:hidden:
CMake
+ CMakePrimer
+ AdvancedBuilds
HowToBuildOnARM
+ HowToCrossCompileBuiltinsOnArm
HowToCrossCompileLLVM
CommandGuide/index
GettingStarted
Passes
YamlIO
GetElementPtr
+ Frontend/PerformanceTips
MCJITDesignAndImplementation
+ CodeOfConduct
+ CompileCudaWithLLVM
+ ReportingGuide
+ Benchmarking
+ Docker
:doc:`GettingStarted`
Discusses how to get up and running quickly with the LLVM infrastructure.
:doc:`HowToBuildOnARM`
Notes on building and testing LLVM/Clang on ARM.
+:doc:`HowToCrossCompileBuiltinsOnArm`
+ Notes on cross-building and testing the compiler-rt builtins for Arm.
+
:doc:`HowToCrossCompileLLVM`
Notes on cross-building and testing LLVM/Clang.
Answers to some very frequent questions about LLVM's most frequently
misunderstood instruction.
+:doc:`Frontend/PerformanceTips`
+ A collection of tips for frontend authors on how to generate IR
+ which LLVM is able to effectively optimize.
+
+:doc:`Docker`
+ A reference for using Dockerfiles provided with LLVM.
+
+
Programming Documentation
=========================
HowToSetUpLLVMStyleRTTI
ProgrammersManual
Extensions
+ LibFuzzer
+ FuzzingLLVM
+ ScudoHardenedAllocator
+ OptBisect
:doc:`LLVM Language Reference Manual <LangRef>`
Defines the LLVM intermediate representation and the assembly form of the
`Doxygen generated documentation <http://llvm.org/doxygen/>`_
(`classes <http://llvm.org/doxygen/inherits.html>`_)
- (`tarball <http://llvm.org/doxygen/doxygen.tar.gz>`_)
+
+`Documentation for Go bindings <http://godoc.org/llvm.org/llvm/bindings/go/llvm>`_
`ViewVC Repository Browser <http://llvm.org/viewvc/>`_
..
:doc:`CompilerWriterInfo`
A list of helpful links for compiler writers.
+:doc:`LibFuzzer`
+ A library for writing in-process guided fuzzers.
+
+:doc:`FuzzingLLVM`
+ Information on writing and using Fuzzers to find bugs in LLVM.
+
+:doc:`ScudoHardenedAllocator`
+ A library that implements a security-hardened `malloc()`.
+
+:doc:`OptBisect`
+ A command line option for debugging optimization-induced failures.
+
+.. _index-subsystem-docs:
+
Subsystem Documentation
=======================
:hidden:
AliasAnalysis
+ MemorySSA
BitCodeFormat
BlockFrequencyTerminology
BranchWeightMetadata
WritingAnLLVMPass
HowToUseAttributes
NVPTXUsage
- R600Usage
+ AMDGPUUsage
StackMaps
InAlloca
BigEndianNEON
CoverageMappingFormat
+ Statepoints
+ MergeFunctions
+ TypeMetadata
+ FaultMaps
+ MIRLangRef
+ Coroutines
+ GlobalISel
+ XRay
+ XRayExample
+ XRayFDRFormat
+ PDB/index
+ CFIVerify
:doc:`WritingAnLLVMPass`
Information on how to write LLVM transformations and analyses.
working on retargetting LLVM to a new architecture, designing a new codegen
pass, or enhancing existing components.
+:doc:`Machine IR (MIR) Format Reference Manual <MIRLangRef>`
+ A reference manual for the MIR serialization format, which is used to test
+ LLVM's code generation passes.
+
:doc:`TableGen <TableGen/index>`
Describes the TableGen tool, which is used heavily by the LLVM code
generator.
Information on how to write a new alias analysis implementation or how to
use existing analyses.
+:doc:`MemorySSA`
+ Information about the MemorySSA utility in LLVM, as well as how to use it.
+
:doc:`GarbageCollection`
The interfaces source-language compilers should use for compiling GC'd
programs.
Answers some questions about the new Attributes infrastructure.
:doc:`NVPTXUsage`
- This document describes using the NVPTX back-end to compile GPU kernels.
+ This document describes using the NVPTX backend to compile GPU kernels.
-:doc:`R600Usage`
- This document describes how to use the R600 back-end.
+:doc:`AMDGPUUsage`
+ This document describes using the AMDGPU backend to compile GPU kernels.
:doc:`StackMaps`
LLVM support for mapping instruction addresses to the location of
:doc:`CoverageMappingFormat`
This describes the format and encoding used for LLVM’s code coverage mapping.
+:doc:`Statepoints`
+ This describes a set of experimental extensions for garbage
+ collection support.
+
+:doc:`MergeFunctions`
+ Describes functions merging optimization.
+
+:doc:`InAlloca`
+ Description of the ``inalloca`` argument attribute.
+
+:doc:`FaultMaps`
+ LLVM support for folding control flow into faulting machine instructions.
+
+:doc:`CompileCudaWithLLVM`
+ LLVM support for CUDA.
+
+:doc:`Coroutines`
+ LLVM support for coroutines.
+
+:doc:`GlobalISel`
+ This describes the prototype instruction selection replacement, GlobalISel.
+
+:doc:`XRay`
+ High-level documentation of how to use XRay in LLVM.
+
+:doc:`XRayExample`
+ An example of how to debug an application with XRay.
+
+:doc:`The Microsoft PDB File Format <PDB/index>`
+ A detailed description of the Microsoft PDB (Program Database) file format.
+
+:doc:`CFIVerify`
+ A description of the verification tool for Control Flow Integrity.
+
Development Process Documentation
=================================
.. toctree::
:hidden:
+ Contributing
DeveloperPolicy
- MakefileGuide
Projects
LLVMBuild
HowToReleaseLLVM
ReleaseProcess
Phabricator
+:doc:`Contributing`
+ An overview on how to contribute to LLVM.
+
:doc:`DeveloperPolicy`
The LLVM project's policy towards developers and their contributions.
Describes the LLVMBuild organization and files used by LLVM to specify
component descriptions.
-:doc:`MakefileGuide`
- Describes how the LLVM makefiles work and how to use them.
-
:doc:`HowToReleaseLLVM`
This is a guide to preparing LLVM releases. Most developers can ignore it.
If you can't find what you need in these docs, try consulting the mailing
lists.
-`Developer's List (llvmdev)`__
+`Developer's List (llvm-dev)`__
This list is for people who want to be included in technical discussions of
LLVM. People post to this list when they have questions about writing code
for or using the LLVM tools. It is relatively low volume.
- .. __: http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev
+ .. __: http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/llvm-dev
`Commits Archive (llvm-commits)`__
This list contains all commit messages that are made when LLVM developers
stay on the bleeding edge of LLVM development. This list is very high
volume.
- .. __: http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/
+ .. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/
-`Bugs & Patches Archive (llvmbugs)`__
+`Bugs & Patches Archive (llvm-bugs)`__
This list gets emailed every time a bug is opened and closed. It is
- higher volume than the LLVMdev list.
+ higher volume than the LLVM-dev list.
- .. __: http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmbugs/
+ .. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-bugs/
`Test Results Archive (llvm-testresults)`__
A message is automatically sent to this list by every active nightly tester
when it completes. As such, this list gets email several times each day,
making it a high volume list.
- .. __: http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-testresults/
+ .. __: http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-testresults/
`LLVM Announcements List (llvm-announce)`__
This is a low volume list that provides important announcements regarding
LLVM. It gets email about once a month.
- .. __: http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce
+ .. __: http://lists.llvm.org/mailman/listinfo/llvm-announce
IRC
---
* clang-bot - A `geordi <http://www.eelis.net/geordi/>`_ instance running
near-trunk clang instead of gcc.
+Community wide proposals
+------------------------
+
+Proposals for massive changes in how the community behaves and how the work flow
+can be better.
+
+.. toctree::
+ :hidden:
+
+ CodeOfConduct
+ Proposals/GitHubMove
+ Proposals/VectorizationPlan
+
+:doc:`CodeOfConduct`
+ Proposal to adopt a code of conduct on the LLVM social spaces (lists, events,
+ IRC, etc).
+
+:doc:`Proposals/GitHubMove`
+ Proposal to move from SVN/Git to GitHub.
+
+:doc:`Proposals/VectorizationPlan`
+ Proposal to model the process and upgrade the infrastructure of LLVM's Loop Vectorizer.
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