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LLI(1)				      LLVM				  LLI(1)

NAME
     lli - directly execute programs from LLVM bitcode

SYNOPSIS
     lli [options] [filename] [program args]

DESCRIPTION
     lli  directly executes programs in LLVM bitcode format.  It takes a program
     in LLVM bitcode format and executes it using a just-in-time compiler or  an
     interpreter.

     lli  is  not an emulator. It will not execute IR of different architectures
     and it can only interpret (or JIT-compile) for the host architecture.

     The JIT compiler takes the same arguments as other  tools,  like  llc,  but
     they don't necessarily work for the interpreter.

     If  filename is not specified, then lli reads the LLVM bitcode for the pro-
     gram from standard input.

     The optional args specified on the command line are passed to  the  program
     as arguments.

GENERAL OPTIONS
     -fake-argv0=executable
	    Override the argv[0] value passed into the executing program.

     -force-interpreter={false,true}
	    If	set to true, use the interpreter even if a just-in-time compiler
	    is available for this architecture. Defaults to false.

     -help  Print a summary of command line options.

     -load=pluginfilename
	    Causes lli to load the plugin (shared object)  named  pluginfilename
	    and use it for optimization.

     -stats
	    Print statistics from the code-generation passes. This is only mean-
	    ingful for the just-in-time compiler, at present.

     -time-passes
	    Record  the  amount of time needed for each code-generation pass and
	    print it to standard error.

     -version
	    Print out the version of lli and exit without doing anything else.

TARGET OPTIONS
     -mtriple=target triple
	    Override the target triple specified in the input bitcode file  with
	    the specified string.  This may result in a crash if you pick an ar-
	    chitecture which is not compatible with the current system.

     -march=arch
	    Specify  the architecture for which to generate assembly, overriding
	    the target encoded in the bitcode file.  See the output of llc -help
	    for a list of valid architectures.	By default this is inferred from
	    the target triple or autodetected to the current architecture.

     -mcpu=cpuname
	    Specify a specific chip in the current architecture to generate code
	    for.  By default this is inferred from the target triple and autode-
	    tected to the current architecture.  For a list of	available  CPUs,
	    use: llvm-as < /dev/null | llc -march=xyz -mcpu=help

     -mattr=a1,+a2,-a3,...
	    Override  or  control  specific  attributes  of  the target, such as
	    whether SIMD operations are enabled or not.  The default set of  at-
	    tributes is set by the current CPU.  For a list of available attrib-
	    utes, use: llvm-as < /dev/null | llc -march=xyz -mattr=help

FLOATING POINT OPTIONS
     -disable-excess-fp-precision
	    Disable optimizations that may increase floating point precision.

     -enable-no-infs-fp-math
	    Enable optimizations that assume no Inf values.

     -enable-no-nans-fp-math
	    Enable optimizations that assume no NAN values.

     -enable-unsafe-fp-math
	    Causes  lli to enable optimizations that may decrease floating point
	    precision.

     -soft-float
	    Causes lli to generate software floating point library calls instead
	    of equivalent hardware instructions.

CODE GENERATION OPTIONS
     -code-model=model
	    Choose the code model from:

	       default: Target default code model
	       tiny: Tiny code model
	       small: Small code model
	       kernel: Kernel code model
	       medium: Medium code model
	       large: Large code model

     -disable-post-RA-scheduler
	    Disable scheduling after register allocation.

     -disable-spill-fusing
	    Disable fusing of spill code into instructions.

     -jit-enable-eh
	    Exception handling should be enabled in the just-in-time compiler.

     -join-liveintervals
	    Coalesce copies (default=true).

     -nozero-initialized-in-bss
	    Don't place zero-initialized symbols into the BSS section.

     -pre-RA-sched=scheduler
	    Instruction schedulers available (before register allocation):

	       =default: Best scheduler for the target
	       =none: No scheduling: breadth first sequencing
	       =simple: Simple two pass scheduling: minimize critical path and maximize processor utilization
	       =simple-noitin: Simple two pass scheduling: Same as simple except using generic latency
	       =list-burr: Bottom-up register reduction list scheduling
	       =list-tdrr: Top-down register reduction list scheduling
	       =list-td: Top-down list scheduler

     -regalloc=allocator
	    Register allocator to use (default=linearscan)

	       =bigblock: Big-block register allocator
	       =linearscan: linear scan register allocator
	       =local: local register allocator
	       =simple: simple register allocator

     -relocation-model=model
	    Choose relocation model from:

	       =default: Target default relocation model
	       =static: Non-relocatable code
	       =pic: Fully relocatable, position independent code
	       =dynamic-no-pic: Relocatable external references, non-relocatable code

     -spiller
	    Spiller to use (default=local)

	       =simple: simple spiller
	       =local: local spiller

     -x86-asm-syntax=syntax
	    Choose style of code to emit from X86 backend:

	       =att: Emit AT&T-style assembly
	       =intel: Emit Intel-style assembly

EXIT STATUS
     If lli fails to load the program, it will exit with  an  exit  code  of  1.
     Otherwise, it will return the exit code of the program it executes.

SEE ALSO
     llc(1)

AUTHOR
     Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/).

COPYRIGHT
     2003-2026, LLVM Project

19				   2026-07-30				  LLI(1)

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