LLI(1)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is LLI(1), the LLVM manual page for lli, and it's the tool that directly executes programs from LLVM bitcode. slay ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

lli [options] [filename] [program args]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

lli directly executes programs in LLVM bitcode format. It takes a program in LLVM bitcode format and executes it using a just-in-time compiler or an interpreter. iconic behavior, honestly 💅

lli is not an emulator. It will not execute IR of different architectures, and it can only interpret (or JIT-compile) for the host architecture. no cap, that's the whole vibe check. 💀

Heads up bestie: the JIT compiler takes the same arguments as other tools, like llc, but they don't necessarily work for the interpreter. iykyk 🫶

If filename is not specified, then lli reads the LLVM bitcode for the program from standard input. 🌸

The optional args specified on the command line are passed to the program as arguments. periodt ✨

💅 GENERAL OPTIONS 💅

• -fake-argv0=executable — Override the argv[0] value passed into the executing program. main character energy tbh.
• -force-interpreter={false,true} — If set to true, use the interpreter even if a just-in-time compiler is available for this architecture. Defaults to false. lowkey useful.
• -help — Print a summary of command line options. bestie behavior.
• -load=pluginfilename — Causes lli to load the plugin (shared object) named pluginfilename and use it for optimization. obsessed.
• -stats — Print statistics from the code-generation passes. This is only meaningful for the just-in-time compiler, at present. ngl, JIT-only at present.
• -time-passes — Record the amount of time needed for each code-generation pass and print it to standard error. timing era.
• -version — Print out the version of lli and exit without doing anything else. short and iconic.

🎯 TARGET OPTIONS 🎯

• -mtriple=target triple — Override the target triple specified in the input bitcode file with the specified string. This may result in a crash if you pick an architecture which is not compatible with the current system. 💀
• -march=arch — Specify the architecture for which to generate assembly, overriding the target encoded in the bitcode file. See the output of llc -help for a list of valid architectures. By default this is inferred from the target triple or autodetected to the current architecture. autodetect slay.
• -mcpu=cpuname — Specify a specific chip in the current architecture to generate code for. By default this is inferred from the target triple and autodetected to the current architecture. For a list of available CPUs, use: llvm-as < /dev/null | llc -march=xyz -mcpu=help iykyk.
• -mattr=a1,+a2,-a3,... — Override or control specific attributes of the target, such as whether SIMD operations are enabled or not. The default set of attributes is set by the current CPU. For a list of available attributes, use: llvm-as < /dev/null | llc -march=xyz -mattr=help attr era.

🌸 FLOATING POINT OPTIONS 🌸

• -disable-excess-fp-precision — Disable optimizations that may increase floating point precision. precision girlie.
• -enable-no-infs-fp-math — Enable optimizations that assume no Inf values. no Inf, no drama.
• -enable-no-nans-fp-math — Enable optimizations that assume no NAN values. no NAN, no drama.
• -enable-unsafe-fp-math — Causes lli to enable optimizations that may decrease floating point precision. unsafe but make it math.
• -soft-float — Causes lli to generate software floating point library calls instead of equivalent hardware instructions. software float vibe.

🔥 CODE GENERATION OPTIONS 🔥

• -code-model=model — Choose the code model from:
  • default: Target default code model
  • tiny: Tiny code model
  • small: Small code model
  • kernel: Kernel code model
  • medium: Medium code model
  • large: Large code model
• -disable-post-RA-scheduler — Disable scheduling after register allocation. no scheduling after RA, periodt.
• -disable-spill-fusing — Disable fusing of spill code into instructions. spill fusing off.
• -jit-enable-eh — Exception handling should be enabled in the just-in-time compiler. eh enabled era.
• -join-liveintervals — Coalesce copies (default=true). default is true, bestie.
• -nozero-initialized-in-bss — Don't place zero-initialized symbols into the BSS section. BSS boundary respect.
• -pre-RA-sched=scheduler — Instruction schedulers available (before register allocation):
  • =default: Best scheduler for the target
  • =none: No scheduling: breadth first sequencing
  • =simple: Simple two pass scheduling: minimize critical path and maximize processor utilization
  • =simple-noitin: Simple two pass scheduling: Same as simple except using generic latency
  • =list-burr: Bottom-up register reduction list scheduling
  • =list-tdrr: Top-down register reduction list scheduling
  • =list-td: Top-down list scheduler
• -regalloc=allocator — Register allocator to use (default=linearscan)
  • =bigblock: Big-block register allocator
  • =linearscan: linear scan register allocator
  • =local: local register allocator
  • =simple: simple register allocator
• -relocation-model=model — Choose relocation model from:
  • =default: Target default relocation model
  • =static: Non-relocatable code
  • =pic: Fully relocatable, position independent code
  • =dynamic-no-pic: Relocatable external references, non-relocatable code
• -spiller — Spiller to use (default=local)
  • =simple: simple spiller
  • =local: local spiller
• -x86-asm-syntax=syntax — Choose style of code to emit from X86 backend:
  • =att: Emit AT&T-style assembly
  • =intel: Emit Intel-style assembly

🦋 EXIT STATUS 🦋

If lli fails to load the program, it will exit with an exit code of 1. Otherwise, it will return the exit code of the program it executes. that's the whole exit status tea ☕

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• llc(1)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/). icons only 👑

🍓 COPYRIGHT 🍓

2003-2023, LLVM Project periodt 🍓

and that's the whole LLI(1) page, bestie 💖 this page comes from LLVM version 15, dated 2023-01-14, manual page LLI(1) — go off ✨🫶