compile.sh

cc `llvm-config --cflags` -c sum.c
c++ `llvm-config --cxxflags --ldflags --libs core mcjit native --system-libs` sum.o -o sum

sum.c

/**
 * LLVM equivalent of:
 *
 * int sum(int a, int b) {
 *     return a + b;
 * }
 */

#include <llvm-c/Core.h>
#include <llvm-c/ExecutionEngine.h>
#include <llvm-c/Target.h>
#include <llvm-c/Analysis.h>
#include <llvm-c/BitWriter.h>

#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
    LLVMModuleRef mod = LLVMModuleCreateWithName("my_module");

    LLVMTypeRef param_types[] = { LLVMInt32Type(), LLVMInt32Type() };
    LLVMTypeRef ret_type = LLVMFunctionType(LLVMInt32Type(), param_types, 2, 0);
    LLVMValueRef sum = LLVMAddFunction(mod, "sum", ret_type);

    LLVMBasicBlockRef entry = LLVMAppendBasicBlock(sum, "entry");

    LLVMBuilderRef builder = LLVMCreateBuilder();
    LLVMPositionBuilderAtEnd(builder, entry);
    LLVMValueRef tmp = LLVMBuildAdd(builder, LLVMGetParam(sum, 0), LLVMGetParam(sum, 1), "tmp");
    LLVMBuildRet(builder, tmp);

    char *error = NULL;
    LLVMVerifyModule(mod, LLVMAbortProcessAction, &error);
    LLVMDisposeMessage(error);

    LLVMExecutionEngineRef engine;
    error = NULL;
    LLVMLinkInMCJIT();
    LLVMInitializeNativeAsmPrinter();
    LLVMInitializeNativeTarget();

    if (LLVMCreateExecutionEngineForModule(&engine, mod, &error) != 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "failed to create execution engine: %s\n", error);
        abort();
    }
    if (error) {
        fprintf(stderr, "error: %s\n", error);
        LLVMDisposeMessage(error);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    if (argc < 3) {
        fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s x y\n", argv[0]);
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    long long x = strtoll(argv[1], NULL, 10);
    long long y = strtoll(argv[2], NULL, 10);

    LLVMGenericValueRef args[] = {
        LLVMCreateGenericValueOfInt(LLVMInt32Type(), x, 0),
        LLVMCreateGenericValueOfInt(LLVMInt32Type(), y, 0)
    };
    LLVMGenericValueRef res = LLVMRunFunction(engine, sum, 2, args);
    printf("%d\n", (int)LLVMGenericValueToInt(res, 0));

    // Write out bitcode to file
    if (LLVMWriteBitcodeToFile(mod, "sum.bc") != 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "error writing bitcode to file, skipping\n");
    }

    LLVMDisposeBuilder(builder);
    LLVMDisposeExecutionEngine(engine);
}

$ cat sum.ll
; ModuleID = 'sum.bc'
source_filename = "my_module"
target datalayout = "e-m:o-i64:64-f80:128-n8:16:32:64-S128"

define i32 @sum(i32, i32) {
entry:
  %tmp = add i32 %0, %1
  ret i32 %tmp
}

Running the program:

$ ./sum 1 2
1543461072
$ ./sum 1 2
1485686992

Those two sums are 2018-11-29 03:11:12 and 2017-01-29 10:49:52 UTC if they're epoch timestamps! Does that help? :)

did you try to print your args after they are created into LLVM values ?

LLVMGenericValueRef args[] = {
    LLVMCreateGenericValueOfInt(LLVMInt32Type(), x, 0),
    LLVMCreateGenericValueOfInt(LLVMInt32Type(), y, 0)
};

check what is in this args.