A Three-Stage Genetic Algorithm for Compiler Flag and Library Version Selection to Minimize Execution Time
Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Existing research in compiler autotuning mainly focuses on selecting optimization flags without configurable values. However, the potential of selecting optimization flags with configurable values, alongside using directory and link flags for library version selection to improve performance, remains largely unexplored. We propose a three-stage Genetic Algorithm (GA) that incrementally selects optimization flags without configurable values, then optimization flags with configurable values, and finally library versions, to minimize software execution time. We also discuss the implementation challenges of the proposed algorithm and outline potential future work.
Authors: Chi Ho Chan, Spyro Nita
Institutions: Edinburgh Napier University, University of Edinburgh
Language: English
Subfield: Hardware and Architecture
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4411271257