| Daniel Dunbar | 21e993c | 2012-04-19 16:31:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | .. _subsystems: |
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| 3 | Subsystem Documentation |
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| Bill Wendling | 430c3bb | 2012-06-20 09:49:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 6 | .. toctree:: |
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| 9 | AliasAnalysis |
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| Daniel Dunbar | 21e993c | 2012-04-19 16:31:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | * `Writing an LLVM Pass <WritingAnLLVMPass.html>`_ |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Information on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | * `Writing an LLVM Backend <WritingAnLLVMBackend.html>`_ |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Information on how to write LLVM backends for machine targets. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | * `The LLVM Target-Independent Code Generator <CodeGenerator.html>`_ |
| 20 | |
| 21 | The design and implementation of the LLVM code generator. Useful if you are |
| 22 | working on retargetting LLVM to a new architecture, designing a new codegen |
| 23 | pass, or enhancing existing components. |
| 24 | |
| 25 | * `TableGen Fundamentals <TableGenFundamentals.html>`_ |
| 26 | |
| 27 | Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code |
| 28 | generator. |
| 29 | |
| Bill Wendling | 430c3bb | 2012-06-20 09:49:57 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 30 | * :ref:`alias_analysis` |
| Daniel Dunbar | 21e993c | 2012-04-19 16:31:37 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 31 | |
| 32 | Information on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to |
| 33 | use existing analyses. |
| 34 | |
| 35 | * `Accurate Garbage Collection with LLVM <GarbageCollection.html>`_ |
| 36 | |
| 37 | The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling GC'd |
| 38 | programs. |
| 39 | |
| 40 | * `Source Level Debugging with LLVM <SourceLevelDebugging.html>`_ |
| 41 | |
| 42 | This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM |
| 43 | source-level debugger. |
| 44 | |
| 45 | * `Zero Cost Exception handling in LLVM <ExceptionHandling.html>`_ |
| 46 | |
| 47 | This document describes the design and implementation of exception handling |
| 48 | in LLVM. |
| 49 | |
| 50 | * `Bugpoint <Bugpoint.html>`_ |
| 51 | |
| 52 | Automatic bug finder and test-case reducer description and usage |
| 53 | information. |
| 54 | |
| 55 | * `LLVM Bitcode File Format <BitCodeFormat.html>`_ |
| 56 | |
| 57 | This describes the file format and encoding used for LLVM "bc" files. |
| 58 | |
| 59 | * `System Library <SystemLibrary.html>`_ |
| 60 | |
| 61 | This document describes the LLVM System Library (<tt>lib/System</tt>) and |
| 62 | how to keep LLVM source code portable |
| 63 | |
| 64 | * `Link Time Optimization <LinkTimeOptimization.html>`_ |
| 65 | |
| 66 | This document describes the interface between LLVM intermodular optimizer |
| 67 | and the linker and its design |
| 68 | |
| 69 | * `The LLVM gold plugin <GoldPlugin.html>`_ |
| 70 | |
| 71 | How to build your programs with link-time optimization on Linux. |
| 72 | |
| 73 | * `The GDB JIT interface <DebuggingJITedCode.html>`_ |
| 74 | |
| 75 | How to debug JITed code with GDB. |
| 76 | |
| 77 | * `Branch Weight Metadata <BranchWeightMetadata.html>`_ |
| 78 | |
| 79 | Provides information about Branch Prediction Information. |