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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:
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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_INSTALL_CCTOOLS_SYMLINKS**:BOOL
232 Install symliks from the cctools tool names to the corresponding LLVM tools.
233 For example, lipo will be symlinked to llvm-lipo.
235 **LLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES**:BOOL
236 Build LLVM examples. Defaults to OFF. Targets for building each example are
237 generated in any case. See documentation for *LLVM_BUILD_TOOLS* above for more
240 **LLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES**:BOOL
241 Generate build targets for the LLVM examples. Defaults to ON. You can use this
242 option to disable the generation of build targets for the LLVM examples.
244 **LLVM_BUILD_TESTS**:BOOL
245 Build LLVM unit tests. Defaults to OFF. Targets for building each unit test
246 are generated in any case. You can build a specific unit test using the
247 targets defined under *unittests*, such as ADTTests, IRTests, SupportTests,
248 etc. (Search for ``add_llvm_unittest`` in the subdirectories of *unittests*
249 for a complete list of unit tests.) It is possible to build all unit tests
250 with the target *UnitTests*.
252 **LLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS**:BOOL
253 Generate build targets for the LLVM unit tests. Defaults to ON. You can use
254 this option to disable the generation of build targets for the LLVM unit
257 **LLVM_BUILD_BENCHMARKS**:BOOL
258 Adds benchmarks to the list of default targets. Defaults to OFF.
260 **LLVM_INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS**:BOOL
261 Generate build targets for the LLVM benchmarks. Defaults to ON.
263 **LLVM_APPEND_VC_REV**:BOOL
264 Embed version control revision info (svn revision number or Git revision id).
265 The version info is provided by the ``LLVM_REVISION`` macro in
266 ``llvm/include/llvm/Support/VCSRevision.h``. Developers using git who don't
267 need revision info can disable this option to avoid re-linking most binaries
268 after a branch switch. Defaults to ON.
270 **LLVM_ENABLE_THREADS**:BOOL
271 Build with threads support, if available. Defaults to ON.
273 **LLVM_ENABLE_UNWIND_TABLES**:BOOL
274 Enable unwind tables in the binary. Disabling unwind tables can reduce the
275 size of the libraries. Defaults to ON.
277 **LLVM_CXX_STD**:STRING
278 Build with the specified C++ standard. Defaults to "c++11".
280 **LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS**:BOOL
281 Enables code assertions. Defaults to ON if and only if ``CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE``
284 **LLVM_ENABLE_EH**:BOOL
285 Build LLVM with exception-handling support. This is necessary if you wish to
286 link against LLVM libraries and make use of C++ exceptions in your own code
287 that need to propagate through LLVM code. Defaults to OFF.
289 **LLVM_ENABLE_EXPENSIVE_CHECKS**:BOOL
290 Enable additional time/memory expensive checking. Defaults to OFF.
292 **LLVM_ENABLE_IDE**:BOOL
293 Tell the build system that an IDE is being used. This in turn disables the
294 creation of certain convenience build system targets, such as the various
295 ``install-*`` and ``check-*`` targets, since IDEs don't always deal well with
296 a large number of targets. This is usually autodetected, but it can be
297 configured manually to explicitly control the generation of those targets. One
298 scenario where a manual override may be desirable is when using Visual Studio
299 2017's CMake integration, which would not be detected as an IDE otherwise.
301 **LLVM_ENABLE_PIC**:BOOL
302 Add the ``-fPIC`` flag to the compiler command-line, if the compiler supports
303 this flag. Some systems, like Windows, do not need this flag. Defaults to ON.
305 **LLVM_ENABLE_RTTI**:BOOL
306 Build LLVM with run-time type information. Defaults to OFF.
308 **LLVM_ENABLE_WARNINGS**:BOOL
309 Enable all compiler warnings. Defaults to ON.
311 **LLVM_ENABLE_PEDANTIC**:BOOL
312 Enable pedantic mode. This disables compiler-specific extensions, if
313 possible. Defaults to ON.
315 **LLVM_ENABLE_WERROR**:BOOL
316 Stop and fail the build, if a compiler warning is triggered. Defaults to OFF.
318 **LLVM_ABI_BREAKING_CHECKS**:STRING
319 Used to decide if LLVM should be built with ABI breaking checks or
320 not. Allowed values are `WITH_ASSERTS` (default), `FORCE_ON` and
321 `FORCE_OFF`. `WITH_ASSERTS` turns on ABI breaking checks in an
322 assertion enabled build. `FORCE_ON` (`FORCE_OFF`) turns them on
323 (off) irrespective of whether normal (`NDEBUG`-based) assertions are
324 enabled or not. A version of LLVM built with ABI breaking checks
325 is not ABI compatible with a version built without it.
327 **LLVM_BUILD_32_BITS**:BOOL
328 Build 32-bit executables and libraries on 64-bit systems. This option is
329 available only on some 64-bit Unix systems. Defaults to OFF.
331 **LLVM_TARGET_ARCH**:STRING
332 LLVM target to use for native code generation. This is required for JIT
333 generation. It defaults to "host", meaning that it shall pick the architecture
334 of the machine where LLVM is being built. If you are cross-compiling, set it
335 to the target architecture name.
337 **LLVM_TABLEGEN**:STRING
338 Full path to a native TableGen executable (usually named ``llvm-tblgen``). This is
339 intended for cross-compiling: if the user sets this variable, no native
340 TableGen will be created.
342 **LLVM_LIT_ARGS**:STRING
343 Arguments given to lit. ``make check`` and ``make clang-test`` are affected.
344 By default, ``'-sv --no-progress-bar'`` on Visual C++ and Xcode, ``'-sv'`` on
347 **LLVM_LIT_TOOLS_DIR**:PATH
348 The path to GnuWin32 tools for tests. Valid on Windows host. Defaults to
349 the empty string, in which case lit will look for tools needed for tests
350 (e.g. ``grep``, ``sort``, etc.) in your %PATH%. If GnuWin32 is not in your
351 %PATH%, then you can set this variable to the GnuWin32 directory so that
352 lit can find tools needed for tests in that directory.
354 **LLVM_ENABLE_FFI**:BOOL
355 Indicates whether the LLVM Interpreter will be linked with the Foreign Function
356 Interface library (libffi) in order to enable calling external functions.
357 If the library or its headers are installed in a custom
358 location, you can also set the variables FFI_INCLUDE_DIR and
359 FFI_LIBRARY_DIR to the directories where ffi.h and libffi.so can be found,
360 respectively. Defaults to OFF.
362 **LLVM_EXTERNAL_{CLANG,LLD,POLLY}_SOURCE_DIR**:PATH
363 These variables specify the path to the source directory for the external
364 LLVM projects Clang, lld, and Polly, respectively, relative to the top-level
365 source directory. If the in-tree subdirectory for an external project
366 exists (e.g., llvm/tools/clang for Clang), then the corresponding variable
367 will not be used. If the variable for an external project does not point
368 to a valid path, then that project will not be built.
370 **LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS**:STRING
371 Semicolon-separated list of projects to build, or *all* for building all
372 (clang, libcxx, libcxxabi, lldb, compiler-rt, lld, polly) projects.
373 This flag assumes that projects are checked out side-by-side and not nested,
374 i.e. clang needs to be in parallel of llvm instead of nested in `llvm/tools`.
375 This feature allows to have one build for only LLVM and another for clang+llvm
376 using the same source checkout.
378 **LLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS**:STRING
379 Semicolon-separated list of additional external projects to build as part of
380 llvm. For each project LLVM_EXTERNAL_<NAME>_SOURCE_DIR have to be specified
381 with the path for the source code of the project. Example:
382 ``-DLLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS="Foo;Bar"
383 -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_FOO_SOURCE_DIR=/src/foo
384 -DLLVM_EXTERNAL_BAR_SOURCE_DIR=/src/bar``.
386 **LLVM_USE_OPROFILE**:BOOL
387 Enable building OProfile JIT support. Defaults to OFF.
389 **LLVM_PROFDATA_FILE**:PATH
390 Path to a profdata file to pass into clang's -fprofile-instr-use flag. This
391 can only be specified if you're building with clang.
393 **LLVM_USE_INTEL_JITEVENTS**:BOOL
394 Enable building support for Intel JIT Events API. Defaults to OFF.
396 **LLVM_ENABLE_LIBPFM**:BOOL
397 Enable building with libpfm to support hardware counter measurements in LLVM
401 **LLVM_USE_PERF**:BOOL
402 Enable building support for Perf (linux profiling tool) JIT support. Defaults to OFF.
404 **LLVM_ENABLE_ZLIB**:BOOL
405 Enable building with zlib to support compression/uncompression in LLVM tools.
408 **LLVM_ENABLE_DIA_SDK**:BOOL
409 Enable building with MSVC DIA SDK for PDB debugging support. Available
410 only with MSVC. Defaults to ON.
412 **LLVM_USE_SANITIZER**:STRING
413 Define the sanitizer used to build LLVM binaries and tests. Possible values
414 are ``Address``, ``Memory``, ``MemoryWithOrigins``, ``Undefined``, ``Thread``,
415 and ``Address;Undefined``. Defaults to empty string.
417 **LLVM_ENABLE_LTO**:STRING
418 Add ``-flto`` or ``-flto=`` flags to the compile and link command
419 lines, enabling link-time optimization. Possible values are ``Off``,
420 ``On``, ``Thin`` and ``Full``. Defaults to OFF.
422 **LLVM_USE_LINKER**:STRING
423 Add ``-fuse-ld={name}`` to the link invocation. The possible value depend on
424 your compiler, for clang the value can be an absolute path to your custom
425 linker, otherwise clang will prefix the name with ``ld.`` and apply its usual
426 search. For example to link LLVM with the Gold linker, cmake can be invoked
427 with ``-DLLVM_USE_LINKER=gold``.
429 **LLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX**:BOOL
430 If the host compiler and linker supports the stdlib flag, -stdlib=libc++ is
431 passed to invocations of both so that the project is built using libc++
432 instead of stdlibc++. Defaults to OFF.
434 **LLVM_STATIC_LINK_CXX_STDLIB**:BOOL
435 Statically link to the C++ standard library if possible. This uses the flag
436 "-static-libstdc++", but a Clang host compiler will statically link to libc++
437 if used in conjuction with the **LLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX** flag. Defaults to OFF.
439 **LLVM_ENABLE_LLD**:BOOL
440 This option is equivalent to `-DLLVM_USE_LINKER=lld`, except during a 2-stage
441 build where a dependency is added from the first stage to the second ensuring
442 that lld is built before stage2 begins.
444 **LLVM_PARALLEL_COMPILE_JOBS**:STRING
445 Define the maximum number of concurrent compilation jobs.
447 **LLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS**:STRING
448 Define the maximum number of concurrent link jobs.
450 **LLVM_BUILD_DOCS**:BOOL
451 Adds all *enabled* documentation targets (i.e. Doxgyen and Sphinx targets) as
452 dependencies of the default build targets. This results in all of the (enabled)
453 documentation targets being as part of a normal build. If the ``install``
454 target is run then this also enables all built documentation targets to be
455 installed. Defaults to OFF. To enable a particular documentation target, see
456 see LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX and LLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN.
458 **LLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN**:BOOL
459 Enables the generation of browsable HTML documentation using doxygen.
462 **LLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP**:BOOL
463 Enables the generation of a Qt Compressed Help file. Defaults to OFF.
464 This affects the make target ``doxygen-llvm``. When enabled, apart from
465 the normal HTML output generated by doxygen, this will produce a QCH file
466 named ``org.llvm.qch``. You can then load this file into Qt Creator.
467 This option is only useful in combination with ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN=ON``;
468 otherwise this has no effect.
470 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_QCH_FILENAME**:STRING
471 The filename of the Qt Compressed Help file that will be generated when
472 ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN=ON`` and
473 ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON`` are given. Defaults to
475 This option is only useful in combination with
476 ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON``;
477 otherwise it has no effect.
479 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_QHP_NAMESPACE**:STRING
480 Namespace under which the intermediate Qt Help Project file lives. See `Qt
482 for more information. Defaults to "org.llvm". This option is only useful in
483 combination with ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON``; otherwise
486 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_QHP_CUST_FILTER_NAME**:STRING
487 See `Qt Help Project`_ for
488 more information. Defaults to the CMake variable ``${PACKAGE_STRING}`` which
489 is a combination of the package name and version string. This filter can then
490 be used in Qt Creator to select only documentation from LLVM when browsing
491 through all the help files that you might have loaded. This option is only
492 useful in combination with ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON``;
493 otherwise it has no effect.
495 .. _Qt Help Project: http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qthelpproject.html#custom-filters
497 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_QHELPGENERATOR_PATH**:STRING
498 The path to the ``qhelpgenerator`` executable. Defaults to whatever CMake's
499 ``find_program()`` can find. This option is only useful in combination with
500 ``-DLLVM_ENABLE_DOXYGEN_QT_HELP=ON``; otherwise it has no
503 **LLVM_DOXYGEN_SVG**:BOOL
504 Uses .svg files instead of .png files for graphs in the Doxygen output.
507 **LLVM_INSTALL_DOXYGEN_HTML_DIR**:STRING
508 The path to install Doxygen-generated HTML documentation to. This path can
509 either be absolute or relative to the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. Defaults to
510 `share/doc/llvm/doxygen-html`.
512 **LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX**:BOOL
513 If specified, CMake will search for the ``sphinx-build`` executable and will make
514 the ``SPHINX_OUTPUT_HTML`` and ``SPHINX_OUTPUT_MAN`` CMake options available.
517 **SPHINX_EXECUTABLE**:STRING
518 The path to the ``sphinx-build`` executable detected by CMake.
519 For installation instructions, see
520 http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/latest/install.html
522 **SPHINX_OUTPUT_HTML**:BOOL
523 If enabled (and ``LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX`` is enabled) then the targets for
524 building the documentation as html are added (but not built by default unless
525 ``LLVM_BUILD_DOCS`` is enabled). There is a target for each project in the
526 source tree that uses sphinx (e.g. ``docs-llvm-html``, ``docs-clang-html``
527 and ``docs-lld-html``). Defaults to ON.
529 **SPHINX_OUTPUT_MAN**:BOOL
530 If enabled (and ``LLVM_ENABLE_SPHINX`` is enabled) the targets for building
531 the man pages are added (but not built by default unless ``LLVM_BUILD_DOCS``
532 is enabled). Currently the only target added is ``docs-llvm-man``. Defaults
535 **SPHINX_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS**:BOOL
536 If enabled then sphinx documentation warnings will be treated as
537 errors. Defaults to ON.
539 **LLVM_INSTALL_SPHINX_HTML_DIR**:STRING
540 The path to install Sphinx-generated HTML documentation to. This path can
541 either be absolute or relative to the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. Defaults to
542 `share/doc/llvm/html`.
544 **LLVM_INSTALL_OCAMLDOC_HTML_DIR**:STRING
545 The path to install OCamldoc-generated HTML documentation to. This path can
546 either be absolute or relative to the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX. Defaults to
547 `share/doc/llvm/ocaml-html`.
549 **LLVM_CREATE_XCODE_TOOLCHAIN**:BOOL
550 macOS Only: If enabled CMake will generate a target named
551 'install-xcode-toolchain'. This target will create a directory at
552 $CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/Toolchains containing an xctoolchain directory which can
553 be used to override the default system tools.
555 **LLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB**:BOOL
556 If enabled, the target for building the libLLVM shared library is added.
557 This library contains all of LLVM's components in a single shared library.
558 Defaults to OFF. This cannot be used in conjunction with BUILD_SHARED_LIBS.
559 Tools will only be linked to the libLLVM shared library if LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB
561 The components in the library can be customised by setting LLVM_DYLIB_COMPONENTS
562 to a list of the desired components.
564 **LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB**:BOOL
565 If enabled, tools will be linked with the libLLVM shared library. Defaults
566 to OFF. Setting LLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB to ON also sets LLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB
569 **BUILD_SHARED_LIBS**:BOOL
570 Flag indicating if each LLVM component (e.g. Support) is built as a shared
571 library (ON) or as a static library (OFF). Its default value is OFF. On
572 Windows, shared libraries may be used when building with MinGW, including
573 mingw-w64, but not when building with the Microsoft toolchain.
575 .. note:: BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is only recommended for use by LLVM developers.
576 If you want to build LLVM as a shared library, you should use the
577 ``LLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB`` option.
579 **LLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN**:BOOL
580 If enabled and building a debug or asserts build the CMake build system will
581 generate a Release build tree to build a fully optimized tablegen for use
582 during the build. Enabling this option can significantly speed up build times
583 especially when building LLVM in Debug configurations.
585 **LLVM_REVERSE_ITERATION**:BOOL
586 If enabled, all supported unordered llvm containers would be iterated in
587 reverse order. This is useful for uncovering non-determinism caused by
588 iteration of unordered containers.
590 **LLVM_BUILD_INSTRUMENTED_COVERAGE**:BOOL
591 If enabled, `source-based code coverage
592 <http://clang.llvm.org/docs/SourceBasedCodeCoverage.html>`_ instrumentation
593 is enabled while building llvm.
595 **LLVM_CCACHE_BUILD**:BOOL
596 If enabled and the ``ccache`` program is available, then LLVM will be
597 built using ``ccache`` to speed up rebuilds of LLVM and its components.
598 Defaults to OFF. The size and location of the cache maintained
599 by ``ccache`` can be adjusted via the LLVM_CCACHE_MAXSIZE and LLVM_CCACHE_DIR
600 options, which are passed to the CCACHE_MAXSIZE and CCACHE_DIR environment
601 variables, respectively.
603 **LLVM_FORCE_USE_OLD_TOOLCHAIN**:BOOL
604 If enabled, the compiler and standard library versions won't be checked. LLVM
605 may not compile at all, or might fail at runtime due to known bugs in these
608 **LLVM_TEMPORARILY_ALLOW_OLD_TOOLCHAIN**:BOOL
609 If enabled, the compiler version check will only warn when using a toolchain
610 which is about to be deprecated, instead of emitting an error.
612 **LLVM_USE_NEWPM**:BOOL
613 If enabled, use the experimental new pass manager.
615 **LLVM_ENABLE_BINDINGS**:BOOL
616 If disabled, do not try to build the OCaml and go bindings.
618 **LLVM_ENABLE_Z3_SOLVER**:BOOL
619 If enabled, the Z3 constraint solver is activated for the Clang static analyzer.
620 A recent version of the z3 library needs to be available on the system.
625 Recently LLVM and Clang have been adding some more complicated build system
626 features. Utilizing these new features often involves a complicated chain of
627 CMake variables passed on the command line. Clang provides a collection of CMake
628 cache scripts to make these features more approachable.
630 CMake cache files are utilized using CMake's -C flag:
632 .. code-block:: console
634 $ cmake -C <path to cache file> <path to sources>
636 CMake cache scripts are processed in an isolated scope, only cached variables
637 remain set when the main configuration runs. CMake cached variables do not reset
638 variables that are already set unless the FORCE option is specified.
640 A few notes about CMake Caches:
642 - Order of command line arguments is important
644 - -D arguments specified before -C are set before the cache is processed and
645 can be read inside the cache file
646 - -D arguments specified after -C are set after the cache is processed and
647 are unset inside the cache file
649 - All -D arguments will override cache file settings
650 - CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE is evaluated after both the cache file and the command
652 - It is recommended that all -D options should be specified *before* -C
654 For more information about some of the advanced build configurations supported
655 via Cache files see :doc:`AdvancedBuilds`.
660 Testing is performed when the *check-all* target is built. For instance, if you are
661 using Makefiles, execute this command in the root of your build directory:
663 .. code-block:: console
667 On Visual Studio, you may run tests by building the project "check-all".
668 For more information about testing, see the :doc:`TestingGuide`.
673 See `this wiki page <http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling>`_ for
674 generic instructions on how to cross-compile with CMake. It goes into detailed
675 explanations and may seem daunting, but it is not. On the wiki page there are
676 several examples including toolchain files. Go directly to `this section
677 <http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/CMake_Cross_Compiling#Information_how_to_set_up_various_cross_compiling_toolchains>`_
678 for a quick solution.
680 Also see the `LLVM-specific variables`_ section for variables used when
683 Embedding LLVM in your project
684 ==============================
686 From LLVM 3.5 onwards the CMake build system exports LLVM libraries as
687 importable CMake targets. This means that clients of LLVM can now reliably use
688 CMake to develop their own LLVM-based projects against an installed version of
689 LLVM regardless of how it was built.
691 Here is a simple example of a CMakeLists.txt file that imports the LLVM libraries
692 and uses them to build a simple application ``simple-tool``.
694 .. code-block:: cmake
696 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4.3)
697 project(SimpleProject)
699 find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
701 message(STATUS "Found LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
702 message(STATUS "Using LLVMConfig.cmake in: ${LLVM_DIR}")
704 # Set your project compile flags.
705 # E.g. if using the C++ header files
706 # you will need to enable C++11 support
709 include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
710 add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
712 # Now build our tools
713 add_executable(simple-tool tool.cpp)
715 # Find the libraries that correspond to the LLVM components
716 # that we wish to use
717 llvm_map_components_to_libnames(llvm_libs support core irreader)
719 # Link against LLVM libraries
720 target_link_libraries(simple-tool ${llvm_libs})
722 The ``find_package(...)`` directive when used in CONFIG mode (as in the above
723 example) will look for the ``LLVMConfig.cmake`` file in various locations (see
724 cmake manual for details). It creates a ``LLVM_DIR`` cache entry to save the
725 directory where ``LLVMConfig.cmake`` is found or allows the user to specify the
726 directory (e.g. by passing ``-DLLVM_DIR=/usr/lib/cmake/llvm`` to
727 the ``cmake`` command or by setting it directly in ``ccmake`` or ``cmake-gui``).
729 This file is available in two different locations.
731 * ``<INSTALL_PREFIX>/lib/cmake/llvm/LLVMConfig.cmake`` where
732 ``<INSTALL_PREFIX>`` is the install prefix of an installed version of LLVM.
733 On Linux typically this is ``/usr/lib/cmake/llvm/LLVMConfig.cmake``.
735 * ``<LLVM_BUILD_ROOT>/lib/cmake/llvm/LLVMConfig.cmake`` where
736 ``<LLVM_BUILD_ROOT>`` is the root of the LLVM build tree. **Note: this is only
737 available when building LLVM with CMake.**
739 If LLVM is installed in your operating system's normal installation prefix (e.g.
740 on Linux this is usually ``/usr/``) ``find_package(LLVM ...)`` will
741 automatically find LLVM if it is installed correctly. If LLVM is not installed
742 or you wish to build directly against the LLVM build tree you can use
743 ``LLVM_DIR`` as previously mentioned.
745 The ``LLVMConfig.cmake`` file sets various useful variables. Notable variables
749 The path to the LLVM CMake directory (i.e. the directory containing
753 A list of preprocessor defines that should be used when building against LLVM.
755 ``LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS``
756 This is set to ON if LLVM was built with assertions, otherwise OFF.
759 This is set to ON if LLVM was built with exception handling (EH) enabled,
763 This is set to ON if LLVM was built with run time type information (RTTI),
766 ``LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS``
767 A list of include paths to directories containing LLVM header files.
769 ``LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION``
770 The LLVM version. This string can be used with CMake conditionals, e.g., ``if
771 (${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.5")``.
773 ``LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR``
774 The path to the directory containing the LLVM tools (e.g. ``llvm-as``).
776 Notice that in the above example we link ``simple-tool`` against several LLVM
777 libraries. The list of libraries is determined by using the
778 ``llvm_map_components_to_libnames()`` CMake function. For a list of available
779 components look at the output of running ``llvm-config --components``.
781 Note that for LLVM < 3.5 ``llvm_map_components_to_libraries()`` was
782 used instead of ``llvm_map_components_to_libnames()``. This is now deprecated
783 and will be removed in a future version of LLVM.
785 .. _cmake-out-of-source-pass:
787 Developing LLVM passes out of source
788 ------------------------------------
790 It is possible to develop LLVM passes out of LLVM's source tree (i.e. against an
791 installed or built LLVM). An example of a project layout is provided below.
804 Contents of ``<project dir>/CMakeLists.txt``:
806 .. code-block:: cmake
808 find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
810 add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
811 include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
813 add_subdirectory(<pass name>)
815 Contents of ``<project dir>/<pass name>/CMakeLists.txt``:
817 .. code-block:: cmake
819 add_library(LLVMPassname MODULE Pass.cpp)
821 Note if you intend for this pass to be merged into the LLVM source tree at some
822 point in the future it might make more sense to use LLVM's internal
823 ``add_llvm_library`` function with the MODULE argument instead by...
826 Adding the following to ``<project dir>/CMakeLists.txt`` (after
827 ``find_package(LLVM ...)``)
829 .. code-block:: cmake
831 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${LLVM_CMAKE_DIR}")
834 And then changing ``<project dir>/<pass name>/CMakeLists.txt`` to
836 .. code-block:: cmake
838 add_llvm_library(LLVMPassname MODULE
842 When you are done developing your pass, you may wish to integrate it
843 into the LLVM source tree. You can achieve it in two easy steps:
845 #. Copying ``<pass name>`` folder into ``<LLVM root>/lib/Transform`` directory.
847 #. Adding ``add_subdirectory(<pass name>)`` line into
848 ``<LLVM root>/lib/Transform/CMakeLists.txt``.
850 Compiler/Platform-specific topics
851 =================================
853 Notes for specific compilers and/or platforms.
858 **LLVM_COMPILER_JOBS**:STRING
859 Specifies the maximum number of parallel compiler jobs to use per project
860 when building with msbuild or Visual Studio. Only supported for the Visual
861 Studio 2010 CMake generator. 0 means use all processors. Default is 0.