# Module Llvm_executionengine

    module Llvm_executionengine: sig .. end

JIT Interpreter.

This interface provides an OCaml API for LLVM execution engine (JIT/ interpreter), the classes in the `ExecutionEngine` library.

    exception Error of string

    val initialize : unit -> bool

`initialize ()` initializes the backend corresponding to the host. Returns `true` if initialization is successful; `false` indicates that there is no such backend or it is unable to emit object code via MCJIT.

    type llexecutionengine

An execution engine is either a JIT compiler or an interpreter, capable of directly loading an LLVM module and executing its functions without first invoking a static compiler and generating a native executable.

    type llcompileroptions = {

`` | `opt_level : `int`;`
`` | `code_model : `Llvm_target.CodeModel.t`;`
`` | `no_framepointer_elim : `bool`;`
`` | `enable_fast_isel : `bool`;`

}
MCJIT compiler options. See `llvm::TargetOptions`.

    val default_compiler_options : llcompileroptions

Default MCJIT compiler options: `{ opt_level = 0; code_model = CodeModel.JIT_default;
no_framepointer_elim = false; enable_fast_isel = false }`

    val create : ?options:llcompileroptions ->
           Llvm.llmodule -> llexecutionengine

`create m optlevel` creates a new MCJIT just-in-time compiler, taking ownership of the module `m` if successful with the desired optimization level `optlevel`. Raises `Error msg` if an error occurrs. The execution engine is not garbage collected and must be destroyed with `dispose ee`.

Run `Llvm_executionengine.initialize` before using this function.

See the function `llvm::EngineBuilder::create`.

    val dispose : llexecutionengine -> unit

`dispose ee` releases the memory used by the execution engine and must be invoked to avoid memory leaks.

    val add_module : Llvm.llmodule -> llexecutionengine -> unit

`add_module m ee` adds the module `m` to the execution engine `ee`.

    val remove_module : Llvm.llmodule -> llexecutionengine -> unit

`remove_module m ee` removes the module `m` from the execution engine `ee`. Raises `Error msg` if an error occurs.

    val run_static_ctors : llexecutionengine -> unit

`run_static_ctors ee` executes the static constructors of each module in the execution engine `ee`.

    val run_static_dtors : llexecutionengine -> unit

`run_static_dtors ee` executes the static destructors of each module in the execution engine `ee`.

    val data_layout : llexecutionengine -> Llvm_target.DataLayout.t

`data_layout ee` is the data layout of the execution engine `ee`.

    val add_global_mapping : Llvm.llvalue ->
           'a Ctypes.ptr -> llexecutionengine -> unit

`add_global_mapping gv ptr ee` tells the execution engine `ee` that the global `gv` is at the specified location `ptr`, which must outlive `gv` and `ee`. All uses of `gv` in the compiled code will refer to `ptr`.

    val get_global_value_address : string -> 'a Ctypes.typ -> llexecutionengine -> 'a

`get_global_value_address id typ ee` returns a pointer to the identifier `id` as type `typ`, which will be a pointer type for a value, and which will be live as long as `id` and `ee` are. Caution: this function finalizes, i.e. forces code generation, all loaded modules. Further modifications to the modules will not have any effect.

    val get_function_address : string -> 'a Ctypes.typ -> llexecutionengine -> 'a

`get_function_address fn typ ee` returns a pointer to the function `fn` as type `typ`, which will be a pointer type for a function (e.g. `(int -> int) typ`), and which will be live as long as `fn` and `ee` are. Caution: this function finalizes, i.e. forces code generation, all loaded modules. Further modifications to the modules will not have any effect.