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DESCRIPTION
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The <tt>lli</tt> command is the LLVM interpreter. It takes a program in LLVM
bytecode format and executes it using an interpreter or a Just In Time (JIT)
compiler. <tt>lli</tt> takes all of the same code generator option as the
<tt><a href="llc.html">llc</a></tt> tool as well.
<tt>lli</tt> directly executes programs in LLVM format.
It takes a program in LLVM
bytecode format and executes it using a just-in-time
compiler, if one is available for the current architecture, or an interpreter.
<tt>lli</tt> takes all of the same code generator options as the
<tt><a href="llc.html">llc</a></tt> tool, but they are only applicable when
the just-in-time compiler is being used.
<p>
If filename is not specified, then lli reads its input from standard input.
If filename is not specified, then <tt>lli</tt> reads the LLVM bytecode for
the program from standard input.
<p>
The optional "args" specified on the command line are passed to the executed
The optional "args" specified on the command line are passed to the
program as arguments.
<p>
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<ul>
<li> -array-checks (interpreter specific)
<li> <tt>-array-checks</tt>
<br>
Enable array bound checks.
Enable array bound checks. If an LLVM program attempts to access an
element of an array which is not within the size of that array,
<tt>lli</tt> will print an error message and call <tt>abort(3)</tt>.
This is presently only applicable to the interpreter.
<p>
<li> -help
<li> <tt>-help</tt>
<br>
Print a summary of command line options.
<p>
<li> -stats
<li> <tt>-stats</tt>
<br>
Print statistics.
Print statistics from the code-generation passes. This is only meaningful
for the just-in-time compiler, at present.
<p>
<li> -time-passes
<li> <tt>-time-passes</tt>
<br>
Record the amount of time needed for each pass and print it to standard
error.
Record the amount of time needed for each code-generation pass and print
it to standard error.
<p>
<li> <tt>-march=&lt;arch&gt;</tt>
<br>
Use the specified non-default architecture when selecting a code generator
for the just-in-time compiler. This may result in a crash if you pick an
architecture which is not compatible with the hardware you are running
<tt>lli</tt> on.
<p>
<li> <tt>-quiet, -q</tt>
<br>
Do not print any output about the return values of functions.
This is presently only applicable to the interpreter.
<p>
<li> <tt>-force-interpreter={false,true}</tt>
<br>
If set to true, use the interpreter even if a just-in-time compiler is
available for this architecture. Defaults to false.
<p>
<li> <tt>-trace</tt>
<br>
Print an LLVM-instruction-level dynamic execution trace. This is
presently only applicable to the interpreter.
<p>
<li> <tt>-f=&lt;name&gt;</tt>
<br>
Call the function named <tt>&lt;name&gt;</tt> to start the program.
Note: The function is assumed to have the C signature <tt>int
<tt>&lt;name&gt;</tt> (int, char **, char **)</tt>.
If you try to use this option to call a function of incompatible type,
undefined behavior may result. Defaults to "main".
<p>
</ul>
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EXIT STATUS
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If lli succeeds, it will exit with 0. Otherwise, if an error occurs, it
will exit with a non-zero value.
If <tt>lli</tt> fails to load the program, it will exit with an exit code of 1.
Otherwise, it will return the exit code of the program it executes.
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SEE ALSO
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Maintained by the <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">LLVM Team</a>.
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