[LLVMdev] [cfe-dev][Openmp-dev] Provide LLVM IR and OpenMP LLVM IR as input in a Pass

[Hal Finkel]

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> From: "Simone Atzeni" <simone.at at gmail.com>
> To: "Hal Finkel" <hfinkel at anl.gov>
> Cc: llvmdev at cs.uiuc.edu, cfe-dev at cs.uiuc.edu, openmp-dev at dcs-maillist2.engr.illinois.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 3:42:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [LLVMdev] [cfe-dev][Openmp-dev] Provide LLVM IR and OpenMP LLVM IR as input in a Pass
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> Hi Hal,
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> thanks for your answer.
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> I think it would be better if you gave us some idea of what you're
> trying to do. clang's OpenMP implementation turns the OpenMP pragmas
> into function calls to the runtime library. You can run passes on
> this IR as you would any other IR. When you say, "Do some operation
> on it and get results" do you mean generating code, linking and
> executing that code?
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> -Hal
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> I want to use the pass Polly to find any data dependence in the code.
> Since it does not work on OpenMP,

Why not? The loops in the outlined OpenMP regions are just regular loops (with runtime bounds). Can polly not handle them?

> I was thinking to apply it on the
> not-OpenMP IR, then I need the results of Polly to apply other
> passes to the OpenMP IR.

I don't think this will work for the OpenMP'd loops. The IR will look completely different, be in different functions, etc.

 -Hal

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> That is why I need both.
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> Best,
> Simone
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> I hope this is clear and you can give me some suggestion.
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> Thanks.
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> Best Regards,
> Simone
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Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne National Laboratory