Run default optimization pipeline using modern LLVM

Question

I'm using LLVM 7 and I have an llvm::Module that I'd like to optimize using the standard optimization pipeline. Unfortunately, there isn't a llvm::runDefaultOptimizations function that I can call. There seems to be a bajillion ways to optimize a module in LLVM. My searches on this topic have found many old/depreciated APIs and some examples that don't work on my system.

I want to run all of the standard optimizations at -O3 with the least amount of hassle possible. I don't want to manually list all of the passes or even write a for loop. I thought llvm::PassBuilder::buildModuleOptimizationPipeline might be the solution but I get a linker error when I try to use that function which I think is really strange.

Answer 1

I ended up taking the source of the opt tool (found here) and stripping everything I didn't need. I ended up with this:

#include <llvm/IR/Verifier.h>
#include <llvm/Transforms/IPO.h>
#include <llvm/IR/LegacyPassManager.h>
#include <llvm/Target/TargetMachine.h>
#include <llvm/Analysis/TargetLibraryInfo.h>
#include <llvm/Analysis/TargetTransformInfo.h>
#include <llvm/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.h>

namespace {

void addOptPasses(
  llvm::legacy::PassManagerBase &passes,
  llvm::legacy::FunctionPassManager &fnPasses,
  llvm::TargetMachine *machine
) {
  llvm::PassManagerBuilder builder;
  builder.OptLevel = 3;
  builder.SizeLevel = 0;
  builder.Inliner = llvm::createFunctionInliningPass(3, 0, false);
  builder.LoopVectorize = true;
  builder.SLPVectorize = true;
  machine->adjustPassManager(builder);

  builder.populateFunctionPassManager(fnPasses);
  builder.populateModulePassManager(passes);
}

void addLinkPasses(llvm::legacy::PassManagerBase &passes) {
  llvm::PassManagerBuilder builder;
  builder.VerifyInput = true;
  builder.Inliner = llvm::createFunctionInliningPass(3, 0, false);
  builder.populateLTOPassManager(passes);
}

}

void optimizeModule(llvm::TargetMachine *machine, llvm::Module *module) {
  module->setTargetTriple(machine->getTargetTriple().str());
  module->setDataLayout(machine->createDataLayout());

  llvm::legacy::PassManager passes;
  passes.add(new llvm::TargetLibraryInfoWrapperPass(machine->getTargetTriple()));
  passes.add(llvm::createTargetTransformInfoWrapperPass(machine->getTargetIRAnalysis()));

  llvm::legacy::FunctionPassManager fnPasses(module);
  fnPasses.add(llvm::createTargetTransformInfoWrapperPass(machine->getTargetIRAnalysis()));

  addOptPasses(passes, fnPasses, machine);
  addLinkPasses(passes);

  fnPasses.doInitialization();
  for (llvm::Function &func : *module) {
    fnPasses.run(func);
  }
  fnPasses.doFinalization();

  passes.add(llvm::createVerifierPass());
  passes.run(*module);
}

This is roughly equivalent to passing -O3 to opt. It's using some legacy stuff but I don't really mind.