architeture of gcc.pptVIP

Architecture for a Next-Generation GCC Chris Lattner sabre@ GCC Optimizer Problems: Scope of optimization is very limited: Most transformations work on functions… …and one is even limited to extended basic blocks No whole-program analyses or optimization! e.g. alias analysis must be extremely conservative Tree RTL are bad for mid-level opt’zns: Tree is language-specific and too high-level RTL is target-specific and too low-level New Optimization Architecture: Transparent link-time optimization: Completely compatible with user makefiles Enables sophisticated interprocedural analyses (IPA) a