[llvm-dev] Definitive list of optimisations at each optimisation level

Mon Jun 26 05:04:35 PDT 2017

Thanks Sean and Silva.

I guess what I was seeking was a URL that I could point (non-compiler) people at, but I guess no such reference exists.  What I can do if reference bot the source manager and use ‘-mllvm -debug-pass=Structure’ for each optimisation level, and document that.  The downside is that this will continuously go out of data with each release.

All the best,

            MartinO

PS: Movidius is now part of Intel, so I will be gradually switching to my Intel email address.

From: Ryan Taylor [mailto:ryta1203 at gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 2:59 AM
To: Sean Silva <chisophugis at gmail.com>
Cc: Martin J. O'Riordan <martin.oriordan at movidius.com>; llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>
Subject: Re: [llvm-dev] Definitive list of optimisations at each optimisation level

I agree, it's much clearer, it just takes runs at multiple opt levels and therefore I don't find it to be a "one stop shop".

On Jun 24, 2017 8:44 PM, "Sean Silva" <chisophugis at gmail.com<mailto:chisophugis at gmail.com>> wrote:
Looking at PassManagerBuilder can be useful because there are sometimes comments giving some idea of the intent of the particular choice of passes, but it can be difficult to see the big picture of all the passes that are run because it is very parameterized and split across multiple subroutines.

Running clang at O0 through O3 with -mllvm -debug-pass=Structure is generally more enlightening because then you see everything in one place for each optimization level.

-- Sean Silva

On Jun 24, 2017 12:54 PM, "Ryan Taylor" <ryta1203 at gmail.com<mailto:ryta1203 at gmail.com>> wrote:
Right but then you'll have to call each opt level. Have u looked in the pass manager?

On Jun 24, 2017 3:52 PM, "Sean Silva via llvm-dev" <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org<mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
The most definitive list you can probably hope to get will be obtained by passing -mllvm -debug-pass=Structure to a clang invocation.

-- Sean Silva

On Jun 24, 2017 7:10 AM, "Martin J. O'Riordan via llvm-dev" <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org<mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
I am often asked what optimisations “our” compiler performs at each level.  But “our” compiler is actually CLang/LLVM which we have retargeted to our proprietary target.

Most of the work we do is in maintaining our target specific backend.  Certainly there are optimisations that we do to take best advantage of our instruction set during lowering and instruction selection, and we have also added a couple of additional passes which manipulate the IR in advance of lowering to better shape it for our target.

But in practice the vast majority of optimisations are contributed by the continuously evolving and excellent LLVM target independent passes, and have little or nothing to do with the work we do in our backend - though it is obviously directed/tuned by the various target call-backs and the target cost models.

Is there a “one stop shop” list of the optimisation passes that LLVM performs, and identification of which are enabled by default for each of the 4 standard optimisation levels ‘-O0’ thru ‘-O3’?

The reason that I ask, is that I really don’t have an honest or informed answer that I can provide to people when they ask, and I haven’t found a definitive statement of this in the LLVM documentation that I could refer them to.

Thanks,

            MartinO

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