[llvm-dev] Can't find symbol from llvm backend

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Do you have a use of the new variable as well?  If not, it might be optimized out between the point where you create it and your MachineFunction pass.
--paulr

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Subject: [llvm-dev] Can't find symbol from llvm backend

Hi, I am new to llvm.
I create a global variable called "test_llvm_var" in the front end function pass like this:

            new GlobalVariable(*m, tmp->getType(), true, llvm::GlobalValue::ExternalLinkage, tmp, "test_llvm_var");

where tmp is a function.

Then I tried to access this global variable in the back end MachineFunctionPass like this:

            MCContext& MCC = MF.getContext();
            MCSymbol* MCS = MCC.lookupSymbol("test_llvm_var");
            if (MCS == NULL) {
                errs() << ">>> MCSymbol is null\n";
            }
            else {
                MCS->dump();
            }

 (MF is a MachineFunction).

However I always get MCS==NULL, there is no symbol called test_llvm_var in the backend.

Am I doing something wrong? What I would like to do is to modify the global variable's value from the backend pass.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you!
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