The JIT is designed to code-generate a function at-a-time. That means that any
pass can only make local changes to its function. Period.
Because the Sparc PreSelection pass claims to be a BasicBlock pass while adding
globals to the Module, it cannot be run with the other passes, because by this
time, the globals have been output already by the JIT, and the addresses of any
globals appearing AFTER this point are not recognized.
However, the PreSelection pass is a requirement for correctness in the Sparc
codegen path, so it MUST be run.
::: HACK ALERT ::: HACK ALERT ::: HACK ALERT ::: HACK ALERT ::: HACK ALERT :::
llvm-svn: 6650
* No more createX86Emitter() vs. createSparcEmitter() -- there can be only one
* As a result, the memory management semantics must be handled according to
platform -- the parameters to mmap() are particularly sensitive to the host
architecture.
llvm-svn: 6527
`lli -march=x86' or `lli -march=sparc' will forcefully select the JIT even on a
different platform. Running lli without the -march option will select the JIT
for the platform that it's currently running on.
Pro: can test Sparc JIT (debug printing mode) on X86 -- faster to compile/link
LLVM source base to test changes.
Con: Linking lli on x86 now pulls in all the Sparc libs -> longer link time
(but X86 can bear it, right?)
In the future, perhaps this should be a ./configure option to enable/disable
target JITting...
llvm-svn: 6360
Chris Lattner