[LLVMdev] GCC assembler rejects native code generated by LLVM

[Vyacheslav Akhmechet]

Ok, I just tried the patch with some modifications (added msvc target
and used WIN32 instead of __MINGW32__ for preprocessor) and everything
worked beautifully. Thanks for the help!


On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:45:40 -0500, Vyacheslav Akhmechet
<coffeemug at gmail.com> wrote:
> Reid,
> 
> This patch won't work for me. I compile llvm toolset with MSVC Express
> (hence __MINGW32__ won't be defined for me at compile time). I only
> try to feed the generated assembly into gcc (pretty much gnu
> assembler, I suppose). I don't use mingw tools at the earlier stage.
> However it's obvious for me how to modify the code now (just add MSVC
> at that line), thanks! I'll try it as soon as I can.
> 
> Thanks,
> - Vyacheslav.
> 
> 
> On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 17:32:00 -0800, Reid Spencer <reid at x10sys.com> wrote:
> > Vyacheslav,
> >
> > I've tracked down the change and I have a fix for you to test. The
> > attached patch should be applied to the CVS head (version 1.132) of
> > X86AsmPrinter.cpp in llvm/lib/Target/X86. The patch just includes MINGW
> > targets in the same set of choices that it makes for Cygwin. Could you
> > please try the patch and let me know if it solves your problem? If it
> > does, I'll commit the patch.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Reid.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 16:39, Vyacheslav Akhmechet wrote:
> > > Ok, I got home so I have more details. Here's the sample C program:
> > > ----------------- C program ---------------
> > >    #include <stdio.h>
> > >    int main() {
> > >      printf("hello world\n");
> > >      return 0;
> > >    }
> > > ------------- end C program -------------
> > >
> > > This is compiled using llvm online demo into the following llvm code
> > > (target removed):
> > > ----------------- LLVM code --------------
> > > deplibs = [ "stdc++", "c", "crtend" ]
> > > %.str_1 = internal constant [13 x sbyte] c"hello world\0A\00"; <[13 x
> > > sbyte]*> [#uses=1]
> > >
> > > implementation   ; Functions:
> > >
> > > declare int %printf(sbyte*, ...)
> > >
> > > int %main() {
> > > entry:
> > > call void %__main( )
> > > %tmp.0 = call int (sbyte*, ...)* %printf( sbyte* getelementptr ([13 x
> > > sbyte]* %.str_1, int 0, int 0) ); <int> [#uses=0]
> > > ret int 0
> > > }
> > >
> > > declare void %__main()
> > > ------------- End LLVM code -----------
> > >
> > > which in turn produces the following assembly code:
> > >
> > > ------------- Assembly code -------------
> > >       .text
> > >       .align  16
> > >       .globl  main
> > >       .type   main, @function
> > > main:
> > >       subl $12, %esp
> > >       fnstcw 10(%esp)
> > >       movb $2, 11(%esp)
> > >       fldcw 10(%esp)
> > >       call __main
> > >       movl $l1__2E_str_1, %eax
> > >       movl %eax, (%esp)
> > >       call printf
> > >       movl $0, %eax
> > >       #IMPLICIT_USE
> > >       addl $12, %esp
> > >       ret
> > >
> > >
> > >       .data
> > >       .align  1
> > >       .type l1__2E_str_1, at object
> > >       .size l1__2E_str_1,13
> > > l1__2E_str_1:                         # [13 x sbyte]* %.str_1 =  c"hello world\0A\00"
> > >       .ascii  "hello world\n\000"
> > > ---------- End assembly code ----------
> > >
> > > When I try to assemble the above code using
> > > gcc hello.c.s -o hello.exe
> > > I get the following errors:
> > >
> > > hello.c.s: Assembler messages:
> > > hello.c.s:6: Warning: .type pseudo-op used outside of .def/.endef ignored.
> > > hello.c.s:6: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `m'
> > > hello.c.s:24: Warning: .type pseudo-op used outside of .def/.endef ignored.
> > > hello.c.s:24: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `l'
> > > hello.c.s:25: Warning: .size pseudo-op used outside of .def/.endef ignored.
> > > hello.c.s:25: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `l'
> > >
> > > Sorry for the long email. I attach all relevant files for clarity.
> > >
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