LLC(1)

NAME

llc - LLVM static compiler

SYNOPSIS

llc [options] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

The llc command compiles LLVM bitcode into assembly language for a specified architecture. The assembly language output can then be
passed through a native assembler and linker to generate a native
executable.

The choice of architecture for the output assembly code is
automatically determined from the input bitcode file, unless the -march option is used to override the default.

OPTIONS

If filename is - or omitted, llc reads LLVM bitcode from standard input. Otherwise, it will read LLVM bitcode from filename.

If the -o option is omitted, then llc will send its output to standard output if the input is from standard input. If the -o option specifies -, then the output will also be sent to standard output.

If no -o option is specified and an input file other than - is
specified, then llc creates the output filename by taking the input filename, removing any existing .bc extension, and adding a .s suffix.

Other llc options are as follows:

End-user Options

--help

Print a summary of command line options.

-O=uint

Generate code at different optimization levels. These correspond to the -O0, -O1, -O2, -O3, and -O4 optimization levels used by llvmgcc and clang.

-f Overwrite output files. By default, llc will refuse to overwrite an

output file which already exists.

-mtriple=target triple

Override the target triple specified in the input bitcode file with the specified string.

-march=arch

Specify the architecture for which to generate assembly, overriding the target encoded in the bitcode file. See the output of llc --help for a list of valid architectures. By default this is inferred from the target triple or autodetected to the current
architecture.

-mcpu=cpuname

Specify a specific chip in the current architecture to generate
code for. By default this is inferred from the target triple and
autodetected to the current architecture. For a list of available CPUs, use: llvm-as < /dev/null | llc -march=xyz -mcpu=help

-mattr=a1,+a2,-a3,...

Override or control specific attributes of the target, such as
whether SIMD operations are enabled or not. The default set of
attributes is set by the current CPU. For a list of available
attributes, use: llvm-as < /dev/null | llc -march=xyz -mattr=help

--disable-fp-elim

Disable frame pointer elimination optimization.

--disable-excess-fp-precision

Disable optimizations that may produce excess precision for
floating point. Note that this option can dramatically slow down
code on some systems (e.g. X86).

--enable-unsafe-fp-math

Enable optimizations that make unsafe assumptions about IEEE math
(e.g. that addition is associative) or may not work for all input
ranges. These optimizations allow the code generator to make use
of some instructions which would otherwise not be usable (such as
fsin on X86).

--enable-correct-eh-support

Instruct the lowerinvoke pass to insert code for correct exception handling support. This is expensive and is by default omitted for efficiency.

--stats

Print statistics recorded by code-generation passes.

--time-passes

Record the amount of time needed for each pass and print a report
to standard error.

--load=dso_path

Dynamically load dso_path (a path to a dynamically shared object) that implements an LLVM target. This will permit the target name to be used with the -march option so that code can be generated for that target.

Tuning/Configuration Options

--print-machineinstrs

Print generated machine code between compilation phases (useful for debugging).

--regalloc=allocator

Specify the register allocator to use. The default allocator is local. Valid register allocators are:

simple

Very simple "always spill" register allocator

local

Local register allocator

linearscan

Linear scan global register allocator

iterativescan

Iterative scan global register allocator

--spiller=spiller

Specify the spiller to use for register allocators that support it. Currently this option is used only by the linear scan register
allocator. The default spiller is local. Valid spillers are:

simple

Simple spiller

local

Local spiller

Intel IA-32-specific Options

--x86-asm-syntax=att|intel

Specify whether to emit assembly code in AT&T syntax (the default) or intel syntax.

EXIT STATUS

If llc succeeds, it will exit with 0. Otherwise, if an error occurs, it will exit with a non-zero value.

SEE ALSO

lli

AUTHORS

Maintained by the LLVM Team (<http://llvm.org>).

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