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+use crate::base;
+use crate::common::{self, CodegenCx};
+use crate::debuginfo;
+use crate::errors::{
+    InvalidMinimumAlignmentNotPowerOfTwo, InvalidMinimumAlignmentTooLarge, SymbolAlreadyDefined,
+};
+use crate::llvm::{self, True};
+use crate::type_::Type;
+use crate::type_of::LayoutLlvmExt;
+use crate::value::Value;
+use cstr::cstr;
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::*;
+use rustc_hir::def_id::DefId;
+use rustc_middle::middle::codegen_fn_attrs::{CodegenFnAttrFlags, CodegenFnAttrs};
+use rustc_middle::mir::interpret::{
+    read_target_uint, Allocation, ConstAllocation, ErrorHandled, InitChunk, Pointer,
+    Scalar as InterpScalar,
+};
+use rustc_middle::mir::mono::MonoItem;
+use rustc_middle::ty::layout::LayoutOf;
+use rustc_middle::ty::{self, Instance, Ty};
+use rustc_middle::{bug, span_bug};
+use rustc_session::config::Lto;
+use rustc_target::abi::{
+    Align, AlignFromBytesError, HasDataLayout, Primitive, Scalar, Size, WrappingRange,
+};
+use std::ops::Range;
+
+pub fn const_alloc_to_llvm<'ll>(cx: &CodegenCx<'ll, '_>, alloc: ConstAllocation<'_>) -> &'ll Value {
+    let alloc = alloc.inner();
+    let mut llvals = Vec::with_capacity(alloc.provenance().ptrs().len() + 1);
+    let dl = cx.data_layout();
+    let pointer_size = dl.pointer_size.bytes() as usize;
+
+    // Note: this function may call `inspect_with_uninit_and_ptr_outside_interpreter`, so `range`
+    // must be within the bounds of `alloc` and not contain or overlap a pointer provenance.
+    fn append_chunks_of_init_and_uninit_bytes<'ll, 'a, 'b>(
+        llvals: &mut Vec<&'ll Value>,
+        cx: &'a CodegenCx<'ll, 'b>,
+        alloc: &'a Allocation,
+        range: Range<usize>,
+    ) {
+        let chunks = alloc.init_mask().range_as_init_chunks(range.clone().into());
+
+        let chunk_to_llval = move |chunk| match chunk {
+            InitChunk::Init(range) => {
+                let range = (range.start.bytes() as usize)..(range.end.bytes() as usize);
+                let bytes = alloc.inspect_with_uninit_and_ptr_outside_interpreter(range);
+                cx.const_bytes(bytes)
+            }
+            InitChunk::Uninit(range) => {
+                let len = range.end.bytes() - range.start.bytes();
+                cx.const_undef(cx.type_array(cx.type_i8(), len))
+            }
+        };
+
+        // Generating partially-uninit consts is limited to small numbers of chunks,
+        // to avoid the cost of generating large complex const expressions.
+        // For example, `[(u32, u8); 1024 * 1024]` contains uninit padding in each element,
+        // and would result in `{ [5 x i8] zeroinitializer, [3 x i8] undef, ...repeat 1M times... }`.
+        let max = cx.sess().opts.unstable_opts.uninit_const_chunk_threshold;
+        let allow_uninit_chunks = chunks.clone().take(max.saturating_add(1)).count() <= max;
+
+        if allow_uninit_chunks {
+            llvals.extend(chunks.map(chunk_to_llval));
+        } else {
+            // If this allocation contains any uninit bytes, codegen as if it was initialized
+            // (using some arbitrary value for uninit bytes).
+            let bytes = alloc.inspect_with_uninit_and_ptr_outside_interpreter(range);
+            llvals.push(cx.const_bytes(bytes));
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut next_offset = 0;
+    for &(offset, alloc_id) in alloc.provenance().ptrs().iter() {
+        let offset = offset.bytes();
+        assert_eq!(offset as usize as u64, offset);
+        let offset = offset as usize;
+        if offset > next_offset {
+            // This `inspect` is okay since we have checked that there is no provenance, it
+            // is within the bounds of the allocation, and it doesn't affect interpreter execution
+            // (we inspect the result after interpreter execution).
+            append_chunks_of_init_and_uninit_bytes(&mut llvals, cx, alloc, next_offset..offset);
+        }
+        let ptr_offset = read_target_uint(
+            dl.endian,
+            // This `inspect` is okay since it is within the bounds of the allocation, it doesn't
+            // affect interpreter execution (we inspect the result after interpreter execution),
+            // and we properly interpret the provenance as a relocation pointer offset.
+            alloc.inspect_with_uninit_and_ptr_outside_interpreter(offset..(offset + pointer_size)),
+        )
+        .expect("const_alloc_to_llvm: could not read relocation pointer")
+            as u64;
+
+        let address_space = cx.tcx.global_alloc(alloc_id).address_space(cx);
+
+        llvals.push(cx.scalar_to_backend(
+            InterpScalar::from_pointer(
+                Pointer::new(alloc_id, Size::from_bytes(ptr_offset)),
+                &cx.tcx,
+            ),
+            Scalar::Initialized {
+                value: Primitive::Pointer(address_space),
+                valid_range: WrappingRange::full(dl.pointer_size),
+            },
+            cx.type_i8p_ext(address_space),
+        ));
+        next_offset = offset + pointer_size;
+    }
+    if alloc.len() >= next_offset {
+        let range = next_offset..alloc.len();
+        // This `inspect` is okay since we have check that it is after all provenance, it is
+        // within the bounds of the allocation, and it doesn't affect interpreter execution (we
+        // inspect the result after interpreter execution).
+        append_chunks_of_init_and_uninit_bytes(&mut llvals, cx, alloc, range);
+    }
+
+    cx.const_struct(&llvals, true)
+}
+
+pub fn codegen_static_initializer<'ll, 'tcx>(
+    cx: &CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx>,
+    def_id: DefId,
+) -> Result<(&'ll Value, ConstAllocation<'tcx>), ErrorHandled> {
+    let alloc = cx.tcx.eval_static_initializer(def_id)?;
+    Ok((const_alloc_to_llvm(cx, alloc), alloc))
+}
+
+fn set_global_alignment<'ll>(cx: &CodegenCx<'ll, '_>, gv: &'ll Value, mut align: Align) {
+    // The target may require greater alignment for globals than the type does.
+    // Note: GCC and Clang also allow `__attribute__((aligned))` on variables,
+    // which can force it to be smaller. Rust doesn't support this yet.
+    if let Some(min) = cx.sess().target.min_global_align {
+        match Align::from_bits(min) {
+            Ok(min) => align = align.max(min),
+            Err(err) => match err {
+                AlignFromBytesError::NotPowerOfTwo(align) => {
+                    cx.sess().emit_err(InvalidMinimumAlignmentNotPowerOfTwo { align });
+                }
+                AlignFromBytesError::TooLarge(align) => {
+                    cx.sess().emit_err(InvalidMinimumAlignmentTooLarge { align });
+                }
+            },
+        }
+    }
+    unsafe {
+        llvm::LLVMSetAlignment(gv, align.bytes() as u32);
+    }
+}
+
+fn check_and_apply_linkage<'ll, 'tcx>(
+    cx: &CodegenCx<'ll, 'tcx>,
+    attrs: &CodegenFnAttrs,
+    ty: Ty<'tcx>,
+    sym: &str,
+    def_id: DefId,
+) -> &'ll Value {
+    let llty = cx.layout_of(ty).llvm_type(cx);
+    if let Some(linkage) = attrs.import_linkage {
+        debug!("get_static: sym={} linkage={:?}", sym, linkage);
+
+        unsafe {
+            // Declare a symbol `foo` with the desired linkage.
+            let g1 = cx.declare_global(sym, cx.type_i8());
+            llvm::LLVMRustSetLinkage(g1, base::linkage_to_llvm(linkage));
+
+            // Declare an internal global `extern_with_linkage_foo` which
+            // is initialized with the address of `foo`. If `foo` is
+            // discarded during linking (for example, if `foo` has weak
+            // linkage and there are no definitions), then
+            // `extern_with_linkage_foo` will instead be initialized to
+            // zero.
+            let mut real_name = "_rust_extern_with_linkage_".to_string();
+            real_name.push_str(sym);
+            let g2 = cx.define_global(&real_name, llty).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                cx.sess().emit_fatal(SymbolAlreadyDefined {
+                    span: cx.tcx.def_span(def_id),
+                    symbol_name: sym,
+                })
+            });
+            llvm::LLVMRustSetLinkage(g2, llvm::Linkage::InternalLinkage);
+            llvm::LLVMSetInitializer(g2, cx.const_ptrcast(g1, llty));
+            g2
+        }
+    } else if cx.tcx.sess.target.arch == "x86" &&
+        let Some(dllimport) = common::get_dllimport(cx.tcx, def_id, sym)
+    {
+        cx.declare_global(&common::i686_decorated_name(&dllimport, common::is_mingw_gnu_toolchain(&cx.tcx.sess.target), true), llty)
+    } else {
+        // Generate an external declaration.
+        // FIXME(nagisa): investigate whether it can be changed into define_global
+        cx.declare_global(sym, llty)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn ptrcast<'ll>(val: &'ll Value, ty: &'ll Type) -> &'ll Value {
+    unsafe { llvm::LLVMConstPointerCast(val, ty) }
+}
+
+impl<'ll> CodegenCx<'ll, '_> {
+    pub(crate) fn const_bitcast(&self, val: &'ll Value, ty: &'ll Type) -> &'ll Value {
+        unsafe { llvm::LLVMConstBitCast(val, ty) }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn static_addr_of_mut(
+        &self,
+        cv: &'ll Value,
+        align: Align,
+        kind: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> &'ll Value {
+        unsafe {
+            let gv = match kind {
+                Some(kind) if !self.tcx.sess.fewer_names() => {
+                    let name = self.generate_local_symbol_name(kind);
+                    let gv = self.define_global(&name, self.val_ty(cv)).unwrap_or_else(|| {
+                        bug!("symbol `{}` is already defined", name);
+                    });
+                    llvm::LLVMRustSetLinkage(gv, llvm::Linkage::PrivateLinkage);
+                    gv
+                }
+                _ => self.define_private_global(self.val_ty(cv)),
+            };
+            llvm::LLVMSetInitializer(gv, cv);
+            set_global_alignment(self, gv, align);
+            llvm::SetUnnamedAddress(gv, llvm::UnnamedAddr::Global);
+            gv
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn get_static(&self, def_id: DefId) -> &'ll Value {
+        let instance = Instance::mono(self.tcx, def_id);
+        if let Some(&g) = self.instances.borrow().get(&instance) {
+            return g;
+        }
+
+        let defined_in_current_codegen_unit =
+            self.codegen_unit.items().contains_key(&MonoItem::Static(def_id));
+        assert!(
+            !defined_in_current_codegen_unit,
+            "consts::get_static() should always hit the cache for \
+                 statics defined in the same CGU, but did not for `{:?}`",
+            def_id
+        );
+
+        let ty = instance.ty(self.tcx, ty::ParamEnv::reveal_all());
+        let sym = self.tcx.symbol_name(instance).name;
+        let fn_attrs = self.tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(def_id);
+
+        debug!("get_static: sym={} instance={:?} fn_attrs={:?}", sym, instance, fn_attrs);
+
+        let g = if def_id.is_local() && !self.tcx.is_foreign_item(def_id) {
+            let llty = self.layout_of(ty).llvm_type(self);
+            if let Some(g) = self.get_declared_value(sym) {
+                if self.val_ty(g) != self.type_ptr_to(llty) {
+                    span_bug!(self.tcx.def_span(def_id), "Conflicting types for static");
+                }
+            }
+
+            let g = self.declare_global(sym, llty);
+
+            if !self.tcx.is_reachable_non_generic(def_id) {
+                unsafe {
+                    llvm::LLVMRustSetVisibility(g, llvm::Visibility::Hidden);
+                }
+            }
+
+            g
+        } else {
+            check_and_apply_linkage(self, fn_attrs, ty, sym, def_id)
+        };
+
+        // Thread-local statics in some other crate need to *always* be linked
+        // against in a thread-local fashion, so we need to be sure to apply the
+        // thread-local attribute locally if it was present remotely. If we
+        // don't do this then linker errors can be generated where the linker
+        // complains that one object files has a thread local version of the
+        // symbol and another one doesn't.
+        if fn_attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::THREAD_LOCAL) {
+            llvm::set_thread_local_mode(g, self.tls_model);
+        }
+
+        let dso_local = unsafe { self.should_assume_dso_local(g, true) };
+        if dso_local {
+            unsafe {
+                llvm::LLVMRustSetDSOLocal(g, true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if !def_id.is_local() {
+            let needs_dll_storage_attr = self.use_dll_storage_attrs && !self.tcx.is_foreign_item(def_id) &&
+                // Local definitions can never be imported, so we must not apply
+                // the DLLImport annotation.
+                !dso_local &&
+                // ThinLTO can't handle this workaround in all cases, so we don't
+                // emit the attrs. Instead we make them unnecessary by disallowing
+                // dynamic linking when linker plugin based LTO is enabled.
+                !self.tcx.sess.opts.cg.linker_plugin_lto.enabled() &&
+                self.tcx.sess.lto() != Lto::Thin;
+
+            // If this assertion triggers, there's something wrong with commandline
+            // argument validation.
+            debug_assert!(
+                !(self.tcx.sess.opts.cg.linker_plugin_lto.enabled()
+                    && self.tcx.sess.target.is_like_windows
+                    && self.tcx.sess.opts.cg.prefer_dynamic)
+            );
+
+            if needs_dll_storage_attr {
+                // This item is external but not foreign, i.e., it originates from an external Rust
+                // crate. Since we don't know whether this crate will be linked dynamically or
+                // statically in the final application, we always mark such symbols as 'dllimport'.
+                // If final linkage happens to be static, we rely on compiler-emitted __imp_ stubs
+                // to make things work.
+                //
+                // However, in some scenarios we defer emission of statics to downstream
+                // crates, so there are cases where a static with an upstream DefId
+                // is actually present in the current crate. We can find out via the
+                // is_codegened_item query.
+                if !self.tcx.is_codegened_item(def_id) {
+                    unsafe {
+                        llvm::LLVMSetDLLStorageClass(g, llvm::DLLStorageClass::DllImport);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if self.use_dll_storage_attrs
+            && let Some(library) = self.tcx.native_library(def_id)
+            && library.kind.is_dllimport()
+        {
+            // For foreign (native) libs we know the exact storage type to use.
+            unsafe {
+                llvm::LLVMSetDLLStorageClass(g, llvm::DLLStorageClass::DllImport);
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.instances.borrow_mut().insert(instance, g);
+        g
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'ll> StaticMethods for CodegenCx<'ll, '_> {
+    fn static_addr_of(&self, cv: &'ll Value, align: Align, kind: Option<&str>) -> &'ll Value {
+        if let Some(&gv) = self.const_globals.borrow().get(&cv) {
+            unsafe {
+                // Upgrade the alignment in cases where the same constant is used with different
+                // alignment requirements
+                let llalign = align.bytes() as u32;
+                if llalign > llvm::LLVMGetAlignment(gv) {
+                    llvm::LLVMSetAlignment(gv, llalign);
+                }
+            }
+            return gv;
+        }
+        let gv = self.static_addr_of_mut(cv, align, kind);
+        unsafe {
+            llvm::LLVMSetGlobalConstant(gv, True);
+        }
+        self.const_globals.borrow_mut().insert(cv, gv);
+        gv
+    }
+
+    fn codegen_static(&self, def_id: DefId, is_mutable: bool) {
+        unsafe {
+            let attrs = self.tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(def_id);
+
+            let Ok((v, alloc)) = codegen_static_initializer(self, def_id) else {
+                // Error has already been reported
+                return;
+            };
+            let alloc = alloc.inner();
+
+            let g = self.get_static(def_id);
+
+            // boolean SSA values are i1, but they have to be stored in i8 slots,
+            // otherwise some LLVM optimization passes don't work as expected
+            let mut val_llty = self.val_ty(v);
+            let v = if val_llty == self.type_i1() {
+                val_llty = self.type_i8();
+                llvm::LLVMConstZExt(v, val_llty)
+            } else {
+                v
+            };
+
+            let instance = Instance::mono(self.tcx, def_id);
+            let ty = instance.ty(self.tcx, ty::ParamEnv::reveal_all());
+            let llty = self.layout_of(ty).llvm_type(self);
+            let g = if val_llty == llty {
+                g
+            } else {
+                // If we created the global with the wrong type,
+                // correct the type.
+                let name = llvm::get_value_name(g).to_vec();
+                llvm::set_value_name(g, b"");
+
+                let linkage = llvm::LLVMRustGetLinkage(g);
+                let visibility = llvm::LLVMRustGetVisibility(g);
+
+                let new_g = llvm::LLVMRustGetOrInsertGlobal(
+                    self.llmod,
+                    name.as_ptr().cast(),
+                    name.len(),
+                    val_llty,
+                );
+
+                llvm::LLVMRustSetLinkage(new_g, linkage);
+                llvm::LLVMRustSetVisibility(new_g, visibility);
+
+                // The old global has had its name removed but is returned by
+                // get_static since it is in the instance cache. Provide an
+                // alternative lookup that points to the new global so that
+                // global_asm! can compute the correct mangled symbol name
+                // for the global.
+                self.renamed_statics.borrow_mut().insert(def_id, new_g);
+
+                // To avoid breaking any invariants, we leave around the old
+                // global for the moment; we'll replace all references to it
+                // with the new global later. (See base::codegen_backend.)
+                self.statics_to_rauw.borrow_mut().push((g, new_g));
+                new_g
+            };
+            set_global_alignment(self, g, self.align_of(ty));
+            llvm::LLVMSetInitializer(g, v);
+
+            if self.should_assume_dso_local(g, true) {
+                llvm::LLVMRustSetDSOLocal(g, true);
+            }
+
+            // As an optimization, all shared statics which do not have interior
+            // mutability are placed into read-only memory.
+            if !is_mutable && self.type_is_freeze(ty) {
+                llvm::LLVMSetGlobalConstant(g, llvm::True);
+            }
+
+            debuginfo::build_global_var_di_node(self, def_id, g);
+
+            if attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::THREAD_LOCAL) {
+                llvm::set_thread_local_mode(g, self.tls_model);
+
+                // Do not allow LLVM to change the alignment of a TLS on macOS.
+                //
+                // By default a global's alignment can be freely increased.
+                // This allows LLVM to generate more performant instructions
+                // e.g., using load-aligned into a SIMD register.
+                //
+                // However, on macOS 10.10 or below, the dynamic linker does not
+                // respect any alignment given on the TLS (radar 24221680).
+                // This will violate the alignment assumption, and causing segfault at runtime.
+                //
+                // This bug is very easy to trigger. In `println!` and `panic!`,
+                // the `LOCAL_STDOUT`/`LOCAL_STDERR` handles are stored in a TLS,
+                // which the values would be `mem::replace`d on initialization.
+                // The implementation of `mem::replace` will use SIMD
+                // whenever the size is 32 bytes or higher. LLVM notices SIMD is used
+                // and tries to align `LOCAL_STDOUT`/`LOCAL_STDERR` to a 32-byte boundary,
+                // which macOS's dyld disregarded and causing crashes
+                // (see issues #51794, #51758, #50867, #48866 and #44056).
+                //
+                // To workaround the bug, we trick LLVM into not increasing
+                // the global's alignment by explicitly assigning a section to it
+                // (equivalent to automatically generating a `#[link_section]` attribute).
+                // See the comment in the `GlobalValue::canIncreaseAlignment()` function
+                // of `lib/IR/Globals.cpp` for why this works.
+                //
+                // When the alignment is not increased, the optimized `mem::replace`
+                // will use load-unaligned instructions instead, and thus avoiding the crash.
+                //
+                // We could remove this hack whenever we decide to drop macOS 10.10 support.
+                if self.tcx.sess.target.is_like_osx {
+                    // The `inspect` method is okay here because we checked for provenance, and
+                    // because we are doing this access to inspect the final interpreter state
+                    // (not as part of the interpreter execution).
+                    //
+                    // FIXME: This check requires that the (arbitrary) value of undefined bytes
+                    // happens to be zero. Instead, we should only check the value of defined bytes
+                    // and set all undefined bytes to zero if this allocation is headed for the
+                    // BSS.
+                    let all_bytes_are_zero = alloc.provenance().ptrs().is_empty()
+                        && alloc
+                            .inspect_with_uninit_and_ptr_outside_interpreter(0..alloc.len())
+                            .iter()
+                            .all(|&byte| byte == 0);
+
+                    let sect_name = if all_bytes_are_zero {
+                        cstr!("__DATA,__thread_bss")
+                    } else {
+                        cstr!("__DATA,__thread_data")
+                    };
+                    llvm::LLVMSetSection(g, sect_name.as_ptr());
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Wasm statics with custom link sections get special treatment as they
+            // go into custom sections of the wasm executable.
+            if self.tcx.sess.target.is_like_wasm {
+                if let Some(section) = attrs.link_section {
+                    let section = llvm::LLVMMDStringInContext2(
+                        self.llcx,
+                        section.as_str().as_ptr().cast(),
+                        section.as_str().len(),
+                    );
+                    assert!(alloc.provenance().ptrs().is_empty());
+
+                    // The `inspect` method is okay here because we checked for provenance, and
+                    // because we are doing this access to inspect the final interpreter state (not
+                    // as part of the interpreter execution).
+                    let bytes =
+                        alloc.inspect_with_uninit_and_ptr_outside_interpreter(0..alloc.len());
+                    let alloc =
+                        llvm::LLVMMDStringInContext2(self.llcx, bytes.as_ptr().cast(), bytes.len());
+                    let data = [section, alloc];
+                    let meta = llvm::LLVMMDNodeInContext2(self.llcx, data.as_ptr(), data.len());
+                    let val = llvm::LLVMMetadataAsValue(self.llcx, meta);
+                    llvm::LLVMAddNamedMetadataOperand(
+                        self.llmod,
+                        "wasm.custom_sections\0".as_ptr().cast(),
+                        val,
+                    );
+                }
+            } else {
+                base::set_link_section(g, attrs);
+            }
+
+            if attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::USED) {
+                // `USED` and `USED_LINKER` can't be used together.
+                assert!(!attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::USED_LINKER));
+
+                // The semantics of #[used] in Rust only require the symbol to make it into the
+                // object file. It is explicitly allowed for the linker to strip the symbol if it
+                // is dead, which means we are allowed to use `llvm.compiler.used` instead of
+                // `llvm.used` here.
+                //
+                // Additionally, https://reviews.llvm.org/D97448 in LLVM 13 started emitting unique
+                // sections with SHF_GNU_RETAIN flag for llvm.used symbols, which may trigger bugs
+                // in the handling of `.init_array` (the static constructor list) in versions of
+                // the gold linker (prior to the one released with binutils 2.36).
+                //
+                // That said, we only ever emit these when compiling for ELF targets, unless
+                // `#[used(compiler)]` is explicitly requested. This is to avoid similar breakage
+                // on other targets, in particular MachO targets have *their* static constructor
+                // lists broken if `llvm.compiler.used` is emitted rather than `llvm.used`. However,
+                // that check happens when assigning the `CodegenFnAttrFlags` in `rustc_hir_analysis`,
+                // so we don't need to take care of it here.
+                self.add_compiler_used_global(g);
+            }
+            if attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::USED_LINKER) {
+                // `USED` and `USED_LINKER` can't be used together.
+                assert!(!attrs.flags.contains(CodegenFnAttrFlags::USED));
+
+                self.add_used_global(g);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Add a global value to a list to be stored in the `llvm.used` variable, an array of i8*.
+    fn add_used_global(&self, global: &'ll Value) {
+        let cast = unsafe { llvm::LLVMConstPointerCast(global, self.type_i8p()) };
+        self.used_statics.borrow_mut().push(cast);
+    }
+
+    /// Add a global value to a list to be stored in the `llvm.compiler.used` variable,
+    /// an array of i8*.
+    fn add_compiler_used_global(&self, global: &'ll Value) {
+        let cast = unsafe { llvm::LLVMConstPointerCast(global, self.type_i8p()) };
+        self.compiler_used_statics.borrow_mut().push(cast);
+    }
+}