rust/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm
bors 49b3924bd4 Auto merge of #117947 - Dirbaio:drop-llvm-15, r=cuviper
Update the minimum external LLVM to 16.

With this change, we'll have stable support for LLVM 16 and 17.
For reference, the previous increase to LLVM 15 was #114148

[Relevant zulip discussion](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/131828-t-compiler/topic/riscv.20forced-atomics)
2023-11-27 21:54:03 +00:00
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src Auto merge of #117947 - Dirbaio:drop-llvm-15, r=cuviper 2023-11-27 21:54:03 +00:00
Cargo.toml Update itertools to 0.11. 2023-11-22 08:13:21 +11:00
messages.ftl warn when using an unstable feature with -Ctarget-feature 2023-11-06 09:44:00 +01:00
README.md mv compiler to compiler/ 2020-08-30 18:45:07 +03:00

The codegen crate contains the code to convert from MIR into LLVM IR, and then from LLVM IR into machine code. In general it contains code that runs towards the end of the compilation process.

For more information about how codegen works, see the rustc dev guide.