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Daniel Dunbar	fbb8041	2012-04-19 16:31:37 +0000	[diff] [blame]	1	Overview
				2	========
				3
				4	.. warning::
				5
				6	If you are using a released version of LLVM, see `the download page
				7	<http://llvm.org/releases/>`_ to find your documentation.
				8
				9	The LLVM compiler infrastructure supports a wide range of projects, from
				10	industrial strength compilers to specialized JIT applications to small
				11	research projects.
				12
				13	Similarly, documentation is broken down into several high-level groupings
Benjamin Kramer	bde9176	2012-06-02 10:20:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	14	targeted at different audiences:
Daniel Dunbar	fbb8041	2012-04-19 16:31:37 +0000	[diff] [blame]	15
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	16	LLVM Design & Overview
				17	======================
Daniel Dunbar	fbb8041	2012-04-19 16:31:37 +0000	[diff] [blame]	18
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	19	Several introductory papers and presentations.
Daniel Dunbar	fbb8041	2012-04-19 16:31:37 +0000	[diff] [blame]	20
				21	.. toctree::
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	22	:hidden:
Daniel Dunbar	fbb8041	2012-04-19 16:31:37 +0000	[diff] [blame]	23
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	24	LangRef
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	25
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	26	:doc:`LangRef`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	27	Defines the LLVM intermediate representation.
				28
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	29	`Introduction to the LLVM Compiler`__
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	30	Presentation providing a users introduction to LLVM.
				31
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	32	.. __: http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.html
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	33
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	34	`Intro to LLVM`__
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	35	Book chapter providing a compiler hacker's introduction to LLVM.
				36
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	37	.. __: http://www.aosabook.org/en/llvm.html
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	38
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	39
				40	`LLVM: A Compilation Framework for Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation`__
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	41	Design overview.
				42
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	43	.. __: http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	44
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	45	`LLVM: An Infrastructure for Multi-Stage Optimization`__
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	46	More details (quite old now).
				47
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	48	.. __: http://llvm.org/pubs/2002-12-LattnerMSThesis.html
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	49
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	50	`Publications mentioning LLVM <http://llvm.org/pubs>`_
				51	..
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	52
				53	User Guides
				54	===========
				55
				56	For those new to the LLVM system.
				57
				58	NOTE: If you are a user who is only interested in using LLVM-based
				59	compilers, you should look into `Clang <http://clang.llvm.org>`_ or
				60	`DragonEgg <http://dragonegg.llvm.org>`_ instead. The documentation here is
				61	intended for users who have a need to work with the intermediate LLVM
				62	representation.
				63
				64	.. toctree::
				65	:hidden:
				66
				67	CMake
Chris Bieneman	9debb98	2016-04-29 20:34:54 +0000	[diff] [blame]	68	CMakePrimer
Chris Bieneman	ebb1dd9	2016-03-18 21:57:51 +0000	[diff] [blame]	69	AdvancedBuilds
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	70	HowToBuildOnARM
Renato Golin	d24899b	2013-09-08 20:44:48 +0000	[diff] [blame]	71	HowToCrossCompileLLVM
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	72	CommandGuide/index
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	73	GettingStarted
				74	GettingStartedVS
				75	FAQ
				76	Lexicon
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	77	HowToAddABuilder
				78	yaml2obj
				79	HowToSubmitABug
				80	SphinxQuickstartTemplate
				81	Phabricator
				82	TestingGuide
				83	tutorial/index
				84	ReleaseNotes
				85	Passes
				86	YamlIO
Sean Silva	163b5c4	2013-03-30 15:32:50 +0000	[diff] [blame]	87	GetElementPtr
Philip Reames	f8bf9dd	2015-02-27 23:14:50 +0000	[diff] [blame]	88	Frontend/PerformanceTips
Sean Silva	3f93a61	2013-09-09 19:09:00 +0000	[diff] [blame]	89	MCJITDesignAndImplementation
Chandler Carruth	3629343	2016-06-30 20:27:54 +0000	[diff] [blame]	90	CodeOfConduct
Jingyue Wu	4f2a6cb	2015-11-10 22:35:47 +0000	[diff] [blame]	91	CompileCudaWithLLVM
Chandler Carruth	3629343	2016-06-30 20:27:54 +0000	[diff] [blame]	92	ReportingGuide
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	93
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	94	:doc:`GettingStarted`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	95	Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure.
				96	Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution
				97	of some tools.
				98
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	99	:doc:`CMake`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	100	An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for those using the `CMake
				101	build system <http://www.cmake.org>`_.
				102
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	103	:doc:`HowToBuildOnARM`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	104	Notes on building and testing LLVM/Clang on ARM.
				105
Renato Golin	d24899b	2013-09-08 20:44:48 +0000	[diff] [blame]	106	:doc:`HowToCrossCompileLLVM`
				107	Notes on cross-building and testing LLVM/Clang.
				108
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	109	:doc:`GettingStartedVS`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	110	An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for those using Visual Studio
				111	on Windows.
				112
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	113	:doc:`tutorial/index`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	114	Tutorials about using LLVM. Includes a tutorial about making a custom
				115	language with LLVM.
				116
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	117	:doc:`LLVM Command Guide <CommandGuide/index>`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	118	A reference manual for the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM
				119	tools).
				120
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	121	:doc:`Passes`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	122	A list of optimizations and analyses implemented in LLVM.
				123
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	124	:doc:`FAQ`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	125	A list of common questions and problems and their solutions.
				126
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	127	:doc:`Release notes for the current release <ReleaseNotes>`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	128	This describes new features, known bugs, and other limitations.
				129
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	130	:doc:`HowToSubmitABug`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	131	Instructions for properly submitting information about any bugs you run into
				132	in the LLVM system.
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	133
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	134	:doc:`SphinxQuickstartTemplate`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	135	A template + tutorial for writing new Sphinx documentation. It is meant
				136	to be read in source form.
				137
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	138	:doc:`LLVM Testing Infrastructure Guide <TestingGuide>`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	139	A reference manual for using the LLVM testing infrastructure.
				140
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	141	`How to build the C, C++, ObjC, and ObjC++ front end`__
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	142	Instructions for building the clang front-end from source.
				143
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	144	.. __: http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	145
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	146	:doc:`Lexicon`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	147	Definition of acronyms, terms and concepts used in LLVM.
				148
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	149	:doc:`HowToAddABuilder`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	150	Instructions for adding new builder to LLVM buildbot master.
				151
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	152	:doc:`YamlIO`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	153	A reference guide for using LLVM's YAML I/O library.
				154
Sean Silva	163b5c4	2013-03-30 15:32:50 +0000	[diff] [blame]	155	:doc:`GetElementPtr`
				156	Answers to some very frequent questions about LLVM's most frequently
				157	misunderstood instruction.
				158
Philip Reames	f8bf9dd	2015-02-27 23:14:50 +0000	[diff] [blame]	159	:doc:`Frontend/PerformanceTips`
				160	A collection of tips for frontend authors on how to generate IR
				161	which LLVM is able to effectively optimize.
				162
				163
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	164	Programming Documentation
				165	=========================
				166
				167	For developers of applications which use LLVM as a library.
				168
				169	.. toctree::
				170	:hidden:
				171
				172	Atomics
				173	CodingStandards
				174	CommandLine
				175	CompilerWriterInfo
				176	ExtendingLLVM
				177	HowToSetUpLLVMStyleRTTI
				178	ProgrammersManual
Nico Rieck	1da4529	2013-04-10 23:28:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	179	Extensions
Kostya Serebryany	35ce863	2015-03-30 23:05:30 +0000	[diff] [blame]	180	LibFuzzer
Kostya Serebryany	9a293ca	2016-06-07 23:13:54 +0000	[diff] [blame]	181	ScudoHardenedAllocator
Andrew Kaylor	3aeda4f	2016-08-26 23:11:48 +0000	[diff] [blame]	182	OptBisect
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	183
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	184	:doc:`LLVM Language Reference Manual <LangRef>`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	185	Defines the LLVM intermediate representation and the assembly form of the
				186	different nodes.
				187
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	188	:doc:`Atomics`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	189	Information about LLVM's concurrency model.
				190
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	191	:doc:`ProgrammersManual`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	192	Introduction to the general layout of the LLVM sourcebase, important classes
				193	and APIs, and some tips & tricks.
				194
Nico Rieck	1da4529	2013-04-10 23:28:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	195	:doc:`Extensions`
				196	LLVM-specific extensions to tools and formats LLVM seeks compatibility with.
				197
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	198	:doc:`CommandLine`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	199	Provides information on using the command line parsing library.
				200
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	201	:doc:`CodingStandards`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	202	Details the LLVM coding standards and provides useful information on writing
				203	efficient C++ code.
				204
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	205	:doc:`HowToSetUpLLVMStyleRTTI`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	206	How to make ``isa<>``, ``dyn_cast<>``, etc. available for clients of your
				207	class hierarchy.
				208
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	209	:doc:`ExtendingLLVM`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	210	Look here to see how to add instructions and intrinsics to LLVM.
				211
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	212	`Doxygen generated documentation <http://llvm.org/doxygen/>`_
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	213	(`classes <http://llvm.org/doxygen/inherits.html>`_)
				214	(`tarball <http://llvm.org/doxygen/doxygen.tar.gz>`_)
				215
Peter Collingbourne	943d270	2015-01-13 18:49:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	216	`Documentation for Go bindings <http://godoc.org/llvm.org/llvm/bindings/go/llvm>`_
				217
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	218	`ViewVC Repository Browser <http://llvm.org/viewvc/>`_
				219	..
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	220
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	221	:doc:`CompilerWriterInfo`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	222	A list of helpful links for compiler writers.
				223
Kostya Serebryany	35ce863	2015-03-30 23:05:30 +0000	[diff] [blame]	224	:doc:`LibFuzzer`
				225	A library for writing in-process guided fuzzers.
				226
Kostya Serebryany	9a293ca	2016-06-07 23:13:54 +0000	[diff] [blame]	227	:doc:`ScudoHardenedAllocator`
				228	A library that implements a security-hardened `malloc()`.
				229
Andrew Kaylor	3aeda4f	2016-08-26 23:11:48 +0000	[diff] [blame]	230	:doc:`OptBisect`
				231	A command line option for debugging optimization-induced failures.
				232
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	233	Subsystem Documentation
				234	=======================
				235
				236	For API clients and LLVM developers.
				237
				238	.. toctree::
				239	:hidden:
				240
				241	AliasAnalysis
George Burgess IV	3bbeb73	2016-08-17 00:17:29 +0000	[diff] [blame]	242	MemorySSA
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	243	BitCodeFormat
Duncan P. N. Exon Smith	6e40cec	2014-04-11 23:21:07 +0000	[diff] [blame]	244	BlockFrequencyTerminology
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	245	BranchWeightMetadata
				246	Bugpoint
				247	CodeGenerator
				248	ExceptionHandling
				249	LinkTimeOptimization
				250	SegmentedStacks
				251	TableGenFundamentals
Renato Golin	ca10564	2014-03-20 16:08:34 +0000	[diff] [blame]	252	TableGen/index
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	253	DebuggingJITedCode
				254	GoldPlugin
				255	MarkedUpDisassembly
				256	SystemLibrary
				257	SourceLevelDebugging
				258	Vectorizers
				259	WritingAnLLVMBackend
				260	GarbageCollection
				261	WritingAnLLVMPass
Joe Abbey	ba3e901	2013-02-12 11:45:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	262	HowToUseAttributes
Justin Holewinski	45df882	2013-03-30 16:41:14 +0000	[diff] [blame]	263	NVPTXUsage
Tom Stellard	45bb48e	2015-06-13 03:28:10 +0000	[diff] [blame]	264	AMDGPUUsage
Andrew Trick	5e029ce	2013-12-24 02:57:25 +0000	[diff] [blame]	265	StackMaps
Sean Silva	216f1ee	2014-03-02 00:21:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	266	InAlloca
James Molloy	3f7878a	2014-05-12 15:13:39 +0000	[diff] [blame]	267	BigEndianNEON
Alex Lorenz	6a12833	2014-08-19 17:05:58 +0000	[diff] [blame]	268	CoverageMappingFormat
Matt Arsenault	03f0e83	2014-12-03 18:35:11 +0000	[diff] [blame]	269	Statepoints
Stepan Dyatkovskiy	f0c3a34	2014-12-10 17:42:01 +0000	[diff] [blame]	270	MergeFunctions
Peter Collingbourne	7efd750	2016-06-24 21:21:32 +0000	[diff] [blame]	271	TypeMetadata
Sanjoy Das	5553bc8	2015-06-15 19:38:15 +0000	[diff] [blame]	272	FaultMaps
Alex Lorenz	3d31177	2015-08-06 22:55:19 +0000	[diff] [blame]	273	MIRLangRef
David Majnemer	a653927	2016-07-23 04:05:08 +0000	[diff] [blame]	274	Coroutines
Ahmed Bougacha	29d9da1	2016-11-04 17:57:34 +0000	[diff] [blame]	275	GlobalISel
Dean Michael Berris	f3da16b	2016-11-09 00:24:58 +0000	[diff] [blame]	276	XRay
Zachary Turner	218ce83	2016-11-10 19:24:21 +0000	[diff] [blame]	277	PDB/index
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	278
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	279	:doc:`WritingAnLLVMPass`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	280	Information on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses.
				281
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	282	:doc:`WritingAnLLVMBackend`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	283	Information on how to write LLVM backends for machine targets.
				284
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	285	:doc:`CodeGenerator`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	286	The design and implementation of the LLVM code generator. Useful if you are
				287	working on retargetting LLVM to a new architecture, designing a new codegen
				288	pass, or enhancing existing components.
				289
Alex Lorenz	3d31177	2015-08-06 22:55:19 +0000	[diff] [blame]	290	:doc:`Machine IR (MIR) Format Reference Manual <MIRLangRef>`
				291	A reference manual for the MIR serialization format, which is used to test
				292	LLVM's code generation passes.
				293
Sean Silva	0b4df9b	2014-04-07 22:42:53 +0000	[diff] [blame]	294	:doc:`TableGen <TableGen/index>`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	295	Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code
				296	generator.
				297
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	298	:doc:`AliasAnalysis`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	299	Information on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to
				300	use existing analyses.
				301
George Burgess IV	3bbeb73	2016-08-17 00:17:29 +0000	[diff] [blame]	302	:doc:`MemorySSA`
				303	Information about the MemorySSA utility in LLVM, as well as how to use it.
				304
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	305	:doc:`GarbageCollection`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	306	The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling GC'd
				307	programs.
				308
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	309	:doc:`Source Level Debugging with LLVM <SourceLevelDebugging>`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	310	This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM
				311	source-level debugger.
				312
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	313	:doc:`Vectorizers`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	314	This document describes the current status of vectorization in LLVM.
				315
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	316	:doc:`ExceptionHandling`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	317	This document describes the design and implementation of exception handling
				318	in LLVM.
				319
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	320	:doc:`Bugpoint`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	321	Automatic bug finder and test-case reducer description and usage
				322	information.
				323
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	324	:doc:`BitCodeFormat`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	325	This describes the file format and encoding used for LLVM "bc" files.
				326
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	327	:doc:`System Library <SystemLibrary>`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	328	This document describes the LLVM System Library (``lib/System``) and
				329	how to keep LLVM source code portable
				330
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	331	:doc:`LinkTimeOptimization`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	332	This document describes the interface between LLVM intermodular optimizer
				333	and the linker and its design
				334
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	335	:doc:`GoldPlugin`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	336	How to build your programs with link-time optimization on Linux.
				337
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	338	:doc:`DebuggingJITedCode`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	339	How to debug JITed code with GDB.
				340
Andrew Kaylor	27299c3	2013-08-21 22:15:09 +0000	[diff] [blame]	341	:doc:`MCJITDesignAndImplementation`
				342	Describes the inner workings of MCJIT execution engine.
				343
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	344	:doc:`BranchWeightMetadata`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	345	Provides information about Branch Prediction Information.
				346
Duncan P. N. Exon Smith	6e40cec	2014-04-11 23:21:07 +0000	[diff] [blame]	347	:doc:`BlockFrequencyTerminology`
				348	Provides information about terminology used in the ``BlockFrequencyInfo``
				349	analysis pass.
				350
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	351	:doc:`SegmentedStacks`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	352	This document describes segmented stacks and how they are used in LLVM.
				353
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	354	:doc:`MarkedUpDisassembly`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	355	This document describes the optional rich disassembly output syntax.
				356
Joe Abbey	ba3e901	2013-02-12 11:45:22 +0000	[diff] [blame]	357	:doc:`HowToUseAttributes`
				358	Answers some questions about the new Attributes infrastructure.
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	359
Justin Holewinski	45df882	2013-03-30 16:41:14 +0000	[diff] [blame]	360	:doc:`NVPTXUsage`
				361	This document describes using the NVPTX back-end to compile GPU kernels.
				362
Tom Stellard	45bb48e	2015-06-13 03:28:10 +0000	[diff] [blame]	363	:doc:`AMDGPUUsage`
				364	This document describes how to use the AMDGPU back-end.
Tom Stellard	9d7ddd5	2014-11-14 14:08:00 +0000	[diff] [blame]	365
Andrew Trick	5e029ce	2013-12-24 02:57:25 +0000	[diff] [blame]	366	:doc:`StackMaps`
				367	LLVM support for mapping instruction addresses to the location of
				368	values and allowing code to be patched.
Justin Holewinski	45df882	2013-03-30 16:41:14 +0000	[diff] [blame]	369
James Molloy	3f7878a	2014-05-12 15:13:39 +0000	[diff] [blame]	370	:doc:`BigEndianNEON`
				371	LLVM's support for generating NEON instructions on big endian ARM targets is
				372	somewhat nonintuitive. This document explains the implementation and rationale.
				373
Alex Lorenz	6a12833	2014-08-19 17:05:58 +0000	[diff] [blame]	374	:doc:`CoverageMappingFormat`
				375	This describes the format and encoding used for LLVM’s code coverage mapping.
James Molloy	3f7878a	2014-05-12 15:13:39 +0000	[diff] [blame]	376
Matt Arsenault	03f0e83	2014-12-03 18:35:11 +0000	[diff] [blame]	377	:doc:`Statepoints`
				378	This describes a set of experimental extensions for garbage
				379	collection support.
				380
Stepan Dyatkovskiy	f0c3a34	2014-12-10 17:42:01 +0000	[diff] [blame]	381	:doc:`MergeFunctions`
				382	Describes functions merging optimization.
				383
Sean Silva	b6472fe	2015-02-04 20:51:19 +0000	[diff] [blame]	384	:doc:`InAlloca`
				385	Description of the ``inalloca`` argument attribute.
				386
Sanjoy Das	5553bc8	2015-06-15 19:38:15 +0000	[diff] [blame]	387	:doc:`FaultMaps`
				388	LLVM support for folding control flow into faulting machine instructions.
				389
Jingyue Wu	4f2a6cb	2015-11-10 22:35:47 +0000	[diff] [blame]	390	:doc:`CompileCudaWithLLVM`
				391	LLVM support for CUDA.
				392
David Majnemer	a653927	2016-07-23 04:05:08 +0000	[diff] [blame]	393	:doc:`Coroutines`
				394	LLVM support for coroutines.
				395
Ahmed Bougacha	29d9da1	2016-11-04 17:57:34 +0000	[diff] [blame]	396	:doc:`GlobalISel`
				397	This describes the prototype instruction selection replacement, GlobalISel.
				398
Dean Michael Berris	f3da16b	2016-11-09 00:24:58 +0000	[diff] [blame]	399	:doc:`XRay`
				400	High-level documentation of how to use XRay in LLVM.
				401
Dean Michael Berris	38daca6	2017-03-30 23:46:36 +0000	[diff] [blame^]	402	:doc:`XRayExample`
				403	An example of how to debug an application with XRay.
				404
Zachary Turner	218ce83	2016-11-10 19:24:21 +0000	[diff] [blame]	405	:doc:`The Microsoft PDB File Format <PDB/index>`
				406	A detailed description of the Microsoft PDB (Program Database) file format.
				407
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	408	Development Process Documentation
				409	=================================
				410
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	411	Information about LLVM's development process.
				412
				413	.. toctree::
				414	:hidden:
				415
Sean Silva	9d205c8	2013-03-30 15:32:47 +0000	[diff] [blame]	416	DeveloperPolicy
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	417	Projects
				418	LLVMBuild
				419	HowToReleaseLLVM
Sean Silva	bdb940f	2013-01-28 21:28:10 +0000	[diff] [blame]	420	Packaging
Sean Silva	3f93a61	2013-09-09 19:09:00 +0000	[diff] [blame]	421	ReleaseProcess
Adrian Prantl	adc41ca	2014-10-03 20:17:32 +0000	[diff] [blame]	422	Phabricator
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	423
Sean Silva	9d205c8	2013-03-30 15:32:47 +0000	[diff] [blame]	424	:doc:`DeveloperPolicy`
				425	The LLVM project's policy towards developers and their contributions.
				426
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	427	:doc:`Projects`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	428	How-to guide and templates for new projects that use the LLVM
				429	infrastructure. The templates (directory organization, Makefiles, and test
				430	tree) allow the project code to be located outside (or inside) the ``llvm/``
				431	tree, while using LLVM header files and libraries.
				432
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	433	:doc:`LLVMBuild`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	434	Describes the LLVMBuild organization and files used by LLVM to specify
				435	component descriptions.
				436
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	437	:doc:`HowToReleaseLLVM`
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	438	This is a guide to preparing LLVM releases. Most developers can ignore it.
				439
Renato Golin	c08f218	2013-05-28 10:32:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	440	:doc:`ReleaseProcess`
Jyoti Allur	223602d	2014-09-26 06:59:15 +0000	[diff] [blame]	441	This is a guide to validate a new release, during the release process. Most developers can ignore it.
Renato Golin	c08f218	2013-05-28 10:32:55 +0000	[diff] [blame]	442
Sean Silva	bdb940f	2013-01-28 21:28:10 +0000	[diff] [blame]	443	:doc:`Packaging`
				444	Advice on packaging LLVM into a distribution.
				445
Adrian Prantl	adc41ca	2014-10-03 20:17:32 +0000	[diff] [blame]	446	:doc:`Phabricator`
				447	Describes how to use the Phabricator code review tool hosted on
				448	http://reviews.llvm.org/ and its command line interface, Arcanist.
				449
Sean Silva	0129924	2013-03-30 15:32:51 +0000	[diff] [blame]	450	Community
				451	=========
				452
				453	LLVM has a thriving community of friendly and helpful developers.
				454	The two primary communication mechanisms in the LLVM community are mailing
				455	lists and IRC.
				456
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	457	Mailing Lists
Sean Silva	0129924	2013-03-30 15:32:51 +0000	[diff] [blame]	458	-------------
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	459
				460	If you can't find what you need in these docs, try consulting the mailing
				461	lists.
				462
Tanya Lattner	0d28f80	2015-08-05 03:51:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	463	`Developer's List (llvm-dev)`__
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	464	This list is for people who want to be included in technical discussions of
				465	LLVM. People post to this list when they have questions about writing code
				466	for or using the LLVM tools. It is relatively low volume.
				467
Tanya Lattner	0d28f80	2015-08-05 03:51:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	468	.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/llvm-dev
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	469
Sean Silva	ab4997d	2013-03-30 15:33:01 +0000	[diff] [blame]	470	`Commits Archive (llvm-commits)`__
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	471	This list contains all commit messages that are made when LLVM developers
Sean Silva	2a74699	2013-03-30 15:33:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	472	commit code changes to the repository. It also serves as a forum for
				473	patch review (i.e. send patches here). It is useful for those who want to
				474	stay on the bleeding edge of LLVM development. This list is very high
				475	volume.
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	476
Tanya Lattner	0d28f80	2015-08-05 03:51:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	477	.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	478
Tanya Lattner	0d28f80	2015-08-05 03:51:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	479	`Bugs & Patches Archive (llvm-bugs)`__
Sean Silva	2a74699	2013-03-30 15:33:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	480	This list gets emailed every time a bug is opened and closed. It is
Tanya Lattner	0d28f80	2015-08-05 03:51:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	481	higher volume than the LLVM-dev list.
Sean Silva	84b296c	2013-03-30 15:32:54 +0000	[diff] [blame]	482
Tanya Lattner	0d28f80	2015-08-05 03:51:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	483	.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-bugs/
Sean Silva	84b296c	2013-03-30 15:32:54 +0000	[diff] [blame]	484
Sean Silva	ab4997d	2013-03-30 15:33:01 +0000	[diff] [blame]	485	`Test Results Archive (llvm-testresults)`__
Sean Silva	12159ff	2013-01-20 02:19:36 +0000	[diff] [blame]	486	A message is automatically sent to this list by every active nightly tester
				487	when it completes. As such, this list gets email several times each day,
				488	making it a high volume list.
				489
Tanya Lattner	0d28f80	2015-08-05 03:51:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	490	.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-testresults/
Sean Silva	9d0eb94	2013-01-20 02:19:42 +0000	[diff] [blame]	491
Sean Silva	ab4997d	2013-03-30 15:33:01 +0000	[diff] [blame]	492	`LLVM Announcements List (llvm-announce)`__
Sean Silva	84b296c	2013-03-30 15:32:54 +0000	[diff] [blame]	493	This is a low volume list that provides important announcements regarding
				494	LLVM. It gets email about once a month.
				495
Tanya Lattner	0d28f80	2015-08-05 03:51:17 +0000	[diff] [blame]	496	.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce
Sean Silva	84b296c	2013-03-30 15:32:54 +0000	[diff] [blame]	497
Sean Silva	0129924	2013-03-30 15:32:51 +0000	[diff] [blame]	498	IRC
				499	---
				500
				501	Users and developers of the LLVM project (including subprojects such as Clang)
				502	can be found in #llvm on `irc.oftc.net <irc://irc.oftc.net/llvm>`_.
				503
				504	This channel has several bots.
				505
				506	* Buildbot reporters
				507
				508	* llvmbb - Bot for the main LLVM buildbot master.
				509	http://lab.llvm.org:8011/console
				510	* bb-chapuni - An individually run buildbot master. http://bb.pgr.jp/console
				511	* smooshlab - Apple's internal buildbot master.
				512
				513	* robot - Bugzilla linker. %bug <number>
				514
				515	* clang-bot - A `geordi <http://www.eelis.net/geordi/>`_ instance running
				516	near-trunk clang instead of gcc.
				517
Renato Golin	e433cf7	2016-07-20 09:38:04 +0000	[diff] [blame]	518	Community wide proposals
				519	------------------------
				520
				521	Proposals for massive changes in how the community behaves and how the work flow
				522	can be better.
				523
				524	.. toctree::
				525	:hidden:
				526
				527	CodeOfConduct
Mehdi Amini	647deb8	2016-10-12 23:02:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	528	Proposals/GitHubMove
Renato Golin	e433cf7	2016-07-20 09:38:04 +0000	[diff] [blame]	529
				530	:doc:`CodeOfConduct`
				531	Proposal to adopt a code of conduct on the LLVM social spaces (lists, events,
				532	IRC, etc).
				533
Mehdi Amini	647deb8	2016-10-12 23:02:02 +0000	[diff] [blame]	534	:doc:`Proposals/GitHubMove`
Renato Golin	e433cf7	2016-07-20 09:38:04 +0000	[diff] [blame]	535	Proposal to move from SVN/Git to GitHub.
				536
Sean Silva	0129924	2013-03-30 15:32:51 +0000	[diff] [blame]	537
Daniel Dunbar	fbb8041	2012-04-19 16:31:37 +0000	[diff] [blame]	538	Indices and tables
				539	==================
				540
				541	* :ref:`genindex`
				542	* :ref:`search`