[PATCH] D119351: Update all LLVM documentation mentioning runtimes in LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS

Arthur O'Dwyer via Phabricator via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Feb 10 06:47:06 PST 2022


Quuxplusone added inline comments.


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Comment at: bolt/docs/OptimizingClang.md:228-236
 $ CPATH=${TOPLEV}/stage1/install/bin/
-$ cmake -G Ninja ${TOPLEV}/llvm-project/llvm -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 \
+$ cmake -G Ninja -S ${TOPLEV}/llvm-project/llvm -B ${TOPLEV}/stage2-prof-gen \
+    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=$CPATH/clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$CPATH/clang++ \
     -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;lld" \
     -DLLVM_USE_LINKER=lld -DLLVM_BUILD_INSTRUMENTED=ON \
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ldionne wrote:
> Quuxplusone wrote:
> > FWIW, I personally prefer to run cmake and ninja //from// the build directory, i.e.
> > ```
> > $ mkdir ${TOPLEV}/llvm-project/llvm/stage2-prof-gen
> > $ cd ${TOPLEV}/llvm-project/llvm/stage2-prof-gen
> > $ CPATH=${TOPLEV}/stage1/install/bin
> > $ cmake -G Ninja \
> >     -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 \
> >     ~~~
> >     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${TOPLEV}/stage2-prof-gen/install \
> >     ../llvm-project/llvm
> > $ ninja install
> > ```
> > This is the style that was used in `DataFlowSanitizer.rst` below, which you explicitly moved away from into `-B`/`-S`/`-C` land (where I find it harder to keep straight all the different extra options that are needed).
> > 
> > Orthogonally, I'm worried that the advice on lines 73–74 of README.md doesn't mention `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`. When I'm building libc++ locally as part of my development workflow, I //absolutely do not// want to blow away my computer's default standard library installation; but what //do// I want to do? Should I use something like `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/install` as depicted here? Can I really not get away with "running it out of the buildroot" the way I'm used to?— I //must// install it somewhere on my system in order to test it at all?
> > Re: `-C` `-B` `-S`
> 
> I really like using those flags because it makes the command relocatable, i.e. it works regardless of where it is being run. As such, it's way more copy-pasteable too. However, since that's orthogonal to this change, I'll revert to the old style just so we have fewer things to argue about. But in general, for libc++/libc++abi/libunwind instructions, you'll find that I want things documented this way for that reason.
> 
> > Re: `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`
> 
> You don't necessarily need to install it in order to test it -- we test libc++ all the time without running the `install-cxx` target. Furthermore, I would expect that most systems nowadays have some sort of integrity protection that prevents you from doing something bad like that. Apple platforms certainly do -- you simply can't overwrite your `libc++.1.dylib` anymore and render your system unusable. Still, I'll add a word of caution to `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` above even though it's orthogonal to this patch -- it's easy enough to do.
FWIW, the `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` change is an improvement but only //slightly// more reassuring than before. ;) Part of my paranoia is that I happen to know that Homebrew stores things in `/usr/local/...` as well (although probably entirely under `/usr/local/Cellar/...`?) and I wouldn't want to blow those away //either//.
Apparently on my Apple system I have `/usr/lib/libc++.dylib`, `/System/DriverKit/usr/lib/libc++.dylib`, and `/usr/local/Cellar/llvm/12.0.1/lib/libc++.dylib`.

> we test libc++ all the time without running the `install-cxx` target

Well, I know I do, but I don't use ENABLE_RUNTIMES yet... and the how-to below //does// end with the line `ninja -C build install-cxx`. If there's a supported/expected-to-work way to build and test libc++ that doesn't use `ninja install-cxx`, it'd be cool to mention it.

Anyway, this is all just me fudding and shouldn't block this PR. :)


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Comment at: llvm/docs/GettingStarted.rst:633-634
+|                         | full monorepo layout). The default list is empty.  |
+|                         | Can include: libcxx, libcxxabi, libunwind,         |
+|                         | compiler-rt, libc, or openmp.                      |
 +-------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+
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The other list is a-z order; this one could be too.


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