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 @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ static cl::opt RunLoadCombine("combine-loads cl::Hidden, cl::desc("Run the load combining pass")); +static cl::opt RunGVN("enable-gvn", cl::init(true), + cl::Hidden, + cl::desc("Run the global value numbering pass")); + PassManagerBuilder::PassManagerBuilder() { OptLevel = 2; SizeLevel = 0; @@ -210,7 +214,8 @@ void PassManagerBuilder::populateModulePassManager if (OptLevel > 1) { MPM.add(createMergedLoadStoreMotionPass()); // Merge load/stores in diamond - MPM.add(createGVNPass()); // Remove redundancies + if (RunGVN) + MPM.add(createGVNPass()); // Remove redundancies } MPM.add(createMemCpyOptPass()); // Remove memcpy / form memset MPM.add(createSCCPPass()); // Constant prop with SCCP