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This adds documentation that describes remarks in LLVM. It aims at explaining what remarks are, how to enable them, and what users can do with the different modes. It lists all the available flags in LLVM (excluding clang), and describes the expected YAML structure as well as the tools that support the YAML format today. Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D64355 llvm-svn: 365578
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Remarks
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:local:
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Introduction to the LLVM remark diagnostics
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===========================================
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LLVM is able to emit diagnostics from passes describing whether an optimization
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has been performed or missed for a particular reason, which should give more
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insight to users about what the compiler did during the compilation pipeline.
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There are three main remark types:
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``Passed``
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Remarks that describe a successful optimization performed by the compiler.
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:Example:
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foo inlined into bar with (cost=always): always inline attribute
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``Missed``
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Remarks that describe an attempt to an optimization by the compiler that
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could not be performed.
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:Example:
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foo not inlined into bar because it should never be inlined
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(cost=never): noinline function attribute
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``Analysis``
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Remarks that describe the result of an analysis, that can bring more
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information to the user regarding the generated code.
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:Example:
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16 stack bytes in function
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10 instructions in function
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Enabling optimization remarks
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=============================
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There are two modes that are supported for enabling optimization remarks in
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LLVM: through remark diagnostics, or through serialized remarks.
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Remark diagnostics
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------------------
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Optimization remarks can be emitted as diagnostics. These diagnostics will be
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propagated to front-ends if desired, or emitted by tools like :doc:`llc
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<CommandGuide/llc>` or :doc:`opt <CommandGuide/opt>`.
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.. option:: -pass-remarks=<regex>
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Enables optimization remarks from passes whose name match the given (POSIX)
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regular expression.
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.. option:: -pass-remarks-missed=<regex>
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Enables missed optimization remarks from passes whose name match the given
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(POSIX) regular expression.
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.. option:: -pass-remarks-analysis=<regex>
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Enables optimization analysis remarks from passes whose name match the given
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(POSIX) regular expression.
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Serialized remarks
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------------------
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While diagnostics are useful during development, it is often more useful to
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refer to optimization remarks post-compilation, typically during performance
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analysis.
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For that, LLVM can serialize the remarks produced for each compilation unit to
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a file that can be consumed later.
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By default, the format of the serialized remarks is :ref:`YAML
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<yamlremarks>`, and it can be accompanied by a :ref:`section <remarkssection>`
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in the object files to easily retrieve it.
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:doc:`llc <CommandGuide/llc>` and :doc:`opt <CommandGuide/opt>` support the
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following options:
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``Basic options``
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.. option:: -pass-remarks-output=<filename>
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Enables the serialization of remarks to a file specified in <filename>.
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By default, the output is serialized to :ref:`YAML <yamlremarks>`.
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.. option:: -pass-remarks-format=<format>
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Specifies the output format of the serialized remarks.
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Supported formats:
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* :ref:`yaml <yamlremarks>` (default)
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``Content configuration``
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.. option:: -pass-remarks-filter=<regex>
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Only passes whose name match the given (POSIX) regular expression will be
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serialized to the final output.
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.. option:: -pass-remarks-with-hotness
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With PGO, include profile count in optimization remarks.
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.. option:: -pass-remarks-hotness-threshold
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The minimum profile count required for an optimization remark to be
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emitted.
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Other tools that support remarks:
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:program:`llvm-lto`
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.. option:: -lto-pass-remarks-output=<filename>
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.. option:: -lto-pass-remarks-filter=<regex>
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.. option:: -lto-pass-remarks-format=<format>
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.. option:: -lto-pass-remarks-with-hotness
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.. option:: -lto-pass-remarks-hotness-threshold
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:program:`gold-plugin` and :program:`lld`
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.. option:: -opt-remarks-filename=<filename>
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.. option:: -opt-remarks-filter=<regex>
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.. option:: -opt-remarks-format=<format>
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.. option:: -opt-remarks-with-hotness
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.. _yamlremarks:
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YAML remarks
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============
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A typical remark serialized to YAML looks like this:
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.. code-block:: yaml
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--- !<TYPE>
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Pass: <pass>
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Name: <name>
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DebugLoc: { File: <file>, Line: <line>, Column: <column> }
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Function: <function>
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Hotness: <hotness>
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Args:
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- <key>: <value>
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DebugLoc: { File: <arg-file>, Line: <arg-line>, Column: <arg-column> }
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The following entries are mandatory:
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* ``<TYPE>``: can be ``Passed``, ``Missed``, ``Analysis``,
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``AnalysisFPCommute``, ``AnalysisAliasing``, ``Failure``.
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* ``<pass>``: the name of the pass that emitted this remark.
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* ``<name>``: the name of the remark coming from ``<pass>``.
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* ``<function>``: the mangled name of the function.
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If a ``DebugLoc`` entry is specified, the following fields are required:
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* ``<file>``
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* ``<line>``
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* ``<column>``
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If an ``arg`` entry is specified, the following fields are required:
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* ``<key>``
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* ``<value>``
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If a ``DebugLoc`` entry is specified within an ``arg`` entry, the following
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fields are required:
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* ``<arg-file>``
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* ``<arg-line>``
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* ``<arg-column>``
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opt-viewer
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==========
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The ``opt-viewer`` directory contains a collection of tools that visualize and
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summarize serialized remarks.
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.. _optviewerpy:
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opt-viewer.py
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Output a HTML page which gives visual feedback on compiler interactions with
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your program.
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:Examples:
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$ opt-viewer.py my_yaml_file.opt.yaml
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$ opt-viewer.py my_build_dir/
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opt-stats.py
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------------
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Output statistics about the optimization remarks in the input set.
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:Example:
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$ opt-stats.py my_yaml_file.opt.yaml
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Total number of remarks 3
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Top 10 remarks by pass:
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inline 33%
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asm-printer 33%
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prologepilog 33%
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Top 10 remarks:
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asm-printer/InstructionCount 33%
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inline/NoDefinition 33%
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prologepilog/StackSize 33%
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opt-diff.py
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Produce a new YAML file which contains all of the changes in optimizations
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between two YAML files.
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Typically, this tool should be used to do diffs between:
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* new compiler + fixed source vs old compiler + fixed source
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* fixed compiler + new source vs fixed compiler + old source
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This diff file can be displayed using :ref:`opt-viewer.py <optviewerpy>`.
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:Example:
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$ opt-diff.py my_opt_yaml1.opt.yaml my_opt_yaml2.opt.yaml -o my_opt_diff.opt.yaml
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$ opt-viewer.py my_opt_diff.opt.yaml
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.. _remarkssection:
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Emitting remark diagnostics in the object file
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==============================================
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A section containing metadata on remark diagnostics will be emitted when
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-remarks-section is passed. The section contains:
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* a magic number: "REMARKS\\0"
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* the version number: a little-endian uint64_t
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* the total size of the string table (the size itself excluded):
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little-endian uint64_t
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* a list of null-terminated strings
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* the absolute file path to the serialized remark diagnostics: a
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null-terminated string.
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The section is named:
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* ``__LLVM,__remarks`` (MachO)
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* ``.remarks`` (ELF)
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C API
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=====
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LLVM provides a library that can be used to parse remarks through a shared
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library named ``libRemarks``.
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The typical usage through the C API is like the following:
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.. code-block:: c
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LLVMRemarkParserRef Parser = LLVMRemarkParserCreateYAML(Buf, Size);
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LLVMRemarkEntryRef Remark = NULL;
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while ((Remark = LLVMRemarkParserGetNext(Parser))) {
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// use Remark
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}
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bool HasError = LLVMRemarkParserHasError(Parser);
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LLVMRemarkParserDispose(Parser);
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.. FIXME: add documentation for llvm-opt-report.
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.. FIXME: add documentation for Passes supporting optimization remarks
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.. FIXME: add documentation for IR Passes
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.. FIXME: add documentation for CodeGen Passes
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