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2025-02-18	[BOLT] Only link and initialize supported targets (#127509)	Nikita Popov
	Bolt currently links and initializes all LLVM targets. This substantially increases the binary size, and link time if LTO is used. Instead, only link the targets specified by BOLT_TARGETS_TO_BUILD. We also have to only initialize those targets, so generate a TargetConfig.def file with the necessary information. The way the initialization is done mirrors what llvm-exegesis does. This reduces llvm-bolt size from 137MB to 78MB for me.
2024-12-12	[BOLT] Introduce binary analysis tool based on BOLT (#115330)	Kristof Beyls
	This initial commit does not add any specific binary analyses yet, it merely contains the boilerplate to introduce a new BOLT-based tool. This basically combines the 4 first patches from the prototype pac-ret and stack-clash binary analyzer discussed in RFC https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-bolt-based-binary-analysis-tool-to-verify-correctness-of-security-hardening/78148 and published at https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/compare/main...kbeyls:llvm-project:bolt-gadget-scanner-prototype The introduction of such a BOLT-based binary analysis tool was proposed and discussed in at least the following places: - The RFC pointed to above - EuroLLVM 2024 round table https://discourse.llvm.org/t/summary-of-bolt-as-a-binary-analysis-tool-round-table-at-eurollvm/78441 The round table showed quite a few people interested in being able to build a custom binary analysis quickly with a tool like this. - Also at the US LLVM dev meeting a few weeks ago, I heard interest from a few people, asking when the tool would be available upstream. - The presentation "Adding Pointer Authentication ABI support for your ELF platform" (https://llvm.swoogo.com/2024devmtg/session/2512720/adding-pointer-authentication-abi-support-for-your-elf-platform) explicitly mentioned interest to extend the prototype tool to verify correct implementation of pauthabi.