[LLVMdev] Bug in x86 JIT fast emitter.

[Evan Cheng]

X86 JIT does not yet support TLS.

Evan
On Jun 12, 2009, at 2:48 AM, Mark Shannon wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> I think I've found a bug in the x86 JIT. I get an assertion failure  
> when
> using thread-local variables and the fast emitter.
> It only happens with the JIT, the fast emiiter and thread-locals.
> (The IR passes the verifier)
>
> Here's the failure:
>
> X86CodeEmitter.cpp:516: void<unnamed>::Emitter::emitInstruction(const
> llvm::MachineInstr&, const llvm::TargetInstrDesc*): Assertion `0 &&
> "psuedo instructions should be removed before code emission"' failed.
>
> There is a problem with submitting a bug-report, however.
> Since llc has no trouble with thread-locals, I cannot actually  
> generate
> the assertion failure, without my compiler-generator.
> I can dump out the IR, but it is rather large.
>
> So,
> Is there a way to get llc to use the same emitter as the JIT, so  
> that I
> can produce a reasonably sized test-case.
>
> I tried the -fast flag, but it compiles correctly.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark.
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