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diff --git a/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-bcanalyzer.rst b/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-bcanalyzer.rst index f1e4eac1be50..7254088ec946 100644 --- a/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-bcanalyzer.rst +++ b/docs/CommandGuide/llvm-bcanalyzer.rst @@ -1,424 +1,305 @@ llvm-bcanalyzer - LLVM bitcode analyzer ======================================= - SYNOPSIS -------- - -**llvm-bcanalyzer** [*options*] [*filename*] - +:program:`llvm-bcanalyzer` [*options*] [*filename*] DESCRIPTION ----------- +The :program:`llvm-bcanalyzer` command is a small utility for analyzing bitcode +files. The tool reads a bitcode file (such as generated with the +:program:`llvm-as` tool) and produces a statistical report on the contents of +the bitcode file. The tool can also dump a low level but human readable +version of the bitcode file. This tool is probably not of much interest or +utility except for those working directly with the bitcode file format. Most +LLVM users can just ignore this tool. -The **llvm-bcanalyzer** command is a small utility for analyzing bitcode files. -The tool reads a bitcode file (such as generated with the **llvm-as** tool) and -produces a statistical report on the contents of the bitcode file. The tool -can also dump a low level but human readable version of the bitcode file. -This tool is probably not of much interest or utility except for those working -directly with the bitcode file format. Most LLVM users can just ignore -this tool. - -If *filename* is omitted or is ``-``, then **llvm-bcanalyzer** reads its input -from standard input. This is useful for combining the tool into a pipeline. -Output is written to the standard output. - +If *filename* is omitted or is ``-``, then :program:`llvm-bcanalyzer` reads its +input from standard input. This is useful for combining the tool into a +pipeline. Output is written to the standard output. OPTIONS ------- +.. program:: llvm-bcanalyzer +.. option:: -nodetails -**-nodetails** - - Causes **llvm-bcanalyzer** to abbreviate its output by writing out only a module - level summary. The details for individual functions are not displayed. - - + Causes :program:`llvm-bcanalyzer` to abbreviate its output by writing out only + a module level summary. The details for individual functions are not + displayed. -**-dump** +.. option:: -dump - Causes **llvm-bcanalyzer** to dump the bitcode in a human readable format. This - format is significantly different from LLVM assembly and provides details about - the encoding of the bitcode file. + Causes :program:`llvm-bcanalyzer` to dump the bitcode in a human readable + format. This format is significantly different from LLVM assembly and + provides details about the encoding of the bitcode file. +.. option:: -verify - -**-verify** - - Causes **llvm-bcanalyzer** to verify the module produced by reading the - bitcode. This ensures that the statistics generated are based on a consistent + Causes :program:`llvm-bcanalyzer` to verify the module produced by reading the + bitcode. This ensures that the statistics generated are based on a consistent module. - - -**-help** +.. option:: -help Print a summary of command line options. - - - EXIT STATUS ----------- - -If **llvm-bcanalyzer** succeeds, it will exit with 0. Otherwise, if an error -occurs, it will exit with a non-zero value, usually 1. - +If :program:`llvm-bcanalyzer` succeeds, it will exit with 0. Otherwise, if an +error occurs, it will exit with a non-zero value, usually 1. SUMMARY OUTPUT DEFINITIONS -------------------------- - -The following items are always printed by llvm-bcanalyzer. They comprize the +The following items are always printed by llvm-bcanalyzer. They comprize the summary output. - **Bitcode Analysis Of Module** This just provides the name of the module for which bitcode analysis is being generated. - - **Bitcode Version Number** The bitcode version (not LLVM version) of the file read by the analyzer. - - **File Size** The size, in bytes, of the entire bitcode file. - - **Module Bytes** - The size, in bytes, of the module block. Percentage is relative to File Size. - - + The size, in bytes, of the module block. Percentage is relative to File Size. **Function Bytes** - The size, in bytes, of all the function blocks. Percentage is relative to File + The size, in bytes, of all the function blocks. Percentage is relative to File Size. - - **Global Types Bytes** - The size, in bytes, of the Global Types Pool. Percentage is relative to File - Size. This is the size of the definitions of all types in the bitcode file. - - + The size, in bytes, of the Global Types Pool. Percentage is relative to File + Size. This is the size of the definitions of all types in the bitcode file. **Constant Pool Bytes** The size, in bytes, of the Constant Pool Blocks Percentage is relative to File Size. - - **Module Globals Bytes** Ths size, in bytes, of the Global Variable Definitions and their initializers. Percentage is relative to File Size. - - **Instruction List Bytes** The size, in bytes, of all the instruction lists in all the functions. - Percentage is relative to File Size. Note that this value is also included in + Percentage is relative to File Size. Note that this value is also included in the Function Bytes. - - **Compaction Table Bytes** The size, in bytes, of all the compaction tables in all the functions. - Percentage is relative to File Size. Note that this value is also included in + Percentage is relative to File Size. Note that this value is also included in the Function Bytes. - - **Symbol Table Bytes** - The size, in bytes, of all the symbol tables in all the functions. Percentage is - relative to File Size. Note that this value is also included in the Function + The size, in bytes, of all the symbol tables in all the functions. Percentage is + relative to File Size. Note that this value is also included in the Function Bytes. - - **Dependent Libraries Bytes** - The size, in bytes, of the list of dependent libraries in the module. Percentage - is relative to File Size. Note that this value is also included in the Module + The size, in bytes, of the list of dependent libraries in the module. Percentage + is relative to File Size. Note that this value is also included in the Module Global Bytes. - - **Number Of Bitcode Blocks** The total number of blocks of any kind in the bitcode file. - - **Number Of Functions** The total number of function definitions in the bitcode file. - - **Number Of Types** The total number of types defined in the Global Types Pool. - - **Number Of Constants** The total number of constants (of any type) defined in the Constant Pool. - - **Number Of Basic Blocks** The total number of basic blocks defined in all functions in the bitcode file. - - **Number Of Instructions** The total number of instructions defined in all functions in the bitcode file. - - **Number Of Long Instructions** The total number of long instructions defined in all functions in the bitcode - file. Long instructions are those taking greater than 4 bytes. Typically long + file. Long instructions are those taking greater than 4 bytes. Typically long instructions are GetElementPtr with several indices, PHI nodes, and calls to functions with large numbers of arguments. - - **Number Of Operands** The total number of operands used in all instructions in the bitcode file. - - **Number Of Compaction Tables** The total number of compaction tables in all functions in the bitcode file. - - **Number Of Symbol Tables** The total number of symbol tables in all functions in the bitcode file. - - **Number Of Dependent Libs** The total number of dependent libraries found in the bitcode file. - - **Total Instruction Size** The total size of the instructions in all functions in the bitcode file. - - **Average Instruction Size** The average number of bytes per instruction across all functions in the bitcode - file. This value is computed by dividing Total Instruction Size by Number Of + file. This value is computed by dividing Total Instruction Size by Number Of Instructions. - - **Maximum Type Slot Number** - The maximum value used for a type's slot number. Larger slot number values take + The maximum value used for a type's slot number. Larger slot number values take more bytes to encode. - - **Maximum Value Slot Number** - The maximum value used for a value's slot number. Larger slot number values take + The maximum value used for a value's slot number. Larger slot number values take more bytes to encode. - - **Bytes Per Value** - The average size of a Value definition (of any type). This is computed by + The average size of a Value definition (of any type). This is computed by dividing File Size by the total number of values of any type. - - **Bytes Per Global** The average size of a global definition (constants and global variables). - - **Bytes Per Function** - The average number of bytes per function definition. This is computed by + The average number of bytes per function definition. This is computed by dividing Function Bytes by Number Of Functions. - - **# of VBR 32-bit Integers** The total number of 32-bit integers encoded using the Variable Bit Rate encoding scheme. - - **# of VBR 64-bit Integers** The total number of 64-bit integers encoded using the Variable Bit Rate encoding scheme. - - **# of VBR Compressed Bytes** The total number of bytes consumed by the 32-bit and 64-bit integers that use the Variable Bit Rate encoding scheme. - - **# of VBR Expanded Bytes** The total number of bytes that would have been consumed by the 32-bit and 64-bit integers had they not been compressed with the Variable Bit Rage encoding scheme. - - **Bytes Saved With VBR** The total number of bytes saved by using the Variable Bit Rate encoding scheme. The percentage is relative to # of VBR Expanded Bytes. - - - DETAILED OUTPUT DEFINITIONS --------------------------- - The following definitions occur only if the -nodetails option was not given. The detailed output provides additional information on a per-function basis. - **Type** The type signature of the function. - - **Byte Size** The total number of bytes in the function's block. - - **Basic Blocks** The number of basic blocks defined by the function. - - **Instructions** The number of instructions defined by the function. - - **Long Instructions** The number of instructions using the long instruction format in the function. - - **Operands** The number of operands used by all instructions in the function. - - **Instruction Size** The number of bytes consumed by instructions in the function. - - **Average Instruction Size** - The average number of bytes consumed by the instructions in the function. This - value is computed by dividing Instruction Size by Instructions. - - + The average number of bytes consumed by the instructions in the function. + This value is computed by dividing Instruction Size by Instructions. **Bytes Per Instruction** - The average number of bytes used by the function per instruction. This value is - computed by dividing Byte Size by Instructions. Note that this is not the same - as Average Instruction Size. It computes a number relative to the total function - size not just the size of the instruction list. - - + The average number of bytes used by the function per instruction. This value + is computed by dividing Byte Size by Instructions. Note that this is not the + same as Average Instruction Size. It computes a number relative to the total + function size not just the size of the instruction list. **Number of VBR 32-bit Integers** The total number of 32-bit integers found in this function (for any use). - - **Number of VBR 64-bit Integers** The total number of 64-bit integers found in this function (for any use). - - **Number of VBR Compressed Bytes** The total number of bytes in this function consumed by the 32-bit and 64-bit integers that use the Variable Bit Rate encoding scheme. - - **Number of VBR Expanded Bytes** The total number of bytes in this function that would have been consumed by the 32-bit and 64-bit integers had they not been compressed with the Variable Bit Rate encoding scheme. - - **Bytes Saved With VBR** The total number of bytes saved in this function by using the Variable Bit - Rate encoding scheme. The percentage is relative to # of VBR Expanded Bytes. - - - + Rate encoding scheme. The percentage is relative to # of VBR Expanded Bytes. SEE ALSO -------- +:doc:`/CommandGuide/llvm-dis`, :doc:`/BitCodeFormat` -llvm-dis|llvm-dis, `http://llvm.org/docs/BitCodeFormat.html <http://llvm.org/docs/BitCodeFormat.html>`_ |