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<div class="doc_title">LLVM 2.3 Release Notes</div>
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<li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li>
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<li><a href="#whatsnew">What's New?</a></li>
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<p>Written by the <a href="http://llvm.org">LLVM Team</a><p>
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<p>This document contains the release notes for the LLVM compiler
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infrastructure, release 2.3. Here we describe the status of LLVM, including
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major improvements from the previous release and any known problems. All LLVM
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releases may be downloaded from the <a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">LLVM
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releases web site</a>.</p>
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<p>For more information about LLVM, including information about the latest
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release, please check out the <a href="http://llvm.org/">main LLVM
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web site</a>. If you have questions or comments, the <a
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href="http://mail.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVM developer's mailing
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list</a> is a good place to send them.</p>
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<p>Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the
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main LLVM web page, this document applies to the <i>next</i> release, not the
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current one. To see the release notes for a specific releases, please see the
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<a href="http://llvm.org/releases/">releases page</a>.</p>
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<p>This is the fourteenth public release of the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure.
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It includes a large number of features and refinements from LLVM 2.2.</p>
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<a name="changes">Major Changes in LLVM 2.3</a>
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<p>LLVM 2.2 was the last LLVM release to support llvm-gcc 4.0 and llvm-upgrade.
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llvm-gcc 4.0 has been replaced with llvm-gcc 4.2. llvm-upgrade was useful for
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upgrading LLVM 1.9 files to LLVM 2.x syntax, but you can always use a previous
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LLVM release to do this. One nice impact of this is that the LLVM regression
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test suite no longer depends on llvm-upgrade, which makes it run faster.</p>
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<p>LLVM 2.3 renames the LLVMBuilder and LLVMFoldingBuilder classes to
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IRBuilder.</p>
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<a name="majorfeatures">Major New Features</a>
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<p>LLVM 2.3 includes several major new capabilities:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Multiple Return Value Support</li>
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<li><p>LLVM 2.3 includes a complete reimplementation of the "llvmc" tool. It is
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designed to overcome several problems of the original llvmc and to provide a
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superset of the features as the 'gcc' driver.</p>
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<p>The main features of llvmc2 is:</p>
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<li>Extended handling of command line options and smart rules for
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dispatching them to different tools.</li>
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<li>Flexible (and extensible) rules for defining different tools.</li>
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<li>The different intermediate steps performed by tools are represented
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as edges in the abstract graph.</li>
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<li>The 'language' for driver behaviour definition is tablegen and thus
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it's relatively easy to add new features.</li>
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<li>The definition of driver is transformed into set of C++ classes, thus
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no runtime interpretation is needed.</li>
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<li>Reimplemented <a href="LinkTimeOptimization.html">LTO interface</a> in
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C.</li>
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<li>kaleidoscope tutorial in ocaml.</li>
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<a name="frontends">llvm-gcc 4.2 Improvements and Clang</a>
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<p>LLVM 2.3 fully supports llvm-gcc 4.2 front-end.</p>
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<p>llvm-gcc 4.2 includes numerous fixes to better support the Objective-C
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front-end. Objective-C now works very well on Mac OS/X.</p>
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<p>llvm-gcc 4.2 includes many other fixes which improve conformance with the
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relevant parts of the GCC testsuite.</p>
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<p>The <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/">clang project</a> is an effort to build
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a set of new 'llvm native' front-end technologies for the LLVM optimizer
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and code generator. Currently, its C and Objective-C support is maturing
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nicely, and it has advanced source-to-source analysis and transformation
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capabilities. If you are interested in building source-level tools for C and
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Objective-C (and eventually C++), you should take a look. However, note that
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clang is not an official part of the LLVM 2.3 release. If you are interested in
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this project, please see its <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/">web site</a>.</p>
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<a name="coreimprovements">LLVM Core Improvements</a>
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<p>New features include:
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Common linkage?
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Atomic operation support, Alpha, X86, X86-64, PowerPC. "__sync_synchronize"
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<li>The C and Ocaml bindings have received additional improvements. The
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bindings now cover pass managers, several transformation passes, iteration
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over the LLVM IR, target data, and parameter attribute lists.</li>
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<a name="codegen">Code Generator Improvements</a>
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<p>We put a significant amount of work into the code generator infrastructure,
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which allows us to implement more aggressive algorithms and make it run
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faster:</p>
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<li>MemOperand in the code generator: describe me!.</li>
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<li>The target-independent code generator infrastructure now uses LLVM's APInt
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class to handle integer values, which allows it to support integer types
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larger than 64 bits. Note that support for such types is also dependent on
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target-specific support. Use of APInt is also a step toward support for
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non-power-of-2 integer sizes.</li>
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<li>Several compile time speedups for code with large basic blocks.</li>
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<li>Several improvements which make llc's <tt>--view-sunit-dags</tt>
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visualization of scheduling dependency graphs easier to understand.</li>
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<a name="optimizer">Optimizer Improvements</a>
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<p>In addition to a huge array of bug fixes and minor performance tweaks, the
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LLVM 2.3 optimizers support a few major enhancements:</p>
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<li>Loop index set splitting on by default.<p>
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This transformation hoists conditions from loop bodies and reduces loop's
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iteration space to improve performance. For example, <p>
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<li>LLVM includes a new <tt>memcpy</tt> optimization pass which optimizes out dead
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<tt>memcpy</tt> calls, unneeded copies of aggregates, and handles the return slot
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optimization. The LLVM optimizer now notices long sequences of consequtive
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stores and merges them into <tt>memcpy</tt>s where profitable.</li>
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<li>Alignment detection for vector memory references and for <tt>memcpy</tt> and
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<tt>memset</tt> is now more aggressive.</li>
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<li>The aggressive dead code elimination (ADCE) optimization has been rewritten to make
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it both faster and safer in the presence of code containing infinite loops.
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Some of its prior functionality has been factored out into the loop deletion
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pass, which <em>is</em> safe for infinite loops.</li>
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area of passing and returning structures by value. llvm-gcc compiled code
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instructions instead of being ignored.</li>
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<a name="otherimprovements">Other Improvements</a>
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<p>New features include:
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<li>LLVM now builds with GCC 4.3.</li>
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<li>llvm2cpp tool has been folded into llc, use <tt>llc -march=cpp</tt></li>
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<a name="portability">Portability and Supported Platforms</a>
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<p>LLVM is known to work on the following platforms:</p>
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<li>Intel and AMD machines (IA32) running Red Hat Linux, Fedora Core and FreeBSD
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(and probably other unix-like systems).</li>
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<li>PowerPC and X86-based Mac OS X systems, running 10.3 and above in 32-bit and
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64-bit modes.</li>
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<li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 using MinGW libraries (native).</li>
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<li>Intel and AMD machines running on Win32 with the Cygwin libraries (limited
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support is available for native builds with Visual C++).</li>
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<li>Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Solaris 10.</li>
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<li>Alpha-based machines running Debian GNU/Linux.</li>
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<li>Itanium-based (IA64) machines running Linux and HP-UX.</li>
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2008-06-05 06:57:39 +00:00
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<p>The core LLVM infrastructure uses GNU autoconf to adapt itself
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to the machine and operating system on which it is built. However, minor
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porting may be required to get LLVM to work on new platforms. We welcome your
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portability patches and reports of successful builds or error messages.</p>
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2003-11-22 00:38:41 +00:00
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<div class="doc_section">
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<a name="knownproblems">Known Problems</a>
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2003-10-02 04:57:28 +00:00
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<p>This section contains all known problems with the LLVM system, listed by
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component. As new problems are discovered, they will be added to these
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sections. If you run into a problem, please check the <a
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2005-10-29 07:07:09 +00:00
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href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database</a> and submit a bug if
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2003-12-12 21:22:16 +00:00
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there isn't already one.</p>
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2003-10-02 04:57:28 +00:00
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2003-11-22 00:38:41 +00:00
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2003-10-02 04:57:28 +00:00
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2004-03-14 02:03:02 +00:00
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<!-- ======================================================================= -->
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<div class="doc_subsection">
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<a name="experimental">Experimental features included with this release</a>
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</div>
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2003-10-02 04:57:28 +00:00
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2004-03-14 02:03:02 +00:00
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<div class="doc_text">
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2004-05-12 21:46:05 +00:00
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<p>The following components of this LLVM release are either untested, known to
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be broken or unreliable, or are in early development. These components should
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not be relied on, and bugs should not be filed against them, but they may be
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useful to some people. In particular, if you would like to work on one of these
|
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components, please contact us on the <a
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href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev list</a>.</p>
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2004-03-14 02:03:02 +00:00
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<ul>
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<li>The MSIL, IA64, Alpha, SPU, and MIPS backends are experimental.</li>
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2008-02-06 06:30:34 +00:00
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<li>The LLC "<tt>-filetype=asm</tt>" (the default) is the only supported
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value for this option.</li>
|
2004-03-14 02:03:02 +00:00
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</ul>
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2003-10-02 04:57:28 +00:00
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2005-11-08 21:11:33 +00:00
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<div class="doc_subsection">
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2006-11-18 07:51:14 +00:00
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<a name="x86-be">Known problems with the X86 back-end</a>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<ul>
|
2008-06-05 08:02:49 +00:00
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<li>The X86 backend does not yet support all <a
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href="http://llvm.org/PR879">inline assembly that uses the X86 floating
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point stack</a>. It supports the 'f' and 't' constraints, but not 'u'.</li>
|
2008-02-10 08:17:19 +00:00
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<li>The X86 backend generates inefficient floating point code when configured to
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generate code for systems that don't have SSE2.</li>
|
2006-11-18 07:51:14 +00:00
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</ul>
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</div>
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<!-- ======================================================================= -->
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<div class="doc_subsection">
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<a name="ppc-be">Known problems with the PowerPC back-end</a>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<ul>
|
2007-05-15 09:21:28 +00:00
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<li>The Linux PPC32/ABI support needs testing for the interpreter and static
|
2007-05-23 04:39:32 +00:00
|
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compilation, and lacks support for debug information.</li>
|
2006-11-18 07:51:14 +00:00
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsection">
|
2007-05-14 06:56:09 +00:00
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<a name="arm-be">Known problems with the ARM back-end</a>
|
2006-11-18 07:51:14 +00:00
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</div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<ul>
|
2007-05-23 04:39:32 +00:00
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<li>Thumb mode works only on ARMv6 or higher processors. On sub-ARMv6
|
2007-09-26 15:59:54 +00:00
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processors, thumb programs can crash or produce wrong
|
2007-05-23 04:39:32 +00:00
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results (<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1388">PR1388</a>).</li>
|
2007-05-14 06:56:09 +00:00
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<li>Compilation for ARM Linux OABI (old ABI) is supported, but not fully tested.
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</li>
|
2008-02-10 08:17:19 +00:00
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<li>There is a bug in QEMU-ARM (<= 0.9.0) which causes it to incorrectly execute
|
2007-05-23 04:39:32 +00:00
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programs compiled with LLVM. Please use more recent versions of QEMU.</li>
|
2006-11-18 07:51:14 +00:00
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsection">
|
2007-05-14 06:56:09 +00:00
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<a name="sparc-be">Known problems with the SPARC back-end</a>
|
2006-11-18 07:51:14 +00:00
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</div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<ul>
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2007-05-14 06:56:09 +00:00
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<li>The SPARC backend only supports the 32-bit SPARC ABI (-m32), it does not
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support the 64-bit SPARC ABI (-m64).</li>
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2006-11-18 07:51:14 +00:00
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</ul>
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</div>
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<!-- ======================================================================= -->
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<div class="doc_subsection">
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<a name="alpha-be">Known problems with the Alpha back-end</a>
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2005-11-08 21:11:33 +00:00
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</div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<ul>
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<li>On 21164s, some rare FP arithmetic sequences which may trap do not have the
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appropriate nops inserted to ensure restartability.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_subsection">
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<a name="ia64-be">Known problems with the IA64 back-end</a>
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</div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<ul>
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<li>C++ programs are likely to fail on IA64, as calls to <tt>setjmp</tt> are
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made where the argument is not 16-byte aligned, as required on IA64. (Strictly
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speaking this is not a bug in the IA64 back-end; it will also be encountered
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when building C++ programs using the C back-end.)</li>
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<li>The C++ front-end does not use <a href="http://llvm.org/PR406">IA64
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ABI compliant layout of v-tables</a>. In particular, it just stores function
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pointers instead of function descriptors in the vtable. This bug prevents
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mixing C++ code compiled with LLVM with C++ objects compiled by other C++
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compilers.</li>
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<li>There are a few ABI violations which will lead to problems when mixing LLVM
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output with code built with other compilers, particularly for floating-point
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programs.</li>
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<li>Defining vararg functions is not supported (but calling them is ok).</li>
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2007-05-09 04:58:11 +00:00
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<li>The Itanium backend has bitrotted somewhat.</li>
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</ul>
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2005-11-08 21:11:33 +00:00
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<div class="doc_subsection">
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<a name="c-be">Known problems with the C back-end</a>
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2006-11-18 07:51:14 +00:00
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</div>
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<div class="doc_text">
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR802">The C backend has only basic support for
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inline assembly code</a>.</li>
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<li><a href="http://llvm.org/PR1658">The C backend violates the ABI of common
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C++ programs</a>, preventing intermixing between C++ compiled by the CBE and
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C++ code compiled with LLC or native compilers.</li>
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<li>The C backend does not support all exception handling constructs.</li>
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<div class="doc_subsection">
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<a name="c-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc C front-end</a>
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2003-11-22 00:38:41 +00:00
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<div class="doc_subsubsection">Bugs</div>
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<p>llvm-gcc does not currently support <a href="http://llvm.org/PR869">Link-Time
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Optimization</a> on most platforms "out-of-the-box". Please inquire on the
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llvmdev mailing list if you are interested.</p>
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<p>The only major language feature of GCC not supported by llvm-gcc is
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the <tt>__builtin_apply</tt> family of builtins. However, some extensions
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are only supported on some targets. For example, trampolines are only
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supported on some targets, which are used when you take the address of a
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nested function.</p>
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<p>If you run into GCC extensions which are not supported, please let us know.
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</p>
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<div class="doc_subsection">
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<a name="c++-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc C++ front-end</a>
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<p>The C++ front-end is considered to be fully
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tested and works for a number of non-trivial programs, including LLVM
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itself, Qt, Mozilla, etc.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Exception handling works well on the X86 and PowerPC targets, including
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x86-64 darwin. This works when linking to a libstdc++ compiled by GCC. It is
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supported on x86-64 linux, but that is disabled by default in this release.</li>
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<a name="ada-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc Ada front-end</a>
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The llvm-gcc 4.2 Ada compiler works fairly well, however this is not a mature
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technology and problems should be expected.
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<ul>
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<li>The Ada front-end currently only builds on x86-32. This is mainly due
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to lack of trampoline support (pointers to nested functions) on other platforms,
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however it <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2006">also fails to build on x86-64</a>
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which does support trampolines.</li>
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<li>The Ada front-end <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2007">fails to bootstrap</a>.
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Workaround: configure with --disable-bootstrap.</li>
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<li>The c380004 and <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2010">c393010</a> ACATS tests
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fail (c380004 also fails with gcc-4.2 mainline).</li>
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<li>Many gcc specific Ada tests continue to crash the compiler.</li>
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<li>The -E binder option (exception backtraces)
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<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1982">does not work</a> and will result in programs
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crashing if an exception is raised. Workaround: do not use -E.</li>
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<li>Only discrete types <a href="http://llvm.org/PR1981">are allowed to start
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or finish at a non-byte offset</a> in a record. Workaround: do not pack records
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or use representation clauses that result in a field of a non-discrete type
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starting or finishing in the middle of a byte.</li>
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<li>The <tt>lli</tt> interpreter <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2009">considers 'main'
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as generated by the Ada binder to be invalid</a>.
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Workaround: hand edit the file to use pointers for <tt>argv</tt> and <tt>envp</tt> rather than
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integers.</li>
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<li>The <tt>-fstack-check</tt> option <a href="http://llvm.org/PR2008">is ignored</a>.</li>
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<div class="doc_subsection">
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<a name="fortran-fe">Known problems with the llvm-gcc Fortran front-end</a>
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<li>The llvm-gcc 4.2 gfortran front-end supports a broad range of Fortran code, but does
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<a href="http://llvm.org/PR1971">not support <tt>EQUIVALENCE</tt> yet</a>.</li>
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<a name="additionalinfo">Additional Information</a>
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2005-05-16 17:13:10 +00:00
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<p>A wide variety of additional information is available on the <a
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href="http://llvm.org">LLVM web page</a>, in particular in the <a
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href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation</a> section. The web page also
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contains versions of the API documentation which is up-to-date with the
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Subversion version of the source code.
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You can access versions of these documents specific to this release by going
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into the "<tt>llvm/doc/</tt>" directory in the LLVM tree.</p>
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<p>If you have any questions or comments about LLVM, please feel free to contact
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us via the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/#maillist"> mailing
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lists</a>.</p>
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