[LLVMdev] direct calls to inttoptr constants
Tobias
ubub at gmx.net
Tue Feb 10 04:51:50 PST 2009
I'm compiling code which contains indirect function calls
via their absolute addresses, which are known/fixed at compile-time:
pseudo c code:
int main() {
int (* f)(int) = (int (*)(int))12345678;
return (*f)(0);
}
the IR looks like:
define i32 @main() nounwind {
entry:
%0 = tail call i32 inttoptr (i64 12345678 to i32 (i32)*)(i32 0) nounwind
ret i32 %0
}
on X86 llc 2.4 compiles this to:
.text
.align 16
.globl main
.type main, at function
main:
subl $4, %esp
movl $0, (%esp)
movl $12345678, %eax
call *%eax
addl $4, %esp
ret
.size main, .-main
.section .note.GNU-stack,"", at progbits
take a look at:
movl $12345678, %eax
call *%eax
does anyone know a way to cause llc to call the address directly?
hints where to start patching the codegen are also welcome.
expected assembly:
call *12345678
best regards
tobias
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