LLVM-STRESS(1)

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version 14.0.6 · 8 versions
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💅 llvm-stress — bestie edition

okay so you found llvm-stress, the LLVM manual page, and honestly? she's a whole mood. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let me tell you about the tool that just... makes up .ll files out of thin air. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

llvm-stress — she generates random .ll files. that's it. that's the job. iconic behavior honestly 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

llvm-stress [-size=filesize] [-seed=initialseed] [-o=outfile]

look at her. three little flags and a dream. 🦋

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so basically, the llvm-stress tool is out here generating random .ll files, and you use those files to test all the different components of LLVM. it's giving "chaos as a service" fr fr. you want weird little LLVM IR to throw at your compiler to see what breaks? she's got you. 💖

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • -o filename — tells her where to put the output. specify the output filename, bestie, or she'll just do her own thing. 📁
  • -size size — sets how big the generated .ll file is gonna be. specify the size, that's literally it. 📏
  • -seed seed — this one's the vibe-setter: specify the seed used for the randomly generated instructions. same seed, same chaos. reproducible chaos, even. 🌱

🔥 EXIT STATUS 🔥

llvm-stress returns 0. always. no drama, no nonzero nonsense. she just wins and leaves. periodt. 💅

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/). give them their flowers, they earned them. 🌸

2003-2025, LLVM Project

lowkey reminder: this page is from the LLVM manual collection, and the source is LLVM. it was dated 2025-05-22, and yes, that little 14 at the bottom of the original? that was the page number, bestie — consider this your cute little sign-off instead. mwah. 💋 🦋 ✨
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