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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index e926d14a7e..7ea322c1c3 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -5812,12 +5812,16 @@ static void do_code_gen(CodeGen *g) {
LLVMValueRef global_value;
if (var->linkage == VarLinkageExternal) {
- global_value = LLVMAddGlobal(g->module, var->value->type->type_ref, buf_ptr(&var->name));
-
- // TODO debug info for the extern variable
+ LLVMValueRef existing_llvm_var = LLVMGetNamedGlobal(g->module, buf_ptr(&var->name));
+ if (existing_llvm_var) {
+ global_value = LLVMConstBitCast(existing_llvm_var, LLVMPointerType(var->value->type->type_ref, 0));
+ } else {
+ global_value = LLVMAddGlobal(g->module, var->value->type->type_ref, buf_ptr(&var->name));
+ // TODO debug info for the extern variable
- LLVMSetLinkage(global_value, LLVMExternalLinkage);
- LLVMSetAlignment(global_value, var->align_bytes);
+ LLVMSetLinkage(global_value, LLVMExternalLinkage);
+ LLVMSetAlignment(global_value, var->align_bytes);
+ }
} else {
bool exported = (var->linkage == VarLinkageExport);
const char *mangled_name = buf_ptr(get_mangled_name(g, &var->name, exported));