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LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices Clang and Middle-End Libraries

You're reading from   LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices Clang and Middle-End Libraries Design powerful and reliable compilers using the latest libraries and tools from LLVM

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838824952
Length 370 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Build System and LLVM-Specific Tooling
2. Chapter 1: Saving Resources When Building LLVM FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring LLVM's Build System Features 4. Chapter 3: Testing with LLVM LIT 5. Chapter 4: TableGen Development 6. Section 2: Frontend Development
7. Chapter 5: Exploring Clang's Architecture 8. Chapter 6: Extending the Preprocessor 9. Chapter 7: Handling AST 10. Chapter 8: Working with Compiler Flags and Toolchains 11. Section 3: "Middle-End" Development
12. Chapter 9: Working with PassManager and AnalysisManager 13. Chapter 10: Processing LLVM IR 14. Chapter 11: Gearing Up with Support Utilities 15. Chapter 12: Learning LLVM IR Instrumentation 16. Assessments 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Learning instrumentations in the new PassManager

PassManager and AnalysisManager in LLVM are complicated pieces of software. They manage interactions between hundreds of Passes and analyses, and it can be a challenge when we try to diagnose a problem caused by them. In addition, it's really common for a compiler engineer to fix crashes in the compiler or miscompilation bugs. In those scenarios, useful instrumentation tools that provide insights to Passes and the Pass pipeline can greatly improve the productivity of fixing those problems. Fortunately, LLVM has already provided many of those tools.

Miscompilation

Miscompilation bugs usually refer to logical issues in the compiled program, which were introduced by compilers. For example, an overly aggressive compiler optimization removes certain loops that shouldn't be removed, causing the compiled software to malfunction, or mistakenly reorder memory barriers and create race conditions in the generated code.

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