Tutorial 1 Introduction to LLVM

Handout: [Overleaf]

TL'DR

• C++ Fundamentals
  • Pass by Reference
  • Public Inheritance
  • Templates and Instantiations
  • Standard Template Library (STL)
• How to write an LLVM Analysis pass?
  • Intermediate Representation (IR) and Optimization Passes
  • Analysis vs. Transform
  • LLVM Module, Iterators, Downcasting
  • LLVM Pass Interfaces

Examples

1. Cpp_Fundamentals shows you some basic concepts and usage of C++, including variable references, public inheritance, and standard template libraries.

   /Example1-Cpp_Fundamentals$ make
   /Example1-Cpp_Fundamentals$ ./1-VarReference
   /Example1-Cpp_Fundamentals$ ./2-PublicInheritance
   /Example1-Cpp_Fundamentals$ ./3-STL