[llvm-dev] Understanding the version handling in LLVM/Clang/LLD

Tom Stellard via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Thu May 21 07:30:29 PDT 2020


On 05/21/2020 03:45 AM, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> [ Please CC me I ma not subcribed to this mailing-list ]
> 
> [ CC Tom and Hans as LLVM/stable maintainers ]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to understand the version handling in LLVM/Clang/LLD.
> 
> Normally, I build from "release/10.x" Git branch by using the tool
> tc-build from ClangBuiltLinux project.
> 
> With "llvm-10.0.1-rc1" Git tag I was able to setup a llvm-toolchain
> consisting of the projects "clang" and "lld".
> 
> A Linux v5.7-rc6 was successfully built.
> 
> $ cat /proc/version
> Linux version 5.7.0-rc6-2-amd64-clang (sedat.dilek at gmail.com@iniza)
> (ClangBuiltLinux clang version 10.0.1
> (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
> f79cd71e145c6fd005ba4dd1238128dfa0dc2cb6), LLD 10.0.1
> (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
> f79cd71e145c6fd005ba4dd1238128dfa0dc2cb6)) #2~bullseye+dileks1 SMP
> 2020-05-20
> 
> I remember when I used official tarballs for RC releases, the version
> string should look like:
> 
> $ clang-10 --version
> dileks clang version 10.0.1rc1

Are you sure about this?  I don't remember rc# being added to version
strings, do you have an example of an older release build that does this?

-Tom

> Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> Thread model: posix
> InstalledDir: /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/install/bin
> 
> $ ld.lld --version
> LLD 10.0.1rc1 (compatible with GNU linkers)
> 
> $ llvm-as --version
> LLVM (http://llvm.org/):
>   LLVM version 10.0.1rc1
>   Optimized build.
>   Default target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>   Host CPU: sandybridge
> 
> My first change:
> 
> [ llvm/CMakeLists.txt ]
> 
>  if(NOT DEFINED LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX)
> -  set(LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX "")
> +  set(LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX "rc1")
>  endif()
> 
> Unfortunately, clang-10 and ld.lld binaries did not show this in their version.
> 
> So, I modified clang...
> 
> [ clang/CMakeLists.txt ]
> 
> -# Unlike PACKAGE_VERSION, CLANG_VERSION does not include LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX.
> -set(CLANG_VERSION
> "${CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLANG_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLANG_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL}")
> +if(NOT DEFINED CLANG_VERSION_SUFFIX)
> +  set(CLANG_VERSION_SUFFIX ${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX})
> +endif()
> +# CLANG_VERSION includes LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX.
> +set(CLANG_VERSION
> "${CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CLANG_VERSION_MINOR}.${CLANG_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL}${CLANG_VERSION_SUFFIX}")
> 
> ...and lld (the same way clang handles its version):
> 
> [ lld/CMakeLists.txt ]
> 
> -# Compute the LLD version from the LLVM version.
> -string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?" LLD_VERSION
> -  ${PACKAGE_VERSION})
> +# If LLD_VERSION_* is specified, use it, if not use LLVM_VERSION_*.
> +if(NOT DEFINED LLD_VERSION_MAJOR)
> +  set(LLD_VERSION_MAJOR ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR})
> +endif()
> +if(NOT DEFINED LLD_VERSION_MINOR)
> +  set(LLD_VERSION_MINOR ${LLVM_VERSION_MINOR})
> +endif()
> +if(NOT DEFINED LLD_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL)
> +  set(LLD_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL ${LLVM_VERSION_PATCH})
> +endif()
> +if(NOT DEFINED LLD_VERSION_SUFFIX)
> +  set(LLD_VERSION_SUFFIX ${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX})
> +endif()
> +# LLD_VERSION includes LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX.
> +set(LLD_VERSION
> "${LLD_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LLD_VERSION_MINOR}.${LLD_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL}${LLD_VERSION_SUFFIX}")
>  message(STATUS "LLD version: ${LLD_VERSION}")
> 
> -string(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+)\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?" "\\1" LLD_VERSION_MAJOR
> -  ${LLD_VERSION})
> -string(REGEX REPLACE "[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+)(\\.[0-9]+)?" "\\1" LLD_VERSION_MINOR
> -  ${LLD_VERSION})
> -
> 
> That worked like expected for clang-10 and ld.lld with "-v" and/or
> "--version" options.
> 
> A clang-test FAILED... Preprocessor/iwithprefix.c (below when using
> LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX = "git"):
> 
> This is because of the "rc1" string in the include path ("git" accordingly):
> 
>    lib/clang/10.0.1rc1/include
> 
> To fix this up (maybe someone can help to recognize "git" and "rc[1-9]"):
> 
> [ clang/test/Preprocessor/iwithprefix.c ]
> 
> -// CHECK: {{/|\\}}lib{{(32|64)?}}{{/|\\}}clang{{/|\\}}{{[.0-9]+}}{{/|\\}}include
> +// CHECK: {{/|\\}}lib{{(32|64)?}}{{/|\\}}clang{{/|\\}}{{[.0-9]+}}rc1{{/|\\}}include
> 
> I guess this is due to my introduction and usage of CLANG_VERSION_SUFFIX.
> 
> Finally, I looked into master Git where I saw:
> 
> if(NOT DEFINED LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX)
>   set(LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX "git")
> endif()
> 
> And re-checked every place where especially...
>    ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX}
> ...is used.
> 
> So, I fixed it up by pre-checking for... if(LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX STREQUAL "git")
> 
> Example (full patch attached):
> 
> [ llvm/cmake/modules/AddLLVM.cmake ]
> 
> @@ -541,11 +541,18 @@ function(llvm_add_library name)
>      # Set SOVERSION on shared libraries that lack explicit SONAME
>      # specifier, on *nix systems that are not Darwin.
>      if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ARG_SONAME)
> -      set_target_properties(${name}
> -        PROPERTIES
> -        # Since 4.0.0, the ABI version is indicated by the major version
> -        SOVERSION ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX}
> -        VERSION ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX})
> +      # Since 4.0.0, the ABI version is indicated by the major version
> +      if(LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX STREQUAL "git")
> +       set_target_properties(${name}
> +          PROPERTIES
> +         SOVERSION ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX}
> +         VERSION ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX})
> +      else()
> +        set_target_properties(${name}
> +          PROPERTIES
> +         SOVERSION ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}
> +         VERSION ${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR})
> +      endif()
>      endif()
>    endif()
> 
> @@ -567,8 +574,13 @@ function(llvm_add_library name)
>        if(${output_name} STREQUAL "output_name-NOTFOUND")
>          set(output_name ${name})
>        endif()
> -      set(library_name
> ${output_name}-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX})
> -      set(api_name
> ${output_name}-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LLVM_VERSION_MINOR}.${LLVM_VERSION_PATCH}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX})
> +      if(LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX STREQUAL "git")
> +        set(library_name
> ${output_name}-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX})
> +        set(api_name
> ${output_name}-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LLVM_VERSION_MINOR}.${LLVM_VERSION_PATCH}${LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX})
> +      else()
> +       set(library_name ${output_name}-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR})
> +        set(api_name
> ${output_name}-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}.${LLVM_VERSION_MINOR}.${LLVM_VERSION_PATCH})
> +      endif()
>        set_target_properties(${name} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${library_name})
>        llvm_install_library_symlink(${api_name} ${library_name} SHARED
> 
> In the end I was able to build a LLVM/Clang/LLD toolchain which shows
> me "10.0.1rc1" version string for all llvm-*, clang-10 and ld.lld
> binaries.
> 
> As I understand the llvm/stable maintainers do not use or bump
> LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX with RC releases as I have expected.
> 
> But I see some problems when people do not use "git" as value in
> LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX - like me "rc1".
> 
> Also, I see an inconsistency for llvm-* binaries when using "git"
> whereas Clang and LLD do not show this in their version strings.
> 
> I am not sure what the introduction of CLANG_VERSION_SUFFIX and
> LLD_VERSION_SUFFIX is all doing.
> 
> The only value used for LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX is "git" in master Git branch.
> 
> Where is LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX really relevant?
> What do you think of the usage of LLVM_VERSION_SUFFIX in general?
> 
> What do you think to the changes to Clang and LLD versioning?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Regards,
> - Sedat -
> 
> P.S.: Some useful outputs
> 
> FAIL: Clang :: Preprocessor/iwithprefix.c (8758 of 16586)
> ******************** TEST 'Clang :: Preprocessor/iwithprefix.c' FAILED
> ********************
> Script:
> --
> : 'RUN: at line 3';   rm -rf
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/tools/clang/test/Preprocessor/Output/iwithprefix.c.tmp.tmps
> : 'RUN: at line 4';   mkdir -p
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/tools/clang/test/Preprocessor/Output/iwithprefix.c.tmp.tmps/first
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/tools/clang/test/Preprocessor/Output/iwithprefix.c.tmp.tmps/second
> : 'RUN: at line 5';
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/bin/clang -cc1
> -internal-isystem
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/lib/clang/10.0.1git/include
> -nostdsysteminc -triple x86_64-unknown-unknown    -iprefix
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/tools/clang/test/Preprocessor/Output/iwithprefix.c.tmp.tmps/
> -iwithprefix second     -isystem
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/tools/clang/test/Preprocessor/Output/iwithprefix.c.tmp.tmps/first
> -v /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/tc-build/llvm-project/clang/test/Preprocessor/iwithprefix.c
> 2> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/tools/clang/test/Preprocessor/Output/iwithprefix.c.tmp.out
> : 'RUN: at line 8';
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/bin/FileCheck
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/tc-build/llvm-project/clang/test/Preprocessor/iwithprefix.c
> < /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/tools/clang/test/Preprocessor/Output/iwithprefix.c.tmp.out
> --
> Exit Code: 1
> 
> Command Output (stderr):
> --
> /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/tc-build/llvm-project/clang/test/Preprocessor/iwithprefix.c:12:11:
> error: CHECK: expected string not found in input
> // CHECK: {{/|\\}}lib{{(32|64)?}}{{/|\\}}clang{{/|\\}}{{[.0-9]+}}{{/|\\}}include
>           ^
> <stdin>:6:2: note: scanning from here
>  /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/lib/clang/10.0.1git/include
>  ^
> <stdin>:6:45: note: possible intended match here
>  /home/dileks/src/llvm-toolchain/build/stage1/lib/clang/10.0.1git/include
> 
> [ scripts/run_tests_20200520.sh ]
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> export LANG=C
> export LC_ALL=C
> 
> CLANG_TESTS="Preprocessor/iwithprefix.c"
> 
> LLVM_LIT_OPTS="--verbose --echo-all-commands --show-all"
> 
> cd build/stage1/
> 
> for t in $CLANG_TESTS ; do ./bin/llvm-lit $LLVM_LIT_OPTS
> ./tools/clang/test/$t ; done
> 
> - EOT -
> 



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