[llvm-dev] How can I get the opcode length of an IR instruction in LLVM?

[Bruce Hoult via llvm-dev]

Not possible, even in theory, because the size of some instructions -- such
as relative branches -- are not known until link time, and that affects the
offsets of instructions following them.


On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 6:24 PM, Mohsen Ahmadvand via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> I need to get the offset and the exact length of opcode corresponding to a
> particular LLVM IR instruction in x86 architecture. I believe for this I
> must hack in backends.
>
> I assume there is a way when the opcodes are being generated in x86
> backend to dump their offsets and sizes. However, considering optimizations
> and translation of one IR instruction to multiple operations, I'm not sure
> whether the relation between a single IR instruction and its corresponding
> opcode is maintainable or not.
>
> My questions are:
>
>    - Is this in general possible?
>    - How to hack the backend to dump the required informations? Is there
>    a generic way to do so, or do I need to hack all backends?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Mohsen
>
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