A Multi-Dimensional, Per-Pass Empirical Study of the LLVM Optimization Pipeline

arXiv:2606.31238 · cs.SE, cs.PF, cs.PL · Submitted 2026-06-30 · Read on arXiv

cs.SE, cs.PF, cs.PL

Submitted: 2026-06-30

Updated: 2026-10-22

Terminology

• Calibration — 1× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Pruning — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes

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