[LLVMdev] More questions about non_lazy_ptr

[Talin]

I have a problem where my LLVM-generated code works on Linux but not on OS
X, and the problem involves non_lazy_ptr.

I have an external symbol named "@gc_safepoint_map", which is generated by
the linker's GCStrategy plugin. Since it is not generated until link time, I
declared it as an external symbol so that the modules that use it can
compile without error.

Here's what the generated IR looks like:

  @gc_safepoint_map = external global [0 x i32]

The runtime startup code gets the safepoint map and calls GC_init with the
safepoint map. Here's what the code looks like in IR:

  %init = invoke {} @GC_init(i32* getelementptr inbounds ([0 x i32]*
@gc_safepoint_map, i32 0, i32 0))
          to label %nounwind unwind label %catch

When lowered to assembly, the code looks like this on OS X:

   Ltmp426:
           movl    L_gc_safepoint_map$non_lazy_ptr, %eax
           movl    %eax, (%esp)
           calll   _GC_init

(and later on in the same file):

   L_gc_safepoint_map$non_lazy_ptr:
           .indirect_symbol        _gc_safepoint_map
           .long   0

This looks correct to me - it's dereferencing the non_lazy_ptr version of
the global.

The GC_init function, which is written in C, simply looks like this:

  void GC_init(size_t * safepointMap) {
    // ... details omitted...
  }

On Linux, everything works as expected, however in OS X, the 'safepointMap'
pointer is completely wrong - I'm not sure where it's getting the value from
but it isn't sensible.

Unfortunately, gdb won't let me print out the value of of
L_gc_safepoint_map$non_lazy_ptr (No symbol "L_gc_safepoint_map$non_lazy_ptr"
in current context) so it's hard to tell what's actually going on.

-- 
-- Talin
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