![]() This is an alternative design to D77512. D45195 added --warn-backrefs to detect * A. certain input orders which GNU ld either errors ("undefined reference") or has different resolution semantics * B. (byproduct) some latent multiple definition problems (-ldef1 -lref -ldef2) which I call "linking sandwich problems". def2 may or may not be the same as def1. When an archive appears more than once (-ldef -lref -ldef), lld and GNU ld may have the same resolution but --warn-backrefs may warn. This is not uncommon. For example, currently lld itself has such a problem: ``` liblldCommon.a liblldCOFF.a ... liblldCommon.a _ZN3lld10DWARFCache13getDILineInfoEmm in liblldCOFF.a refers to liblldCommon.a(DWARF.cpp.o) libLLVMSupport.a also appears twice and has a similar warning ``` glibc has such problems. It is somewhat destined because of its separate libc/libpthread/... and arbitrary grouping. The situation is getting improved over time but I have seen: ``` -lc __isnanl references -lm -lc _IO_funlockfile references -lpthread ``` There are also various issues in interaction with other runtime libraries such as libgcc_eh and libunwind: ``` -lc __gcc_personality_v0 references -lgcc_eh -lpthread __gcc_personality_v0 references -lgcc_eh -lpthread _Unwind_GetCFA references -lunwind ``` These problems are actually benign. We want --warn-backrefs to focus on its main task A and defer task B (which is also useful) to a more specific future feature (see gold --detect-odr-violations and https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43110). Instead of warning immediately, we store the message and only report it if no subsequent lazy definition exists. The use of the static variable `backrefDiags` is similar to `undefs` in Relocations.cpp Reviewed By: grimar Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D77522 |
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README.md
The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
This directory and its sub-directories contain source code for LLVM, a toolkit for the construction of highly optimized compilers, optimizers, and run-time environments.
The README briefly describes how to get started with building LLVM. For more information on how to contribute to the LLVM project, please take a look at the Contributing to LLVM guide.
Getting Started with the LLVM System
Taken from https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html.
Overview
Welcome to the LLVM project!
The LLVM project has multiple components. The core of the project is itself called "LLVM". This contains all of the tools, libraries, and header files needed to process intermediate representations and converts it into object files. Tools include an assembler, disassembler, bitcode analyzer, and bitcode optimizer. It also contains basic regression tests.
C-like languages use the Clang front end. This component compiles C, C++, Objective C, and Objective C++ code into LLVM bitcode -- and from there into object files, using LLVM.
Other components include: the libc++ C++ standard library, the LLD linker, and more.
Getting the Source Code and Building LLVM
The LLVM Getting Started documentation may be out of date. The Clang Getting Started page might have more accurate information.
This is an example work-flow and configuration to get and build the LLVM source:
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Checkout LLVM (including related sub-projects like Clang):
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git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
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Or, on windows,
git clone --config core.autocrlf=false https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git
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Configure and build LLVM and Clang:
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cd llvm-project
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mkdir build
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cd build
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cmake -G <generator> [options] ../llvm
Some common build system generators are:
Ninja
--- for generating Ninja build files. Most llvm developers use Ninja.Unix Makefiles
--- for generating make-compatible parallel makefiles.Visual Studio
--- for generating Visual Studio projects and solutions.Xcode
--- for generating Xcode projects.
Some Common options:
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-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS='...'
--- semicolon-separated list of the LLVM sub-projects you'd like to additionally build. Can include any of: clang, clang-tools-extra, libcxx, libcxxabi, libunwind, lldb, compiler-rt, lld, polly, or debuginfo-tests.For example, to build LLVM, Clang, libcxx, and libcxxabi, use
-DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;libcxx;libcxxabi"
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-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=directory
--- Specify for directory the full path name of where you want the LLVM tools and libraries to be installed (default/usr/local
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-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=type
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-DLLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=On
--- Compile with assertion checks enabled (default is Yes for Debug builds, No for all other build types).
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cmake --build . [-- [options] <target>]
or your build system specified above directly.-
The default target (i.e.
ninja
ormake
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The
check-all
target (i.e.ninja check-all
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CMake will generate targets for each tool and library, and most LLVM sub-projects generate their own
check-<project>
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Running a serial build will be slow. To improve speed, try running a parallel build. That's done by default in Ninja; for
make
, use the option-j NNN
, whereNNN
is the number of parallel jobs, e.g. the number of CPUs you have.
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For more information see CMake
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Consult the Getting Started with LLVM page for detailed information on configuring and compiling LLVM. You can visit Directory Layout to learn about the layout of the source code tree.