Just get the value directly and store it in another global variable

// global
x := &Foo{}

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/llvm_backend_general.cpp b/src/llvm_backend_general.cpp
index 1f8fccdcb..94429e410 100644
--- a/src/llvm_backend_general.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm_backend_general.cpp
@@ -926,11 +926,7 @@ void lb_emit_store(lbProcedure *p, lbValue ptr, lbValue value) {
 			return;
 		} else if (LLVMIsConstant(value.value)) {
 			lbAddr addr = lb_add_global_generated(p->module, value.type, value, nullptr);
-			LLVMValueRef global_data = addr.addr.value;
-			// make it truly private data
-			LLVMSetLinkage(global_data, LLVMPrivateLinkage);
-			LLVMSetUnnamedAddress(global_data, LLVMGlobalUnnamedAddr);
-			LLVMSetGlobalConstant(global_data, true);
+			LLVMValueRef global_data = lb_make_global_truly_private(addr);
 
 			LLVMValueRef dst_ptr = ptr.value;
 			LLVMValueRef src_ptr = global_data;
@@ -2669,6 +2665,15 @@ lbValue lb_find_procedure_value_from_entity(lbModule *m, Entity *e) {
 	return {};
 }
 
+LLVMValueRef lb_make_global_truly_private(lbAddr const &addr) {
+	LLVMValueRef global_data = addr.addr.value;
+	// make it truly private data
+	LLVMSetLinkage(global_data, LLVMPrivateLinkage);
+	LLVMSetUnnamedAddress(global_data, LLVMGlobalUnnamedAddr);
+	LLVMSetGlobalConstant(global_data, true);
+	return global_data;
+}
+
 lbAddr lb_add_global_generated(lbModule *m, Type *type, lbValue value, Entity **entity_) {
 	GB_ASSERT(type != nullptr);
 	type = default_type(type);