Project Stage 1
Building GCC on AArch64 and Exploring Compilation Dumps Introduction Welcome to my journey through Project Stage 1 for the SPO600 course, where we dive into building the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) from source. This semester, our task is to create a proof-of-concept for the function-pruning component of Automatic Function Multi-Versioning (AFMV) on AArch64 systems . In this post, I’ll guide you through my experience with setting up GCC on an AArch64 server and exploring the diagnostic output, or “dumps,” generated during its compilation passes. Building a compiler from source was a first for me, and it provided essential insights into the build process and initial compiler optimizations. Why Build GCC? Compiling GCC from source is crucial for working directly with the compiler’s code. It lets us configure custom builds, test changes, and understand the system we’re developing for in a hands-on way. Setting up a local GCC build on the aarch64-002 server was my first step in getting...