Add an llvm option to enable/disable running the global value numbering optimization pass. Disabling this pass helps to minimize the size of boot2. Introduced here: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/274968 Index: lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp =================================================================== --- lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp +++ lib/Transforms/IPO/PassManagerBuilder.cpp @@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ static cl::opt EnableMLSM("mlsm", cl::init(true), cl::Hidden, cl::desc("Enable motion of merged load and store")); +static cl::opt EnableGVN("enable-gvn", + cl::init(true), cl::Hidden, + cl::desc("Run the global value numbering pass")); + PassManagerBuilder::PassManagerBuilder() { OptLevel = 2; SizeLevel = 0; @@ -244,7 +248,8 @@ void PassManagerBuilder::populateModulePassManager if (OptLevel > 1) { if (EnableMLSM) MPM.add(createMergedLoadStoreMotionPass()); // Merge ld/st in diamonds - MPM.add(createGVNPass(DisableGVNLoadPRE)); // Remove redundancies + if (EnableGVN) + MPM.add(createGVNPass(DisableGVNLoadPRE)); // Remove redundancies } MPM.add(createMemCpyOptPass()); // Remove memcpy / form memset MPM.add(createSCCPPass()); // Constant prop with SCCP