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2 Building LLVM with CMake
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11 `CMake <http://www.cmake.org/>`_ is a cross-platform build-generator tool. CMake
12 does not build the project, it generates the files needed by your build tool
13 (GNU make, Visual Studio, etc.) for building LLVM.
15 If **you are a new contributor**, please start with the :doc:`GettingStarted`
16 page. This page is geared for existing contributors moving from the
17 legacy configure/make system.
19 If you are really anxious about getting a functional LLVM build, go to the
20 `Quick start`_ section. If you are a CMake novice, start with `Basic CMake usage`_
21 and then go back to the `Quick start`_ section once you know what you are doing. The
22 `Options and variables`_ section is a reference for customizing your build. If
23 you already have experience with CMake, this is the recommended starting point.
25 This page is geared towards users of the LLVM CMake build. If you're looking for
26 information about modifying the LLVM CMake build system you may want to see the
27 :doc:`CMakePrimer` page. It has a basic overview of the CMake language.
34 We use here the command-line, non-interactive CMake interface.
36 #. `Download <http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html>`_ and install
37 CMake. Version 3.4.3 is the minimum required.
39 #. Open a shell. Your development tools must be reachable from this shell
40 through the PATH environment variable.
42 #. Create a build directory. Building LLVM in the source
43 directory is not supported. cd to this directory:
45 .. code-block:: console
50 #. Execute this command in the shell replacing `path/to/llvm/source/root` with
51 the path to the root of your LLVM source tree:
53 .. code-block:: console
55 $ cmake path/to/llvm/source/root
57 CMake will detect your development environment, perform a series of tests, and
58 generate the files required for building LLVM. CMake will use default values
59 for all build parameters. See the `Options and variables`_ section for
60 a list of build parameters that you can modify.
62 This can fail if CMake can't detect your toolset, or if it thinks that the
63 environment is not sane enough. In this case, make sure that the toolset that
64 you intend to use is the only one reachable from the shell, and that the shell
65 itself is the correct one for your development environment. CMake will refuse
66 to build MinGW makefiles if you have a POSIX shell reachable through the PATH
67 environment variable, for instance. You can force CMake to use a given build
68 tool; for instructions, see the `Usage`_ section, below.
70 #. After CMake has finished running, proceed to use IDE project files, or start
71 the build from the build directory:
73 .. code-block:: console
77 The ``--build`` option tells ``cmake`` to invoke the underlying build
78 tool (``make``, ``ninja``, ``xcodebuild``, ``msbuild``, etc.)
80 The underlying build tool can be invoked directly, of course, but
81 the ``--build`` option is portable.
83 #. After LLVM has finished building, install it from the build directory:
85 .. code-block:: console
87 $ cmake --build . --target install
89 The ``--target`` option with ``install`` parameter in addition to
90 the ``--build`` option tells ``cmake`` to build the ``install`` target.
92 It is possible to set a different install prefix at installation time
93 by invoking the ``cmake_install.cmake`` script generated in the
96 .. code-block:: console
98 $ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/llvm -P cmake_install.cmake
100 .. _Basic CMake usage:
106 This section explains basic aspects of CMake
107 which you may need in your day-to-day usage.
109 CMake comes with extensive documentation, in the form of html files, and as
110 online help accessible via the ``cmake`` executable itself. Execute ``cmake
111 --help`` for further help options.
113 CMake allows you to specify a build tool (e.g., GNU make, Visual Studio,
114 or Xcode). If not specified on the command line, CMake tries to guess which
115 build tool to use, based on your environment. Once it has identified your
116 build tool, CMake uses the corresponding *Generator* to create files for your
117 build tool (e.g., Makefiles or Visual Studio or Xcode project files). You can
118 explicitly specify the generator with the command line option ``-G "Name of the
119 generator"``. To see a list of the available generators on your system, execute
121 .. code-block:: console
125 This will list the generator names at the end of the help text.
127 Generators' names are case-sensitive, and may contain spaces. For this reason,
128 you should enter them exactly as they are listed in the ``cmake --help``
129 output, in quotes. For example, to generate project files specifically for
130 Visual Studio 12, you can execute:
132 .. code-block:: console
134 $ cmake -G "Visual Studio 12" path/to/llvm/source/root
136 For a given development platform there can be more than one adequate
137 generator. If you use Visual Studio, "NMake Makefiles" is a generator you can use
138 for building with NMake. By default, CMake chooses the most specific generator
139 supported by your development environment. If you want an alternative generator,
140 you must tell this to CMake with the ``-G`` option.
144 Explain variables and cache. Move explanation here from #options section.
146 .. _Options and variables:
148 Options and variables
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151 Variables customize how the build will be generated. Options are boolean
152 variables, with possible values ON/OFF. Options and variables are defined on the
153 CMake command line like this:
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157 $ cmake -DVARIABLE=value path/to/llvm/source
159 You can set a variable after the initial CMake invocation to change its
160 value. You can also undefine a variable:
162 .. code-block:: console
164 $ cmake -UVARIABLE path/to/llvm/source
166 Variables are stored in the CMake cache. This is a file named ``CMakeCache.txt``
167 stored at the root of your build directory that is generated by ``cmake``.
168 Editing it yourself is not recommended.
170 Variables are listed in the CMake cache and later in this document with
171 the variable name and type separated by a colon. You can also specify the
172 variable and type on the CMake command line:
174 .. code-block:: console
176 $ cmake -DVARIABLE:TYPE=value path/to/llvm/source
178 Frequently-used CMake variables
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181 Here are some of the CMake variables that are used often, along with a
182 brief explanation and LLVM-specific notes. For full documentation, consult the
183 CMake manual, or execute ``cmake --help-variable VARIABLE_NAME``.
185 **CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE**:STRING
186 Sets the build type for ``make``-based generators. Possible values are
187 Release, Debug, RelWithDebInfo and MinSizeRel. If you are using an IDE such as
188 Visual Studio, you should use the IDE settings to set the build type.
189 Be aware that Release and RelWithDebInfo use different optimization levels on
192 **CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX**:PATH
193 Path where LLVM will be installed if "make install" is invoked or the
194 "install" target is built.
196 **LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX**:STRING
197 Extra suffix to append to the directory where libraries are to be
198 installed. On a 64-bit architecture, one could use ``-DLLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX=64``
199 to install libraries to ``/usr/lib64``.
201 **CMAKE_C_FLAGS**:STRING
202 Extra flags to use when compiling C source files.
204 **CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS**:STRING
205 Extra flags to use when compiling C++ source files.
207 .. _LLVM-specific variables:
209 LLVM-specific variables
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212 **LLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD**:STRING
213 Semicolon-separated list of targets to build, or *all* for building all
214 targets. Case-sensitive. Defaults to *all*. Example:
215 ``-DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD="X86;PowerPC"``.
217 **LLVM_BUILD_TOOLS**:BOOL
218 Build LLVM tools. Defaults to ON. Targets for building each tool are generated
219 in any case. You can build a tool separately by invoking its target. For
220 example, you can build *llvm-as* with a Makefile-based system by executing *make
221 llvm-as* at the root of your build directory.
223 **LLVM_INCLUDE_TOOLS**:BOOL
224 Generate build targets for the LLVM tools. Defaults to ON. You can use this
225 option to disable the generation of build targets for the LLVM tools.
227 **LLVM_INSTALL_BINUTILS_SYMLINKS**:BOOL
228 Install symlinks from the binutils tool names to the corresponding LLVM tools.
229 For example, ar will be symlinked to llvm-ar.
231 **LLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES**:BOOL
232 Build LLVM examples. Defaults to OFF. Targets for building each example are
233 generated in any case. See documentation for *LLVM_BUILD_TOOLS* above for more
236 **LLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES**:BOOL
237 Generate build targets for the LLVM examples. Defaults to ON. You can use this
238 option to disable the generation of build targets for the LLVM examples.
240 **LLVM_BUILD_TESTS**:BOOL
241 Build LLVM unit tests. Defaults to OFF. Targets for building each unit test
242 are generated in any case. You can build a specific unit test using the
243 targets defined under *unittests*, such as ADTTests, IRTests, SupportTests,
244 etc. (Search for ``add_llvm_unittest`` in the subdirectories of *unittests*
245 for a complete list of unit tests.) It is possible to build all unit tests
246 with the target *UnitTests*.
248 **LLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS**:BOOL
249 Generate build targets for the LLVM unit tests. Defaults to ON. You can use
250 this option to disable the generation of build targets for the LLVM unit
253 **LLVM_APPEND_VC_REV**:BOOL
254 Embed version control revision info (svn revision number or Git revision id).
255 The version info is provided by the ``LLVM_REVISION`` macro in
256 ``llvm/include/llvm/Support/VCSRevision.h``. Developers using git who don't
257 need revision info can disable this option to avoid re-linking most binaries
258 after a branch switch. Defaults to ON.
260 **LLVM_ENABLE_THREADS**:BOOL
261 Build with threads support, if available. Defaults to ON.
263 **LLVM_ENABLE_CXX1Y**:BOOL
264 Build in C++1y mode, if available. Defaults to OFF.
266 **LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS**:BOOL
267 Enables code assertions. Defaults to ON if and only if ``CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE``
270 **LLVM_ENABLE_EH**:BOOL
271 Build LLVM with exception-handling support. This is necessary if you wish to
272 link against LLVM libraries and make use of C++ exceptions in your own code
273 that need to propagate through LLVM code. Defaults to OFF.
275 **LLVM_ENABLE_EXPENSIVE_CHECKS**:BOOL
276 Enable additional time/memory expensive checking. Defaults to OFF.
278 **LLVM_ENABLE_PIC**:BOOL
279 Add the ``-fPIC`` flag to the compiler command-line, if the compiler supports
280 this flag. Some systems, like Windows, do not need this flag. Defaults to ON.
282 **LLVM_ENABLE_RTTI**:BOOL
283 Build LLVM with run-time type information. Defaults to OFF.
285 **LLVM_ENABLE_WARNINGS**:BOOL
286 Enable all compiler warnings. Defaults to ON.
288 **LLVM_ENABLE_PEDANTIC**:BOOL
289 Enable pedantic mode. This disables compiler-specific extensions, if
290 possible. Defaults to ON.
292 **LLVM_ENABLE_WERROR**:BOOL
293 Stop and fail the build, if a compiler warning is triggered. Defaults to OFF.
295 **LLVM_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS**:STRING
296 Used to decide if LLVM should be built with ABI breaking checks or
297 not. Allowed values are `WITH_ASSERTS` (default), `FORCE_ON` and
298 `FORCE_OFF`. `WITH_ASSERTS` turns on ABI breaking checks in an
299 assertion enabled build. `FORCE_ON` (`FORCE_OFF`) turns them on
300 (off) irrespective of whether normal (`NDEBUG`-based) assertions are
301 enabled or not. A version of LLVM built with ABI breaking checks
302 is not ABI compatible with a version built without it.
304 **LLVM_BUILD_32_BITS**:BOOL
305 Build 32-bit executables and libraries on 64-bit systems. This option is
306 available only on some 64-bit Unix systems. Defaults to OFF.
308 **LLVM_TARGET_ARCH**:STRING
309 LLVM target to use for native code generation. This is required for JIT
310 generation. It defaults to "host", meaning that it shall pick the architecture
311 of the machine where LLVM is being built. If you are cross-compiling, set it
312 to the target architecture name.
314 **LLVM_TABLEGEN**:STRING
315 Full path to a native TableGen executable (usually named ``llvm-tblgen``). This is
316 intended for cross-compiling: if the user sets this variable, no native
317 TableGen will be created.
319 **LLVM_LIT_ARGS**:STRING
320 Arguments given to lit. ``make check`` and ``make clang-test`` are affected.
321 By default, ``'-sv --no-progress-bar'`` on Visual C++ and Xcode, ``'-sv'`` on
324 **LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR**:PATH
325 The path to GnuWin32 tools for tests. Valid on Windows host. Defaults to
326 the empty string, in which case lit will look for tools needed for tests
327 (e.g. ``grep``, ``sort``, etc.) in your %PATH%. If GnuWin32 is not in your
328 %PATH%, then you can set this variable to the GnuWin32 directory so that
329 lit can find tools needed for tests in that directory.
331 **LLVM_ENABLE_FFI**:BOOL
332 Indicates whether the LLVM Interpreter will be linked with the Foreign Function
333 Interface library (libffi) in order to enable calling external functions.
334 If the library or its headers are installed in a custom
335 location, you can also set the variables FFI_INCLUDE_DIR and
336 FFI_LIBRARY_DIR to the directories where ffi.h and libffi.so can be found,
337 respectively. Defaults to OFF.
339 **LLVM_EXTERNAL_{CLANG,LLD,POLLY}_SOURCE_DIR**:PATH
340 These variables specify the path to the source directory for the external
341 LLVM projects Clang, lld, and Polly, respectively, relative to the top-level
342 source directory. If the in-tree subdirectory for an external project
343 exists (e.g., llvm/tools/clang for Clang), then the corresponding variable
344 will not be used. If the variable for an external project does not point
345 to a valid path, then that project will not be built.
347 **LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS**:STRING
348 Semicolon-separated list of projects to build, or *all* for building all
349 (clang, libcxx, libcxxabi, lldb, compiler-rt, lld, polly) projects.
350 This flag assumes that projects are checked out side-by-side and not nested,
351 i.e. clang needs to be in parallel of llvm instead of nested in `llvm/tools`.
352 This feature allows to have one build for only LLVM and another for clang+llvm
353 using the same source checkout.
355 **LLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS**:STRING
356 Semicolon-separated list of additional external projects to build as part of
357 llvm. For each project LLVM_EXTERNAL_<NAME>_SOURCE_DIR have to be specified
358 with the path for the source code of the project. Example:
359 ``-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS="Foo;Bar"
360 -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_FOO_SOURCE_DIR=/src/foo
361 -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_BAR_SOURCE_DIR=/src/bar``.
363 **LLVM_USE_OPROFILE**:BOOL
364 Enable building OProfile JIT support. Defaults to OFF.
366 **LLVM_PROFDATA_FILE**:PATH
367 Path to a profdata file to pass into clang's -fprofile-instr-use flag. This
368 can only be specified if you're building with clang.
370 **LLVM_USE_INTEL_JITEVENTS**:BOOL
371 Enable building support for Intel JIT Events API. Defaults to OFF.
373 **LLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB**:BOOL
374 Enable building with zlib to support compression/uncompression in LLVM tools.
377 **LLVM_ENABLE_DIA_SDK**:BOOL
378 Enable building with MSVC DIA SDK for PDB debugging support. Available
379 only with MSVC. Defaults to ON.
381 **LLVM_USE_SANITIZER**:STRING
382 Define the sanitizer used to build LLVM binaries and tests. Possible values
383 are ``Address``, ``Memory``, ``MemoryWithOrigins``, ``Undefined``, ``Thread``,
384 and ``Address;Undefined``. Defaults to empty string.
386 **LLVM_ENABLE_LTO**:STRING
387 Add ``-flto`` or ``-flto=`` flags to the compile and link command
388 lines, enabling link-time optimization. Possible values are ``Off``,
389 ``On``, ``Thin`` and ``Full``. Defaults to OFF.
391 **LLVM_USE_LINKER**:STRING
392 Add ``-fuse-ld={name}`` to the link invocation. The possible value depend on
393 your compiler, for clang the value can be an absolute path to your custom
394 linker, otherwise clang will prefix the name with ``ld.`` and apply its usual
395 search. For example to link LLVM with the Gold linker, cmake can be invoked
396 with ``-DLLVM_USE_LINKER=gold``.
398 **LLVM_ENABLE_LLD**:BOOL
399 This option is equivalent to `-DLLVM_USE_LINKER=lld`, except during a 2-stage
400 build where a dependency is added from the first stage to the second ensuring
401 that lld is built before stage2 begins.
403 **LLVM_PARALLEL_COMPILE_JOBS**:STRING
404 Define the maximum number of concurrent compilation jobs.
406 **LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS**:STRING
407 Define the maximum number of concurrent link jobs.
409 **LLVM_BUILD_DOCS**:BOOL
410 Adds all *enabled* documentation targets (i.e. Doxgyen and Sphinx targets) as
411 dependencies of the default build targets. This results in all of the (enabled)
412 documentation targets being as part of a normal build. If the ``install``
413 target is run then this also enables all built documentation targets to be
414 installed. Defaults to OFF. To enable a particular documentation target, see
415 see LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX and LLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN.
417 **LLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN**:BOOL
418 Enables the generation of browsable HTML documentation using doxygen.
421 **LLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP**:BOOL
422 Enables the generation of a Qt Compressed Help file. Defaults to OFF.
423 This affects the make target ``doxygen-llvm``. When enabled, apart from
424 the normal HTML output generated by doxygen, this will produce a QCH file
425 named ``org.llvm.qch``. You can then load this file into Qt Creator.
426 This option is only useful in combination with ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN=ON``;
427 otherwise this has no effect.
429 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_QCH_FILENAME**:STRING
430 The filename of the Qt Compressed Help file that will be generated when
431 ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN=ON`` and
432 ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON`` are given. Defaults to
434 This option is only useful in combination with
435 ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON``;
436 otherwise it has no effect.
438 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_QHP_NAMESPACE**:STRING
439 Namespace under which the intermediate Qt Help Project file lives. See `Qt
441 for more information. Defaults to "org.llvm". This option is only useful in
442 combination with ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON``; otherwise
445 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_QHP_CUST_FILTER_NAME**:STRING
446 See `Qt Help Project`_ for
447 more information. Defaults to the CMake variable ``${PACKAGE_STRING}`` which
448 is a combination of the package name and version string. This filter can then
449 be used in Qt Creator to select only documentation from LLVM when browsing
450 through all the help files that you might have loaded. This option is only
451 useful in combination with ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON``;
452 otherwise it has no effect.
454 .. _Qt Help Project: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qthelpproject.html#custom-filters
456 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_QHELPGENERATOR_PATH**:STRING
457 The path to the ``qhelpgenerator`` executable. Defaults to whatever CMake's
458 ``find_program()`` can find. This option is only useful in combination with
459 ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON``; otherwise it has no
462 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_SVG**:BOOL
463 Uses .svg files instead of .png files for graphs in the Doxygen output.
466 **LLVM_INSTALL_DOXYGEN_HTML_DIR**:STRING
467 The path to install Doxygen-generated HTML documentation to. This path can
468 either be absolute or relative to the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. Defaults to
469 `share/doc/llvm/doxygen-html`.
471 **LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX**:BOOL
472 If specified, CMake will search for the ``sphinx-build`` executable and will make
473 the ``SPHINX_OUTPUT_HTML`` and ``SPHINX_OUTPUT_MAN`` CMake options available.
476 **SPHINX_EXECUTABLE**:STRING
477 The path to the ``sphinx-build`` executable detected by CMake.
478 For installation instructions, see
479 http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/latest/install.html
481 **SPHINX_OUTPUT_HTML**:BOOL
482 If enabled (and ``LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX`` is enabled) then the targets for
483 building the documentation as html are added (but not built by default unless
484 ``LLVM_BUILD_DOCS`` is enabled). There is a target for each project in the
485 source tree that uses sphinx (e.g. ``docs-llvm-html``, ``docs-clang-html``
486 and ``docs-lld-html``). Defaults to ON.
488 **SPHINX_OUTPUT_MAN**:BOOL
489 If enabled (and ``LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX`` is enabled) the targets for building
490 the man pages are added (but not built by default unless ``LLVM_BUILD_DOCS``
491 is enabled). Currently the only target added is ``docs-llvm-man``. Defaults
494 **SPHINX_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS**:BOOL
495 If enabled then sphinx documentation warnings will be treated as
496 errors. Defaults to ON.
498 **LLVM_INSTALL_SPHINX_HTML_DIR**:STRING
499 The path to install Sphinx-generated HTML documentation to. This path can
500 either be absolute or relative to the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. Defaults to
501 `share/doc/llvm/html`.
503 **LLVM_INSTALL_OCAMLDOC_HTML_DIR**:STRING
504 The path to install OCamldoc-generated HTML documentation to. This path can
505 either be absolute or relative to the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. Defaults to
506 `share/doc/llvm/ocaml-html`.
508 **LLVM_CREATE_XCODE_TOOLCHAIN**:BOOL
509 OS X Only: If enabled CMake will generate a target named
510 'install-xcode-toolchain'. This target will create a directory at
511 $CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/Toolchains containing an xctoolchain directory which can
512 be used to override the default system tools.
514 **LLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB**:BOOL
515 If enabled, the target for building the libLLVM shared library is added.
516 This library contains all of LLVM's components in a single shared library.
517 Defaults to OFF. This cannot be used in conjunction with BUILD_SHARED_LIBS.
518 Tools will only be linked to the libLLVM shared library if LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB
520 The components in the library can be customised by setting LLVM_DYLIB_COMPONENTS
521 to a list of the desired components.
523 **LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB**:BOOL
524 If enabled, tools will be linked with the libLLVM shared library. Defaults
525 to OFF. Setting LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB to ON also sets LLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB
528 **BUILD_SHARED_LIBS**:BOOL
529 Flag indicating if each LLVM component (e.g. Support) is built as a shared
530 library (ON) or as a static library (OFF). Its default value is OFF. On
531 Windows, shared libraries may be used when building with MinGW, including
532 mingw-w64, but not when building with the Microsoft toolchain.
534 .. note:: BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is only recommended for use by LLVM developers.
535 If you want to build LLVM as a shared library, you should use the
536 ``LLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB`` option.
538 **LLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN**:BOOL
539 If enabled and building a debug or asserts build the CMake build system will
540 generate a Release build tree to build a fully optimized tablegen for use
541 during the build. Enabling this option can significantly speed up build times
542 especially when building LLVM in Debug configurations.
544 **LLVM_REVERSE_ITERATION**:BOOL
545 If enabled, all supported unordered llvm containers would be iterated in
546 reverse order. This is useful for uncovering non-determinism caused by
547 iteration of unordered containers.
549 **LLVM_BUILD_INSTRUMENTED_COVERAGE**:BOOL
550 If enabled, `source-based code coverage
551 <http://clang.llvm.org/docs/SourceBasedCodeCoverage.html>`_ instrumentation
552 is enabled while building llvm.
557 Recently LLVM and Clang have been adding some more complicated build system
558 features. Utilizing these new features often involves a complicated chain of
559 CMake variables passed on the command line. Clang provides a collection of CMake
560 cache scripts to make these features more approachable.
562 CMake cache files are utilized using CMake's -C flag:
564 .. code-block:: console
566 $ cmake -C <path to cache file> <path to sources>
568 CMake cache scripts are processed in an isolated scope, only cached variables
569 remain set when the main configuration runs. CMake cached variables do not reset
570 variables that are already set unless the FORCE option is specified.
572 A few notes about CMake Caches:
574 - Order of command line arguments is important
576 - -D arguments specified before -C are set before the cache is processed and
577 can be read inside the cache file
578 - -D arguments specified after -C are set after the cache is processed and
579 are unset inside the cache file
581 - All -D arguments will override cache file settings
582 - CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE is evaluated after both the cache file and the command
584 - It is recommended that all -D options should be specified *before* -C
586 For more information about some of the advanced build configurations supported
587 via Cache files see :doc:`AdvancedBuilds`.
589 Executing the test suite
590 ========================
592 Testing is performed when the *check-all* target is built. For instance, if you are
593 using Makefiles, execute this command in the root of your build directory:
595 .. code-block:: console
599 On Visual Studio, you may run tests by building the project "check-all".
600 For more information about testing, see the :doc:`TestingGuide`.
605 See `this wiki page <http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling>`_ for
606 generic instructions on how to cross-compile with CMake. It goes into detailed
607 explanations and may seem daunting, but it is not. On the wiki page there are
608 several examples including toolchain files. Go directly to `this section
609 <http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling#Information_how_to_set_up_various_cross_compiling_toolchains>`_
610 for a quick solution.
612 Also see the `LLVM-specific variables`_ section for variables used when
615 Embedding LLVM in your project
616 ==============================
618 From LLVM 3.5 onwards both the CMake and autoconf/Makefile build systems export
619 LLVM libraries as importable CMake targets. This means that clients of LLVM can
620 now reliably use CMake to develop their own LLVM-based projects against an
621 installed version of LLVM regardless of how it was built.
623 Here is a simple example of a CMakeLists.txt file that imports the LLVM libraries
624 and uses them to build a simple application ``simple-tool``.
626 .. code-block:: cmake
628 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4.3)
629 project(SimpleProject)
631 find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
633 message(STATUS "Found LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
634 message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")
636 # Set your project compile flags.
637 # E.g. if using the C++ header files
638 # you will need to enable C++11 support
641 include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
642 add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
644 # Now build our tools
645 add_executable(simple-tool tool.cpp)
647 # Find the libraries that correspond to the LLVM components
648 # that we wish to use
649 llvm_map_components_to_libnames(llvm_libs support core irreader)
651 # Link against LLVM libraries
652 target_link_libraries(simple-tool ${llvm_libs})
654 The ``find_package(...)`` directive when used in CONFIG mode (as in the above
655 example) will look for the ``LLVMConfig.cmake`` file in various locations (see
656 cmake manual for details). It creates a ``LLVM_DIR`` cache entry to save the
657 directory where ``LLVMConfig.cmake`` is found or allows the user to specify the
658 directory (e.g. by passing ``-DLLVM_DIR=/usr/lib/cmake/llvm`` to
659 the ``cmake`` command or by setting it directly in ``ccmake`` or ``cmake-gui``).
661 This file is available in two different locations.
663 * ``<INSTALL_PREFIX>/lib/cmake/llvm/LLVMConfig.cmake`` where
664 ``<INSTALL_PREFIX>`` is the install prefix of an installed version of LLVM.
665 On Linux typically this is ``/usr/lib/cmake/llvm/LLVMConfig.cmake``.
667 * ``<LLVM_BUILD_ROOT>/lib/cmake/llvm/LLVMConfig.cmake`` where
668 ``<LLVM_BUILD_ROOT>`` is the root of the LLVM build tree. **Note: this is only
669 available when building LLVM with CMake.**
671 If LLVM is installed in your operating system's normal installation prefix (e.g.
672 on Linux this is usually ``/usr/``) ``find_package(LLVM ...)`` will
673 automatically find LLVM if it is installed correctly. If LLVM is not installed
674 or you wish to build directly against the LLVM build tree you can use
675 ``LLVM_DIR`` as previously mentioned.
677 The ``LLVMConfig.cmake`` file sets various useful variables. Notable variables
681 The path to the LLVM CMake directory (i.e. the directory containing
685 A list of preprocessor defines that should be used when building against LLVM.
687 ``LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS``
688 This is set to ON if LLVM was built with assertions, otherwise OFF.
691 This is set to ON if LLVM was built with exception handling (EH) enabled,
695 This is set to ON if LLVM was built with run time type information (RTTI),
698 ``LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS``
699 A list of include paths to directories containing LLVM header files.
701 ``LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION``
702 The LLVM version. This string can be used with CMake conditionals, e.g., ``if
703 (${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.5")``.
705 ``LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR``
706 The path to the directory containing the LLVM tools (e.g. ``llvm-as``).
708 Notice that in the above example we link ``simple-tool`` against several LLVM
709 libraries. The list of libraries is determined by using the
710 ``llvm_map_components_to_libnames()`` CMake function. For a list of available
711 components look at the output of running ``llvm-config --components``.
713 Note that for LLVM < 3.5 ``llvm_map_components_to_libraries()`` was
714 used instead of ``llvm_map_components_to_libnames()``. This is now deprecated
715 and will be removed in a future version of LLVM.
717 .. _cmake-out-of-source-pass:
719 Developing LLVM passes out of source
720 ------------------------------------
722 It is possible to develop LLVM passes out of LLVM's source tree (i.e. against an
723 installed or built LLVM). An example of a project layout is provided below.
736 Contents of ``<project dir>/CMakeLists.txt``:
738 .. code-block:: cmake
740 find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
742 add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
743 include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
745 add_subdirectory(<pass name>)
747 Contents of ``<project dir>/<pass name>/CMakeLists.txt``:
749 .. code-block:: cmake
751 add_library(LLVMPassname MODULE Pass.cpp)
753 Note if you intend for this pass to be merged into the LLVM source tree at some
754 point in the future it might make more sense to use LLVM's internal
755 ``add_llvm_loadable_module`` function instead by...
758 Adding the following to ``<project dir>/CMakeLists.txt`` (after
759 ``find_package(LLVM ...)``)
761 .. code-block:: cmake
763 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${LLVM_CMAKE_DIR}")
766 And then changing ``<project dir>/<pass name>/CMakeLists.txt`` to
768 .. code-block:: cmake
770 add_llvm_loadable_module(LLVMPassname
774 When you are done developing your pass, you may wish to integrate it
775 into the LLVM source tree. You can achieve it in two easy steps:
777 #. Copying ``<pass name>`` folder into ``<LLVM root>/lib/Transform`` directory.
779 #. Adding ``add_subdirectory(<pass name>)`` line into
780 ``<LLVM root>/lib/Transform/CMakeLists.txt``.
782 Compiler/Platform-specific topics
783 =================================
785 Notes for specific compilers and/or platforms.
790 **LLVM_COMPILER_JOBS**:STRING
791 Specifies the maximum number of parallel compiler jobs to use per project
792 when building with msbuild or Visual Studio. Only supported for the Visual
793 Studio 2010 CMake generator. 0 means use all processors. Default is 0.