Index: polly/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst =================================================================== --- polly/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst +++ polly/trunk/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst @@ -79,3 +79,12 @@ return false; } + +-------------------------- +Improved Polly Diagnostics +-------------------------- + +Polly now uses the LLVM OptimizationDiagnosticInfo API for emitting diagnostic remarks. +This allows Polly remarks to appear in the yaml optimization record when compiling +with the flag -fsave-optimization-record. This also allow Polly remarks to appear in the opt-viewer +tool, allowing for remarks to be viewed next to the source code, and sorted by hotness. Index: polly/trunk/docs/UsingPollyWithClang.rst =================================================================== --- polly/trunk/docs/UsingPollyWithClang.rst +++ polly/trunk/docs/UsingPollyWithClang.rst @@ -109,4 +109,24 @@ polyhedral representation. By exporting, modifying and reimporting the polyhedral representation externally calculated transformations can be applied. This enables external optimizers or the manual optimization of -specific SCoPs. +specific SCoPs. + +Viewing Polly Diagnostics with opt-viewer +----------------------------------------- + +The flag -fsave-optimization-record will generate .opt.yaml files when compiling +your program. These yaml files contain information about each emitted remark. +Ensure that you have Python 2.7 with PyYaml and Pygments Python Packages. +To run opt-viewer: + +.. code-block:: console + + llvm/tools/opt-viewer/opt-viewer.py -source-dir /path/to/program/src/ \ + /path/to/program/src/foo.opt.yaml \ + /path/to/program/src/bar.opt.yaml \ + -o ./output + +Include all yaml files (use *.opt.yaml when specifying which yaml files to view) +to view all diagnostics from your program in opt-viewer. Compile with `PGO +` to view +Hotness information in opt-viewer. Resulting html files can be viewed in an internet browser.