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Overview
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========
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.. warning::
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If you are using a released version of LLVM, see `the download page
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<http://llvm.org/releases/>`_ to find your documentation.
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The LLVM compiler infrastructure supports a wide range of projects, from
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industrial strength compilers to specialized JIT applications to small
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research projects.
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Similarly, documentation is broken down into several high-level groupings
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targeted at different audiences:
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LLVM Design & Overview
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======================
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Several introductory papers and presentations.
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.. toctree::
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:hidden:
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LangRef
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:doc:`LangRef`
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Defines the LLVM intermediate representation.
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`Introduction to the LLVM Compiler`__
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Presentation providing a users introduction to LLVM.
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.. __: http://llvm.org/pubs/2008-10-04-ACAT-LLVM-Intro.html
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`Intro to LLVM`__
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Book chapter providing a compiler hacker's introduction to LLVM.
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.. __: http://www.aosabook.org/en/llvm.html
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`LLVM: A Compilation Framework for Lifelong Program Analysis & Transformation`__
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Design overview.
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.. __: http://llvm.org/pubs/2004-01-30-CGO-LLVM.html
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`LLVM: An Infrastructure for Multi-Stage Optimization`__
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More details (quite old now).
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.. __: http://llvm.org/pubs/2002-12-LattnerMSThesis.html
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`Publications mentioning LLVM <http://llvm.org/pubs>`_
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..
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User Guides
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===========
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For those new to the LLVM system.
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NOTE: If you are a user who is only interested in using LLVM-based
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compilers, you should look into `Clang <http://clang.llvm.org>`_ or
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`DragonEgg <http://dragonegg.llvm.org>`_ instead. The documentation here is
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intended for users who have a need to work with the intermediate LLVM
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representation.
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.. toctree::
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:hidden:
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CMake
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CMakePrimer
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AdvancedBuilds
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HowToBuildOnARM
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HowToCrossCompileLLVM
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CommandGuide/index
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GettingStarted
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GettingStartedVS
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FAQ
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Lexicon
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HowToAddABuilder
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yaml2obj
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HowToSubmitABug
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SphinxQuickstartTemplate
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Phabricator
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TestingGuide
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tutorial/index
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ReleaseNotes
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Passes
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YamlIO
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GetElementPtr
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Frontend/PerformanceTips
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MCJITDesignAndImplementation
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CodeOfConduct
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CompileCudaWithLLVM
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ReportingGuide
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:doc:`GettingStarted`
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Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure.
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Everything from unpacking and compilation of the distribution to execution
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of some tools.
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:doc:`CMake`
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An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for those using the `CMake
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build system <http://www.cmake.org>`_.
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:doc:`HowToBuildOnARM`
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Notes on building and testing LLVM/Clang on ARM.
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:doc:`HowToCrossCompileLLVM`
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Notes on cross-building and testing LLVM/Clang.
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:doc:`GettingStartedVS`
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An addendum to the main Getting Started guide for those using Visual Studio
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on Windows.
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:doc:`tutorial/index`
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Tutorials about using LLVM. Includes a tutorial about making a custom
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language with LLVM.
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:doc:`LLVM Command Guide <CommandGuide/index>`
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A reference manual for the LLVM command line utilities ("man" pages for LLVM
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tools).
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:doc:`Passes`
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A list of optimizations and analyses implemented in LLVM.
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:doc:`FAQ`
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A list of common questions and problems and their solutions.
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:doc:`Release notes for the current release <ReleaseNotes>`
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This describes new features, known bugs, and other limitations.
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:doc:`HowToSubmitABug`
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Instructions for properly submitting information about any bugs you run into
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in the LLVM system.
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:doc:`SphinxQuickstartTemplate`
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A template + tutorial for writing new Sphinx documentation. It is meant
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to be read in source form.
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:doc:`LLVM Testing Infrastructure Guide <TestingGuide>`
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A reference manual for using the LLVM testing infrastructure.
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`How to build the C, C++, ObjC, and ObjC++ front end`__
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Instructions for building the clang front-end from source.
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.. __: http://clang.llvm.org/get_started.html
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:doc:`Lexicon`
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Definition of acronyms, terms and concepts used in LLVM.
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:doc:`HowToAddABuilder`
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Instructions for adding new builder to LLVM buildbot master.
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:doc:`YamlIO`
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A reference guide for using LLVM's YAML I/O library.
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:doc:`GetElementPtr`
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Answers to some very frequent questions about LLVM's most frequently
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misunderstood instruction.
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:doc:`Frontend/PerformanceTips`
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A collection of tips for frontend authors on how to generate IR
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which LLVM is able to effectively optimize.
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Programming Documentation
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=========================
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For developers of applications which use LLVM as a library.
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.. toctree::
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:hidden:
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Atomics
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CodingStandards
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CommandLine
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CompilerWriterInfo
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ExtendingLLVM
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HowToSetUpLLVMStyleRTTI
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ProgrammersManual
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Extensions
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LibFuzzer
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ScudoHardenedAllocator
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OptBisect
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:doc:`LLVM Language Reference Manual <LangRef>`
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Defines the LLVM intermediate representation and the assembly form of the
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different nodes.
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:doc:`Atomics`
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Information about LLVM's concurrency model.
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:doc:`ProgrammersManual`
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Introduction to the general layout of the LLVM sourcebase, important classes
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and APIs, and some tips & tricks.
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:doc:`Extensions`
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LLVM-specific extensions to tools and formats LLVM seeks compatibility with.
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:doc:`CommandLine`
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Provides information on using the command line parsing library.
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:doc:`CodingStandards`
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Details the LLVM coding standards and provides useful information on writing
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efficient C++ code.
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:doc:`HowToSetUpLLVMStyleRTTI`
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How to make ``isa<>``, ``dyn_cast<>``, etc. available for clients of your
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class hierarchy.
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:doc:`ExtendingLLVM`
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Look here to see how to add instructions and intrinsics to LLVM.
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`Doxygen generated documentation <http://llvm.org/doxygen/>`_
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(`classes <http://llvm.org/doxygen/inherits.html>`_)
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(`tarball <http://llvm.org/doxygen/doxygen.tar.gz>`_)
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`Documentation for Go bindings <http://godoc.org/llvm.org/llvm/bindings/go/llvm>`_
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`ViewVC Repository Browser <http://llvm.org/viewvc/>`_
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..
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:doc:`CompilerWriterInfo`
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A list of helpful links for compiler writers.
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:doc:`LibFuzzer`
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A library for writing in-process guided fuzzers.
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:doc:`ScudoHardenedAllocator`
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A library that implements a security-hardened `malloc()`.
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:doc:`OptBisect`
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A command line option for debugging optimization-induced failures.
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Subsystem Documentation
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=======================
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For API clients and LLVM developers.
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.. toctree::
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:hidden:
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AliasAnalysis
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MemorySSA
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BitCodeFormat
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BlockFrequencyTerminology
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BranchWeightMetadata
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Bugpoint
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CodeGenerator
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ExceptionHandling
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LinkTimeOptimization
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SegmentedStacks
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TableGenFundamentals
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TableGen/index
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DebuggingJITedCode
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GoldPlugin
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MarkedUpDisassembly
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SystemLibrary
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SourceLevelDebugging
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Vectorizers
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WritingAnLLVMBackend
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GarbageCollection
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WritingAnLLVMPass
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HowToUseAttributes
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NVPTXUsage
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AMDGPUUsage
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StackMaps
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InAlloca
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BigEndianNEON
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CoverageMappingFormat
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Statepoints
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MergeFunctions
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TypeMetadata
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FaultMaps
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MIRLangRef
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Coroutines
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GlobalISel
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XRay
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PDB/index
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:doc:`WritingAnLLVMPass`
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Information on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses.
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:doc:`WritingAnLLVMBackend`
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Information on how to write LLVM backends for machine targets.
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:doc:`CodeGenerator`
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The design and implementation of the LLVM code generator. Useful if you are
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working on retargetting LLVM to a new architecture, designing a new codegen
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pass, or enhancing existing components.
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:doc:`Machine IR (MIR) Format Reference Manual <MIRLangRef>`
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A reference manual for the MIR serialization format, which is used to test
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LLVM's code generation passes.
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:doc:`TableGen <TableGen/index>`
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Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code
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generator.
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:doc:`AliasAnalysis`
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Information on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to
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use existing analyses.
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:doc:`MemorySSA`
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Information about the MemorySSA utility in LLVM, as well as how to use it.
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:doc:`GarbageCollection`
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The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling GC'd
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programs.
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:doc:`Source Level Debugging with LLVM <SourceLevelDebugging>`
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This document describes the design and philosophy behind the LLVM
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source-level debugger.
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:doc:`Vectorizers`
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This document describes the current status of vectorization in LLVM.
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:doc:`ExceptionHandling`
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This document describes the design and implementation of exception handling
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in LLVM.
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:doc:`Bugpoint`
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Automatic bug finder and test-case reducer description and usage
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information.
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:doc:`BitCodeFormat`
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This describes the file format and encoding used for LLVM "bc" files.
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:doc:`System Library <SystemLibrary>`
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This document describes the LLVM System Library (``lib/System``) and
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how to keep LLVM source code portable
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:doc:`LinkTimeOptimization`
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This document describes the interface between LLVM intermodular optimizer
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and the linker and its design
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:doc:`GoldPlugin`
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How to build your programs with link-time optimization on Linux.
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:doc:`DebuggingJITedCode`
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How to debug JITed code with GDB.
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:doc:`MCJITDesignAndImplementation`
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Describes the inner workings of MCJIT execution engine.
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:doc:`BranchWeightMetadata`
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Provides information about Branch Prediction Information.
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:doc:`BlockFrequencyTerminology`
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Provides information about terminology used in the ``BlockFrequencyInfo``
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analysis pass.
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:doc:`SegmentedStacks`
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This document describes segmented stacks and how they are used in LLVM.
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:doc:`MarkedUpDisassembly`
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This document describes the optional rich disassembly output syntax.
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:doc:`HowToUseAttributes`
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Answers some questions about the new Attributes infrastructure.
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:doc:`NVPTXUsage`
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This document describes using the NVPTX back-end to compile GPU kernels.
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:doc:`AMDGPUUsage`
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This document describes how to use the AMDGPU back-end.
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:doc:`StackMaps`
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LLVM support for mapping instruction addresses to the location of
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values and allowing code to be patched.
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:doc:`BigEndianNEON`
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LLVM's support for generating NEON instructions on big endian ARM targets is
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somewhat nonintuitive. This document explains the implementation and rationale.
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:doc:`CoverageMappingFormat`
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This describes the format and encoding used for LLVM’s code coverage mapping.
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:doc:`Statepoints`
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This describes a set of experimental extensions for garbage
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collection support.
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:doc:`MergeFunctions`
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Describes functions merging optimization.
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:doc:`InAlloca`
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Description of the ``inalloca`` argument attribute.
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:doc:`FaultMaps`
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LLVM support for folding control flow into faulting machine instructions.
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:doc:`CompileCudaWithLLVM`
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LLVM support for CUDA.
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:doc:`Coroutines`
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LLVM support for coroutines.
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:doc:`GlobalISel`
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This describes the prototype instruction selection replacement, GlobalISel.
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:doc:`XRay`
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High-level documentation of how to use XRay in LLVM.
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:doc:`The Microsoft PDB File Format <PDB/index>`
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A detailed description of the Microsoft PDB (Program Database) file format.
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Development Process Documentation
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=================================
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Information about LLVM's development process.
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.. toctree::
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:hidden:
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DeveloperPolicy
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Projects
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LLVMBuild
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HowToReleaseLLVM
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Packaging
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ReleaseProcess
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Phabricator
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:doc:`DeveloperPolicy`
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The LLVM project's policy towards developers and their contributions.
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:doc:`Projects`
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How-to guide and templates for new projects that *use* the LLVM
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infrastructure. The templates (directory organization, Makefiles, and test
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tree) allow the project code to be located outside (or inside) the ``llvm/``
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tree, while using LLVM header files and libraries.
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:doc:`LLVMBuild`
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Describes the LLVMBuild organization and files used by LLVM to specify
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component descriptions.
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:doc:`HowToReleaseLLVM`
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This is a guide to preparing LLVM releases. Most developers can ignore it.
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:doc:`ReleaseProcess`
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This is a guide to validate a new release, during the release process. Most developers can ignore it.
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:doc:`Packaging`
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Advice on packaging LLVM into a distribution.
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:doc:`Phabricator`
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Describes how to use the Phabricator code review tool hosted on
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http://reviews.llvm.org/ and its command line interface, Arcanist.
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Community
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=========
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LLVM has a thriving community of friendly and helpful developers.
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The two primary communication mechanisms in the LLVM community are mailing
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lists and IRC.
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Mailing Lists
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-------------
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If you can't find what you need in these docs, try consulting the mailing
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lists.
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`Developer's List (llvm-dev)`__
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This list is for people who want to be included in technical discussions of
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LLVM. People post to this list when they have questions about writing code
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for or using the LLVM tools. It is relatively low volume.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/llvm-dev
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`Commits Archive (llvm-commits)`__
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This list contains all commit messages that are made when LLVM developers
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commit code changes to the repository. It also serves as a forum for
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patch review (i.e. send patches here). It is useful for those who want to
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stay on the bleeding edge of LLVM development. This list is very high
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volume.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/
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`Bugs & Patches Archive (llvm-bugs)`__
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This list gets emailed every time a bug is opened and closed. It is
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higher volume than the LLVM-dev list.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-bugs/
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`Test Results Archive (llvm-testresults)`__
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A message is automatically sent to this list by every active nightly tester
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when it completes. As such, this list gets email several times each day,
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making it a high volume list.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-testresults/
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`LLVM Announcements List (llvm-announce)`__
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This is a low volume list that provides important announcements regarding
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LLVM. It gets email about once a month.
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.. __: http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce
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IRC
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---
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Users and developers of the LLVM project (including subprojects such as Clang)
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can be found in #llvm on `irc.oftc.net <irc://irc.oftc.net/llvm>`_.
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This channel has several bots.
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* Buildbot reporters
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* llvmbb - Bot for the main LLVM buildbot master.
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http://lab.llvm.org:8011/console
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* bb-chapuni - An individually run buildbot master. http://bb.pgr.jp/console
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* smooshlab - Apple's internal buildbot master.
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* robot - Bugzilla linker. %bug <number>
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* clang-bot - A `geordi <http://www.eelis.net/geordi/>`_ instance running
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near-trunk clang instead of gcc.
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Community wide proposals
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------------------------
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Proposals for massive changes in how the community behaves and how the work flow
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can be better.
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.. toctree::
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:hidden:
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CodeOfConduct
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Proposals/GitHubMove
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:doc:`CodeOfConduct`
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Proposal to adopt a code of conduct on the LLVM social spaces (lists, events,
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IRC, etc).
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:doc:`Proposals/GitHubMove`
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Proposal to move from SVN/Git to GitHub.
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Indices and tables
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==================
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* :ref:`genindex`
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* :ref:`search`
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