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Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +000011<div class="doc_title">LLVM 2.5 Release Notes</div>
Mikhail Glushenkov024f7cf2008-10-13 02:08:34 +000012
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +000013<ol>
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +000014 <li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li>
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +000015 <li><a href="#subproj">Sub-project Status Update</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#whatsnew">What's New in LLVM?</a></li>
Chris Lattner77a51732004-04-30 22:17:12 +000017 <li><a href="GettingStarted.html">Installation Instructions</a></li>
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +000018 <li><a href="#portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a></li>
Dan Gohmanad888912008-10-14 16:23:02 +000019 <li><a href="#knownproblems">Known Problems</a></li>
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +000020 <li><a href="#additionalinfo">Additional Information</a></li>
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Chris Lattner020e1fc2004-05-23 21:07:27 +000023<div class="doc_author">
Dan Gohmanad888912008-10-14 16:23:02 +000024 <p>Written by the <a href="http://llvm.org">LLVM Team</a></p>
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29 <a name="intro">Introduction</a>
30</div>
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Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +000033<div class="doc_text">
34
Chris Lattner1e4d5bc2008-10-13 17:57:36 +000035<p>This document contains the release notes for the LLVM Compiler
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +000036Infrastructure, release 2.5. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including
Chris Lattner1e4d5bc2008-10-13 17:57:36 +000037major improvements from the previous release and significant known problems.
38All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the <a
39href="http://llvm.org/releases/">LLVM releases web site</a>.</p>
Chris Lattner62495762003-10-02 16:38:05 +000040
Chris Lattnerb5bb5972004-12-07 08:04:13 +000041<p>For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest
Chris Lattnera69595e2005-10-29 07:07:09 +000042release, please check out the <a href="http://llvm.org/">main LLVM
Chris Lattnere7525b52003-10-07 21:38:31 +000043web site</a>. If you have questions or comments, the <a
Chris Lattner1e4d5bc2008-10-13 17:57:36 +000044href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVM Developer's Mailing
45List</a> is a good place to send them.</p>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +000046
Mikhail Glushenkov024f7cf2008-10-13 02:08:34 +000047<p>Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the
Chris Lattner0a1fd102007-09-21 03:54:09 +000048main LLVM web page, this document applies to the <i>next</i> release, not the
Gabor Greif355f81c2008-10-14 11:00:32 +000049current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please see the
Chris Lattner0a1fd102007-09-21 03:54:09 +000050<a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">releases page</a>.</p>
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52</div>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +000053
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Chris Lattner2b8a52e2008-02-10 07:46:44 +000055 Machine LICM
56 Machine Sinking
Chris Lattnerd02da042009-02-25 06:34:50 +000057 target-specific intrinsics
58 gold lto plugin
Chris Lattner3ab27b72009-02-25 07:32:53 +000059 pre-alloc splitter, strong phi elim
Chris Lattnerc4d68542008-10-12 19:47:48 +000060 llc -enable-value-prop, propagation of value info (sign/zero ext info) from
61 one MBB to another
Chris Lattnerd02da042009-02-25 06:34:50 +000062 debug info for optimized code
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70<div class="doc_section">
71 <a name="subproj">Sub-project Status Update</a>
Chris Lattner625a3d82008-06-08 21:34:41 +000072</div>
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75<div class="doc_text">
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +000076<p>
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +000077The LLVM 2.5 distribution currently consists of code from the core LLVM
Chris Lattner44c09cd2008-10-13 18:11:54 +000078repository (which roughly includes the LLVM optimizers, code generators and
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +000079supporting tools) and the llvm-gcc repository. In addition to this code, the
80LLVM Project includes other sub-projects that are in development. The two which
Chris Lattnerd8b33e02008-10-11 18:18:28 +000081are the most actively developed are the <a href="#clang">Clang Project</a> and
Nicolas Geoffraye5ec9322008-10-14 19:23:04 +000082the <a href="#vmkit">VMKit Project</a>.
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +000083</p>
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +000084
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +000085</div>
86
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +000087
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +000088<!--=========================================================================-->
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +000089<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattner44c09cd2008-10-13 18:11:54 +000090<a name="clang">Clang: C/C++/Objective-C Frontend Toolkit</a>
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +000091</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
96a set of new 'LLVM native' front-end technologies for the LLVM optimizer
Chris Lattnerf70a0242009-02-25 05:09:54 +000097and code generator. While Clang is not included in the LLVM 2.5 release, it
98is continuing to make major strides forward in all areas. Its C and Objective-C
99parsing and code generation support is now very solid. For example, it is
100capable of successfully building many real applications for X86-32 and X86-64,
101including the FreeBSD kernel. C++ is also making <a
102href="http://clang.llvm.org/cxx_status.html">incredible progress</a>, and work
103on templates has recently started.</p>
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000104
Chris Lattnerf70a0242009-02-25 05:09:54 +0000105<p>While Clang is not yet production quality, it is progressing very nicely and
106is quite usable for building many C and Objective-C applications. If you are
107interested in fast compiles and good diagnostics, we encourage you to try it out
Chris Lattnerd02da042009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000108by <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html">building from mainline</a>
Chris Lattnerf70a0242009-02-25 05:09:54 +0000109and reporting any issues you hit to the <a
110href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/cfe-dev">Clang front-end mailing
111list</a>.</p>
112
113<p>In the LLVM 2.5 time-frame, the Clang team has made many improvements:</p>
Bill Wendlingef362462008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000114
Daniel Dunbarc11b40f2008-10-14 23:25:09 +0000115<ul>
Chris Lattnerf70a0242009-02-25 05:09:54 +0000116<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 Lattner44c09cd2008-10-13 18:11:54 +0000123</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 Kremenek3db01842008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000132<p>The Clang project also includes an early stage static source code analysis
133tool for <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/StaticAnalysis.html">automatically
134finding bugs</a> in C and Objective-C programs. The tool performs a growing set
Chris Lattner05972292008-10-14 06:02:29 +0000135of checks to find bugs that occur on a specific path within a program. Examples
Ted Kremenek3db01842008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000136of bugs the tool finds include logic errors such as null dereferences,
137violations of various API rules, dead code, and potential memory leaks in
Chris Lattner05972292008-10-14 06:02:29 +0000138Objective-C programs. Since its inception, public feedback on the tool has been
139extremely positive, and conservative estimates put the number of real bugs it
140has found in industrial-quality software on the order of thousands.</p>
Chris Lattnerbcffa5a2008-10-14 00:52:49 +0000141
Ted Kremenek3db01842008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000142<p>The tool also provides a simple web GUI to inspect potential bugs found by
Chris Lattner05972292008-10-14 06:02:29 +0000143the tool. While still early in development, the GUI illustrates some of the key
Ted Kremenek3db01842008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000144features of Clang: accurate source location information, which is used by the
145GUI to highlight specific code expressions that relate to a bug (including those
Bill Wendlingef362462008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000146that span multiple lines); and built-in knowledge of macros, which is used to
Ted Kremenek3db01842008-10-14 05:14:21 +0000147perform inline expansion of macros within the GUI itself.</p>
148
Chris Lattner05972292008-10-14 06:02:29 +0000149<p>The set of checks performed by the static analyzer is gradually expanding,
Bill Wendlingef362462008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000150and future plans for the tool include full source-level inter-procedural
151analysis and deeper checks such as buffer overrun detection. There are many
152opportunities to extend and enhance the static analyzer, and anyone interested
153in working on this project is encouraged to get involved!</p>
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000154
155</div>
156
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000157<!--=========================================================================-->
158<div class="doc_subsection">
Nicolas Geoffraye5ec9322008-10-14 19:23:04 +0000159<a name="vmkit">VMKit: JVM/CLI Virtual Machine Implementation</a>
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000160</div>
161
162<div class="doc_text">
163<p>
Nicolas Geoffraye5ec9322008-10-14 19:23:04 +0000164The <a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/">VMKit project</a> is an implementation of
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000165a JVM and a CLI Virtual Machines (Microsoft .NET is an
166implementation of the CLI) using the Just-In-Time compiler of LLVM.</p>
167
Chris Lattnerb39faaa2009-02-25 05:45:05 +0000168<p>Following LLVM 2.5, VMKit has its first release ? that you can find on its
Nicolas Geoffray54efd492008-10-15 20:25:04 +0000169<a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/releases/">webpage</a>. The release includes
170bug fixes, cleanup and new features. The major changes are:</p>
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000171
Nicolas Geoffraye5ec9322008-10-14 19:23:04 +0000172<ul>
173
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000174<li>?</li>
Nicolas Geoffraye5ec9322008-10-14 19:23:04 +0000175
176</ul>
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000177</div>
178
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000179
180<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
181<div class="doc_section">
Chris Lattnerf5cd9862008-10-13 18:01:01 +0000182 <a name="whatsnew">What's New in LLVM?</a>
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000183</div>
184<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
185
Chris Lattnerb7bc2aa2008-06-08 22:59:35 +0000186<div class="doc_text">
187
Bill Wendlingef362462008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000188<p>This release includes a huge number of bug fixes, performance tweaks, and
Chris Lattner1e4d5bc2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000189minor improvements. Some of the major improvements and new features are listed
190in this section.
Chris Lattnerb7bc2aa2008-06-08 22:59:35 +0000191</p>
192</div>
193
Chris Lattnerc75fd522008-06-08 21:58:17 +0000194<!--=========================================================================-->
Chris Lattner625a3d82008-06-08 21:34:41 +0000195<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattnercdc44ed2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000196<a name="majorfeatures">Major New Features</a>
197</div>
198
199<div class="doc_text">
200
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000201<p>LLVM 2.5 includes several major new capabilities:</p>
Chris Lattner97beb512007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000202
203<ul>
Chris Lattnerd02da042009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000204<li><p> Legalize Types</p></li>
205
206<!--
207Random stuff:
208
Chris Lattner3ab27b72009-02-25 07:32:53 +0000209xcore backend!
210fortran on darwin!
211
Chris Lattnerd02da042009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000212.ll parser rewrite.
213GCC inliner off.
214cmake mature?
215x86 backend FS/GS segment address spaces?
216nocapture
217memdep is faster / more aggressive.
Chris Lattner3ab27b72009-02-25 07:32:53 +0000218how to write a backend doc docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html
Chris Lattnerd02da042009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000219fastisel + exception handling
220vector widening <3 x float> -> <4 x float>
Chris Lattner3ab27b72009-02-25 07:32:53 +0000221arm port improvements? arm jit encoding stuff, constant island support?
222JIT TLS support on x86
223mem2reg now faster on code with huge basic blocks
224stack protectors/stack canaries, -fstack-protector, controllable on a
225 per-function basis with attributes.
226shufflevector is generalized to allow different shuffle mask width than its
227 input vectors.
228loop optimizer improves floating point induction variables
229llvm/Analysis/DebugInfo.h classes, llvm-gcc and clang and codegen use them.
230asmprinters seperate from targets for jits
Chris Lattnerd02da042009-02-25 06:34:50 +0000231-->
Chris Lattner618a99f2008-06-05 06:57:39 +0000232
Chris Lattner458e79f2008-02-10 08:18:42 +0000233</ul>
234
Chris Lattner97beb512007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000235</div>
236
Chris Lattnerb7112222008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000237
238<!--=========================================================================-->
239<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattner625a3d82008-06-08 21:34:41 +0000240<a name="llvm-gcc">llvm-gcc 4.2 Improvements</a>
Chris Lattnerb7112222008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000241</div>
242
243<div class="doc_text">
244
Chris Lattner591ef272008-10-13 20:47:20 +0000245<p>LLVM fully supports the llvm-gcc 4.2 front-end, which marries the GCC
246front-ends and driver with the LLVM optimizer and code generator. It currently
247includes support for the C, C++, Objective-C, Ada, and Fortran front-ends.</p>
Chris Lattnerb7112222008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000248
Chris Lattnerb7bc2aa2008-06-08 22:59:35 +0000249<ul>
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000250<li>?</li>
Gabor Greif7f39fb52008-06-09 06:06:18 +0000251</ul>
Chris Lattnerb7112222008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000252
Chris Lattnerb7112222008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000253</div>
254
255
Chris Lattner0a1fd102007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000256<!--=========================================================================-->
257<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattnerdd6acc02008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000258<a name="coreimprovements">LLVM Core Improvements</a>
259</div>
260
261<div class="doc_text">
Bill Wendlingef362462008-10-27 09:27:33 +0000262<p>New features include:</p>
Chris Lattnerdd6acc02008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000263
Chris Lattnerb7112222008-06-05 06:25:56 +0000264<ul>
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000265<li>?</li>
Chris Lattner0327f0b2008-10-13 20:59:32 +0000266
Chris Lattnerdd6acc02008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000267</ul>
Mikhail Glushenkov024f7cf2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000268
Chris Lattnerdd6acc02008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000269</div>
270
271<!--=========================================================================-->
272<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattner2b8a52e2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000273<a name="optimizer">Optimizer Improvements</a>
274</div>
275
276<div class="doc_text">
277
Chris Lattner25879d72008-10-13 21:50:36 +0000278<p>In addition to a huge array of bug fixes and minor performance tweaks, this
279release includes a few major enhancements and additions to the optimizers:</p>
Chris Lattner2b8a52e2008-02-10 07:46:44 +0000280
281<ul>
282
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000283<li>?</li>
Chris Lattner25879d72008-10-13 21:50:36 +0000284
Chris Lattner7795ea92008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000285</ul>
286
287</div>
288
289<!--=========================================================================-->
290<div class="doc_subsection">
291<a name="codegen">Code Generator Improvements</a>
292</div>
293
294<div class="doc_text">
295
Gabor Greif20564a02008-10-14 11:31:14 +0000296<p>We have put a significant amount of work into the code generator infrastructure,
Chris Lattner7795ea92008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000297which allows us to implement more aggressive algorithms and make it run
298faster:</p>
299
300<ul>
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000301<li>?</li>
Chris Lattner7795ea92008-06-08 02:45:07 +0000302
Chris Lattner0a1fd102007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000303</ul>
304
305</div>
306
307
308<!--=========================================================================-->
309<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattner934e2d42008-10-13 22:06:31 +0000310<a name="targetspecific">Target Specific Improvements</a>
Chris Lattner0a1fd102007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000311</div>
Chris Lattner727c3742007-05-18 06:33:02 +0000312
Chris Lattner89e761c2006-04-18 06:32:08 +0000313<div class="doc_text">
Chris Lattnerdd6acc02008-02-10 08:17:19 +0000314<p>New target-specific features include:
Chris Lattner97beb512007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000315</p>
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000316
317<ul>
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000318<li>?</li>
Chris Lattner6cb64032008-06-05 08:02:49 +0000319</ul>
Chris Lattner6cb64032008-06-05 08:02:49 +0000320
Mikhail Glushenkov024f7cf2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000321</div>
Chris Lattner6cb64032008-06-05 08:02:49 +0000322
323
324<!--=========================================================================-->
325<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattner0a1fd102007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000326<a name="otherimprovements">Other Improvements</a>
327</div>
328
329<div class="doc_text">
330<p>New features include:
331</p>
332
333<ul>
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000334<li>?</li>
Tanya Lattner81edfc12008-11-04 18:40:27 +0000335
Chris Lattner0a1fd102007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000336</ul>
Mikhail Glushenkov024f7cf2008-10-13 02:08:34 +0000337
Chris Lattner0a1fd102007-09-21 03:54:09 +0000338</div>
Chris Lattner72a269f2006-03-03 00:34:26 +0000339
Chris Lattner1e4d5bc2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000340<!--=========================================================================-->
341<div class="doc_subsection">
342<a name="changes">Major Changes and Removed Features</a>
343</div>
344
345<div class="doc_text">
346
Chris Lattner934e2d42008-10-13 22:06:31 +0000347<p>If you're already an LLVM user or developer with out-of-tree changes based
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000348on LLVM 2.4, this section lists some "gotchas" that you may run into upgrading
Chris Lattner934e2d42008-10-13 22:06:31 +0000349from the previous release.</p>
Chris Lattner1e4d5bc2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000350
351<ul>
352
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000353<li>?</li>
Chris Lattner934e2d42008-10-13 22:06:31 +0000354</ul>
355
356
357<p>In addition, many APIs have changed in this release. Some of the major LLVM
358API changes are:</p>
359
360<ul>
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000361<li>?</li>
Devang Pateldbf83832008-10-14 20:03:43 +0000362</ul>
Chris Lattner1e4d5bc2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000363
Chris Lattner7fad44b2009-02-25 04:41:31 +0000364<li>?</li>
Chris Lattner1e4d5bc2008-10-13 17:57:36 +0000365</ul>
366
367</div>
368
369
370
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Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000372<div class="doc_section">
373 <a name="portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a>
374</div>
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376
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000377<div class="doc_text">
378
John Criswell64307722004-12-08 20:35:47 +0000379<p>LLVM is known to work on the following platforms:</p>
Chris Lattner2c7b0872004-06-01 18:22:41 +0000380
381<ul>
Chris Lattner2a092392008-11-10 05:40:34 +0000382<li>Intel and AMD machines (IA32, X86-64, AMD64, EMT-64) running Red Hat
383Linux, Fedora Core and FreeBSD (and probably other unix-like systems).</li>
384<li>PowerPC and X86-based Mac OS X systems, running 10.3 and above in 32-bit
385and 64-bit modes.</li>
Chris Lattnercdc44ed2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000386<li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 using MinGW libraries (native).</li>
Chris Lattnerbee7b322007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000387<li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 with the Cygwin libraries (limited
388 support is available for native builds with Visual C++).</li>
Gabor Greif80ae8a72008-06-05 18:39:01 +0000389<li>Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Solaris 10.</li>
John Criswelld5234922005-05-13 20:28:15 +0000390<li>Alpha-based machines running Debian GNU/Linux.</li>
Gabor Greif80ae8a72008-06-05 18:39:01 +0000391<li>Itanium-based (IA64) machines running Linux and HP-UX.</li>
Chris Lattner2c7b0872004-06-01 18:22:41 +0000392</ul>
393
Chris Lattner618a99f2008-06-05 06:57:39 +0000394<p>The core LLVM infrastructure uses GNU autoconf to adapt itself
Brian Gaekee3e557e2004-05-09 05:28:35 +0000395to the machine and operating system on which it is built. However, minor
396porting may be required to get LLVM to work on new platforms. We welcome your
397portability patches and reports of successful builds or error messages.</p>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000398
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000399</div>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000400
401<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000402<div class="doc_section">
403 <a name="knownproblems">Known Problems</a>
404</div>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000405<!-- *********************************************************************** -->
406
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000407<div class="doc_text">
408
Chris Lattner2a092392008-11-10 05:40:34 +0000409<p>This section contains significant known problems with the LLVM system,
410listed by component. If you run into a problem, please check the <a
Chris Lattnera69595e2005-10-29 07:07:09 +0000411href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database</a> and submit a bug if
Chris Lattnerb84f3322003-12-12 21:22:16 +0000412there isn't already one.</p>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000413
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000414</div>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000415
Chris Lattnerb911de42004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000416<!-- ======================================================================= -->
417<div class="doc_subsection">
418 <a name="experimental">Experimental features included with this release</a>
419</div>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000420
Chris Lattnerb911de42004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000421<div class="doc_text">
422
Misha Brukmanfa50a222004-05-12 21:46:05 +0000423<p>The following components of this LLVM release are either untested, known to
424be broken or unreliable, or are in early development. These components should
425not be relied on, and bugs should not be filed against them, but they may be
426useful to some people. In particular, if you would like to work on one of these
Chris Lattnere38ac152008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000427components, please contact us on the <a
428href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev list</a>.</p>
Chris Lattnerb911de42004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000429
430<ul>
Gabor Greif20564a02008-10-14 11:31:14 +0000431<li>The MSIL, IA64, Alpha, SPU, MIPS, and PIC16 backends are experimental.</li>
Duncan Sands56448462008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000432<li>The llc "<tt>-filetype=asm</tt>" (the default) is the only supported
Chris Lattner7422bce2008-02-06 06:30:34 +0000433 value for this option.</li>
Chris Lattnerb911de42004-03-14 02:03:02 +0000434</ul>
435
436</div>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000437
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000438<!-- ======================================================================= -->
439<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000440 <a name="x86-be">Known problems with the X86 back-end</a>
John Criswell3bdbd302005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000441</div>
442
443<div class="doc_text">
444
445<ul>
Anton Korobeynikov486c7d32008-06-08 10:24:13 +0000446 <li>The X86 backend does not yet support
447 all <a href="http://llvm.org/PR879">inline assembly that uses the X86
448 floating point stack</a>. It supports the 'f' and 't' constraints, but not
449 'u'.</li>
Chris Lattnerb076b002008-06-08 21:19:07 +0000450 <li>The X86 backend generates inefficient floating point code when configured
451 to generate code for systems that don't have SSE2.</li>
Duncan Sands0bc15262008-06-08 19:38:43 +0000452 <li>Win64 code generation wasn't widely tested. Everything should work, but we
Anton Korobeynikov486c7d32008-06-08 10:24:13 +0000453 expect small issues to happen. Also, llvm-gcc cannot build mingw64 runtime
454 currently due
455 to <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2255">several</a>
Chris Lattner54d12102008-06-08 23:12:47 +0000456 <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2257">bugs</a> due to lack of support for the
457 'u' inline assembly constraint and X87 floating point inline assembly.</li>
Dan Gohman721b3722008-06-08 23:05:11 +0000458 <li>The X86-64 backend does not yet support the LLVM IR instruction
459 <tt>va_arg</tt>. Currently, the llvm-gcc front-end supports variadic
460 argument constructs on X86-64 by lowering them manually.</li>
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000461</ul>
462
463</div>
464
465<!-- ======================================================================= -->
466<div class="doc_subsection">
467 <a name="ppc-be">Known problems with the PowerPC back-end</a>
468</div>
469
470<div class="doc_text">
471
472<ul>
Nicolas Geoffray77d99502007-05-15 09:21:28 +0000473<li>The Linux PPC32/ABI support needs testing for the interpreter and static
Chris Lattnerbee7b322007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000474compilation, and lacks support for debug information.</li>
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000475</ul>
476
477</div>
478
479<!-- ======================================================================= -->
480<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattner97beb512007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000481 <a name="arm-be">Known problems with the ARM back-end</a>
482</div>
483
484<div class="doc_text">
485
486<ul>
Chris Lattnerbee7b322007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000487<li>Thumb mode works only on ARMv6 or higher processors. On sub-ARMv6
Duncan Sands47fc0a22007-09-26 15:59:54 +0000488processors, thumb programs can crash or produce wrong
Chris Lattnerbee7b322007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000489results (<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1388">PR1388</a>).</li>
Chris Lattner97beb512007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000490<li>Compilation for ARM Linux OABI (old ABI) is supported, but not fully tested.
491</li>
Chris Lattnerb076b002008-06-08 21:19:07 +0000492<li>There is a bug in QEMU-ARM (&lt;= 0.9.0) which causes it to incorrectly
493 execute
Chris Lattnerbee7b322007-05-23 04:39:32 +0000494programs compiled with LLVM. Please use more recent versions of QEMU.</li>
Chris Lattner97beb512007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000495</ul>
496
497</div>
498
499<!-- ======================================================================= -->
500<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000501 <a name="sparc-be">Known problems with the SPARC back-end</a>
502</div>
503
504<div class="doc_text">
505
506<ul>
507<li>The SPARC backend only supports the 32-bit SPARC ABI (-m32), it does not
508 support the 64-bit SPARC ABI (-m64).</li>
509</ul>
510
511</div>
512
513<!-- ======================================================================= -->
514<div class="doc_subsection">
Bruno Cardoso Lopes24eb3de2008-10-25 14:56:26 +0000515 <a name="mips-be">Known problems with the MIPS back-end</a>
516</div>
517
518<div class="doc_text">
519
520<ul>
521<li>The O32 ABI is not fully supported.</li>
522<li>64-bit MIPS targets are not supported yet.</li>
523</ul>
524
525</div>
526
527<!-- ======================================================================= -->
528<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000529 <a name="alpha-be">Known problems with the Alpha back-end</a>
530</div>
531
532<div class="doc_text">
533
534<ul>
535
536<li>On 21164s, some rare FP arithmetic sequences which may trap do not have the
537appropriate nops inserted to ensure restartability.</li>
538
John Criswell3bdbd302005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000539</ul>
540</div>
541
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000542<!-- ======================================================================= -->
543<div class="doc_subsection">
544 <a name="ia64-be">Known problems with the IA64 back-end</a>
545</div>
546
547<div class="doc_text">
548
549<ul>
Chris Lattner54d12102008-06-08 23:12:47 +0000550<li>The Itanium backend is highly experimental, and has a number of known
551 issues. We are looking for a maintainer for the Itanium backend. If you
Gabor Greife4544f72008-10-15 10:47:24 +0000552 are interested, please contact the LLVMdev mailing list.</li>
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000553</ul>
554
555</div>
556
557<!-- ======================================================================= -->
558<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattner97beb512007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000559 <a name="c-be">Known problems with the C back-end</a>
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000560</div>
561
562<div class="doc_text">
563
564<ul>
Chris Lattnera1a4c9a2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000565<li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR802">The C backend has only basic support for
566 inline assembly code</a>.</li>
Chris Lattner8e061162007-09-26 06:01:35 +0000567<li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR1658">The C backend violates the ABI of common
568 C++ programs</a>, preventing intermixing between C++ compiled by the CBE and
Duncan Sands56448462008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000569 C++ code compiled with llc or native compilers.</li>
Duncan Sandse09506a2008-02-10 13:40:55 +0000570<li>The C backend does not support all exception handling constructs.</li>
Chris Lattnerb81f10e2006-11-18 07:51:14 +0000571</ul>
572
573</div>
John Criswell3bdbd302005-11-08 21:11:33 +0000574
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000575
576<!-- ======================================================================= -->
577<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattnera1a4c9a2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000578 <a name="c-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc C front-end</a>
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000579</div>
Chris Lattner178f3db2003-10-02 05:07:23 +0000580
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000581<div class="doc_text">
Chris Lattner72a269f2006-03-03 00:34:26 +0000582
Chris Lattnercdc44ed2008-02-06 18:00:06 +0000583<p>llvm-gcc does not currently support <a href="http://llvm.org/PR869">Link-Time
584Optimization</a> on most platforms "out-of-the-box". Please inquire on the
Gabor Greife4544f72008-10-15 10:47:24 +0000585LLVMdev mailing list if you are interested.</p>
Chris Lattner44124232006-08-08 17:27:28 +0000586
Chris Lattnera1a4c9a2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000587<p>The only major language feature of GCC not supported by llvm-gcc is
588 the <tt>__builtin_apply</tt> family of builtins. However, some extensions
589 are only supported on some targets. For example, trampolines are only
Duncan Sands56448462008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000590 supported on some targets (these are used when you take the address of a
591 nested function).</p>
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000592
Chris Lattnera1a4c9a2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000593<p>If you run into GCC extensions which are not supported, please let us know.
594</p>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000595
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000596</div>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000597
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000598<!-- ======================================================================= -->
599<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattnera1a4c9a2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000600 <a name="c++-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc C++ front-end</a>
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000601</div>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000602
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000603<div class="doc_text">
604
Chris Lattner97beb512007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000605<p>The C++ front-end is considered to be fully
Chris Lattnerb5bb5972004-12-07 08:04:13 +0000606tested and works for a number of non-trivial programs, including LLVM
Chris Lattner97beb512007-05-14 06:56:09 +0000607itself, Qt, Mozilla, etc.</p>
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000608
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000609<ul>
Anton Korobeynikov28f08aa2008-10-11 18:27:16 +0000610<li>Exception handling works well on the X86 and PowerPC targets. Currently
Chris Lattner2a092392008-11-10 05:40:34 +0000611 only Linux and Darwin targets are supported (both 32 and 64 bit).</li>
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000612</ul>
Chris Lattner46ecf612003-10-07 22:14:37 +0000613
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000614</div>
615
Chris Lattner7292fb12008-10-30 03:58:13 +0000616<!-- ======================================================================= -->
617<div class="doc_subsection">
618 <a name="fortran-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc Fortran front-end</a>
619</div>
620
621<div class="doc_text">
Gabor Greife5f9d672008-11-04 21:50:59 +0000622<ul>
Chris Lattner7292fb12008-10-30 03:58:13 +0000623<li>Fortran support generally works, but there are still several unresolved bugs
624 in Bugzilla. Please see the tools/gfortran component for details.</li>
625
626<li>The Fortran front-end currently does not build on Darwin (without tweaks)
627 due to unresolved dependencies on the C front-end.</li>
Gabor Greife5f9d672008-11-04 21:50:59 +0000628</ul>
Chris Lattner7292fb12008-10-30 03:58:13 +0000629</div>
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000630
Chris Lattnere38ac152008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000631<!-- ======================================================================= -->
632<div class="doc_subsection">
Chris Lattnera1a4c9a2008-06-05 06:35:40 +0000633 <a name="ada-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc Ada front-end</a>
Chris Lattnere38ac152008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000634</div>
635
636<div class="doc_text">
637The llvm-gcc 4.2 Ada compiler works fairly well, however this is not a mature
638technology and problems should be expected.
639<ul>
Duncan Sands56448462008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000640<li>The Ada front-end currently only builds on X86-32. This is mainly due
Chris Lattnere38ac152008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000641to lack of trampoline support (pointers to nested functions) on other platforms,
Duncan Sands56448462008-06-08 20:18:35 +0000642however it <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2006">also fails to build on X86-64</a>
Chris Lattnere38ac152008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000643which does support trampolines.</li>
644<li>The Ada front-end <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2007">fails to bootstrap</a>.
645Workaround: configure with --disable-bootstrap.</li>
Duncan Sandsaef747f2008-10-13 17:27:23 +0000646<li>The c380004, <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2010">c393010</a>
647and <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2421">cxg2021</a> ACATS tests fail
648(c380004 also fails with gcc-4.2 mainline).</li>
649<li>Some gcc specific Ada tests continue to crash the compiler.</li>
Chris Lattnere38ac152008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000650<li>The -E binder option (exception backtraces)
651<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1982">does not work</a> and will result in programs
652crashing if an exception is raised. Workaround: do not use -E.</li>
653<li>Only discrete types <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1981">are allowed to start
654or finish at a non-byte offset</a> in a record. Workaround: do not pack records
655or use representation clauses that result in a field of a non-discrete type
656starting or finishing in the middle of a byte.</li>
Chris Lattnerb076b002008-06-08 21:19:07 +0000657<li>The <tt>lli</tt> interpreter <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2009">considers
658'main' as generated by the Ada binder to be invalid</a>.
659Workaround: hand edit the file to use pointers for <tt>argv</tt> and
660<tt>envp</tt> rather than integers.</li>
661<li>The <tt>-fstack-check</tt> option <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2008">is
662ignored</a>.</li>
Chris Lattnere38ac152008-02-12 06:29:45 +0000663</ul>
664</div>
665
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Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000667<div class="doc_section">
668 <a name="additionalinfo">Additional Information</a>
669</div>
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671
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000672<div class="doc_text">
673
Chris Lattnercb5596d2005-05-16 17:13:10 +0000674<p>A wide variety of additional information is available on the <a
Chris Lattnere0c1df42007-05-18 00:44:29 +0000675href="http://llvm.org">LLVM web page</a>, in particular in the <a
676href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation</a> section. The web page also
Reid Spencerc7f87f22007-07-09 08:04:31 +0000677contains versions of the API documentation which is up-to-date with the
678Subversion version of the source code.
Misha Brukman96158092005-03-30 19:14:24 +0000679You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going
680into the "<tt>llvm/doc/</tt>" directory in the LLVM tree.</p>
Chris Lattner3d482502003-10-02 04:57:28 +0000681
Misha Brukman80731b92003-11-22 00:38:41 +0000682<p>If you have any questions or comments about LLVM, please feel free to contact
Chris Lattnera69595e2005-10-29 07:07:09 +0000683us via the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/#maillist"> mailing
Chris Lattnerb84f3322003-12-12 21:22:16 +0000684lists</a>.</p>
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