In this chapter, we saw how LLVM IR is converted to SelectionDAG. The SDAG then goes through variety of transformation. The instructions are legalized, so are the data types. SelectionDAG also goes through the optimization phase where DAG nodes are combined to result in optimal nodes, which may be target-spacific. After DAG combine, it goes through instruction selection phase, where target architecture instructions are mapped to DAG nodes. After this, the DAGs are ordered in a linear order to facilitate execution by CPU, these DAGs are converted to MachineInstr and DAGs are destroyed. Assigning of physical register takes place in the next step to all the virtual registers present in the code. After this, the MC layer comes into picture and deals with the generation of Object and Assembly Code. Going ahead in the next chapter, we will see how to define a target; the various aspects of how a target is represented in LLVM by making use of Table Descriptor files and TableGen.
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Overview of this book
LLVM is currently the point of interest for many firms, and has a very active open source community. It provides us with a compiler infrastructure that can be used to write a compiler for a language. It provides us with a set of reusable libraries that can be used to optimize code, and a target-independent code generator to generate code for different backends. It also provides us with a lot of other utility tools that can be easily integrated into compiler projects.
This book details how you can use the LLVM compiler infrastructure libraries effectively, and will enable you to design your own custom compiler with LLVM in a snap.
We start with the basics, where you’ll get to know all about LLVM. We then cover how you can use LLVM library calls to emit intermediate representation (IR) of simple and complex high-level language paradigms. Moving on, we show you how to implement optimizations at different levels, write an optimization pass, generate code that is independent of a target, and then map the code generated to a backend. The book also walks you through CLANG, IR to IR transformations, advanced IR block transformations, and target machines.
By the end of this book, you’ll be able to easily utilize the LLVM libraries in your own projects.
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
LLVM Essentials
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
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Preface
Free Chapter
Playing with LLVM
Building LLVM IR
Advanced LLVM IR
Basic IR Transformations
Advanced IR Block Transformations
IR to Selection DAG phase
Generating Code for Target Architecture
Index
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