llvm dev - Feb 2008 - [LLVMdev] Are multiple execution engines allowed?

I'm trying to set up some automated testing, and I'd like to have  
multiple instances of ExecutionEngines, so that the state from the  
first test doesn't alter the second state.

Right now I'm doing something along the lines of:
	Module *emptyModule = new Module("emptyModule");
	ExecutionEngine executionEngine = ExecutionEngine::create(emptyModule);
	    ExistingModuleProvider moduleProvider = new  
ExistingModuleProvider(module from disk);
            executionEngine->addModuleProvider();
            ////tests
            executionEngine->removeModuleProvider

       delete executionEngine

      	ExecutionEngine executionEngine =  
ExecutionEngine::create(emptyModule);
	    ExistingModuleProvider moduleProvider = new  
ExistingModuleProvider(module from disk);
            executionEngine->addModuleProvider();
            ////tests
            executionEngine->removeModuleProvider


This produces memory errors that looks something like this:
Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
Reason: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at address: 0x00000004
0x0071aaed in llvm::StringMapImpl::FindKey (this=0x0,  
KeyStart=0x53db66c "abort", KeyEnd=0x53db671 "") at
StringMap.cpp:130
130	  unsigned HTSize = NumBuckets;
(gdb) where
#0  0x0071aaed in llvm::StringMapImpl::FindKey (this=0x0,  
KeyStart=0x53db66c "abort", KeyEnd=0x53db671 "") at
StringMap.cpp:130
#1  0x006dbe27 in llvm::StringMap<llvm::Value*,  
llvm::MallocAllocator>::find (this=0x0, KeyStart=0x53db66c "abort",
KeyEnd=0x53db671 "") at ADT/StringMap.h:281
#2  0x006db57f in llvm::ValueSymbolTable::lookup (this=0x0,  
Name=@0xbfffeee8) at ValueSymbolTable.cpp:51
#3  0x006acf6b in llvm::Module::getOrInsertFunction (this=0x1902d20,  
Name=@0xbfffeee8, Ty=0x19050e0) at Module.cpp:150
#4  0x006ad41c in llvm::Module::getOrInsertFunction (this=0x1902d20,  
Name=@0xbfffeee8, RetTy=0x1902aa0) at Module.cpp:193
#5  0x005919d1 in (anonymous namespace)::LowerInvoke::doInitialization  
(this=0x53af310, M=@0x1902d20) at LowerInvoke.cpp:154
#6  0x006baa34 in llvm::FPPassManager::doInitialization  
(this=0x4314b40, M=@0x1902d20) at PassManager.cpp:1214
#7  0x006bac2d in llvm::FunctionPassManagerImpl::doInitialization  
(this=0x53934c0, M=@0x1902d20) at PassManager.cpp:1111
#8  0x006b4ecb in llvm::FunctionPassManager::doInitialization  
(this=0x5395724) at PassManager.cpp:1094
#9  0x0036f6a8 in llvm::JIT::JIT (this=0x53956b0, MP=0x5395170,  
tm=@0x21ec400, tji=@0x21ec588, JMM=0x0) at JIT.cpp:101
#10 0x0036f6e9 in llvm::JIT::JIT (this=0x53956b0, MP=0x5395170,  
tm=@0x21ec400, tji=@0x21ec588, JMM=0x0) at JIT.cpp:102
#11 0x00375971 in llvm::JIT::createJIT (MP=0x5395170, ErrorStr=0x0,  
JMM=0x0) at TargetSelect.cpp:75
#12 0x0037667e in llvm::JIT::create (MP=0x5395170, Err=0x0) at JIT.h:76
#13 0x003648f8 in llvm::ExecutionEngine::create (MP=0x5395170,  
ForceInterpreter=false, ErrorStr=0x0) at ExecutionEngine.cpp:322
#14 0x003649b2 in llvm::ExecutionEngine::create (M=0x1902d20) at  
ExecutionEngine.cpp:341
#15 0x0011b8da in main (argc=1, argv=0xbffff164) at main.cpp:275


Am I doing something wrong?

I've assumed it is ok to delete an execution engine because the  
destructor is public.

Robert

On Feb 27, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Robert Zeh wrote:
> I'm trying to set up some automated testing, and I'd like to have
> multiple instances of ExecutionEngines, so that the state from the
> first test doesn't alter the second state.
You can only have one instance of an EE alive at a time.  However, you  
should be able to create one, then delete it, then create one, then  
delete it etc.
> Right now I'm doing something along the lines of:
> 	Module *emptyModule = new Module("emptyModule");
> 	ExecutionEngine executionEngine =  
> ExecutionEngine::create(emptyModule);
It would be helpful to see the actual code, this clearly won't work:  
you can't have an EE on the stack.

-Chris