[LLVMdev] Load from abs address generated bad code on LLVM 2.4

[Chris Lattner]

On Jan 19, 2009, at 7:55 AM, Andrew Haley wrote:

> This is x86_64.  I have a problem where an absolute memory load
> The current LLVM trunk does not have this bug.  This seems quite a  
> nasty
> bug; is there any chance of a bug-fix release for LLVM 2.4, or  
> should I
> just use LLVM trunk until LLVM 2.5 ?

Hi Andrew,

As others have pointed out, using a global and addglobalmapping is a  
great workaround for the problem.

We generally don't do "dot" releases, since we have a short release  
cycle anyway.  The 2.5 release process is slated to start this week.

-Chris