Paper · arXiv 2403.14714
Compiler generated feedback for Large Language Models
Dejan Grubisic, Chris Cummins, Volker Seeker, Hugh Leather
A feedback-driven Large Language Model optimizes LLVM IR for code size, improving upon existing methods with iterative refinement and sampling techniques.
Abstract
We introduce a novel paradigm in compiler optimization powered by Large Language Models with compiler feedback to optimize the code size of LLVM assembly. The model takes unoptimized LLVM IR as input and produces optimized IR, the best optimization passes, and instruction counts of both unoptimized and optimized IRs. Then we compile the input with generated optimization passes and evaluate if the predicted instruction count is correct, generated IR is compilable, and corresponds to compiled code. We provide this feedback back to LLM and give it another chance to optimize code. This approach adds an extra 0.53% improvement over -Oz to the original model. Even though, adding more information with feedback seems intuitive, simple sampling techniques achieve much higher performance given 10 or more samples.