[LLVMdev] GSoc 2009 (Bad Subject in the previous email)

[Evan Cheng]

On Apr 1, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Ehsan Amiri wrote:

> Hi Evan
>
> Thanks for the email. I had a look at gcc implementation of TBAA and  
> I think three main steps in implementation of TBAA for LLVM will be  
> this:
>
> April 20 ~ May 23: I will read gcc implementation in depth and play  
> around with LLVM code.
>
> May 23 ~ July 6: Implementation and test of a simple version of TBAA  
> that does not work with all aggregate types. I think part of the  
> coding required for aggregate type can be done in this period but it  
> will not be ready for midterm evaluation. On the other hand this  
> period will be my first experience with LLVM code and so I will  
> spend some time on learning LLVM-specific details.
>
> July 6 ~ August 10: Finishing implementaiton and testing for  
> aggregate types and preparing any doumentaion needed.
>
> In general gcc implementation of TBAA will be the base of my work,  
> but I will read it in depth before starting the implementation, so  
> that we can decide on any changes required before the start of coding.

I am not sure if modeling gcc's implementation of TBAA is a good idea.  
Could someone who knows more about this topic chime in?

Evan

>
> Please let me know if this sounds reasonable.
> Thanks
> Ehsan
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Evan Cheng <evan.cheng at apple.com>  
> wrote:
> Hi Ehsan,
>
> All of the projects you have listed are quite interesting. If I were  
> to advocate for one, it would be #2. I think the scope of work is  
> perfect for GSoc.
>
> I'd encourage send out a more concrete proposal when you're ready.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Evan
>
> On Mar 27, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Ehsan Amiri wrote:
>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I am a PhD student of Computer Scince at Simon Fraser University (http://www.cs.sfu.ca 
>> ) interested in applying to GSoC. My PhD is focused on theoretical  
>> computer science, but since Sep. 2008 I have started working on  
>> Software projects again. Currently I am working in COSTAR lab (http://costar.sfu.ca/ 
>> ) on a high performance regular expression engine based on Parallel  
>> bit streams technology. A considerable part of this project is  
>> optimal register allocation and I have got familiar with the  
>> literature during my current project. Before my PhD I have worked  
>> on various projects including distributed firewall and short  
>> message service center. These projects requried C++ and C(kernel  
>> level) programming in Linux.
>>
>> I am interested in the following open projects of llvm.
>>
>> 1- Implementing interprocedural register allocation. This is in the  
>> same line with what I have been doing recently.
>>
>> The other projects below are also quite interesting for me:
>>
>> 2- Adding support for Type Based Alias Analysis
>>
>> 3- Improving handling of memcpy/memset.
>>
>> 4- Implementing a loop dependency analysis infrastructure.
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Ehsan Amiri
>>
>> PS. Sorry for the wrong subject in the previous email
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