ObjectFile.hs

module LLVM.Internal.ObjectFile where

import Control.Exception (bracket)
import Control.Monad.IO.Class
import Control.Monad.AnyCont
import Foreign.Ptr

import LLVM.Prelude
import LLVM.Internal.Coding
import LLVM.Internal.MemoryBuffer
import qualified LLVM.Internal.FFI.LLVMCTypes as FFI
import qualified LLVM.Internal.FFI.ObjectFile as FFI

newtype ObjectFile = ObjectFile (Ptr FFI.ObjectFile)

-- | Dispose of an 'ObjectFile'.
disposeObjectFile :: ObjectFile -> IO ()
disposeObjectFile (ObjectFile obj) = FFI.disposeObjectFile obj

-- | Create a object file which can later be linked with the
-- 'LLVM.Internal.OrcJIT.LinkingLayer'.
--
-- Note that the file at `path` should already be a compiled object file i.e a
-- `.o` file. This does *not* compile source files.
createObjectFile :: FilePath -> IO ObjectFile
createObjectFile path = flip runAnyContT return $ do
  -- The ownership of the object file is transfered to the object
  -- file, so we need to make sure that we do not free it here.
  FFI.OwnerTransfered buf <- encodeM (File path)
  obj <- liftIO $ FFI.createObjectFile buf
  when (obj == nullPtr) $ error "LLVMCreateObjectFile returned a null pointer."
  return (ObjectFile obj)

-- | @bracket@-style wrapper for `createObjectFile` and `disposeObjectFile`.
withObjectFile :: FilePath -> (ObjectFile -> IO a) -> IO a
withObjectFile f = bracket (createObjectFile f) disposeObjectFile