llvm dev - Jan 2012 - [LLVMdev] newbie question: "saving" modules

Hello,

Just starting out with LLVM.  I've gone through the example code and the
Kaleidoscope tutorial, and found it very informative.

One question, though, and apologies if I missed an answer in Googling.  I
understand that when you create functions in a LLVM language and pass it
through the JIT interpreter, then that function lives in the current
address space for the duration of the running process.

If correct, is there any way to get it to persist so the code doesn't have
to be re-entered each time the process starts?  How about making the
function available to other processes in real time?  Using a mmap, perhaps
-- and if so, are there any examples out there doing that?

Again, apologies for such a newbie question.

-D
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Hi Desty,
> Just starting out with LLVM.  I've gone through the example code and
the
> Kaleidoscope tutorial, and found it very informative.
>
> One question, though, and apologies if I missed an answer in Googling.  I
> understand that when you create functions in a LLVM language and pass it
through
> the JIT interpreter, then that function lives in the current address space
for
> the duration of the running process.
>
> If correct, is there any way to get it to persist so the code doesn't
have to be
> re-entered each time the process starts?
you can save the module to the disk using the bitcode writer.  You can use the
code generators to turn the bitcode in native object code (like llc does), which
can be linked to form a dynamic library that you can just load into your program
using dlopen whenever you need it.

   How about making the function
> available to other processes in real time?  Using a mmap, perhaps -- and if
so,
> are there any examples out there doing that?
I don't know of any examples.

Ciao, Duncan.
>
> Again, apologies for such a newbie question.
>
> -D
>
>
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