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- The functions in this built-in module control the behavior of the JIT
- compiler engine. Note that JIT-compilation is fully automatic —
- you probably won't need to use any of the following functions unless
- you have special needs.
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- <h3 id="jit_onoff"><tt>jit.on()<br>
- jit.off()</tt></h3>
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- Turns the whole JIT compiler on (default) or off.
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- These functions are typically used with the command line options
- <tt>-j on</tt> or <tt>-j off</tt>.
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- <h3 id="jit_flush"><tt>jit.flush()</tt></h3>
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- Flushes the whole cache of compiled code.
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- <h3 id="jit_onoff_func"><tt>jit.on(func|true [,true|false])<br>
- jit.off(func|true [,true|false])<br>
- jit.flush(func|true [,true|false])</tt></h3>
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- <tt>jit.on</tt> enables JIT compilation for a Lua function (this is
- the default).
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- <tt>jit.off</tt> disables JIT compilation for a Lua function and
- flushes any already compiled code from the code cache.
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- <tt>jit.flush</tt> flushes the code, but doesn't affect the
- enable/disable status.
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- The current function, i.e. the Lua function calling this library
- function, can also be specified by passing <tt>true</tt> as the first
- argument.
- </p>
- <p>
- If the second argument is <tt>true</tt>, JIT compilation is also
- enabled, disabled or flushed recursively for all sub-functions of a
- function. With <tt>false</tt> only the sub-functions are affected.
- </p>
- <p>
- The <tt>jit.on</tt> and <tt>jit.off</tt> functions only set a flag
- which is checked when the function is about to be compiled. They do
- not trigger immediate compilation.
- </p>
- <p>
- Typical usage is <tt>jit.off(true, true)</tt> in the main chunk
- of a module to turn off JIT compilation for the whole module for
- debugging purposes.
- </p>
- <h3 id="jit_flush_tr"><tt>jit.flush(tr)</tt></h3>
- <p>
- Flushes the root trace, specified by its number, and all of its side
- traces from the cache. The code for the trace will be retained as long
- as there are any other traces which link to it.
- </p>
- <h3 id="jit_status"><tt>status, ... = jit.status()</tt></h3>
- <p>
- Returns the current status of the JIT compiler. The first result is
- either <tt>true</tt> or <tt>false</tt> if the JIT compiler is turned
- on or off. The remaining results are strings for CPU-specific features
- and enabled optimizations.
- </p>
- <h3 id="jit_version"><tt>jit.version</tt></h3>
- <p>
- Contains the LuaJIT version string.
- </p>
- <h3 id="jit_version_num"><tt>jit.version_num</tt></h3>
- <p>
- Contains the version number of the LuaJIT core. Version xx.yy.zz
- is represented by the decimal number xxyyzz.
- </p>
- <h3 id="jit_os"><tt>jit.os</tt></h3>
- <p>
- Contains the target OS name:
- "Windows", "Linux", "OSX", "BSD", "POSIX" or "Other".
- </p>
- <h3 id="jit_arch"><tt>jit.arch</tt></h3>
- <p>
- Contains the target architecture name:
- "x86", "x64" or "ppcspe".
- </p>
- <h2 id="jit_opt"><tt>jit.opt.*</tt> — JIT compiler optimization control</h2>
- <p>
- This sub-module provides the backend for the <tt>-O</tt> command line
- option.
- </p>
- <p>
- You can also use it programmatically, e.g.:
- </p>
- <pre class="code">
- jit.opt.start(2) -- same as -O2
- jit.opt.start("-dce")
- jit.opt.start("hotloop=10", "hotexit=2")
- </pre>
- <p>
- Unlike in LuaJIT 1.x, the module is built-in and
- <b>optimization is turned on by default!</b>
- It's no longer necessary to run <tt>require("jit.opt").start()</tt>,
- which was one of the ways to enable optimization.
- </p>
- <h2 id="jit_util"><tt>jit.util.*</tt> — JIT compiler introspection</h2>
- <p>
- This sub-module holds functions to introspect the bytecode, generated
- traces, the IR and the generated machine code. The functionality
- provided by this module is still in flux and therefore undocumented.
- </p>
- <p>
- The debug modules <tt>-jbc</tt>, <tt>-jv</tt> and <tt>-jdump</tt> make
- extensive use of these functions. Please check out their source code,
- if you want to know more.
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