LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices Clang and Middle-End Libraries

Table of Contents

Preface

Section 1: Build System and LLVM-Specific Tooling

Chapter 1: Saving Resources When Building LLVM

Technical requirements

Cutting down building resources with better tooling

Replacing GNU Make with Ninja

Avoiding the use of the BFD linker

Tweaking CMake arguments

Choosing the right build type

Avoiding building all targets

Building as shared libraries

Splitting the debug info

Building an optimized version of llvm-tblgen

Using the new PassManager and Clang

Using GN for a faster turnaround time

Summary

Further reading

Chapter 2: Exploring LLVM's Build System Features

Technical requirements

Exploring a glossary of LLVM's important CMake directives

Using the CMake function to add new libraries

Using the CMake function to add ...