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| =head1 NAME |
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| llc - LLVM static compiler |
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| =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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| B<llc> [I<options>] [I<filename>] |
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| =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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| The B<llc> command compiles LLVM bytecode into assembly language for a |
| specified architecture. The assembly language output can then be passed through |
| a native assembler and linker to generate native code. |
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| The choice of architecture for the output assembly code is determined as |
| follows, by attempting to satisfy each of the following rules in turn (first |
| one wins): |
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| =over |
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| =item * |
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| If the user has specified an architecture with the -m option, use that |
| architecture. |
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| =item * |
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| Examine the input LLVM bytecode file: if it is little endian and has a |
| pointer size of 32 bits, select the Intel IA-32 architecture. If it is big |
| endian and has a pointer size of 64 bits, select the SparcV9 architecture. |
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| =item * |
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| If B<llc> was compiled on an architecture for which it can generate code, select |
| the architecture upon which B<llc> was compiled. |
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| =item * |
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| Exit with an error message telling the user to specify the output |
| architecture explicitly. |
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| =back |
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| =head1 OPTIONS |
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| If I<filename> is - or omitted, B<llc> reads LLVM bytecode from standard input. |
| Otherwise, it will read LLVM bytecode from I<filename>. |
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| If the B<-o> option is omitted, then B<llc> will send its output to standard |
| output if the input is from standard input. If the B<-o> option specifies -, |
| then the output will also be sent to standard output. |
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| If no B<-o> option is specified and an input file other than - is specified, |
| then B<llc> creates the output filename by taking the input filename, |
| removing any existing F<.bc> extension, and adding a F<.s> suffix. |
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| Other B<llc> options are as follows: |
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| =over |
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| =item B<-f> |
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| Overwrite output files. By default, B<llc> will refuse to overwrite |
| an output file which already exists. |
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| =item B<-march>=I<arch> |
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| Specify the architecture for which to generate assembly. Valid |
| architectures are: |
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| =over |
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| =item I<x86> |
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| Intel IA-32 (Pentium and above) |
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| =item I<ppc32> |
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| 32-bit PowerPC (MacOS X, 32-bit ABI) |
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| =item I<sparcv9> |
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| 64-bit SPARC V9 |
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| =item I<c> |
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| Emit C code, not assembly |
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| =back |
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| =item B<-enable-correct-eh-support> |
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| Instruct the B<-lowerinvoke> pass to insert code for correct exception handling |
| support. This is expensive and is by default omitted for efficiency. |
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| =item B<-help> |
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| Print a summary of command line options. |
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| =item B<-stats> |
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| Print statistics recorded by code-generation passes. |
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| =item B<-time-passes> |
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| Record the amount of time needed for each pass and print a report to standard |
| error. |
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| =back |
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| =head2 Intel IA-32-specific Options |
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| =over |
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| =item B<--disable-fp-elim> |
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| Disable frame pointer elimination optimization. |
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| =item B<--disable-pattern-isel> |
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| Use the 'simple' X86 instruction selector (the default). |
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| =item B<--print-machineinstrs> |
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| Print generated machine code. |
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| =item B<--regalloc>=I<allocator> |
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| Specify the register allocator to use. The default I<allocator> is I<local>. |
| Valid register allocators are: |
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| =over |
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| =item I<simple> |
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| Very simple "always spill" register allocator |
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| =item I<local> |
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| Local register allocator |
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| =item I<linearscan> |
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| Linear scan global register allocator |
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| =item I<iterativescan> |
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| Iterative scan global register allocator |
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| =back |
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| =item B<--spiller>=I<spiller> |
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| Specify the spiller to use for register allocators that support it. Currently |
| this option is used only by the linear scan register allocator. The default |
| I<spiller> is I<local>. Valid spillers are: |
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| =over |
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| =item I<simple> |
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| Simple spiller |
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| =item I<local> |
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| Local spiller |
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| =back |
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| =back |
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| =head2 SPARCV9-specific Options |
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| =over |
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| =item B<--disable-peephole> |
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| Disable peephole optimization pass. |
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| =item B<--disable-sched> |
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| Disable local scheduling pass. |
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| =item B<--disable-strip> |
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| The Sparc backend embeds the LLVM bytecode into the assembly output. This |
| option requests that symbol names be retained; by default, they are stripped out. |
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| =item B<--enable-maps> |
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| Emit LLVM-to-machine code mapping information into the assembly output. |
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| =back |
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| =head1 EXIT STATUS |
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| If B<llc> succeeds, it will exit with 0. Otherwise, if an error occurs, |
| it will exit with a non-zero value. |
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| =head1 SEE ALSO |
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| L<lli|lli> |
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| =head1 AUTHORS |
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| Maintained by the LLVM Team (L<http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu>). |
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| =cut |