1\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- 2@c %**start of header 3@setfilename gccint.info 4@c INTERNALS is used by md.texi to determine whether to include the 5@c whole of that file, in the internals manual, or only the part 6@c dealing with constraints, in the user manual. 7@set INTERNALS 8 9@c See miscellaneous notes in gcc.texi on checks/things to do. 10 11@include gcc-common.texi 12 13@settitle GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) Internals 14 15@c Create a separate index for command line options. 16@defcodeindex op 17@c Merge the standard indexes into a single one. 18@syncodeindex fn cp 19@syncodeindex vr cp 20@syncodeindex ky cp 21@syncodeindex pg cp 22@syncodeindex tp cp 23 24@paragraphindent 1 25 26@c %**end of header 27 28@copying 29Copyright @copyright{} 1988-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 30 31Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document 32under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or 33any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the 34Invariant Sections being ``Funding Free Software'', the Front-Cover 35Texts being (a) (see below), and with the Back-Cover Texts being (b) 36(see below). A copy of the license is included in the section entitled 37``GNU Free Documentation License''. 38 39(a) The FSF's Front-Cover Text is: 40 41 A GNU Manual 42 43(b) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: 44 45 You have freedom to copy and modify this GNU Manual, like GNU 46 software. Copies published by the Free Software Foundation raise 47 funds for GNU development. 48@end copying 49@ifnottex 50@dircategory Software development 51@direntry 52* gccint: (gccint). Internals of the GNU Compiler Collection. 53@end direntry 54This file documents the internals of the GNU compilers. 55@sp 1 56@insertcopying 57@sp 1 58@end ifnottex 59 60@setchapternewpage odd 61@titlepage 62@title GNU Compiler Collection Internals 63@versionsubtitle 64@author Richard M. Stallman and the @sc{GCC} Developer Community 65@page 66@vskip 0pt plus 1filll 67@insertcopying 68@end titlepage 69@summarycontents 70@contents 71@page 72 73@node Top, Contributing,, (DIR) 74@top Introduction 75@cindex introduction 76 77This manual documents the internals of the GNU compilers, including 78how to port them to new targets and some information about how to 79write front ends for new languages. It corresponds to the compilers 80@ifset VERSION_PACKAGE 81@value{VERSION_PACKAGE} 82@end ifset 83version @value{version-GCC}. The use of the GNU compilers is documented in a 84separate manual. @xref{Top,, Introduction, gcc, Using the GNU 85Compiler Collection (GCC)}. 86 87This manual is mainly a reference manual rather than a tutorial. It 88discusses how to contribute to GCC (@pxref{Contributing}), the 89characteristics of the machines supported by GCC as hosts and targets 90(@pxref{Portability}), how GCC relates to the ABIs on such systems 91(@pxref{Interface}), and the characteristics of the languages for 92which GCC front ends are written (@pxref{Languages}). It then 93describes the GCC source tree structure and build system, some of the 94interfaces to GCC front ends, and how support for a target system is 95implemented in GCC@. 96 97Additional tutorial information is linked to from 98@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/readings.html}. 99 100@menu 101* Contributing:: How to contribute to testing and developing GCC. 102* Portability:: Goals of GCC's portability features. 103* Interface:: Function-call interface of GCC output. 104* Libgcc:: Low-level runtime library used by GCC. 105* Languages:: Languages for which GCC front ends are written. 106* Source Tree:: GCC source tree structure and build system. 107* Testsuites:: GCC testsuites. 108* Options:: Option specification files. 109* Passes:: Order of passes, what they do, and what each file is for. 110* GENERIC:: Language-independent representation generated by Front Ends 111* GIMPLE:: Tuple representation used by Tree SSA optimizers 112* Tree SSA:: Analysis and optimization of GIMPLE 113* RTL:: Machine-dependent low-level intermediate representation. 114* Control Flow:: Maintaining and manipulating the control flow graph. 115* Loop Analysis and Representation:: Analysis and representation of loops 116* Machine Desc:: How to write machine description instruction patterns. 117* Target Macros:: How to write the machine description C macros and functions. 118* Host Config:: Writing the @file{xm-@var{machine}.h} file. 119* Fragments:: Writing the @file{t-@var{target}} and @file{x-@var{host}} files. 120* Collect2:: How @code{collect2} works; how it finds @code{ld}. 121* Header Dirs:: Understanding the standard header file directories. 122* Type Information:: GCC's memory management; generating type information. 123* Plugins:: Extending the compiler with plugins. 124* LTO:: Using Link-Time Optimization. 125 126* Funding:: How to help assure funding for free software. 127* GNU Project:: The GNU Project and GNU/Linux. 128 129* Copying:: GNU General Public License says 130 how you can copy and share GCC. 131* GNU Free Documentation License:: How you can copy and share this manual. 132* Contributors:: People who have contributed to GCC. 133 134* Option Index:: Index to command line options. 135* Concept Index:: Index of concepts and symbol names. 136@end menu 137 138@include contribute.texi 139@include portability.texi 140@include interface.texi 141@include libgcc.texi 142@include languages.texi 143@include sourcebuild.texi 144@include options.texi 145@include passes.texi 146@include rtl.texi 147@include generic.texi 148@include gimple.texi 149@include tree-ssa.texi 150@include loop.texi 151@include cfg.texi 152@include md.texi 153@include tm.texi 154@include hostconfig.texi 155@include fragments.texi 156@include collect2.texi 157@include headerdirs.texi 158@include gty.texi 159@include plugins.texi 160@include lto.texi 161 162@include funding.texi 163@include gnu.texi 164@include gpl_v3.texi 165 166@c --------------------------------------------------------------------- 167@c GFDL 168@c --------------------------------------------------------------------- 169 170@include fdl.texi 171 172@include contrib.texi 173 174@c --------------------------------------------------------------------- 175@c Indexes 176@c --------------------------------------------------------------------- 177 178@node Option Index 179@unnumbered Option Index 180 181GCC's command line options are indexed here without any initial @samp{-} 182or @samp{--}. Where an option has both positive and negative forms 183(such as @option{-f@var{option}} and @option{-fno-@var{option}}), 184relevant entries in the manual are indexed under the most appropriate 185form; it may sometimes be useful to look up both forms. 186 187@printindex op 188 189@node Concept Index 190@unnumbered Concept Index 191 192@printindex cp 193 194@c --------------------------------------------------------------------- 195@c Epilogue 196@c --------------------------------------------------------------------- 197 198@bye 199