[LLVMdev] Is it possible to use EE within optimization pass?

[bhavani krishnan]

Thanks John! My pass is registered only in 1 cpp file. It registers and executes fine without the EE.

I only get the Pass registered multiple times error when I try to link to the EE by using LINK_COMPONENTS=engine in the Makefile. Without that line in the Makefile, my pass gets registered fine but it is not able to create EE(Error reading Symbol). So, how do I link LLVMExecutionEngine.o without causing the multiple registration error.

thanks,
Bhavani

--- On Mon, 10/27/08, John Criswell <criswell at cs.uiuc.edu> wrote:

> From: John Criswell <criswell at cs.uiuc.edu>
> Subject: Re: [LLVMdev] Is it possible to use EE within optimization pass?
> To: "bhavi63 at yahoo.com" <bhavi63 at yahoo.com>, "LLVM Developers Mailing List" <llvmdev at cs.uiuc.edu>
> Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 3:01 PM
> bhavani krishnan wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am repeating my question from yesterday coz I need
> to find a solution to this ASAP. 
> >
> > How do I link the executionengine to an optimization
> pass. If I use LINK_COMPONENTS=engine in the Makefile, I get
> the Pass registered multiple times error. And if i dont use
> anything, it is not able to load the EE. It gives error
> loading symbol error. So,
> > 1. Is it possible to use the EE within an optimization
> pass?
> > 2. If it is possible, how do I do it?
> >   
> I have a hunch that I know what your problem is.
> 
> You said that your pass is getting registered twice.  Are
> you sure that 
> your RegisterPass declaration is only being called once?  A
> common error 
> is to put the RegisterPass<MyPass> Foo variable
> inside a header file 
> that gets included by multiple .cpp files implementing your
> pass (I'm 
> assuming you've written a custom pass here).  This will
> cause your pass 
> to get registered multiple times, which will make the LLVM
> pass manager 
> unhappy.
> 
> I believe this is because the RegisterPass<>
> constructor does pass 
> registration, so if it's declared multiple times, it
> registers the pass 
> multiple times.
> 
> To fix it, put RegisterPass<YourPassName> inside one
> of the .cpp files 
> implementing your pass.
> 
> Regarding your more specific questions, I suspect that EE
> can be used 
> with the Pass Manager to run optimization passes, but
> that's just a 
> guess on my part; I have never done it myself.  I suspect
> the issue is 
> just getting the right libraries listed in LINK_COMPONENTS
> and making 
> sure your pass isn't registered twice.
> 
> Please let us know if the RegisterPass thing is the problem
> and whether 
> the solution above fixes it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- John T.
> 
> 
> > Please help me out here!
> > Thanks,
> > Bhavani
> >
> >
> >
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