2004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 451 | </ul> |
| 452 | |
| 453 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 454 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 455 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 456 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 457 | <a name="x86-be">Known problems with the X86 back-end</a> |
John Criswell | c0c186d | 2005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 458 | </div> |
| 459 | |
| 460 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 461 | |
| 462 | <ul> |
Anton Korobeynikov | a6094be | 2008-06-08 10:24:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 463 | <li>The X86 backend does not yet support |
| 464 | all <a href="http://llvm.org/PR879">inline assembly that uses the X86 |
| 465 | floating point stack</a>. It supports the 'f' and 't' constraints, but not |
| 466 | 'u'.</li> |
Chris Lattner | e6e1b35 | 2008-06-08 21:19:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 467 | <li>The X86 backend generates inefficient floating point code when configured |
| 468 | to generate code for systems that don't have SSE2.</li> |
Duncan Sands | 47eff2b | 2008-06-08 19:38:43 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 469 | <li>Win64 code generation wasn't widely tested. Everything should work, but we |
Anton Korobeynikov | a6094be | 2008-06-08 10:24:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 470 | expect small issues to happen. Also, llvm-gcc cannot build mingw64 runtime |
| 471 | currently due |
| 472 | to <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2255">several</a> |
Chris Lattner | 04af7cb | 2008-06-08 23:12:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 473 | <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2257">bugs</a> due to lack of support for the |
| 474 | 'u' inline assembly constraint and X87 floating point inline assembly.</li> |
Dan Gohman | 8207ba9 | 2008-06-08 23:05:11 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 475 | <li>The X86-64 backend does not yet support the LLVM IR instruction |
| 476 | <tt>va_arg</tt>. Currently, the llvm-gcc front-end supports variadic |
| 477 | argument constructs on X86-64 by lowering them manually.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 478 | </ul> |
| 479 | |
| 480 | </div> |
| 481 | |
| 482 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 483 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 484 | <a name="ppc-be">Known problems with the PowerPC back-end</a> |
| 485 | </div> |
| 486 | |
| 487 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 488 | |
| 489 | <ul> |
Nicolas Geoffray | e4285dc | 2007-05-15 09:21:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 490 | <li>The Linux PPC32/ABI support needs testing for the interpreter and static |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 491 | compilation, and lacks support for debug information.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 492 | </ul> |
| 493 | |
| 494 | </div> |
| 495 | |
| 496 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 497 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 498 | <a name="arm-be">Known problems with the ARM back-end</a> |
| 499 | </div> |
| 500 | |
| 501 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 502 | |
| 503 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 504 | <li>Thumb mode works only on ARMv6 or higher processors. On sub-ARMv6 |
Duncan Sands | c90d68b | 2007-09-26 15:59:54 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 505 | processors, thumb programs can crash or produce wrong |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 506 | results (<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1388">PR1388</a>).</li> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 507 | <li>Compilation for ARM Linux OABI (old ABI) is supported, but not fully tested. |
| 508 | </li> |
Chris Lattner | e6e1b35 | 2008-06-08 21:19:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 509 | <li>There is a bug in QEMU-ARM (<= 0.9.0) which causes it to incorrectly |
| 510 | execute |
Chris Lattner | 57a460e | 2007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 511 | programs compiled with LLVM. Please use more recent versions of QEMU.</li> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 512 | </ul> |
| 513 | |
| 514 | </div> |
| 515 | |
| 516 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 517 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 518 | <a name="sparc-be">Known problems with the SPARC back-end</a> |
| 519 | </div> |
| 520 | |
| 521 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 522 | |
| 523 | <ul> |
| 524 | <li>The SPARC backend only supports the 32-bit SPARC ABI (-m32), it does not |
| 525 | support the 64-bit SPARC ABI (-m64).</li> |
| 526 | </ul> |
| 527 | |
| 528 | </div> |
| 529 | |
| 530 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 531 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Bruno Cardoso Lopes | b7e1a4f | 2008-10-25 14:56:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 532 | <a name="mips-be">Known problems with the MIPS back-end</a> |
| 533 | </div> |
| 534 | |
| 535 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 536 | |
| 537 | <ul> |
| 538 | <li>The O32 ABI is not fully supported.</li> |
| 539 | <li>64-bit MIPS targets are not supported yet.</li> |
| 540 | </ul> |
| 541 | |
| 542 | </div> |
| 543 | |
| 544 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 545 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 546 | <a name="alpha-be">Known problems with the Alpha back-end</a> |
| 547 | </div> |
| 548 | |
| 549 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 550 | |
| 551 | <ul> |
| 552 | |
| 553 | <li>On 21164s, some rare FP arithmetic sequences which may trap do not have the |
| 554 | appropriate nops inserted to ensure restartability.</li> |
| 555 | |
John Criswell | c0c186d | 2005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 556 | </ul> |
| 557 | </div> |
| 558 | |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 559 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 560 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 561 | <a name="ia64-be">Known problems with the IA64 back-end</a> |
| 562 | </div> |
| 563 | |
| 564 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 565 | |
| 566 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 04af7cb | 2008-06-08 23:12:47 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 567 | <li>The Itanium backend is highly experimental, and has a number of known |
| 568 | issues. We are looking for a maintainer for the Itanium backend. If you |
Gabor Greif | 3bd3a26 | 2008-10-15 10:47:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 569 | are interested, please contact the LLVMdev mailing list.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 570 | </ul> |
| 571 | |
| 572 | </div> |
| 573 | |
| 574 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 575 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 576 | <a name="c-be">Known problems with the C back-end</a> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 577 | </div> |
| 578 | |
| 579 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 580 | |
| 581 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 5733b27 | 2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 582 | <li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR802">The C backend has only basic support for |
| 583 | inline assembly code</a>.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 725a0d8 | 2007-09-26 06:01:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 584 | <li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR1658">The C backend violates the ABI of common |
| 585 | C++ programs</a>, preventing intermixing between C++ compiled by the CBE and |
Duncan Sands | 27aff87 | 2008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 586 | C++ code compiled with llc or native compilers.</li> |
Duncan Sands | f74c0cc | 2008-02-10 13:40:55 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 587 | <li>The C backend does not support all exception handling constructs.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2629922 | 2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 588 | </ul> |
| 589 | |
| 590 | </div> |
John Criswell | c0c186d | 2005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 591 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 592 | |
| 593 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 594 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 5733b27 | 2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 595 | <a name="c-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc C front-end</a> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 596 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 47588f9 | 2003-10-02 05:07:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 597 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 598 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Chris Lattner | c5d658a | 2006-03-03 00:34:26 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 599 | |
Chris Lattner | 252b83d | 2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 600 | <p>llvm-gcc does not currently support <a href="http://llvm.org/PR869">Link-Time |
| 601 | Optimization</a> on most platforms "out-of-the-box". Please inquire on the |
Gabor Greif | 3bd3a26 | 2008-10-15 10:47:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 602 | LLVMdev mailing list if you are interested.</p> |
Chris Lattner | d9ea017 | 2006-08-08 17:27:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 603 | |
Chris Lattner | 5733b27 | 2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 604 | <p>The only major language feature of GCC not supported by llvm-gcc is |
| 605 | the <tt>__builtin_apply</tt> family of builtins. However, some extensions |
| 606 | are only supported on some targets. For example, trampolines are only |
Duncan Sands | 27aff87 | 2008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 607 | supported on some targets (these are used when you take the address of a |
| 608 | nested function).</p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 609 | |
Chris Lattner | 5733b27 | 2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 610 | <p>If you run into GCC extensions which are not supported, please let us know. |
| 611 | </p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 612 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 613 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 614 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 615 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 616 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 5733b27 | 2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 617 | <a name="c++-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc C++ front-end</a> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 618 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 619 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 620 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 621 | |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 622 | <p>The C++ front-end is considered to be fully |
Chris Lattner | 7506b1d | 2004-12-07 08:04:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 623 | tested and works for a number of non-trivial programs, including LLVM |
Chris Lattner | f3e5bc6 | 2007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 624 | itself, Qt, Mozilla, etc.</p> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 625 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 626 | <ul> |
Anton Korobeynikov | 0021fc1 | 2008-10-11 18:27:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 627 | <li>Exception handling works well on the X86 and PowerPC targets. Currently |
Chris Lattner | e18b32e | 2008-11-10 05:40:34 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 628 | only Linux and Darwin targets are supported (both 32 and 64 bit).</li> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 629 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | fcc54b3 | 2003-10-07 22:14:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 630 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 631 | </div> |
| 632 | |
Chris Lattner | 1eb4df6 | 2008-10-30 03:58:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 633 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 634 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
| 635 | <a name="fortran-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc Fortran front-end</a> |
| 636 | </div> |
| 637 | |
| 638 | <div class="doc_text"> |
Gabor Greif | ba10fe0 | 2008-11-04 21:50:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 639 | <ul> |
Chris Lattner | 1eb4df6 | 2008-10-30 03:58:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 640 | <li>Fortran support generally works, but there are still several unresolved bugs |
| 641 | in Bugzilla. Please see the tools/gfortran component for details.</li> |
| 642 | |
| 643 | <li>The Fortran front-end currently does not build on Darwin (without tweaks) |
| 644 | due to unresolved dependencies on the C front-end.</li> |
Gabor Greif | ba10fe0 | 2008-11-04 21:50:59 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 645 | </ul> |
Chris Lattner | 1eb4df6 | 2008-10-30 03:58:13 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 646 | </div> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 647 | |
Chris Lattner | 2b659ef | 2008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 648 | <!-- ======================================================================= --> |
| 649 | <div class="doc_subsection"> |
Chris Lattner | 5733b27 | 2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 650 | <a name="ada-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc Ada front-end</a> |
Chris Lattner | 2b659ef | 2008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 651 | </div> |
| 652 | |
| 653 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 654 | The llvm-gcc 4.2 Ada compiler works fairly well, however this is not a mature |
| 655 | technology and problems should be expected. |
| 656 | <ul> |
Duncan Sands | 27aff87 | 2008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 657 | <li>The Ada front-end currently only builds on X86-32. This is mainly due |
Chris Lattner | 2b659ef | 2008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 658 | to lack of trampoline support (pointers to nested functions) on other platforms, |
Duncan Sands | 27aff87 | 2008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 659 | however it <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2006">also fails to build on X86-64</a> |
Chris Lattner | 2b659ef | 2008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 660 | which does support trampolines.</li> |
| 661 | <li>The Ada front-end <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2007">fails to bootstrap</a>. |
| 662 | Workaround: configure with --disable-bootstrap.</li> |
Duncan Sands | 978bcee | 2008-10-13 17:27:23 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 663 | <li>The c380004, <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2010">c393010</a> |
| 664 | and <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2421">cxg2021</a> ACATS tests fail |
| 665 | (c380004 also fails with gcc-4.2 mainline).</li> |
| 666 | <li>Some gcc specific Ada tests continue to crash the compiler.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2b659ef | 2008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 667 | <li>The -E binder option (exception backtraces) |
| 668 | <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1982">does not work</a> and will result in programs |
| 669 | crashing if an exception is raised. Workaround: do not use -E.</li> |
| 670 | <li>Only discrete types <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1981">are allowed to start |
| 671 | or finish at a non-byte offset</a> in a record. Workaround: do not pack records |
| 672 | or use representation clauses that result in a field of a non-discrete type |
| 673 | starting or finishing in the middle of a byte.</li> |
Chris Lattner | e6e1b35 | 2008-06-08 21:19:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 674 | <li>The <tt>lli</tt> interpreter <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2009">considers |
| 675 | 'main' as generated by the Ada binder to be invalid</a>. |
| 676 | Workaround: hand edit the file to use pointers for <tt>argv</tt> and |
| 677 | <tt>envp</tt> rather than integers.</li> |
| 678 | <li>The <tt>-fstack-check</tt> option <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2008">is |
| 679 | ignored</a>.</li> |
Chris Lattner | 2b659ef | 2008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 680 | </ul> |
| 681 | </div> |
| 682 | |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 683 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 684 | <div class="doc_section"> |
| 685 | <a name="additionalinfo">Additional Information</a> |
| 686 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 687 | <!-- *********************************************************************** --> |
| 688 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 689 | <div class="doc_text"> |
| 690 | |
Chris Lattner | 416db10 | 2005-05-16 17:13:10 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 691 | <p>A wide variety of additional information is available on the <a |
Chris Lattner | b4b0ce7 | 2007-05-18 00:44:29 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 692 | href="http://llvm.org">LLVM web page</a>, in particular in the <a |
| 693 | href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation</a> section. The web page also |
Reid Spencer | 669ed45 | 2007-07-09 08:04:31 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 694 | contains versions of the API documentation which is up-to-date with the |
| 695 | Subversion version of the source code. |
Misha Brukman | 109d9e8 | 2005-03-30 19:14:24 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 696 | You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going |
| 697 | into the "<tt>llvm/doc/</tt>" directory in the LLVM tree.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 698 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 699 | <p>If you have any questions or comments about LLVM, please feel free to contact |
Chris Lattner | c463b27 | 2005-10-29 07:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 700 | us via the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/#maillist"> mailing |
Chris Lattner | 5eccca4 | 2003-12-12 21:22:16 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 701 | lists</a>.</p> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 702 | |
Misha Brukman | 500bc30 | 2003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 703 | </div> |
Chris Lattner | 79c3fe1 | 2003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 704 | |
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