all: use the new LLVM pass manager

The old LLVM pass manager is deprecated and should not be used anymore.
Moreover, the pass manager builder (which we used to set up a pass
pipeline) is actually removed from LLVM entirely in LLVM 17:
https://reviews.llvm.org/D145387
https://reviews.llvm.org/D145835

The new pass manager does change the binary size in many cases: both
growing and shrinking it. However, on average the binary size remains
more or less the same.

This is needed as a preparation for LLVM 17.
This commit is contained in:
Ayke van Laethem
2023-09-19 22:37:44 +02:00
committed by Ron Evans
parent 1da1abe314
commit 3b1913ac57
10 changed files with 76 additions and 118 deletions
+6 -4
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@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ func TestInterfaceLowering(t *testing.T) {
t.Error(err)
}
pm := llvm.NewPassManager()
defer pm.Dispose()
pm.AddGlobalDCEPass()
pm.Run(mod)
po := llvm.NewPassBuilderOptions()
defer po.Dispose()
err = mod.RunPasses("globaldce", llvm.TargetMachine{}, po)
if err != nil {
t.Error("failed to run passes:", err)
}
})
}