llvm-extract - extract a function from an LLVM module
llvm-extract [options] --func function-name [filename]
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NAME
llvm-extract - extract a function from an LLVM module
SYNOPSIS
llvm-extract [options] --func function-name [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The llvm-extract command takes the name of a function and extracts it
from the specified LLVM bitcode file. It is primarily used as a debug-
ging tool to reduce test cases from larger programs that are triggering
a bug.
In addition to extracting the bitcode of the specified function,
llvm-extract will also remove unreachable global variables, prototypes,
and unused types.
The llvm-extract command reads its input from standard input if file-
name is omitted or if filename is -. The output is always written to
standard output, unless the -o option is specified (see below).
OPTIONS
--alias alias-name
Extract the alias named function-name from the LLVM bitcode. May be
specified multiple times to extract multiple alias at once.
--ralias alias-regular-expr
Extract the alias matching alias-regular-expr from the LLVM bitcode.
All alias matching the regular expression will be extracted. May be
specified multiple times.
--bb basic-block-specifier
Extract basic blocks(s) specicified in basic-block-specifier. May be
specified multiple times. Each <function:bb[;bb]> specifier pair
will create a function. If multiple basic blocks are specified in
one pair, the first block in the sequence should dominate the rest.
--delete
Delete specified Globals from Module.
-f
Enable binary output on terminals. Normally, llvm-extract will
refuse to write raw bitcode output if the output stream is a termi-
nal. With this option, llvm-extract will write raw bitcode regard-
less of the output device.
--func function-name
Extract the function named function-name from the LLVM bitcode. May
be specified multiple times to extract multiple functions at once.
--rfunc function-regular-expr
Extract the function(s) matching function-regular-expr from the LLVM
bitcode. All functions matching the regular expression will be
extracted. May be specified multiple times.
--glob global-name
Extract the global variable named global-name from the LLVM bitcode.
May be specified multiple times to extract multiple global variables
at once.
--rglob glob-regular-expr
Extract the global variable(s) matching global-regular-expr from the
LLVM bitcode. All global variables matching the regular expression
will be extracted. May be specified multiple times.
--keep-const-init
Preserve the values of constant globals.
--recursive
Recursively extract all called functions
-help
Print a summary of command line options.
-o filename
Specify the output filename. If filename is "-" (the default), then
llvm-extract sends its output to standard output.
-S
Write output in LLVM intermediate language (instead of bitcode).
EXIT STATUS
If llvm-extract succeeds, it will exit with 0. Otherwise, if an error
occurs, it will exit with a non-zero value.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+---------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+---------------------+
|Availability | developer/llvm/llvm |
+---------------+---------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+---------------------+
SEE ALSO
bugpoint(1)
AUTHOR
Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/).
COPYRIGHT
2003-2022, LLVM Project
NOTES
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from https://github.com/llvm/llvm-
project/releases/download/llvmorg-11.0.0/llvm-11.0.0.src.tar.xz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://llvm.org/.
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