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Subject: CVS commit: pkgsrc
From: Adam Ciarcinski
Date: 2019-06-02 10:35:56
Message id: 20190602083556.BE3C1FBB7@cvs.NetBSD.org
Log Message:
llvm: updated to 8.0.0
8.0.0:
Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
* The llvm-cov tool can now export lcov trace files using the -format=lcov \
option of the export command.
* The add_llvm_loadable_module CMake macro has been removed. The \
add_llvm_library macro with the MODULE argument now provides the same \
functionality. See Writing an LLVM Pass.
* For MinGW, references to data variables that might need to be imported from a \
dll are accessed via a stub, to allow the linker to convert it to a dllimport if \
needed.
* Added support for labels as offsets in .reloc directive.
* Support for precise identification of X86 instructions with memory operands, \
by using debug information. This supports profile-driven cache prefetching. It \
is enabled with the -x86-discriminate-memops LLVM Flag.
* Support for profile-driven software cache prefetching on X86. This is part of \
a larger system, consisting of: an offline cache prefetches recommender, AutoFDO \
tooling, and LLVM. In this system, a binary compiled with \
-x86-discriminate-memops is run under the observation of the recommender. The \
recommender identifies certain memory access instructions by their binary file \
address, and recommends a prefetch of a specific type (NTA, T0, etc) be \
performed at a specified fixed offset from such an instruction’s memory \
operand. Next, this information needs to be converted to the AutoFDO syntax and \
the resulting profile may be passed back to the compiler with the LLVM flag \
-prefetch-hints-file, together with the exact same set of compilation parameters \
used for the original binary. More information is available in the RFC.
* Windows support for libFuzzer (x86_64).
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