[PATCH] D62040: [docs] Add new document on building distributions

Shoaib Meenai via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri May 17 17:44:51 PDT 2019


smeenai added inline comments.


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Comment at: llvm/docs/BuildingADistribution.rst:128
+generating LLVM profiling information to drive Profile-Guided-Optimization. The
+in-tree profiling tests are very limited, and generating the profile takes a
+significant amount of time, however it can have a significant improvement in
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@beanz While you're in a documentation writing mood, I think you'd mentioned wanting to write up tips on creating good PGO sample files and getting good profiling data? :D


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Comment at: llvm/docs/BuildingADistribution.rst:129
+in-tree profiling tests are very limited, and generating the profile takes a
+significant amount of time, however it can have a significant improvement in
+the performance of the generated binaries.
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I think "but" would read better than "however" here.


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Comment at: llvm/docs/BuildingADistribution.rst:203
+**LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY**:BOOL
+  This option defaults to ``Off``, when set to ``On`` it removes many of the
+  LLVM development and testing tools from the default ``install`` target.
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Nit: semicolon instead of comma here.

`LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY` also prevents libraries from being installed, right?

Is it worth mentioning `LLVM_TOOLCHAIN_TOOLS`, which you need to use to get things to actually install if you're using `LLVM_INSTALL_TOOLCHAIN_ONLY`?


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