[llvm-dev] Adding a clang commandline option to change backend behaviour

[David Blaikie via llvm-dev]

Mostly I've only worked with debug info - so anything that I need passed
down to the backend goes into MCOptions, MCAsmInfo, and things like that.

If you want to affect the way LLVM middle end optimization passes behave,
that may require a different channel (might find some options on the
LLVMContext? Maybe, but maybe not - perhaps those sort of parameters get
passed straight to the passes in some way)

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 12:20 PM Oskar Szakinnis via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm currently working on a project that required me to fundamentally
> modify certain mechanisms of the x86 backend, as well as certain functions
> within PrologEpilogInserter (so my changes are not confined to a single
> pass - e.g. they include changes to the x86RegisterInfo constructor).
> In my current solution, I have added an option within
> llvm/include/llvm/CodeGen/CommandFlags.inc to enable my modifications (the
> modifications are placed within if-conditions in multiple segments of the
> code).
> This requires me to compile test code in two steps (first run clang with
> -emit-llvm, then run llc with my option enabled in the command line).
>
> Now I would like to be able to enable my modification through a clang
> command line option. What would be the canonical way to do so and which
> steps do I have to take? I already looked into the dev guide, but perhaps I
> missed something.
>
> I already tried using -mllvm as a workaround, but for some reason my
> option is not being recognized. Ultimately, I'd prefer not to rely on
> -mllvm anyway.
>
> To sum up my question: I want to be able to pass a boolean command line
> parameter to clang and use it within certain conditional statements within
> multiple files of the backend.
>
> Thank you for your help and let me know if my intent is unclear.
>
> Oskar
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