{"id":181743,"date":"2024-03-19T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=181743"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:46:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T17:46:40","slug":"llvm-everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-compiler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/llvm-everything-you-need-to-know-about-this-compiler","title":{"rendered":"LLVM: Everything you need to know about this compiler"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"181743\" class=\"elementor elementor-181743\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d0d95e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1d0d95e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0508c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0508c6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">While it is common practice for developers to write programs in a \"high-level\" language such as Python or Java, these same programs need to be \"compiled\" in order to make direct use of the microprocessor's capabilities. LLVM has been a major innovator in this field, promoting aspects such as modularity and real-time compilation.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edb3879 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edb3879\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Developers<\/strong> know that writing a sequence of instructions in a language such as Python, Java or <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/c-what-is-this-computer-language-for\">C++<\/a> is just one step in the process leading to an executable program. The process that transforms the &#8220;source code&#8221; (what the developer writes) into code that can be used by the <strong>microprocessor is called compilation.<\/strong><\/p><p>Languages such as Python or Java are called high-level languages. They feature instructions that are easy for humans to understand, such as the famous IF, which is used to test a condition and is found in most languages<\/p><p>Developing a program in machine code is extremely arduous, so it&#8217;s compilation that converts instructions written in a high-level language into machine code.<\/p><p>Designed by computer scientist Chris Lattner around 2002, at the University of Illinois, as part of his doctoral thesis, <strong>LLVM<\/strong> was conceived with a view to renewing the approach to compilation and optimizing its use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b0336 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"58b0336\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1614136 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1614136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Optimizing the compilation process<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9678677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9678677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Optimizing compilers<\/strong> is nothing new. The GCC compiler &#8211; an integral part of the GNU (for Linux) operating system launched by Richard Stallman in 1984 &#8211; has over time incorporated numerous optimization options to <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/horizontal-scaling-definition-features-and-benefits\">improve the efficiency of the code it generates.<\/a><\/p><p><strong>LLVM<\/strong>, for its part, appeared in the early 2000s, at a time when multi-core<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/computational-resources-definition-operation-and-role\"> microprocessor<\/a> architectures were becoming commonplace, as were GPUs or computer graphics processors.<\/p><p>LLVM stands for Low Level <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/virtual-machine-definition-use-and-benefits\">Virtual Machine,<\/a> and this name partly sums up what it achieves: the creation of virtual machines (capable of emulating the behavior of given processors) at a low level (and therefore, close to the processor).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbf26e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bbf26e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/llvm1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f636f elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"56f636f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/course-devops\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Find out more about our DevOps training<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39e37a6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"39e37a6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c652e38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c652e38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LLVM's innovative approach<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2923501 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2923501\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LLVM has proposed a number of innovative approaches:<\/p><ul><li>modular architecture ;<\/li><li>JIT compilation ;<\/li><li>IR Intermediate Representation;<\/li><li>a whole ecosystem of reusable tools.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232dbf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"232dbf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at these various points.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba444b3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"ba444b3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dafce8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0dafce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Modular architecture<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad5ef11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad5ef11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Traditionally, most <strong>compilers consisted of a single program, making it difficult to optimize or extend their capabilities.<\/strong><\/p><p>One of the main objectives for <strong>LLVM<\/strong> was to create a modular compiler architecture, in other words, to get different components to work harmoniously together. This has brought many benefits.<\/p><p>Compiler development can be entrusted to different teams, each responsible for developing one or more specific modules. This reduces development time and increases overall efficiency. The code produced by a team is usually cleaner and easier to understand by those who would be in charge of maintaining it.<\/p><p>When a<strong> compiler<\/strong> comes in the form of a series of modules, it is possible to optimize any one of them separately. And since maintenance can be carried out on this isolated module. The result is greater flexibility.<\/p><p>If, over the months, it turns out that a major function is missing from the compiler, it can be added, either by modifying one of the existing modules or by creating a new one.<\/p><p>In this way, the modular structure encourages experimentation and the implementation of new capabilities.<br \/>Modular <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/distributed-architecture-definition-and-relationship-to-big-data\">architecture<\/a> facilitates the integration of external tools.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5abccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c5abccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/llvm2.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e558cb1 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e558cb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/course-devops\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover our DevOps training<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0788165 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"0788165\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d530316 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d530316\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">JIT or \"on-the-fly\" compilation<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe4612f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe4612f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the traditional compilation process, the conversion is produced in its entirety before the program is executed, producing definitive, uneditable machine code.<\/p><p>With <strong>LLVM&#8217;s JIT (Just-In-Time) compilation,<\/strong> the source code written by the developer is converted into executable machine code at the very moment of execution.<\/p><p>JIT compilation takes place just before the execution of a sequence of machine code. This is known as &#8220;selective compilation&#8221;. Optimization takes place dynamically (in real time), according to the program&#8217;s behavior.<\/p><p>LLVM is not the only tool to use JIT compilation. The same is true of Microsoft&#8217;s .Net and many Java implementations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71fc9ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"71fc9ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c04c10b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c04c10b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IR or intermediate representation<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e559b00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e559b00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As we saw above, LLVM stands for <strong>&#8220;low-level virtual machines&#8221;<\/strong>. And here we have another key to LLVM: it doesn&#8217;t generate code adapted to a particular microprocessor, but rather intermediate code, close to machine language but independent of a given computing unit.<\/p><p>This &#8220;intermediate representation&#8221; (IR) can be adapted to all kinds of processors, from computing units to graphics processors. Once again, this approach has a number of advantages:<\/p><ul><li>IR can be optimized independently of the final, processor-specific code.<\/li><li>IR code is easier to analyze and debug than machine language.<\/li><li>When a new processor is released, it&#8217;s easy to get the compiler to integrate the corresponding machine language type.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfe430a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"cfe430a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff7286a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff7286a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A rich ecosystem<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ab6ef9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ab6ef9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>LLVM also benefits from a vast ecosystem of tools and extensions capable of extending its capabilities. 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