Index: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/IR/Module.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/IR/Module.h
+++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/IR/Module.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "llvm/IR/GlobalVariable.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Metadata.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/CBindingWrapping.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/CodeGen.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/DataTypes.h"
 #include <system_error>
 
@@ -634,6 +635,15 @@
   unsigned getDwarfVersion() const;
 
 /// @}
+/// @name Utility functions for querying and setting PIC level
+/// @{
+
+  /// \brief Returns the PIC level (small or large model)
+  PICLevel::Level getPICLevel() const;
+
+  /// \brief Set the PIC level (small or large model)
+  void setPICLevel(PICLevel::Level PL);
+/// @}
 };
 
 /// An raw_ostream inserter for modules.
Index: llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Support/CodeGen.h
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Support/CodeGen.h
+++ llvm/trunk/include/llvm/Support/CodeGen.h
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
     enum Model { Default, JITDefault, Small, Kernel, Medium, Large };
   }
 
+  namespace PICLevel {
+    enum Level { Default=0, Small=1, Large=2 };
+  }
+
   // TLS models.
   namespace TLSModel {
     enum Model {
Index: llvm/trunk/lib/IR/Module.cpp
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/lib/IR/Module.cpp
+++ llvm/trunk/lib/IR/Module.cpp
@@ -459,3 +459,16 @@
   Entry.second.Name = &Entry;
   return &Entry.second;
 }
+
+PICLevel::Level Module::getPICLevel() const {
+  Value *Val = getModuleFlag("PIC Level");
+
+  if (Val == NULL)
+    return PICLevel::Default;
+
+  return static_cast<PICLevel::Level>(cast<ConstantInt>(Val)->getZExtValue());
+}
+
+void Module::setPICLevel(PICLevel::Level PL) {
+  addModuleFlag(ModFlagBehavior::Error, "PIC Level", PL);
+}
Index: llvm/trunk/test/Linker/Inputs/module-flags-pic-1-b.ll
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/Linker/Inputs/module-flags-pic-1-b.ll
+++ llvm/trunk/test/Linker/Inputs/module-flags-pic-1-b.ll
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
Index: llvm/trunk/test/Linker/Inputs/module-flags-pic-2-b.ll
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/Linker/Inputs/module-flags-pic-2-b.ll
+++ llvm/trunk/test/Linker/Inputs/module-flags-pic-2-b.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+!0 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"PIC Level", i32 2 }
+
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!0}
Index: llvm/trunk/test/Linker/module-flags-pic-1-a.ll
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/Linker/module-flags-pic-1-a.ll
+++ llvm/trunk/test/Linker/module-flags-pic-1-a.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+; RUN: llvm-link %s %p/Inputs/module-flags-pic-1-b.ll -S -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+; test linking modules with specified and default PIC levels
+
+!0 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"PIC Level", i32 1 }
+
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!0}
+; CHECK: !llvm.module.flags = !{!0}
+; CHECK: !0 = metadata !{i32 1, metadata !"PIC Level", i32 1}
Index: llvm/trunk/test/Linker/module-flags-pic-2-a.ll
===================================================================
--- llvm/trunk/test/Linker/module-flags-pic-2-a.ll
+++ llvm/trunk/test/Linker/module-flags-pic-2-a.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+; RUN: not llvm-link %s %p/Inputs/module-flags-pic-2-b.ll -S -o - 2> %t
+; RUN: FileCheck --check-prefix=CHECK-ERRORS < %t %s
+
+; test linking modules with two different PIC levels
+
+!0 = metadata !{ i32 1, metadata !"PIC Level", i32 1 }
+
+!llvm.module.flags = !{!0}
+
+; CHECK-ERRORS: ERROR: linking module flags 'PIC Level': IDs have conflicting values