[LLVMdev] Integrating LLVM in an existing project

[Reid Spencer]

On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 16:33 +0200, Nicolas Geoffray wrote:
> Hi Reid
> 
> Reid Spencer wrote:
> >
> > Interesting project. I wish you could talk about it at the Developer's
> > Meeting (http://llvm.org/DevMtgMay2007.html :)
> >
> >   
> 
> I wish I could! Unfortunately there is very little chance I get the 
> fundings to
> go to the US in May.

Yes, long way to go on short notice.

> >
> > I have signed up to implemented this (PR1269) just as Chris' note
> > states. HLVM needs it for much the same reason that VVM does.  I hope to
> > address this in late April. I'm not sure if it will make it into the 2.0
> > release (if it does, it will be close).
> >   
> 
> That's great news! I'll look at the PR to see if I can help.

That would be welcome :)

> >> 2) The llvm.dbg.stoppoint: how far is it actually implemented?
> >>     
> >
> > So, the question really is, how do you want to use this in the JIT? 
> >
> >   
> 
> Didn't see that one coming :) Maybe I want to use it like I want to use
> basic blocs for getting addresses of instructions. My only concern is to 
> be sure that a
> list of instruction is generated between one label and one other, and to 
> know the
> addresses of these labels.

I don't think debug stop points are a very useful mechanism for this
purpose. I don't know if llvm supports taking the address of a label
since generally the only thing you can/should use it for is a
branch/switch. Can you do this kind of processing before code generation
(at the LLVM IR level) ?

If not, then please what for Chris or someone to chime in on the "can we
get the address of a basic block" issue.

You might also find this thread useful:
http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2004-August/001782.html

Reid.

> 
> Thanks Reid!
> 
> Best,
> Nicolas
> 
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