patch brings numerous advantages to LLVM. One way to look at it
is through diffstat:
109 files changed, 3005 insertions(+), 5906 deletions(-)
Removing almost 3K lines of code is a good thing. Other advantages
include:
1. Value::getType() is a simple load that can be CSE'd, not a mutating
union-find operation.
2. Types a uniqued and never move once created, defining away PATypeHolder.
3. Structs can be "named" now, and their name is part of the identity that
uniques them. This means that the compiler doesn't merge them structurally
which makes the IR much less confusing.
4. Now that there is no way to get a cycle in a type graph without a named
struct type, "upreferences" go away.
5. Type refinement is completely gone, which should make LTO much MUCH faster
in some common cases with C++ code.
6. Types are now generally immutable, so we can use "Type *" instead
"const Type *" everywhere.
Downsides of this patch are that it removes some functions from the C API,
so people using those will have to upgrade to (not yet added) new API.
"LLVM 3.0" is the right time to do this.
There are still some cleanups pending after this, this patch is large enough
as-is.
llvm-svn: 134829
disassembler API. Hooked this up to the ARM target so such tools as Darwin's
otool(1) can now print things like branch targets for example this:
blx _puts
instead of this:
blx #-36
And even print the expression encoded in the Mach-O relocation entried for
things like this:
movt r0, :upper16:((_foo-_bar)+1234)
llvm-svn: 129284
otool(1), this time with the needed fix for case sensitive file systems :) .
This is a work in progress as the interface for producing symbolic operands is
not done. But a hacked prototype using information from the object file's
relocation entiries and replacing immediate operands with MCExpr's has been
shown to work with no changes to the instrucion printer. These APIs will be
moved into a dynamic library at some point.
llvm-svn: 128415
This is a work in progress as the interface for producing symbolic operands is
not done. But a hacked prototype using information from the object file's
relocation entiries and replacing immediate operands with MCExpr's has been
shown to work with no changes to the instrucion printer. These APIs will be
moved into a dynamic library at some point.
llvm-svn: 128308
It's similar to "linker_private_weak", but it's known that the address of the
object is not taken. For instance, functions that had an inline definition, but
the compiler decided not to inline it. Note, unlike linker_private and
linker_private_weak, linker_private_weak_def_auto may have only default
visibility. The symbols are removed by the linker from the final linked image
(executable or dynamic library).
llvm-svn: 111684
