rustc: Add support for LLVM memory buffer creation via a wrapper function

3 files changed, 50 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 5c93cf710c0..67a8743efee 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -311,7 +311,8 @@ RUNTIME_HDR := rt/globals.h \
 RUNTIME_INCS := -Irt/isaac -Irt/uthash
 RUNTIME_OBJS := $(RUNTIME_CS:.cpp=.o)
 
-SUPPORT_CS := llvmext/MachOObjectFile.cpp llvmext/Object.cpp
+SUPPORT_CS := $(addprefix llvmext/, \
+    MachOObjectFile.cpp Object.cpp RustWrapper.cpp)
 
 SUPPORT_HDR := llvmext/include/llvm-c/Object.h
 
diff --git a/src/comp/lib/llvm.rs b/src/comp/lib/llvm.rs
index 8884b723781..394d56e090d 100644
--- a/src/comp/lib/llvm.rs
+++ b/src/comp/lib/llvm.rs
@@ -738,9 +738,7 @@ native mod llvm = llvm_lib {
     /** Adds a verification pass. */
     fn LLVMAddVerifierPass(PassManagerRef PM);
 
-    // TODO: LLVMCreateMemoryBufferWithContentsOfFile is unrepresentable. Make
-    // a shim.
-    /** Destroys the memory buffer. */
+    /** Destroys a memory buffer. */
     fn LLVMDisposeMemoryBuffer(MemoryBufferRef MemBuf);
 }
 
@@ -770,6 +768,15 @@ native mod llvmext = llvmext_lib {
     fn LLVMGetSectionSize(SectionIteratorRef SI) -> uint;
     /** Returns the current section contents as a string buffer. */
     fn LLVMGetSectionContents(SectionIteratorRef SI) -> sbuf;
+
+    /** Reads the given file and returns it as a memory buffer. Use
+        LLVMDisposeMemoryBuffer() to get rid of it. */
+    fn LLVMRustCreateMemoryBufferWithContentsOfFile(sbuf Path) ->
+        MemoryBufferRef;
+
+    /** Returns a string describing the last error caused by an LLVMRust*
+        call. */
+    fn LLVMRustGetLastError() -> sbuf;
 }
 
 /* Slightly more terse object-interface to LLVM's 'builder' functions. */
@@ -1382,8 +1389,13 @@ obj memory_buffer_dtor(MemoryBufferRef MemBuf) {
 
 type memory_buffer = rec(MemoryBufferRef llmb, memory_buffer_dtor dtor);
 
-fn mk_memory_buffer() -> memory_buffer {
-    fail;   // TODO
+fn mk_memory_buffer(sbuf path) -> memory_buffer {
+    auto llmb = llvmext.LLVMRustCreateMemoryBufferWithContentsOfFile(path);
+    if ((llmb as int) == 0) {
+        log "failed to create memory buffer";
+        fail;
+    }
+    ret rec(llmb=llmb, dtor=memory_buffer_dtor(llmb));
 }
 
 /* Memory-managed interface to object files. */
diff --git a/src/llvmext/RustWrapper.cpp b/src/llvmext/RustWrapper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a604e4c29c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/llvmext/RustWrapper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//===- RustWrapper.cpp - Rust wrapper for core functions --------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// This file defines alternate interfaces to core functions that are more
+// readily callable by Rust's FFI.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "llvm-c/Core.h"
+#include "llvm-c/Object.h"
+#include <cstdlib>
+
+static char *LLVMRustError;
+
+extern "C" LLVMMemoryBufferRef
+LLVMRustCreateMemoryBufferWithContentsOfFile(const char *Path) {
+  LLVMMemoryBufferRef MemBuf = NULL;
+  LLVMCreateMemoryBufferWithContentsOfFile(Path, &MemBuf, &LLVMRustError);
+  return MemBuf;
+}
+
+extern "C" const char *LLVMRustGetLastError(void) {
+  return LLVMRustError;
+}
+