LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices Clang and Middle-End Libraries

Design powerful and reliable compilers using the latest libraries and tools from LLVM

Min-Yih Hsu

BIRMINGHAM—MUMBAI

LLVM Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices Clang and Middle-End Libraries

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To my parents.

– Min-Yih Hsu

Contributors

About the author

Min-Yih "Min" Hsu is a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on compiler engineering, code optimization, advanced hardware architectures, and system security. He has been an active member of the LLVM community since 2015 and has contributed numerous patches upstream. Min also dedicates his time to advocating LLVM and compiler engineering through various avenues, such as writing blog posts and giving talks at conferences. In his spare time, Min likes to explore a variety of different coffee beans and ways of brewing.

I want to thank the people who have supported me, especially my family and my academic advisors. I also want to thank the LLVM community for always being inclusive and kind to every member regardless of their background and origin.

About the reviewer

Suyog Sarda completed his B.Tech from the College of Engineering, Pune. His work so far has mostly been related to compilers. He is especially interested in the performance aspect of compilers. He has worked on domain-specific language for image processing for DSPs.

LLVM's modularity makes it interesting to learn and implement quickly according to the compiler's requirement. However, the documentation of LLVM is scattered. He hopes this book provides a consolidated overview of the LLVM compiler infrastructure.