diff --git a/runtimes/utils/generate_abi_list.py b/runtimes/utils/generate_abi_list.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+#
+# Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+#
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from sym_check import extract
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Extract a list of symbols from a shared library.")
+    parser.add_argument("library", metavar="LIB", type=Path, help="The library to extract symbols from.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        dest="output",
+        type=Path,
+        help="The output file to write the symbols to. It is overwritten if it already exists."
+        "If no file is specified, the results are written to standard output.",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # extract symbols
+    symbols = extract.extract_symbols(args.library.resolve())
+    if symbols is None:
+        print("unable to extract symbols.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    # output symbols
+    symbols_json = json.dumps(symbols, indent=4)
+    if args.output is None:
+        sys.stdout.writelines(symbols_json + "\n")
+    else:
+        with args.output.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as output:
+            output.writelines(symbols_json + "\n")
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/get_sym_diff.py b/runtimes/utils/get_sym_diff.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+#
+# Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+#
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+"""
+sym_diff - Compare two symbol lists and output the differences.
+"""
+import argparse
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from sym_check import diff, extract
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Extract a list of symbols from a shared library.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--removed-only", dest="removed_only", help="Only print removed symbols", action="store_true", default=False
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--strict",
+        dest="strict",
+        help="Exit with a non-zero status if any symbols " "differ",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-o",
+        "--output",
+        dest="output",
+        type=Path,
+        help="The output file to write the symbols to. It is overwritten if it already exists."
+        "If no file is specified, the results are written to standard output.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--demangle", dest="demangle", action="store_true", default=False
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "old_syms", metavar="old-syms", type=Path, help="The file containing the old symbol list or a library"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "new_syms", metavar="new-syms", type=Path, help="The file containing the new symbol list or a library"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # extract symbols
+    old_symbols = extract.extract_symbols(args.old_syms)
+    if old_symbols is None:
+        print(f"Unable to extract symbols from {args.old_syms}.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    new_symbols = extract.extract_symbols(args.new_syms)
+    if new_symbols is None:
+        print(f"Unable to extract symbols from {args.new_syms}.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    # get diff
+    added, removed, changed = diff.diff(old_symbols, new_symbols)
+
+    # report diff
+    report, is_different = diff.report_diff(added, removed, changed, args.removed_only, args.demangle)
+    if args.output:
+        with args.output.open("w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(report)
+    else:
+        print(report)
+
+    if is_different and args.strict:
+        return 1
+
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/ToolOutput.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/ToolOutput.py
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+++ b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/ToolOutput.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import List
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ToolOutput:
+    returncode: int
+    command: List[str]
+    data: str
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/__init__.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/__init__.py
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+++ b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/__init__.py
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+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+#
+# Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+#
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+
+"""ABI symbol checker"""
+
+__author__ = "Ian Michael Francis"
+__email__ = "IanMichaelFrancis@outlook.com"
+__versioninfo__ = (1, 0, 0)
+__version__ = ".".join(str(v) for v in __versioninfo__)
+
+__all__ = ["diff", "extract", "utils"]
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/diff.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/diff.py
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+++ b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/diff.py
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+# -*- Python -*- vim: set syntax=python tabstop=4 expandtab cc=80:
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+#
+# Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+# See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+#
+# ===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
+"""
+diff - A set of functions for diff-ing two symbol lists.
+"""
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+from sym_check import utils
+from sym_check.utils import Json
+
+SymsList = List[Dict[str, str]]
+
+
+def _symbol_difference(lhs: Json, rhs: Json):
+    lhs_names = set(((n["Name"], n["Type"]) for n in (x for x in lhs)))
+    rhs_names = set(((n["Name"], n["Type"]) for n in (x for x in rhs)))
+    diff_names = lhs_names - rhs_names
+    return [n for n in lhs if (n["Name"], n["Type"]) in diff_names]
+
+
+def _find_by_key(sym_list, k):
+    for sym in sym_list:
+        if sym["Name"] == k:
+            return sym
+    return None
+
+
+def added_symbols(old: Json, new: Json):
+    return _symbol_difference(new, old)
+
+
+def removed_symbols(old: Json, new: Json):
+    return _symbol_difference(old, new)
+
+
+def changed_symbols(old: Json, new: Json):
+    changed: List[Tuple[Json, Json]] = []
+    for old_sym in old:
+        if old_sym in new:
+            continue
+
+        new_sym = _find_by_key(new, old_sym["Name"])
+        if not (new_sym is None or new_sym in old or old_sym == new_sym):
+            changed.append((old_sym, new_sym))
+    return changed
+
+
+def diff(old: Json, new: Json):
+    added = added_symbols(old, new)
+    removed = removed_symbols(old, new)
+    changed = changed_symbols(old, new)
+    return added, removed, changed
+
+
+def report_diff(
+    added_syms: SymsList,
+    removed_syms: SymsList,
+    changed_syms: SymsList,
+    removed_only: bool = False,
+    demangle: bool = True,
+) -> Tuple[str, bool]:
+    demangle_warning = ""
+    if demangle is True:
+        cppfilt = shutil.which("c++filt")
+        if cppfilt is not None:
+            cppfilt = Path(cppfilt).resolve()
+        else:
+            demangle_warning = "c++filt not found in PATH, skipping demangling.\n"
+
+    report = ""
+    added_count, removed_count, changed_count = 0, 0, 0
+    if added_syms and not removed_only:
+        added_count = len(added_syms)
+        report += f"Symbols Added: {added_count}\n"
+        for sym in added_syms:
+            if demangle:
+                sym["Name"] = utils.demangle_symbol(sym["Name"], cppfilt)
+            report += f"Added {sym}\n"
+
+    if removed_syms:
+        removed_count = len(removed_syms)
+        report += f"Symbols Removed: {len(removed_syms)}\n"
+        for sym in removed_syms:
+            if demangle:
+                sym["Name"] = utils.demangle_symbol(sym["Name"], cppfilt)
+            report += f"Removed {sym}\n"
+
+    if changed_syms and not removed_only:
+        changed_count = len(changed_syms)
+        report += f"Symbols Changed: {len(changed_syms)}\n"
+        for old_sym, new_sym in changed_syms:
+            if demangle:
+                old_sym["Name"] = utils.demangle_symbol(old_sym["Name"], cppfilt)
+                new_sym["Name"] = utils.demangle_symbol(new_sym["Name"], cppfilt)
+            report += f"{old_sym['Name']}: {old_sym} -> {new_sym}\n"
+
+    if report:
+        report += "ABI BREAKAGE!: "
+        if removed_only:
+            report += f"{removed_count} removed.\n"
+        else:
+            report += f"{added_count} added, {removed_count} removed, {changed_count} changed.\n"
+
+        report = demangle_warning + report
+        return report, True
+
+    return "Symbols unchanged", False
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/extract.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/extract.py
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+++ b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/extract.py
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+import json
+import platform
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+
+import magic
+import yaml
+from sym_check.ToolOutput import ToolOutput
+from sym_check import utils
+from sym_check.utils import Json
+
+
+class SymbolExtractor:
+    def __init__(self, lib: Path) -> None:
+        self.lib = lib.resolve()
+        magic_data = magic.from_file(self.lib)
+        if "ELF" in magic_data:
+            self.executable_type = "ELF"
+        elif "ASCII" in magic_data:
+            self.executable_type = "IFS"
+
+    def ifs_extract(self, output_file: Path, ifs_dir: Optional[Path] = None) -> ToolOutput:
+        if ifs_dir is None:
+            _env_ifs = shutil.which("llvm-ifs")
+            if _env_ifs is None:
+                return ToolOutput(1, ["which", "llvm-ifs"], "Error: Cannot find llvm-ifs in PATH")
+            ifs_dir = Path(_env_ifs).resolve()
+
+        cmd = [
+            ifs_dir.as_posix(),
+            self.lib.as_posix(),
+            f"--input-format={self.executable_type}",
+            f"--output-ifs={output_file.resolve()}",
+        ]
+
+        llvm_ifs = subprocess.run(
+            cmd,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            text=True,
+            check=False,
+        )
+        return ToolOutput(llvm_ifs.returncode, cmd, llvm_ifs.stdout)
+
+
+def load_symbols(file: Path) -> Tuple[Optional[Union[Json, Dict[str, str]]], Optional[str]]:
+    symbols: Optional[Union[Json, Dict[str, str]]] = None
+    with file.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        ifs_contents: Union[Json, Dict[str, str]] = yaml.load(f.read(), Loader=yaml.BaseLoader)
+        if isinstance(ifs_contents, dict):
+            symbols = ifs_contents.get("Symbols")
+        else:
+            symbols = ifs_contents
+
+    if symbols is None:
+        return None, f"Error: No symbols found in {file.resolve()}"
+
+    return symbols, None
+
+
+def _aix_is_shared_lib(lib_file: Path) -> bool:
+    """
+    Check for the shared object flag in XCOFF headers of the input file or
+    library archive.
+    """
+    dump = shutil.which("dump")
+    if dump is None:
+        print("ERROR: Could not find dump", file=sys.stderr)
+        return False
+
+    cmd: List[str] = [dump, "-X32_64", "-ov", lib_file.as_posix()]
+    out = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode()
+
+    return out.find("SHROBJ") != -1
+
+
+def extract_symbols(file: Path) -> Optional[Json]:
+    if not utils.is_library_file(file):
+        symbols, err = load_symbols(file)
+        if err is not None:
+            print(err, file=sys.stderr)
+            return None
+
+        return symbols
+
+    if not utils.is_shared_library(file):
+        print(f"Error: Library {lib_file.resolve()} is not a shared library.", file=sys.stderr)
+        return None
+
+    extractor = SymbolExtractor(file)
+    output_file = Path("tmp_llvm-ifs-output.ifs")
+    tool_output = extractor.ifs_extract(output_file)
+    if tool_output.returncode != 0:
+        print(tool_output.data, file=sys.stderr)
+        print(f"Failing command: {tool_output.command}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return None
+
+    symbols, err = load_symbols(output_file)
+    output_file.unlink()  # delete the output file created by llvm-ifs
+    if err is not None:
+        print(err, file=sys.stderr)
+        return None
+
+    return symbols
diff --git a/runtimes/utils/sym_check/utils.py b/runtimes/utils/sym_check/utils.py
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+import json
+import platform
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Dict, List, NewType, Optional, Tuple
+
+
+Json = NewType("Json", List[Dict[str, str]])
+
+
+def demangle_symbol(symbol: str, cppfilt: Path) -> str:
+    result = subprocess.run([cppfilt.resolve().as_posix()], input=symbol.encode(), capture_output=True)
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        return symbol
+    return result.stdout.decode()
+
+def is_mach_o(file: Path) -> bool:
+    with file.open("rb") as f:
+        magic_bytes = f.read(4)
+    return magic_bytes in [
+        b"\xfe\xed\xfa\xce",  # MH_MAGIC
+        b"\xce\xfa\xed\xfe",  # MH_CIGAM
+        b"\xfe\xed\xfa\xcf",  # MH_MAGIC_64
+        b"\xcf\xfa\xed\xfe",  # MH_CIGAM_64
+        b"\xca\xfe\xba\xbe",  # FAT_MAGIC
+        b"\xbe\xba\xfe\xca",  # FAT_CIGAM
+    ]
+
+
+def is_xcoff_or_big_ar(file: Path) -> bool:
+    with file.open("rb") as f:
+        magic_bytes = f.read(7)
+    return magic_bytes[:4] in [b"\x01DF", b"\x01F7"] or magic_bytes == b"<bigaf>"  # XCOFF32  # XCOFF64
+
+
+def is_elf(file: Path) -> bool:
+    with file.open("rb") as f:
+        magic_bytes = f.read(4)
+    return magic_bytes == b"\x7fELF"
+
+
+def is_library_file(file: Path) -> bool:
+    if platform.system() == "Darwin":
+        return is_mach_o(file)
+
+    if platform.system() == "AIX":
+        return is_xcoff_or_big_ar(file)
+
+    return is_elf(file)
+
+
+def is_shared_library(lib_file: Path) -> bool:
+    return _aix_is_shared_lib(lib_file) if platform.system() == "AIX" else lib_file.suffix == ".so"
+