[LLVMdev] Generating incorrect bitcode file

[Nick Lewycky]

Pranav Garg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am generating the .bc file using the following command
>
> $ llvm-gcc -emit-llvm -S -o pointer.bc ../../../test/pointer.c
>
> But when I run any pass using opt it gives the following error :
> $ ./opt -basicaa pointer.bc
> ./opt: Bitcode stream should be a multiple of 4 bytes in length
>
> Is there something wrong with the way I generate the .bc file  ?

Based on those flags you should have a text file. Pass -c instead of -S, 
or use llvm-as to turn your file (which is actually better named 
pointer.bc) into a .bc file.

Nick