LLVM编译系统结构分析和后端移植.docVIP

LLVM 编译系统结构分析与后端移植 摘　要 伴随着复杂逻辑设计这样的挑战的出现，诞生了许多的基于平台 的设计。在为硬件设计提供了一个好的解决方案的同时，基于平台的 设计仍然需要给出一个完备的开发工具链，包括编译器、汇编器、仿 真器等等。因此出现了 ADL(Architecture Description Language)以帮助 进行工具链的生成。其中的 MADL(Mescal Architecture Description Language) 是 一 个 良 好 设 计 但 尚 不 完 善 的 ADL 。 UADL(Unified Architecture Description Language)项目致力于在 MADL 的基础之上提 供一个工具链自动生成的更好方法。本文是 UADL 项目的一部分，提 供了对 LLVM(Low Level Virtual Machine)编译系统的后端移植，这构成 了 UADL 项目进行编译器自动生成研究的基础。LLVM 架构是美国伊 利诺斯大学开发的开放源代码编译器架构，本文介绍了 LLVM 架构的 基本构成，其组成部分的具体功能，详细分析了该架构的后端移植机 制，包括寄存器描述、指令集描述、汇编输出等移植机制的各个方面， 然后给出实现 ARM 后端移植的具体工作细节，最终实现了 LLVM 架 构对 ARM 处理器后端的支持。 关键词：LLVM，编译器，ARM，后端移植 ANALYSIS OF LLVM COMPILER INFRASTRUCTURE AND BACKEND PORTING FOR ARM ABSTRACT With the rising challenges, such as the complexity of logic design, many platform-based designs came out. While providing a good solution for hardware design, platform-based designs still need to supply a qualified development toolchain, including compiler, assembler, simulator and etc. Then ADL (Architecture Description Language) came out to facilitate the generation of the toolchain. MADL (Mescal Architecture Description Language) is a well-designed but immature one. Our UADL (Unified Architecture Description Language) project aims to offer a better toolchain auto-generation methodology on the basis of MADL. This paper is part of the UADL project and gives a solution to LLVM (Low Level Virtual Machine) backend porting, which can be the basis of the research of compiler auto-generation for UADL project. LLVM Infrastructure is an open-source compiler structure developed by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In this paper, first the components of LLVM Infrastructure and their corresponding functions are introduced. Then LLVM Infrastructure’s backend-porting scheme is analyzed, including register description, instruction description, assembly output etc. Finally, the details of porting LLVM Infrastructure on ARM are given and the LLVM Infrastructure’s support for ARM backend i