llvm-size(1)

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NAME

llvm-size - print size information

SYNOPSIS

llvm-size [options] [input...]

DESCRIPTION

llvm-size is a tool that prints size information for binary files. It is intended to be a drop-in replacement for GNU's size.

The tool prints size information for each input specified. If no input is specified, the program prints size information for a.out. If "-" is specified as an input file, llvm-size reads a file from the standard input stream. If an input is an archive, size information will be displayed for all its members.

OPTIONS

-A
Equivalent to --format with a value of sysv.

--arch=<arch>
Architecture(s) from Mach-O universal binaries to display information for.

-B
Equivalent to --format with a value of berkeley.

--common
Include ELF common symbol sizes in bss size for berkeley output format, or as a separate section entry for sysv output. If not specified, these symbols are ignored.

-d
Equivalent to --radix with a value of 10.

-l
Display verbose address and offset information for segments and sections in Mach-O files in darwin format.

--format=<format>
Set the output format to the <format> specified. Available <format> options are berkeley (the default), sysv and darwin.

Berkeley output summarises text, data and bss sizes in each file, as shown below for a typical pair of ELF files:

$ llvm-size --format=berkeley test.o test2.o

text data bss dec hex filename
182 16 5 203 cb test.elf
82 8 1 91 5b test2.o


For Mach-O files, the output format is slightly different:

$ llvm-size --format=berkeley macho.obj macho2.obj
__TEXT  __DATA  __OBJC  others  dec     hex
4       8       0       0       12      c       macho.obj
16      32      0       0       48      30      macho2.obj


Sysv output displays size and address information for most sections, with each file being listed separately:

$ llvm-size --format=sysv test.elf test2.o

test.elf :
section size addr
.eh_frame 92 2097496
.text 90 2101248
.data 16 2105344
.bss 5 2105360
.comment 209 0
Total 412
test2.o :
section size addr
.text 26 0
.data 8 0
.bss 1 0
.comment 106 0
.note.GNU-stack 0 0
.eh_frame 56 0
.llvm_addrsig 2 0
Total 199


darwin format only affects Mach-O input files. If an input of a different file format is specified, llvm-size falls back to berkeley format. When producing darwin format, the tool displays information about segments and sections:

$ llvm-size --format=darwin macho.obj macho2.obj

macho.obj:
Segment : 12
Section (__TEXT, __text): 4
Section (__DATA, __data): 8
total 12
total 12
macho2.obj:
Segment : 48
Section (__TEXT, __text): 16
Section (__DATA, __data): 32
total 48
total 48



--help, -h
Display a summary of command line options.

-m
Equivalent to --format with a value of darwin.

-o
Equivalent to --radix with a value of 8.

--radix=<value>
Display size information in the specified radix. Permitted values are 8, 10 (the default) and 16 for octal, decimal and hexadecimal output respectively.

Example:

$ llvm-size --radix=8 test.o

text data bss oct hex filename
0152 04 04 162 72 test.o $ llvm-size --radix=10 test.o
text data bss dec hex filename
106 4 4 114 72 test.o $ llvm-size --radix=16 test.o
text data bss dec hex filename
0x6a 0x4 0x4 114 72 test.o



--totals, -t
Applies only to berkeley output format. Display the totals for all listed fields, in addition to the individual file listings.

Example:

$ llvm-size --totals test.elf test2.o

text data bss dec hex filename
182 16 5 203 cb test.elf
82 8 1 91 5b test2.o
264 24 6 294 126 (TOTALS)



--version
Display the version of the llvm-size executable.

-x
Equivalent to --radix with a value of 16.

@<FILE>
Read command-line options from response file <FILE>.

EXIT STATUS

llvm-size exits with a non-zero exit code if there is an error. Otherwise, it exits with code 0.

BUGS

To report bugs, please visit <<https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/labels/tools:llvm-size/>>.

Author

Maintained by the LLVM Team (https://llvm.org/).

Copyright

2003-2026, LLVM Project

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