[LLVMdev] how to get and modify a global variable inside a module

[Clemens Hammacher]

On 12/5/12 2:49 PM, Dong Chen wrote:
> here is the thing. i want to know the exact main memory address of the
> Global Varibale's address when ExecutionEngine execut the *.ll code. further
> more, i want to change the address, is it possible?

I assume you want to adjust the value at that address, right?
Then you might want to check the ExecutionEngine::getPointerToGlobal 
method. You can just cast the void* to the appropriate pointer type, and 
write to it.

If you really want to change the address of the GlobalValue (i.e. the 
mapping from GlobalValue to main memory address), you can use the 
addGlobalMapping or updateGlobalMapping methods, but this should only be 
done before JITting any function which uses the GlobalValue. Otherwise 
you have to call recompileAndRelinkFunction for each function that uses 
the GlobalValue.

Cheers,
Clemens