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<h1>LLVM 3.1 Release Notes</h1>
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<h1 style="color:red">These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 3.1
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   Infrastructure, release 3.1.  Here we describe the status of LLVM, including
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<p>The LLVM 3.1 distribution currently consists of code from the core LLVM
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   repository (which roughly includes the LLVM optimizers, code generators and
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   supporting tools), and the Clang repository.  In
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   addition to this code, the LLVM Project includes other sub-projects that are
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   in development.  Here we include updates on these subprojects.</p>
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<a name="clang">Clang: C/C++/Objective-C Frontend Toolkit</a>
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<p><a href="http://clang.llvm.org/">Clang</a> is an LLVM front end for the C,
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   C++, and Objective-C languages. Clang aims to provide a better user
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   experience through expressive diagnostics, a high level of conformance to
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   language standards, fast compilation, and low memory use. Like LLVM, Clang
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   provides a modular, library-based architecture that makes it suitable for
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   creating or integrating with other development tools. Clang is considered a
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   production-quality compiler for C, Objective-C, C++ and Objective-C++ on x86
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   (32- and 64-bit), and for Darwin/ARM targets.</p>
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<p>In the LLVM 3.1 time-frame, the Clang team has made many improvements:</p>
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  <li>...</li>
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  <p>For more details about the changes to Clang since the 2.9 release, see the
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<a href="http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ReleaseNotes.html">Clang release notes</a>
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<p>If Clang rejects your code but another compiler accepts it, please take a
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   look at the <a href="http://clang.llvm.org/compatibility.html">language
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   compatibility</a> guide to make sure this is not intentional or a known
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   issue.</p>
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<a name="dragonegg">DragonEgg: GCC front-ends, LLVM back-end</a>
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</h3>
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<p><a href="http://dragonegg.llvm.org/">DragonEgg</a> is a
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   <a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/plugins">gcc plugin</a> that replaces GCC's
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   optimizers and code generators with LLVM's. It works with gcc-4.5 or gcc-4.6,
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   targets the x86-32 and x86-64 processor families, and has been successfully
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   used on the Darwin, FreeBSD, KFreeBSD, Linux and OpenBSD platforms.  It fully
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   supports Ada, C, C++ and Fortran.  It has partial support for Go, Java, Obj-C
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   and Obj-C++.</p>
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<p>The 3.1 release has the following notable changes:</p>
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  <ul>
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  <li>...</li>
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<a name="compiler-rt">compiler-rt: Compiler Runtime Library</a>
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<p>The new LLVM <a href="http://compiler-rt.llvm.org/">compiler-rt project</a>
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   is a simple library that provides an implementation of the low-level
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   target-specific hooks required by code generation and other runtime
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   components.  For example, when compiling for a 32-bit target, converting a
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   double to a 64-bit unsigned integer is compiled into a runtime call to the
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   "__fixunsdfdi" function. The compiler-rt library provides highly optimized
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   implementations of this and other low-level routines (some are 3x faster than
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   the equivalent libgcc routines).</p>
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<p>....</p>
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<p>LLDB is a ground-up implementation of a command line debugger, as well as a
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   debugger API that can be used from other applications.  LLDB makes use of the
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   Clang parser to provide high-fidelity expression parsing (particularly for
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   C++) and uses the LLVM JIT for target support.</p>
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<p>...</p>
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<a name="libc++">libc++: C++ Standard Library</a>
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</h3>
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<p>Like compiler_rt, libc++ is now <a href="DeveloperPolicy.html#license">dual
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   licensed</a> under the MIT and UIUC license, allowing it to be used more
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   permissively.</p>
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<p>...</p>
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<a name="vmkit">VMKit</a>
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  <p>The <a href="http://vmkit.llvm.org/">VMKit project</a> is an
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  implementation of a Java Virtual Machine (Java VM or JVM) that uses LLVM for
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  <p>In the LLVM 3.1 time-frame, VMKit has had significant improvements on both
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  runtime and startup performance:</p>
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  <li>...</li>
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<p>An exciting aspect of LLVM is that it is used as an enabling technology for
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   a lot of other language and tools projects.  This section lists some of the
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   projects that have already been updated to work with LLVM 3.1.</p>
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<p>This release includes a huge number of bug fixes, performance tweaks and
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   minor improvements.  Some of the major improvements and new features are
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   listed in this section.</p>
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<a name="majorfeatures">Major New Features</a>
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   strong phi elim
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   loop dependence analysis
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   CorrelatedValuePropagation
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   lib/Transforms/IPO/MergeFunctions.cpp => consider for 3.1.
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<p>LLVM 3.1 includes several major changes and big features:</p>
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<ul>
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  <li><a href="../tools/clang/docs/AddressSanitizer.html">AddressSanitizer</a>,
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      a fast memory error detector.</li>
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  <li><a href="CodeGenerator.html#machineinstrbundle">MachineInstr Bundles</a>,
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      Support to model instruction bundling / packing.</li>
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  <li><a href="#armintegratedassembler">ARM Integrated Assembler</a>,
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      A full featured assembler and direct-to-object support for ARM.</li>
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  <li>....</li>
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<a name="coreimprovements">LLVM IR and Core Improvements</a>
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</h3>
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<p>LLVM IR has several new features for better support of new targets and that
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   expose new optimization opportunities:</p>
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    <li>IR support for half float</li>
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    <li>IR support for vectors of pointers, including vector GEPs.</li>
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    <li>Module flags have been introduced. They convey information about the
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        module as a whole to LLVM subsystems.</li>
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    <li>Loads can now have range metadata attached to them to restrict the
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        possible values being loaded.</li>
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    <li>....</li>
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<a name="optimizer">Optimizer Improvements</a>
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</h3>
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<div>
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<p>In addition to many minor performance tweaks and bug fixes, this
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   release includes a few major enhancements and additions to the
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   optimizers:</p>
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<ul>
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<a name="mc">MC Level Improvements</a>
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<p>The LLVM Machine Code (aka MC) subsystem was created to solve a number of
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   problems in the realm of assembly, disassembly, object file format handling,
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   and a number of other related areas that CPU instruction-set level tools work
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   in. For more information, please see
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    to the LLVM MC Project Blog Post</a>.</p>
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<ul>
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<a name="codegen">Target Independent Code Generator Improvements</a>
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</h3>
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<p>We have changed the way that the Type Legalizer legalizes vectors. The type
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   legalizer now attempts to promote integer elements.  This enabled the
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   implementation of vector-select.  Additionally, we see a performance boost on
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   workloads which use vectors of chars and shorts, since they are now promoted
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   to 32-bit types, which are better supported by the SIMD instruction set.
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   Floating point types are still widened as before.</p>
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<p>We have put a significant amount of work into the code generator
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   infrastructure, which allows us to implement more aggressive algorithms and
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   make it run faster:</p>
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<ul>
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  <li>TableGen can now synthesize register classes that are only needed to
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      represent combinations of constraints from instructions and sub-registers.
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      The synthetic register classes inherit most of their properties form their
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      closest user-defined super-class.</li>
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  <li><code>MachineRegisterInfo</code> now allows the reserved registers to be
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      frozen when register allocation starts.  Target hooks should use the
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      <code>MRI->canReserveReg(FramePtr)</code> method to avoid accidentally
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      disabling frame pointer elimination during register allocation.</li>
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  <li>A new kind of <code>MachineOperand</code> provides a compact
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      representation of large clobber lists on call instructions.  The register
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      mask operand references a bit mask of preserved registers. Everything else
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      is clobbered.</li>
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</div>
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<h3>
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<a name="x86">X86-32 and X86-64 Target Improvements</a>
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</h3>
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<div>
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<p>New features and major changes in the X86 target include:</p>
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<ul>
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  <li>Bug fixes and improved support for AVX1</li>
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  <li>Support for AVX2 (still incomplete at this point)</li>
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  <li>Call instructions use the new register mask operands for faster compile
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  times and better support for different calling conventions.  The old WINCALL
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  instructions are no longer needed.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h3>
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<a name="ARM">ARM Target Improvements</a>
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</h3>
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<div>
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<p>New features of the ARM target include:</p>
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<ul>
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  <li>The constant island pass now supports basic block and constant pool entry
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  alignments greater than 4 bytes.</li>
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  <li>On Darwin, the ARM target now has a full-featured integrated assembler.
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  </li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<h4>
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<a name="armintegratedassembler">ARM Integrated Assembler</a>
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</h4>
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<div>
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<p>The ARM target now includes a full featured macro assembler, including
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direct-to-object module support for clang. The assembler is currently enabled
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by default for Darwin only pending testing and any additional necessary
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platform specific support for Linux.</p>
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<p>Full support is included for Thumb1, Thumb2 and ARM modes, along with
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subtarget and CPU specific extensions for VFP2, VFP3 and NEON.</p>
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<p>The assembler is Unified Syntax only (see ARM Architecural Reference Manual
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for details). While there is some, and growing, support for pre-unfied (divided)
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syntax, there are still significant gaps in that support.</p>
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<h3>
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<a name="MIPS">MIPS Target Improvements</a>
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</h3>
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<div>
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<p>This release has seen major new work on just about every aspect of the MIPS
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  backend.  Some of the major new features include:</p>
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<ul>
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  <li>....</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>
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<a name="OtherTS">Other Target Specific Improvements</a>
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</h3>
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<div>
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<ul>
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  <li>....</li>
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<h3>
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<a name="changes">Major Changes and Removed Features</a>
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</h3>
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<div>
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<p>If you're already an LLVM user or developer with out-of-tree changes based on
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   LLVM 3.1, this section lists some "gotchas" that you may run into upgrading
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   from the previous release.</p>
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<ul>
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  <li>LLVM 3.1 removes support for reading LLVM 2.9 bitcode files. Going
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      forward, we aim for all future versions of LLVM to read bitcode files and
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      <tt>.ll</tt> files produced by LLVM 3.0 and later.</li>
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  <li>The <tt>unwind</tt> instruction is now gone. With the introduction of the
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      new exception handling system in LLVM 3.0, the <tt>unwind</tt> instruction
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      became obsolete.</li>
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  <li>....</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>
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<a name="api_changes">Internal API Changes</a>
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</h3>
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<div>
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<p>In addition, many APIs have changed in this release.  Some of the major
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   LLVM API changes are:</p>
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<ul>
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  <li>Target specific options have been moved from global variables to members
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      on the new <code>TargetOptions</code> class, which is local to each
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      <code>TargetMachine</code>. As a consequence, the associated flags will
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      no longer be accepted by <tt>clang -mllvm</tt>. This includes:
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<ul>
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<li><code>llvm::PrintMachineCode</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::NoFramePointerElim</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::NoFramePointerElimNonLeaf</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::DisableFramePointerElim(const MachineFunction &)</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::LessPreciseFPMADOption</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::LessPrecideFPMAD()</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::NoExcessFPPrecision</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::UnsafeFPMath</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::NoInfsFPMath</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::NoNaNsFPMath</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::HonorSignDependentRoundingFPMathOption</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::HonorSignDependentRoundingFPMath()</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::UseSoftFloat</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::FloatABIType</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::NoZerosInBSS</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::JITExceptionHandling</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::JITEmitDebugInfo</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::JITEmitDebugInfoToDisk</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::GuaranteedTailCallOpt</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::StackAlignmentOverride</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::RealignStack</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::DisableJumpTables</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::EnableFastISel</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::getTrapFunctionName()</code></li>
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<li><code>llvm::EnableSegmentedStacks</code></li>
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</ul></li>
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  <li>....</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>
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<a name="tools_changes">Tools Changes</a>
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</h3>
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<div>
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<p>In addition, some tools have changed in this release. Some of the changes
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   are:</p>
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<ul>
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  <li>llvm-stress is a command line tool for generating random .ll files to fuzz
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      different LLVM components. </li>
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  <li>....</li>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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  <li>....</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>
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  <a name="knownproblems">Known Problems</a>
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</h2>
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<div>
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<p>LLVM is generally a production quality compiler, and is used by a broad range
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   of applications and shipping in many products.  That said, not every
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   subsystem is as mature as the aggregate, particularly the more obscure
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   targets.  If you run into a problem, please check the <a
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						|
   href="http://llvm.org/bugs/">LLVM bug database</a> and submit a bug if
 | 
						|
   there isn't already one or ask on the <a
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						|
    href="http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/mailman/listinfo/llvmdev">LLVMdev
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						|
    list</a>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  <p>Known problem areas include:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<ul>
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						|
  <li>The Alpha, Blackfin, CellSPU, MSP430, PTX, SystemZ and
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						|
      XCore backends are experimental, and the Alpha, Blackfin and SystemZ
 | 
						|
      targets have already been removed from mainline.</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
  <li>The integrated assembler, disassembler, and JIT is not supported by
 | 
						|
      several targets.  If an integrated assembler is not supported, then a
 | 
						|
      system assembler is required.  For more details, see the <a
 | 
						|
      href="CodeGenerator.html#targetfeatures">Target Features Matrix</a>.
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						|
  </li>
 | 
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 | 
						|
  <li>The C backend has numerous problems and is not being actively maintained.
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    Depending on it for anything serious is not advised.</li>
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						|
</ul>
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<h2>
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<p>A wide variety of additional information is available on
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   the <a href="http://llvm.org/">LLVM web page</a>, in particular in
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   the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/">documentation</a> section.  The web page
 | 
						|
   also contains versions of the API documentation which is up-to-date with the
 | 
						|
   Subversion version of the source code.  You can access versions of these
 | 
						|
   documents specific to this release by going into the "<tt>llvm/doc/</tt>"
 | 
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   directory in the LLVM tree.</p>
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<p>If you have any questions or comments about LLVM, please feel free to contact
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   us via the <a href="http://llvm.org/docs/#maillist"> mailing lists</a>.</p>
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